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The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-07-06
LOTS" TO TALK ABOUT.

"What will the New York Evening
Post find to talk about along in July
and August, when il gets all through
VIZ: Bishop Potter's address, asks
the Springfield (Mass.) Union (rep.).
Such performances as the appointment
to Office by the president of his own
and his wife's relations; the removal.
in violation of solemn pledges, of eff
cient democratic postnasters, in the
middle of their terms, as at Norwich,
Conn and New Bedford, Mass, to
make room for republican workers;
The restoration to The public service of
disreputable republican politicians who
have once been dismissed from Office
by republican superiors for insubordi-
nation and general worthlessness,
like Paul Vandervoort, of Omaha.
Neb.; The endorsement by nearly all
the republicans in the last congress of
Roderick Random Butler, who was
convicted a few years ago of selling a
cadetship for cash, to the responsible
office of commissioner of Indian affairs,
and, perhaps, other such incidents "too
numerous TO m%entiOn.o
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-07-06
Tourist Resorts.

"Where can / go for a week or two of va.
cation, where l can get The greatest possible
amount Of enjoyment and derive the most
benefit at the least expensep' This Is q ques-
ton which Is repeatedly asked at this time Of
year by all who see the remotest possibility
OF being able 10 get away for a short vacation,
Most emphatically you cannOi do better than
10 make some Inquiries of your local ticket
the Burlington Route. You will be surpris.
ed 10 learn what very low tourist rates are In
effect TO points IN Colorado. including Dem
yer, Colorado Springs and Pueblo; also
points In California. Oregon and Washington
Territory, including San Francisco, Los An
geles, San Diego. Portland. Ore, Tacoma and
Seattle, Wash. Ter. Through round trip
tickets are on sale at all points on the Hanni-
bal & ST. Joseph and Kansas City, st. Joseph
" Council Bluffs r. Rs; also q full line OF
second class tickets.to all Pacific Coast points
at reduced rates.
You will also find a full line OF tickets on
sale TO all points In The east. either via Chi
cagO, Peoria or st. Louis. No line offers
greater advantages to the travelling public
than tie Burlington Route. and you will find
II to your advantage 10 purchase tickets via
this route, A. G. DAWES,
General Pass. j. Ticket Agent,
ST. Josenh. Mo.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-07-06
AN OPTICAL ILLUSION.

She was a sweet little Philadelphia
girl and had been sitting on the beach
at Atlantic City for nearly an hour with
a big umbrella between her and the
public eye. There was also under the
umbrella a remarkably nice young man.
Her mother, who had been watching
and watching %Uneasily for that umbrella
to show signs OF movement, finally left
the hotel veranda, %journeyed down
through the sand, and suddenly appear
ing before the couple, remarked solicit
tously: "My dear, how did your um-
brella get torn so7"
"Torn?' The word was uttered with
almost a scream of fright. And it wasn't
a valuable umbrella, either. But no
signs of "A place through which eyes
could peep were to be found and with
a great sigh OF relief the fair owner ex-
claimed: "Why mamma, it is not
torn that must have been an optical
illusion"
"Perhaps So" answered he maternal
chaperon, quietly, ''but Judging from
those red spots on your checks it hasn't
kept the sun off,
That young man now lays awake at
nights wondering if the old lady spells
sun with a "n' or an .'O."
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-07-06
I'VE NOTICED.
from the OIL City Derrick.l

Ao1 - -" O'J
I've notised tibet all fools il cyclists,
but al cyclists is not fools.
l reckon it nd make u heep o. hard
feelin's eff we Good ''see ourselves as
others see u.s." bEt eff others Good see
us as we see ourselves, it nd be The
biggest surprise party that ever was
knowed.
The teller thet's ashamed of his re-
lidgjun, don't need to be, for he haint
generally got enuff of it for TO be
ashamed of.
I've notised tibet them that asks the
most queschuns haint allus the best in.
formed.
/ reckon it nd bee a heep easyer fur
to 'tind u needle In q haystak" than
II 'ud be to find two human bein's
eggsact mates.
I've notised tibet them that thinks
tibet there haint 10 hell Is ginerally the
mes tibet hat the most reesOn to be
ateard tibet there Is.
l reckon that there's more surprizes
at heavens gate than ennywhere else
in the hull universe.
We notised tibet when q Teller finds
out that HE opiDyon conflicts with his
iHicrests lit CDduSeS tltueI oue Ut
tOther mi'ey quick.
| reckon if we'd never find fault with
a mans work when he's done 1t better
than we Good do it our own selves,
there nd be a heep lees fault findin' in
this world.
I've n0lised tibet there's mighty few
men thet's sharp ennff TO dlskiver a
hole in a feller's shoe II the shoes well
BACKED AN polished.
l reckon eff everybody 'ud get what
they think they deserve in this world,
yo' Good find atandin' room on the top
o. the Washlm'ion monument fur all
the poor foxes yO' conld scrape mp;
and ct nobody 'ud get no more'n they
ackshulIy deserve, the rich foxes
wouldn't be no ways crowded in the
anne place.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-07-06
A LINCOLN ANEODOTE.
What Honest Abe Considered TIE
Proper Length of IA Mans Legs.
From the Yankee Blade.

