Telegram-herald., 1890-02-16
NYE IN KENTUCKY
Narrowing History Of Louisville
and Some or It's Citizens.
4 GOOD, But VERY PECULIlR PEOPLE
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n ths sz<ty gray Of Fs6nlzTy even
ns small party. o01.SisxLng II ay-sif.
llgnr have b--z s-sn vending It's ~ay
so~ard tn-s rs4lS~ay sta<son a. LOsllsvili-.
kzuorky. One m<y enter the sleeper
tn.rr~ "a op-Ock p. IL Ald al half pass
a. "a be ~il start for CincInnAra
Iaking With Hls a small fragment of
rIysr -sszr u a-s when gee home for
securing knives, I Patd the bill al ire
otel and vent % tSe depot The depot
0f the LOasvlIle and Nsshvl3e railroad
= uz4s~zys gtls, cosSIElg upwards II "a
"a Money Il q built IN The M0doc style
II archis-rCare a.nd faces both ways, LIKE
an lndep~ndsns paper.
AzS.ls NAY D. bad there AZ al hours
aud baggage checked - al parts Of ths
furnished - the shOrtesE notice. and yoa
can get information or victuals there
while you ~.is Ny car vas made up.
50 I knocked out few brains, disrobed
and retired. Ay ~indow zaLed upon the
lunch room, and 50 | could llo and watch
people As they came IN. nestled up against
the counter asSriCle a tall stool and basely
betrayed sheEr stonachs. Ii vas rare
sport. Sometimes a woman would spring
CAVITY upon The stool and, wrapping her
hseLs around thOse Of the stool, would in
quige the price Of a cup OF tea, and IL not
TO high she would bay some in isolated
cases. A man generally orders about
twice a. much a. be can eat, and BY his
manner says. Darn the price. reckon
l vii have enough to ear as long as my
monsy holds out"
People who run lunch counters are not
generally very long lived. I only knew
one Of These people % linger 20 great age,
and he had MS meals brought 10 him
Some kinds of food are improved by age.
hlit not all Among those that are not
impsrvious 10 atmospheric influences or
the extremes Of heat and cold are eggs,
mushrooms and waf'ie& Celery also suf-
fers somewhat like senatorial election,
by exposure. IL does not thrive under
such circumstances so much n a ballet,
bur pines away and gets coal dust on it,
and loses its ambition and hangs over
the edge OF the glass ike a love sick angle
worm.
In lT73 Capt. Thomas Bullitt, who was
called son OF a gun by Kentucky
humorist. who only lived long enough to
elaculate. "Adieu kind friends. I'm going
home, discovered the city OF Louisville,
KY, at the mouth OF Beargrass creek at
the Ohio falls. and ne could not have
discover a better town II he had tried.
Tne water was very low at that season Of
the year and OF about the consistency &C
a farm. Though the water was low the
price Of whisky was almost equally low,
and 40 the party thinned out the water
With the latter. II gently exhilarated
them and made them glad they came.
There are now 255, 900 people in Louis
vile. might say, mostly colonels, but
vill leave that Joke for the Use Of the
large VnS os Bright men who were first
70 think OF it, When Capt. Bulltt dis
covered Louisville there was not a de-
cent Aotrl in the place. Now there are
great quantity Of them. The following
year a house was built. but the boom
~as kind Of sickly effort and lots were
quite low.
Louisville was named for Louis XVI
The above will give the reader an idea
Of Louisville 1t about the beginning of
she present century. The building with
the Tag on Top Is the Calf house. Mr
Henry Watterson has Just gone inside the
door. softly humming 70 himself:
IAN Pirate King
To viii BE- back IN few moments.
The large building on the opposite side
o. the street ~ a general store kept by a
gentleman who IL since deceased. he
kept hides, pelts and molasses; also real
estate, ice cream and feathers Tie sold
ammunition. hoarh0und candy and hard
ware, gents neckwear, cedar posts,
honey. pisstering hair. straw hats, di-
nensiOn lumber. suspenders, timothy
SOD. cofiins and salt mackerel. he also
kept the postoftice and took IN washing.
He advertised hard cider. playing cards
and sm balming while you wait. The other
houses in the cut arc occupied by Many
Ci-izrus. Taxpayer. Justice, Old Sub
Srioer NeritAs. etc. etc.
The high fence IN The right foreground
IL designed 20 keep out the Indians, at
.east the largest Of them.