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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-06-16

SEEDS" in big black type on the out
side.
Il know what's in it now" he solilo-
quized-"some Of them free seeds
from the government. Everybody in
town got a package, / guess, only this
is a big box of them. / don't want
'em. I'll give EN- to Miss Winnie"
Miss Winnie was a rare friend of
Nat Borden-"a pal" he boasted
proudly to his intimate boy friends.
She lived with her notional, tyrant-
like, rheumatic old aunt Just next
door to the Bordens. Winnie was
seventeen and would have been a tom
boy if her strict aunt had allowed
her. The c%onventlike solemnity Of
the old house had made Winnie des-
perate at times. Miss Dorothy, her
aunt, ruled her with a rod of iron.
Never was Winnie allowed any free
dom save that of the rambling back
yard. But she had discovered an ad.
joining paradise. Over the fence was
a discarded overgrown plot of ground
belonging to the extensive grounds of
the Warner place. There Winnie had
swung a hammock between two trees,
She had arranged a BE- ard in the fence
so it opened and closed like a gate.
In that bush-guarded spot she read,
slept, had her day dreams.
Nat knew well where to find her. He
dashed into her presence and flung
down the box.
There! that's for you" he an.
nounced. "Mebbe there's some fine
garden seeds in it, and you love flow.
ers, I've heard you say"
"oh, yes, indeed" iuttered Winnie
delightedly, and then her face fell as
she revealed the goodly store in the
box. "Oh, dear!" she sighed d%olorous
ly-'lettuce, onions, parsley, toma
toes, carrots. But it gives me an idea
and I'll take you in on partnership
Nat. Where did you ever get them?
Nat told. Then Winnie's eyes bright
ened as she unfolded her scheme
She was tired of doing nothing, she
was shut up like some nun, and hel
saving aunt never gave her a penny
They would earn some money. Would
Nat help her? Would hel and he vowed
to keep the secret Of their great enter
prise.
Nat struggled rake, spade and no,
from the family Toulouse. Befor,
school and after school, and nearly al
day Saturday the accommodating lit
tie fellow assisted the industriouI
Winnie in preparing a good.sized plo
Of ground for culture. They laughe,
with Joy as the seeds began t
sprout.
we shall have the earliest vege
tables in town. tlds soil is so rich an,
SO sheltered with plenty OF sunshinel
exuited Winnie. Then you shall sell
"a,
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-06-16
EARLY United States History.

The first American government in
the territory of Missouri was estab-
lished at Vincennes, Ind, in 1904, but
French and Spanish government had
prevailed there for a long time. Mis-
souri, was part of the Louisiana pur-
chase, and when the United States
acquired Louisiana in 1908, all south
of 80 degrees Of latitude was created
the territory Of Orleans, and all north
Of that parallel was created the dis
trict of Louisiana and attached for ad.
illustrative purposes to the territory
of Indiana. October l, 1904, Gov. VIII.
liam Henry Harrison and the three
judges Of Indiana territory met at Vim
cennes and made the first set Of Amer.
lean laws for the district of Louisiana,
now the state Of Missouri. The state
government was formed in 1918 and
the state was admitted to the Union in
1921 after a long fight in congress on
the slavery question ending in what
was called the Missouri compromise.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-06-16
TRUSTEES SALE.

Whereas, D. Fred 0'Daniel an d
Annie O'Daniel, his wife, by their GER
tain deed of trust, dated the 29th day
Of September, 1918, and recorded in
the office Of the Recorder of Deeds in
Lafayette County, Missouri, in Book
204, at page 263, conveyed to the UNI
dersigned trustee the real estate here
matter described to secure the pay
ment of the promisory note in said
deed of trust described, and whereas,
there has been a failure TO comply
with the terms and conditions of said
note, according to it's tenor and eff
feet, and default has been made in
the payment thereof, and there is a
sum Of money due thereon and there
under, which remains unpaid; Now,
therefore, /, the said trustee, at the
request of the legal holder of said
note. hereby give notice that will on
MONDAY, JUNE 18th. 1916,
between the hours of nine O'clock in
the forenoon and five o'clock in the
afternoon of that day, at the Court
House door in the City of Lexington,
Lafayette County, Missouri, proceed
to sell and will sell, at public vendue
to the highest bidder for cash in hand
the real estate in said deed of trust
described, situate in Lafayette County,
Missouri, to-wit:
Lot numbered nineteen (19) in
block lettered 3D." of Second South
Side Addition, south of Lexington,
Missouri, according to the plat there
of now on file and of record in the
office of the Recorder Of Deeds for
said County, subject, however, to the
provisions and conditions of a deed
made by Edward Aull and wife and
Matthew d. Wilson and wife, to the
said D. Fred 0'Daniel, conveying the
above described property, of date
the goth day of September, 1918, and
of record in the Office of the Recorder
of Deeds in said County, which said
provisions and conditions of said deed
are here referred to and expressly
made a part hereof. for the purpose
of paying the amount due on said
note and the costs and expenses of
this sale.
Given under my hand this the 18th
day of May, 1916.
SAMUEL J. ANDREW,
5-19-t4. Trustee.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-06-16
HE WENT HIM ONE BETTER
Crop Story Which Is Quite as Good
as the Old One Of the
Fisherman.

