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The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-03-04

KENTUCKY has the mania for re-
form. She has il bad. x = >
The mania is deep-seated and wide
spead in the State. The papers have
taken up the cry and multitude of
ways and means have been suggested
for reaching the desired end.
80 gets off one of our bright ex-
changes. If the mania, or rather
pretended mania, is outside of GER
tain captious and CRYING newspapers,
we are widely and deeply ignorant.
The times are dull and the papers
must have something 10 say; they
must deal in sensation; consequently
they have raised regular teapot
tempest. The local press of the
State does not generally and truly
reflect the bias of the people, but on.
ly the whims and anfractuosities OF
its editors, laundering Joves on u
very small, small scale. A few OF
these beings appear to have straddled
the Delphi fissure and are howlingly
predicting the near occurrence of 50,
cial revolutions and calamities dire.
The people laugh At and unheed
them. Taxation is not burdensome
in Kentucky, dishonesty and fraud
are not palpable, no debt impede,
us, and what slight, usual, and explain
able evils there are can be remedied
without great trouble or eruptiv,
excitem ent.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-03-04

JUDGE ROBERT LOGAN, a Repub-
lican member of the Illinois Legisla-
ture suddenly died Thursday in the
hall of the House. HIS death de-
creases his party's strength on joint
ballot one vote. The Governor has
ordered an election for a Represen-
tative in his stead, to take place
March 81. Mr.. Logan's decease
will not break the Senatorial dead.
lock as was thought at first. The
full vote of the Assembly is 204. and
the presence of 103 is required to
elect Senator. With this number
present and voting, a majority of the
votes cast, il Is claimed, will elect.
There are 102 Democratic member.
Of the joint Assembly, and since the
death of Representative Logan, l0l
Republican members, so that either
party, TO secure a lawful quorum,
must get the assistance ofone or more
members of the opposite side. The
Democratic chances are good.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-03-04

EtiitOr Herald

EtiitOr Heraid'
Business of all kinds is ON stand
still at present.
The winter has been anything but
conducive to the happiness of the log.
men, and the future presents prospect
scarcely less dismal.
There has been great deal of sick
ness in and around the Valley this win
ter.
Mrs. II. L. Williams has been dam
gerously i'll with typhus malaria and
pneumonia for the past month, but We
are glad to announce that under the
skillful treatment Of DR.. Barnhill, of
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-03-04
Entire Nous.

Spike Nail" voices the sentiment
that is spreading amongst us in favor
of good roads; Ten Penny" en-
dorses him, and besides argues the
importance of having our exporta-
ton to exceed the importation /;
'Suggs endorses Ten Penny" We
endorse them all. OF these three,
Spike Nail" is entitled to the first
hearing, because he spoke first, and
because of the nature of his subject.
Good roads are our main and most
importunate want; the lack of them
has contributed more than anything
else, probably, to perpetuate our
poverty and backwardness; with
them communication would be posi-
BILE, our surplusage could be placed
in the market much more readily,
and the balance of trade might then
be on our side. This county is a
pretty fair one, and ranks not meanly
with its companions in the State. 1t
has a good-sized proportion of fertile
soil, an abundance of coal and tim
Der, and is freely irrigated. All
save the spirit of man is commenda-
BILE, and that is not altogether OBJ
jectionable. We have virtues as
well as faults, but that is no reason
why the latter should not be dimin-
ished, and the. former increased, in
number and strength. We are clever
and good, but 50 good, many of us.
that We are good for nothing.
One fault we are inflicted with,
and grievously, is our stiff opposition
TO direct taxation, no matter how
light or for what purpose it may be.
We prefer indirect to direct taxes,
paying dollar in the long run to a
dime at once, pulling our teams hard
and wasting our produce, by reason
of bad highways, to turnpike foliage.
We regard the levy and collection of
taxes, and not their result. Fertil-
izers are not spread ON our lands, our
livestock is not improved, because
an immediate outlay of expense is
required. 1t seems that we are
short-sigh;ed, are penny-wise and
pound-foolish.
To gam We must endeavor, to reap
We must sow,-the more earnest and
more strenuous the endeavoring the
greater the gain, as a rule, the bet
ter the conditions of the sowing the
more bountiful the harvest.
Here are 20 thousand souls of us,
immortal doubtless Though it is a
question whether some of them ought
to be or not, put here by an awful
mysterious, and SO far as mortal
knowledge can fathom, a benignant,
power; put here for high purpose,
to march forward and upward, and
never to retrograde. 1t is our duty
to let well enough alone. But dis
content invades us, and we long for
the Occident. One man NAV 90
west and strike it rich, but a
thousand, nay ten thousand, won't.
Read DIR. Coleman's letter on another
page, what he says about it. Here,
with the blue sky that bends over us,
the sun that gives US energy, the
stars that pity US, the ground that
supports and gladdens us, in our
houses, amid our fields, among our
people,-why can We not say, after
Lothario Here or nowhere is Texas,
is California. or FL Dorado
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-03-04

