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The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1881-12-14
Seely Mines.

Editor HerdaL.
Z The health Of the community is not
as good as il was at my last writing
There have been two very bad cases Of
typhoid fever, Mr.. Geo. Ferguson's son
Herman and Laura Thomas. The lat.
ter has typhOid-pneumOnia. They are
getting along very well at present and
are likely to recover unless they relapse
Mr.. Jim Gentry and DIR. Patterson
have bought Mr.. Ben Thomas farm fol
thirty-eight hundred dollars. Mr.
Thomas is to give possession by the LIST
of March. His intention is to purchase
land in the Lone Star State and emf
crate there.
There is some talk of Mr.. Stanley's
occupying the house that Mr.. Gentry
now lives in.
The mine failed to run two days this
week Oh account Of some of Capt. Sny-
der's cOntrariness. He rail- against the
tip at the river with his boat and push
ed it over.
Last week several hunters from Bow
ling Green were encamped on the big
island just ab1vehere about halfa mile.
/ have not learned what success they
met with, but if they killed every time
they made a shot, | know they went
home rejoicing.
Mr.. Boyd Render has got the boss
hounds Of Ohio county. He says for
that man who lives across the creek to
meet him on the halfway ground and
he will give him sample of good run
ming.
Farmers are beginning to smile.
POOLS agent from Rochester came in
last week and bought Allen Gentry's
crop of tobacco at 500 round, Frank
Taylor's crop 1t $50 round and Tom
Miller's at $500.
Mr.. Ben Thomas has returned from
Louisville. He took Up a box of hogs
and sold at $500 per cwt.
Corn is going to be the scarcest article
in this section. Most all Of the farmers
have gathered and report light turn
out. Corn meal is selling at Sl.OO per
bushel, and none for sale at that.
Marriage bells are still ringing IN our
midst. On the 9th Mr.. Tom Brown
and Miss Annie Shultz were united in
he holy bond by Bro. Bunch. A fine
supper was prepared and quite Il num-
Der of friends and relatives were invit-
ed to enjoy the feast. My wishes to
them are, that their lives may be like
long and cloudless summers day that
they may live to scatter flowers of joy
in every path they tread to be gold
en- beam of soft and mellow light in
every home they visit and strive daily
to attain that light which shineth more
and more unto the perfect day and then
When their tale OF Life is told,
When earth shall fold them to her breast
May they have a crown and harp of gold,
\ home on high among the blest.
CHERE AMIE.
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TmE DRINKING mUaCH.MEMBER
BN a. CAMPBELL.

| know in.tn who talks Of Lith
Aud the amazing power OF grace
while whisky fumes are on his breath
! And whisky blossoms on his fare.
| Vcrho,c and blatant 10 excess
From the inspiring power Of rum,
lie pmtes Of truth and holiness,
~ judgment and world 10 como.
lie makes rough speeches, sometimes swears
Visits taloons and take. nip,
says unctuouS graces, pray> long prayers,
And gives the hand of fellowship.
SurrenderS virtue To the Turks
Aud rests his hopes alone on faith,
And deems good morals and good works
An evidence of spiritual death.
And when for his offenses child ..
lie answers with defiant brows:
Hedoes no more than Noah did,
He does no more than Paul allows.
And when a bolt at vice LET hy
Is from the pulpit battery sped,
Re turns most compliment eye
To see some Sinner, drop his head.
The frail, protesting wight who thinks
Both at saloon and church 10 thrive,
Who one day prays, the next day drinks,
Is the worst knave or fool alive.
He rs "A fool who even dreams
Gods spirit will n moment dwell
With that Of alcoholic streams
That have their fiery source in he'll.
We sots, that 20 the church belong,
a hand IS writing ON the wall,
You're In the trembling balance swung,
Found wanting, and are doomed to TALL.
And you, false guardians of the faith,
Pastors, who war not with strong drink,
You're feastlng at the board Of death
And with your ruined iocks will sink.
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10 he continued
One Experience from Many.

81 had been sick and miserable so
long and had caused my husband so
much trouble and expense, no one
seemed to know what allied me, that
was completely disheartened and dis
couraged. In this frame of mind l got
a bottle Of Hop Bitters and used them
unknown to my family. I soon began
to improve and gained so fast that my
husband thought it strange and unnat-
ural, but when ] told them what had
helped me, they said, "Hurrah for Hop
Bitters! long may they prosper, for they
have made mother well and US happy"
The Mother Home JOraoi
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Bui"T,i Items.
December !, ISL.

