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Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-12-22
CHAPEL HILL.

We again find ourselves troubling
you with our small budget of items,
and though the world would move
without knowing even that we live, vet
we believe it moves better to see n
scribble from us once month in YOUR
valuable columns. We have inst re-
ceived a copy of the Intelligencer, and
we do say that we challenge the adjoin-
ing counties to produce better paper
than it is. 1t is full of wide-awake inter-
est in favor of old Lafayette and her
many good people.
Mr.. Editor, we couldn't keep quiet if
we wanted to when so many new
things are constantly arising in and
around this place.
The first we will mention is the great
change which Old Concord church has
taken of late days. 1t has lately pur-
chased cheap organ, and judging
from the number of entertainments,
dialogues, comic songs and sparkling
societies that are constantly transpir-
ing within its walls it will at no very
distant day be transformed into the
atrical hall.
The spelling in Mr.. George S. Wal
lace's school near here, came off Friday
night, and we hear the pupils did ex-
ceedingly well. The prize given was
80, and was won by Miss Amanda
Fitzgerald, she being the only pupil
in the school that did not miss. Miss
Amanda is in every way beautiful,
gifted and finely talented young lady,
as we'll as an excellent student, and
wins the choice fortune of the admirs-
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-12-22
OUR OWN JAKE ON his TRAVELS.


BALTIMORE, December 8, 1855.
DEAR EDIToR:-Perhaps q paragraph .. two
from me may not be without interest to your
readers. journey from Lexington. Missouri,
to Baltimore, Maryland, 10 not without incident,
interest. and, sometimes. adventure. Some OF
the incidents by the way, occurring to me made
my trip exceedingly pleasant. Scarcely beyond
the limits OF st. Louis. in the psrlor car Of an
o. and N train. formed the acquaintance OF
the Hon. Willard Davis, ex-attorney general OF
Kansas, and his very handsome and acco,u-
plished lady, formerly Miss Coleman. Of Lex
ington, kentucky. A short interview with
these very agreeable people revealed the fact
that Mrs. Davis was closely connected with our
Chinns. Bowmans. Gordons. Shelbys. Bu-
fords. etc in fact. a. told her, about one
1fth of the population Of Lafs1 cite county AS u
link In the chain Of connection. it may be
slated that little Coleman Buford's Christian
nams was the same as this lady's fathers. Part
ing nom our friends at Cincinnati. We were not
long In forming the acquaintance Of that prince
Of Kentuckisns. j .Soule Smith, w sshington cor
RESPONDENT of the Cincinnati News-Journsl.
Educated. almost literally amid the thun-
der Of cannsn and rattle OF musketry in the late
"family disturbance, he possesses largely the
rugged Intellect of the SCARED veteran the expe-
and the fire Of = genious which military disci-
plins alone imparts. Briefly he Is Kentuckian,
scholarly. courtsous, and fearless. We predict
for him . brilliant future . correspondent.
shall not attempt brief letter to describe the
scenery along the rsuts Of the B. & o. Whoever
has Travelled over the roate from Parkersburg to
Cumberland. must mentally lInger long beneath
the shadow Of the bluest nountsins. and dream
long Of musical brooks and wild scenes. Deer
Park. Oakland. and many other recently i'm
proved mountain resorts are Of special interest.
At the old town Of Martinsburg. W. Va, the
writer stopped long enough to shake the hand
Of John Smith an old schsolmate OF rhirty-nvs
years ago. and purchase . big red apple from an
urehin who seemed delIshted with the transac-
tion. The grand old rocks that have stood
about the town for centuries, like sentinsls In
"Ersy." are being aroused from the ancient
beds. and rapidly changed into trading COM
modify that whitsns and purI1lss the houses and
Alleya Of clsanly Baltimore. A few minutes
from Narttnsburg. and Harper's Ferry. full OF
historic relics, WAS in sight. Here facing the
train upon which you ride stands the fort Of
John Brown. not formidable locking fortin.
cation, and must have been reaorted to by des-
perste cranks ~ means OF preservation. Hsr-
per's Ferry u Of peculiar interest to me, howev-
q, aside from lts being the scene Of conquest
and defeat, for It Is the birth place of the best
little woman I ever knew, and to whom the
present writer 10 ''under lasting obligations.
But my letter - growing too lengthy. and will
reserve fer another ma ny things that may inter.
cat the friends OF j.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-12-22
DOVER.

