The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-08-26
LAFAYETTE.


II, egv,
we nave been toio, ana somehow,
tue iact has forciDiy impressed itseif
upon our mind, that one OF the lead
ing characteristlcs OF the SOUTH MEN
TucKiAN Is 10 llculcale a principle ei
honesty, socially, politically ana H.
nahciaily, as wen as freedom OF
Thought ana expression wliiie It's gen.
erous columns iuriisheu Inc ineoium
inrough which we occasionally couid
give vent 10 our suppressed lucas
ana notions, on not omly the above
topics, but a variety; This point IN,
controveruoly established we ieel
privileged TO morallze little, ana
inc theme furnishing a text JUST now
Is inc following captloh, when iouhu
place In Que oil our popular journals
mol long since, "A woman no doubt,
AZ the bottom OF the mischiei. Inc
circumstances that called into being
tnis comment were ihese: a serious
Ginlcuity hau arisen between TWO gen
tiemeh, whose relations had Deeh 70
each other as close ana ElhuiY as were
those OF Damon and Pythias, yet,
wlihout Warming the puoiic were
suddenly eleclrlnea oy tne announce
hent Oh the tragic ueath OF one ieiiow
Dy 'ne nand OF the DINER, ana iatterly
Tue suiciae o. inc one remaining. MOI
ciue cou,d De given IN regard 70 lne
cause ana YET our J0urnailst sums
up ana orieny dlspaches Ihe Whoie
WIN the eomuehs "A woman, ~
uouos' az the oottoih OF inc thiscIie,.
now, why we ASK, ai,er mature ue,
hoera'loh, shoqlu ms pe the una,
cohciusioh Caii IL oe true tne. aniiu
'.nc many seMp's.i1ns us, WA. a, inoi.e oiie
70 aeeas OF evll anu crime ina. wo'i \,
rs nela pre.e9inenls oinoe, ~ .ne
wsi'es aseIrGa, aaero ,s whs y. NJ. c' w.
was ~ aos oaIs,y ,ossi Wy 'na; .ic
Cup wnoso iusr e s.:n - sa,u ~ 10
uet5 wa'n, .; 'no,r vsn,ns my an
unne a ac'ion, ., eAassera'ins so ,i',
,n VI ac., uall meto in .ne.nh.
hau Eeco' IT. tho ,aa 'uor n.y.
urlnshs aoou. 'ne uascuy. ne
ware cultnrsd and refined That NAV
be too and yet how often inc, sncb
man have heen drawn ;nto the fasci-
mating maelsiron, ~ hazard and
chance. led there by their own i'm
ouises and M ,ronana AIMS at he moi
IAN of tho mischief Then would il
not he more Charitable to suppose
that this 6if,icultv had its ORIGIN In n
false enc in some nonnlar billiard
saloon or in some more Fashionable
and .genteel clnb room. AGAIN. NAV
NOT the IA damicn nature of man have
asserted itself in a thousand different
ways; aud just one of these thousand
If given the mastery have been "at
the bottom of the mischief" But
briefly, we dispatch the whole matter
with this comment. we read aud un-
derstand the old subterfuve of Adam.
who finding no place to escape cries
ont. "The woman fhou gayest me''
she did thus aud so. But enough OF
this, I've had "my saw" and fell better
for It.
Tho .vro noao -. nn,ou, - ;ns,eod
of "plodn on our uneyentless way
last weak and wa are still steppins
IN the same measure. however. with
The prosnect of something better
soon ad''JG9'7 71e'> 2. ~
These col refrcsb;no morninos and
e1enings 90 sng0estiye Of Fall. prom
,se return of the many merry.
bearted school girls and bows that
with the oneninS Of the fall session
will add so much IN the life of La.
savettc.
ness,., A. ,,,,,. ,;r,., ~,
MONDAY spn g;ves ms warm greet
inc. 49, =, m. = l''7f' D.
We were cbeered nv ,refreshins
rain on last FRIDAY, vet the farmer
still clamor for more; and while re-
GREETING the small yield. of wheat
talk gloomily of The corn crop In pros
pec.iFc'
the protracted meeting still pro
crosses at Sharon. sermons good
attendance large ana mhch interes
manifested.
Visitors continue to find Lafayette
attractive. Among those with us a
present are: Mrs. Peter Fox an(