Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1880-10-16

age containing these "cunning little v
hings'' was surrounded from morning b
ill night by crowd of enthusiastlcal- v
Y admirlng ladies. The birds, rabbits, n
ions, leopards. hyenas and other AMI n
mails were very fine. The sea lions
we're much admired. their graceful
attracting q great deal of at
tention. A careful study Of the st.
Louis Zoo-zoc, fer one hour, would give
a person more instruction in natural
HISTORY than a weeks study of the most
circus bills.
1t was thought that over eighty thou
sand persons were upon the grounds,
and it looked like it, too. Whenever
friends separated, and wished to meet
again, on the grounds, they appointed
''the elevator as the point of meeting,
and the elevator was, in consequence
almost as hard to get to as other points.
The exhibits of machinery, furniture,
carpets. stoves. dry goods-ln fact ev-
cry ything-was good but what caught
me was the "Pioneer Farm" think it
was the finest thing on the grounds. and
will attempt description of it. 1t con-
sists OF twenty-nine features, commen-
cling with number one, which is cave
and ending with number twenty-nine,
q haystack. Number one is cave,
near which party of emigrants are
camped, and not tar away are party OF
Indians. A hunter, with his gun level
ell, and his dog at his side, while squir-
rel peeps from out the leafy boughs OF
an oak tree, constitutes number four.
New settlers building a log house is
; the next number. Number six shows
the perplexed countenance OF darkey.
tree having fallen across his path
3 Greeley's advice to Ego west" is num-
8 Der seven, and it shows young mar
making rapid strides to reach that par
: OF the country. Sitting on the bank OF
stream-which is about eight feet lonl
e and two feet wide, and containing rea
q minnows-is darkey fisherman, whic
Q Is number eight. Then comes nine
y which shows the farmer at his plow
l. which is being drawn by two oxen. Lii
l. tie, tiny Jets OF flame, two or three i
number, upon which are Clogs repre-
'e sents burning log heap. "a gap
i'd the fence," at which the rails lie aroun
le promiscuously, while numbet of pie
IL and calves are on one side and boy
e. the other, is number twelve. ''Do
he fight in the lane" Is thirteen. Numb'
I'D fourteen is emitted "splitting rails
Here and there are rails; one man h
mt his ak raised above his head. and a
ut other mans ak is sunk in the body OF
SO tree. Saving logs is fifteen, land thout
it seems that the process would be rat
or slew one, it is, nevertheless, 60
representation. In sixteen the arrl1
of new emigrants is shown, and any
who has ever seen movers wag
out would appreciate this. The next numt
ne, shows a fishing party "from town, 'ct
his s,sting OF a lady and gentleman, and
led lady's hook has become entangled in
lila companions clothing. The homeste
my is log cabin. surrounded by poultry
Be- one corner of the yard is see-saw.
, to IN another a couple of children play
sed with dog. The balance OF it is 60
ON showing Mary Jane milking the &C
ike corn.crib. old well. etc. The wh
lies thing is just grand. There isn't fig
|" in it which will weigh ten pounds,
lom they were portrayed as naturally
way distinctly as though they were flesh
OK blood. 1t was visited by great m
ere, people. and all who saw it though
also was very good thing, and 80 it wa
t in At the grounds saw but few pers
,ne. whom knew. and beside those OF J
t. county, l met Misses Cant and Sh
/, to and Messrs. Jacobs, Trigg, Hug
OF Patton, Garner and Csnrow, OF
ner, county.
are At about four o'clock IN the aftern
Gle. the newsboys began calling "Yere's
and Post. Dispatch; al! about death Joe
hing met" And such scrambllng for nc
aims papers l never saw before. Everyt
eek seemed sorry to hear that jolly "Fr
rent was dead, and were anxious to k
arb the particulars. 1t was found that
per- report was not true, though En-
the was lying at deaths door, at his sis
,lace residence, in this city, and his failu
lish- keep his engagement here, beside b
also sore disappointment to Thousand
nav his admirers, was sacrifice OF ST.
hout to himself
Iowa The theatres are in full blast,
ersa- one can get almost any Kinu oi al
ar it meut he wants. Buffalo Bill, vii
sion. number of Indians, is playing
vs on Prairie Wait" at one of them; "Al
Soma, Rage holds the boards at another
,treet a third gives "Mortimer's Mystel
onnle and then come numerous variety
arm. ters and concert saloons. l saw a
Inois. strel troupe Tuesday night, which
ew of evidently. 4 democratic one, TOR Sc
: fine. jokes were perpetrated at the exl
, az ef Gen. Garfield, one of which wa
rated. proving, by Sambo, that Hancock
an ex- stronger man thai Samson, for
that the latter carried away the gates
year city, the iormer 'ouio carry 'he
one United States, Then Bones, not
and outdone, asked the middleman tn
,treet- ference between business and oc
Ass of ton That person said there '
,e dri- any but Bones proved that there
crowd very great difference between the
whoan follows MIR. Hayes is at the
drawn house as president-that is occup
n the but he hasn't any business there.
ching. am at 5O4 north Fifteenth sire
two families OF Lexingtonlans live
were by-Capt. Keith two doors south
roof OF Mrs Tommerson q couple OF
,re re- away.
ID one Well, l must close, else lll imp
riend a your space. Yours,