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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-08-01

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ance of the Sabbath and the
abolition of the saloon; Stapel
stands for personal liberty, loose
Sabbath observance and the open
saloon. Any broad minded man
can see reason in the stand of
each one. But how any sane man
with any conception whatever of
school methods can honestly vote
for Mr.. Ball is not understand
able.
Build upthe common schools
says Mr.. Ball and the Uniyer-
sity will take care of itself. Now
suppose the appropriations for the
university were cut down, in
ferior teachers were put in at in,
ferior salaries and the apparatus
run down. Suppose the common
and high schools had reached a
degree of perfection. When a
student came out Of the high
school with a desire to go further,
would he want to go from his ex-
cellent high school to a mediocre
college? Hardly. He would enter
Kansas or Iowa or Illinois or
some other great university.
But, says Mr.. Ball "a Uni.
versity educationis not so i'm
portant as a good common school
education. This great state has
been made what tits by the mass
of people who received their ed
ucation in the common schools. "
Yes, but college men have nearly
always taken the leadership.
Anyhow, it is essential to civil
zation and progress that each
generation should know more
than it's predecessor and stagna-
ton such as Mr.. Ball proposes
would bring about something
like what happened to Egypt.
Mr.. Ball stated that the state
appropriated only $1.36 ($1.58 is
correct) for each school child
while for each student in the
University it appropriated some
thing like 5000. This is all mis-
leading. Townships support their
own schools and what the local
Institutions get from the state
is comparatively insignificant.
The university and norma |
schools are state institutions and
get their entire revenue from
the state and fees from the stu
dents. Moreover, it costs more
to educate men and women than
boys and girls, just as it costs
more to clothe them. A teacher
of qualitative analysis costs
more than teacher of elemen-
tary grammar just as a dress
suit costs more than a suit of
knickerbockers.
But would Mr.. Balls plan i'm
prove the the common schools?
The little salary that he would
take away from the university
teachers and give to the country
teachers would make no appre-
cable difference to the latter.
Then it is well known that a sue
cessful common school teacher
should have at least a high school
education while a high school
teacher should have a normal OF
college education. MIR. Balls
plan would make inferior higher
schools, therefore inferior teach.
ers, therefore inferior common
schools.
His text book plan is equally
iimsy. 1t is a hard thing now
out of the entire field to get good
text books. His commissior
would have indeed a hard time
getting out series of text books
that had no arrangements o.
copyright and it would be {
work of many years. The idea
of having only Missourians write
for the education of young Mis-
sourians is not entirely original
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-08-01

Just about a month ago we
were kicking about the supera-
bundance of rain.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-08-01

The independence League has
named his candidate.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-08-01

Get ready for the shouting.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-08-01

For Coroner
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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-08-01
For President,
WILLIAM J, BRYAN.
For Vice President,
JOHN w. KERN.

Announcements.
STATE SENATOR
We are authorized to announce
JAMES P. CHINN
as a candidate for State Senator from the
Seventeenth Senatorial District subject to
tho action OF the Democratic party at the
p rlmary August lth, 1905.
REPRESENTATIVE
We are authorized to announce
FRANK BOWMAN
as a candidate for the office Of Representa-
tive in the State Legislature, subject to the
regular action of the democratic party.
We are Authorized to announce
D.. H, cHRISTY
as a candidate for the Office Of Representa-
tive in the State Legislature, subject to the
regular action Of the democratic party.
SHERIFF
We are authorized to announce
CHARLES S. MITCHELL
as a candidate for Sheriff Of Lafayette
County. subject to the action Of the Dem
ocratie primary election to be held Tuesday,
august = lBOa
We are authorized to announce
w. H. WADDELL
as a candidate for Sheriff OF Lafayette
County snhject to the action Of the Demo
cratic primary election to be held Tuesday
August 4 1909,
We are authorized 10 announce
WINFIELD s. PEACOCK
as a candidate tor Sheriff OF Lafayette Coun-
~, subject to the action of the Democratic
primary election to be beld Tuesday, August
4, 1905.
ASSESSOR
We are authorized TO announce
GEORGE SULLIVAN
as a candidate for the Office Of Assessor Of
Lafayette County, subject to the regular
action Of the democratic party.
We are authorized to announce
GO. MARQUIS
as = caneidate for the office OF Assessor Of
Lafayette County, subject TO the regular
action Of the democratic party.
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
We are authorized to announce
CA. KEITH
as a candidate for Prosecuting Attorney Of
Lafayette County, subject to the action Of
the Democratic primary election to be held
Tuesday August A, 1908
TREASURER
We are authorize to announce
BATE @. DRUMMoND
as a candidate for Treasurer OF Lafayette
County, subject to the action OF the Demo-
cratic primary election to be held Tuesday
August Z. 1905.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-08-01