FULLY two weeks have elapsed
without anybody rushing into print
with the frantic observation that him.
self, or his yellow dog, knows more
law than does the Court of Appeals.
Such wanton slight of our highest
tribunal should not be tolerated. -
Glasgow Times.
Wait till our mighty contempora-
ries down this way get through re-
constructing the Legislature and the
State government, then the supreme
bench viii be attended to. One
thing at a time. The world cant be
overhauled in day.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-03-04

AcTING-GovENoR Hindman has
granted William Neal, accused as one
of the murderers of the Gibbons chill
dren at Ashland, in 1885,, "a respite for
80 DAYS. Neal was to have been hung
last Friday. Gov. Hindman says
ever since he has assumed the office
Of Governor temporarily, he has been
pressed and urged by letters, petitions
and personal appeals to commute the
condemned mans sentence to term
for life in the State prison. He thinks
the respite, brief as it is, will do the
cause of Justice no HARM Neal
strongly protests his innocence. His
punishment ought to be committed,
even though two of his supposed ac-
completes have been hung, one by
law. the other by mob. 1t is
hard and dangerous TO take mans
life on merely circumstantial evil
dence. Where there is the smallest
blot of a doubt, in mercy's name and
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-03-04

THE motion to censure the Glad
stone Ministry for their failure TO
rescue Gordon a: khartoum. was
carried in the House of Lords by a
vote of ls9 to 6s; but was lost in the
House of Commons by the small
majority Of II, the vote being 302 to
2ss. The Irish members went
against Gladstone, the only man that
has practically endeavored to relieve
their wretched country. The Lon
don Times SAYS that technically the
Government escaped defeat, but
that morally il was defeated, discred-
tied and condemned. The Govern.
ment will probably end the present
session a. early as possible, and APP
pear before new CONSTITUENCIES in
November.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-03-04
A Turnpike.

We are glad to be able to say that
II Turnpike Company has been or
will he made to construct Il turnpike
To Beaver Dam and to Buckhorn
from Hartford. The officers of the
company are given in another col
umn. 1t is nothing short of marvel
Gus that a county eighty, indeed a
hundred years old, should have been
contented to drone on with roads
impossible for one half the year.
Has any one counted the cost of n
road which for six months in each
year is impossible? \ poor rad
wastes time, destroys horsehesh, lays
an embargo upon business, increases
the cost of all we export or import,
diminishes the cost of all we sell and
increases the cost of all we buy,
makes tobacco cheaper and adds to
the value of hay, corn and -four
brought from abroad. Add to this
Encouragement of business and tine
intellectual stagnation that comes
from being cut of from easy access
To- outside information and news, and
we at last reach this truism: \ poor
road is the dearest thing upon the
top of Gods foot stool.
We learn that fair turnpike can
he constructed for 3, 800 per mile
That such an investment will he good
paying stock there can be no question.
1t is safe to say that turnpike from
Cromwell to Pleasant Ridge will in
crease the value of land on each side
of the road, - miles, at least halt
million of dollars. In all the upper
counties there is permanent gift by
each county of $500 to 81, 900 pei
mile to any company which will
build a turnpike. Ohio county can
make no better investment than tC
encourage the building of turnpike
roads. Until we have them. ouI
people will never know prosperity.
As to Hartford, its only chance OF
salvation, if it has any, is found in
the construction of turnpike from
Beaver Dam to Hartford and thence
to Buckhorn with lock on Rough
creek. This can he done for fort,
thousand dollars, a sum not so great
a. the town voted for a railroad moi
half 50 valuable in probable benefits
The cost of tunpikes is now st
much reduced by crushing rock with
machinery, that limestone can b,
brought by rail from almost any dis
lance at a fair price. AT OwensborC
gravel roads have been constructed
by floating the gravel in barges from
near Paducah, and the roads ar,
giving fine satisfaction
If it is possible for our people IL
rouse themselves and look to theil
interest, they will consider the turn.
pike question and give this company
immediate support. The County
Court ought also assist the enterprise
for we are more than certain that il
a road five miles long made of grave
or stone can once be constructed in
Ohio county and our people made tt
realize their enduring benefits, turn
pixies will run to every part of the
county. We repeat, good roads and
prosperity, bad roads and stagnation
cheap land and mud, high priced
land and turnpike roads. Which
shall it be?
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-03-04

