, 1890-02-16

Knott made = funny speech on Duluth
once, and nov people come from away
back Of Little Hickory and Homiuy Cen
ter and stay all day and bring their din
ner. hoping that Proctor Knott may be
funny again some day.
Governor Knott said once. in en- adj
dress in Kentucky to the gradutes of the
State Agricultural and Mechanical college
at Lexington: When | consider the su
perior intelligence and refinement of the
presence in which l have the honor TO
appear. l very seriously mistrust my abil-
iy either to contribute to your entertain
ment or to add to FOUR present stock Of
information by a discussion Of any sub
iect whatever. Descended, however. from
40 ancestry who made their homes on the
DARK aud Bloody Ground when il was
. savage wilderness with danger and
death lurking on every hand: born upon
the bosom of the commonwealth which
they in their humble sphere assisted to
create while the tomahawk and scalping
knife were cleaning around them; in
spired with q passionate pride in her
prosperity and her prestige from my earli-
est youth, the recipient of the most dis
tinguished honor within the gilt Of her
generous people, and standing beneath
the shadow of this splendid institution of
lesrning-the offspring OF her enlightened
bounty and the object of her fostering
care-l feet that l may at least speak TO
you Of Kentucky. of her resources. Of her
progress n her possibilities"
And he did so. Hs started out from
that and made a good speech with
thoughts in 1t. He spoke Of the fixed
carbon and volatile combustible matter in
the coal. and said the iron ore Of Ken
lucky had iron peroxide in it In large
quantities.
Ia the interior of Kentucky one still
finds some old characters and the plain.
unostentstions manner OF administering
Justice attracts some attention. A friend
Of mine went into hat country once to
report the preliminary examination of a
man who had killed bis wife by means of
q broadax. The reporter had an all night
drive, and when be got to the school
house where the trial was to take place
he found no one inside but the headless
woman lying on a door. Alter awhile he
went back OF the school house 4nd found
the sons pitching horse shoes with the
Justice of the peace, while the unruf1ed
and self made widower was calmly keep
ing tally Of the game by cutting notches
III . cuii&lG
Not long ago a colored man named
Monroe Wilkinson killed a man at a pic
mic in order to give variety to an other
wise monotonous programme. He was
found gully and sentenced to be hanged.
The execution was to take place within an
Enclosure. but the obliging sheriff had it
in q valley, so that a whole country could
sit on the hillside and see it. IL is haro-
" necessary TO say that he was re elected.
Nearly 10000 people came to witness
the great show. They came on foot and
on horseback, from everywhere. till they
covered the hillside and we're like the
sands of the sea for multitude. Lemonade
stand sprang up as if by magic, and
merry-go rounds got there from the four
corners of the earth. Popcorn. eating
apples and wax for chewing purposes were
for sale everywhere. The balloon man
was there. likewise the nan with the ma
chine for showing how much one can lift
without iniuring himself. Everywhere
poor, tired farm hands who needed rest
we're testing their strength till their eyes
looked ike soiled door knobs or poached
eggs in a saucer OF stewed tomatoes.
Photographs of the murderer we're also
for sale with his autograph. His brother
had walked fifty D,iles to plead with the
governor for a pardon. but it did not
avail.