Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-07-18
What q Query

EDITOR INrELLIGENcER:-TO settle a dis
mite will YOU be kind enough to print the ex- C
pct aces of Gen. h. C. Boteler, Mr.. Frank ,
Tr,es. Judge Robt. Hale, Mr.. c. b. Daniel, .
Mr. A. Fitzhugh Alexander, Capt. j. =. I
Conner and Col. john held. II ID qune z
nsuaI. YOU know, to publish the ages OF dis
tinonished gentlemen. Respectfully,
INQUIRER.
Jewb,lakers ! Does our correspondent
know what she asks? Does she desire that
the yery small bald spot upon our Uranium
sbal be extended to general baldheadedness?
Ind what q comprehensive dispute" Had
we been asked the age Of one or two OF these
prominent and well known gentlemen svs-
tenn might have been discovered for 3 soiu-
ton If the problem; but all these at once!
AZ Don Ouixote said, it is "too much OF a
oood tbine.n Still, as ''rashness attends
voutb y we will venture upon the delicate
topic lust one word.
The genial Gen. Boteler enjoys perennial
youth, and the only reason for our cores
poudent,s query, we are afraid, Is hal she Is
a maiden 'lorn who has languished for those
attentions at his hands which cause the
female heart to palpitate with gentle, though
ecstatic fear. We are the more borne out in
this suspicion because his name comes first,
with. yery likely. all the Others in attendance
to do homage to it,as the retairers OF a knight
of old rode in his train cen when no danger
threatened. ..|
As to MI. Trigg, we have the ''underholts"
on him but our lady friend may conclude that
be Is as young as he is charming, the measure
of the latter quality being left to her own
heart. Some of his friends might even deny
the cruel allegation that he is an old bacheior
by the assertion that he is "one OF the boys"
and others by illusions to his taste for rose
culture.
We should have sworn Judge Hale was q
smiling youth. had he not so recently written
himself down as q contemporary Of Gilead
Rupe. We hope, however, this will not mill
itste against him, as it is not fair to take too
much advantage of inadvertent admissions in
irrelevant directions.
If we knew why Inquirer wanted to know
we might better answer as to Mr.. Daniel. Tor
Though the truth is the truth. and we all tell
It. vet circumstances will alter cases. We
D know that this applies to ages as between the
J buyer and seller of q horse, and Dean swift,
! philosopher, had the lmpudence to attempt
! to show that the horse was a better and .
nobler animal than the man. There are
. occasions when one would think that MIR.
Daniel had successfully warbled the prayer.
}, .Would 1 were q boy againp' and even at
other times his ~faultless linen, fashionably
: cut coat and jaunty hat. make OF aim one OIL
. the most desirable looking of lovers.
We do not believe cur correspondent does
- Mr.. Alexander Justice, you understandable
3 she parts his name In the middle. Whatever
" his good looks might justify as to assump'
~ ton, he is q modest man, and writes 1t plair
!. A. F. As to age he has no age. in fact Is moi
:. aged at all. He is still q youth, full Of lust!
" vigor. Why, we even heard him talking thu
=. other day of entering the military service o
y his country in case Ecuador jumped on AM
endsavored to exterminate US. Inquire
~ would, we know, waive her question coul
she see his manly form enveloped in a mar
tial gsrb, adorned with brass buttons, an
" with ~epsulets and q cooked hat to match.
"a CAPT. Conner! And what does 1t concer
nay lady how old he isf He can say, with tn
~ young lady in the play, 81 am another's," an
=. who can gainsay lts In lives such as b
there is no age, and the few feeting yesr
W which have robbed him of some of his CAPT
.. larry attractions have but ripened and mellow
" ed the sentiments of his heart. If we ms
ny make the remark without risk of ofense
our correspondent, we should say, that VIVA
NY ever a crusty old maid might allege as
Capt. Corners age, after her crabbedness hs
" soured the beauty of his countenance, '
10y feel sure that any young girl, sixteen or s
nc who meets him. will testify that he is rs swe
nu to beauty as a caramel or a piece of chewfl
gum.
No one who has read the poetic flights
~ fancy INDUCED in by Col. Reid, either VIII
lex H., -. o,..Ls sho,,d ost II
question p%ropounded by Inquirer. There
q Ponce de Leon spring in which the spl
battles, that brings to it a never ending you
In some sylvan dell, where rustling lea'
WV whisper softest melody, where kint
zephyrs breathe a gentle, perfume laden a
No with beauty's picture imaged in his bres
the colonel took the plunge into that elysi
fount which has given him his youth
heart. With the strong feelings of a st
~ wart manhood, he has satire for his +
humor for his friend, and love for a fe
' " which Is as deep as a we'll, and as precious
' y its crystal waters to the thirsty. The ye
may n.s. i,oht,v oyor suoh on ono and continu.
NAL, ro,oh..f. h;n Low. ~ The motto ond
nan beautiful. If Inquirer doubts US, let her
soy. any young girl who knows the colonel if
s to -. .;.t...,.,n h.o, o O .ba meatss
hing -. srr-,r. hv mothemstics we mi
have to admit that the colonel was So
YEAR -. .ho,t CO. hut ,,doino nv the m
day, $500. d.t. q, wh,oh NO have limited ab.
IL y and we must conclude that he is just our
twenty-six.
as'n We hope our correspondent will let us
with this definite and lucid information,
run that her interroxatories will not put it
~ the heads of any OF the beaux to ask US
~ ages of the ladies' about wi There
, the .o,,+. h.vond vh,ob W.. absolutelv refus
PIPER ND.