SuBsoRIPTIoN 400 PER YEAR
II ADVANCE
Entered at the Lexington Post ONCE as
second class mail matter.
The Newtown bee., 1908-10-23
New Fairfield
EIGHTEEN MILL TAX.

At the adjourned town meeting or Tuesday, it was voted to lay tax of IS mills on dollar, l5 mills of said tax to be used to pay the running ex- penses of the town, and three mills of it to be used to pay a part of the town indebtedness. The tax will be due on June l, 1909, and is to be collected within one year from that date.
 The registrars of voters met on Mon- day to receive the names of voters to pe made.
 J. J. Treadwell and Miss Lena Tread well of East Hartford visited friends in town, last week.
 Leslie Judd of Sherman was in town on Sunday.
 Ernest Stevens has put a new shingle roof on I. s. Knapp's barns.
 Mrs R. c. Crosby, who has been ail- ing for some tune, has gone to Dan- bury for treatment.
 The Board of selectmen and Regis trars of voters met at the town hall olI Friday to make voters. There are now 151 names on the voting list, which is the smallest number there has ever been in this town. There are four more te be made.
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Greenfield Hill.
LOCAL GLEANINGS.

Theodore Sturges entertained George Brett of New York at his home here, over Sunday.
 Mrs James Yoeman and sister, Miss Hattie Nichols, were guests, last week, at the home of their parents, MT and Mrs John Nichols.
 c. R. Nichols returned home, last week, from pleasant visit with friends in Derby.
 Miss Sarah Perry arrived home, last week, from deligh tful visit with Mrs w. E. Gardner in Meriden, with whom she attended the Bridge opening at Hartford.
 w. E. Hutchinson and family have returned to Bridgeport, after spending several weeks at Greenfield Hill.
 Rev Mir Olmstead has accepted the call extended to him by the Congreg a. tional church and will begin his pastor ate here about November l.
 The marriage of Miss Emma Jen-
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nings, daughter of Mir and Mrs Rufus B. Jennings, to Andrew s. Wakeman of Fairfield took place at the home of the brides parents on Congress street, Wednesday, October 2l, at 8 p. m. .
 Owing to the inrceased number ot pupils now attending the Dwight school at Greenfield Hill it has been found necessary to employ an additional teacher to assist in teaching the inter- mediate grades. Principal Parshley will now have three assistants instead of two as heretofore. which makes the faculty of the school second to none in the town.
 Little Muriel Read. the two-year- old daughter of Mir and Mrs Charles 5. Read, accidently swallowed needle while playing in the nursery of the Read mansion at Greenfield Hill. Sun day afternoon. The needle became lodged crosswise in the chlld's throat causing her much pain and creating the greatet alarm among the mem bers of the household. Dr Durham was hastily despatched to the house and found it necessary to make an in- cision in the litte ones throat in or der to remove the needle.
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MT and Mrs George Klein entertained their children and grandchildren over Sunday. There were Mir and Mrs Abraham Klein.and two beautiful twins, Arthur and Albert, also their son AL fred, of Woodbury, Mrs Lima Taylor and little Son, George Merwin, of Be- thel, and Mrs Kate M. Favreau and daughter, Hazel, of Weston.
 Miss Anna M. Klein has gone tc Woodbury to spend two weeks with her brother, Abraham Klein.
 At the democratic caucus, Monday night, Edward P. Mills was nominated for representative. Mrs Charles H, Tammany has been visiting friends in Patterson, N. J. and New York. .~
 Miss Platt of Bridgeport has been a guest of Mrs H. W. Osborne.
 Mrs Emily Turney and Miss Louie Turney have spent few days in Shel- ton.
 Mrs George Hawkins, Mrs Herbert Appleton, and Mrs Albert Richey, of New York, have been recent guests at Mrs T. w. Turney's.
 Mrs J. M. Edwards spent a day last week with friends in Norwalk.
 Michael Dennus has moved his family from Bridgeport into the place recently purchased of Stephen Bayus.
 Dr Hair and party of friends from Bridgeport spent last Thursday at Jesse Wheeler's and enjoyed a days hunting.
 Miss Elizabeth Gordon and Irving Lockwood of Weston spent Sunday at Miles Gordon's.
 M. E. Banks of Bridgeport was in town, Sunday.
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The Newtown Bee.
 Newtown, Friday, October 1905.
Washington
THE MONDAY CLUB.

