The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1875-03-03
OUR RocKPoRT LETTER.
ROCKFORD, KY, Mar. 2.
SWEET FLATTERY.

SWEET FLATTERY.
DEAR HRRALD:-My first communities
ton proving successful, encourages me to
try again.
Your paper is gaining friends here fast,
and l hope soon to be able to send you a
list OF subscribers. 1t seems hard for the
people to believe that paper printed t
Hartford can live at all. They don't ask,
"Can anything good come out of Hart
fordT-THE HERALD has proved that too
incontestably-but seem to fear, as said
that it won't live long.
EXCEPT ONE NAN
Your stand upon the subject Of Sorghum
Democracy meets with the most hearty
approval from everybody have heard
speak of it, but one man, and he,-Heav-
ems how can l record twill not sub
scribe for the HERALD, nor vote for any
man whose election it advocates. You
would naturally suppose this man had
been soldier, battling bravely through
the whole war for his beloved Confedera-
cy, perhaps one of Gen. WIS aids-decamp
not 30, however 1 am credibly in
formed that the only battle he was ever
in was at home, when his wife, armed
with woman's universal weapon, the
broom-stick, put him to an ignominous
fight, and be took refuge under the bed.
FIRsT-cLAss APOLOGY.
Allow me here to apologize to the big
Judge" for what he seems to consider an
affront, in my notice of him in my former
communication. Now, Judge, 1 meant
no insult nor affront, assure you. had
no allusion whatever to your mental
bigness, but to your corporal greatness,
and am sure that your serse of honesty
and truth will convince you that there is
not so much ridiculous absurdity" in my
assertion, as you might at first have i'm
agined. Some men, you know; Judge,
are intellectual giants while mere pigmies
in size, and others are the reverse.
ROCK Is ROCKED OUT OF CAMP.
Henry Rocks bomb-shell fell with q
terrible shrek and caused great conster.
nation in the ranks of the faithful here
about Their wrath is terrible, their
curses are not loud but deep. The i'm
precautions they heap upon him are
enough to damn State, let alone poor
Henry. 1 attended one of their meet
ings, and heard him mathematical and
formally read out of the party in the fol-
lowing forcible and fervid language by
the chairman: "Feller citizens of the
great an glorus national Republican
party-dat man-dat low white man
dat Henry Rock-he's trater to de coun-
try which General Grant discubber ar
which de sanity Ben Butler fit and died
an stole fur,and is now presidence of d.
congressional boberashun of de, nation
(fur which place is candydunce per
vided kin git votes enuf). After da
white man dun bin treated as often by d.
cullud popelashun, as he is, drunk a.
, much corn>jooce at our expense, as hs is
an bin shuck by de han by spektabl
cullud pussens, as he is, and den becas,
de Democrats wus de stronges and bea
! him. gifts mad, like he is, an turns agil
his friens, like he is, an goes off an jine
de enemy, like he is, all dis chile's got t.
say is, let i'm go. Damph keer. Lett
60 an Ticker"
GONE UNTO ME.
Now, Mr.. Editor, what, allow me I
ask, is to become of Bro. Rock2 He won
go into the Sorghum ranks, and he is ia
too clever and nice man to be left
e drift about at the mercy of the tide an
' every strong wind that blows. You mus
- take him in and christen him into ful
fellowship. Perhaps he will be unabl
u to stand strong meat at first, but a fe'
dishes of Cruel (le) will bring him aroun
all right, and he will make very +,
/. spectacle Democrat. l am well a
quainted with him and can vouch for hil
, after baptism. Iwould recommend tho
:. that, when you baptize him, you soa