Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-06-04
RELAXATION.
The members OF no other profession
labor 80 constantly and assiduously as

public IN the manner best suited to lis
taste and necessities. To do this an
amount of labor is required which is not
dreamed OF by the reader who unfoids
his damp sheet in the morning to find all
and more than he expects OF news. cur
rent literature, useful scientific and
notes, and all the other odds
and ends that 60 to make up the news
paper of the day. On city dallies the
work Is SO classified and divided as to
be somewhat less onerous; but on the
country weeklies. where the editor must
write politics, religion, births, deaths
and marriages, the local news, and the
condensation OF general intelligence.
keeping in view the desire to make his
paper reflex especially of the little
world surrounding him, but none the
less a chronicler OF the events which
move commerce, control armies and
change the ownership of crowns, this
parsonage is hard worked, and the word
which heads this article becomes a |
Yearning, and even necessity. 10 give
this required breathing time, the Press
Associations have been established.
While not altogether sschewing practi-
cal questions for the advancement OF the
art preservative OF all arts, these meet
ings have. by common consent, come to
be occasions of rest for the mind; mo-
ments when the tension of political and
other cares may be laid aside; when the
amenities Of the prefession-the courte-
sizes and kindnesses Of common calling,
may be inculcated, by practice as we'll
as precept. No other agency has done
SO much to eliminate from journalism
the acerbity of language and coarseness
OF expression which are an evil to the
newspapers themselves, and the source
OF vitiated and uncharitable spirit be-
tween parties and factions. If they have
done no more, much good has been ac-
complished in this way. But thseS is,
beside. the broader comprehension
which comes of contact with others; OF
seeing men and things on larger scale
than IS afforded by the village.
However, we did not begin this arti.
Gle with view of entering this vein, but
to say something of one of the most en-
joyable excursions Eve have spoken of
the doings of the convention already
which it has ever been our good fortune
to attend. First as to Jefferson City.
Jefferson is beautiful little city. 1t
Is delightfully."- situated on high. rolling
land, which affords good drainage, and
renders the scenery, when the hillsides
are covered with verdure, as picturesque
as are the valleys of the Alps. Of The
emlnence upon which the capitol is
built Bayard Taylor once said, 1T is the
most beautiful slto occupied by any
state capitol in the union;'' and truly it
is beautiful site. The high hill, grace.
fully softened by terrace after terrace
tho soft sward; the trees with their va.
ried foliage; and below ali these, rolling
on in majesty and might, the great Mis-.
souri,, with its broad vista of stream, is.
lands and bluffs, which opens out to the
beholder a grand panorama OF nature
which, once seen can never be forgotten.
The old capitol, toe, simple in its archi.
lecture, but handsome and substantial
is dear to the heart of every Mlssourian
1t was here that Benton, Green, Blair
Price, Phelps and Vest laid the iounda
tions OF their afterward national reputa.
tions, and here that Missouri's sons have
done so much for liberty, education, fra.
ternity. Few that looked upon the ven.
cradle pile that did not bring away fresh
ened memories of Missouri's illustrious
dead, and new sensibilities OF the lovely
spot where their deeds are kept alive in
the archives Of. the state. Not only is
Jefferson u garden of natural beauties
but it has rs kindly, as hospltable, as
generous and as intelligent a people as
can anywhere be found. They are not
only hospitable at their homes, but they
know better than most others how to ex.
tend the courtesies OF their little city
This is evidenced upon all occasions thai
call crowds there, but was especially OBJ
servable where the advent OF some two
hundred visitors did not overtax the
people. No attention was lacking. Ev
erything was neatly and unobtrusively
done. No fuss; no feathers; only genu
Inc. gentle pollteness. This was notice
able at the hotels; by the visits OF tn,
ladies of the city to the ladies OF the as
sociatlon; by the large attendance at th
daily sessions, and by the overhowine
generosity and sumptuousness of the
banquet. Well used to polite treatmen
the members OF the press were unani
nous in the verdict that no meeting tina
they have had was more successful, an,
that nowhere have they ever been NOR,
royalty entertained. They carried hom
with them pleasant recollections of JET
ferson City.
The Chicago & Alton railroad is
broad gauge concern. Its rails are nc
laid eight feet apart, but the portals G
its heart are just as wide open as if the
were-it is one corporation that has
d soul. Having invited the association t
60 to Chicago over their line, they lei
nothing undone to make the trip a plea
ant one. A special train was furuishe,
consisting OF two Pullman coaches, tw
chair cars and smoking car, upo
which no other passengers were take,
so that there was plenty OF room and t
spare for all the hundred and five men
bers of the party. Before we reache
Bowling Green We were informed th;
the company proposed to give us dlnn,
in one OF their elegant dining cars. Th
was done. and. as we thought, in iii
style. spinning along at iorty-eigl
miles an hour, but Col. James Charlton
RS the gent!emanly passenger agent, al,e
ward assured US that tn road could
better than that. and would endeavor
improve on hurried dinner by givil
their guests wine supper and plenty
-, time in which to euiov it-and II >,