they buy.
MIR. Theo. j. Jones, was i'm our town
last Friday in the interest Of the Hart
ford circulating library. can not say
a. to his success.
That prince Of good commercial
travellers, G.. w. Wilhoyte. Of X. Me.
Johnston, was in town last week
exhibiting samples of cheap groceries.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-03-04

Justices let the defendant have the
benefit oft. Weare not entirely OPP
posed to capital punishment; perhaps
ii is necessary yet in this imperfect
state of society; the dread of it may
tend To prevent crime; but its appli-
cation should be authorized by none
but the most direct and conscientious
evidence.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-03-04
What a Mississippi Pilot Says.

Capt. ID. NJ. Riggs, who is well known
at New Orleans and along the Missis
sippi river, says, 81 have been suffering
from dyspepsia for the past five years,
and from broken rest, by severe pains
in TIE bowels and kidneys. | tried every
medicine recommended for these dis
eases, without success. AT last used
bottle of Browns Iron Bitters, which
proved perfect success in my case"
Ii cures all liver, kidney and maIarial
diseases
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-03-04

Brother GRUELLE has had show
cred ON him lately many hattering
sugared testimonials. He Is worthy
of all them. But is there not a lit
tie danger Of spelling the man and
rendering him unfit for further service
in his so-far useful career
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-03-04

PRESIDENT ARTHUR invited Mr..
Cleveland to be his guest at the
White House from the date of hi,
arrival in Washington until his for
NAL Inauguration. Mr.. Cleveland de-
clined because he had already ar.
ranged for apartments elsewhere.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-03-04

THE semi-barbarous mountaineers,
as might have been supposed. are
very much excited, deeply disap-
pointed and highly indignant on ac-
count of Gov. Hindman's action in
the Neal case; hundreds of them
had walked over 30 miles to see
the hanging.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-03-04

CLEVELAND cannot afford to slight
Henry Watterson, As some papers in
sinuate he has done. He NAV have
need of him before his administration
H. over.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-03-04

The Prince and Princess of Wales
will visit Ireland in April. They will
probably not meet with a general and
cordial reception at the hands of the
disgruntled sons of the snakeless isle.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-03-04

1t lisa fact that during Gov. Knott,
administration fines against gambler:
to the amount of S2S, 200 have been
collected, and il is fact that during
the eight years before Gov. Knott
went into office practically nothing
was collected from the gamblers. And
vet there is a howl against Gov
Knott for renting fines against
gamblers. Princeton Banner.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-03-04

The Buffalo Courier, alluding To
Mr.. Carlisle, said, A more high
minded and accomplished presiding
officer never occupied the Speakers
chair"
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-03-04

WHEAT is reported to be in bad
condition all over the State. In
some localities the farmers talk of
blowing il under and planting corn
or something else in it, stead.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-03-04

1t will be the duty ofthe Historian
and the Sage, in all ages, to let no &C.
casion pass of concentrating this IL
lustrious man; and, until time shall
be no more, will a test of the prog
ress which our race has made in wis
dom and in virtue be derived from
the veneratior paid to the immortal
name of Washington.-Lord Broagh-
am.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-03-04

4 CITIZENS League has been or
ganized i'm Louisville. 10 counteract
the influence and operation of cor
rupt and peculating municipal rings
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-03-04
FARRAGO.