AaG moNDhi SLop.
 On October l9, the Monday club held it's regular afternoon meeting at the parsonage. Since South America is the subject for the winters study, Frederick Brinsmade kindly gave an interesting account of his recent trip to Panama. He sailed from New York on August IA, on the August Wilhelm, spending about 25 days on his sea voy- age. Mir Brinsmade was fortunate in securing a large rumber of photo graphs from the ports where the ship touched and these with a collection of post cards added greatly to the story of his travels. He gave very vivid description of his visit to Kingston "The Island of Springs" where he. obtained first hand account of the earthquake from an inhabitant, who de- clared such was the poverty of Jamaica that it would take 40 years to recover from the effects of the earthquake. The speaker gave very favorable im- pression of the Spanish American Re- public of Costa Rico, the climate and conditions being especially attractive to tourists and those wishing to start life in new country. His views of the Costa Rican hills were particular ly beautiful. Since it was the height of the rainy season when he reached Colon, he crossed the Isthmus by rail passing through Gatun and Culebra, in order to visit Panama and get glimpse of the broad Pacific. To the delight of his audience MT Brinsmade exhibited a Panama hat which was the real article, also native travelling bag, made of straw. The next meet ing of the club will be held with Mrs Carhart on the evening of November 2.
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ace Hubbard was indeed a jolly occa- sion. A large crowd and lots of red ears.
 MT and Mrs E. H. Clark spent the 39th anniversary of their wedding by taking pleasure trip.
 The Grange held a very interesting meeting on Tuesday last.
 Mrs F. w. Fletcher has gone to visit her daughter, Lillian, who is in school, at Paterson, N. J.
 Mir Nc Cormick of Elizabeth. N. J., with his niece and her husband, spent Sunday at the home here of Mir and Mrs Mo Cormick and daughter. MT and Mrs Skelley and Miss Lizzie were at Martin Brennan's over Sum- day.
 Mrs w. J. Morgan. who spent Bridge week in Hartford with her sister, and witnessed all the magnificent exercises, gives a glowing description of each day to friends who could not go. The beautiful Grange floats were grand. Pomona, Ceres, and Flora, each in their floats with all the emblems was thought of, as being remarkable, and well we know the organization is power in Connecticut. The beautiful w. c. I. U., float, with its white float, and lad ies in white, drawn by white horses, with the words in green, "For God, and Home, and Purity" must have been very impressive.
 A. H, Turkington is doing fine stroke of business these days.
 The days are beautiful, warm and pleasant, and if We only had plenty of water, they would be very enjoyable.
 Miss Root has sailed for England, in the interests of school work. We wish that she may have safe voyage and safe return.
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Morris
NEWS TERSELY TOLD.

w. S. Blackman and wife of Bethle- hem were guests of his aunt, Mrs H.. R. Stockbridge, on Wednesday. He is improving slowly.
 G. H. Johnson was in Hartford. We'd nesday on business.
 Mrs Leman Brundage has been the guests of friends in Stratford for a few days. Her son, Leman, accompanied her.
 Mrs David Turkington has been spending few days with her son, Sheriff Turkington, of Litchfeld.
 Mrs Frank Turkington is the guest of her sister, Mrs Smalley.
 The husking bee at the home of Hor-
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Plattsville.
HOYDEN'S HILL.

