Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1882-09-02
FAIR NOTES,

'"e oio oiind turf King, was sole
AZ auction at the fair grounds Thursday. Mr.
Camillus Barnett became the purchaser sol,
being the price paid.
The rings for breeding stock. Wednesday
brought out the finest display of horses eve,
seen in Lafayette county. There were abon
seVenty-hVe splendid animals in the ring at on.
time. Membrino walked of with the stallion
premium. and Was followed by eight or fer
very handsome colts.
Inc Stallion, Buiord, came near meeting with
q Dad accident, Thursday. while exercising on
Inc rack. He stepped into a little hole. near
."e 'udges' Stand, and was thrown out of his
line oil travel. and struck against one OF the
posts supporting the stand. The sulky Was nm.
get anu u shaft broken, but no other injury done
Inc driver was let down to the ground, on his
ieet' AS nicely as any such thing could be done
MIR. AoielLeohard, OF the firm of w. H. & A.
Leohard' OF Mt. Leonard. Saline county, has
just returned from an extended trip through
England Scotland and Spain. While in SPAN
ne purchased nineteen of the finest Jacks to be
ioand In the country. and while in England
aho oco'lahu ne bought Is head OF Peeled
angus anu Hallway cattle. He will return to
England In October and finish purchasing. TIL
ne secures a herd OF lbs head. HIS purchases
are from the very best herds to be found In
the United Kingdom.
MIR. John Kelly. of Sni-a-Bar townshIn w..
robbed Of $50 in money taken from his pocket in
the rush TO the tram Thursday evening. Two
other gentlemen had their pockets picked mt the
same time and place. near him.
| Mr.. Carml Sharp lost q pOcket-book at tho
Fair Ground pond. or near il, Thursday. con-
tanning between $40 and $l2. and some valuabl.
papers. His postOftce ID HIggInsville.
ANY one who thinks the city belle the eniv
artist has failed to look upon her COUNTRY s,s-
ter's rosy cheeks on lair day.
A sweet PAIR of black eyes from Howard
county gave US an old-time palpitation of the
heart.
Mr.. l.. Palmer. of Roone county. had .
splendid herd OF some ~ short horns. all RIVAL
~ bed, mostly Roses oil Sharon, Two Of his
cows having been imported from England.
crimes 4 Venable. Of this city, were MAKING
hay even When the sun didn't shine with ,h.ir
sewing machines. in the art hall,
Futting the hogs and sheep ia Tho Flora, 10.
paftment, as was done, was One of the uoi,,.
features oil the tair. No doubt Mr., Rruns thints
us splendid bouquet of Poland Chinas us sweet
'' e'er a cluster OF them all. or ut any rate ouite
rs valuable as any OF the other roses.
ine secretary of the fair association, the
handsome and polite Mr.. Lewis r. Bell v.s
=" aIlC IulclIlnxe0cer n fla
iair, Tor which he has our thanks,
MIR. McQncen talked sewing machine from the
promenade TO everybody that would receive. h;a
polite attentions.
Inc shecp show this time was better than fnr
several years. Col. Chiles and tn. other gen.
'ie'heh VINO are encouraging this industry show
IL commendable spirit OF enterprise. and we
nope as we believe. that they will be we'll re-
paid for it.
!iln these fair notes it would be exceedingly un-
lair not to note how ardently the boys made love
TO the girls. and how kindly the girls eottoned ia
the Boys love-makIng. and how utterly too-too
sweet 1t all looked even to the old cOdgers whose
day for billing and cooing-in publlc-has
passed.
Col. James Richardson, of Boone county, had
q magnificent herd of highly bred short horns
upon thu ground. and captured a great many
blue ribbons. He Won sweepstakes memiums
on buii anu COW. and the open ring premium for
pest ANIMALS shown at the fair by any ore
man. Beside these many other honors were
wv upon his herd. not to speak of ITS gem
eral admiration by the hig crowds in attendance |
Two noticeable things in art hall were tho
pictures OF Rev. II. Talbird. D.. D., and Dsyits
Graves ESD, L. ID. Saunders photographer.
CAPT. j. ID. Conner was rs handsome and "A. |
attentive 10 the aides rs ever. Hia only dificSl-
ty seemed 10 be as 10 how to classify the sheen
and hogs of HIS department with the other sweet
scented aower4.
lie lntelligencer is under obligations 10 NJ.
w. w. Hutchinson for polite att ention