Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-02-19

Vacclnate and re-vsccInate. 1t can do no
harm aud may DO much good.
Sweeping reduction In the price Of all
seasonable WINTER GOODS, at Ahrens'
Dry Goods Bazaar, Franklin street. jlo
Every Taxpayer in Lexington township
should attend the meeting next Saturday,
aud come prepared to say at what he thinks
the bonds should be compromised.
The Turn-Verein ball next Monday might
promises to be a. grand affair. Many line
costumes will BE- worn, a splendid supper
will be provided, and good music will en-
liven the merry dancers. There will be q
large attendance.
MIR. Hobson never stops for the elements.
He took u couple OF baths through the ice
on the river not long ago, and late last FRI
day night, when old Boress was abroad, he
took u trip through snow drifts, chin desp,
after q fashionable hat that was travelling on
Its brim, always keeping, like an s9nis fatsss,
just before him, until 1t tool him way down
in the hollow back of MIR. Street Hale's.
In order to close out tho balance Of our
winter stock, VI have made SWEEPING RE-
OUCIloNS III SlOhhSs OVlu1hASS SAo"is
Skirts, NubIas, Hoods. Hosiery, Blankets,
Flanneis, Waterproofs, Mems Overeoats,
and Mems and Boys heavy winter suits. Do
not buy from any s'closing out or selling at
cost house" until you have seen our goods
and have heard our prices. W. q. McCaus-
land. 129tf
Odessa Herald :-'Chapel Hill Grange No.
6Sn mn Eof, K 1891 In nnon GRANGE far In
stallation of Its officers elect. Brother Il.
L. Russell, Past Master, ofticiated, and all Of
the officers were duly installed with j. A.
| McCauley, W. NJ. A. c. Green. Lecturer ;
| C. Williams, Secretary. After which the
good mAtrons spread q sumptuous dInner.
which was heartily enjoyed by patrons, and
guests"
The ladies Of tue Episcopal church have
concluded, for various reasons, not to have
the entertainment they proposed for next
Tuesday night, Feb. %. The object for
which they are labsring 10 the enlargement
and general Improvement OF the church
building, and they will probably ask the
generous. Lexington public to grace som
sort OF q church feast when the buds begin
to swell aud the birds to sing.
Viii Hamlet has been feeding his Gus.
toners for . week or " on pompsno. red
snapper, trout and fresh Potomac herring.
He can't get them fast enough. The POM
pano Is the king Of the southern coast fish
tribe. He wears the royal red, and u a.
game as the striped bass. Old Virglnians
are very font Of their brother Virginians,
the herring, which are very tlne whom broil.
cd or fried brown, and eaten bones and all.
odessa Herald :-"Mr. P. II. Matthews,
met with q serious mishsp on Tuesday last.
He had cut with an axe. q small stick OF
wood nearly of and the. undertake was rot
ton ; at the last blow with the axe 1t passed.
through the wood, and into the upper side
of his foot, cutting a cash between the in.
step and large tee joint an inch deep, In.
juring the tsndons and nerves, and causing
prostration. He had q chill yesterday,
and is feverish and rsstiess."
Col. Burch, a Michigan man, IN his letter
to tho Chicago Industrial World, on Lafay-
cite county, has this to say Of It's people
"As for the people, I beg to assure the read
or, and with him the northern public. tina,
the %. 100 residents OF Lafayette county are
. standing protest against the public esti'
mate OF the moral, social, Intellectual and
political order In central and northern Mis-
souri,. Public and personal morals are
conserved in this county by the presence
and influence of more than so churches, rep.
rsssnting q dozen OF the leading denomlna
lions. The criminal and civil laws are ii
faithfully executed a. anywhere in America
and a more order loving and law respecting
people were never gathered 10 q western
community. The social and intellectual Or
der IL alike refined and rational. The chival
rous Difference to and high esteem for wo
man ; the sacredness Of the family relations
the atmosphere Of quiet reserve In which
the woman lives /; the boundless and gracioul
home hospitality and uniform admiration
for fair play in this country are each and al
in strong contrast with the life they live IL
most of the older states. That they ar,
friends Of intellectual progress 10 proven By
the status OF their educational work. They
have in this county l01 public school house
and free public schools; an enrolment Q
1898 school children a permanent and ina
lienable school fun Of $92 1884,, and expen.
annually upward OF $40, 900 for the supper
Of common schools that are free to ever,
child Of high or lowly condition In the couu
ty. They support these schools Q8 Of whlcl
are for colored pupils) by tho interest on tn
county school fund, the apportionmen
from the state school fund, the public line
i. and penalties, and a direct tax on the sssesss
/, BILE property of the county. For higher cd
otl hor ava khr.. IIn,;o ~o&;t,
lions for ladies and an acacsmny for youn
men, beside a good list Of private schools
Such ministries to higher culture as the GU
~tivation Of flowers, the social graces and tn
. fine arts, the study of letters and tho rspi
accumulation Of elegant bric-a-brsc an
| books both In the academic schools an
f, homes, give abundant evidence OF astheti
taste and training. In no particular are tn
. people OF this country SO badly misapprt
hended as in their political ways. Politics
impulse is not IS strong here ss in Illinois
e Ohio or New York, and whatever they ms
: have done In the excitement and section,
. bitterness OF the late war, there 10 just ,
much freedom Of political action and o.
8 preston here to-day as in Massachusetts G
Michigan. The city OF Lexington and Il
town OF Concordia have republican major
ties and there Is q strong republican vote I
the county which sustsins two out-spoke
o republican Journals. Native Union soldier
who fought this country over and ov,
against their more numerous confedsra,
d neighbors, are In the highest places Of tru
b and honor. Whatever Of prescription or Il
tolerance the bitter civil War developed
now mainly a matter OF history, aud 4
every confederate who lives to express b
l. want OF good sense by bitter lnvecti,
against the government or opposing part
1t is easy to find a political opponent in b
own neigbborhood foolish enough to mat,
ID him. More than 80 per cent OF the peop
r. of the county are from the old free state
10 the Provinces and Europe, and not less tn,
le so of the gentlemen named In this letter a
republicans. The war Is ended here al
Ia NOBODY OF WHueHcB OF CuHruCreT- w1urs
renewed. The war men OF this countr
on either side, are the men who never d
p. any lighting and are never likely to. T
ly old nag floats everywhere In the Nilsson
lie Valley, a. proudly as in Chicago or Bosto
~ and 1 have yet to find q brave confeders