The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1882-04-18

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spared no trouble TO show Bill al.l
me the mines aud rs they were paid
by the bushcl ior the coal they dug,
the courtesy with which they treated
ns did not cost their employers amy.
Thing. TO one who has never before
witnessed it, tho sight OF miners at
work Is interesting aud suggestive.
Enyeloped in siygian darkness which
il scarcely pierced by the feeble rays
Of their little lamps, delying and
working with pick and shovel during
Fall the live long day that gives them
no sun and no bird songs, they
present a dismal picture. But their
hearts are as warm ms their occupation
| 10 gloomy aud cordialiiy knows no
warmer grasp than they give the
hand of n stranger. ,ssl-5.
Empire boasts OF hotel where a
chicken breast aud pastry dinner with
molnsscs aud coffee thrown In is
served to The public for twenty Eve
cents. There nre two houses OF pub.
lie entertainment in the place but thr
proprietor of one is bachelor and
therefore gets very little transient,
custom. Tradcwatcr is five miles
from the station and 10 il we went on
the lumber wagon OF Mr.. Jas. Forbes.
Bill Rogns and waited at the lum,
her yard for four or i've hours Tor
the wagons 10 come, during which
time we entertained ourselves BY
reading the adv riisemcnis in MI Ev-
ansville paper, by catching seed ticks
and by walking mp and down with
our hands in our pockcis Whaling.
The wagons came and Rogus mount
cd mule TO Try his hand nj driving
team Of four. The saddle animal
on which Rogus was perched jumped
a mud puddle and skylight was seen
between the lriycr aud the saddle by
ihose behind on the wagon. had
heard n good deal about Underwater I;
that il had been surveyed and favor
ably reported on by civil engineer
that il had brcn declare navigable
rs high up MS Tradewa,er Station
and was in every particular a stream
of which Kentucky aud Ken'urkians
might well feel proud. But upon in
speclion found that il would he
less costly 10 turnpike il than 10 lock
and dam II, and man could better
afford TO jump across II than Ia keep
n canoo 10. transport. Jim Forbes
bought seven hundred and fortyacrcs
of land having on il some OF the lin
est timber in southern Kentucky for
n little over two dollars PER acre and
ia, TO all appearance making q fortune
with his saw mill. This land Is in
iye niiles Of The depot at Empire and
thOcgh 1t lics IN Dursin-not Hum
durgin. which latter place is just the
other side-it will be fine Tor agri-
cultural purposes when the timber Is
cut of and the Scandinaviars come.
After supper mt tho mill all hands
turned out for fish aud greni was
the slaughter OF the finny tribe. Mr.
Forbes, during The taking IN Of the
fish Eat up on, the Hill and rbosfed in
manner that would make nm mover
seer blush. Derrick would get OK
cited when a good fish was landed
and il took the combined efforts o.
all present 10 keep him from hupging
y black jack tree IN hisccstacy of de-
light when u jack pike about the size
OF u girnlei was bigged. TIM night .
sport was brought toa close by The
capture OF an even hundred fish
weighing about sixty pounds. The
forest around Forbes mill i some.
thing truly grand. Mobnrch trees
lit their trunks high into heaven and
spread their stmbrc shades. But the
axe, the saw mill aud the railroad
will soon leave that portion Of
"Dnrgin" bare, and the pace that
once known "Parson" Brown and his
yarb roots will know them no moro
forever. ~
left Rogus at The mill half wild
about the fun he had had the pro-
ceeding night. The last saw OF him
he had his clothes in his arms but his
shirt and was lodging through the
dog wood brush, lie came home tho
next day with a bad cold and the tail
end Of tad pole. So endeih a fish.
ing frolic, the most successful, prob
ably that ever left the town. II
80 IL. W. w. II.