Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-05-08
GLORY.
A Job Lot of the Article for Sale by ar
Alleged HumOri,t.

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A job Lot of the Article for Sale by nj
Alleged Humorid.
Did you ever look forward to some
great end you hoped TO accomplish ant
feel good from the soles OF your boots tc
the crown of your hatin thinking about
it9 When l was boy, the school
master was the greatest man in Chris
tendon, in my estimation. | can re.
member how, when the Christening roo
was laid upon me, | wished | ght ont
day become a podagoguc, although J
did not call it by that name.
A few years later found myself oc.
oupying that enyiablc position in life. !
found no pleasure in logging the little
fellows, and was afraid of those much
larger grown. ilogg ng whom would
have given me much pleasure had It'll
beea for an uldc,incd (ctr that trouble
might result aud perhaps the loo OF
an adult innotent BE- she'd. never
was quite sure who 'ght be the she lee
so, TO avoid accidents. | cAdaIvOrid 10
mculcltc peace,
Later. I 90, had Of co,y of Rack.
stone nnd NV m.nJ h,~o, 10 fnllnw thn
bo1t Of the law NIy i. rlc,t omh,t,o,
was TO stand NJ ihr 6,r al il.ljc, aud
win the pau It's Of tle mu'ttila
by my ctpat!at ols on Hale, att.
Greenleaf, Cooley, II Hard, aud
other celebrated hnmEi,tS of that
class. Tre, yclr, Lac. stooI with
nv hand on my heat anil INV mind
runninr rot ainonr pr,,,lrnts ty'no
TO cony nee n iusliu, Of the ppl,c tliat
,client of minc WAS inuo,elt of anl
wrongful iptcnt in riding a horse be.
lono;1U to n ppiUhhor f. ST. Ious aud
then and there selling him for half hi.
value. maintl ned that h, sold the
horse while labor,nr indie, n fit of tenn
nornrv inson,ty. and thnt sine, rccoyrr-
inc his mental luip,.s, he rerr,tt,d
the net very much. and ~ 4 proof Of
his GOOD faith in that boholf NOW stonj
ready to nav over nil fine money hare
ceiyed for the animal The hIst'cr was
was n very unreasonable, ami stro,p.
minded old skiullint. however and
bound nv client over TO court in the
penal sum of Sl.3O). As A result.
was OBLIGED to try my case in A h cher
court and throngh some of INV mad.
yertences he Got into the ncnitcn.
t;orv for Glove, vo,r. Soon NJ,
forwards reraiyrd hand .omnIy
encrossed series of rcsolut'o,s from ~
anii.Uorse Thief Associn,ion thank mo
me kindly for INV eminent service in he,
half of tho nrinrinles il aJyoc,tad As
had eyerted myself consiIernblv n rrt
the tn EFF ont of the scrlp5. | failed To
nronprlv annraciote tho honor dane ma
and moved TO another town. wher,
soon had n GOOD practice and won more
fame Than knew what IN do with. Hy
djnt of persistent effort lied myself
into n rrsncctab,e income bnt the hon.
orS of local tr,umph nalIei unon my
annette. and NV soul went ont INTO The
GREAT pasture Of literature aud browsed
there for A time. | found il uphill
work Publishers and o litors were no,
part,cularl COMPLIMENTARY TO me-, and
nv manuScripts came back to me ia
roo,t. The IGNORANCE and want of an,
prec alton of literary people made me
mad. and I started \ n,per 10 raise thr
standard of literary work. The stand.
ard arose rap,dly for a time. but one
david severed that nv axle-grease was
exhaus q and another newspaper
corp,g Law cold and still in the literary
bone-yard. then came to the coucl,i.
sion that il MIGHT br n rood idea to raise
nv own standard of ability n littl. and
went TO work like hired man at din.
ner. The fancy press notice, which had
been acco rlel me seemed ironical in
the extreme as | progressed. One M
nor had ncrsistentlv nraiseI me and