The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-09-12
For the Courier.
LouisyIIle MatterS-POIitIC
Sanitation.

EUttOT CONtcT.--l lutcuutu 10 laVl
dropped yoa an.epistIe ere this time
but'6wing to physical indispositioA
found il almost an utter impossibilit,
to arouse the inspiring genius of ID,
mind and extort from it contribution
which. peradveninre, might Interest
some of your many readers. Blu
that is The rub my Lord What car
a man write in these piping times OF
peace this money loving and -sardid
epoch '-thar-would interest the reading
public? That's the question Editor.
have time and agaiu attempted it's so
luton Noveiisfs, poets. aud prosai-t.
have strIVeo nightly 10 ind a theme
that would, like an electric shock
strike the popular heart aud send back
responsive cadence which would in
sure them both tame and fortune. But
alas for poor frail human organism
while millions have striveo heroically '
for the prize. but few have entered
within view aud realized amhilion's de
lectabIe dream But failures snu1'd
not discourage human actions. Were
il so in general sense, the arts and
-ciruee> would soon begin retrogradt
movement. and ,hings would soon re
solve themselves in inextricable con
fusion-mental chaos would eDsue, and
remediable decay would rest as a
wi,hering blight upon The body polite
Hence | will not yield to dependency
but thrust in my sickle aud gather OF
the harvest what may come 20 hand
This the 2od day of the 9Th month
of the year Of our Lord, 1879. is re
garded by many in this portion OF
God moral vineyard a. an suspicious
occasion, it being The day set apart for
the opening Of the Louisville so He'd
grand annual Exposition, the enter
taiument beginning at Z o'clock, p m
with a speech from Blue Jeans VII
liams of Indiana, and will doubtless
he responded to by some OF the high
cockaiorum> of this city. | under
stand that this honor has been eoofer
red on the president of the Board of
Trade. Again, it is the day for the
inauguration of the new Chief Execu
tive of the Commonwealth. The morn
ing is dark and lowering. The king
OF dag Las so far refused to lend the
effulgence Of his benignant face to
heighien the gu6eroatorial ceremonies
about TO be consummated at the capi
tai But, as even the wisest heads are
unable 20 divine what q day may bring
forth, percbance. before the eulmina
Ting point is attained in the programme,
to-wit: the stepping up aud in oi the
new aud down aud out OF the old Gov
ernor boreas may gather together his
csreeriug cohorts of the far of North
aud come sweeping down upon these
lark and misty pavIions of .he skies,
nd brush away, rs by magic power,
he last vostige of these habiliments
Of the ethereal world, which now
shrouds in comparative darkness the
Deiher earth. creating in the minds of
the superstItious a fixed belief that the
reign of the incoming incumbent will,
in sOmeWise. prove inauspicious, while
anticipated pleasures abd joys of the
more enlightened classes will be check
ed and chilled by reason Of the nov
an~pice- But, notwith-
-tsudtng tho uninyorab. weather. the
will be completed aud the
new Executive aud his subslterns will
be sworn 10, aud Gosernor McCreary
with his subs will retire. So fsr as
pertains TO the ex Governor he leaves
the Office without an official regret
having, while occupying that exalted
position. endesvored to discharge it,
every duty faithfully and efficiently
His great caution and particuiarity -
is true, has given offense TO some of
his constituency. but the larger ma
jority of she people of Kentucky eau
but approve and commend his admins
'ration. Aud, now. moth withstanding
the fact the American people like Que
brauch of their great ancestors, the
English, never worship at the shrine
of the setting sun, though it may sink
10 it, repo-e without cloud TO darken
its beautiful horizon. aud as it fades
from observation into obscurity, send--
ing back TO earth a soft aud shining
light Us an evidence of its retained
power, though its ostensible reign has
ended, yet this self orb who, in the
morning Of its ascent TO place and
received the applause aud laud
ations OF thousands of earth > subjects,
and who at the Termination of its ca
reer found none so poor as to do it
reverence will rise again with iDcreas
ed bene6cence aud spleudor showering
its blessings alike upon all mankind
within its reach. Thus we predict will
be the we'll earned fate of McCreary.
l intended to have gone to the in
suguration to-day. Gas l told the Gov
ernor elect [ would do, whom | hap
pened 10 meet in the Courier-J ournal
building. on Saturday last, who ex
pressed himself highly gra fled al
meeting once again one from the tOwu
of Hick kman-the scene of his late
struggle with that arch aud subtle
enemy commonly called Yellow Jack },
but the weather was so unfavorable,
aud having just recovered from Sc
we're attack of what | term kidney
fever (This may sound little un'
professional, but as l am not a sworn
in doctor reckon the rest won't church
me for my temerity in daring TO give
a name to malady that, perchance,
they have never seen recorded 10 The
books) Under the circumstances
thought it prudent to tOrego the pleas
ure of visit TO Frankfort, to-day.
Had | gone, there would have been
very few that would have known | was
there, aud perhaps even less number
would have given 6g for my presence
You know there are ouIy TWO classes
of men who travel incognito One is
the rich nobleman or arisiocrat, who
does not wish to be bothered by i'm
pertinent todies and impecunious men,
dicants The other class consist of
those who are not known away from
their homes. on whom 6ekle fortune
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