Af''''i''' - $500
Eit0r HsfdhE
/ Our little town is making rapid i'm.
provements. Your ears might have
I been saluted, had you passed through
our town on any day for the last two
months, with the sound Of hammering
/ upon new buildings.
The dwelling house of G. p. Wester'
field. will soon be completed.
We understand that b. +. Graves is
going to build tobacco factory.
! But the last, but not least by any
means, is the Touring mil, Of f. NJ.
! Hoover. He intends to start the mill
this week It is under the control and
management of Daniel Wise. Mr..
Wise seems to know of all the state
Improvements, and is putting forth one
Of his big efforts here. He has had long
experience in building, and says this is
as near perfection as any he has eveI
seen. The gentlemen with whom they
had contracted for the machinery has
luIlllsiltu SODu nldttildI' uiu lhtSSiSi
Hoover and Wise have no hesitancy in
assuring the people good -four. They
nave not, to my knowledge, thrown
their machinery together, but have
been sometime in building; have gone
to all necessary pains and expense, and
by'and by will have completed a piece
of work that the people of Buford and
vicinity should be proud Of, and hope
the people will stand by Hoover and
the mill. 1t is just what we want. Let
us patronize home enterprise, even ii
it cost us something to do so. have of
ten said this to the people about their
county paper.
Our merchants, Rogers & King, have
been doing u big business this fall.
They keep a good assortment Of goods,
and at prices to suit the people.
Miss Sutton is teaching our school in
this district, and, by the way, has a
splendid school. DoOLEY.
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4 Cali.
BEAVER DAM, Dec. 1, 1881
champion

BEAVER DAM, Dec. !, 1881.
Editor Hejdh:
see, by reference to your columns,
that candidates are beginning to offer
themselve, for the various offices to be
filled next August. Without dispaarg-
ing the claims of the present incum-
bent or any one else who may aspire to
ill the Office ofjailer, aud believing, as
Bancroft once said, that il Office Is Il
burden, it should not be forced upon n
few lift be a benefit, it should be dis
pensed as widely as possible. 10 this
end Democracy enJoins rotations in Of
flee"
would like to see that stanch old
Democart, John Midkih, Esq, Of your
town, become u candidate for jailer T;
and then would like to see the Re-
publicans trot out their man to test the
Democracy of this old "tried and true"
Democrat. Uncle John Midkiff is
more favoably aud better known than
any other citizen IN the county, and,
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What AtIs You?
CIIAI.EAC'.

Is it a disordered liver giving you a
yellow skin or costive bowels, which
have resulted in distressing piles or do
your kidneys refuse to perform their
functions? II so, your system will soon
be clogged with poisons. Take few
doses of Kidney-Wort and you'll feel
like a new man; nature will throw off
every impeachment and each organ will
be ready for duty. Druggists sell both
the dry and llquid.-N j. Atlas.
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rhe state College.

I Editor Herald:
1t is known to some Of us, and should
be known to all, that an act was passed
by the last Legislature authorizing a
State tax to be levied sufficient to raise
an annual fund of about seventeen
thousand dollars for the benefit of II
State School of high type in the city of
Lexington. II is also known to some
of us that an effort is now being made
by some of our most worthy citizens TO
have said law repealed. Itsurely needs
no argument to convince any disinter-
ested person that the law Is unequal in
its bearing, therefore unjust, and ought
TO be repealed.
What L wish to say, is this. The
HERALD has wide circulation through
this and adjoining counties, and is look
ed upon rs kind of sentinel upon the
watch-tower, and is expected to give
out note of warning upon all occasions
when the equal rights Of the people are
being invaded. That this law taxing
the people all over the State for the
benefit of II few wealthy people in and
around Lexington is unjust, may be
seen at glance, and ii seems to me to be
the duty of every press in the State to
give expressions Of condemnation, at
least sufficient to uphold and strength
EN- the hands of those who have entered
the contest against it.
/ have yet to discover that classical
education for the masses is demanded
by the poor, nor do | believe it neces-
sary for the peace, prosperity and gem
eral well being Of society. IL iud Its
support among two GLASSES Of men, one
is that class who are aclualed by selfish
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PROVERBS.
CHAPTER 1.

