The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1881-12-27
South .Kentuckian.
F.FICE: Fridge 81. bet. Main ana Rtr''
IOPKINSVILLE Ky.
EXCHANGE soINrILLATIoNs,

work for wealth and some are bank
cashiers : Hartford Herald.
Ii is not bit more inconsistent Tor
mn L ishman 10 eat Dutch cheese than
il is for a Dnichman to eat Irish pota-
tus.-GDilt".
II "thc Sleeping fox catches no poul.
try," it is very evident that good
many Of onr cul,rea fellow citizens are
no, sleeping tuxes. -!'iruelle.
Generally the law does not allow
usury, but in kissing contracts wherc
ante is given, custom demands an
exnrbitant interest.-l CONSTITUTIONAL
list.
"Thc country is fnll Of cranks," is
what the fellow thought when the
windl..s handle slipped ont of hi"
hand aul took him on the head
[Glsgow Times.
In the category Of life are man,
truths written, but one OF the snreSi
is: People who live in glass honSe'
should pull down the blinds. = icon
stitutionalist.
1t is well enough to remember tn"
POOR. but buslIel Of potators and "a
nack of flour will To them more good
than prayers or trscis.--l Rev. Zeno
Young.
A Newport dray driver is named
Phil Fodder. We hope his name will
suggest TO him the duty to occasion
ally fill his old horse with io''der.--
kentucky Register.
At Tcrrc Hautc, Ind, John Frost,
aged 10, has been arrested on charge
OF bastarAy preferred by Ellen Flower,
aged Is. Another tender Flower nip
Jed by an early Frost.--l 'iruelle.
Senator Edmnnds has introduced 9
bill to punish polygamy in Utah; al
though a fellow with more than ont
wife was not already sufficiently Inn
ishe,l. Elmunds is cruel man,
Tobacco Leaf.
Mr.. Wing Ii, not long ago Of China
has applied Tor place on the Plila
d-lphia police. Mr.. Ii woul'l a
least know hnw to dispose Of the dog
and cats he would kill Courier
Journal.
What is man. that thou art mini
full Of him? Wouil be good qner
for COOL mothers to pnt i'fthelr .l'ngi
tiers. "Nothing, mamma, but wal
one all the same" would he the pro
able answer.-[ Hartford Herald.
A Boston idiot undertakes TO pro
that a.'lamily Of two" can live on '
week. They may be able y 90
Nv eating one meal day, weari
second hand clothes and sleeping
dry goods box Sunday Argus.
We see an account Of a man by I
name of Richard Bluff, commltli
suicide. He ought to have strad'll
the blind and raised the ante to col
: in, and then maybe he would
have been caught bluffing.-l Echo
.'The Lord loveth cheerful give
hut there's no use chucking a cop
cent into the contribution box lr
enough to make the folks on the b
seat think the communion service
tumbled off the altar Mayf
Monitor.
Mr.. Conundrumberger, or Mr. Il
deberger, or a party with some e
name, has been nominated Tor the
s. Senate by the Malone Cau'
which insures his election. Shade
Patrick Henry and Jefferson! w
are we coming to?-[ icoman.
Beecher asserted in recent seri
that four-flths Of the inhabitants
heaven are women. The Bible
tradicts snch theory in recor'
that, on a certain occasion, "sil
reigncd in heaven for tie space OF
hour Breckenridge News.
When the trip hammer Oh the
legged intellect oil the" Cnmmonwea
Young man of the Ceurier-Jou
comes down on the head OF an M
innate country editor, it makes
feel as II fly had lighted on his
i Breckenridge News.
When man puts on his last
ter's vest and finds in the inside P
ct a letter for his wife he got at
postoffice about six months be
then is the time, il ever, his min
concentrated on one subiect-wht
it is better to give her the lette
tear it up and say nothing about
Estate Journal.
A circus is going to exhibit
handsomest man aud woman II
world next season, and will
$50, 900 for the pair. We
know whore the woman may be IL
but the circus can strike the male
of the combination in this Office.
es.y forbids the mention OF nan
ouadaY Argns..
Tla0ouca aud Purity.