Crop stories quite frequently rival
fish stories" in their tendency to ex-
coed the speed limit, in crossing the
boundary line Of veracity, the bigness
Of pumpkins and the immensely Of cab
bages, apples or potatoes equaling any
big fish ever described.
Now the capacity of soils for raising
things and starting something to
grow, claims attention. Here is a story
of fertile land told by DR.. Nathan C.
Schaetfer, as a joke on himself, re-
marks the Springfield (Mass.) Union.
The richness of soil was being dis
cussed with a woman farmer from the
Dakotas. Doctor Schaeffer glorihed
the crop possibilities Of his Lancaster
county by saying: Why, in u coun.
ty the soil is so rich that If you stick
a nail into the ground, the next morn,
ing 1t has grown into a crowbar."
Whereupon the other replied: yes
know, but in our county we use q
tack for that purpose"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-06-16
THEHIDDENG GARDEN
By VICTOR REDcLIFFE.

BAH" uttered Gilbert Warner, re-
tired business man and village mag
nate.
Rubbish. eh?" intimated his COM
panion, fat, indolent and good-natured
Judge Walton.
"Franked from Washington, a box
of government seeds, and from Con-
gresham Martin Lacey. An insult"
roared the captious Warner. Why!
does he dare to fancy be could buy
me with a box Of vegetable seeds?
The s%coundrel! / voted against him,
and next time Ill marshal every friend
| have to snow him under. BAH"
Hold on" began his friend, but
he spoke too late. With a vim, as though
he were casting deadly poison from
his clasp, Warner gave the box a fling.
They had just come from the post Of
fee, and the team side Of the street
wal guarded by an iron fence from the
river below. over the fence went the
disdained cardboard box.
You Just do that againi" yelled
irate juvenile tones, but too far re-
moved to reach the ears Of Warner or
his companion.
The package had landed on the
head Of Nat Borden. He had been lin
ing the narrow bank OF the river seek.
ing a quiet place to fish. AS the box
grazed him, tilted and went over into
the water, however, he unshipped his
pole and ran after it. The box looked
substantial. 1t didn't appear to be
empty. Nat cast for it half a dozen
times. Finally he hooked it and
brought it ashore.
Nat climbed up to and over the iron
fence, but no one seemed to be look
ing after a missing box. He shook it
and poked inside, He read the words
FE R"TE %y-Y Ige.4G>gss- HtsH-.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-06-16

George Cant, Mary Cant, John
Cant and Sarah Kelvy-Plaintifs.
Ellen Cant, Sarah Ann Conway,
Nancy Chinn, Henry Conway, and
George Conway-Defendants.
By virtue Of a judgment and order
OF sale, made at the February term,
and on February 10th, 1916, by the
Circuit Court of Lafayette County,
Missouri, in the above entitled cause
in partition, to me directed and re-
turnable to the June term 1916 of said
Circuit Court, a certified copy of
which was issued from the Office of
the Clerk of the Circuit Court of
Lafayette County, Missouri, on the
23rd day Of February 1916, and to me
by said clerk, duly delivered. /. Will
lam H. Waddell, Sheriff of LAFAYETTE
County, Missouri will on,
TUESDAY, JUNE 18th, 1916
between the hours of nine o'clock in
the forenoon and five o'clock in the
afternoon of that day, in front of the
Court House door in the City of Lex
ington, Lafayette Comfy, Missouri
during the session and sitting of the
Circuit Court, at the June Term 1915
thereof, sell publicly at auction. TO tbe
highest bidder for cash in hand tbe
following described real estate. stir.
ate, lying and being in LAFAYETTE
County, Missouri, tO-wit: All that
part Of the south east quarter Of tbe
southeast quarter of section Twenty
Township ~forty-nine, n twenty'
hve, lying northeast of the RIGHT ~
way Of the Missouri Pacific RAILWAY
Company, formerly known as the
Lexington and St. Louis RailroadI
SAID land being more p~articularlv
described as follows, to-wit: beginn;nS
at the northeast corner of the sa;S
southeast quarter Of the said south.
east quarter Of said section 90 Town
snip 40, range %, thence west N ~
east line Of the Missouri Pacifc pan
way C~ompany's right of way. thence
IN a south eaterly direction along tbe
east me OF said right Of wav. to tbe
east II OF said southeast quarter AZ
SAID southeast quarter. thence north
on said line to the beginning, contain
ing hye acres more or less. and heinz
a part OF the southeast quarter Of thse
southeast quarter Of section 20. Town
Missouri. county,
Of May 1916. ''n Jay
WILLIAM H. wADDEIL.
sheriff Of Lafayette County, Wisso5,,
5-12-t4. "-issOurl
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-06-16
June Hints for Poultry Raisers.

