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Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-10-20
PLEASANT PRAIRIE.
DOL weather since the rain.

Cool weather since the rain.
Most of our farmers are through SOW
ing wheat.
Health generally good; some few
cases of malarial fever.
Mr.. Edgar Helme, who has been
very i'll, is convalescing.
Mrs. Noah Williams is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Bette Foster, near
Atchison, Mo.
There are many gatherers of hickory
and walnuts this muddy weather, of
which there is an abundance.
Mr.. Eph Moote has lately become a
resident of Oak Grove; himself and
Mr.. John Murphy intend rebuilding
tie grist mill there.
Mrs. Jefferson and sister, Mrs. Cart
well, paid their brother, MIR. Thomas
Best, of Topeka, Kansas, a short visit
during fair time.
Our schoolhouse is being the scene
OF very entertaining and we'll con-
Quoted spelling school. There seems to
be some good natured rivalry among the
contestants for the championship; this
of course is natural, and more enjoya-
BILE, as no such place of amusement is
complete without it. Miss Mamie
Gordon is teacher. By the way, the
aforesaid schoolhouse looks rather di-
lapidated and insignificant compared
with the new church that has just been
completed here, which is structure of
three thousand dollars worth of beau
ty. Our citizens must not forget that
good schoolhouses are as essential to the
health and comfort of the cleaners of
knowledge as fine churches are to the
seekers after Christianity. d.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-10-20
EDITORIAL ENTERPRISE.

One day a year or two ago Green
vile, s. c., editor heard that q man
was to be lynched in "a locality about
fifteen miles away, and he put new
pencil into his pocket, hired the fastest
horse in town and started for the
scene. When lie arrived he found
crowd under tree, and in the circle
was prisoner villainous chap, who
had committed a heinOus ofense. The
crowd had started to hang him, but
several citizens had advanced such ar
guments in favor of permitting the law
to take its course that it had been
decided to take the rascal back to Jail.
Williams drove up, jumped down, and
in q minute or two learned that the
affair was off. He had driven fifteen
miles to report case of lynchfng, and
his disgust was profound. Mounting
stump he began:. sF .sIaaE 49,
"Gentlemen, look at that thar hosss
I've foundered him to get here and see
this hanging. 1t will be 5000 out of
my pocket, and the only return will be
three liner in the News, saying that
you concluded not to hang. Gentle
man, has patriotism died out of this
country p s.a b ~ III,
"Nol no! no." yelled the crowd.
.sDees it make any particular differ
eiice to this man whether he is hung
now or three months later ~
t'No !? NO r. dy.a .g.i.s.
Gentlemen, believe in law and
order, but I've driven fifteen miles.
foundered hoss, and feel bit broke
up. don't say that I want to see this
man hung, and l don't say that lynch
ing is the best plan, but If he should be
swung up and should be asked to sit
on the corners jury and bring in ver-
dict Of suicide don't see how l could
refuse. Gentlemen, look at chat ar
hossw ='' '1' ~.
"Swing him up" yelled twenty
boss @Leod sod tell% 4. tne. wreck OF once noble
"Hooray I" shouted the crowd, and
up went the man to be left suspended
until dead.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-10-20
FAIRvIEW.

Farmers through seeding.
Plenty OF rain for the present. .ip ,
The debaters will discuss Baptism
to- night.
Miss Matte Kinkead returned home
last week.
Mr.. C.. Masterson has rented the
Ewing place.
Mr.. Cyrus Osborn spent the past
week in Lexington.
The flies are damaging the wheat
somewhat in this vicinity.
Mr.. Charles Hammer was at Lex
ington on the jury all last week.
Miss Katie Cobbs spent the past week
visiting friends in Lexington.
Mrs. William Rankin is quite sick
with fever; Mr.. Rankin is better.
Mrs. Vaughn, of Saline county, is
visiting relatives in our vicinity this
week.
Mr.. P. w. Osborn will feed 18 head
of cattle and a lot of hogs for the spring
market. .....
Blind Charlie entertainment at the
schoolhouse hardly lasted until it was
all gone. -...... .r....--.
Mr.. Thee. Bates shipped to Higgins
vile, last Saturday, his herd of fine
cattle where they will be sold on the
25th of this month. ---
Chris and Tom surely are candidates
for matrimony, but we deny that al
the correspondents are. We woult
like to hear from Chris regularly, hi
communications are very interesting.
| CAPITOLA.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-10-20
.~U~-
EGYPT.

