The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1878-11-13
served.

Calhoon was appointed ; and since that
time several distinguished judges have
served. Il.
Communicated.
Dear Herald:
have been Ion: time silent ceing
that, now. your paper has grown 10 he
one al the fixed facts, and SO general Il
iavoritc, you have correspondents so
much ADLER to interest your many read
ers. would. perhaps not have written
/ this, but seeing the letter from Nancy
Jane Jones, in your paper % a rcceut date.
| has awakened "reminiscences that must
find vent Little dill | think. when we
went To singing schools, candy pulling-,
and weddinss together when We were
yoIng, that either OF us would rice To the
dignity OF newspaper correspondent
and of such paper IL the Herald at
that am not at all asuonished, though,
AT her rise. for she ALWAYS was smart
! Why, sir, many time have offered to
bet my whole crop of pumpkins and
| onions that she could ont sing, out dance
or out quilt any other girl in the settle-
ment used to love her to distraction,
too, and at one time thought | stood as
good chance Of gaining her affections
a. could desire; but along came that
/ Pete Jones. parting his hair and his name
in the middle. J. Peter Jones he spelled
it, aud soon found that had no chance
| should have done the same thing, but
you see, had no middle to my name
and couldn't. Ny mother, who was a
widow, used facetiously to tell me that
she was too poor to give me more than
one name. 1t is true that Nancy lane
was never much ON the speH, only when
she took spell OF the mea-cls; Int she
had always wonderful Imagination, aad
conld never be headed at expressing her
ideas Well | was terribly disappointed
whan Pete beat me. aud thought |
would never he AID - Eoli up my heal
again bG: iilc n-,.s ali thing. aod |,
alter ru 'crs t'.ar. f,uDd crrs,'a'i,u ~
the sociy'y IS Ma, + fleming VEL
we marr.c,!. AID cLn ro.r tIniuil N say
that uo,d 10 i! vii, towards Pete
| Nitn yna would a,h her II size rrnl,m-
bees ihe t!re Ii.at We were gpil.. 10 Josh
Bycrs' welding, aud oar horses gni into
a nest OF huGh,e b,c-, and, amer rearing
and plungI"g, ran of with us, and how
my horse ouI ran hers AMI, when We met
| Ike Shalcr, he thought | was running
away to get rii OF her, aud how We
laughed at him, when next we met him
| never saw much Of her nor Pie after
they were married. but have heard iron
others that they lived peaceably and hap
PLY together till his death. May she
live long and TRANQUILITY here. and at last
die "a the righteous lie
MINI NgHISI
4 -hhAO" Escsuhs
M0EGANTOwN, No. G, 1873
Editor Herald:
The election in this county resulted a-
follows: W. G. Hunter, Republican,
j74; George Wright, Greenback, 3jI
John w Caldwell, Democrat. 80
Hunters IN j7ri'y over Wright, 1874, oven
Caldwell. 1853. The average vote H. TIL,
county is ahnut 1000 As compare
with TIE previous elections the Green
backs have lost, while the Republican,
have a small gain
| Judge Il l.. d. GH,fy and Col l.. !.
Smith, are attending Court of Appeals
at Frankfort
On the 9th, rs the boat made hcI
down trip, the wife Of Mr.. William Dsv-
export, living about five miles below TIL.
point, eloped with a man styling himself
! Rev. Mr.. Sandusky. To what destina-
ton his Reference belongs. | have not
been able to learn. | understand that
he leaves wife behind Mrs Davenport
is daughter of Mr.. Wesley Iludnall, OF
Warren county, local preacher in the
NJ. E. Church, aud has the confidence
and respect (and | might say sympathy
of large acquain lance. She has been
married some six years; has two living
| children one of which she tool< with her
the other she left crying alone at the gate.
Their objective point, no one knows: their
final destination we can easily guess-the
devil She has some married sisters IN
this county as much respected as ans
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