June Hints for Poultry Raisers.
Sour milk is valuable in any
ration.
Summer shade insures thrifty
chicks.
Remove over-active cockerels
to a separate yard.
Clean up the incubator, remove
the lamp, and throw away the
wick.
Soft fresh dirt is an insurance
against leg weakness in chicks.
Add to the grain feeds with a
mixture such as bran, shorts,
and corn meal.
Do not keep unnecessary male
bird. An extra hen eats no
more and may lay eggs.
When range Is limited spade
up the runs or move the brood
coop a short distance daily.
Spoiled or decaying flesh, if
eaten, will surely cause timber
neck. Burn or bury the dead.
Watch for head lice on the
chicks. If found, rub top of
head with a small piece of lard
free from salt.
Avoid crowding by keeping in
small flocks and by providing
roomy coops. Thin out if there
are too many.
Broody hens should be remov-
ed to Stat bottomed coops as soon
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-06-16
Executors Notice.

Notice is hereby given that letters
testamentary on the estate Of George
Gray deceased, were granted to the un-
dersigned on the 10th day of May 1916,
by the Probate Court of Lafayette
County, Missouri. All persons hav-
ing claims against said estate are re-
quired to exhibit them for allowance
TO the undersigned within six months
after the date of said letters, or they
may be precluded from any benefit
Of said estate; and if such claims be
not exhibited within one year from
the date of the last insertion of this
publication they will be forever bar
red.
This 10th day of May 1916.
MARY BELL,
5-l2-t5, Executor.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-06-16

as discovered. Leave them
there till they forget it.
Clean fresh water lessons dis
ease. Filthy drinking water is
the source of much trouble.
Clean the drinking pans fire.
quently.
If hens are lousy, rub a piece
of blue ointment the size Of a pea
into the skin just beneath the
vent and on the underside of the
wings.
Mites are sure to accumulate
if the droppings are not removed
every week, and the roosts
sprayed with kerosene emulsion
or disinfectants.
After the grass gets tough
chicks can catch more bugs and
worms and will grow better on
loose soil. The corn field fur
nishes ideal conditions.
All these methods have been
found successful by the Mis-
souri, College of Agriculture and
the Agricultural Experiment
Station where they are used and
recommended.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-06-16

the stuff, Nat, and you shall have an
even half Of all we get"
"~Crscketyl h~fty-hfty!" crowed Nat.
why l can get enough to get a new
club uniform!"
And l shall have ribbons and choco-
lates, all | can eatl" cried Winnie.
That very thing came TO pass. Aunt
Dorothy never suspected what was go
ing on AS to the Warmers, none Of
the family ever penetrated beyond the
thick hedge that shut out of view that
neglected spot of the great rambling
grounds. AS the crops came up Win
ME did up the fresh, crisp packages
in tissue paper, and Nat became prime
vendor of the delicate and delicious
green stun. At the end Of the week
both felt wealthy.
The stun takes like hot cakesl"
reported Nat n afternoon, display
ing about one-half a pint Of dimes,
nickels and pennies. "Oh, Miss Win.
niel I've got over nine dollars saved
up. Why, there's my best customer,
young Mr.. Warner! How do you do,
sir?"
In vast confusion and embarrass.
ment Winnie arose to confront a
stranger and the first intruder upon
their solitude. She had heard that
Mr.. Warmers son, Clyde, had re-
Gently come home from college. She
flushed guiltily as she realized that
they were discovered as trespassers.
But the handsome man lifted his hat
so co%urteously, he smiled so indulgent-
ly, he proceeded so quickly to take
in the situation as a clever bit Of bust
ness, that Winnie was soon at her
ease.
Il declared" he observed. Il really
believe your wonderfully fresh garden
sass has been a sure tonic to my fa-
ther. He says he never tasted such
superb green stuff. And the enter
prising young huckster here who sup
plies our household daily never inti-
mated that it was grown right on our
own place."
There were three gardeners after
that, for daily Clyde would visit the
hidden garden. And when the last
early spring vegetables had run out
there was a fourth member to the CO.
terie-the little god, Cupid!
Yes, Winnie had met her hero and
Clyde Warner his fate. Aunt Doro-
thy had to be told, and the bright
earnest ways of Clyde won her over.
Papa Warner was just as tractable,
and Winnie was engaged-oh, the de-
lightful finale to the innocent scheme
that had begun through political en-
nifty! 10
And n evening when both fam
lilies were together, the story of little
Nat came out. Mr.. Warner sprans
to his feet at the recital Of the res
u Of the hated box Of seeds he had
cast to the winds.
That grating scoundrel's bride to
mel" he stormed. And l luxuriated
on the proceedsl Why didn't l choke
on the stun"
And then he laughed uproariously,
and caught his prospective daughter
in-law in his loving arms.
mo, MOI" he declared ~heartsomely
-"party enemy or not, he has sent to
u lonely home its brightest bless
ing!"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-06-16
TRUSTEES SALE.