now it came to pass that Carroll
the Pharisee, who signed him.
self in the sanctum w. G. c., gathered
around him Virgil, the sod-you-see,
and Elijah, the aSyer, and Washing
ton, the hermit, and others Of his tribe.
And they took counsel together and
said:
II must not be that this people shall
raise monument to Samuel Of the
SaEhedrim.
Neither must ii be that they shall
glorify Clarence and AlOnzo and Zach
ariah and Samuel, the vender of fine
fabrics:
For they are a generation of vipers,
workers Of miquity, and desperately
bent ON mischief.
And If their works find favor in the
eyes Of the people we shall have to de-
part from the home Of our youth.
For We cannot then lend our shekels
OH good colaterals nor buy more notes
at half their value.
For in the temple the people will re-
ceive the instruction OF wisdom.
And Wayland aud Amos and James
will give subtility to the simple and to
the young man knowledge and discre-
tion.
And when these words were said
they were sore afraid and they straight
way fell on their faces and wept.
And they said, each unto the other:
What shall we do to mOrtify our enc
mics?
And again they wept aud were puz-
zled with an exceeding perplexity.
And then in the extremity of their
anguish each spake unto his neighbor
and said; Let us call on the name Of
the Lord.
Surely we have kept his command.
ments and he will not fOrsake us in
this the hour of our tribulation.
Again they wept ana began to invoke
the Lord to hear their duplication and
to curse Samuel for bearing up the book
to the Sanhedrim and having ii sealed.
And they prayed the Lord to con-
found Clarence and Zachary, and to
make Samuel the merchant sore
But the lord answered by the mouth
of the High Priest and said; !
Nay; verify, what thou askest is vain
and foolish, for thou and thy people art
cked and perverse.
| tell thee that Samuel vast right
and Clarence and Alonzo and Zachary
and the good people of the hundred
encouraged him.
And I, even !, the Lord, thy God,
have blessed their work and it shall
prosper.
And the Lord further spake and said
unto them:
a wise man will hear and will in
crease in learning and shall wax great.
A man of understanding shall attain
unto wise counsels.
The fear of the Lord is the beginning
Of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom
and instruction.
Instruction crieth without; she utter
eth her voice in the streets.
How long, ye simple will We love
and ye, scorners delight in
yourscorning, and We, fools, hate knowl- |
edge?
Turn ye now at my reproof, for
have called and we have not hearkened. I
have reasoned and We have set at
naught all my counsel.
Now, will | laugh at thy calamity |
and will mock when thy fear cometh.
For thy fear cometh as desolation
and thy taxes are grievous to be borne.
(Howbeit thy taxes are not weighty |
ike unto the taxes of the other cities of
he land.)
And distress shall come unto thee rs
4 strong man and with anguish shalt |
-hOu be bowed down rs with mighty |
Dad.
Thou shalt call aloud in my name, but |
will not answer and thou shalt seek |
me in high and low places, but | VIII
not be found Of thee.
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rhe Kind at Cigar lie wanted.

a very heightened looking young man
with exquisite musiaclie. loud plaid
clothes, red necktie, low crowned haf,
straw colort~l kids aud n Knitting
needle cane walked into Iob wcO shop
and throwing down half 'lollar on the
counter. said:
Well, this i the worst town ever
struck. y gentleman can't get any
thing In it satisfactory, AMI am utter
~ unable To see how a person of fastid-
iOus taste can five here. say, Mr..
Shopkeeper, can you sell fellow de.
cent cigar ~
"les, sir" said the cigar man, meek.
~.
Well, then, fly around lively and
do it. Don't you see that half dollar"
"Ies, sir. What kind Of a cigar dO
wish, sir"'
"What kind"
" les, SIR
"Why look at me sir. moment, and
see Tor yourself what KIND OF cigar
would suit me-" aud he drew himself
up grandly and gazed down on the
shOpkeeper.
The shopkeeper surveyed him crill-
cally then took in the half dollar, got
out Il cigar and handed it to the man
with fDrty-nine cents change, and
said:
owe you half cent, sir, but !
can't make the change unless you take
another cigar
The nice young man looked at the
shopkeeper, and then at cigar, and
then at himself, aud without single
word walked ont Of the shop. --He"ben-
rN HIdiL
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Died.

