Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-13
clifdale. Kimble Co., Texas.

CLIFFDALE, Jan. ~, 80
Mr.. EDITOR AND FRIENDS: The
thought of home and the Semi
Weekly South Keutuckian suggests
several other thoughts that "lnay-be"
will quiet the excited nerves of your
many readers after Somnus' failure
Tuesday and Friday night of each
week. l have watched in vain for
some of Todd and Christians weak
nerved inhabitants. My desire is
great when | pause for thought,
and two pictures are wildly painted
on my mind-a pale, emaciated man
rapidly regaining the once neglected,
but now coveted, favor of Hygiea, re-
joicing as she paints his cheeks and
restores bis flesh; the other pale
emaciated man, laboring under the
same mistake of the ancients that
Esculapius was God, who was only
an excellent physician.
Western Texas is called The physi-
clan of the State, where the sick re-
sort, not only from Texas, but most
all of the States.
Changing the subject from sick
people to cows, will say: Texas,
please have mercy on them, and il
your purses are too empty to buy
states to solve your algcbraic exanl-
pies, call on Kentucky for donation.
Again, Mr.. Editor, can't sec how
these ranchers can drink such hot
coffee, unless they are like they ina
CINE the cows are, insensible to that
invisible agent that produces the SEN
sation of warmth, and they generally
make 1t as strong as Samson, re-
marked gentleman, adding that he
could make good coffee whole week
out of a raucher's pot, grounds ex-
copied. These ranchmen are remark
ablepeople-altogcthe different from
everybody, and as they say them
selves, are strangers TO themselves
smoothing ii off by saying it is moth
ing when man gets used TO ii.
They usually dwell in tents, but
not regularly, if necessary to remain
with stock-which is often the case
as they sometimes fail to reach camp ;
they build a fire, rejoice several hours
that they carried along a few matches
until wearied, when they select one
of Jacobs pillows, aud are soon
lulled TO sleep by the music of a
coyote, which the Texas Siltings de-
scribes thus: "Whcn he sinks up,
and, seating himself in the twilight
Of camp fire on the prairie, opens
out with a cauticle and runs up the
scale-starting with diminuendo
whine, throwing in staccato Shrek
and ending with crescendo howl
the sonoriilc outburst terrifies thu
Genus of Acoustics, and makes tn,
welkin ring until it cracks itself ano
has to be carried off and repaired
These are generally Mexican herders
as but few Americans, and es
pecially those from other State
will dance TO this music.
Some strange condolences in the his
tory of a strange tribe were related
to me by man whose name is Com
merce and are as follows: Ono
upon time when Adams famil
had begun to increase and differen
tribes were being established tire
cousins Of the respective names o
Angofa of the city of Angora, Cash
mere of the vale of Cashmere or Gar
den of Eden and Maltese were strug
Cling hard for number among TIL
tribe but Fate with Its Hurculea
+, strength prevented yet it seems thei
individuality was deserving of II
, ward and the day following the de
feat each one had presentimer
that some time during the history Q
people man would rise devoid c
self or other peoDle's respect, and b
way Of contempt would say on
greatest Grand Father was a monkel
G So a few days after when visit wa
n made to Angora, by Cashmere an
}, Maltese they related their strane
}. impressions each one wondering an
: specializing as to its meaning whe
}, Augora who was lost In deep though
}, rose in his dignity and declared til,
d it was no trivial subject and that |
IS its condolences were ample proof
3. was useless to speculate and that
r. was determined he shouldn't on
J. DarwiM be one of his decendent
e It is useless to say that Cashmel
a and Maltese followed his, l am d
G termined-as Angora was the priI
l. cipal speaker, and stranger to no
lie that each one adopted the same pli
o to quarantine against this enen
S, and named each male member
l. their family William and each
It, male N Annie Goat. Mr.. CONNER
g. bought the colony of Angora al
Ie Cashmere from Asia Minor and t
lie Maltese from the island Of Nal
in says he has large colony in Georg
on the mountains, and few scatter
st all over the states,
It. Good Evening,
ToDD County