Mir and Mrs Clifford Jennings have returned from their wedding trip.
 Mrs Asahel Wakeman from Ohio, who is visiting friends here, is with Mrs Roswell Nichols at present.
 Mrs Leroy Clark, who has been with her daughter in Waterbury, has return ed home.
 NIT and Mrs Martin Jennings have visited at Mrs William Halls on Sport Hill.
 The Ladies Social Club met the 14th
The Newtown bee., 1908-10-23
Dress Goods.

Such handsome and extensive variety of the finest goods in both black and colored fab rcs is unknown in New Haven. We are show ing:
 Broadcloths in large variety of the sea- sons choicest colors. including elephant grey, London smoke, olives, catawba. Browns. sgre- mats and blues, with high brilliant silk lus- tre finish; guaranseed fully sponged and shrunk. prices S2 to S3.5O yard.
 Black Broadcloths in plain and fancy stripes. French and Domestic makes; high lustre and spot proof; prices Sl, SIPS, sl.5O and up to 5 yard
 From B to 5 yard goods all fully sponged and shrunk.
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Southville
NEWS IN BRIEF.

D. Beers of Danbury was the guest of Mrs L. Wilton. last Sunday. Mrs Mary Northrop spent a part of last week with friends in New Haven.
 Mrs w. O. Shepard of Naugatuck has been spending a week with her mother, Mrs Walter Bristol.
 b. Barnum and son are doing carpen- ter work for Amos Northrop.
The Newtown bee., 1908-10-23
Newest Silks.

"The prettiest silks in town" is not an un- usual sentence heard coming from New Hav- ems most experienced shoppers. We mention a few of the newest and most wanted silks here:
 Waist Silks. 'Taffetas, Messalines and Sat ins, yrices 69c, S5c. sl and SIPS a yard.
 Dress Silkt-Crepe de Chimes, Satins, Messa- lines. Satin Faced Crepe de Chimes, Tatfetas and Peau de Cyfnes: prices sl to s3.50 yard.
 Silk and Wool Eoliennes and Reids Lans- downs for waists and dresses, prices sl.25 to Sl.35 yard.
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at Mrs Roswell Nichols with fair at- tendance. The next meeting will be with Mrs Fred Barker. Mir and Mrs Edgar Jennings of Sport Hill have visited friends on the Hill. Mir and Mrs John Osborne and Miss Grace Wisner intend to take the trip on the excursion to Pittsfield.
 MT and Mrs Fred Jennings and daugh- ter have visited Mrs Jesse Wheeler.
The Newtown bee., 1908-10-23

Suffered day and night the torment of itching piles. Nothing helped me until 1 used Doan's Ointment. It cur ed me permanently. ."-Hon John R. Garret, Mayor, Girard, Ala. .-
The Newtown bee., 1908-10-23

Edgar Beers of Obtuse is building an extension of twenty feet to his house.
 Mrs Esther Andrews is entertaining a lady friend from Brooklyn, N. Y. Mrs George Graeter is visiting at her old home in Bayonne, N. J.
 At the annual meeting of the school board F. s. Curtis was elected chair man of the board and E. N. Hawley secretary. As the supervisor performs the duties of acting visitor, none was elected. F. s. Curtis, F. H. Beers and E. N. Hawley were appointed com- mittee for examining and hiring teach CTS. vqs..=.s ..
 It is now definitely reported that Dr Ryder is again settled in town expect ing to occupy the south part of Eugene Lakes house. Mrs Ryder is expected in about two weeks.
 At the meeting of the Country club at the home of Mir and Mrs F. w. Beers, last week, Mrs Eugene Lake and Percy B. Hawley received the first prizes and Miss Lefty Sagendorf and Eugene Lake, the consolation.
The Newtown bee., 1908-10-23

rOFeSI llreS were raTlng III LHe northeast part of town, last week.
 N. B. Strong had the misfortune to fall and break some ribs. last Thursday.
 Eben Strong and family from New Britain are at his fathers, N. B. Strong for vacation.
 Great scarcity of water is the con- tlnued cry. People have to go long distances to water stock and for family use.
 Rev Mir Starr preached on Sunday. We are always glad to hear him.
 James Blake and James Guild of East Cornwall were calling on friends in town on Sunday. t
 A. B. Camp has been in bed with a broken leg for more than a week. Pretty hard for so active a man to be in care of trained nurse.
The Newtown bee., 1908-10-23

Harsh physics react weaken the bowels, cause chronic constipation. Doan's Regulets operate easily, tone the stomach, cure constipation. 25c. Ask your druggist for them.
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Easton.
GRANGE NOTES.