The Dover school is under the SUPER
vision this year of Mrs. James Har-
wood and Mr.. C. o. Smith. The enroll
ment is eighty-seven, and the attend
ance good. The average attendance Of
last month, was about sixty-five.
Friday evenings are given to declama-
tions, compositions and spelling les
sons. In the intermediate department
composition writing is required often
through the week. herewith send
you one written by little girl, Miss
Mildred Vivion, which you may pub
lish ifyou wish. 1 send it as written
by her. 1t is all attempt to describe
Dover.
The composition alluded to, entitled
ga Village" is literally as follows:
IA village is small collection OF
houses, once saw village of which !
will attempt to give description. il
W as not very beautifully laid off it had
Main street, Mill street South street, and
Niggar street, the old mill looked
as though it was tired of work and like
its neighbors has stopped to wrest. one
Of the streets leading to the mill had
fallen into the hollow and l don't ex-
pect it will ever get out again, in this
little village there were two dry good
stores two drug stores and Il grocery
store in which there were plenty OF
good for those who wish to buy,
this village is very religious town,
it contains six churches all of which is
used almost every Sabbath. There
was also large seminary of which
show marks OF having been in better
repare, and the grave yard hid away on
the hillside, show too that many loved
ones are sleeping quietly there.
This little village is q very old place
and some of the people meve around
as if they were as old as the town.
But l guess when the cars run
through Main street the inhabitants of
that quiette little village will awake
from their slumber."
There was very pleasant sOciable
given at Mrs. James Harwo0d's Friday
evening last.
Lee Smith and Parson Whiting have
gone 10 the lakes to fish.
1t is said there will be several mar
riages in and about Dover before .
great while.
Most OF the farmers are through
gathering corn. The crop is very short,
averaging about five barrels.
Wheat is looking very we'll, some OF
it rather thin, owing doubtless to bad
seed.
The Young people are looking for
wardto Christmas with joyful hearts
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-12-22
PRAIRIE VALLEY.

Nice weather.
Hog buyers plentiful.
Health of the community good.
Farmers gathering corn and selling
their stock.
Miss Fannie Hall of your city, is
visiting Miss Sallie Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thorp spent last Sat-
urday night and Sunday with friends
i'll this vicinity.
Mr.. Peter Kline is fixing to go to
Virginia OH visit this winter, guess
he will start before long.
l wonder if the young folks of our
community are all asleep; think it is
time some one was giving us party.
Come, wake up young people.
Two young gentlemen tried to catch
mule cared rabbit last week that they
saw in the valley, but their horses
were not fast enough.
Mr.. 7. Oliver is going to give lis 9
lecture at the school house, on educa-
ton. Hope everybody will attend.
Our school is p ogressing finely un.
der control of Prof. G. X. Smith, O
your city, and 1 am glad to hear tha
the boys behave better than usual thi
winter. That's right, boys, stick t.
, your books and learn fast.
| P.p,STy
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-12-22
An Apple Gathering.

(From London Society.l
just such another .blowy day
With grand capfieious sky,
And in the orchard. glad and gay
Were cousin Joan and 1;
Both mounted On a ladder long, the apples all
Ny seat the top. her dainty feet upon lower
runH.
And Q. how sweet the hazel eyes
That there looked up at mel
The truest, softest, deepest eyes
That ever shall see.
Then what perfect mouth thought it would
be simple bliss
If from those rosy lips might but steal one lit
tie kiss.
For WAS not her cousin, too9
And hall bent my head,
But not the dreadful thing to do
No. NO! pveever said.
But she, perchance. had fsncted SO. and. sud-
den, sideward bent,
And. from the movement. to the ground the
ladder staggering went.
Ny graceful darling lovely Joan,
Fell lightly without harm;
And l. as she arose alone,
Scarce ielt my broken arm.
full. cold and proud,
She turned away. then. with the two-fold pain
Igroaned aloud.
She started, and her face grew white;
But then fell to my share
Such gentle ministries. that light
Seemed all the pain to bear.
0 nnRers deft and tender, once in mine I held
you fast,
And. humbly craving, got the kiss longsd %
tor at last,
And with it. too, my sweetheart Joan,
Whose pity grew to love:
Still. who had never been my own
But for that day above
Then. at the apple-gathering In the dear old sp.
pie tree,
When not a single fruit WAS plueked by my fail
wife me.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-12-22
FAIRVIEw.
News scarce.

