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Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1891-11-21
ANDREW Cook.

1t is exceedingly gratifying to
me to see that what l say is hav-
ing so good an effect upon others,
but it makes me wish l could bet
ter practice what l preach.
My besetting sin is my tongue
and my pencil. l sometimes
think that l would rather be one
of these quiet gentlemen than
anything in the world, and l may
60 along for long time, and just
by main force, keep from saying
anything bad for a pretty long
time, but l can't quit thinking that
way, and it just piles up in my
heart and brains like the water in
that old dam at JOhnstown, and
finally l bust loose and say all in
two minutes that l have been
keeping back for week and the
effect is worse than if / had just
let it come by degrees as 1 felt in
clined to.
l do not aspire to being a saint
and know that there are men who
have done good in the world who
were regular ripsnorters, but, like
the brother that writes me that
letter, l have contracted per-
fectly uncomfortable aversion to q
hypocrite.
/ can stand man who is bad
and does not pretend to be any
thing else, but when l see man
who claims to be a Christian keep
ing up the forms of religious pro-
priety for the sake of business
profit, or voting with these liquor
parties when he knows, and
know, and everybody else knows
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1891-11-21

For the benefit of people in
distant states 1 will say that Miss
Laura Clay is the President of the
Equal Rights Association of Ken
lucky and is the daughter of Cas-
sius M. Clay, the only pioneer of
the anti-slavery movement in
Kentucky.
1 would rather she would say
Yours for Prohibition with a great
big p, than to- say "Yours for
Temperance" with a big 7.
I don't like that kind of a T
party. 1 want them to sag Pro-
hibition if they mean that every
old lying hypocrite in the country
who is doing all he can against
Womans Rights and for the liquor
damnation claims to be a tenn
perance man."
A Kentucky Temperance man"
is man who never drinks any
thing when he can't get it.
1 have noticed in a good many
instances that the Equal Rights
ladies of this state are wasting
their Establishments upon the
"Bully Bottom" Democrats of
this state to get them to recognize
Womans Rights. They might as
well ask the devil to start an ice
factory in hell.
They are too smart to furnish a
stick to break their own heads.
At Methodist Conference in
Tennessee lately Rev. Hamilton,
a Woman Sufferists, in abiding
to the Pauline opposition to
woman equality, said, "Paul must
not conflict with Jesus"
Paul was against Womans
Rights; and against Prohibition.
If he were in Kentucky to-day
he would be Temperance man."
and would vote with the Demo-
Gratis. In Ohio he would vote
with the Republicans for tin
bucket Mckinley.
Paul said he was "all things to
all men," That's bad politics and
worse religion.
. l believe in being for the right
if it rips things from stem to
stern; from turret to foundation.
Faith jssticia coelom ruat.
Go for the right if the heavens
fall; and let the man that is wrong
stand from under, or take the con-
sequences.
Don't be "all things to all
men," Be the right thing to the
right man in the right place.
The paper in which Miss Clay
writes has a quotation from the
New Testament, but it is from
what Jesus said and not Paul, and
Just 80 long as she makes that
the gulf between her
religion and mine is not so wide
that we can not shake hands
across it.
Ibid not have a.paper on Oc-!
tober "a, though 1 expected to
have, and Miss Clay and others
have naturally supposed that 1
did have from what / said through
in the issue of Octo-
Der 31st.
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1891-11-21

The Republicans of New York STATE
have determined to outbid the Demo
Gratis for the rum and slum vote.
practical politics" Of the unclean
sort are relied on to WIN tho day. Ia.
noring the demand Of the best Repub-
ncans Of the State for q candidate
like Andrew d. White, of Cornell Uni
versity, the party has nominated q
Platt politician, J. Sloat Fassett, for
Governor.
On the liquor question. the Conven-
ton declared as follows, remaining
utterly silent in regard to the fraudu-
lent submission:
We favor comprehensive and EN-
cient excise Legislation for giving To-
cal option by counties, towns and
cities, and restriction by taxation in
such localities as do not by option ex-
clude the liquor traffic.
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1891-11-21

That's a model letter; and I
wish people who do not want the
Blade would tell me 80.
/ have known Bro. Shropshire
for years, and have always liked
him, and still like him, and am
going to do something good for
him the first time I get a chance.
He is an officer in the Christian
church and a well-to-dO farmer.
He thinks my paper and 1 are
bad medicine and he does not
want US, and he says so like a lit
tie han.
Ifthings change around and l
can help him, 1 hope he will give
me chance.
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1891-11-21

That letter is from one of the
most distinguished scientists of
America, and he is a lovely char
acter. He is a Nationalist.
With all Difference to him l
must say that 1 am not at all cop
posed to the abuse of alcohol" ]
am in favor of abusing it, and
abusing anybody that makes it or
sells il.
What 1 am trying to do is to
keep alcohol from abusing me
and other people.
1t may be true that l have
opened a wider field of combat
than 1 will be able to maintain,
but l can die trying, and there
are some more coming on to try it
when L am dead.
You have seen that the Presby-
terian church did not dare to de-
pose DIR. Briggs.
Since l began the publication
of the Blade B. o. Flower, the
son of a preacher in the Christian
church and the brother of another
one, has begun, in Boston, the
publication of the Arena, the
greatest magazine in the world,
and Robt. Cave, and ex-precaher
of tho Christian church, is pub
fishing. in St. Louis, the Non
Sectarian, and both it and the
Arena have the same religious
idea that / have.
Cave won the prize of a tour to
Palestine given oy the Globe
Democrat, to the man who would
get the most votes as being the
most popular preacher in St
Louis-he having received $780,
900 votes.
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1891-11-21
Versailles Clarion Sus-
ponds.

