Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-08-14
NEWsTEAD, KY.


Mr.. EDIToR:
BY this time it must be my turn TO
give YOU letter and about"
you know is fair play" Having
propped my precious eyes open just
enough to see the lines on my paper,
! begin without delay, that l may
finish before il grows very warm.
No doubt yoil will wonder why / am
up so early, and whether my general
appearance at this hour would be in
the least pleasing TO casual observer
and L answer no. lfyou will think
a moment you will remember that
"early rising" (much TO my regret J
has been Il well-kept rule among the
thrifty farmers, even from the time,
perhaps, when NOal was a boy, and
no doubt he, too, in his young days,
was forced 10 hear his fathers early
call, ere many sweet dream had
been half completed. l wonder if
John &. SAKE wrote that humorous
little poem OH "Sleep" for the benefit
of "early riscrs" or did he have any
popular young daughters or nieces
who sat up late at night with their
sweethearts and to whom he wished
to show the blessedness of sleep, but
this subject is infinite, leave it in
despair.
l find myself seated near the wa
ters edge, not what is known to the
pieasure-seeker as the"sea coast" but
only the edge of clear and we'll
shaded pond, which is situated almost
midway between two towering hay
stacks, and at very convenient dis
lance from the house. More unfor.
tuuate than your Dawson correspon-
dent l haven't large "basket of
luscious fruit at my side nor
'palm leaf fan" at hand, which latter
| do not need, as the gentle breeze
from the pond answers that purpose
exactly. Nature is very kind, and
she "dOeth all things we'll"
My neighbors, the frogs, are de-
termined (by their constant splash
splash into the water) to convince
me of the fact that am not sole oc-
cupant of this pleasant retreat, and
tilat lhey 100, come III for liberal
snare. ;.
III the distance l can see the busy
plowman as he plods his way up one
row and down the next, while an oc-
casional strain of "llear dem darkics
siigih reaches my ear. just to my
ieii, III an ADJOINING pasture, herd
oi catlle Craze ana on the opposite
sue Vi tle pona Is hock OF snow
wllite geese lhis scene would delight
the most tastldious OF natures. |
shail make very generous pause at
lne ehd OF tiils sentence and move my
seat near .he renee III case should
DC illoiestea, lor see water snake
swimming rapidly III TINS direction,
as ihough lie meant lhlschic..
as Wilte, ihdlsilnct peals from
nelglporlhs larih-oeil ViDrate upon
the slillhess ol lhe air, teiilhg us Inc
uay ; WORK WORK begins. In the poultry
!aru 'here seems 10 DE qulte ais-
turDance, ana my NOISY geese, Just
over slle way, ecno the SAD reiraln'"
l useu 10 lhlhk IL SO strange mat the
lililu cackic Oh geese coulu nave
awakeheu lhe Souhuiy sleeping sehtl-
hcls' anu tliereDy saved home, put |
now thllk these NOISY 1oWis couid
nave AVE- 9Tousnt tne seven oieepers.
iuIilcu'y 10 iheir leet, LOT OF all tne
ieathetca trlDe these are certainly
'he n0islest
wen, old oors radiaht countenance
oeallls I uown upon me ana just nan
an nour ago ne was scarcely pceplng
ABOVE tne horlzoh'
AS ihls Is SATURDAY, ana cleanup
aay' lhe girls present quite pleas
ny plcture, III lneir sweeping caps
anu Wi''c aprons they are Dusy
lhakihS ready lor ouhuay-Wnlch
means church' company, ana might
say ice cream ana sherDet; May calls
,he ! 10 sec her hlcely baked cake' Dut
4 eon love merely 10 look at any,
,nlhs so teihptlhg' theh, 100, L wouiu
LIN lIke 10 hiils, my le'ter before gong
rms Is a dellgn'iul place TO VISIT we
nave plenty OF lun, plenty OF qule-.
luue, anu the greatest abundance OF
waserlhelons; aa s;
nc wealher1-ouI wont annoy
,e,.u ne,,,, drv aud yya oro oa6ly In