ANCWb nCdlCC.
Some of our farmers are through
gathering corn.
j. c. Armstrong bought and ship
ped a car load of hogs from our vicinity
last week.
Walker Osborn shipped to Chicago,
last Wednesday, "a head Of fat steers.
Mr.. Alfred King shipped 8 head of
tat steers to Chicago, last Wednesday.
Mr.. Thoms Cobbs has recently in
creased the value of his farm by dig
ging splendid cave. They are useful
in winter to keep vegetables in, and in
summer to run into in case of storm.
No farm should be without one.
Mr.. John Campbell, of Higginsville,
paid our vicinity flying visit recently.
Peddlers and agents have been nu-
merous for the past week
The debate is flourishing; six new
members enrolled.
Our Sunday school is still alive, but
if more of the old folks don't come Out
it will freeze out the first cold spell.
Miss Lulu Osborn's school will
close next Friday evening, several ol
the pupils will recite declamations and
read essays.
Mr.. II. D. Kite spent part OF last
week at Lexington ON the jury.
Wr. Walker Osborn went to Chicago
last Wednesday with his cattle.
A protracted meeting was com
menced at Pleasant Prairie las
Wednesday, it will continue through
this week.
Miss Mamie Gordon's school will
close with an exhibition.
Miss Susie George has been visitin,
friends i'll Missouri City.
Mr.. James Small, of Helena, Mon
tana, is visiting friends in our vicinit.
this week.
Oar debating society will meet o.
Friday night from this date.
Mr.. James Elmore, of Colorado, j
in the neighborhood visiting friend
and relatives.
| Mr.. Editor, if you will answer tn
following question, you will confer
favor on one Of your correspondent
and many readers. What penalty doe
the law impose on any one disturbing
a public gathering, such as picnics
debates, spellings, and SO forth ? b
answering the above in your interest
ing paper, you will confer favor O
your many readers. CAP.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-12-22

The season for cotton picking since
the occurrence of frosts as in gathering
bottom crops has been quite favorable.
Local estimates of the aggregate pro-
duct are not diminished, and the tone
of general comment is comparatively
hopeful. Indications of December re-
turns favor reduction of about thlr-
teen per cent. from the crop of last
year. The percentage of that crop is
now indicated for the harvest of 1883,
as follows: Virginia, rs; North Caro-
lima, 81; South Carolina, 76; Florida,
95; Georgia, 80; Alabama, "a; Missis-
sippi, 80; Louisiana, 92; Texas, 90;
Arkansas, 83; Tennessee, 102. This
report points to a crop Of about six
million bales. 1t is possible the cotton
movement for the year may pass that
limit,
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-12-22
An Arnold.
tFrom the New York Observer
s higher larger cnltiuafion 4 finer laciditY


From the New York Observer.
"a higher. larger cultivation. q liner lacdity.
is neeIted Matthew Arnold.
Well, well!-''s finer lucidity''-
So this is the pabulum all Of US needy
transparent As glass .iacking all its rigidity,"
Must be for the future our one only creedl
No more ''ChristlanIty''-that is exploded.
No more '.preternatursl, /" Protestant claw. {"
No more talk OF conscience, by evil corroded.
"A higher luciiity" now IL theIawl
No barbarons doctrines Of .'Faith." or .'Eiee-
tion,"
'' Redemption 'peraision.' 'Divinity.
All such must We view with severest rejection.
Ii we would "a aner lucidity" winl
Away with our churches. our Bibles. eur preach
ers,
Our nonsense OF morals" religion or
Our doctors. d;vines. our "uncivilized "
screechers,
''Let "a finer lucidity" I'LL them with aweI
creeded," ..l y
To think OF rejecting. who could be % base3
lis ''esthelic,' 100 utter"-'tis just what
We needed.
To make us perfe :tion rare models OF grsosi''
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-12-22
TIL. Watch on Christmas Eve.


Close by the chimney. Oh Christm - Eve.
The raiters cresk and the windows shrek,
And the night 10 wild with storms.
'TiS lonely watch, Tor the spscter doubt
Has entered y childish breast.
Aud faith tonight must be lost In sight,
AMI the spirit lxId at rest.
''Are you sure he'll comeP,' says tiny voice;
''Oh, say you are certain quite,
Oh, what could we do il II shouldn't be true,
And nobody came to-night2''
But the sweeter tones Of childish trust
Break In on the others doubt;
''Oh. naver you fear, you'll see him here
When the midnight bells ring OUT
''Perhsps they have told Us 4. story. though.
Iou See we're such little boys;
ehould feel 80 bad il l thought they had.
That I'd hate the Christmas toys,
Do you think he'll care for the vino and rain
They say he's getting old t's
With that heavy pack on his pnor hump-back.
And the night Is 30 very coldi''
II tell you the reindeer brinEs him here.
=, And the load Of toys 10 light;
His coat is warm, and he laughs at ths storm;
know he' II come to- night.
There never can be doubt, say,
Oh, never cause to fear;
Our watch we'll keep while the others sleep,
And we're sure to see him here
But the minutes drag. and the small head
When SOFT through the parlor door
Two shadows creep. while the bright eye
For the bold night watch !, o,er,
They cram the sfockings with loads of toys.
And then, with stealthy tread.
They liit each form in its night gown warm
And put the watchers 10 bed
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-12-22

On Sunday night a large mob took
Rast and Hofennater, confined in Jail
at Delta, Ohio, for burglary, and
strung them up because they refused
to reveal the names of their cOnfeder-
ates. They cut them down and strung
them up az lin, but the men refused to
tell. Then they left them hanging.
The jailer cut them down, but they are
in critical condition.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-12-22
Christmas in Germany.


