Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1882-04-22
A new lot of novelties, at CIagett's.


A fne assortment Of pickles and jellies, at
Clagett's. asst
Call on CIagstt, he has the goods to suit
The scarce times. aeu
Don't forget that Y franklin street, is the
pl,ee tn cat vour fesdI a15tf
j.. Q. Plattenburg will sellyou goods IS low
as any house In the county. almo
Needles and OIL for all sewing machines,
1t Grimes d Vsnsble's, jewelers.. alot4
Go to J. 9 PIattenburg's for stylish ana
goods In every line. almS
California fruit and the best Of canned
vegetables, 6sh. &C.. at Clsgett's. astf
81 60 buys . good pair Of shoes on our
string, at AlIstadt, Chinn & Cos. a22tS
For ehesp qussnswsrs and glassware. go
to Adam Toeppe. "a franklin street. Am3
Sewing machines. bird cages. pictures
cheap, at Grimes Il venable's. jewelers.. At
We pay the highest market price for all
kinds OF country produce. Gordon 4 Bu-
ford. j21tf
Ladies' ane shoes and slIppersa specially.
ct the boss shoe house OF Aistadt. t!hinn
CO. a22t3
Jno. P. Hicksm i Co.. have the goods
and make the prices to suit the times. try
them. a22ta
Now is the time to secure choice in white
and sorus lsce curtius aud bed sets. at Boyle
4 News, s15t4
Photographic views Of the great cyclone
at Brownsville, for sale at T.. D. Saunders'
Art Gallery. a22tl
For the best sugars and coffees. IS cheap
o. the cheapest. 60 to Adam Toeppe, "a
Franklin street. f4n3
Bring you produce to Clagstt and get the
highest price for 1t. as be hss the largest
trsds for oil kinds Of country produce. tt
Mr.. Charles A. Morrison desires to buy
old iron, brass, copper, LEAD, pewter. zinc.
&c., for which he will pay st. Louis prices.
in cash. mlstf
Remember HIckam Il Co., received several
hogshsads Of pure New Orleans sugar be-
fore the advance. See prices on sugar. coffee
and svrup. a22i3
Allstsdt, Chinn 4 Co. have the finest line
Of toe clippers, 10 white or black, ever
brought to Lexington. Ladies' ont fall to
look at them, they are lovely. a22tS
A large and beautiful nae of dress prints
is always . pleasure to show. these will be
kept up during the season. and always at
lowest prices ct Ahrsns' Dry Goods Bazaar.
They have got them, . cheap string Of
goods in oil sizes for 80 cents. and one for
81 60. and one for 81 per pair. far bslow
csst, that they are going to sell to some
lucky persons. viii be found, at Allstadt.
Chiun 4 Co.'S. a22t3
Mrs. n. +. Price has just returned from
the east with . splendid hne Of new and
fashionable millinery goods, to which she
invites the attention OF the ladies' Of Lex
ington aud vicinity. feeling assured that she
can please the most fastidious taste. She
has also . full assortment OF ladies' ant
children's underclothlng. DressmsF'ng I
speciality by competent employees. Ev ~
thing at bed rock prices, ,16sf
During lussday afternoons storm light
ming struck Mrs. Louise Whitshouss's barn
near Batss City, killing " horses and q COZ
which belonged to her aud were IN the barn
and . valuable mule, the property OF Mr.
Ethelbert King. which was hitched som
; eight feet from the barn, with Its mate. whicl
was knocked down senseless by ine clectrl
fluid. but siterward recovered. All four o
the auims Ais killed were Instantly killed, an
On examination no mark. or disigursmsut
of any KIN could be found. Mr.. King wa
the only person In the bHru when 1t VI
stricken. He was sitting some eight or to
, feet from the cow. and was some what dnzs
but unhurt. Tue barn was not set On hrt
: nor was 1t badly torn, the stroke OF ligh
: ming snterin. by n small hole which IL bore
, for itself tn short order In the roof III
. mule killed was valned ut $3.50. the span
horses At $40, aud the COW nj $40 or 30
Z There WIS., no insurance on either ths an
. mails or the barn. aud the loss to the Whit
r house family will he quite u severe one.
. they had hut two teams aud can Ill afiOl
? to spare either. We hope their good nsisl
bors will M axe IL easy Tor them to get = tea
to replace the one lost, ~ we are told II
z boys are ind ustrlous xui worthy.
Prof. ID. r.. McAnAlly, who has the chs
Of English 1t the State University, deliver
. lecture. last Saturday night, at the Meth
dist church In this city, upon '.Our Engii
words-rheir History aud USES" III
n spacious auditorium was dlled with an a
IL precistive audience, largely made up fro
the three female semlnsriss aud Wsntwor
,r Academy. aud the hour occupied by the Il
10 turer WAS exceedingly enjoyable. Mr.. b
Analiy IL y young man. handsome the sen
%, nary girls think, With . mOustsche. = go
o. eye <nd = pleasant voice. he speaks dell
sratsly. In \ we'll modu!Ated tone, rather
. conversations than orstOricsl style, or
nd % might be expected from . rhetorician .
IN w~ord-buildsr. uses good English. Owl
to the primitive hour 1t which the gentlem
nd began his discourse We were so unfOrtun'
"a a. to lose bis Introductory remarks. wi
til pl obably, the explanation OF what he
ed sired to accomplish by his lecture. We
III. not know, however, but that we can bet
ew tell what his lecture really did Than II
Isl had been biased by his opinion Of "
I'D should be its effect. Prof. McAnally Is
IDENTIFY = student Of English literature.
only . reader but = student. In the cou
di. Of bis remarks las singled out . great ms
We Of the words Of our language and with r
81 skill and much grace traced their hIst
uty iron, the earliest records OF them dow
be. the present, showing their modihcati
sou from time 10 time. until some OF them b
to changed their meaning so far ~ to be sIu
,sas the opposite OF what they once were. h
let IN DIS o. ~ ords' "o
to Words" conveyed the idea that words v
cheap, light, svsnesceHt things. and, VIII
and er DAFT or . philosopher others since
ives day have frequently been led to echo
,sut speech, hut the professor asserted that W,
xss were very substantial things. He did
and endesvor to prove this by the effect
enc words when grouped together to seuomr
.son ccrtsin ends, but confined himself to thu
feet OF single words. which made his !
Else. tration tar more tOrcible. He showed
No., history had been In many instances pres
Mr., ed, whsre there were no written record
the the names OF places, mountains, mOnumt
FUR and even how In some cases II had beef
lish. vivsd where 1t bad lapsed entirely. u
ionsily In disecting . word rs . doctor W
. dsfunet brother the lectuI or became "
hut Is he did In hi. ,snalysis OF the word 81
|, ex. did, giving the meaning to be, mxguidi
cess. tlustrious, heroic, brilliant, cslebr
bust. famous, and then, IN . breath, contem
and ing = seminary girl talking OF splendid
oubt aud splendid pudding. His ridirule o
1t poverty Of language eyinced In SO many
Iss 10 pie by the wearing out Of y single ad)e
at of by its indiscrininste uss vt oil times 40
good oil purposes, was pointed aud effs,
take somsumss, like Mr.. Wssg. the sp'
'seti. would gently and without effort drop
little poetry, nov Of bis own, again OF SONS
genial author, so that bis talk was
tricsI pretty as well q very Instructive. In
phere not only made clear the Richness Of tbs
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