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About Lexington wheatfield. (Lexington, Or.) 1905-19?? | View Entire Issue (Nov. 30, 1905)
r r- a J ' LEXINGTON GROWS WITHOUT WATCHING 1 I VOL. I LEXINGTON, OREGON, THURSDAY NOVEMBER 30, 1905 NO. 10 Are arriving every day, and will be open for inspection about December 5 th. Our stock com- prising Toys, Notions, Knit Goods, Cutlery, Guns, '. ' Carpets and Lamps, in fact the strongest and most ' complete line ever shown in Morrow county. SPECIAL A ffhe lot of Glass Ware, take your choice for 1 0 cents each. A 4 piece set, Sugar, Butter and Jar for 40 cents, others ask 75 cents. Call and see our Silverware' and i Carving Sets, they will make an elegant gift for Thanksgiving. don't overlook t , .1 We carry Wagons, Vehicles, Plows, Harrows, Clothing, Hats, Caps, Shoes, Trunks, Crockery, Har ness, Carpets, Lace Curtains and an entire car of canned goods arrived Monday of the following: Corn, Tomatoes, Salmon, Oysters, Fruits and Condensed Milk. We are here with the Goods, Quality and Prices. Let us figure with you. SPECIAL ON TABLE CATSUP A large pint bottle for 15 cents. We only have 1 0 cases to close at this price. LEXINGTON, OREGON CHAFF FROM THE STRAW STACK Every man has his own idea of an angel when he steps up to buy a mar riage license. House cleaning may be good exer cise for the muscles, tut most married men can testify .that it does not beau tify a woman's fa :e. One of our exchanges gives a whip with every paid-In-advance subscriber. This may be all right, but wouldn't it jar the editor' if some irate female should use one of these premiums on him? An editor takes great chances when he puts whips into the hands of his subscribers. A fellow who had been critlcisedby the editor of a,local paper, applied to a lawyer to know how to break up the paper. He was told to buy the paper and run it six months. He was charged $2 for the advice Ex. If your baby swallows a button or other foreign substance and Is not too young for such treatment, a bowl of oatmeal and milk, and a baked potato should be given as soon afterward as possible. If the potato has to be cook ed, let the child eat a piece of bread while he is waiting. The food forms a soft coating around the object swallow ed, and It generally passes away with out harmful results. A promising young husband recently presented his better half with a hand some piano lamp on her birthday. He was flattered when she , told him she intended to give It his name, until he asked her reason for so peculiar a pro ceeding. She said: "You know it has brass' about it, is handsome to look at, requires a good deal of attention, Is re markably brilliant, is sometimes un steady on its legs, liable to explode when 'half full, flames up occasionally, is always out at bedtime and is bound to smoke. When . asked to write a composition on some experience, Johnny, after much labor, handed his teacher the following: "Twins is a baby only its double. It usually arrives about 4:37 in the morning, when a fellow Is gettin in his best licks sleepin'. Twins is ac companied by excitement and a doc tor. When twins do anything wrong their mother can't tell which one to lick, so she gives it to both of 'em so as to make sure. We've got twins to our house and I'd swap 'em enny day for a billy goat." A level headed exchange says: Learn this one thing, learn it early in life and learn It well, that the man who does , not believe as you do is not always a fool. The fact that you hold views not In accord with your neighbor is not proof positive that you are right and he Is wrong, nor is it any evidence, that your neighbor is Insincere. If this were not true, then all smart people would belong to one party and all good men to one church. And if all belonged to one party and on church they would break up both part and church. A postmaster In Kansas has put up the following rules: "No letter will b delivered until received. If you don't get a letter or pnperon the day you ex pect It, have the postmaster look through all the boxes and In the cellar also, It ought to be. there, somewhere. If you're friends don't write curse the postmaster. If he tells you there is no mail for you put a grieved expression on your face and say, 'there ought to be some.' He is probably hiding your mail for the pleasure of having you call for it three or four times a day. Ask him to look again." "