The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-01-09
ARP In KENTUCKY


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ARP IN KENTUCKY
And What 81 Saw IN the Blue-Grass Re-
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atlanta Constitution.
All the blue grass I ever saw at horne
was green. I thought that our climate or
our soil or something made it so, and
that would find it blue In Kentucky !;
but it was the greenest kind Of green,
aud on inariry / learned that it was new
er blue oScep' when in bloom, and it was
the bloom that made it look blue then. 1
learned that the seed had to be sown to
get set, and that rag weed and crab
grass followed their crops just like they
do here. The shocks of corn still stand
ing in the fields we're novelty to me.
They were loaded with ears, and the far.
mers could be seen husking, and the
golden yellow corn lying on the ground
by the side of the shocks. Of course they
have to tear the shocks down to find the
ears, but they put them up again, and
like our fodder stacks, they stand in
the field until they are needed.
Tobacco is the great money crop, and
you can see samples hanging in the stores
and even in the counting-rooms of the
banks. They told me that one.third of
all the tobacco made in the world WAS
grown in Kentucky. As every county
and every town has its own individuality
I found the unpretending people Of
Flemmingaburg proud to say that Elem.
ming county had fewer rich people and
fewer poor ones than any county in the
State, and there were more farmers
worth from eight to ten thousand dollars
than could be found in the same area
anywhere else. That is saying great
deal for the happiness of that people.
The golden mean is the best: "Give me
neither poverty or riches"
Millersburg is noted for her education.
al advantages. Two prosperous colleges,
one for boys and one for girls, are there,
and they have patrons from all the
Southern States. The female college is
an especial favorite with the people of
Arkansas. DR.. Pope, the President, is 8
Georgian, and Of course that has some.
thing to do with the success and prosper
ity of his school. From careful observa-
tion will venture to say that there are
more teachers from Georgia scattered
over the South than from any other three
States. DR.. Pope has nearly 300 girls in
his charge, and ninety Of them are board
ing in his household. Just think of it.
What family-what responsibility.
Their morals, their ma 1ers and their
health all to be cared for, in addition to
their education. They come from differ
eut households with different training,
different traits of character, different
habits, and all have to be assimilated and
governed alike and made to conform to
one system. What a compliment it is to
the president and his wife that as the
older graduate and marry their younger
sisters are sent to take their places, and
in many cases the children have taken the
mothers place. What a splendid chance
these college boys have to choose their
mates, and "vice versa" I have always
thought it w. good plar to have q col
lege for boys asere there was one for
girls. It is the next best thing to mixed
school that I know Of.
From Millersburg l went overland to
Paris. a friend with good horse took
me over the splendid turnpike nine miles
in forty minutes, and we dident seem tc
be in hurry. The reins were carelessly
loose in his hands. and he had time to tell
who lived in every house along the way
and something of the family history
That horse never broke his trot mo-
ment, nor seemed to be pressed or tired
We passed the toll gates without stopping
for the rule was to pay as you returned
On, those delightful roads; why can't vi
have them in Georgia? A loveliel
country than that around Paris and Leg
ington, the eye never looked upon. Th'
farming lands command one hundred
dollars an acre easily, and where pleasant
ly located near a pike, and having
grove in front of the mansion, bring twice
that sum. The roads add largely to thei
value. A team that ould struggle ant
strain over our roads with 1000 pound
will easily pull 5000 pounds in Kentuck.
and do it in half the time. Fine horse
are the big think there; ryoody talK
morse. The women and the children ant
the preachers know the pedigree of th
thoroughbreds better than they know tn
ancestry of their most intimate nabora
Colonel Stoner showed me colt that b
had refused FIVE thousand dollars for, AM
vet l couldn't see that it was as fine as
colt as several that we had exhibited her
at our little colt show last fall. "Blood
sir-blood-pedigre makes the difference,
said he. Colonel Stoner owns 'Baro
Wilkes that he has refused seventy.fv
thousand dollars for. a minute in
horse'sspeed makes difference of thous
ands in his value-po not his value bu
his price. Col. Craddock, the venerabl
editor of the Kentuckian, came in the Cal
as J. was leaving and saluted me in q tu
multuous and hilarious manner. I wa
sorry to part from him. There we're som
questions about Daniel Boone that
wished answered and it was told me tha
the colonel was an intimate friend {