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The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1878-01-09

In 1913 there lived in the town of
Lagrange, Texas, druggist, whose
name was Vale. He had clerk, or,
perhaps, a partner in the business, by
the name of Evans, or Twins. AS l
was but ten years old then, l cannot
remember given names, and as boy
/ was taught to call gentlemen by
their family name with the prefix Mr..
l used to peddle eggs and butter, tur-
key-winss and rabbit skins i'll that
town for my mother, and | always
knew just how much money my
marketing brought. This much by
way Of introduction.
On one occasion when | was going
to town with my marketing, an uncle
who lived with my father gave me
ten cents to buy him box of G. d.
caps for his gun. sold the truck i
had taken. and stepped into Mr..
Vaile's store to buy me a fish line,
and gave him in payment therefor the
largest piece of money l had. Here
was vanity. Mr.. Evans, or WINS,
gave me back my change and / went
out. But to be sure that he had given
me the right amount of change, l
counted my money and found had
Ill the money my marketing brought,
and as my fish line had cost just a
dime, went back and informed him
that he had given me dime too
much, and handed him the dime. He
said not, but | insisted that l knew
Just how much money | had when |
entered his store, and he took it but
gave me dime Testament, and asked
hue to read it and think often how l
got it. He praised me for being an
honest boy, and /, poor boy, priced
his praise more than the word of
ruth which he had given me, and
vent on my way home rejoicing. But
before / got home l thought of uncle's
dime, and his unbought cap box.
And now the truth came to me, that
i had given his dime away. My con-
science chided me for being so forget
fub but the principle that prompted
the act, buoyed me up and l went
home, told the story just as it was, to
the family and all was well.
Thirty-four years have since rolled
al Of their joys and sorrows over me,
l nave made, by the blessing of God,
Thousands Of dollars, have spent thou
sancs in the cause Of the blessed
Jesus. But / will ever regard that
littls act as the initial point of a bet
ter he on earth. Through that act
God gave me a selfrespect, that the
temptations of this world have never
been able to overcome.
1 ave refused seats in the Legisla-
ture Q. the State, that could have
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1878-01-09
A Wonderland,

Between the Indian and Pacific
Oceans south or a little southwest of
Asia there lies continent whose great
est length is about |, 400 miles, with
a breadth of LOO to 1900 miles,
having a coast line Of nearly 5000 en-
bracing an area of perhaps 5000, 600
square miles. In this until recently
unexplored country nature appears to
have done her work by laws and rules
entirely at variance with her accus-
toned methods elswhere. The veget-
able growth of this land is remarkable,
and seems projected upon gigantic
scale. Palm-treeS grow to the height
'ofseventy to one hundred feet. and the
fern-tree, mere stalk until it reaches
fifteen or twenty feet in height, sud-
denly sends out its leaves, four TO FIVE
feet in length, in every direction. A
grass-tree produces food for the cattle
and the inner part of the top Of the
tree, both raw and roasted, is eaten by
the natives. Lilies, tulips, and honey
suckles reach the proportions of trees,
and most beautiful fuchsias Chamber !
to the house-top and tree-top. Cher
ries have stones outside the fruit. and
there are trees which shed their bark |
instead of their leaves.
And the zoology of this wonderful |
country is no less anomalous and in
terestiHg. There are no Illuminating
animals, no monkeys, elephants, deer,
bears, lions, tigers, wolves. or other
beasts of prey, The wild dog is the
only carnivorous animal. No less
than forty of its animals are marsu-
pial-with pocket like the opossum's
while very many of its species have
no type elsewhere on the globe. So
too Of its birds, among which we find
birds-ofparadise, oven-birds, black
swans, and many other equally curl,
Gus creatures.-Louisville Home and
School.
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kentueky's Statesmen as Seen by
an Eastern Critic.

