Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-06-02
The hog will gr1unt the grunt of satisfaction

The hog will grrunt the grunt Of satisfaction
Tuesday night.
Tuesday night, commencement of the Bar
fist College, al 8 O'Clock, in the opera house.
The best assorted stock of general hare
ware will be found at Boughton Bros, Odes
SO, Mo. may19tS
Sell your old iron at Joldan's Foundry an
Machine Shops, m8H
All kinds of dining room aud kitchen furni
ture at low rates at 81. 4 F.. Winkler's, Lex
ington, Mo. june2tf
See our stock of lace curtains, bed sets
tides, Ac., before purchasing elsewhere
Wilker & Miller. m26t2
Odessa Is booming. Arrangements ar
being made to erect q new brick hotel and
high school building.
A large assortment of the latest STYLES o
window shades, just from the factory, put VI
to order. c. g. Ludwigs'. apr14m3
If You want an absolutely pure article o
whisky free from any sdulteration whatever
try "Live Oak" vt John Powelps. j2t4
Nichol, Shepard Il Co., Aultman u Taylor
and Minnesota Chief, threshers and engines
for sale by Broughton Bros, Odessa. ml9ts
Remember there is no other roller -four
offered to the trade in Lexington, except by
A.. v. Robinson & Co. jan2Otf
A very large assortment Of walnut bed
steads, medium and fine, at low prices, all OF
our own make, stH. & F. Winkler's .Lexlns.
ton, Mo. 1une2tf
l.. J. Cheney q Co., proprietois Halps
Cstarrh Cure, offer 800 reward for any case
of Catarrh that csn't be cured with Hslps
Catarrh Cure. Sold by c. W. Loomis. a21ms
Extra No. l. shore mackerel, Columbia
river mess salmon, herrings and extra No. l
white fish in kits, quarter barrels and half
barrels. All new 1888 fish at John. Powelps,
Franklin street. j2t1
Tomorrow the annual sermon before the
college pupils will be preached in the Baptist
church by Rev. =. T. Roberts, Of Kansas
City. At II o'clock, .. M, the ~bscalaureate
sermon; at sp. M, the missionary sermon.
There is to be 3 proposition submitted to
the voters at the city election next Tuesday
to vote q tax Of one-haif of one per cent. for
the purpose of purchasing q fire engine and to
make the Improvements in cisterns, &C.,
which the engine will necessttate. The propo-
sition seems to US to be too vague. II Is not
definite enough to justify the people in
adding 3 considerable tax to their already
sufficiently onerous burdens. A tax Of one
half of one per cent. would yield probably
8 5000. Once voted by the people the money
will certainly be expended, but whether it
will be expended as. the people desire 10 not
at all certain. The first thing to do would be
to repair the cisterns, conduits, &C., about
town, rs else, there would be no sense in
having IN engine at all. We have not been
informed by those who advocate this tax
what these repairs and additions, for there
will necessarily be some additions, will cost.
Certainly 3 very considerable sum. After
this expenditure is made there will not, we
should judge, remain enough money to buy
a first-class engine; NO other will do any
good. No second hand affair will satisfy the
people. No volunteer company can be per-
manently kept up, and If 1t could experiences
has taught US that no engine in charge of
such q company will ever be kept in working
order, and the city is not prepared to main
tain a paid fire department. If the $1,000 or
$4,000 of warrant debt now outstanding was
paid of we could better afford to vote this
tax, but it is always best to pay ones debts
before mourning new obligations. Especially
are being laid upon us because Of the town.
ship bonds, the interest or which must now
be paid. This matter Is apt to be overlooked,
and taxpayers should see that the tax Is not
imposed upon them simply because Of their
to be informed. We should like very
much to see Lexington have some defense
fire, but so far the simple and mex
look and ladder and bucket even
have not been supplied. This could be lone
a special tax.
The position Of the In%telligencsr on re.
straining swine from running at large ID well
as we have not waited until the
eve of an election to express 1t. When the
question affects the city alone, vs. It will do in
the election next Tuesday we are In favor of
permitting the swine to run at large. When
1t ia a question covering the entire county we
are in favor of restraining the swine from
running at large. We have heretofore given
our reasons for holding this. position, and
will briefly recapitulate them. In the city
1t Is q great accommodation to many Of the
poorer families to be permitted to raise two,
three or four hogs every year. II saves Q
large part of the butchers bill, the heaviest
one that most families have to pay. We know
1t is quite easy to say that newspaper advoca-
cy of 4 measure because 1t beaefcially affects
the poorer classes is demsgogical-dope to
win favor or to court votes. The Intelligent
Ger can stand that kind Of criticism with the
equsnimity. First, because It is
never true Of It, as 1t advocates what It
thinks Is right regardless of its popularity or
and, second, because in this
case the charge, which we are not at all
prematurely answering, II ridiculous. The
bulk of the opposition to the 'hozo ordinance"
IL from negroes and republicans who are not
Of this paper, and who If they were,
would not ordinarily contribute 9 dozen dol
lars \ year to its income. The advantages
and disadvantages Of confining the hsgs seem
to us to be SO equally balanced that where
many poor persons can be benefited by 1t
We, for one. though never having hogs al
large, are willing to permit others to haze
them. The hog is not q calmly looking beast.
= very aesthetic person we can even be-
lieye that he presents q really repulsivs as
pect; but he has y fashion Of offending the
nose when confined in pens, which is quite as
obnoxious to US IS any Offense he ever iniicts
upon our eyes. We can imagine a dude, with
y %lorgnette screwed In one eye, his elbow
from the gold head of an over elong-
ated cane, his alleged head poised upon one
side IS he stands gazing from under the curled
brim of the latest style Derby. and his atten-
lated legs trembling under the weight of his
double watch chain, being Mortified at the
ldes Of a hog-yes q hog, just think of it, GA
veal, bweastly, outrageous American
ho-o-og,," standing out in the street eating up
garbage, which but for him would on
The first warm day out smell Peck's bad boys
limburger cheese. But for q whole parcel of
bred men with sound legs and
many of whom were 'fotch upr
bacon and corn bread, to get excited when
they hear the grunt of q porker on the street
seems to us a little odd. So far a. we can see
The hog amply repays US q scayenger all the