Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-08-16
There ia one thing that the editor OF


There is one thing that the editor OF
this paper desires to express himself
upon particularly, and that is' the
great courtesy and kindness to him OF
the press of Lafayette county. Ordl-
narily newspaper men in the same field
are not overly amiable to each other,bu
in this case at the beginning OF our
candidacy every newspaper in the
county, republican as well as demo-
cratic, spoke in as high terms OF us az
they possibly could have done. That
we did not reprint their kind and
laudatory notices was because we de-
termined that this newspaper should be
free from anything like All indirect self
praise, and not because we were MI
grateful. While the canvass has been
made at an expense of time and money.
yet these, ten times over, have been re-
paid by the warm pressure OF the
hand, the moistened eye, and the
kindly words which have ssur-
ed us, particularly in the last few
days, of friendships o priceless
than riches or than mere worldly hon.
ors. Our contemporaries, colleagues
we may call them in all noble ends,
have our deepest and sincerest thanks
for their generous courtesy, and now,
this being the last acknowledgment
that we write, we put aside the past
canvass, girdlc about us our old
armor, and return to those combats for
moral and political advancement which
compose the daily labor of all conscien-
tious Journalists.
The county ticket has been so thor
oughly discussed in these columns that
we shall not attempt to further dwell
upon it's merits. The nominees have
been before the people for many
months; their claims and characters
have been vigorously urged and scru-
tinized, and they have all been nomi-
mated by majorities which are satisfac-
tory to their opponents. In some in
stances, we regret to say, there has
been some bitterness and acrimony but
now that the peoples verdict is record
cd these should be mere memories of
the past and not be allowed to rankle
and festor into sores. The republicans
of the county disdain with contempt
the proffered Independent candidates,
and the democrats in view of the full
ness of their own vote in the primary
election cannot but sustain with energy
the ticket they have placed in the field.
So far as the late canvass is concerned
s'let the dead past bury its dead.' and
let all democrats, with eyes imbued
with the light of the great principles of
their party, look flxedly upon the rising
sun of its returning glory, and put
from them as they would a leprosy all
attempts to urge petty, pitiful, sordid,
personal. ambitions, against unity for
the attainment of great ends.
A man calling himself cdr" O'Don-
nell, from San Francisco, has been caus-
ing a great deal of excitement by his
trip from that city to New York, with a
couple OF Chinese lepers. He sent
handbills in every direction, advertis-
ing when and where he would lecture,
and exhibit his lepers. Somehow or
other the lepers were always detained
in a box car, were switched on the
wrong track, or something else hap
pened. AT last he reached New York,
and from there he went to Washington,
bat WfLhu"t i.ie chow. Il has trannPir-
ed that tho police of San Francisco
captured the lepers and sent them back
to China, and the "doctor" has never
since had any. 1t is now thought that
the doctor is crazy, and a board of
Washington physicians will pass on
his sanity. We believe medical boards
invariably find men to be crazy at least
they do if he has ever killed anybody.
Ex-Governor Hardin performed his
arduous duties as chairman of the state
convention with signal abili~
ty and fairness; and, considering the
size of the body and the made
quacy of the hall in which it
sat, remarkably good order was, in the
main, preserved. The rules were car
ried out literally and impartially, and
whatever may have been the result in
any particular case all will admit the
fairness and honesty ofthe proceedings.
This is a satisfaction to every democrat
in the state who has the success of the
party at heart, and while every credit
is due to the convention itself too much
be said in praise OF its able and
distinguished presiding officer.
. Col. Child in Richmond Conscrva-
tor:-"It was an off year for newspa-
per men, and We can cOndole with L.
sueur and Wallace" No coincidence
needed, Colonel; since we took the
kinks out of our legs. put there by
standing around for q hours or there
abouts Mt the Madison house, we feel
as spry rs a kitten. Now, we arc free
from tho cares of state, and may return
to tho gapnbols of journalism, dipping
orr Deii into the fountain of nOesv when
by our vicinage to our neigh