The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-08-11

making SacTIlIICS Tor The sake OF her CulCd-
ton, and this letter shows how well she i'm
! proved her opportunities
My Dear PaRa;-I an painfully aware
that my pin-mOn0y is steadily going from
me and ! smile TO consider that my uear papa
will unlOOse his grip on his shekGl book and
thereby vanquish this toU-uttGrly- utter en-
burassmcnt. | am having Il very Hip time
here at school. Ii is too awfully cute Tor
! anything. We cbummIes have nothing to do
but to jaw the teachers, lease the cat and
! chew black jack. Oh, papa! we were 90
yeXcd last week at one of the girls. She ac-
tually took down her bang papers before
hnsh time, and now we don't speak to the
stupid creature. We just gave her to nnder-
stand that Our crowd was very Gib!ets, and
she moseyed off into Il corner to pout. Pa,
please tell the old lady TO decorate the shanty
rs cute rs possible, because ! intend TO iim-a-
long one of my best chums when | come
home. Tel sister Dais that ! am dead-siuck
on the way she euchered me out OF that
scheme. She knows the racket and you can
bet she had better watch her stumpS, for |
surely intend to trade salt for salt. Thanks,
awfully, for the box sent last week. | shall
keep II winkcr open for that check and please
don't he IA month about it, either. A super
abundance of affections confectionery 10 all
the people at home. Your loving daughter,
! MAUD"
Kind reader, will you examine this andteti
me if YOU think there is even n shadow OF
u sensible thought. l have read and rc-read
This letter and | can't see the sense in 1t. |
know Of one thing that It did-it PVT Il rank
ling thorn in that loving fathers tender heart
and though his lips should utter NJ 'cord, yet
there is added to that head one gray hair aud
to the face one more wrinkle that even grim
death cannot hide. Let Us think carefully.
and not only be masters OF our pen, but be
masters of our mind.
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The large plate glass windows that are in
nearly every house for two blocks on Main
street serve us a splendid mirror. There Is
one young man mot to speak OF numbcrless
likewise guilty young ladies' that turns his
head toward the windows and never moves
his eyes until the last one has been pass
ed. | have watched hin-havG walked right
behind him and it looks very much like he Ii
smiiten with No. l. He swecliy SMILES al
the face that is shown him in the magical
mirror. Be careful. sonny don't be vain,
Conccit is a dreadful thing when carried to
an excess.
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There were democrats from all parts Of the
county at HiggiusyiIlo Oh August 2nd. and Il
Jolly crowd il was, TOO. The republicans al
| took to The brush III sunrise that day, and in
! tl,, IpJ,.I th,,. A. val .,fiI tp, vol Ian,lrI
rooster announced the approach of another
day. You say, how do / know they dIi'
Wen, I'll just tell you. Thc gigantic pro
cessiOn was marching down Russell street,
Uhe main streei) and ri@ht IN the midt!c Oi
the street they (the procession ran into d
haystack, and. being sOldierlikc, thcN
proceeded to walk right over il. NJ
sooner did Capt. Jake attempt the lend than
did two or three sick repubs sneak out like
rabbits and take to the brush. Ihc boys
charged on the he ystack and they still con,
tinucd to sneak Out-just hike the rUachGs
move in the Old hotel when they meet d
stranger. Tn procession moved on, but al
the next two or three hayStacks the cOmmand
was given 10 "open ranks march ~ hen
that all enjoyed themselves very much, bul
there Is one thing that lliggiuSville needs
especially on the day before the next %rntilica.
ton, and that Is Il city marshal like JOE
Chinn TO keep the distractions off the street
| saw AN editor stumble and TALL over u large
iron SOAP kettle Ia front OF q hardware store
His first 'remark - after brushing off In,
lIIgginsviIle dirt. was that Joe Chinn, No. >
was needed there. Again, if they could
have had two u three GUgShCad of good
water, there would not have been so many
plain DRINKS and red noses that night when
ned time came. Judging from the unsuccess
ful attempts to get Il bite TO eat, there muSI
have been Il hungry crowd there that day. |
walked from South liigginsYlle TO North
Page City looking for q ham sandwich, bul
there was always some one Just ahead OF me
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In looking over a New York paper my
eye fell on an article of "a bustl(r)in@
nature. IL read like this but now they
say the hustle is TO go out OF fashion. What
II wonder that would he! A graceful. light,
hedlthGul and inexpensive adOrnment like
this 10 I've dropped out, just rs every lady it
thoroughly in love with j.! WhOi is RESPONSE
bic Tor this they saw Who are they II
is evident that they are not the ladies who
may be seen thrunging our streets and ave.