1t were better to have no opinion
of God at all, than such an opinion
as is unworthy of him; for the one is
unbelief, the other is contumely.-
Bacon.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-03-04

What country is this?' This?
why, this is America" "Ah, yes:
America, the asylum for the poor
and oppressed of all nations" "No,
not of all nations what nation is
excepted. I'd like to know "Why,
America. - Commercial.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-03-04

PEACE on earth. and good will to
men,
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-03-04

Il aim to tell the truth" yes, in
terrupted an acquaintance, land you
are probably the worst shot in the
country. Almanac.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-03-04

\ red-letter day for Democracy i
this one.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-03-04

There is no such word rs fail, "
said Richelieu. And he was emf
nently correct. Assignment is the
word. -kiem
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-03-04
p A 7 EN- i S

Obtained, and all Patent Business attended
TO for Moderate Fees.
Our office Is opposite the L. ). Patent once
and we can obtain Patents in less time than
those remote from Washington.
send Model or Drawing. We advise as TO
patentability tree Of charge: and We make
No Charge Unless Patent Is Secured.
We refer, here, To the Postmaster, the Supt
OF Money Order Div, and to officials of the
u. =. Patent Office. For circular, advice,
terms and references to actual clients In your
own State or county. write to
c. A. SNOW & CO.,
Stf OPP Patent ONCE, Washington, ID. C..
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-03-04

Wanted, friend. One who will
recognize me when am compelled To
wear patched brooches; who will take
me by the hand when | am sliding
down hill, instead of giving me a
kick to hasten my descent; who will
lend me IA dollar without ruquir-
ing twenty dollars worth of security;
who will come to see me when I'm
sick; who will pull off his coat and
fight for me when the odds are two
to one; who will talk of me behind
my back as he talks to my face.
Such friend is wanted by ten thous-
and times ten thousand human be-
ings throughout this broad earth.
Ld PresSe.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-03-04

One of the heaviest drains on the
State Treasury is the amount re-
quired to take care of the idle con
victs in the State penitentiary. As
the branch penitentiary will not be
finished for several years this burden
will have to be endured, unless the
next Legislature will make provisions
to let them to the counties to work on
the public roads. Elizabethtoun
Nems.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-03-04

HURRAH for Cleveland and Hen
bricks,
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-03-04

Learning, undigested by thought,
is labor lost; thought, unassisted by
learning, is perilous. -- Confucius.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-03-04

A French wit defined Gravity a.,
A myterious carriage of the body to
cover the defects of the mind.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-03-04

The man who would lark must first
swallow. -Breckenridge Ne,cs.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-03-04

Since government in a free coun-
try is, and must be by parties, the
purity of the government depends ON
the purity of the party organizations.
And the party organizations will not
be kept pure if the business OF man
aging them is left to a few profession
al politicians. Mr.. Stickney urges
that this business is now become 80
vast that it cannot be done by ordi-
nary citizens, who have their ordina-
ry daily callings to follow; and that
it must be attended to by profession
ais, who give it their whole time
and thought. | do not think that
this is true; | believe that the intel
ligent and prosperous citizens can af-
ford to give the necessary time to
practice politics. They must do it, or
lose their liberties.
The simple question is whether the
intelligent and prosperous citizens
will make up their minds to use the
political parties as the instruments of
patriotism, or whether the political
managers shall continue to use the
intelligent and prosperous citizens as
the instruments of knavery. The
abuses ofparty will cease when good
men use the parties instead of being
used by them. Washington Glddden
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-03-04

The youth gets together his mater
ials to build bridge to the moon, or
perchance, palace or temple on
earth, and at length the middle-aged
man concludes to build a woodshed
with them. Thoredu.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-03-04