VIOLu tuo uuhcc Diducs
A gentleman from The u est tells this
story of Abe Lincoln, which, if not
new, is certainly by no means hack.
neyed. The gentleman came from the
section in which Abe and Douglas
were conspicuous figures in the past,
and the story he tells relates toa decision
made by MIR. Lincoln as to the proper
length Of a mans legs.
As the story goes, Douglas and a
Mr.. Lovejoy were al one of the haunts
in the village, where they used to meet
for news and gossip, and while there
Abe Lincoln came in and sat down,
disposiDg of his lengthy limbs in a
somewhat awkward manner They
saw him coming in, and immediately
began a conversation in regard TO the
proper length of mans legs.
"Now," sad Loveioy, "'Abe's legs
are altogether too long, and yours,
Douglas, are a little short. Let's ask
Abe what he thinks of it,
The conversation had been carried
on with a view to LincOln's Overhear-
ing it, and they closed it by saying:
"Abe, what do you think about it?"
Mr.. Lincoln had a tar-away look, as
he sat with one leg twisted around the
other, but he responded to the ques-
ton:
"Think of what?"
"Well, we've been talking about the
proper length of a mans legs. We
think yours are too long and
Douglas too short, and we'd like 10
know what You think is the proper
length"
"Well" said Mr.. Lincoln, 'that's a
matter that We given any
thought to, so, of course | may be mis-
taken, but my first Impression is that
a mans legs ought 10 be long enough
to reach from his body to the ground"
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-07-06
THE COUNTRY BOY

A country boy is apt to sigh fer the
grand opportunities OF the children OF
the metropolis. Yet If he is possessed
of intellect, ambition and industry he
suffers a mistaken grief. His ~seclusion
and Loneliness prove a positive adVant-
age. Deprived of the privilege of see
ing and hearing the things that trans
pire in the cities, he falls to reading
and thinking. Year after year he
absorbs books and newspapers, and
becomes so well informed about hJattere
In general that a little travel makes him
quite a man Of the world.
Nothing will surprise him so much as
the ignorance that prevails in the cities.
lie will find himself frequently IT.
forming his associates about matters
that have been under their noses since
childhood, but which they have never
heard of. A visitor 10 New York made
six inquiries before he found an indivi-
dual Who knew of the Aston library.
lie expressed surprise 10 an old New
Yorker. who replied that there was
nothing strange about il. as il was the
habit of the city people to attend only
to matters that personally concerned
them. IL may be after all that the poor
city boy gets a narrower view of lie
than b poor country youth.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-07-06

open, ana Knocking ana waiting, again.
while in the other cast it was n swinging
open of The door at the first touch of your
kuuckle. Give your friendship to God,
and have q DIS friendship for you, and
aver the worst accid mt will be n victory.
How refreshing Is human friendship,
and true itiends, what priceless t~reasuresi
When sickness comes, aIid. trouble comes,
and death comes we send for our friends
first of all and their appearance in our
doorway at any crisis is reinforcement,
and when they have entered we saw:
'.Now it is all Iight!" q. what would we
do without friends, personal friends, bus
mess friendI. family friends? But we
want something mightier han human
friendship in the great exigencies. When
Jonathan Edwards in his final hour had
given the last goodbye to all his earthly
friends he turned on his pillow and
closed his eyes confidently, saying: "Now
where is Jesus of NaZnreth, my true and
never fai ing friend?" Yes. / admire human
friendship as seen in the case of David
and Jonathan, of Paul and On~asiphorus,
of Herder and Goethe. # Goldsmith and
Reynolds, of Beaumont AMI Fletcher, of
Cowley and Harvey, of Erasmus and
Thomas More, of Leasing and Mendelssohn,
~ Lauhy III L IlICtSS ftuIo "
Orestes and Pylades each requesting that
himself might take the point of the dagger
so that the other might be spared, of
Epaminondas and P~eiopidas, who locked
their swords in battle determined to die
together; but the grandest, the mightiest,
the tenderest~ friendship In al! the universe
is the friendship between Jesus Christ and
a believing soul Yet after all | have said
] Feel l have only done what James
Marshall. the miner, did in 1S4S in
California, before its gold mines were
known. He reat he'd in and put upon the
table of his employer, Captain Sutton, a
thi.nblefui of gold dust. Where did you
get thatf" said his employer. The reply
wGs: 81 got it this morning from a mill
race from which the water had been
drawn off," But that gold DUST which
could have been taken up between the
finger and thumb was the prophecy and
specimen that revealed California's wealth
to all nation'. Aud to-day J have only
put before you a SIP ,cimen of the value of
divine friendship. only a thimbleful of
mines inexhaustible and infinite, though
all time and all eternity go on with the
exploration.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-07-06
ORDER OF PUBLICATION