Whereas. John Bass and Mabel
Bass. his wife, by their certain deed of
trust dated the 9Th day of September,
1914, and recorded in the office Of the
Recorder Of Deeds in Lafayette
County, Missouri, in Book 231 at page
81, conveyed to the undersigned trus-
tee the real estate hereinafter describ-
ed to secure the payment of the prom
isory note in said deed of trust des-
cribed, and whereas, there has been a
failure to comply with the terms and
conditions of said note, according to
its tenor and effect, and default has
been made in the payment thereof, and
there is a sum of money due thereon
and Hereunder, which remains unpaid.
Now therefore, /, the said trustee, at
the request of the legal holder of said
note, hereby give notice that l will on
MONDAY, JUNE 18th. 1916,
between the hours of nine o'clock in
the forenoon and FIVE O'Clock in the af-
t%ernoon of that day, at the Court
House door in the City of Lexington,
Lafayette County, Missouri, proceed to
sell, and will sell, at public vendue ia
the highest bidder for cash in hand the
real estate in said deed of trust de-
scribed, situate in Lafayette County,
Missouri, to-wit:
Thirty-ive 1851 feet off of the north
ends of lots numbered One ~, Two
(2) and Three (3), in Block numbered
Forty-three (43), in the First Add
ton to the Town (now city, Of Lex
ington, for the purpose of paying the
amount due or said note and the costs
and expenses of this sale.
Given under my hand this the 18th
day of May, 1916.
SAMUEL J. ANDREW,
Trustee.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-06-16
They Saw the Cow.

A woman with a family of children
recently moved from the heart of In.
dianapolis to one of the suburbs, where
they found various new educational op.
%portunities. One day a neighbor met
them all walking back from the edge
Of town and asked whether they had
been out In the country.
Yes, said the woman; the mar
who brings our butter said he had a
COW out there, and ! took the children
out to e indianapolis News
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Sheria's Sale in Partition.
Katie Hughes-Plaintitf.

vs.. s. {
Lulu Anderson-Defendant
By virtue of a judgment and order
of sale made at the February term,
1916, and on February %, 1916, by
the Circuit Court Of Lafayette County,
Missouri, at Lexington, in the above
entitled cause in partition, TO me di-
rected and returnable to the June
term, 1916, of said Circuit Court, a
certified copy of which judgment and
order of sale was issued from the
Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court
of Lafayette County, Missouri, on the
2nd day of March, 1916, and to me
by said clerk duly delivered, l, Will
lam H. Waddell, Sheriff of Lafayette
County, Missouri, viii on
WEDNESDAY, JUNE IA, 1916.
between the hours of nine o'clock in
the forenoon and five o'clock in the
afternoon of that day, at the Court
House door in the City of Lexington,
Lafayette County, Missouri, during the
session and sitting Of said Circuit
Court at the June term, 1916, thereof,
sell publicly at auction to the highest
bidder for cash in hand, the following
described real estate, situate, lying
and being in the City of Lexington,
LAFAYETTE County, Missouri, to-wit:
Lot numbered two (2), in block
lettered "a" in Hunters addition to
the City of Lexington, according to
the plat Of said addition on file in the
recorders Office for said county.
Given under my hand this 9Th dav
of May, 1916.
WILLIAM H. WADDELL,
Sheriff of Lafayette County, Missouri.
5-12-t4.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-06-16
TRUSTEES SALE.

