Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-02-15


generally very long lived. only knew
one of these people to linger to a great age,
and he had his meals brought to him.
Some kinds of food are improved by age,
but not all. Among those that are not
impervious to atmospheric influences or
the extremes of heat and cold are egg,
mushrooms and waffies. Celery also sui
fers somewhat, like a senatorial election,
by exposure. 1t does not thrive under
such circumstances so much as balle',
but pines away and gets coal dust on II,
and loses its ambition and hangs over the
edge of the glass like love sick ANGLE
worm.
In l773 Capt. Thomas Bullitt, who vas
called son of gun ny Kentucky
humorist, who only lived long enough to
calculate, Adieu, kind friends, I'm going
home, !" discovered the city Of Louisville,
KY, ut the mouth of Beargrass creek at
the Ohio falls, and he could not have
discovered better town II he had tried.
The water was very low at that season Of
the year and of about the consistency OF
farm. Though the water was low the
price of whisky was almost equally low,
and SO the party thinned out the he, water %,
them and made them glad they came.
There are now 275,OOO people in Louis
willie, might say, mostly cOlonels, but
will leave that joke for the uso of the large
army Of bright men who were first TO
think of it. When Capt. Bullitt discovered
louisville there was not decent hotel in
the place. Now there ares great quantity
Of them. The following year u house was
built, but the boom was 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 at about the beginning of
the present century. The building with
the flag on top is the Gait house. Mr..
Henry Watterson has JUS, gone inside the
door, softly humming to himself:
lam Pirate King.
He will be back in few moments. The
large building on the opposite side Of the
street is a general store kept by gentle
man who is since deceased. He kept hides,
pelts and molasses; also real estate ice
cream and feathers. He sold ammunition.
hoarhound candy and hardware gents
neckwear. cedar posts, honey, plastering
hair, straw hats, dimension lumber,
suspenders, timothy seed, collins and salt
mackerel. He also kept the postsotiice ar and nd
cider, playing cards and embalming while
YOU wait. The other houses in the cut are
occupied-by Many Citizens, Taxpayer,
Justice Old Subscriber, Veritas, etc. etc. !,
The high fence in the right foreground
ia designed to keep out the Indians, at
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
but through it all she rises to-day like this
here Ph9nix that they tell so'much about,
that can even get out of q strictly fire proof
hotel and never scorch feather.
Louisyill owes much of her success to
the prosperity which has been incident
to and a part of, as 1t always will be and
ever has been, the successful prosperity
and the prosperous success OF city that
has succeeded and prospered. DO not
know that make this entirely clear, 80
oif 90 N
succeed, but have done the best could.
Agriculture, blue grass, trotting horses,
b)urbon, ginger ale, iron ole, hams, as
paragus, butter, eggs, literature, distiii-
ing, pro-slavery, store keeping rs'is0aa Trsa,
height in the table Of industries OF the
state, Kentucky is no doubt choice
state. Nature did much for her, ana
Henry Watterson has not fooled away
his time either.
which must not forget as / hurriedly
pass along. He would have boen more
influential If it had not crept out that he
was an humorist. No man can be respect
ed quite so much after he has shown
symptoms of this kind. Mr.. Knott made
a funny speech on Duluth once, and now
people come from away back Of Little
Hickory and Hominy Centre and stay
ali day and bring their dinner, hoping
that Proctor Knott may be funny again
DOuu0 udys
In the interior of Kentucky one still
finds some odd characters, and the plain
unostentatious manner OF administering
justice attracts some attention whenever II
IL brought to public attention.
Not long ago colored man named
Monroe Wilkinson killed man at q pic
mic In order to give variety to an otherwise
monotonous programme. He was found
guilty and sentenced to be hanged. Th,
execution was to take place within ar
inclosure, but the obliging sheriff had 1t il
valley, SO that a whole country coulC
sit on the hillside and see it. 1t is hardly
necessary to say that he was reelected.
Nearly 10000 people came to witness th
great show. They came on foot and oI
horseback, from everywhere, till they
covered the hillside and were like tn
sands OF the sea for multitude. Lemonad
stands sprang up as If by magic, an,
merry-go- rounds got there from the fou
corners of the earth. Popcorn, estinI
apples and wax for chewing purposes wer
for sale everywhere. The balloon maj
was there, likewise the man with tn
machine for showing how much one ca
Int without injuring himself. Everywher
poor, tired farm hands who needed res
ere testing their strength till their eye
10, x ID like soiled door knobs or poechs+
eggs in q saucer of stewed tomatoes.
Photographs Of the murderer were ais
for sale with his autograph. His brothe
had walked fifty miles to plead with tn
governor for pardon, but 1t did not avail
EIclid c. Cooksey, bright young re
porter, was sent to do tho execution 70
IL outo