The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1880-06-08
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here on last Saturday evening. lt
was only about two hundred yards
wide, il tore down barnes, houses,
fences, trees aud everything else that
was in lis track. Fortunately no
lives were lost.
Jim McCord cares nothing now for
the rise in harness leather, he just
ties his bail faced mares tail 10 the
single tree, gets in his buggy, closes
his eyes and lets the world way us
she will.
A big horse race few miles south
Of here Monday. drew large crowd,
the horse that came out first, won the
race, while the Que that came out
second got beat.
The census man Is around with a
great haversack fun of blanks looking
Tor all the world like III umbrella
fixer.
o. S. Brown bought him new
buggy a few days since and now he
stalks about looking "a foolish as u
girl aboui Tires days married. VI
Young squirrels, strawberries,
cherries, chicken and dumpling-and
iif it were not for the school exhibi-
tons this would not be such u bad
world. eV1.gnlg iIt n
There Is q certain class who read
all over scratches and declare at the
end of each item that we ought to be
killed and the very next time the
paper comes they are just as anxious
rs anybody TO see more of the same
Kind that they said wo ought to be
killed Tor before, aud this is what
tickets us nearly 10 death.
No, MONO, do not shoot Bill ltogus,
We were only joking, dreaming as il
were-llc deserves to live. Any man
who cali bump Malinda dry as soon
rs he did deserves to live II thousand
years. re, -.e,(i -rlIH,
Mr.. James. d. lGarhett aud Col!
Sypert, made speeches here last Sat
ur,iay. Mr., Garnet made in our
opinion the speech of the canvass.
We have heard him before aud we
know il was the best effort we have
heard him make. MI G8f4 ~. r
lie made d finc impression OH our
people anil will doubtless receive o
number OF votes here. Busihtss pre-
vented us from hearing Col Sypert,
but we learn that he inndc u very
good speech. s....g,,a rs....,,...s t,e
We had a fine melon paich,-aii
old friend told us ii VIC wo,.ld sprin.
kle some salt oyer tie vines II would
drive away the ants That were suck
ing ut their roots. We did SO, the
ants crawled away seemingly perfect
ly conlented aud happy ;but the vines
died and died dead az the dust OF
Adam; and now we give that old
H friend warning. he ever lnakesa
track in Grotton va would advise
him To- cab arophd and lenve7 his
ncasuvc with Vincent, for his hour
will soon come.
q. a. Brasher owns the sharpcst
axe III this town. and he never says
"Be sure and fetch it back MS soon as
YOU gil daue with II" when he loansit
\ Our handsome young friend, john
u. Canslcr, was up To-day for load
of sawdust land spangles We suppose,
preparatory to the picnic Saturday
, lie seems to be the boar bee in thai
hive--so to speak. ff &
1t Just takes three hundred yards
of white Swiss, for dialogues. ten
lines of poetry and thirteen girls it
, get up M exhibition. ut the end o. {
I school IN the coulltry.fa 80
Master Lawson Clark, OF Your CIV
is here visiting his relations, mud man.
IN old robin will get the throttle
I valve turned forever IN her locomo
) tive during his stay.
, Some five years ago wo wereairnos
preached to death /; but lately preach
crs have given lis the go-byc. An,
! good, active minister can get a g0ol
/. deal OF preaching to do here now if h
4 will call around. ,.t
What in the sand hill Is the matte
with Van Dulin2 why he wears NOR
u good "siore clothes" and puis o
y more airs than the president OF a {,
Il male school. -,
III A good man. who IA a good teachc
can get good school here. but II
: man who depends on his pcdigrc
e need apply. The days of pedigree
are over now we want "a man WIN
isa man, "it matters not who his NJ
= ccstors were. HIRAM.