1t is just the same In Fatherland as here;
In the home of amber rhein and fosming beer.
There the door 10 open wide,
And the lamp il held to guido
Sads's footsteps to the board OF festive cheer,
just the s.me-old Hans grows younger at tn.
And his Frau is brisk as young Fr.ulin. to.
Little Yacob. with the rest,
Bids . welcome to the guest
Every heart 10 brimminH over wlth delight
For the guest has come to plant the Christmas
Come with gins tor Frau ana Han. and bah,
And II only in the store
For the young man At the door
There are slippers. truly proud and glad he'll
Not a home in all OF Germany's forgot
There's u tree in every palace, every cot;
Christmas chimes float on the air,
Peace and Joy are everywhere
Every hesrth-stone 10 happy, hallowsd spot.
For the board is always crowned with goose and
Flunked by .'eier-rines' white - snow
That 1ssd. Of Ses. II. hum: 5ns
Then come nuts. and fruits. and osndiss-all
the sweets
Fitting top shesvss to the goose. and cheese, and
meats.
All. yes, dearie. s'er the Rhi.e,
10 where they have things hne,
And where Joy is thick n mud upon our streets
And it's just the same In Fatberland ~ here
After PRAYER and least are done there comes Z
fear
That the loads not balanced right
That twill top pie in the night;
And they have to keep the psreyorls nsar.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-12-22
THE PROBLEM SOLVED.

Germany has solved problem for
u.s.. In that country more girls marry
at 35 than at 10. Now we all know
why girls of S5 remain 10 for so many
years; they don't want husbands.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-12-22

The yield OF rye and barley this year
is little less than in 1882, and buck
wheat reduced more than one-third.
The December report will include the
record Of average prices, with indica-
tions Of the quantity grown.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-12-22

Col. Boudinot, Washington agent of
the Cherokee nation, has addressed an
open letter to Secretary Teller in refer
ence to the charges respecting the mis-
appropriation of the Cherokee Indian
award. Col. Boudinot says he will
prove, if opportunity is afforded, that
the treasurer of the Cherokee nation
paid out 1922 500 of the award of $780,
900 in fulfillment of contract made by
the Cherokee delegation with ex-Con-
gresham Phillips of Kansas, and that
Phillips received the money; also that
both Phillips and the Cherokee delega-
ton represented to the Cherokee
council that the said S22, 500 although
contracted to be paid to William A
Phillips was not for his benefit, but to
pay "certain high officials in Washing
ton for their influence in procuring the
appropriation" Phillips, when asked
who the "high officials" were, gave the
interrogators to understand the "high
officials" were Secretary Teller and
Senator Dawes. Col. Boudinot also
says: "Somebedy took that money.
know neither you nor Senator Dawes
ever got dollar of it. believe VIM
A. Phillips did get it, and probably
shared with Others"
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-12-22

good, ne he 1s, 40, %: 40 acres love
ana anectlon ..................
Isaac Saylor to Lycurgus Green,
10 acres off east end ne NV II. As.
20.
Emma Fink and husband, to Henry
c. Schwartz. lots and 8, McDan-
iel's add to HisSinsville lle........
Clayton Williams and wife to Will
lard Crutchfleld, 100 feet off w end
lot 7, blk 16. Asbury's add to Hig-
glnsVllle ........ .......
W. J. Wilkening and wife to John
W. Prince, undivided ] int. in lot 2,
blk IL, Odessa NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Edwin G. Lee to Mary v. Stats,
pit W hf NV 1, 4S, %: 81 acres. .......
Berry Boemer and wife to Mary v.
Stats, lot 16. blk Is, Odessa. ......
Henry Schelf and wife to G. Ect-
hOff, ne NV; and 5 acres oil n side n
.hf NV sw 13. 1924
August H. Dankenbring and wife
to Henry Schelf, w hf sw 12; and n
hi NV sw 13, all in 4S, "a ...........
Alice Aitken aud husband to Geo.
L. Trail,undivided interest NV frac.
3, so, 81
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-12-22
NOTICE TO ALI CONCERNED.