October 27 will be Brothers night at the Grange. The following committee will have charge, Messrs E. D. Gillett, Jesse Wheeler, Julius Rifkin, and John Wheeler. =@ts
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Middlebury.
THE HIGH SCHOOL.

The High School opened on Monday with Prof Holbrook as teacher. He has had three years experience as teacher, and has spent three years in Bates College. He comes highly re- commended, and his father has spent his life teaching.
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Mrs M. E. Judd is in South Meriden this week, attending the wedding of Mir Judd's niece, Miss Mabel Hollister.
 The Library directors held their an- nual meeting on last Saturday night. A. s. Clark was elected Chairman and treasurer. Mrs Martha Judd. secretary, Miss Mary Hine, librarian, and Mrs Ada Tyler and Miss Hine, book com mittee. 5@E E.
 Mrs Ada Tyler is spending few days in New York City.
 Next week, Tuesday night will be Sisters night at the Grange.
The Newtown bee., 1908-10-23
Br00kfieId.
TWELVE MILL TAX LAID.

At the adjourned town meeting on Saturday the usual routine busin ess was done. There was a twelve mill tax laid, due July 1, 1909. As the three years trial of the school board hiring the teachers had expired, the plan had been so satisfactory that it was con- tinued without limitation. The roads were left in the hands of the selectmen as for the last few years, with re- quest that the small stones be kept picked up. It was also voted to assume the expense of the bonds of the col lector, treasurer and town clerk. The collector was instructed to collect all poll and military taxes and to enforce the full penalty of the law where the parties decline to pay. A vote was also taken to have the probate and selectmen's room closed to every one when festivals or dances are held in the Town hall.
The Newtown bee., 1908-10-23

DEATH OF JOHN WETMORE.
 The funeral of John Wetmore who died on Sunday night, October Il, took place on Thursday, MT Martin conduct ing the service. The interment was at Laurel Hill.
The Newtown bee., 1908-10-23
Silks and
 Dress Goods.

No section of the shop com mands the attention of wom- en more strongly than the Silks and dress goods. The new fabrics for Autumn and Winter wear are displayed in all their elegance and beauty and the showing is unusual in its extent and variety. The quality is another great at- traction here-for only the very best materials are allow ed in our stocks, and the prices were never so reason. able.
The Newtown bee., 1908-10-23

FOREST FIRES RAGING.

Forest fires were raging in the northeast part of town, last week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-24
CoII5qe Hero.

There is nothing quite so sad as the college hero the day after graduation day. He has been elevated to the highest pinacle The applause of vast crowds Is still ringing in his ears. There is the echo of his name shouted by hordes of admiring students, and he has been car red aloft on tlles shoulders of frenzied idolaters, with fair young ladies strug- gling to catch his eye. But with the last outburst of commencement oratory he finds his audience scattered to the four winds, and is confronted by the prospect of quiet desk in the office of some very worldly corporation The man ager does not know what a hero he is, for he has never seen or heard of the greatness of his triumphs. The college hero is like a banquet hall the morn- ing after the feast, writes John T. Me Cutcheon in the June Appleton's. The prosaic routine of daily work has only one bright spot and that Is when the annual reunion comes along. and the hero for brief moment again comes into his own.
 The year after commencement day is great leveler. From peerless heights the college hero drops to take his ob- scure niche in the everyday order of things. The college grind who has never shone except on examination day, finds that he is just as good as the hero. Young Livingston, 0S, will spend the summer at his fathers country place and look forward to a pleasant job in fathers office next fall Young Daw son, 'OS, with s25 of his mothers slender store, will begin life in earnest the week after graduation day, and will be diligently looking for work. And while Dawson is plugging along Livingston will be getting the good things of life until some day the papers will be full of Daw- sons name and the society columns full of Livingston's name. Thus life ar ranges it's little scheme of compensa- tions