Plenty Of rain.
Health of the neishborhood good.
Dixie Thompson has moved to Lex
ingtOn.
Mr.. John Merideth has moved to
Wellington.
Farmers about done sowing wheat;
it is coming up finely.
Messrs. Ridings & Porter are paint
ing the new Methodist church.
Mr.. L. II. C,Isteel and daughter have
gone to Illinois visiting relatives.
Willie and Charlie Shelton, Of Cass
county, are visiting their uncle, Zach
w. Wright.
Mr.. James Mcclure, OF Barton coun-
ty, is visiting relatives and friends in
this county.
Rev. Martin Rider has been holding
a protracted meeting at the bottom
schoolhousc.
Mr.. L. w. Rulings sold the apples in
his orchard for $3.50; the purchaser
having to pick them. t.
Asssr.. Wright Il Waller bought
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-10-20
WAVERLY.
WAvERLY, Oct. 10, 1883.

WAvERLY, Oct. 10, 1883.
Wild ducks coming in abundantly.
A new side walk in front Of the old
hotel.
Messrs. Cooper & Chapline are buy
ing and shipping apples largely.
Miss Pelote has returned from Jeffer-
son City to remain sometime with ua;
glad to welcome her home. ,-a.,eE
Mrs. Ben Cooper and her mother,
Mrs. Geo. Smith, left yesterday for
Kentucky to be absent several weeks.
A young NJ. D. from village not q
hundred miles west, was down two
days last week and again on Sunday.
That's right doctor, come again. 80
Misses Annie Vaughn and Katie
Harwood, Of Dover, were down on 9
visit to Mrs. Lee Carter for severa
days. Their bright smiles haunt me
still. .--1e --.: s1-la zsyf
Mr.. II. C.. Francisco returned from
Bates county, last week, and found
fine male antelope which had been sem
as a present in his absence, making q
beautiful pair, the admiration of the
town. He gave ratification dinner
on the strength of his good luck, anG
treated his guests to splendid dish O
jack-rabbit. Everything passed eff de
llightfully. LITTLE GRIM.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-10-20
BATES OITY.

Died, three miles southeast of this
place, on Friday, Oct. s, Hugh NJ, son
of j. J. and Mary Carving, aged, eight
years and six months. For seven long
and weary weeks, this bright and love.
ly little fellow, with all patient for
titude and manhood, battled with the
foul destroyer, when at last nature be-
ing exhausted he yielded to the dread
disease which had been slowly sapping
his vitals. His pure young spirit pass
ed away as calmly and peacefully as a
pleasant dream.
"Gsln on the bosom ofthy God,
Young spirit rest thee now,
Even while with us thy footsteps trod
His seal was on thy brow"
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-10-20

Old Virginia to see his aged father that
he has not seen since he was q boy.
Frank, son of C. f. Stowe, was Bit
ten by Prior s. Hokes' dog. The town
is full Of worthless dogs. Oh for a
dog killer.
Messrs. Tol and Ben Crews, who
have been in the far west for number
of years, have returned to old Lafay-
cite to live, and say that it is the best
place after all.
The bridge Immediately east of town
that washed away in the big flood Of
last spring is still down. 1t is a shame,
and the people who have suffered by
the fact of the bridge not being put up
sooner, will not forget the tardy and
Indifferent manner with which oul
bridge commissioner has treated then
in this case. 1NcoG.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-10-20
THE n. Y. WORLDS VIEW.

