, 1890-02-16

People who run lunch counters are not
generally very long lived. l only knew
ne OF these people to linger to a great
age, and he had his meals brought to him
Some kinds OF fruit are improved by
age. but not all Among those that are
not impervious to atmospheric influences
or the extremes OF the heat and cold are
eggs, mushrooms and wah1es. Celery
also suffers somewhat, like a senatorial
election, by exposure. 1t does not thrive
under such circumstance so much as a
ballet, but pines away and gets coal dust
on 1t. and loses its ambition and hangs
over the edge Of the glass like a love sick
angleworm.
In 1878 Capt Thos. Bullitt. who was
called a son Ola gun by a Kentucky
humoisr. who only lived long enough
to calculate, ''adieu, kind friends, I'm
going home, discovered the city OF
Louisville. Ky, at the mouth of Bear.
creek at the Ohio falls. and he could not
have discovered a better town ii he tried.
The water was very low at that ssasnp Of
the year and of about the consistency OF
a farm. Though the water was low the
price OF whisky was almost equally low,
and so the party thiuned out the water
with the latter. 1t gently exhilarated
- AhaaC kihl luGy Ill
There are now 275.000 people in Louis
vile. | might say, mostly colonies. but /
will leave that joke for the use of the
large army of bright men who were first
to think of it. When Capt. Bullitt dis
covered Louisville there was noe a decent
hotel in the place. Now there are a great
quantity Of them. The following year a
house was built, but the boom was a
kind of sickly effort and lots we're quite
low.
Louisville was named for Louis XVI.
The above will give the reader an idea
OF Louisville at about the beginning OF the
present century. The building with the
flag on top Is the Gal, house. Mr.. Henry
Watterson has just zone inside the door,
softly humming to himself:
1 am a pirate king.
He will be back in a lew moments. The
large building on the opposite side of the
street is a general store kept by a gentle.
man who is since deceased. He kept
hides, pelts and molassss; also real estate,
ice cream and feathers. He sold ammu-
milton, hoarhouDd candy and hardware,
gents ~neckwesr. cedar posts, honey, plas
teriug hair. straw hats, dimension lumber.
suspenders, timothy seed, collins and salt
mackerel. He also kept the postofhce
n took in W tshing. He advertised
hard cider, playing cards and embalming
while YOU wait. The other houses in the
cut are occupied by Many Citizens, Tax.
payer, Justice, Old Subscriber, Veritas,
etc. etc
The high fence in the right foreground
Is designed to keep out the Indians. az
least the largest Of them.
Louisville has an average rainfall and
mean temperature.
Indians, of course, retarded the early
settlements in Kentucky, and lack Of
funds interfered with some of the later
ones. but through it all she rises to day
like this here Phoenix that they tell 40
much about, that can even get out of q
strictly fire proof hotel and never scorch a
feather.
Louisville owes much OF her success to
the prosperity which has been incident to
and part of. as it ALWAYS will be and ever
has been, the successful prosperity and
the prosperous success Of a city that has
succeeded and prospered. l do not know
that l make this entirely clear, so that
another city could 60 to work and sue
coed. but have done the best I could.
Agriculture, blue grass, trotting horses,
bourbon. ginger ale, iron ore, hams. as
paragus, butter. eRss. literature. distiIling.
pro slavery. store keeping. railrosding.
etc. have each risen to a great height in
the table of industries of the state.
Kentucky is no doubt q choice state.
Nature did much for her, and Henry
Watterson has not fooled away his tune,
either.
Proctor Knott is a feature of Ken
lucky which | must not forget as l hur-
nedly pass along. He would have been
more influential il it had not creps u
that be was an humorist No man can
r resp actei quite so much after he has
shown symptoms OF this kind. Mr..