SOMEBODY, inquiring of the editor
Of the New York World as to what
general on the Union side in the re-
bellion was the greatest soldier, re-
ceived the following answer:
at would be difficult matter to
name the man who displayed the
greatest generalship on the Union
side in the late war. Gen. Thomas
was certainly Il magnificent soldier,
but he never had an opportunity to
display his qualities as Il planner of
campaigns. Gen. Sherman was one
of the most aggressive of. the Union
generals and in one or two instances
he displayed Napoleonic strategy.
The verdict of the nation is that L.
s. Grant was the ablest of all the
Union commanders. He was GER
tainly the most successful. We are
compelled to acquiesce in the general
opinion. Among the great generals
who stayed at home we think that
James G.. Blaine was the ablest, most
cautious and the shrewdest.'
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-03-04

was mighty good-lookin'when was young
Peert an black-eyed an slim,
With fellers a-courtin' me Sunday nights,
Specially Jim.
The likeliest one OF 'em all was he,
Clipper, an han som, an trim,
But tossed up my head an made fun o. tn
crowd,
Specially Jim!
said hadn't no 'pinion o. men,
An wouldn't take stock i'm him,
But they KEEP up a-comin' in spite o. my
talk,
Specially Jim,
got so tired o. havin' 'em roun'
Especially JimD,
| made up my mind I'd settle down
An take up with him.
So we was married on Sunday in church,
Twas crowded full to the brim;
Twas the only way to get rid of 'em all,
Specially Jim.
Century Magazine.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-08
OUN NATIONAL RATS.
Cats as Preservers of the Public Rec


Cats as Preservers of the Public Rec
ords.
1t way not be generally known, saws
Mark Tapley in the Washington Star.
that that much abused and far from dis
tinguished member Of the four-footed
world, the domestic cat-the Tabby-the
Tom of literature-has arrived to be a
useful appendage to the government.
once upon a time there was a carnival
Of rats in the United States Patent Office.
They nibbled and gnawed, and gnawed
and nibbled,and when the shades of night
were come, they waltzed through the cor
ridors, ''spooned" in the corners of the
cases, held thigh teas" in the waste
baskets, and meanwhile waXed fat on the
crumbs of the lady clerks lunch, and
learned wisdom from much masticatiOn of
mechanical drawings, foreign patents and
the like. No door could bar their en-
trance, no trap could catch them. The
hoary old grandfather, the gentle mother.
the tender ratling-all were there-their
name was legion.
At great expense the office finally i'm
ported rat-catcher, dogs and ferrets.
Immense preparations were made-in the
dead Of night the ferrets were loosed and
the rats ran. Some Of them, possibly, did
not run far enough, for after that the car
penters were employed at odd times in
taking up floors and disinfecting rooms.
Eerrets were not a success.
One day it occurred to a Waterman of
mind that if eat 0, two could be in
duced to take up their residence ia the
huildlng the rats might be conquered. a
kitten was procured. Alas! poor kitty!
The rodents added her to the lady clerks
lunch; they eat her up. SO ii went on, un-
I'll at last there appeared female NapO-
leon OF stern and unterrlfied men. she
was observed at times to rejoice in a high
ly colored carmine back. a cat with a
carmlne back was, perhaps, a novelty to
the rats. TGey let her severely alone.
Inc guardian Of the records Waxed in
dignity one morning the cat colony was
enlarged by the addition Of four small
kittens. The lady clerks gave special
lunches in their ta7or, deputations visit
ed her, the Patent Office cat was an in
sitution. On her next effort she yield d
TO slight feminine alteration, aud the
kittens were found in a desk drawer.
that was mere triile, though a little in
convenient. The cat must be encOur-
aged.
The last kittens were two in number. 1t
was early in the fall, and there was Il
marked hesitation among the clerks as to
neither they should be distinguished as
Blaine and Logan or Cleveland and Hem
dr'cks. AS compromise they were called
Pansy and forty. In the course Of lime
IOrty was removed to another sphere by
an admiring clerk, but Pansy and her
mother still wander through the marble
nails. The rat, though there yet, is no
longer terror; the cat is cOIOniZed.