The verdict of Ohio speaks the
doom of the party of dead Issues aud
perverted principles. The victory is III
deed a glorious and important one for
the Democracy, because it shows that
the people are lot afraid to trust that
party with power. 1t is victory for
honest government, for real reform, for
economy in public expenditures, for
equal taxation; a victory of the people
over corporations, mopopolies, and
privileged wealth. 1t is victory shared
by men who, having been republicans
OIL principle are now Democrats on
principle, and won under a leader who
was sturdy champion of human free
dom and staunch supporter of the
Union cause in the dark hours of the
nations peril. Such q victory is truly
triumph of republican government
over the power Of patronage, of preju-
dice and of corporate wealth. 1t proves
that where the peoples liberties and
rights are threatened their patriotism
can manifest itself as effectively
through their ballots as through their
bayonets. g
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-10-20
A SNOB COLONY.

From the st. Louis Post-Dispatch.l
We sre not at all surprised to learn that the
American colony in Paris are grieved over
the misadventure which befell the Bourbon
BOBBY Alfonso In that city recently.
They even try to make us believe that they
are Alfonso's personal friends, and that, dur
Ing his residence in Paris, he was zone of our
set, you know"
This fraudulent assumption of intimacy
with royalty is merely part of that sping of
sristocratic airs which disgusts all decent
Americans with the snob colonies Of their
fellow countrymen established in the various
capitals of Europe.
The two chief centres of this snobbishness
are Rome and Paris. The London court cir
cles find enough toadies and boot-lickers
among their own kin, and American snobs
are at discount. In Vienna and Berlin,
nobility does not conceal its contempt for peo-
pie who have been in trade. The soil and at
mosphere are unfavorable to the development
of American snobbery.
But at Rome and at Paris we have been
very successful In planting show colonies,
which were never more aourishing than now.
Az b0me we are represented by millionaire
Astor. whose public services consist of hav-
ing been beaten for congress after spending
$70. 900 in the vain attempt to purify our pol
itics. ~
At Paris we are represented by the Hon.
Moneybags Morton, who bought his Office by
a timely contribution Of $4,000 of '.soap" to
the Garfield campaign fund. Under his fos-
hoo <Lo
highest type Of the American snob. In prool
thereof, we cite their action on the Alfonso
incident.
We cannst wonder At this idiocy ON the par
Of Americans abroad. Even at home, where
we should expect popular and democratic
ideas to prevail, the influence of the money
power Is strengthening the alliance between
social snobbery and political corruption, ani
they are extending their control over the re.
public.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-10-20

from w. B. Warren, 10 head of stock
hogs, average weight l25 pounds, at 4.
cents per pound. ulsz ga.
Our public school is progressing iine
ly under the efficient management OF
our accomplished teacher, Miss Nevada
Bryant. She is giving general satisfac-
ton so far. ... ... .l .s..
Who says mule never dies? l know
of one that did. Zach Wright lost one
last Saturday night; supposed to have
had the cJlic. He had been offered
5000 for it OH the day before. .n. 80.
Mr.. Scott Griffin and wife, of Taylor
county, Kentucky, are visiting Mr.. Il.
w. Wright, their cousin. II they like
the country they expect to remain in
this county. There are two or three
other families on their way from KEN
lucky to this county. They are mov-
ing in wagons. rc;5as.lr ZACH. 7'
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-10-20
How we Tried to Lick the Teacher
TOLD AT THE OLD srrrLERs' MEETING.