We clip the following pen pictures
of Kentucky's representative men
from the Eastern Argus, a Democratic
paper published at Portland, Maine:
Take Kentucky, for Instance, ner
Senators are Beck and McCreery. Mr..
Beck was for sometime the leader of
the minority in the House where he
was distinguished for prodigious ca
pacity for work, rather than for ideas
or eloquence. Mr.. McCreary is re-
markable for nothing but eminent re-
spectability. He dresses in black
even to dyeing his remnant of hair,
and his coat is an antique swallow
tail. No other Senator is distin-
guished in this way, except Senator
Merrimon of North Carolina, and he
only when making set speech.
The pages have n superstition that
McCreery is the most eloquent Of mod
ern Senators. The reason of this is
that Ibis mouth he never apes, but
out there fly some trapes," but they
are simply trapes and nothing more.
Pretty things about orange groves and
helmetted knights. Arguments. sta
tisticts, facts, anything that would be-
tray little knowledge of the world
and day in which We live, you must
not expect to hear from Senator
McCreery. He is no doubt pretty well
read in the classic poetry and fiction
of the last half century, and he makes
a little speech once in two years, TWEEN
ty minutes in length, perfectly men,
Orized, and so highly finished that
Bulwer himself could add but little
thought and few more pretty senten-
ces.
Justice Harlan who occupied the
first time on Monday the seat vacated
by Senator Davis is himself no small
man, and. l think. the most judicial
looking parsonage that wears the black
gown. He looks not unlike Chief JUS
tice Chase, when he was younger and
in better health, but he has a much
more massive physique than the late
Chief Justice had. I observed him on
the Bench and when he came into the
Senate after the adjournment of the
Court. He had long conversation
with Senator Voorhees, and l was sur
prised to see that he was little taller
Than the tall sycamore of the Wabash,
md the better prOportioned man of
the two.
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Evening.
BIT MAMIE.

oh, how calm and serene is evening.
We stand in awe and silence. gazing at
the glorious sun as it slowly sinks from our
view, and feeling of sadness steals over
us as We see the day depart. Everything
is silent The little birds that have
been twittering all the day, and fitting
from tree 20 tree, have now flown to
their resorts. The many kinds Of in
sects that have been making the woods
echo with their songs, have now retreated
to their little cells. The lowing herd
wind slowly DER TIE lea as the evening
shades gather fast around them. Every
thing seems to be preparing for the dark
shadows Of night. Tor night will come.
So it is with the evening OF our short
lives. 1t comes creeping on, aud if we
are not prepared for the dark shadows
it will be. desolate evening indeed.
Friends, let US struggle earnestly to be
prepared for the sudden approach OF the
coming evening of our lives, 80 when ITS
dark iorebOdings are reality, we can
greet them with a smile, aud say
welcome, welcome.
FoRDsYILLE, ky.
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HARTFORD OHIO COUNTY. KENTUCKY, JAN 8. 1878

had for the asking, and but last year,
refused the county judgeship-that l
was urged to take. But God has given
me higher calling, that of preaching
the gospel of His dear Son. l like
that better. He has given me low
ing wife and an obedient, loving son.
And now in conclusion, let me say
boys, don't be satisfied to be honest
from policy, but 90 higher and be
honest and truthful from principle I;
because it is right, and not because
there is money in it. And may our
heavenly Father bring you to a
knowledge of the truth in Christ. My
name would do you no good, but
might give an air Of buncombe to this
story amongst those with whom I am
at times called to strive. God bless
YOU. x ~
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New states.

There are plenty of new States and
Territories in prospect. Utah wants
to get in rs the State of Deseret, and
New Mexico is equally anxious TO Join
the Union under some Mexican-Indian
name. 1t is also proposed to divide
Dakotah into three new Territories.
The Eastern part is to be rechristened
as either Huron or Pembina. The act
creating this Territory has already
passed the Senate Committee, and will
undoubtedly be favOrsbIy reported and
adopted by Congress ia a few DAYS.
In the Western part Of Dakotah the
Black Hills folks think they have ar
rived at a degree of Importance that
entities them tn recognition as citizens
of the new Territory Of Lincoln. 1t is
possible that they may succeed in hav-
ing new territory created, but not
under the name proposed. Congress
decided some time since that no Terri
tory should receive the name of an
American citizen, how iIlustriouS he
may have been-hOlding that such a
system was confusing, illogical, and
based on no proper idea of nOmencla-
ture. The people of Colorado we're
anxious TO enter the Union under the
illustrious title of the State of Jefferson,
but this name was actually refused by
Congress and the Coloradians requested
to find some better title for the new
State.
The advocates of the Territory of
Oklahoma, to be formed out of part
Of the Indian Territory, are also advo-
eating this measure before Congress.
School boys will scarcely be able to
keep up with the geography of this
country, under these circumstances
Nelc Orleans Democrat.
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Don't.