St corsr 9r or i'sraYnrrr sss.
John e Brown and Ellen Brown. plaintiffs
or petitioners.
against
James u Brown, William u. Brown,
Sarah E'IZ beth Major aud John u. NJ jar
her husbnn :. Mary ID G. bhuns ani james
u Gibbons, her hu- band. John ".
Srmons Nannl" NJ. I.ittl, john and james
X. LIttl' John. defendants.
VNO the sni.i defendants and all others whom II
i NAV concerns: TAX" notice that under II
COMMISSION ISSUED from the circuit e" 1T ni
Laiay ellie county. Missouri, under II order m'dc
by the Hon Richard Field, The judG" thereof.
In ylcr ion on June p. lSSA. ducc'rd to IN"
Hon Xenophou Nv land. Judge of HE pr"nTe
court oil SaIi Lninyt tic county Mis-'ur, ~ the
matter above ,ntIIIcd, we will, on
SATURDAY. AUGUST3. a. iss9
proceed to take the d"pOsitIon at Nancy Nr' wn
W al Nv of the late John w Brown, deceased,
of Lafayette county. Missouri. at ia" office Ui
the prObrte Judge IN the city Oi Lexington H.
fnyettr county, Missouri. ih" general Object al
such deposition being to prove hy rhi'i Nancy
Brown that said j hu w Brown IN hi- NE lliEt
made the following ndvnncrmcnls irrh' MS
estate to the %lolluWin OI his shiIdrrn aud h"I,7
uo-wit: To J mes x Brown, William u
Brown and NJ NY ID GihDOn-. 81 500 rlrh nhd
to Sarah kIIz rb'Ih Major The sum OF 81 l"u
OF nme o'clock In the forenoon aud slN 'cl"'h
In The afternoon, and the tnkirE thereof II n"'
completed on That day. 10 lie ahJohlEti RON
day to day until completed
Given under our hands Ms June -. ISSl
JOIIN T. BibN ~.
ELLEN u M
june2slA plaintiffs and Petitioners.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-07-06
u. =. MARSHAL,S SALE.