TOLD At THE OLD sErTLERs' MEETING.
wuz a boy o, seventeen. ungsinly dull an tall,
Ez green ea eny gozlIn' but tho't knew it ali
Went to sShoo, at Plano. l chopped up wood
For zephaniah Wilkinson to pay him FUR my
board.
One day philelus ,Phnney. another boy in
Absu, tsa; e1 rough an raw *a I-aDoas sz big a
Jist limited T. private way. ',would be right
An give US 's lo,s o. glory. If we'd up aud lick
He wouldn't ask no better fun than just to make
We'd have along vacation an eAesse- o. .
The teacher he wuz sickiy-he wuz not "a big
ezi-
knew that We could bounce him n we dtdn's
Fur eng one on lookln' At him would = said on
Their WON'T eny sand IN him an not .psek
His hands they wasn't accustomed much to
hangin ''on to plows.
twenty cows "a.
Philetls said he d use him iur mop to mop the
neor.
An when he begged an hollered that we'd hist
him out the door.
We told the boys at recess o'er the plot that We
They said we coudn't I down him they'd lend
heipin' hani.
But big rnile,us Pninn-y. he wl- ,,crled ez
could lie:
To think we tho't u snip like that could lick q
Fra Knock the bucket over he'd make thu
He'd nop him in The water. and he'd mop 1,
with his pants.
We heard the school-bsll ringin'. we scrambled
in pell-mell;
! lun syin' the W water-psll, puppus, anil fell
l struck upon . stick u wood. badly raksd
The water swoshed upon me. an it wet Inc to
the skin.
That scrawny little teacher. why! why hs
bounded from his char,
He took ne by the trowse's and he held me il
the ar.
Then round an round an round he whirled "a.
An when i seed thousand stars he sudden le,
He took me an he shook me till tho't that
He swished me with his ruler till my pants wer,
While b,x rn,ie,us Phinney he wuz just to,
He let tue teacher thrash me till bellered like
Calf,
| An all the other fightin' boys, with white an
frishtened lo.ks.
sot 'hsh,p 1hsr in boots an rasln wit,
An .. how hard they studied-not . felle
spoke OF stirred
They didn't dar to whisper or to say a singl
| word.
Whar is that little teacher that Civ me sich
SCARF
| lie still is peaked lookip'-he's settin' owe
thar-.
An tho he's nearly seventy, an siskly Wit.
vow ''>'
I'D hate to hev him get those hands o. HAN n,
me now;
He taught me one great lesson by that aorxin
| In his school:
That braRgsrt an bully Ar' . COW srd M
! fool.
From AWAY Gas West, - BY kuxsasJ. AAA.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-10-20
WELLINGTON.

Chills and fever are quite prevalent.
Farmers are very busy sowing wheat.
Miss Dyer, of Higginville, is the
guest of Miss Minnie Bryant.
Johnson s. Co. are quite busy gath
ering and barreling apples ready for
shipping.
Messrs. Jas. Fayman and E. II.
Brown were in town last week on their
way back to New Mexico.
Miss Eta Lockhart was absent last
week attending the St. Louis fair, and
visiting the Judge at Jefferson City.
Mr.. John Purcell and others, left
Wednesday evening for a months visit
with relatives near Louisville, Ken
lucky. Goodness! wont it be long
month thought
Mrs. Lizzie Gull and Miss Jennie
Duvall returned to their home in Ken.
lucky, last week, leaving many friends
in Missouri who will gladly welcome
them back again. CHRIS.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-10-20
Cuddle Doom.
BY ALEX. ANDERSON.

bY ALE4. ANOBR0ON.
f--zSL - : ..---. ,-..---. =.
The bsirnies cuddie doom at nieht
Wi, mnckle TAUGHT An, din,
''Oh try and sleep ye wsnkrIie rogues
Your fathers camin' I'M"
4 They neser heed '~sriI speak. -
ltry TO gle Irooni ..
But aye1 hap them up and cry.
''Oh. bairnies. cudd!e dooni"
Wee Jamie VII the carly he'd,
he aye sleeps next the wa.
Bangs up an creis. 81 want piece
The rascal starts them n =
rim an fetch them pieces, drinks,
They stop Awee the soun'-
"Noo weanies ouddle DOOM
But ere i've minutes gang, wee Kab.
Cries out, frae meath the claes,
''Mither max: Sam gle over ut snce.
He's kltiiin' va hls taes -
The mischiePs In that Tam for trickS;
Re'd bother hall the toon.
But ave hap them up; and cry
'"Oh, bsirnies, euddie doom"
At length they hear their fathers ct;
And; as he Fteeks the door,
They turn their faces 10 the wa,
While Tam pretends to snore,
''Has a. the weans been guide ?" he asks.
As he pits Il hts shoon,
"'The bairnies, John. are IN their beds
An, lang since cuddled doom
An just afore We bed oorseis,
We lOuk ut our wee lamna,
Tam has his airm Ioun' wee Rab's neck;
AM Rab his arm roun' Taln's.
/ lift wee Jamie mp the bed,
An ~ atraik each Groom,
whisper. TILL my heart ILLS up.
"Oh. 6sirnies. cuddle dooni''
The bairnies cuddle doom at NIGHT.
Wi. mlrth that's dear to me;
But soon the big warl's cxrk an care
Will qui'ten doom their &lee,
Yet come what will to ilk3 sne,
May He who sits aboon
Aye whisper though their pows be bauid
Oh. bairnies, cuddle dOoni"
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-10-20
NAPOLEON.