Don't forget, my girl, that your in
huence as a woman is great for good
or evil. Upon woman depends the
duty Of training up the future men of
the nation. 1t is the mother who
mOulds the character; under her gen.
tie influence the youthful mind re-
ceives its first impressions. In society
the is queen, and all the men are her
subjects. Therefore she must be care
full in her department. BY word, or
even look, she can encourage or eff
fectually check all attempts at famil-
iarity. If women, and especially
girls, would DO this-if they would
show their great displeasure at what
they know is wrong-it would not be
repeated in their presence. Though
the aggressor may feign anger, in his
heart he would feel more true respect
for one who had thus reproved him
than if she passed his fault unrebuked.
And again, don't make yourself cheap
the reach of all. Few young
men want anything to do with a cheap
young lady. For wife none but fool
or rascal will approach such a woman.
Cheap jewelry nobody will touch fine
can get any better. Cheap girls are
but the refuse; and the young
men know it, and they will look in
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SAFE AND sURs.

NJ. n. r. .Sferess:
Ia ls73 your FEeEuSE was recommended
T. me, and, yielding TO the Persuasioas Of q
friend, l consented TO try IT, At the time I
r>s suffering frsn general debility aad nery-
81 ProstrstiOs, suPsrinduesd BY overvOrk
Aad Irregular habits. Its wonderful strength
esing and curative properties seemed 70 sf-
feet my dshilitAtsd systsm from the hrst dose;
End under its persistent uSe I rapidly recoy-
Grad, gaining more than usnAl health and good
feeling. Since then have not hesits,sd -
give HEsETISE my INST unqualified endorse
ment as being safe, sure, and Possrful
agent in PromGting health and restoring the
wasted system 70 new life and energy. FEG
ErIHE is the emily medicine use, and as long
as live I never expect to 6nd a better,
Yours truly, WI. CLARK.
lao AOntgOnsry Street, Allegheny, Pa.
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VOL. 4.
HER ANSWER.

Long, long hours she held my question
In her heart;
Stunned by eyes that sraved an answer,
Moved apart;
Touched my haHd in goodnight greeting,
Roster grew
should leave to- morrow earlyl
The adisu;
Bent her head in farewell, courteous,
Onward passed;
Will. cold hand srippsd my heArt-stdsg',
Held them fast.
still 1 waited, still l listened;
All my soul
Trembled in the eyes that watched her,
As she stole
In stairs With measured footsteps,
But she turned
Whore lamp in braten bracket
Brightly burned,
Showed the flittsring riPPlss
or her hair;
Yelled her eyes in violet shado~--
GIimmersd where
Carved her mouth in soft compliance
As she bent
Toward me from the dusky railing
Where she lent.
Alb, nv love! '"s enc white hsnd "andsrs
To her hair,
Slowly lifts the rose that nsstles
Softly there,
Breathes she in its heart my answer
Shyly sweet.
Aad loves message nuiely huttsrs
To my feet.
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K'o.ai pleasant Letter.
soxRruING woRrH RR.nrsa.

HC61AhANH hoAAh h1ABlNGs
There is curiosity in the way OF a
cave, about two miles above Point
Pleasant, near Green river 1t is not the
cave that is 80 much of curiosity as its
history.
The cave has of late been explored to
the distance of about mile and a halt.
IL blows like bellows at its mouth. But
now comes the particular part about lite
history. We are not fully prepared to
give ita entire history. but we will give
one or two items.
A short time ago there was found
near the mouth OF this cave a very large
tortoise, which looked to be very old,
and on looking on its back there were
letters found to this effects "The year
one" adam !" which shows that
Adam either lived in or near this cave,
or else the terrapin travelled q long way.
Another circumstance to show that it was
mans sale dwelling place, many years
ago, is this: On shelf OF rock in one of
abe rooms Of the cave, there was found
an almanac, dated the same year of the
food, and in looking over the hints Of
the weather, there was one place said
look out for long wet spell, and we all
have reasons to believe it came. Some
persons may treat this history with i'm
difference, but it 10 nevertheless as true
as some other unpublished history"
Come again, "0range Blossom"
FRITz.
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COUNTY DIRECTORY.
CIRCUIT COURT,

