The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-08-08

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From Jas. II. Page, who called on the
Intcliig"nr,r Tu,sday, we learned the fol-
lowing facts concerning the yield of
thrrshcd wheat in Dover township.
jesse and james Page are running IL
thrcshrr, and So far nave shcll"d out about
100 acres which have averaged twenty-five
bushc!+ to the acre. OF their own wheat
they thrcShed nearly 1000 bushels off of
ninety acres. Som" of 1t yielded rs high
as 10 bushels.
For John Walker they thrcshed eighty
acres which yielded 1890 bushels. For
John BI"Vims they thrcsIIcd 100 acres get
ting 2ii7 bushels of grain. Will Walker
got 100 bushels from eighty acres. Geo.
Hall had fifteen acres which yielded sev-
ontern bushels to the acre.
There was but little wheat stacked i'm
Dover township, comparing with the
great quantity snwn, but it was generally
saved in good shape. Farmers out there
Will soon begin blowing for next years
crop.
There was little oats snwn and the crop
was II practical failure. The hay crop
which was remarkably fine has all been
FiN W 'Hl''iillN iillt W wv IN l'sti WI
weeds and grnss promises an unusual
yield.
Mr.. Page is now in his 18th year but is
hale and hearty, and well to do, and by no
means behind the times. lie was born in
Warren county, Kentucky, in 1873, and
came To Missouri in 1897. At that time he
says the population was very sparse, there
being then but about seven families in his
neighhorhood, which extended over many
miles of territory. In 1876 he was married
to his present wife, who is now in her nth
year. Though well advanced in life Mrs.
Page is strong and vigorous, and as capa-
bile of a good days work as most women
at forty or less.
Mr.. Page says he and his wife i'm the
away back days used to attend all the
house rnisings and husking bees for miles
around, and Judging from the twinkle in
his kindly grey eyes as he old OF the past,
he was rs ardent a searcher after the red
ear OF corn as the unmarried swain who
competed with him for the prize.
One custom Oi these days was called the
trace for the bottle' and he says it was
his greatest pleasure to see his brother
Granville make this race. 1t was a part
of Il marriage feast. When n pair would
wed n near relative, or friend i'm the
absence of relatives, would give the bride
a reception. This was attended from the
home of the bride by the minister an d
brida party. As they approached the
house, where the reception was to be given,
some one of the assembled guests would
nn ont npI p1nat thnnn will n hIarl hnttJa
of whiskey with n red ribbon tied around
the neck. Tho groom you'd run out and
get this, and protecting it from whomever
might seek to take it away from him,
deliver it safely to the bride. She would
receive it, take II drink ii she chose, after
ward pass il to the minister who was
never known to refuse, and who would in
turn pass il around until the bottle was
cmptied of its contents.
Mr.. Page has nineteen adult male voters
in his family and all but one vote the dem
ocratic ticket.
Threshing south of Lexington has been
progressing for two weeks. w. 4. Hick-
mans wheat averaged him about sixteen
bushels. From 100 acres Leopold Schmidt
thrcshcd 23iS bushels. From lbs acres
John Galloway thrcShcd 26W bushels. Tom
Smiths crop yielded thirty-one bushels
Ross Wilson took i73 bushel from twenty
five acres, and Allen Prcwitt 475 from
twenty acres.
Corn is locking as it never looked before.
Some fields it is estimated by Mr.. II. &.
Sawyer will reach nearly 100 bushels to
the acre. This is whercthc ground is per-
icctIy clean. Hemp is thrivingan prom
Uses n big tonnage. Breaking for wheat
has begun around Concordia and in other
sections.