Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-12-26
EBENEzER EBBINGs.

1t appears that there are many people
who attended school where they never
learned the difference between a con-
gressional township and a municipal
township. The former is six miles
square and contains an area Of 23O40
acres more less, while the latter is a
civic division of a country set off by the
county court for the convenience of the
people as voting places. whose limits
are often changed A glance at a cor
rect map of Lafayette county will show
both divisions. Every well regulated
school teaches this part of geography
in the primary grades, and any one
with an active mind can learn to draw
maps OF townships in a few hours.
The Missouri Republican was not
wrong when it said, in regard to q
certain correspondent who has improv-
ed since he became fifty years of age:
Ellis early education was sadly neg
lected." Money spent for education
is never thrown away. 1t returns back
to the people in good citizens who
make the country better. No good
citizen will complain of his school tax,
unless, it is because it is too small, un-
| til the people are brought out of igno-
rance. "The more scoools, the fewer
jails," is all old saying, but a very
wholesome one, and full of comfort to
good people who want to bring the be-
| nighted world to light.
The following are some of the lead
ing questions used at the written ex-
animation at Ebenezer school last
month: (D Define a peninsula. (2.)
| Write a letter containing six divisions
or paragraphs and properly punctuate
the sentences. (s) Name the thirteen
original colonies. (D Write brief
sketch of New York, giving the names
of the Dutch and English governors up
to the the Revolution. (5) A man
purchased 90 head Of horses at $120
each; he sold 10 at a gain of 20 per
cent, and the balance at loss of 20
per cent. Did he gain or lose by the
transaction, and how much? 60 A
man being asked his age replied that
he passed 1 of his life in st. Louis; 1-20
in Kansas City, and the remainder, IS
years, in Denver. How old is he?
10 What is a straig line? (S) Bound
Lafayette county, giving the longitude
and latitude of Bates City. CO.. What
territory acquired by purchase belongs
to the United States? Give the date
and name of purchases, with amount
of each, and the names of the states
hewn ont of the purchases from the
first to the last. Q0l Spell by writ
ing: Scissors, erasers, gas, composite,
district. Gin the spelling most of the
words were written Incorrectly and
the pupils used their own judgement in
correcting.) From ten to twenty-five
questions are given in each branch.
and pupil must have an average OF
| oo per cent. to pursue his study with
the class.
am just in receipt of a picture
| OF Pat Donan, the notorious
editor of the defunct Lexing-
ton Caucasian, Everybody in
Lafayette county will remember .'Pat"
and his gospel peddling dad" as he
used to say of his father. Wherever
Fat goes he makes it hot for his antag-
| omsts. He became bitter republican
just as soon as he went to the north
west, throwing off his ultra barron
Ism, as he called it, and was elected
ON the republican ticket a delegate to
congress. He did great deal of pen
WORK for Dakota while editor and
newspaper correspondent He is said