Whereas, Sophia Summers, Ia Wild
cw) and Bess Billiard Ia widow, bv
their certain deed of trust, dated ths
10th day of October, 1918, and record.
ed in the office of the Recorder of
Deeds in and for Lafayette COUNTY
Missouri, in Book PIG, at page SOS,
conveyed to the undersigned trustee
the real estate hereinafter described IN
ecure the payment of the premissorv
note in said deed Of trust described
and, whereas there has been a failure
to comply with the terms and condi-
tons Of said note according TO it's
tenor and effect, and default has been
made in the payment thereof:
Now therefore /, the said trustee
at the request of the legal holder of
said note, hereby give notice that |
will on
Friday, June Both, 1916,
between the hours of nine o'clock in
the forenoon and FIVE o'clock in the
afternoon of that day, at the Court
House door in the city of Lexington,
Lafayette County, Missouri, proceed
to sell and will sell at public vendue
to the highest bidder for cash in hand,
the real estate in said deed of trust
described, situate in Lafayette County,
Missouri, to-wit:
Lot Four (4) in Block Two (2). in
Houx's Addition to the city of Lex
ington, Missouri, for the purpose of
paying the amount due on said note
and the costs and expenses of this
sale.
Given under my hand this the 8th
day of June, 1916.
w. j. BANDON,
Tr11rtnn
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sherif,s Sale in Partition.

George Cant, Mary Cant, John
Cant and Sarah Kelvy-Plaintiffs.
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For Sale.

An extra good Poland China
Boar, not kin to anything sold
heretofore.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-03
by DOROTHY DIX

The great thing that the present
mania for outdoor sports is doing for
women is not so much in giving them
stronger muscles as it is in giving them
stronger mental and moral fiber. And
Its crowning blessing is that Ii is teach
ing them how to play the game of life
squarely, and accept its results without
whining.
Women are not. sports by nature.
do 1T without risk. and when they lose
tney howl to heaven. They cannot un-
derstand why you cannot have your
cake and eat it, too, nor why one should
STICK to the bad bargain one has made.
one OF the chief reasons that there
are so many divorces is because women
are SO lacking in the sportsmanlilSe
spirit. A girl Will deliberately marry a
man knowing him to be drunkard,
and then divorce him because he drinks,
which is manifestly both absurd and
unjust. Or. girl will marry a poor
young man and make his life torment
by her continual complaints because
she, can't have, the clothes and jewels
and automobiles of millionaire s
wife.
What They Should Do
III these women had drop of sport
cept with philosophy the fates they
mad brought upon themselves. The
drunkard's wife would meet her intem-
perate spouse with a red rose in her
hair and smile on her lips when he
the balance OF the night applying ice
cloths to his fevered brow. The poor
mans wife would be strong for the
love-in, cottage stuff. and Simply
fiaunt her hand-me downs in the face
of her little world.
Indeed, to do anything else is for
the woman to stultify herself, and give
the husband crooked deal, for he, poor
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-03

Lucas and Bessie Love are billed to top
the program in new five-part triangle
feature, called The Rummy." The story
becomes an habitual drunkard and goes
down and out; but with the aid of a
girl, in whom he is interested, ter fa1s he
that is able to come back. The usual
funny Keystone comedy will be, on the
MpppdSg aPa Tfee Tues the
Folks at Home" A human interest
story for every member of the family.
Ask Nine. Gadski if Wagner ruins the
voice, as popularity supposed, and If the
big arias are likely to make
GadsIi It impossible ultimately to
things as delicate as lace,
and she points to the undisputed TACT
that she sings Mozart much better to-
day than she did before she. became
wagnerian soprano. Ask If she does Toes
about her habits of living, eating and
sleeping to retain her splendid healtn;
robust physique and majestic form, ana
she shakes her head with a smile. When
she is to sing in the evening. she eats
her heaviest meal in the middle of the
day but as soon as the performance is
over she enjoys a hearty supper, and
then retires or not, as the spirit die
tates. This greatest of Wagner singers
appears at the Orpheum tonight.
'Fair and Warmer Avery Hop,
woods farce classic which Selwyn and
Company presented at the
Enir and orpheum seTera endsd %deKs bousss age
OF the year, will come here
for a return engagement next friday
and saturday; Ayery Hopws9od oySs nd pegan non
tinued it with "Nobody's Widow" so
that "Fair and Warmers" reputation
was partly made for it even before 1T