The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1895-07-27
THAT PISTON LETTER.
Lives of great towns Oft remind us

Lives OF great towns oft remind us
We can make our town as fine
And by bridging our s.Big Muddy
Leave old Boston far behind.
We are inclined 10 think from the
vast number Of contradictory state
ments in a three column "write up"
OF Lexington, by a would-be-wit in
the Boston Transcript, that his BRAIN
must have been somewhat beclouded
by overplenteous potations.
He chad long desired to visit Mis-
souri, river town. and arrived in Lex
ington in May on Sunday morning.
he first makes us doubtful of his
veracity by stating that the depot was
several miles from town, and that, on
account of the poor accommodations
for riding, he walked. Now, the New
| England people are nothing II not
frugal, and this excuse for walking Is
of such ancient origin it Is tottering
with age. Their frugality Is further
illustrated by an occurance in the city
Of Boston, recently made known to Us.
Not long since an entcrprising hotel
man made use Of the ice from n corpse
for tea and water. The guests being
chiefly Missourian's took umbrage at
this and left, arguring that aside from
all idea of sentiment, as matter of
business two prices for the same ice
was unfair.
! lie next attacks the sidewalks. Poor
fellow, he had evidently not break
tasted, and his hunger made the WA;
seem dark and dreary. Then after
asserting that sthe roadways were
made so rough by cabble stones that
bicycling would be an impossibiliiy,
he 10 magnanimous enough to admit
that our town was made beautiful by
the magnificent trees that everywhere
border the streets. lie then grows
,facetious and continues In this wise.
1.-The calm and repose of the town
was more that Of death than OF Sleep"
The old place was infectious Of sad
ness almost pleasant to the mind, like
the recollections of long dead friends.
With withering scorn he proceeds tn
anathematize the druggist who refused
To sell him soda-water ON Sunday. II
the readers of the Transcript lind
aught amusing or instructive in the
fact that we ..keep holy the Sabbath
day." and that rest aud quiet
characterize the town and pervade the
atmosphere on this day Of rest, hen
are we glad indeed To thus uncon-
ciously be as an enlightening example
TO the cffete East.
II, instead of criticising unjustly the
walk and dress of the ''schools of
pretty girls, and nice-looking men
who were hurrying along to church, I"
he had followed them into the ssmassive
, old stone church where the baccalaureate
sermon wos to be delivered before the
graduating class Of one of the four
boarding schools Of the place. II,
say, he had gone in with us aud
listened to the scholarly address Of one
of the greatest divines of this, or any
other state Mass. not excepted)
he would have been benefited In n
way doubtless unusual to him. Again
, he grows generous and heaps deserved
, encomiums upon our schools. Declares
+ lthem to be "surprisingly thorough,
Y and the requirements for graduation
Q in them is higher than those in Ecatern
2 fitting schools Admits "that thi:
:, Is a statement hard to believe, but Is
!. true, nevertheless.
y "Daubs aud blots- was the sluI
1 which a Boston teacher cast upon the
Q art school Of Chicago, at the Denver
convention. The Eastern cities have
: never been able To forgive Chicago since
the worlds fair. The pcristyle and tn,
court of honor still stick IN Boston's
craw. And just so this writer from
the Hub, would delract from oul
consequence as city, and in tins way
diminish our Importance rs an educa
Itional centre. In one sentence ht
doffs his cap To the brains, hospitality
and physiques of our people. Aud il
another derides the deadness of III,
place by describing the only move
ment in real-estate to be 'the gradua
slipping of the soil toward the river
under the slow atirition of the rain.
oh, Inconsistency, thy name is man
1t is true that we have .'leit undon,
those things which we ought to hsv'
done," and Lexington is not what /
should be. but under the quickenin,
impulse which is now thrilling through
our city, we shall soon have parks an,
promenades, tree lined boulevaids an,
and majestic buildings, all OF wbicl
will so enhance the attractiveness q
our city, rs TO make us proud of tn
- the place of our nativity.
n Mrs. SALLIE TRIGe.