The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1895-09-28
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1LOST a subscriberfO for t
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last week. Let me tell Sh
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without a lot in the iisssy
cemetery, or words to EMNN
that effect. l did not EMA
take deliberate aim, but q. t%Ss1
just sent it out as a scat
tering shot. 1t hit all IA
old fogy. He called
and told the busi- assSA n
ness manager of the n.y. 49,
paper that he would quit. Some people
fall out with a paper very easily. Ihey
think a dollar and a half entities them
to the right to control its policy. l
know an editor who was trying to edit a
fearless paper, and n approved in the
sight of heaven. He called a spade a
spade, when working for the public
good; but he had a habit. when writing
obituaries, Of not saying that every. man
| of his died. The editor didn't take much
to eleventh hour repentance, and was
afraid the old devil had secured another
| victim and Hades another inhabitant.
| When this editor sat down to write the
obituary he said nothing about where
he thought the deceased was at that
time. If he had written thus: lie IS
happy now with the angels" he would
have maintained the respect and friend
| ship OF the family, and an annual in
come Of $l.5O; but he perhaps would
have told a lie. If he had written his
opinion thus: I'VE fear our good friend
was too slow in making peace with
God" he would have been cussed and
kicked all Over town. So you see 1t was
a case OF lose all the way round. The
truth. He kept mum, and lost q sub
scriber for not lying. He saved . dozen
by not telling the truth. Editors get In
funny places sometimes.
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Tomorrow Is Sunday. There will be
| preaching at every church in this town.
There is not q poor preacher In Lexing-
ton. There is not n OF them but
| will say something tomorrow that every
one of us old sinners should hear and
heed. Are we going to attend one OF
these churches tomorrow II not, why
| nOtp There are in and around Lexing-
ton 5000 people who ought to 60 to
church in this city. There are about q
dozen churches here. The congrega-
tons on Sunday average about $50. In
other words, 1900 people, white and
black, 20 to church. About 1000 are
absent every Sunday. Yet We call this
q Christian community; we sometimes
call 1t q religious community. Religion
Is something that we do as well a. feel;
and IL there are only 1880 doing some
thing and 5000 doing nothing, we had
better either turn the thing around or
explain what we ear by "ChrlStian
community" II all OF these 5000 people
were to attend church there would he
fewer ''jail BIRDS" fewer cOnvicts 90 to
the penitentiary from here, less starva-
ton, fewer divorce suits. less stealing,
less dishonesty, less crime and less
meanness generally.
Last friday I spent Q short while on
the old Lexington battlefield, and ! saw
some things that every American citizen
would have noticed. l saw men who
had fought each other on those grounds
who fought to kill-meet again In
these peaceful days and embrace each
other, as though no cloud Of civil strife
ever rose. Surely such OCCASIONS are
enough to silence every bloody shirt
politician who sighs for the political
heshpOts. and convince all that the
corpse Of secti0nalism could not be gal
Of life. The war, with its bitter memo
ries, has faded from the peoples hearts.
The old fossils in this town, who give
nothing to the churches, to public en-
terprises and charities, should be buried
III not in the graveyard, at least deep
in the public's contempt.
believe in life insurance. l think
it's the poor mans necessity. Life in
surance is q legitimate business, and il
some Of the money that is spent for
whiskey and tobacco were used by hus-
bands, fathers and son to carry a good
life insurance policy, there would prob
ably be fewer inmates In the poor house.
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received this letter this week, and I
have concluded to publish it:
"Will not the fearless and candid
Rambler OF the INTELLIoENCER walk
down and view the rock piles stretching
old Catholic church to the water trough
| Ou SLO oOutu 610Cy 0uu NuCA OCtt AZ LIE
column the reason why an ambitious
city waiting for q c~ertain-tO- come
bridge. electric lights, opera house, SC,
should not make q macadam yard Of its
residence streetsp Is it worth the while
OF the jewellers to give time and money
to the identifying Of their property, az
Messrs. Gillen, Meng, Haerie, and Mrs.
Nickel, Mrs. Steele, the E. A. Semi
nary, and in fact as all the people living
along Third street are constantly doing,
to have the civilizing effect Of adOrn-
ment spoiled by the untidy length Of q
s~tretched-out rock yard along their
frontsp
"a first and prime reason why this
should not be is that it infringes on the
nights Of q citizen and lowers the worth
horde of unsightly tOughs, to throw the
rocks about, to the hurt of windows,
and sometimes persons who are in the
way to be hit. Third, it banishes to the
rear, from OF the front steps and pOr-
ticOS, all lOungers In their w cool
places, who do not desire to listen to the
profanity of the class who hover around
} the rock breakers. Fourth. 1t utterly
destroys the sacred privacy Of every
household ct whose cu~rb-stOnes thii
nuisance Is perpetuated.
'InlnK OF all J0la, dear MT.
and strike q lick for the common human
rights Of the the towns homes and
/, ~inRle-nook dignitieS.
IA 9th and last reason why q radical
and permanent change in this matter
would be good for the town 10 In thu
fact when patience breaks for US utterly
we are going to move down to the clean
growing, civilized, beauty-seeklng towI
Of Higginsville to live. Remember, thi!
Is to be only after hope Is banished an(
t disgust is complete"
5 w.
d Here Is what q Christian gentleman
, said to me the other day: T" am paine,
. to notice the fact that the number o
: persons attending church who are tO<
. proud to kneel and too lazy to stan'
during prayers Is rapidly on tho In
crease"
Another Christian told me this: ~
Ia not good manners, neither does j
show proper respect to God, or tn
ladies OF the congregation, for men t
| swagger up a church aisle with thei
hats on, and then turn around and tax
8 q prolonged view of the people assem-
: bled before taking their seat. Such con
duct would not be called fn de siecl
even in the backwoOds."
PRESIDIRa ELDERS APPOINTMENTS.
Lexington District First Round), j. NJ
= Boon, Presiding Elder.