nues on any bright afternoon and on sun.
days. Everyone Of them wears u hustle. =
The time has come when the ladies OF Oui
land are secretly, # not publicly, taking Mrs
Cleveland, the first lady of the land, for thcil
nodOl or, rather, their fashion plate. Thin
lady mentioned has long since discarded the
Use of this graceful, light, hCalLhIul () and
inexpensive adOrDment,' (Oh, my y and now
IL would seem that someone must lose - anC
why not the Inventor dc Bustle?" 1t Is the
mos [ sensible thing that was ever done, be.
You'd doubt, and Mrs. Grover deserves 1
great deal Of credit for II good display of boss
sense. ! have seen ladies on the street will
buStles that were simply huge, A smal
trunk or II valise could easily be carried Oh
this beautiful. graceful, etc, adOrnment
The New York paper wants to know wis
"they" are who say that the hustle must go
Well, 1t is the SenSibIe, MOaghGuL woman tina
d0eS not t0aHt 10 Seom 10 he tOhdt size is not Il
Is the woman that cares more for cOmfOTI
than for looks. So il Is very plain to me thai
our ladies are going TO he less fashionable, IL,
would be supposed, but they arc taking I'D
sense Of comfort, easily missing the long-ago
habits. day hustle,
:, L. S.-Mrs. Cleveland wears "A No. . shoe
and now guess all of you will call for u like
humber; won't you, ladies?
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Our street ear track Is sadly needing re.
pairs. From the reason that The cars pass IN
aud down SO seldom the track has gradual,
qo%ed up 10y frost or heat and now in som,
places IL IL too high TO CrOsS, except by tn,
Use OF Il step Ladder. You may wonder ,.'thel
how do the mules get along ii the track is St
much higher in some p~lucCs"' Wei, the,
aire just suspended in mid air until they ar,
again landed On terra iirma. Only n few
more rains will DE needed and then Lexing
ton will have u genuine elevated road ant
passengers can look into the second stOr,
windows right on Main street. Again, b,
the time Il few more wheels are twisted oil
on this said track, and the company has 1,
stand good for the repair bill, then we viii
have no more company known rs the Stree
Railway Co. but the -a-tilut
track, now two iron rails in mid air, will bt
used AS a"Sallus" TO swing dead beats An,
tramps on when the CninbOuso aud iaii pet,
crowded; or, perhaps, il The indians sLOu,.
eyer mhnblL these Gi2RiuSs again they WOulo
ilnd II an admirable cemetery, for The Indian,
bury their dead about 30 feet above ground
A man named John g.. Wilson, from Rr,
county, aged about - wears, WAS ~nrrc.te,
hare, last Wednesday, charged with rapc I'm.
on n little negro girl npmrd Matilda Cunts
aged about . years while III the n~cighbor hoo,
OF the llicklin sclnoihou-". y law mrl", ca,,
Of this cltY. From the g,rl's account It seem,
that Ellison, vino wa drivin. na 70 ri cart
alone, when just IN the outskirts vi the civ
took tho girl in with him for the ns,rrsIhI,
purpose nj showing iIm where - ur"rc lived
whom he pTCicHI"d he WISHED ~ sr.. A,
soon IL the %irl W., seated 10y hi. srl. h
turned his horse aud drove dUwn the Dover
road with the above result. wilson denies
tine g.rfS story IA iuiO-rNcn liza, Lr wa ON
the Dover r"ad during that daf. hui
As he was seen bN ~cyrr.l T.puisblr
citizens aud both huuSrif and ouIHl
fully Identified, ihrrn is little douhi
but the right man was arrested. lie wa,
placed IN jail 10 await his p~r,liminar, triad.
which lakes place before E.vuirr CLAYTON
next Monday.