Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-01-12
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Opinions Of Leading Citizens.

had been u change in the weather
AS the writer came down town to hi
office at an early hour he was stoppe
by almost every person he met an
the startling information given t
him that the weather was cold. HAY
ing his attention called TO the matte
he consulted his silver watch and wa
surprised TO see that it marked |
degrees below zero and it was no
very quicksilver at that. This 10,
him to believe that there was som
foundation for the report, but tn
SOUTH KENTUCKIAN is nothing if no
reliable and representative was sen
out to interview some of the lcadinl
citizens and get at the facts in tn
case. The result of the interview |
given below:
Col. j. D. Cooper said he had heart
the report and was inclined to believ,
1t was true. He was not fully salts
fled however, and didn't wish to as
sumo responsibility for the truth o
the statement.
Col. lobe Hurt was positive tina
the report was true. lie said that h,
had been left by the train, and 1t wa
a very cold day when he got left.
Col. Il. B. Withers had heard thu
report but believed it was started by
Col. Cooper and consequently didn'
put much faith in it.
Col. j. NJ. Howe said it was moi
only cold but as a matter of fact II
was very cold. He showed the re.
porter $l2 thermometer that indi.
Gated l6 degrees below zero and said
that his instrument knew more about
The weather than old man Signal Ser.
vice himself
Col. John Day believed that the re-
port was started by the coal men and
that an investigation would prove
conclusively that the weather was
very pleasant.
Col. Willis Perry said he had new
er seen a finer spell Of weather, but
he had heard the rumor and be-
lieved 1t was started by somebody
who wanted TO ipjure his ice factory.
Col. r. NJ. Anderson was inclined
to believe the report, as there had
suddenly been an increased demand
for inside overcoats.
Col. Andrew Seargent was salts
fled that there had been a change in
the weather and gave his scientific
opinion that there would be no dan
ger from sun-strokes for the next
forty-eight hours.
Col. G. A. Thompson was found
figuring up how much his loss would
be on thirteen dozen thermometers
He said he bought them last sum-
mer while they were high and that
there had been such q decline in the
stock that he would have to give
them 10 his friends to get rid of
them.
Col. G. NJ. Brown said he didn't
believe a word of the report. He
was satisfied that it was campaign
lie started by the Democratic saloon
men to defeat him for Circuit Clerk.
Col. A. d. Rodgers said there had
been a slight change in the weather,
but 1t was more perceptible from the
fact that 1t followed, a spell of mild
springtime weather. However, he
thought that if it continued to grow
colder there would be an ice spell by
the end of the week.
Col. A. w. Pyle said he had heard
that the thermometer was Is miles
below Cairo, but he didn't believe IL
was over l2JG.
Col. Harvey Breatllitt was afraid
the report would ruin the trade in
marriage licenses, as it would cause
GOODNESS to come between young
people who contemplated marrying.
Col. A. L. Wilson said the weather
was cold enough to freeze the ears
'ff a brass monkey and offered to
prove his assertion by a dozen men,
L anybody doubted it.
Col. Harry Ferguson said he had
heard it, but didn't proposo to express
his opinion until he saw what the
had to say about
t.
Col. A. B. Long who had just re-
,urned from Crofton said he left
Kings red hot down there for him
Ind he didn't believe 1t was much of.
cold spell after all.
Col. Jas. Pye was taking the meas
ire ola man who had been killed
'or asking as this cold enough for
1ou?" and was too busy to be inter-
viewed. .
Col. Jno. I. Wright said il was So
,old that he had resolved that this
should be the last winter he would
room by himself.
Col. t. W. Buckner, of Henderson,
dropped in to subscribe for the SOUTH
KENTUoKIAN just as the reporter re-
,urned from his investigations, and
stated that the weather was undoubt-
IDLY cold,as the Internal Revenue Ser
vice was frozen into solid lump of
ce. He was on his way to the depot,
having been called home to help
,haw it out.
From the above opinions, which
Ire the result of a careful investiga-
ion, we feel authorized to state that
Inc weather is cold.