Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-12-08
DADE COUNTY.

GREENFIELD, Mo-. November ?sth, 1883.
EDITOR INTELLIGENCE -YOG favor has just
been received and Zach's efusion noted. Zach
10 correct in one particular, he did ask US to
help him write an article on Dade county, and
we did refuse, on the grounds that at that time
We had not been over the county, and we were
afraid we would fall into the very error IN which
Zach has fallen. expose our ignorance. We
also refused for the reason that until we knew
we were in the position to write the truth about
any subject We will not write at all. Our thanks
are due Zach for the information that we have
not left Greenfield since our arrival in the coun-
ty, but We withhold thanks for the reason that
the statement is not true. lack IN hIs letter
seems to have two objects in view; first to make
us acknowledge the superiority OF Lafayette
over Dade county. That Lafayette is not only
superior to Dade, but that she is second to no
county in the state. we cheerfully acknowl-
edge. We have been all over the state and we
know whereof we speak. and in cur travels We
went not with Zach's view, that Of simply
hunting out the defects, but OF learning the re-
sources and advantages of the country rs well.
Zach's second object in writing the letter WAS
not to publish a true account of Dade county,
but simply TO get rid of n few understandable
wares in the shape of stale anecdotes. Trace
IL DooS SOuhiS . uuu u
line twenty miles long will be ample for your
purpose. Still he pretends to know all about
the country. and says, with the imperious air OF
o man who knows he has settled all controversy,
81 never saw aly blue grass 0nysAeye in the
When we consider that The part Of
the county Zach saw Ia to the whole county as
one is to one million. thus, verify, we can APP
preclate the value OF his statements. We can
also very readily conceive how it is possible for
one who assumes to have seen SO much in SO
snort 4 space. to shoulder the responsible ty Of
what he actually did zee.
In spite OF Zach's mlsstatements the fact still
that Dads county raised u better crop
both OF wheat and corn this year than Lafayette.
Qils we Know seldom occurs) that Dade can
beat any northern county raising fruit any year.
Ihat she ID far richer in mineral Of any kind
that Zach chooses to mention Than Lafayette.
1es, and from where l now sit, / can see a
acres Of finer blue grass than was ever
seen in Lafayette. Zach you know lives in the
river bottom, ana consequently is not expected
to know how blue grass looks. Farther yet.
nobody denies that one-lith. almost, OF our
county is composed Of rock ribbed hills,
but they are worth their weight in iron, lead
and zinc.
Now. out of kindness to friends, Zach, We
pA'poec iaitcl III iu!utIG Is iShtn Du) 10 MAKE
him a present of one OF these awful hills SO that
he may set it in his farm in the bottom for u
place OF refuge for himself and family next
June, when the high waters on the one side,
and the malaria on the other begin their annual
struggle for the mastery Of his home.
"Oh wad sum power the giftie gie US,
To see Oursel's as ithers see Us,
II wsd irae man Y a blunder Tree us.
And foolish notion.p L. p. NJ