Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-12-19
DOUBLE NUMBER.
sflsoEAslE REFLECTIONS.
The Changes That rwsnt. Fvs Years Mar
Wrought in Evstoaviys and Vicinity

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IT, "a. ma. q TAs Iaissibr Jeurnoi1
To those who are yet in the hey.dsy
Of youth q season like this Is one Of
happy memories, and blissful hope,
and general joyOusness. Nor do we
condemn those whose free unbounden
ed spirits spring outward and
upward responsive TO the glad music
Of youth and health and hope and 50
cial natures. II was not intended that
man should be cherries anchOrite
nor q solitary dreamer. The earth
was formed and furnished and deco
rated In reference not only to his sus'
tenance. but also to his enjoyment.
Hence We love 10 lay down for time
the weary load Of care, dash the toll
drop. frow the brow, recall the days
when we too, we're young and joyous,
and add our quavering shout to the
general jubilee. Nill
But this Is only faint Pickering
up Of the paling lights Of the fOndly
remembered past. Az the evening
shadows become perceptbly leDgthen.
ed on the dial Of our life-day-as the
memories Of the past, the realities Of
the present, and the indications Of the
future are all attuned 10 unison, and
the burden Of their song is; Passing
away" We Of necessity iod our minds
dwelling on other themes than those
Of iestivity and mirthfulness
Then will not one or two Of those
who have witnessed many a Christ
mas revelry, sung the requiem Of ma.
ny n buried year, and hailed the ad
vent Of many q promising successor
with shouts Of gladness-will not a
few such pause with me to-day, and
cast a glance upon the waste that
time has made in its stealthy prog.
res. and note the ruins that mark the
impress Of lie silent foot-fallsS To do
this we need DO worldwide survey.
In'svery hamlet, in every village, in
every .neighbOrhood. 10 every family,
the record is ttaced with startling dis
tinotness. Let each then look over
his own peculiar locality and note the
changes Of the last third ofa century.
Burns once introduced an essay
with the contingency; perhaps il
may turn out q Sang-Perhaps turn
out a Sermon feel q like uncer
tainty as to this article. II is not my
purpose to make Il iunereal; and still
there is persistent raven carving in
my brain and suggesting sepulchral
images and monumental inscriptions.
But 20 the point. / have been
casting my eye to-day over this por-
ton Of the county and contrasting its
present aspect with that in lS47 when
/ 6rst became acquainted with il. This
was then safe. comfortable, intelli.
gent and thriving community. Few
were such ss could be called wealthy,
bat most were, independent. The
stately hcmestsads Of former genera
tions had descended each along its pc
culiar line. and each sheltered the
pOstsrity Of iIs protector.
Since that time every building in
the village, with the single exception
Of Frank Kaufimsn's shop, has pass.
ed into other hands. Kaufman him.
self and ,Mrs T. @. Goods are the
only surviving house keepers Of that
period. Bat it Is not in the town
only. but IN ihe surrounding country
too that this change becomes appa.
rent. You may lake the village as n
centre and with a radius of five miles
sweep the surrounding territory and
you will hnd that nearly every old
homestead within the circumference
has slipped away from the original
pOssessOr. Joe Page. Beunett Cloyd
and George Powell are the only per-
sons so Gar ss l know whose position
has not changed. Mrs. Maggie Nc
COrmaok. Mrs. w. Q. Powell, Mrs
ID. J. AlcOrn and perhaps Mrs. Sally
Bailey are the only other per.ies |
can recolleOt as holding, even in part,
their former homes. ~
But these are not the most striking
changes. Many, very many Of our
most estimable citizens have met with
financial disaster. In fact the few
instances in which the ehildren have
inherited an unencumbered estate
furnish only exceptions to the rule.
Society has changed. The prestige
Of the old Kentucky home with its