The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1878-12-25
Mrs. Cynthia Lemons.

We hate clipped from the Califor
MIA SandiegU News, the three follow
ing extracts, DOicing that old lady.
We publish them Lr tie follawing
reasons:
MANY of our readers are rela-
tives aud you'd be pleased TO hear
anything about her. 2-It illustrates
the migratory habit. of the American
people
Little less than a century ago, Mrs.
Lem"ns' father and grandfather. en-
igrsted TO this section of Ken lucky,
and now their descendants are known
to reside in almost every Western
State, including Texas, California. Or
egon and Washington Territory. Mrs.
Lemons, the daughter of Harrison
Taylor, was born on what is known
a. the Ellis farm, about four miles
from Hartford. Her parents dying
while she was young, she was taken to
Shelby county and lived with her
mothers relatives until grown. when
she went to reside with a married sis
ter in Indiana. Here she married and
she and her husband, by untiring
industry and economy, acquired COM
petence, aud raised and settled in life
large family of children. and now, as
shown by these extracts she Is in her
sevehty-second year, amusing herself
on the shores Of the far off Pacific.
AN OLD BOOK.
We have examined an old bOQk-a
very small one. it is true, but still a
book, &Ound in leather-belonging to
Mrs. Cynthia Lemons of this city. now
in its one hundred and forty-third
year. 1t is truly a venerable little
relic, minus title page, preface and
several OF the first pages Of the work
II is entitled Devotional exercises of
of the Heart" and memorandum IN
it written by Mrs. Elizabeth Taylor,
the mother of Mrs. Lemon, and who
presented it to her, states that il was
printed in 1885. With the exception
of the loss Of the leaves in tire front of
the little volume, for its size is only
about five by two inches, the book is
we'll preserved.
OUR FAIR.
Yesterday, in noticing the handi-
work of Mrs. Cynthia Lemons of this
city, We failed to notice a very fine
wreath which that lady is making for
our first fair. II is large, and con-
structed Of every seed that can be found
in this county, both tame and wild,
and is a fine production, worthy of the
skillful hand that made it,
MRS. LEMONS MUSEUM.
Few ladies, old or young, can boast
of the number and extent of their
handiwork az can Mrs. Cy nthia Lemons
Il lady of a good old age, residing in
this city. It is curious to visit her
parlor, and it will take some length of
time to go over and examine the ar
ticles that have passed. through her
hands, embracing SO many little ar
ticles that a column of our paper would
scarcely more than give mention to
them. We shall mention o few of
them by their technical designations.
She has specimens in shell vO.k, croch-
ct, moss work, lettering. spatter work,
frames. feather work, bead work, hair
work, seed work. chenelle work, card
receivers and other work in that line.
Grass groupings. rustic frames, pre-
pared sea weed and skeleton leaves,
and much else in this line. Then
comes the natural history part of the
museum. and she presents you with a
prepared shark OF over a foot in length
and a grasshopper whitened by time,
and standing erect-a skeleton that il
really pretty dressed shells large col
lection Of bugs; butterflies; horned and
other frogs: birds; tararellas, fish
lizards; snakes; nests of tarantulas
birds nests, and many other cOnceits,
and besides these. the walls have pic.
lures and other ornamentation too te-
dious to mention.
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