The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1880-12-17


only in establishing high character a. au
officer, but in acquiring very handsome
estate. AZ biz death, and ior many years
prior thereto he was ihe owner Of tie farm
On which Logan. Wort was situated, and
lived in house huillnpon the site " the
Old Fort
ifNcoiN's nrNNN rrLrrniurs.
Although Lincoln county. in these latter
days, owing partly to the modes,y and mag.
nanimity of hsr Intellectual citizens lol
whom she has always had a goodly mum.
berl and psrily to their di-laste for that
Kind Of low intrigue and trickcry which,
unfortunately, ha. become a prerequisite
to promotion, has not been much heard
from in the councils II the State and ma.
ton This was not always the casc In
the good old times when honesty and ca
paciiy, rather than greed aud cunning,
were r,varl,d with political preiermenl,
the men Of Lincoln were ofen al The front,
and proved themselves worthy to be there
She gave to the Commonwealth the first
Governor in the person Of Isaac Shelby. a
man who, by his services, both civil and
military, won imperishahle fame. Aud
there wa John Mckinley, an ~ ,ciaic
Justice Of the lriicd States supreme
Court, aud John Kincaid, who distinguish
ed himself in Congres. in the days Of An.
drew Jackson. aud who was not inferior,
intellectually, To any man oi his genera
lion. OF cour.c there were many other.
in the remote rasi whosy merits were duly
aud conspicuouly recognized by their
counlrymen, but have not the Time, nor
do ! deem il necessary, to hunt mp their
names aud achievements for this occasion
But, as ! have suggested, we have nov an
abundance Of raw material in tie county
to supply the State aud Nation with any
kind Of an officer Executive, legislative
or Judicial, from President down, and
dHrnod good ones, at that II your paper
was larger would give you full list Of
these Statesmen and jurisi, bat it would be
as unfair as ii would 10 danger ous to give
a partial list only, and besides there j. No
need Of advertising men whose own virtues
advertise them sufficiently, any more than
there is to proclaim that the sun is the
source Of light Like the sun, al! they
have to do Is to stand still and shine.
THE YEoNASnY.
Ia the early day Of which ! have been
writing, as is the case now, the men who
held the prominent positions didn't possess
all the patriotism, all the courage nor all
the intelligence that was 10 be found H. tho
land. There we've many grand and nobl,
specimens Of the race " no had no higher
aspiration than simply 10 perform theil
duty to their connlry and to their familie,
in brave aud honorable way defending
themselves and their fellow. citizens against
the sneaking and deadly attacks Of savages
in whose mid.t they had settled, under
difficulties and perils that can not be ex-
aggerated, and at the same time with theil
strong arms telling tie timber and clearing
out the forests Tor the iiille plantations on
which they must raise the bread their fam
lilies were to subsisi on. These were III,
men WHO kilicd the indians and made the
corn AID tobacco, and who claimed no re-
ward for il higher than the rights and
privileges Of plain, private citizens Of a
free country and claiming nothing else
Of course they got nothing else. And 50 it
is at this day. The men who produce the
bread aud meat and raiment Cor all in
time Of peace, and who fight the battles
for all in lime Of war, and pay the taxes
At all times, take back seat when the
places Of honor and profit are to he iilled,
and are seldom invited to the front
PLAIN, OLD NAMES.
Our ancestors didn't believe in double
names, evidently. In rea,ling the old
records, you will not find one person in a
hundred with a middle name And in al
most all instances in signing papers the
first or Christian name il written out in
full, thus John Smith; you see no such
signatures a. J. Smith; and doubt not il
any one had hcen unfortunate enough in
those days to bear the name Of ~. Law
renee Smith and had so signed it, he
would have been tarred and feathered-and
50 he ought. How this fashion Of double
names originated, il would be Interesting
to know. II has been shrewdly suggested
hat il had rather vtnsl origin, having
grown out Of an cid custom Of the giving
the baby a coal" by the party for whom it
was named. Others think George Wash
inglon is largely responsible for il, since
there are more George VS. in the United
States than there are Radicals on the late
poll books. | decline to give
m opinion on the subject myself as il is
loo serious matter to pronounce upon
Nilhout much solemn meditation and
searching investigation, involving as il
Toes the proprieiy Of the naming Of nearly
Every human being in the United States
now living and millions aud millions Of
inborn babies. II is good to be cautious
'Rlcrs % PROPERTY FIFTY YEARS AGO
LANDS.
1t may not BE- without interest to come
o know how property was valued in the
'ounty sfiy years ago I have CLEANED
rom the records a few items on that sub
lci, which | here give: A farm Of 355
Ieres, on Logan's Greek, near Stanford, was
old by Jacob SwoIe to James Level at $40
'er acre; 33i acres the farm now owned
" Foresius Reid, near Stanford by VIM.
10 Hugh Hays at SIG pc
ere; $40 acres on Dix River, by Henry
iaughman TO Herbert King, at - per
ere; POO acres on Knob Lick nov owned
y s..W. Givensl by John Fly to Henry |
'owan At s. PEI acre; ~ acres on Hang /
ng fork, by Simon Engleman's Exrs. to /
henry Bright, at . per acrei l2G acres
ear Crab Orchard part Of Col Whitley /