The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-04-21
NUMBER 2.
Letter from Kentucky.

IENINGToN, NY, April Il. 1870.
EDITOR Pass: Not for several
months have | written line To- be pub
li-he'I in your worthy paper; nor have
] had the pleasure of even glancing over
it's columns for at least quarter Of
year. While ] see papers from nearly
all parts of the globe. the Press neUer
enters my sanctum in this sunny conn
try Of milk and honey mean of whis
ky and murder.
think ! will complete my business
here by June or July. and il | get away
with my scalp all right. will he one Of
the lucky ones.
The weather here is very Gne, and peo-
pie generally. nearly ready to plant corn.
Oats have been sowed, and, in most ca
ses. are up. / have never seen, in any
country, a more fattering prospect for
fine crop of wheat. at this season Of the
year. Fruit in this country, and in
north Tennessee, all killed; also killed
as far south as Georgia, as was nform-
ed to-day by a man from that State.
Not much going on among the sport
ing class here, but training horses, and
, fixing up for the races, which come off
in May. ] had a peep, last Monday. at
Tom Bowling. the fastest horse in Ken
tncky, and who has the fastest record in
the world for a two mile horse. lie is
pretty nice; but have no notion Of
buying him. His owner was lately offer
ed fifty thousand dollars for him. !
have also seen Alexander's noted horsr
Abdallah, and the celebrated trotting
horse Allie West, and various other
noted bloods. Saw bull in Paris, KY,
a few days ago, valued at four thousand
collars.
The npper-tens, in this State, still en-
terrain the idea of shooting. During
the last week in this city, there was one
man shot, one cut to pieces with knife.
one shot himself, and one young blood
got himself around too much good
Bourbon, and fell from his buggy and
broke his neck
| 1t X somewhat amusing here at times,
10 see the darkies. A few nights ago, a
coal yard accidentally took fire, and
about ten thousand bushels Of coal was
in nice blaze. which, Of cour-c, was
not entirely consumed for day or two
Whilst in the midst Of the conaagration,
/ J had business in that portion Of the
/ city, and found not less than a thnnsand
/ darkies Of alt ages, sizca ard ~hadrs,
I busily extracting from the fire the burn
/ ing treasure, some carving il of in has-
kei-, Soma IN !uckci,, some in their
bait, and some 81 he "fiir" ones gwen
IN their aprons While amusing myself
/ az their Old expressions aud energetic
movements. saw enc old woman Who
owed me little balance, aud attempt
ted to check her movements for a mo.
nient, to see if she bad auy oC the root
( of all evil, and when she SAW me, she
boisterously exclaimed: "De Lo'd, boss,
don't you bodder me now. for I = gwine
TO git coal enough out Of dis yer pile to
las me'a whole yer; di- Is de hes chance
| eber had 10 git coal cheap Come over
tomorrow, and III pay for dat -owin
rheen'' Every one seemed to try 10 ex-
Gel in the arduous task Of procuring
cheap fnei;" and of course, did not
try 50 hinder my old coIorcd customer
/ from availing herself Of the opportunity
of filling her coal house during the rich
/ harvest; and while amused myself as
an lille spectator, they seemed to enjoy
themselves hugely in hearing away the
rich treasure, which smoked, aud IN
many cases blazed as they were carrying
it off. Those who had wooden vessel.
and baskets took the more ignited par
cels, and the cold parcels taken a. before
stated. in bonncts, hats, &c.
We occasionally see person from
the North, and il is needless to say that
when we meet one with whom we are
acquainted, I'VE have a nice chat.
would like TO give you some idea Of
the business habits, and Of the general
way of doing business here. if time
would permit. Suffice it for the present
Ia say that il is of a nature that but one
man. in my opinion, could do il justice.
and that is my friend p II. B. Of Som
erset. Ohio. lie conld do it efIectuaily,
and with all the variations.
Yours. S. NJ.