Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-11-03
Election on the hog law to-day.

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Betting, at Jordan's Foundry and Machine
shops. m6t1
A new kind of carpet seat chairs, very
strong and nice at II. & F. Winkler's, Lex
lngton, Mo. 1unestf
Saunders makes copying a specially from
q locket picture to life size in crayon, ink,
water colors. &c. apr14tf
The best assortment of fine shoes aud
boots, at the Franklin Street shoe house. w.
q. Eeplestop B. Co. sep22tf
Tho largest line of hobby hats, both soft
and stif, at the Parlor shoe store, Franklin
street. W. G. Eggleston q Co. sep22tf
Don't forget to call on Thornton h Har-
graves for furniture, in their new store OPP
posite Grove Young, Higginsville. oct1stf
A. v. Robinson & Co. have the only mill
in the county that griuds wheat on rollers
and makes a first-class patent dour. j2Otf
Mr.. T.. E. Vaughan. of Dover, came In to
town, Wednesday, on a load of apples, when
at Eegleston's corner, by reason Of a sudden
jolt he fell off the wagon under one OF the
hind wheels. The wheel ran over his right
hand, cutting to the bone two of his fingers.
First Voice -Hello! Hellou Hello!!! Sec
ond .oice-Well, what is the matter nowr
First voice-Tell the public at large that a
large lot OF maple syrup In gallons, half gal
'ons and quart cans has just been recei ed at
the popular Franklin Street Grocery and
Fruit House Of 10. w. Homer. oct2ns
All persons against whom we bold orders
for fruit trees from the Springfield, Illinois
SIrsery. will please come Immediately and
get them, OF Laurel street, near Ewing,
Young 4 Lesrd's Livery Stable. Lexington,
Missouri. II not called for by Tuesday, the
9th of November. they will be sold to any
person desiring them. ). a. Edmonds,
acting agent. 1t
80" writes frol Waveriy:-"Dr. Feagans
will start, In q fs\ days, for New Mexico,
where he will spen. le winter for the benefit
OF his health....l per q Chapline have
bought several hui ed barrels Of apples,
and are quite busy hi ing and shipping.
Miss Lizzie Mott, lei asst week, for South
Carolina, were she got for the purpose Of
attending school. ..Mr.l -ker Nordeet spent
several days IN this vicln last week. Rev.
J.. A. Qusrles will preach at Dover next
Sunday Quarterly meeting at Three Groves,
u6xI ouuOaS ....OH AUS ~ CuuAtSSA0k oPR1AAS
ments, tho. communion services were not
held in the N. E. church Sunday morning..
Mr.. William DeMoss, of Malta Bend, spent
Sunday in this region. 80. Died, Oct. IL, of
consumption, Emma, daughter Of James
Goodwin 80. The signs of the times indicate
some weddings in the near future"
1t is unfortunate that the roads are muddy,
>o1 <l>ok t. 10 iupnroofiool 70 eaonro q ronra.
sentative meeting of the people Of the county
until afternoon, but the county has a question
of $4,000, and a principal to which it is
pledged, to consider; and Lexington, Wash
ington and Sni-a-Bar townships have q ques-
ton involving $4,000 600 to discuss. The peo-
pie know all this. Hon. Joseph F. Smith In
the call for the meeting next Monday
distinctly states its object. 1t has
been several years since q general meet
ing Of the people has been called on this ques-
ton, and one was never more needed than
now Every taxpayer In the county who
can possibly do so should attend, so that
whatever is done may be recognized as the
action of the people Of the county. The
questions at issue are too grave, and involve
too great interests to be treated with levity or
to Justify the advancement Of small or irrel-
evsnt objections. Come in, everybody!
A friend and. reader of the In%telligencer,
who has 3 son. q youth, in whose course Of
study and reading he naturally takes a deep
interest, asks us to say something of the Inn
perial Dictionary and Littell's Living Age.
We do 80 with pleasure. The Imperial Die
tionary is an encyclopedia lexicon. 1t not
only gives the definition of each word; but
its derivation and history. 1t may not strike
many persons rs reasonable that it should be-
so, but it is nevertheless q fact, that many
words In the English language have histories
| attaching to them as interesting and as curl.
Gus as are the histories of men or places. We
have not time or space to illustrate this as
might easily be done, but everybody here
who remembers Prof. McAnslly's lecture, de-
livered in the Methodist church, will under
stand the psthos or the poetry that may lie in
the history Of word, quite apart, often from
the meaning which it ordinarily conveys. All
these things, as handed down in legend, ira
ditfon, or In accurate accounts, are set forth
In the Imperial. 1t is thus not only q spelling
and 3 p~ronouncing dictionary but it Is a com.
plete and exhaustive pathological work. The
London Graphic says of it:-"The great care
bestowed on scientific and technical words
makes this dictionary something sui generis. y
The st. James Gazette, London ,says:-''It IL
astonishing how many books of reference
may be dispensed with by the student who
has access to this admirable compilation. :
The work, 1t is well understood, is an Eng
lish one. 1t hs been in course Of prepare
ton for many y>ars, and has had expended
upon it the labor * the most able and accom-
plished editors. The American publisher il
the Century company, New York, N. Y. Tn
price of the work Is IS per volume, or s.,
for the set, In cloth; S25 In half Russia; an
$26 in full extra sheep. A pamphlet contain
ing the prospectus, with specimen pages
English and American press notices, ETC., will
be sent on application. The volumes will b
forwarded, prepaid, by the publishers, on re
ceipt Of price, or they may be ordered Q
! booksellers everywhere. We will make bu
one American quotation regarding it-fror
: the Providence, Rhode Island Journal Lit
: definitions are models of exactness,a aid thei
T number and ~fullness, together with the &C
! COmphuy lug llo6tI blINc QuOGdIlOuS OEdW
: from the best literary authorities There ar
1900 authors quotedl, constitute it a mine G
) knowledge" It will De seen from all thi.
! that the work Is a combination of dictionar
and encyclopedia, and the most economic,
t form In which the mass OF information it col
tains can possibly be obtained. We speak
a Littell In another place.
F. "Zack'' writes from Egypt:-"Health
d the neighborhOod good.....The roads al
( muddier than they have been In a long time
: Wheat Is looking very well, although somt
e thing 10 damaging the early sown to some eS
tent. Mr.. Geo. W. Moore's wife and chile
rem are just In from New Mexico on & visi
}, and will remain here until spring. go. Rev. ,
J. Hill breaches every Sd Sunday at IL aud
o'clock. at the bottom schoolhouse.. Messr
Marshall. Klotz and Greasy and have move
to Wellington. Mr.. T. C. Waller has gol
to Higginsville visiting his mother, and wi
: 60 from there to Sedalia where he will r
main ten days or longer. Spelling sche
Is every Thurday night at schoolhouse; ever
n body is invited and expected to take a part
d It,. Mr.. Hall has a saw mill In full blast
Waterloo, where all kinds of native lumb