At the residence of her father in
Hartford, KY, Nov. "a, 1881, wilma,
daughter of Washington and Malinda
Edison.
wilma, thou art gone beforeus
And thy sanity soul is flown
Where tears are wiped from every eye,
And sorrow is unknown.
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CentcriOwn Items.
December ), 1851.

I'''tlllbrI - lpNls
EiitOr Herdhi:
We are having some more fine
weather and are in the midst Of hog
killing, and some of the good folks are
living on the fairness thereof while
Others at us are living on well, we are
living on the interest Of what We owe !
suppose.
Uncle Bob Rowe has sold six hogs
that aggregated fifteen or sixteen hun
dred pounds. Jas. Eudaly and :. Tom
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No BeneHt.

An Indiana newspaper thus writes;
"Mr. Geo. +. Helderle, of Peru, Ind,
says that he had suffered very much
with rheumatism and used many reme-
dies without benefit. He found the de-
sired relief in st. Jacobs OIL AtchinsOn
Champion.
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pnsr.oEFIcE RrI.I.ErIN.

The Eastern mail closes at u i5p. m. leaves
ST I - y. ", and arrives at u - r..
The Western mall closes at : a., leaves At
g1t A. n. aud arrives at - y. n.
sulphur springs, fordsville, Haynesville,
Iipna aud pCllVillc leaves Hartford every
Monday at 9:J \. ", and arrives Tuesday al
tJ1 .. NJ, leaves Tuesday at uaD =. NJ, aud
arrives Thursday at =. N. Leaves liartt-
ord every Thursday at o ~ =, ", aud arfiNes
saturday ut =. ".
The Oweusbnro mail, Via Beda, Buford,
Pleasant Ridge and MasunNillc leaves ON
Tuesday rhurlays ana saturdays AT A. NJ,
aud arrives Mondays, Wednesdays ana FRI
days at GP.M.
The Centertown mail arrives at 10 A. NJ, and
dvpHtts ~ n 4. N. "Wednesday and saturday.
II. l.. ROWE. Postmaster.
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CHURCH DIRECTORY.

Baptlst-Serviccs irst sunday and sunday
night in every month and saturday night
precriing-W. 4. Bennett, Pastor.
VI. T.. Church south services third sunday
aud sunday night and fourth SUNDAY might
ia each mouth-KcN. X. e.. Alexander, Pastor
Methodist Episcopal tcOlurcdl. - Services
every sunday morning aud night. sabbath
school At y A. N.-ltcV. Peter Dent, Pastor,
Alpha baptist Church tcnloredl First aud
Thind sundays at n A. N. and ~ .. n.
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although upwards Of three-score years,
he is vet fall of life and vitality. No
one would add more strength Ia our
ticket next summer. So mote it he.
DEMOCRAT.
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SUBSCRIPTIONS RATES.
DIREC FORY
COUNTY DIRECTORY.

