Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-03-13
Steinman and Col. r. L. Greer as road

Stelnman and COl. II. L.. Greef as rOau |
,verseers.
Mrs. Amelia Echelmeyer, the late
Mrs. s.Guenther, has moved to the'hoop-
pole county," She took pupils from
Ebenezer school.
Mrs. Emma Y. Foster, the breeder
Of improved breeds of fowls shipped
some fine ducks to Fayette. Howard
county last week.
Duck hunting is now the order Of the
day. The lakes on Blackwaier are well
covered by the feathery tribe, where
the nimrods have their sport.
Frank Saunders is cleari ng up farm
on the Simpson land. One day last
week he called his friends together in
and old fashioned wood chopping.
Latest news from Geo. Ray and
Henry Helt formerly OF this vicinity,
but now of Nebraska, states that they
are happy in the land of the "bug eat
ers."
The New Hope ladies' sewing circle
had successful quilting under the
direction of Miss Hattie S. Parker, for
the benefit of the organ fund, Wednes-
day Oath ult.
Last Saturday 9th ult. l roved over
that part of the county where l spent |
my early childhood more than quarter |
of century ago. Time has wrought |
great changes since those pioneer days |
The hog buyer Louis Tegeler, bought |
last week the following lots of hogs at |
) 35 and $40, Chas. Helt II head aver |
age 2l3 lbs; Herman Helt, %, average,
243; VIM. Helt, 5, average, 1913; Stig-
don, %, average, 200.
An oyster supper was given by the
ladies of New Hope Presbyterian
church, Friday evening 26th ult. l did
not get the news in time to adjust my
self for the ]. b. v. and therefore cannot
tell what success the ladies had.
The Intelligencer is indeed the newsy
paper of the county. Each week 1t
comes to the fireside Of the farmer,
brimtull OF interesting county news.
Every farmer should support his home
paper. 1t is the home educator.
Col. r. L. Greer, of this township,
came home last week from the land OF
the "Greasers.'' He has been looking
up his large and growing stock trade
in Arizona, New Mexico and the land
of the Aztecs. The colonel is rust
ler.
VIM. Taggart and family while Wis
iting relatives in the QUARRY City,"
had the misfortune to have their little
girl Nora take i'll with pneumonia
Under the care of skillful physician
and good nurse learn the little one
is improving.
The closing exercises of Ebenezer
school will take place the 18th inst.
Parents and friends of the children are
requested to be present with. we'll fill
ed baskets The teacher and children
will welcome all to the feast of another
successful term of school.
Col. II. L Greer has been rowing
the centennial state" the past week.
looking up his large stock interests.
He has some fine Angus calves on hand
which will soon be ready for the mar
ket. The colonel is rapidly growing
in public favor as fair and square
stock raiser.
i A fortnight ago. "Young America ~
personified by Tom Taggart and Ed
Summers, both OF Ebenezer, met in
pugilistic combat, upon the highway,
but from best repOrtorial information
no one was seriously hurt. The cause
of the strife is variously stated. but, as
is usually the case between rivals, 8
girl was at the bottom.
, Several of the pupils of Ebenezel
expects to attend college in the future.
Some will go to Spalding's Commercial
College, and others to the Warrens-
l burg Normal. Every young man wht
: expects to lead commercialilife should
= understand double entry book-keep-
ing; and the future successful teacher
t must be Normal graduate, and th'
: novice who will take no steps forward
in preparation for his calling as a teach
/ er must take back seat.
/ The rag doctors patients are rapidly
t improving. The sorceress is said II
e have weird power of getting praise
a where regular doctors fail. He
a patients receive no medicines except
few old pieces of we'll worn muslin
t rags which must be seeped in water
u the water drank and the rags used q
a cataplasm. l am certain that he
a power is simply winning praise iron
her victims, by relieving their mind
= OF an imaginary malady. The nam
: "rag doctor" comes from her use o
; well worn pieces of muslin to conve'
s her magnetic power of deception t
Il her victims. Ii people were well edu
i Gated they would not be so often vic
timized by charlatans.
i Not long since, a man, twice wed
:, and once "a widower, of the defunc
e iteraH appeared before village jus
tlce of the peace to sign deed; tn
I wife had no trouble in signing he
i dover away, but the d. |. had lett hi
Spectacles, but his wife insisted that h
e could write nevertheless the q. !. mad
;, his mark, and the bystanders knew tn
l d. |. never read sentence in his life
, All the circumlocution of the wife onl
;, frightened the chirography of the d.
5 instead of hiding the beauties hande
to him by the ragas. II takes muc
It prevarication to keep the the masque on
"Miss III. w." in reply to your ques
ton concerning the word ''dog." Th
. word in the Icelandic is "dOggur," il
:, . the Dutch, "dogghe;" German, q
J used in the old style, "docke;;" Italia
:. and Spanish "dego;" French, ,"dogue.
:, IN Latin dog is CAMS, thence the Eng
y lish word canine. The question {
how our words are made requires
more elaborate discussion than my lin
: tied space will allow. would no
|. only trace the words with their sligh
, and radical changes to the Greek aU,
Latin tongue, but into remote antiqui
. ty to the Aryan dialect and back wher
} only sounds were used. The roots Q
: words are only the labels that tel
where the words came from. | hav
: often traced a word through severa
u dialects, ,and as many meanings. Man!
words have two or three shades O
meaning and at different times orpo
site meanings" Receipt" once meant a.
in our old English Bible, a place o
honor or reason, as we hear of Mathew
"sitling at the receipt of custom.
Every school boy knows what it mean
now In Scott's "Lady OF the Lake,
the word "tOorth" means be. In thi
sense but few can guess the meaning
without tracing it to the German "aoer.
den," which has the the same meaning
When l was a boy my arithmetic ha(
culgar fractions, but now school chill.
. dren study common fractions in thu
5 same way and use the word Uulgar il
different sense.
Now is the time of the year for the
people to think about the coming schOO
year. Will they vote good term OF
: school and secure the service of a com
petent instructor or let the matter
| pass by unthoughtedly and employ {;
cheap unknown novice for teacher.