fINHis is 10 notify and warn all parties now In
terested or who may become Interested that
suit has been instituted, and other suits will be
Drought against the estate OF VIM. J. Ferguson,
hereby warn all parties from purchasing or ira
ding for lands or estate of the heirs of WIN. ].
Ferguson, deceased, and f. r. Ferguson, as
lille TO said land or estate cannot be made per
feet, and we will prosecute the title and not
allow the disposal OF sald estate or lands until
an equitable dis sion is had by authority OF the
court, and in Justice ito all the hears, This We
will prosecute to the end.
signed j. G B FERGUSON. MD.
ALICE u. HARDMAN
slu. WIN, W, FERGUSON
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-12-22
ALWAYS TELLS EVERYTHING.

Bronson: "Well, I always make it
rule to tell my wife everything that
happens Smithkins: "Oh, my dear
fellow, that's nothing. tell my wife
lots of things that never happened at
ALL"
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-12-22


. WABASH. ST. LOUIS AND PACIFIC.
LHAvE IRxrNaros
Trains for both East and W est ... $50 r n.
Trains Tor st. Louis. Il. and St.Jos 4 40 A. II
ARRIVE AT LExINaroN
FROM st. Louis andsI points East. =. 6 rs \
e. BEN. RUSSELL, Agent.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-12-22

A good assortment of wardrobes cheap and
fine ones at II, i +. Winkler'.. June2u
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-12-22
TIE
AMERICAN FARMER,

sixteen page magazine published at Fit Wayne,
Ind. which raiy ta<:;ls rt,k tn" leading ag-
.cultural Journals Ii is devoted exclusively
the Interests of Stock Breeder Bairyma GARD
and tcr iur.O and r"ry species q" industry con.
with great portion of the people of the world the
Farmer Tie s.h,, i.,nii prize is s-SS per farm
well arI. wi.lIi.i II puts ideas into
their minds. il :eir'=s th' how TO ia.n with pr"ht to
happy. The Young f,lk, Clrer
, the slorri r,,r,i,i. dow happy. uI te dem.
syoguc i,,u.>t.
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HENRY @. WALLACE. WI. S--
WALLACE Il CHILES.

. rToRNEYs AND CoUNsELL0Rs Ar
a Lexington Mo; o@Ss: asnt opp sSna
over the 'Le1ings9n, SAVING csce in the courts Of
as.Sesre and surrounding counties and aso ond ID
be court Of the siet ssass courts for the
western District of Nissonrl:
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-12-22

John w. Garrett has been unani-
mously elected president of the Balti-
more and Ohio railroad for the twenty
sixth consecutive term.
The Atlanta Constitution says:-"If
there ever was a KuKlux element in
the south, it is to be found among that
class of whites who Joined Malone for
the purpose of repudiating the debt Of
Virginia. The men of this class do not
hesitate to raise the race issue and give
it any shape that will suit their con-
venience. They are ready to kill
negro, or they are ready to have him
kil;ed-and they are quite as ready to
infame him against those who oppose
them" That is the size of fit-"precise-
ly; to det.''
Returns of corn production are more
conservative than they were in October
and November, from injury to soft corn
by warm, moist weather, north of the
4Oth parallel. Corn that has been
cribbed is said to be in worse condition
than for many years. The proportion
of understandable corn is therefore
large. The final estimated quantity
produced will fall few millions short
of previous indications, or twenty-three
bushels per acre. This estimate relates
only to the quantity and makes no dis
count for the inferior quality, which
seriously increases the shortage. Loss.
es from packing in masses or injury to
soft corn from mild or wet weather are
treated as after harvest considerations
An investigation will be made of the
extent of such injury.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-12-22
'Meeklg gatelligenfer.

NO. P. R. R.-K. G. & Z. DIVISION.
LEAVE LEXINGTON FOR KANsAs CITY.
Passenger ......... OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 720 4. II.
Freight and accommodation. ...12:45 2. n.
i's ARRIVE At LEXINGTON.
Passenger 7:45 r. n.
Freight and accommodation ........ IL 90 A.. n.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-12-22

John w. Garrett has been unani-
mously elected president Of the Balti-
more and Ohio railroad for the twenty
sixth consecutive term.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-12-22
ATTORNEYS.

DEAl, ESTATE AND LOAN BROkERS; a:,;
X Room No. shledsy Building i!ii1 So9oye1 SSrntr y
ana Main streets, Kansas sonn;y Hniy business So
Iradefs DsnA' o20ly
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