The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1880-04-27
RIVER SIDE

April 18th, 1880.
Since the Cross Plains Chronicler
has seen Ill with few parting thrusts,
to make his bow a.d bid my husband
adieu because he thinks Samuel wears
I polonaisc, would Ike 10 SAY u
few words to him myself.
in the fsst place, lIwant 70 advise
him II he thinks. he could come any
nearer tho truth nj polonAise, than
he did IN bis article OF April s2ds 10
wear one himself
would like 70 remind him that my
husband was at homo attending 10
hIs own Ibpsipess in q nlanyser that
did not concern him ~ The least
again heused language iu'his attack
that any gentleman WAS bound TO feel
insulted al. Again, II Little River
church, with nearly l20 members,
wanted trees, Il with its outside cup
porters, such as himself, was much
ADLER TO buv tho land they grew on
than Sam Blair was to give II; be-
sides no one eyer asked for Il. laAs
to bic recsnt protestations of friendly
feeling II must say Afler ssueh abhse
they sound rather thin. The only
way can reconcile the ono with the
other, is TO conclude he. did not nn-
ierstand the English he used. lhad
no faith IN hls knowledge oil Latin,
but | did think he understood ordi-
nary English words. There is auoth-
err little matter rather o delicate one,
aud l wouldn't hurt any ones feel
ings. but there is church al Ben
nottstown, To whiehI fee, great at
tachment and for whose Inembership
| have the highest regarl, both as
Christian ladies aud gentlcnioh and
friends; that church was The church
of the Chronicler's father, of his
grandmother, of his sisters and 9TH
ers, who ought to be dearer to him
than the old fathers of this church,
and 1t stands, aud has stood for many
year with one or, two worm-eateli
persimmon trees, on one side and
three naples that have been hitehed
to by the Chronicler and others, till
the bark Is probably half eaten of
their trunks, and that Is all the shade
near. Wouldn't il be more In accor-
dance with q fine sense of propriety
and the eternal fitness OF things. for
the Chronicler 10 spend some OF his
many leisure hours planting and pro-
tecting trees near that church than
finding fault with other men for
using the timber near this one ?
There now stand more than twenty
trees In 100 feet Of Little River
church, trees that look to DO from 40
10 LOO years old. When, the ,Chroni-
Icler has set and has IN good growing
Icondition that many treosf near Sha-
Iron, | will, If | amalive aud able aud
Samuel still owns this place, try and
set out eight more, the number cut
down, near this one. ! expect, how
ever, If he would spend his time pre-
pairing himself for the church instead
Of attending to the surroundings, he
would aud II more III accordance
with the eternal good OF his soul,i II
not with the eternal fltness of thinks.
h Weere notk trying afall to keep
Ithc accusations. brouglM against this
church secret. We know we arc
not guilty so wc have nothipgto hide
in the premises, the Chronicler's in.
situations to tho contrary notwith-
standing. He says he did not accuse
Samuel of robbing the dead. ! think
ne did Clearly aeeiisea him of rob-
bling them Of rest, making them sui
fer pain, which would BIO terrible I'M
deed, IL il were possible. l think'he
doesn't clearly know what he did do,
When he saw his items all smoothly
lwordcd' theylooked we'll to him, and
he did not walt to take their full