The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1883-05-22
CLUB LIST.
EXCHANGE CANCELLATIONS.

from active railroad life. He is in
very good financial condition, with
fair credit and with several months
house rent paid in advance.-Arkan-
saw Traveller.
The moon is generally considered a
verify feeble luminary when it comes
to brightness, but it has been known
occasionally, to eclipse the sum-
Bowling Green Gazette. =
1t is strange but true. The average
small boy can't spade up a spare yard
of garden in week to save his life,
but let him dig for fishing worms and
he'll tear up an acre of ground in an
Notwithstanding News.
~ am saddest when l write hui
morous articles said ''funny man.
to an acquaintance.
Sand, l." replied the acquaintance
"am saddest when read them."-
,Arkansaw Traveller.
While the Arkansaw press assocta-
ton was at Hot Springs, the proprie-
tors of the bath houses extended to
he,editorial gentlemen the privilege
of free bathing. This was very quiet
piece of sarcasm. -Arkansaw Trave-
Ter.
During the past ten years there
have been seven preachers and only
one editor in the Kentucky peniten-
tiary-yet we have our doubts about
editors being seven times better than
preachers.-Paducah Journal.
In the dead letter Museum, Wash
ington, is letter directed as follows
Wood
John
~ Mass,
which, being interpreted reads thus
John Underwood, Andover, Mass
misunderstanding Green Times.
In addition to the lines of the poet
"strike. for your alters and your fires.
strike, for the green graves Of your sires!"
there seems to oe strong disposition
among the working men of the coun-
Ntryto add the one
'.strike for higher pay"
Bowling Green Times.
Gov. Sprague is dead. The thrill
of relief which crawls up Mr.. Conk-
lings backbone when he opens his
TINES and reads this item, will evap-
crate faster than a patent fruitrdryerl
when he understands that Gov.
Sprague was only Kentucky horse
condemned to bear the cognomen of
his ancient Rhode Island. enemy
Glasgow times VIZ 4
8 Vanderbilt only took a million dol
lars with him to deflay the expenses
OF his Eurpean tour. How stingy
Why, We expect to take more than
that with us to defiay our expenses at |
the next Press Convention. George
Dittoe. %
Butter is-well there is simply no
use talking. Our recollection is that
it is pleasant to the taste, but it has
been so long since we had any that |
we have forgotten all about it,
Schroeder. WE VI |
ooh, do let me kiss that child,s said
q fashionably dressed young man,
meetinga fond mother who proudly
rolled her first born IN. buggy.
4You may kiss him. the mother re-
piled aud the young man leaned over
"smacked" the boy. Just before
t mother reached home she discov-
cred thatthe affectionate young man
had taken gold chain from around
the boys neck.-Arkansaw Trave-
Ter. '"H's i'''
The stores and groceries here all II
close at dark now, our tradesman
having gone into an obligation of that
character, in order to give their clerks
a chance 70 dirt with the "feIhale
women" as Charlie Meacham would
say, and from what we know of them
we arc prepared to wager toothpicks
against peanuts that the aforesaid
clerks will not permit single OPP
portunity to pass unimproved.-Mad-
isonville Times. 4l5tIi
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