Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-05-19
Kentucky Dots.

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CORRESPONDENCE of the Staunton VINDICAToR.l
NASHVILLE. KY,
April, Goth, 1876.
Dear indicator: After long silence [
send YOU some more Kentucky scribtlings.
[ would have written again ere this, but
YOU recollect enjoining upon me before [
left Staunton not to "blow'' about the
"Great West" and expect you to publish
it, and whenever would in my magma
ton commence letter to the VINDIcA-
TOR, it would run something like this:
Impressed with the inexhaustible re-
sources Of this magnificent country" or
"The unsurpassed beauty and wealth ct
this great bluegrass region, &C., &C.;
for like the immortal U. S. g., l know no
North, no South, no East, no West, no
thing but my kindred. So I kept my say
to myself, except an occasional ebullition
which would find it's way into the columns
of the DISPATCH. But [ have just left
some of your old friends of whose prosperity
fknow you will be glad to hear, and have
made
SOME "DOTs"
of men and things out here, which think
will interest your readers. Just GU miles
south of this place is the wealthy little city
of Paris, from whose hospitable gates
have just torn myself away. Paris is the
county seat of Bourbon-you haYe, I ina
CINE, in your youth heard of
'sGooD OLD BOURBON"
That's where they make it, and it has made
many a Bourbon co. man, and marred
many one too. for that matter. Paris is
in the heart Of ssBlue Grass" the richest
section in Kentucky The million dollar,
and half million, and quarter million men
are Indigenous to the soil, while you meet
as many 100000 fellows in the streets OF
Paris on a nice day as you will pretty girls
in Staunton, had a pleasant encounter
here with an
OLD STAUNTONIAN,
Prof. Chas. Young. He is in blue grass
up to his knees, is principal of the Gorth
Female Institute, and has the finest prop.
erty in Paris The Professor seems to have
taken firm hold of the goodwill of the
Parisians, and is mentioned only In the
most complimentary terms. The people
have in this. his firse session, extended him
a liberal patronage, and his prospects fol
the future seem very bright. [ met with
another
OLD VIRGINIA REBEL,
also in this good city of Paris, Col. George
M. Edgar. who in o III little affair with the
Northern brethren, com manded the 18th
Va. Battalion of Echol's Brigade, and by
his watchfulness and gallantry on severa
occasions when our border was invested
earned tile sobriquet of the "Watch-dog Of
Lewisburg. "The Colonel, too, has changed
HIS SWORD INTO A FERRULE,
and is conducting a popular military schoo
of high grade, named after himself. His
property is also very valuable and beauti
fully situated in the suburbs, and from the
encouragement he has already received and
the promise for the future, his enterprise
would seem to be an assured success. The
writer spent q few pleasant days in Licking
ton, and visited Ashland, of course. This
beautiful estate was bought by the State,
and the Agricultural College is located
here. The price paid was $210 per acre
The place is in a high state of cultivation
and-well, every prospect pleases. The Clay
monument is one of the sights of Licking
ton. 1t rises, a circular shaft of marble
100 feet. On the summit is an ornamental
pedestal on which the statue, II feet in
height, stands, and must be seen for many
miles around. At the base Of the monu-
ment is the vault, through the barred door
Of which the visitor can see the sarcopha-
gus in which lie the ashes Of
KENTUCKY's GREATEST STATESMAN.
Lexington is situated in the mi DIST of Il
tuW say it) the most picturesque, fertile,
and altogether magnificent region
my wanderings have ever led me into.
The country is 1ntersected with the
re-crossing in every direction. The
broad, green pastures dotted with
herds of sleek cattle and melted horses
just such a land as the gods might have
beuueatlled to their favorites among the
SINS Of men. Now | have s'said my say"
and if you don't like it you can scratch
it," 1t was 90 one of these splendid pixies,
drawn at 240 speed by one of these melted
horses, through this magnificent country,
that took Il drive one bright morning to
see some of those sleek cattle. Our visit
was to the estate of B. B. Groom, esq.,, the
famous short-horn bre der of Kentucky,
whose pure bloods command the highest
prices and are taken to every grazing state
LII UIiC " Hull ttIlu CfCIl W
Beeves are never sold from this estate. B.
B. G., esq would no more condescend to
such transaction than would New
! DIRK wholesale house to measure off a
Yard Of Calico At a sale of IS short-hornS
last fall he realized the handsome sum of
$4,000. One calf 81 months old brought
$l7 800. l saw a two year old that weighed
9 800, and some $4,000 and 600 cows,
all OF which L saw and heard with becom-
ing composure and sang froid, while talk
ed ':cattle talk" quite grandly, for hailed
from the Valley of Virginia where we
know q thing or two about 'stork." But
my stoicism was gone when, pointing in
differently to Il rather shabby looking three
weeks old,
TODDLING HEIFER CALF,
[ asked what was its stock. "That is q
Wild Eyes, sir; the only pure blooded
Wild Eyes heifer in the world, and can't
be bought for
TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.
The mother came from England. She was
the only animal of that famous breed, is
getting old, had never dropped a heifer
calf, and the Wild Eyes seemed destined to
die with her, but this calf will, il it lives,
the breed. 1t can't be bought
for 500 900, STRIP / had half mind to
pull out $40, 600 and shake it at him, just
to try him, but tell into a calculation of
the worth of a pound outlet off that veal.
Finding it would cost about $500, concu-
ded to take a mutton chop instead. One
of the cattle kings, a Mr.. Bedford, lost
A $27, 900 COW
the other day, and the county of Bourbon
could nut have been plunged into ieaper
grief if the FresideDi had iied instead.
In this part of Kentucky a Yirginian
can almost fancy himself at home, as he
passes from Lexington to Staunton, and
then to Richmond, Winchester and Dan
found Virginians and Au-
gusta men at nearly all these places, ana
sven the VINDICAToR at several Of them,
and Il sight Of the familiar sheet, though a
week old; is almost as refreshing as to meet
uc1r ,1raa cher