DY virtue and authority OF m execution issued
ID ont OF the circuit court OF The United States
Iur the Western Division Western District uf
NJ ssuuri, ut Kansas City, May 18th, 1889, in
fIvOr OF LEVIN CUhE ami against Alvin kInsler,
I have levied upon nil the right, title AMI inter-
'st of the defendant of, IN and to The iOllowing
described real estat". to ~wit:-Thirty C3O) acres,
;nri OF southeast quarter OF section TWEEN two
C22l. bounded as follows: Il ginning at corner
81 sections twenty-five. tgenty-ihree, twenty
sIX AMI Iw"nty-srven (22 %. 20 and 20; thence
west thirteen (3) cHnins ami sixty hrre (63I
linNt thence n"ith to the Missouri river; thence
dawn said river To II line between sarh sections
twenty two and twenty hrse C22 and 2) thence
south To beginning AlsO sixteen O6D acres of
the west eide OF The southwest quarter of see
ton tGcniy-thrcr (2}i also the east half of The
northeast quarter, aud the 'ast hall of the south
east quarter Ui 'CctInn twcnty-s-vrnt cd, except
five and one haii O1s) acres, bounded AS iol-
lows: Beginning thirtv-thrre Cj3) chains and
sixty four links north of the southwest corner
ol the EAST hall Oi the southeast quIrter al said
section Lwpnty-4Uven 90; thence east seven %
cha. ns; thence north seven ca chains aud eighty
SIN links; thence west seVe "a cnHins; thence
south seven az chains and e~ight-siX 1867 lIngs TO
beginning. Also all III the west hall OF section
twcniJ SIX (l6l, lying west OF IabO creek. cX-
e. pI twelve uud.ninetv one huudTelthS( l2 Sd LOO
section twenty TX C26) Also beginning on the
line between The southeast AMI southwest quar-
tcrs ul section twrnt' -sIN t26). where the south
line oi SUI vcy, two thousand, seven hundred
and nIncty-eirht e 1881 OF Alexis Picard
CROSSES SAID line; thence east TO Tabo
creek; then down said creek to u
lulll WtEt Tue same CfbsSfS TIVE llHt Dt-
tween northeast and nerfhW est quarters of SAID
hrcIiOn twcnty-sIx (26); thence south to the be-
ginning: all Df said described lands being in
township ifty zone oh of range twenty six t26J,
tand continuing IN ali five hundred aud thirty
wo (j}2) acre., more or lesa, and | viii on
Monday, AUGUSTA 3. a D.. 1889.
nt the front door OF the courthouse in Lexing-
ton. Lafayette county. Missouri. between the
hOur- OF nine O'Clock in The forenoon and five
O'cIorL in The AFTERNOON oi that day. aud dur
ing the session of the circuit court Tor SAID La.
I tyritc Cuuu y, sell at public vendue TO the
highest bidder Tor cash, all the right, title and
int,r Il Of the defendant of, in aud to the fore
Enihg real estate. to satisfy sad judgment, in
Ter Il nni cost. ELIJAH GATES
iunt 22ud United States Marshall.
Lexington, Mo-. June Is, 1889.
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NOVEMBER FOOLS REPENT.

The farmers of the republican state
of Kansas are beginning to wipe the
dus, from their eyes, and their vision
ia better now than previous to the No
vember election. They have just dis
covered that trusts are the outgrowth
of a high tariff, and furthermore, that
they are detrimental to their interest.
AT a public meeting held recently,
they discovered the Irvine trust, and
resolved 10 unite TO crush it. All Of
which shows that there were Novem-
her fools as well as there are April
fools.
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THE sPOILs SYSTEM,
From Henry Georges Standard. I

Surely it was a noble and fearless
thing in Bishop Potter to deliver such
"a maDtul %utterance against the spoils
system. with President Harrison and
Gov. Hill and Mayor Grant and good.
ness knows what other political nobili.
ties sitting in the congregation. The
bishop spoke true words at an oppor-
tune moment aud the best proof that
they were true and OppOrtune was
that the press and public were pars-
lived with establishment that he should
have spoken them For il has come
to this, that we look to II pulpits for
platitudes and cOmmOnplaces aud arc
amazed when living truths descend
from them upon our ears.
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FINAL

NOTICE Is hereby given to all creditors and
IN other persons inlc, estcd IN the estate of
Isaac Warner, deceased, that the undersign-
ed. administrator. VIII apply 10 make a final
settlr ment OF snid cstat" ut the August term ISSg.
OF the Probate court OF Lafayette county, Mis-
souri,, TO be begun AMI held nt the Probate court
room. in the city OF Lexington, on the second
Monday In August, lSS9.
MARY T.. WARMER,
Hnnlll l---
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-07-06
FINAL SETTl.EMEN EMF

NOTICE rs hereby gwen to all creditors and
lNOther persons int ested In the estate al
James McGiri. d'crased, that the uu-
der5igned, administrator, will apply 10
make u fnnl settlement Oi said estate at the
August term, 1850, Of the Probate court ni
Lafayette county, Missouri, to he begun and
held Mt the Probate court room, in the city of
Lexington, on the second Monday in August,
1889. FRANCES MCGIRI.
iune2Olh AimjnisIrnIrix
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TRUSTEES SALE.

