Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-06-14
explanation of my long silence.

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OF plants, has about all been plante
in this neighborhood. 1t is not ov,
two-thirdsof an aycrag, i'll acreag,
The stand is usually good as we hay
had aconstant season for more tina
two weeks, with prospect this morn
ing of an indefinite continuance.
The harvest will begin tomorrow
tho perhaps it will not be genera
before the middle of the week. Tn
yield of wheat in this neighborhoo,
will be fully an average, in spite O
fly, rust, chinch bug, grain louise, hal
and every other calamity that hai
threatened its destruction.
Mr.. w. w. Radford has Just fin.
ished large warehouse or elevator
lin addition to the one erected by Mr..
Mcknight last year for the purpose OF
handling and storing the immense
shipments of this cereal which last
year amounted to upwards of $4,000
bushels from this point. II is thought
1900 bushels is not an exaggerated
estimate for the.present seasons slip
ments.
Messrs. Boyd & Davis have sold in
this section % Walter A. Wood Bin
ders and number of mowers. You
have heard Ben talk cattle, sheep and
tobacco? Well you just ought to hear
him on machinery the magical elo-
quence with which Cicero shook the
classic land and swsyed the naughty
Roman multitude seems trite and
commonplace beside the halo with
which his oily tongue invests with
Furnished splendor this subject. In
fact Ben is 'lustler" at anything
he undertakes. So great has been
the success of the firm in this line of
business that the Walter A. Wood
Go. have established here depot OF
repairs of all kinds which in case of
breakages will be great conven-
fence to the mel ghborhood.
Mr.. Creed Hawkins is putting up a
livery stable in the rear of his shop
on Main st which will be credit TO
the town when completed and pay
ing business to him. Business is
brisk at all the stores and a regular
boom is looked for when the wheat
crop begins to move.
The Douglas Grange Sale and Bar
becue was success as every one
will testify. What struck me as a
most remarkable feature at this sale
was the total absence of any ugly
women, and the remarkable abun-
dance of ugly men. I'll tell you, Char
ley, the latter were so abundant that
lady absolutely asked me what
handsome man is that abiding to
your associate editor Mr.. 4. f, Bart
ley. Why, even you would have
been called good-looking in such a
crowd of men!
Henry uerndon had on exhibition
his two stations, Clyde and Gold
Dust. They merited the universal
admiration which they received, and
1 expect would sell for more none,
than all the cattle on the grounds, thu
there we're about $50 head.
AS summary of my observations
of the day, I would say that the eff
forts of Douglas Grange will be
wisely directed in an attempt to i'm.
prove the men and cattle, but the
women and (barbecued) sheep are
Just about as near the standard of
perfection as can reasonably be hop.
ed for.
Quite a number of couples recently
took trip from here to Dunbars
cave. They report quite a pleasant
time, but were very hungry upon
their return, as Jno. Allensworth, one
Of the party, thought that the basket
dinner for the crowd was
only lunch put up for him and con-
the rest had nothing to
eat.
Miss Matte Buckner's school near
here closed on Thursday last and the
applause with which her name Is
sounded is deep and universal among
ler patrons.
Prof. d. NJ. Quarles closed perhaps
he most successful, session of his
school at "Ridgeway" since his To-
,ation at that point. A handsome
gold medal, the highest honor. was
won by Austin Bell and was present.
I'd to him at the Douglas Grange
ale by Gilmer M. Bell of your city,
with few highly appropriate and
eloquent remarks. A speech was
made on that occasion by Hon. Jas.
A. Mckenzie in the behalf of the
Iohnstown, Pa, sufferers, which was
literally responded to, tho 1 am un-
bic to state the amount of the con-