NAPOLEON, Mo-, Oct. IL, 1888.
Right smart sickness.
Mrs. Jos. Day, Sr., is i'll.
Mr.. George Lindley is clerMng for
Lightner Brothers.
Mr.. VIM. Sims has moved back to
Napoleon from Ray county.
j. D. Ish shipped . car load of fat
hogs t. Kansas City this week.
Uncle Sawnsy Brown has gone to
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-10-20
THE HUBS DECAY.

Boston is reminded by the London
Times that she is not the only city to
suffer downfall from intellectual su-
premacy. Edinburgh has been depos-
sed from a rank more exalted. Well
mar has sunk to be petty residence
town, Geneva has gone into trade and
pelit cs. Florence is no longer liter
ary center, aud Oxford and Cambridge
retain no dictatorship in letters. New
York has "merely taken precedence of
Boston,"
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Ninety and Nine.
As SUNG BY aASKEY.

There wefs ninety and nine that safely lay
Iu the shelter OF the fold:
But one " As out on the hills away,
Far on from the hills of gold
Away on the mountains wild and bare,
Away from the tender Shepherds care.
Lord. Thou hast here Thy ninety aud nine.
Are they not enough for Thee 2''
But the Shepherd made answer: 'sOne OF mine
Has wandered away from me;
And although the road be rough and STEEP,
90 to the desert TO find my sheep.
But mona Of the raneomed ever knew
aowdeep were the waters crossed:
Nor how dark the night that the Lord passed
through, .1't Ff-
Ere He found His sheep that was lost.
Out oflhe desert he heard its ory-
Sick and helpless, and ready to die.
: Lord. whence are those blood-drops all the
wRv,
That mark out the mountain's traokq''
s:TheY are shed tor one who hal gone astray,
Ere the Shepberd could bring him back -
lord, whence are Thy hands 60 rent and
y torns''
.'They are pierced 70. day by many . thorn"
But all through the mOuntains, thunder-riven, !,
And up from the rocky steep.
There rose q cry TO the gates OF heaven,
:, ..Rejo oic~i have found NV sheepl''
And the angels have echoed around the throne,
"Rejoice, for the Lord brin8s back His oWn!'
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49,
ALMA.
ALMA, Oct. 10, 1888.

