Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1880-07-10
MAYHEM.

Sometime since You had u line from the Sar"eh
spot OF the county.
Mayhem merchants are busy once more after
the dull days have gone by.
We have II prosperous lodge, I. o. q. r., ut
his place. Hardly II meeting that we Ito not
have from two to four to inti oduce To the mys-
terie. of the order. The lodge conteihplatcs
having IL grand picnic soon, and have some oil
the hest speakers in the state present, OF which
due notice will be given.
Mr.. Editor could you have run into our burg
last Saturday you might have witnessed Il loot
race between one of our beaus and his fair part
ner rying to beat railroad time on their way To
The depot for u ride to the Odessa picnic. lie
finally left his fair one. saying. Miss Susie,
(but her Eum- is not Susie) you come on and
I'll get the tickets" They We're on time, but not
| so with some three or four other couple. hut the
| best joke OF all was an incident happening IN
| Odessa to two of our ladies' men and their
charmers after the festivities OF the day were
| over; but l must save this tor next time.
There was an Interesting incident
happened in our vicinity u week or so ago. A
young man farming for e.. L.. Ewing had lett
his lady love IN ''my Maryland" After he had
| been here In Missouri u while, lie wrote back to
| his lady love that he thought lie could make
| bread and meat for two. and wrote for her to
meet him in st. Louis. She responded promptly
| and gave him the day she would start, and he
thought. after deliberaiiOn, if she could come tn
| st. Louis she could come to the city of Mayview.
and so wrote her, TO which she readily assented
and IN due course Of time put in AL appearance,
and the twain were soon made one flesh by BRO.
Clemens, and they now trot in double harness.
UScLK GEORGE Hou1
In comparing early times with now IN regard to
honesty says that money was sewed up In leather
hugs with wiangs and carried on horseback
like meal sacks from Snntu Fe, and when they
arrived in Lexington. ut the tavern. in oiC
Town, were III rown down like common luggage
These bags would get so hard and TRY that they
would feel like logs when thrown down. a
man by the name of Green kept the inn, as l
was then called. ami Ed. Ryland, whe was thel
receiver, would take the money and store i
away in the rear oil Stramcke'a store. and .whei
he got u wagon load 1t was hauled away in farm
wagons to S.. Louis with no other guards THAI
the te,msters and u man or two. And once
when he was in the circuit court, while John r
Ryiand was on the bench, he heard the charg
given to the grand jury aud they went out o
doors, as they had no jury room. he does no
know where, whether to u hazel patch or ienc
corner, and returned in n few minutes and salt
that no one had been doing anything wrong LAM
the Judge replied that this was the fifth term an
no one had been indicted, and compliments
the county for its morality and honesty. lie tell
of another incident connected with the earl
history. He saws that there was no blacksmit
shop nearer this county than Old Franklin, an
his brother Nick. as he calls him, fixed up In
fore wheels OF his wagon, and the neishbors "a
brought in their old axes and broad ax ed. an
he, with his load, went TO Old Franklin to Sc
them Repaired. and on his road back brougi
, u box OF gold and silver belonging to MIR. Hick
lin. father of Mr. james HicklIn. The neigh
bors in both counties knew of 1t. He says tn;
t they had no use for any officers but II cier
To keep the records, and u sheriff to collect an
pay over the revenue. He says that doubles
Mr.. Sirumcke and Robert Hale recOllcct lhe>
times. Put this last item in if you do not thu
it would lessen their chances to get wIVes. II
tells how Judge Hicks got to be u lawyer. Joi,
Aull's father furnished the money to buy Il
books, and he was to help his son 10 keel, store
return, and read law ut the same time nj lelsui
. moments. Young men, think OF 1t. ~
A. p. BET.