CIRCUIT COURT.
Hsn ys.es Stuart, Jadge, Greensboro.
A. L. Morton, CLERK, Hartford.
Mr.. Marcel, Master Commissioner, Hartford.
Q. ". Phillips. Sheriff. Hartford. Deputies
aW Bunrcr, Hartford, 2 Taylor, Beaver
Dan, II Cooper, FOrdsVille, L Fulke-son,
Csralvo.
Csurt begins ,eesnd Mondays in May and
November, and continues three weeks each
terra.
CRIMINAL COURT.
uspyA Murray, Judge, Cloverport.
Hsn Jsseph Havcraft, Attorney, Owentboro.
i L wlse, Jsilcr, Hartford.
csurt begins on frst Mondays in April and
oetoL.r and continues two weeks each term.
COUNTY COURT.
Hsa. VIZ. Gregory, Judge. Hartford.
Can't. San. X. Cox. Clerk, Hartford.
J, p. sauderfur, Attorney, Hartford.
Court begins on the drst Monday In every
QUARTERLY COURT.
asss the srs Mondays in January April
yuly aud October.
COURT OF CLAIMS.
I.xs.s on the Ersi NoaSays in JAussry aud
estsbsr.
OTHER COUNTY OFFICERS.
IA. Leach, Assessor. Cromwell.
a. Saith PitEhugh, Surveyor. sulphur Syringe.
Thss. II. Boswell, Coroner, Sulphur Springs.
RIP. Rove, School Commissioner, Hartford.
MAGISTRATES COURTS.
I
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was a branch. perhaps, of some Bards>
town house, and not of long duration.
The writer, on his first visit TO town,
recollects OF spending his first three
fourPence, half pennies. for small
mustard cup, being, as he thought, the
prettiest thing be could see on the almost
empty shelves.
Robert Moseley. Richard Taylor aud
Harrison Taylor, as partners, at an early
day, bought large stock of goods (for
tina, period) of Col. Criss. of Bullitfs
Lick, aud traded largely IN country pro-
duce. This speculation resulted in great
loss, at least to the Taylor partners.
During the war Of 1912 Samuel Isaacs
and David Morton built = store house and
opened very respectable stock OF goods
at the place spoken of above, and wills
liam and Daniel Mckenzie built house
which is still a part Of the Lyon House,
IN which they opened a respectable stock
They, however, after few wears sold
out and removed to parts unknown.
They were both much esteemed while
citizens
Up 10 the close of the war OF 1872, the
county needed but little, and had but lit
tie to buy with. Families made their
own clothing, shoes, and such hats as
they could not plat OF straw and other
material, they bsrlered for with some
country halter. Every family, almost,
had lis own shoemaker or exchanged
work with some country cobbler. Most
OF the ladies had Sunday dress OF fine
cotton, for summer, aud a nice barred, or
checkered, hnsey>woolsey, for winter;
the most aristocratc seldom aspired to
anything above calico, and made quite a
fashionable dress out OF six or eight
yards trimmings and hounces all told
but at the close OF the war the period OF
credit and lis concomitant extravaganza
and fashion set in. Pork, which usually
sold from $3.50 to 81, rose to S5-ard
tobacco to $40 and SD 1t twas supposed
that any man able to work could make
money enough at the end of the year to
pay for everything that could be sold to
him; hence, a system of almost univei-
sal credit sprang up. ard the town WAS
crowded with stores. Murray a Walker,
Thompson & Mosley, Richard A. Jones.
and the Mortons all had large and re-
sp C sb e stores for that period besides,
some smaller ones not recollected. All |
for one or two years seemed to be on the
high road to fortune. The merest COINS
ny pumpkin was wrapped from head to
DOT in broadcloih, clodhopper would
mount his burr>,siled pony, 1lgged
,G with a $40 saddle and $40 G.1dle.
This ignis td;ugs with which the whole
State was carried away. led on TO the
of universal banking SYSTEM
Ind the Legislature passed law char
ering bank in every county in the
State, some two, OF which Ohio was one,
Ind for which our then representative,
Major James Johnston, was most terri-
,ly vilifed aud abused for time,
,ut was afterwards highly commended
or his sound sense and good judgment,
nd which created for him fund OF pop
Ilarity which lasted him for years.
How this great air>bubble burst, bank
upting the community ard leading to
Their blunders IN legislation. litigation
nd party excitement, will require other
hapters TO relate.
TO BE CONTINUED.
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Steainboating I'm China.