ALMA, Oct. 10, 1888.
Thinking a few items from here
might be Of interest to some enc Of
your many readers, we send the fol-1
lowing: 'I' ''' g '- ~ ''-'
School has commenced; no idle boys
lettering on the streets: '' -
Rev. Greer preached at Maplewoot
Sunday; congregation quite email: l:'1'. Z
Mr.. George Keileis buying and pay
ing the highest market price for apples
to ship. -'@ -'- ''' 80
Mrs. Miller. accompanied by Miss
Lille Goodwin, is spending the week
in Waverly. " '' mss g., III -.'
Miss Belle Bascom spent last week
in st. Louis attending the fair and sight
seeing generally. Ai-'-''.'.a -.'. i'. ~
Mr.. Keuck now occupies his new
residence in the western part Of town.
1t Is neat and commodious building.
Capt. Collins, of RHigginsville, and
Hon. E. NJ. Edwards, of Waverly,
were in town to-day attending law
suit. ~
Farmers of this vicinity have about
finished sowing wheat, but there is no
rest for them. They are now quite busy
hauling apples to town. -H'at' ".''
Mrs. Henry has been quite sick fol
the past week, but we are glad to say
she is improving under the skillful
treatment of DR.. Horner. ave. ~.
We. are glad to see the matrimonia
prospects of some Of your correspon'
dents Frightening. We only wish te
be remembered at the nuptials.
Mr.. John Goggins and wife and Mrs
Hays of Saline county, and Mr.. Geo
Goodwin and wife of Waverly, visitet
the family of Mr.. J. T. Goodwin thi
week. ...,....r.,..........' 49,.
i Alma now boasts of fourishins
Sunday school, which was organized
two weeks ago. There was an at
tendance of AZ last Sunday, still ther
are more to follow.
| Mr.. Henry Brockhoff and bride re
turned from st. Louis this morning
where they have been spending til
honeymoon. May they be as happ,
through life as they locked to be thi
morning. is the sincere wish of you
correspondent.
Mr.. j. 7. Goodwin ia selling dr.
goods at cost, preparatory to closin
out that branch of his store. Give hir
call if you wish cheap goods. Yo
will be politely waited on, either b.
: Mr.. Goodwin or Mr.. Hardin ;we speal
} whereof we know. I. C.. u.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-10-20
ELDoRADo SPRINGS.

ELDoRADo SPRINGS, Oct. 5, 1888. =
EDITOR INrELL1aENcER:-W left the
Springs Oct. 5, after staying three
days; liked the water very much, think
it did us good. l could drink quart
at time. 1t looks good deal like the
water in the river bottom, but is much
softer and tastes different, as it is
smooth and has sulphur taste.
After leaving the Springs we went
through Taborville and on through the
western end Of St. Clair county, leav-
ing the county seat to our right.
Corn crops are splendid in st. Clair
county; corn is selling for 90 to 25
cents per bushel. ,9F
Passed through Clinton, the county
seat of Henry county, very neat town
of about 1900 Inhabitants. Corn crop
is fine in Henry county, and is selling
at 25 cents per bushel. There is q
large lot of cattle being fed in this
county. s '-..e. .'''E.
Passed through Holden, in johnson
county,.a splendid town on the Mis-
souri, Pacific r. Z. Found the corn
crops good in johnson county, and
corn worth 25 cents per bushel. - omit
We reached Odessa Friday, Oct. 8, at
II O'Clock, where we stopped for din
ner. Found Odessa to be good town,
and is building up as fast as any town
1 saw while gone. I did not find any
place liked better than old Lafayette
county. - ;sH'--... ..ar. ars .
Cedar and Dade counties are SPLEEN
did for raising stock OF all kinds, and
they have better corn crops there this
season than this comfy, but it ID very
seldom they do.
We did not find much game, only
squirrels and quail.
ANY one wishing to feed cattle can
buy all the corn they want at 20 to Is
cents pur bushel after leaving this
county. ZACH.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-10-20
AN INTRUDER.

While funeral was being conducted
i'll Guernsey county, Virginia, last
week, and the weeping friends and
relatives were standing around the
open grave, large blacksnake slowly
crawled through the crowd and into
the grave. 1t had to be killed before
the grave could be filed, and measur-
ed seven feet IN length.
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A cIersyman'. re.,imony.

W. 3. Clifford, pastor u. e. Church. Both
we'll, Ont. was for two yesrs sufferer with
dyspepsia in its worst form. until as he statex
''hfe became An actual burden.'' Three bot
ties of Burdoek Blood Bitters cured him, srd
he tells US in recent letter that he consider. IL
the best family medicine now before the country
tor dyspepsia and liver complaint. For sale h2
T.. W. LoOMis. .--a oSCt1,