Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1881-12-23
RANDOM "REMINISCENCES
OF The Long Ago.
An HISTORICAL BURGOO.
Hastily Cooked without Any Sea.
s0ning.
uy JOHN uIAIN.

iror The Interior Journal
My periodical spell OF caooethes
scribcndi has come on me again, and
IL you and your readers are to suffer
by il you must take the blame. for
you will know ! contracted the mala.
dy by association with the INTERIOR
JOURNAL Taking advantage Of my
innate. and, therefore, innocent vani.
~, you have by printing my illusions
from time TO time, hattered me into
the insane belief that | am a full.
blossomed Bohemian. was once a
modest, unobtru,ive, reasonable he.
ing, Walton, aud for that had acquir.
ed some respectabili,y; but, now, see
what ! have come tol And all this,
] repeat, you are responsible for, be.
cause il was you that "turned my
head There is a pleasing ele ment
Of justice in the case, however, and
that is, the fact that your subscribers,
may, at their pleasure, read or skip
my compositions. but you have to
read them, willing or unwilling, and
read them carefully, at that. But
crazy as confess myself to be, am
not willing that it shall be inferred
from the circumstance Of these histor.
ical burlesques being written annual.
ly, that il has taken me a whole year
TO create the contents Of this paper. /
beg you TO believe that il has been
gotten up in rapid haste and put to.
gether without method or study, and
with the most absolute disregard Of
all the laws OF rhetoric. logic, gram.
mar, photography, etymology, synta X
aud common sense.
ELECTIONS IN OLD TIMES.
The oldest poll.book in Lincoln
county Clerks Office. is dated in 1924.
Why the books for previous elections
are not here, | do not certainly know,
but | presume they we're sent so
Frankfort under the law OF that date.
Those in the office dated prior to
1882, are so widowed and defaced As
to be scarcely legible. have exam.
ined the books Tor the Presidential
election in 1s32-the race between
Clay aud Jackson-wiih some inter-
est. 1t shows that there were then
but three voting places in the county,
viz: Stanford, Crab Orchard and Nc
Kenzie's, (now Waynesburg. } Wheth-
err the county was then, as now, divi-
ded into election districts, or whether
citizens had the right to vote at any
precinct, according to their choice, |
am not informed. This election, as
were all elections at that period, was
continued three days, being held on
the 9th, 9th aud 9TH days of Novem.
Der. The Stanford book shows that
the citizens OF that part Of the coun.
ty now included in the Turnersyille
and HustonvIlle precincts voted at
Stanford. This fact is indicated by
the names Of the voters with which |
am familiar.
The officers Of the election on that
occasion were At Stanford, Martin
A. Stemmons and Christian Engle.
man, Judges, and Robert Miller, elk;
at Grab Orchard. A. Perrin and j.
7. Bryant, Judges, and John h. Hall
Clerk; and at McKenzie's, Lewis
Ball and Richard Singleton, Judges,
james Eubanks, Clerk, and Alfred
Hooker, Sheriff. OF these gentle
men, ! presume the only survivor is
Capt. james Eubanks. who now lives
in the Stanford district, with his son,
b. +. Eubsnks. The Captain, tho
bent with age, being eighty eight
years old, is quite lively, bright old
man, and is yet able to attend to his
business affairs better than the aver
age young man Of the present day.
lie fought under jackson at New Or
leans, and as evidence that he did his
duty as a soldier, he received an hon
Orable discharge from the army and
is now drawing a pension for his SER
vices.
The whole number OF votes taken
in the county at that election was
HOS, of which Clay received 76s,
and Jackson $40. At Stanford, Clay
received 56l, jackson 243; at Crab
Orchard, Clay l75, Jackson SO; and
at McKsnzie's Clay 32, and Jackson