Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-09-29

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Harriet Benton has gone to Pettis county to
visit her daughter, Mrs. Shepherds"
The ladies ofthe Baptist church Of this city
have with very commendsble enterprise,
purchased q fine pipe organ for their church,
which will be built in about two months. In
order to finish securing the necessary funds
and pay for the organ the ladies of the church
with the necessary assistance, will give a
grand vocal and instrumental concert at the
The music will be up to the usual standard Of
excellence, and this with the good cause for
which the concert will be given, will assured
ly draw a full audience.
s'Chris" writes from Wellington :-"several
drummers in town this week. ... Weather
very pleasant now....Mr. Thos. Tidball, of
Fort Worth, Texas. was in town a few days
this week. Mrs. Nichols, from Colorado,
has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Thomas
Chinn. Mrs. Lizzie Gull and Miss Jennie
Duvall will start for their home in kentucky,
next Monday, and leave many sad hearts be-
hind MSS Eta Lockha-t returned Mon
day eve from almost a weeks visit with
friends ansas City. What has become
of tom. Let us hear from him, he is al
ways interesting . miss Jennie Adamson, of
Kansas City, spent several days this week at
Judge Lockhart's."
A friend near Waverly sends us the follow
ing:-"Died, very suddenly, in Marshall, re-
Gently, MI. Geo. c. Fletch er. He was buried
in Dover on last Sabbath. Mr.. Fletcher form
erly lived in Wayerly, where he has many
friends, who are grieved to hear of his death.
DR.. Charles Smith and wife, will start in a
few days to California to spend the winter
there. DIR. Feagans has returned from his
visit west, we hope much improved in
health. -. Mr.. John W. Downs, of Saline
county, has been visiting his son, Ed. Downs,
this week. Mr.. David Boyd has gone to
Worthwhile, Polk county, to attend school,.
Rev. Lamar Bedsworth is quite sick with ma
larlal fever. Mrs. Simon Woods is in Vir-
ginia visiting relatives and friends. .. Gen.
Joe. o. Shelby was in Waverly a few days
ago, looking healthy and happy. Mr.. F. E.
Downs bought of Mr.. A. Jordon 80 acres of
and adjoining his own farm; and Mr.. Jordon
then bought l60 acres from Mr.. David Call
ahan. Price paid, we understand, was $54
per acre. This is certainly cheap enough, for
this 240 acres is considered the best tract of
land in the vicinity Rev. R. A. Holloway
is attending conference at Boonville this
week. The farmers are still busy : wing
wheat. The corn crop in this community
will be far better than was expected. There
will be a large crop of winter apples in this
vicinity, and they are so large and of such
6po r,,olft, fbof 7 fbinl- ~ x,0,,ll eoroa
experienced fruit man to come here and buy
them. Mr.. John Tracy had his fine barn,
together with seventeen hundred bushels Of
wheat and four or five head of horses burned,
last week, the loss will be about $780,"
Mrs. John D. Robinson celebrated the 28th
anniversary of her marriage, last Saturday,
by entertaining the Old Mems Club, but, as
the day was very rainy, only a few members
of the club and a few of her neighbors met
to enjoy her hospitality. Not to be outdone
by the weather, she sent out and invited her
younger friends to meet at her house Monday
night. The night was dark as Erebus, tho
roads muddy and full of dangerous holes, and
the atmosphere damp and chilly, yet the
house was soon full Of happy faces, son Of
which were mot so young as they used to
be-" but all had put away care for this one
evening. Time went by unnoted until supper
was announced. The Intelligencer reporter
was there, Of course, and inspected the table
before the grand cI'rge was made upon it.
To say that it was pretty does not convey our
idea, and yet 0 description is almost impossi-
BILE. Large and elegantly trimmed cakes,
dishes Of fruits, punches of grapes and many
other tempting delicacies were lavishly dis
! played, all Of which was most tastefully
beautitied by a very handsome distribution OF
choice natural flowers. The center-piece was
compared to the premium floral design at the
late fair, and was pronounced to be far SUI
perior. The refreshments consisted of every
thing good, from fresh oysters, ham, beef,
mutton, pickles and coffee, to cakes, ices,
nuts. fruits, &C., and were as agreeable to tine
palate rs the flowers were torthe eye, 1t il
scarcely necessary to say that those present
enjoyed q pleasant evening, as Mrs. Robinson
Is well known as a hostess. About one
O'Clock the older folks began to take their de-
parture. but it was nearly three O'Clock when
the younger ones said eood-by, and all wish
ed Mr.. and Mrs. Robinson a continuation of
health and happiness to celebrate many mar
risge anniversaries, and each hoped to be
present on every OCCASION.