COUNTY DIRECTORY.
CIRCUIT COURT.
Hon Luciu T.. Little, Judge, greensboro.
Hon. Joseph Nos, Attorney, calhooh.
r.. l.. Sullrnger, Jailer, Hartford.
Clarence HardwicK. CLERK, Hartford.
}. T.. barrett, Master Commissioner Hartford
u. l.. smith, sheriff. Hartford. lpepnties-
Marion Yates, Buford John y. Rogers
Hpsinc; sam kcown, FordsNille; j. u
Etmmci, Ceraivo.
Court begins fourth Mondays IN May ana
Novs uhcr, and continues four weeks each
'' COUNTY COURT.
ben. Newton, Judge, Hartford.
Capt. sam. X. Cox, Clerk, Hartford.
!. +. Sanderfur, Attorney, Hartford.
Courl begins ON the irst Monday IN every
QUARTERLY COURT.
Begins on the third Mondays In January
April, July and October.
COURT or CLAIMS.
Begins on the frst Mondays In January
OTHER COUNTY OFFICERS.
Arnistead Jones, Assessor, Hartford.
tOl. W. II. Porter, Surveyor tr"m"1l,
]. g.. Rowe, School Commissioner ihril"rd
POLICE COURTS.
HaItfom-Jno. OFlaherty, Judge, second
Mondays ia January, April, July and October
n. u. l.. Bennett, Marshal.
beaver Dam-R. Carter, Judge, courts FIRST
saturday In January, April, july aud october.
Mm. "a. Blankenship, Marshal.
Crumwell-P. W. Gilstrap, Judge, second
saturday In January, April, july aud pctu-
ter. ". 4. TlfOrd, Marshal.
Ccu,lvo- Henry Tinsley, Judge, second sat
urlay Ia January, April, July anu october
Vacant, Marshal.
Hamilton VIM. Hamilton, H., Judge, post
uiics address, Mcllenry, Courts held thlrd
saturday Ia January, April, July nnd october.
". +. sulser, Marshal, p"st-oihce "d-
Kockport-J. 4. Jones. Judge, u. Mcdowell
tr,ha. Courts held first saturdays IN
January, April July and October.
l,osine-N IS. Rains Judge, Thos. -. clair,
Marshal. Courts held first saturday Ia Janu-
ny, Aprl, July aud october.
JUSTICES COURTS.
BONNEVILLE.
-. P.Withers, Mar. June sept. Dec
lanes Miller,
BUFOKD.
T.. y. Taylor, Mar. . Jane sept. I Dee.
J. u. Holbrook," n 10
4. y. bennett, Mar. June sept Dec, !,
J. u. Byers, p q " ~
\. y. brown, Mar. - Jane = sept. y Dee. p
RosiNE.
Wan. Cannon, Mar. - June "a sept. % Dec. u
J. H. Miller. " " " 10 10 10
CKp WILL.
l.. %. Porter, Mar. Is June l. sept. y Dec. y
Melvin Taylor" 10 IL IL u
CoNsTABLEs.
Foni,yilie - q. W. Brite, Post once
address, ForisNlllc.
lluiuui Thomas J. Bell.
Hartford II. ;. Midkin. rost-ofiice beaver
Kockport-Ias. ". Ca>ebier.
Nuduc-J. b. Wilson. Post-ofilce, Kusine.
Cromwell-J. W. Daniel. POst-otice Crom-
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LODGE MEETINGS.

.M.-HARTFORD LODGE, No. i56.-
n. Meets third Monday night la each
MONTH r.. ". MUuRELi., ". VI.
"A. WEINsHEiNER, Secretary
ID 4. M.-KEISTONE CHAPTER, No.
III. llO.-Mcets second Monday Ia each
month. W. II MoORE, II. 4,
II. WEtNsuEINER secretary.
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ADVERTISING RATES

For a shortertime, at proportlonate rates.
One inch Of space constitutes n square.
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JUSTICES COURTS.
CoNsTABLEs

FuuI,sille - q. W. Brlte, Post once
address, fuuisNlllc.
Hutuul -Ihsmn- !. Bell.
Hartford =. Midkiu. Pust-ofiice beaver
Dam.
Kuckpurt-Jas. n. Ca>ebier.
HuAuc-J. \. Wilson. pust-ofilce, KOsine.
Ctumwell-J. W. Daniel. Post-Otnce Crom-
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-06-15

Do we duly estimate the tremendous
odds Off we may so speak) against which
Christianity contends in our day, with its
momentous doctrine of future retribution
as fundamental article of its creed, in
the presence of a generation which, in it's
imperious temper, is almost ready to re-
ject it for that saying alone? 1t is not a
pleasant thing to be told that men have
before them the prospect of eternal dam
nation; and it is very difficult to recon-
Gle men to system which is absolutely
rigid and unrelenting- on this point.
Hence the protest against Christianity in
our day on the part of the culture and
the wide-reaching thought which char
acterise the brilliant civilization of the
present century. Philosophers entertain
a higher idea of the dignity and great
ness of humanity than that, and driven
step by step by the irrefragable logic of
the Christian evidences, there has been
an intellectual revolt and outbreak of
downright atheism which was never
reached before since the old systems OF
belief melted away about the tine of the
rise of the Roman power before the pro-
gress of society. 1t is in the face of all
this bitter hostility on the part of gen
Grafton which has placed far in the back
ground all the achievements of. all the
generations which have preceded it, and
which is impressed with its ability to
possess itself of all the secrets of nature,
that this outburst Of fealty to the author
itative claims of the New Testament
Scriptures has found such emphatic ex-
preston.