w HEREAs. Samuel Thomas and Matte
w Thnmas. hi wire, hy their certain deed
OF trust dated the 10Th day of February, 1851, filed
Tor record III the Office OF the recorder oil decd Of
Lafayette county. Missouri, and duly recorded
IN book 50. ut page l47. did in consideration of
one dollar anu the debt and trust in said deed
mentioned, convey to the undersigned, trus ee,
the following described real estate situate lying
and being in ih, county ~ Lafayette, aud state
81 missouri. tO-wIt: Lot number six 90, in
block number five ~. PomerOy. Iioux and
Graham's addition 10 The ciIy of Lexington,
Missouri. which sand conveyance was made in
rust to secure The payment of SAID Samuel
thomas certain promiesory notes therein de-
srrib d, anti. whereas, def4ult has been made in
The payment Df ORe of said notes and debt: n w.
therefore,. public notice IL hereby gwen that ut
The request of tn legal holder and owner of aaii
note, and by virtue OF lie power in me vested
by the terms Of said deed Of trust, I the under
signed trustee. rs liOresida, will in accordance
with the terms OF said deed OF trust proceed to
sell the real estate above described at public
v"ndue, to the highest bidder, Tor cash, at the
front door Of the courthouse, in the city OF Lex
iDgton, of Lafayette county. Missouri on
MONDAY, JULY q, 1889,
b"tween the hours of nine O'Clock in the fore
noon and live O'Clock In the afternoon of that
day TO satisfy and pay of said debt and the ex
pcnscs OF executing this trust.
jnnc22td WILLIAM WALKER. Trus.ee.
June Is. 1889.
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FINAL EMF.

NOTlCE Is nereDy gwen 70 All creditors and
~ other persons Int, rested in the catutc uI
warner, BhRg"rly " Go , Partnership. that tn"
undersigned, n 'mini TRAITORS. Will apply To
make u final settlement OF said partnership
estate ut ihr August Term, 1859, of the probate
court of Lafayette county, Missouri. to he be-
gun and held ut the Probate court room, IN the
city of Lexington, on the second Monday In
Angus, 1859 d. C. BAGGkRLY,
Jun, 29.5 q. W. SNYDER.
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FINAL SETTLEMENT

NOTICE Is hereby gwen to all creditors and
~ Other persons Interested in the estate Of
Robt. h. McGee, deceased, that the under
administrator will apply lo make Ii
hnal settlement Of SAID estate at the August
term, 1889, Of the Probate court Oi LAFAYETTE
county,, Missouri, 10 be began and held at the
probate court room, in the city of Lexington,
on the second Monday IN August, ISsg.
FELlN J MCGEE,
junp29t5 AdmIni.Ir,inr
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FINAL ENT,

NOTICE is hereby gwen to all creditors and
~ other persons interested in the estate of
Louis +. Schowe, deceased, that the under
signed, Administrative with Will nnn xpd,
Will apply to make a final seitlcment of said
estate, at the August term, lSSg oT The Probate
court OF Lafayette county, Missouri. 10 he he
gun and held ut the Probate court room, IN
the city OF Lexington. on he second MONDAY
in August. 1889 AIRY II SCHOWE
lnne2N'h AlminIaIr1Ir iN with Will nnnnxnh
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FINAL ENT

NOTICE Is hereby gwen to all creditors and
IN other persons Interested in the estate OF
Susan X. Dunlap deceased, that the under
signed, administrator, will apply to make
n final settlement of sad estate, at the August
term. 1859, Of the probate court of i.ainv-
elite county, Missouri. 10 be begun and held
at the Probate count room In the city OF
Lexington, on the second Monday IN August,
1880. l. II. DUNLAP,
JOHN + DUNLAP.
JAMES &. DUNLAP,
Inue29'5 Administrations
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NOIlCE II hereby given TO all creditors and
IN other persnns I"ieresird in the estate of
susan A. Taylor, dec Led that tn" undersigned.
executor. VIII apply Ia make Il Gunl settle
meat OF said estate, al he August cTIu, lSs9. of
the Probate court of Lafayette county, Missouri.
10 be begun and held NJ toe Probate cont room
IN the city OF Lexington, on the second Monday
In August, 1859. ROBT. TAYIOR
june2g5 EynruI,r
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FOR ALE.

hESkDENtE EOEt SALE.
ID Y authority OF the will of John g. <az
- Young. deceased i offer at private k3.i
sale hls late residence. lot 3 andEO feet mJ
of lot 2, block %. First Addition 10 12t.&
Lexington. being I25 feet on Franklin avenue
and ~ ieet on Main Cross or 18th street. The
dive, ling IN IL substantial brick structure Of ten
large rooms. The property Ia well supplied
with out buildings. choice fruit, good water
and modern co. veniences. and Is one of tie
most desirable situations IN the citV. Terms
easy. Apply To Mr.. james Green on The prem
lses or 10 the undersigned.
mayItt GEO. NJ. CATRON.
Executor of John Young, decreased.