[Hankow Correspondence New York Times. ]
Until last March the steam naviga-
ton of the Yang tse has been virtually
in American hands. There have been
occasional attempts at English opposi-
ton, but they never amounted to
much. The strongest British opposi-
ton ever made here is at the present
time against the China Merchants
Company. came up and shall re-
turn on the steamer Kiang Ching,
formerly the HiradO. She was built
in New York, and bears strong re-
semblance to one of the Stonington or
New London boats is 800 feet long,
has walking-beam engine, and large
capacity for freight and steerage pas
sengers. For European passengers
she has dozen rooms of unusually
large size, and comfortable and fine
ly-supplied table, and can say, with
my hand on my heart, taking rooms,
table, cabin, deck, boat and servants
all together / never have had equal
comfort on board a steamboat. My
room is nine feet square, with four
poster bed, and there is a small room
on one side with bathroom and other
attachments. Captain Paul is an
ancient mariner from the State of
Maine, and for quarter of a century
sailed between New York and China
in the service of A. A. Low & Co.
The officers, pilots and engineers are
Americans, but the rest of the equip
age is Chinese or Malay. The boats
payroll includes about seventy per-
sons, thirteen of whom are American
or European. This description will
answer, in general way, for all the
the large boats on the river, and is my
excuse for making it thus long. Just
now the fares are low, owing to Oppo-
sitiOn. At first they asked the modest
figure of 800 taels, OF 500, for the
simple passage between Shanghai and
Hankow. Year by year it fell, Until
two years ago, when it reached 80 !
taels, or $40. For couple of months
It has been only II taels, or s24, and |
this is what l paid coming up and
must pay for the return. Freights
we're originally very high, and are
still at paying figure. The business
has been very profitable, and the
Captain tells me he has known a single
round trip to pay the entire cost of a
boat. He adds: "Some of the boats
nave made money enough in silver to
overload and sink them, if all put on
It once"
Last year the line was sold to the
China Merchants Company, which is
entirely NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., direct
'rs, agents and all. 1 bought my
ticket of a Chinaman, who wrote
English as rapidly as 1 could. and
more legibly. Each boat has two
jhinese clerks, who attend to all the
reight and steerage-passage business.
)nly one of the boats has an entire
jhinese equipage-captain, engineers,
'ilots and all on the rest the officers
emain as of old, and there Is no init {
nation that they are to be displaced.
there was u rumor that Chinese
aptains and officers would be put on 4
0 learn the business, but nothing Of I
he kind has been attempted.
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The OwensbOro Examiners local edi-
tor is a clear headed man, and never
slings the pencil without saying some
thing. There is so much truthfulness in
the following local that we cannot refrain
from publishing il:
Nine out Of every ten men who take a
local paper read it from. beginning to end,
and the moment they cast their eyes upon
the sheet will notice the changes, if any.
that have taken place in the advertising
columns. Therefore, the man who adj
vertises in local paper is certain to at
tract the eye OF nine-Ieuths Of its readers,
If he does not catch them all II there
Is skeptIc among us-a man who be-
lieves that advertisements are never read
will hand in a one-inch advertisement
to tins paper, setting forth that he will
sell iiye dollars worth of any leading arr
ucle for fifty cents, and will guarantee to
stand 10y the advertisement as published,
we viii insert II gratis in the most OBJ
scure corner OF the paper Now, one
inch would not make much of display
In the columns Of paper like the Ex-
amlner. but it will suffice, if inserted
upon the conditions as above, TO take the
conceit out of the man who doesn't be-
lieve there is any virtue in printers ink.
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"But | pass" said minister, one
Sunday, in dismissing one theme of his
subjects to take up another. Then l
make it spadesr yelled man from the
gallery, who was dreaming the happy
hours away in an imaginary game of
euohre 1t is needless to say that he
went out on the next deal, being assisted
by one of the deacons with full hand of
clubs.
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SUBS oRIpr1oN RATES
DIRECTORY.
CHURCH DIRECTORY

Bsptist-services first Sunday and San
dsv night In every month and Saturday
pieht preceding.-W, p. Bennett, pastor.
Cumberland OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES second
Sunday In each month-kev. James Barnett,
pastor.
n. Z. Church South--Services third Sun
tay In every month. W. w. Cook, pastor
Methodist Episeopai-Serviees fourth Sun
day and Sunday night in each msnth-ReV.
J. A. HuDphsy, pastor.
Uaiss Sunday School every Sunday morn
Sag st half past eight o'clock.