Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1882-11-11

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low, and we can see the deadly and
fatal desease of monopoly begin to
yield, as the 7th of November, ap-
proacbes. Democracy has the field
with Stoneman as her captain. and
ere these lines shall have reached you
the victory is hers. California has
been crushed under the oppressive
weight of monopoly and coohe i'm
migration so long that the people
have awake ned TO The call OF Justice,
and are ut present on the eve of =
revolution. Democracy is the friend
of the people and the majority in
California have, as they have else
where, found it to be so.
AS regards our industries generally,
we seem to be footing up an average
with previous years. Our commerce
seems brisk and our trade encourage
ing. Notwithstanding the late frost
last spring which threatened the
grape crop in the north, we are hav-
Ing fair yield of grapes. Our wheat
crop ia larger than anticipated. and
the fruit crop III gene. al il enormous.
Sonoms county yield Of wheat was
very large. Some crops averaged IS
bushels per acre. In regard to the
Chinese question. we are quite re-
lieved at present; but tens of thou
sands are here to deprive the poor
white man of his daily bread. Cor
porations, such as railroad companies
and extensive contractors, will con-
tinue 10 employ the Chinese In spite
of the cry against them. They can be
employed much cheaper than white
men, and as a matter of course will
get the preference. In the campaign
the republicans are blowing the pas
sage OF the restriction bill, while the
democrats in congress passed it.
Nothing like milk and cider men.
After all the country has learned q
valuable lesson concerning the uegro
and the Chinee; q Lesson Of intrinsic
value; a lesson plainly showing the
evils growing out Of the encourage
ment of Foreigners from the Oriental
country coming as inraders to our
soil, taking all away in one form or
other, and leaving nothing with as
save the spoils of their invasion; and
as to the African which was brought
and fostered, still more valuable
lesson was learned, the fruits of which
will leave traces for generations yet
to come.The lesson is familiar to every
| will say a few words concerning
the weather and the climate at this
season Of the year. The dry season
was brought to au end by the visit OF
rain storm September 29. aud con-
tinuing nearly . week /; an immense
amount of water fell, doing consid-
erable damage to the unpicked grapes.
After the storm the fine and bslmy
days set in, and have since continued.
The grass is growing rapidly and na.
ture seems as though spring were
about to dawn. Californa's pleasant
season is the winter, for the climate
is as salubrious as May. Fishermau's
Bay is further north than any portion
OF Missouri. yet how very differen:
tue climate: What grand old sheet
of water this Pacific is; 1t makes one
feel as though man and all his works
are as nothing as compared to the
grandeur of the ocean. "Its roaring
keeps pace with the hours of slum-
Der. and its lashing and foamy break
ers lend soIace to Sleep" Its winds
and breezes temper our climate, as
we'll as to bring in due season the
long looked for showers. These re.
cent rains have started the farmers TO
blowing for wheat. and so the busy
seeding time has just come upon us.
Nearly every issue of the Intelli-
gencer brings the sad news of the
death of friends. The elapse of Only
a few years makes its mark. noticed
the account Of DR.. Lapsly YantIs,
death, Col. A. w. Slayback's aud
many more whose names were very
familiar to me since childhood. 'Tis
mans lot. sooner or later to separate,
and when We live in anticipation Of
q final meeting hereafter, the separs-
tiqn of friends here and the sorrow
we sustain on account Of the parting
here is more than compensated for by
the realization Of the fact that when
we meet we part no more. Zone by
Que. they drop of, and should it ever
fall to our lot to return. tho places of
hose we once knew aud respected
30 shall have been filed by others
strange to US. whose friendship must
be created as in q new and strange
and. Longfellow's, 'Clock on the
depicts these thoughts:
IAN are scattered now, and fed:
Some are married, some are dead
And when ask with throbs OF pain.
All. when shall we all meet again,
As In days since gone be?
Ihe ancient time piece makes reply
Forever-never, Never-forever.