Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-08-15
THAT; BELL.

EDITOR INrEELfdEScEE The confictinl
statements that we are told are going abroad
being well calculated to give. ,thoseat 4 dis
tsnce wrong conception, OF the position th'
good people Of this .pelghborhood have beer
placed in with regard to the recent carrying
of of the Cumberland Presbyterian bsllffon
the Union church here; to the Cumberland
Presbyterian church In Odessa, has led US tc
the conviction that In Justice to the commun.
ity 1t will be best to beg space In your col.
umns for plain statement Of the circum
stances in the case.i
b. To do this, 1t will be necessary to 60 back
In the history of the foundation OF the place
This event took place In 1857 Messrs. Isaac
Bledsoe and Peter Wolf at that time possess.
After they fhsd laid: 1t ont they continued
to reside in and so4tributedii in every way 70
aid and assist to make II thriving Young
city, until the demise Of Mr.. Bledsoe, about
the year 1851. In 1887, after thirty years
to @ found, al ana Where 10 hs VII Interested ii is
prosperity and sdversity. In pesce' and m war
IN endeaSoring to nrofhute its welfare, Mr..
VOLTS spirit ID turn 'folfoked his c0-worker
to the great City etOhd the eternal River,
and his fellow -townsmen laid his smoulder-
ing body down to decay aud mingle< It's dust
Olivet Cemetry above the mighty river Oh
the banks Of which they had chosen the site
Of their earthly home,
i In winding DIP his eaffsirs It was found thst
while not pr0fessDr himself, tho influence
Of his good and faithful wife with that gf re-
land Presbyterian denomination had left
their impression on his mind, and he h1d In
serted clause in his will that when complied
with. would be lasting monument 70 ht
name. A generous donation to the church
and an ever dear nneinenro Of It's founder to
the amount for the purchase of bell and the
erection of q suitable tower was $500, em
phaticallv setting forth that It was for the
Cumberland Presbyterian church a. Wexaag-
ton, and conierripg to, that body tho abs0lHte
power to remove it from the PARTICULAR build
ing they were then occupying conjointly With
share re-holders when they might Bee proper.
however naming no locality save the. town Of
Wellington. Shortly after his deceSse Mr..
WelFs wishes were executed by hfs Rdfnfnisl
traitors purchasing, hanging and idAlipef1hk
to the then trustees he had chosen for
the church, as good bell as any village of
that have followed, II has ever been pleast
ant adjunct to the commonwealth, ,summ0nink
the people together IN hours Of Joy and mirtk,
grief and sorrow, TO the Altar and the BierS
now tolling the last, soft, sorrowfu1 notes fof
the dying, and again pealing forth the, KMd.
every heart its tones awakened soul-sWaet
All was we'll, until Friday morning last .
two-horse wagon hailing from the south and
burdened with three men drove INTO town,
and stopping at the Union church tVeo-of the
strangers began unloadingropea. bloektt &C.,
while the third proceeding 70 q blaeksplth
shop informed the proprietor, John A.! Lock.
hart, ESQ.,, that his name was King, spailihg
the word for his benefit, Q minfster u the
Cumberland Presbyterian church Ct ODESSA; ;
that he had come for the bell and required
biz mechanical services in obtaining it. some
ffWe later Mr.. Lockhart cent down and re- Re.
iquested to be informed wnence their stthori.
u was derived for bell RfaSbinR and was told
that they were from and instructed by the
directors of the Cumberland Presbyterian
church of Odessa to take it.
As they have made no use of the church
here for some time, and not desiring to en-.
gage Ia squabble over the affsir or any church
matters, though far from being satisfied thai
their coming from the Odessa directing es.
tablished any legal claim, and fully pursladI
ed they were violating Mr.. WIS Instructions
and desires, we holding that he only intended
to allow its removal to Whatsoever house 'fhey
might thereafter use 10 Wellington alone
they were allowed to take 1t In peace. Tt
the three gentlemen he selected as custodlans
Of the bell we must say. that the amount o
praise due you for the faithful and eficien
execution of his plans Is to say the least of I
limited in the extreme but the town in who's.
neighborhOod. you have lived SO long an6
whose hospitality has ever been extended
and SO often accepted, still has reverence fol
gray hairs and .bids you welcome, but re-
quests that you will make it known whel
you think it advisable to remove the town b
Odessa. To Odessa herself we say, take tn
Dell, and may it rebound to the cause Of re-
ligion and the good of the town, and II Soi
fad any need for the old town come in. ami
get it, and if you are not in too much, hast
maybe we Will help you. go
Two BELL-RINGERs.