Wb>p death pitiless and cold takes
from happy home the object around
WHICH hopes and aspirations of
that cluster, and leaves but the ashes
of despair, tits then the soul becomes
tired. When every object associated
with our buried love, meets our eye
with an appealing tenderness that
brings back fond recollections Of the
past with tear of sorrow and regret,
tits then the soul refuses to be COM
forted.
And so it is that the sadness which
shrouds our editorial duties, renders
our labors in the field of journalism
too heavy to bear. We therefore in
this issue offer the Clarion for sale. It
is a good plant, and can be made to
pay handsomely if properly con-
Quoted. Any one desiring informa-
ton in regard to the paper can ad-
dress, WIN. HENRY,
Versailles, KY.
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1891-11-21

RUDDLE's. MILLS. Nov. l. 81.

RUDDLE's, MILLS, Nov. l, 81.
C. c. Moore.
DEAR SIR received the Blue
Grass Blade from last March
until it suspended in September.
l sent you one dollar some time
during the summer to pay for the
Blade till next March. I wrote
you in September if the Blade
suspended not to refund any part
of my subscription.
As you have resumed publlca-
ton of the Blade, 1 suppose my
subscription is paid until next
March, unless you refunded the
money to all subscribers-except
those who did not want their part
refunded, and started new again.
If SO you can carry my name on
your book as a subscriber at the
poor mans rate, and 1 will pay
you in two or three months.
l like the Blade so much that
when it suspended 1 gathered up
all the old copies and laid them
away for future reading.
l was much surprised and
pleased on coming home from
work last night to find a copy of
the Blade of October 81.
1 like the Blade for it's reason
ing, truthfulness and fearless way
of attacking the evil and inconsis-
tency of the present time.
notice that great many peo-
pie get mad when their inconsist-
ency is pointed out, and they de-
sire to be let alone; just as the
whiskyites in the churches argue
against the introdution of Prohi
bition politics in the church.
We all need such criticism of
our actions as you give us, not
because we do not know our duty,
but because we are apt to grow
neglectful.
To old adage which says 1--WE
first pity, then endure, then en-
brace, is too true"
1 despise inconsistency, yet l
am brought to see wherein 1 am
inconsistent with my arguments,
through the reading Of such
articles as the Blade contains; but
instead of getting mad at the edi-
tor 1 admire the truthfulness of
his remarks, and see our faults.
/ drank no whisky from Octo-
Der 1884-except twice as medi-
cine-till the spring of 1890; since
which time l have used whisky
several times as medicine and oc-
caslonally drank a dram as a
beverage.
l knew all the time my actions
were inconsistent with my ,argu-
ments against the liquor traffic,
and after reading F. M. Bailye's
article in the Blade of October
31st. l have concluded to touch
not, taste not, handle not the vile
stuff.
ANDREW Cook.
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1891-11-21

The Clarion was started about
a year ago by Fred Henry.
His father is distinguished as a
teacher, and his mother is, as a
writer and speaker, one of the
most earnest and competent de-
Tenders of Womans Rights and
Prohibition in the state of Ken
lucky.
Young Henry resigned the ed
itorship of his paper to his father
and accepted q position in journal
ism on a Chicago paper.
The story of his sad fate is fresh
in the minds of the people. He
and two other newspaper men
were riding in the locomotive OF
an express train for the purpose Of
writing an especial article de-
scriptlve of a night ride on the
locomotive of an express train.
Part of the article was already
written.
The train ran through an open
switch and killed all three of the
newspaper men and the engineer.
A Chicago paper said the switch
had probably been left open by q
drunken man, as the engineer and
conductor of a freight train that
had gone before were seen ia
come out of a saloon.
So it goes-this horrible liquor
curse; not merely running those
who debauch themselves by it, but
bringing death and agony to the
innocent.
From all over the land there
goes up to heaven the.wail, "How
long o Lord, how iOng?" But
politicians and editors don't care
for broken hearts and tears. They
are things for milk sops and Sun
day-school teachers to talk about.
Great men have to attend to at
fairs of state, and a party with
zone idea" that proposes to
abridge the personal liberty Of
men by saying what they shall
eat and drink is bringing Puritan.
ism inta. the affairs of state, and
men who "profess and call them
selves Christians don't want ia
throw away their votes on lit.
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1891-11-21
A Distinguished Scientist and
Nationalist thinks 1 bit off
more than 1 can chaW.
Nov. 10, 1891.

"NOV. III, 1851.
Mr.. C. C. Moore.
DEAR SIR-Inclosed L send my
check for $2.0 90 in payment of my
annual subscription to the Blade
in advance.
Your last number, attacking
the whole Christian world, opens
. much wider field of combat
than you will be able to main
tain, and gives your whisky OPP
ponents very great advantage
over your 4 4 ** + 4 + =
You probably know that / am
as much opposed to the abuse Of
alcohol as you are; but l have
very little faith in legal prohibi-
ton.
Confidential. Yours etc
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1891-11-21
She Likes my 'sTrenchant Re.
bukes'' of Christians.

WHITE HALL, KY, Oct. 3, '9l.
Mr.. g. C. Moore.
DEAR SIR welcome the re-
approach of the Blue Grass Blade
which 1 received last night; and
1 have enjoyed your trenchent
rebukes to the inconsistencies of
US Christians, and hope to put
them to profit.
1 felicitate your Christian
readers on the fact that you have
not entered into q co-partnership
with Rev. Mr.. Neal, which l sup
pose you intended for the purpose
of soothing our feelings narrowed
by your rough and ready attacks
on your points of difference with
us. But in some cases the cause
of Christ is safer in the hands of
unbelievers than in the hands of
protesting disciples. If the book
of Jenises teaches anything it
teaches that in the primal social
state God made male and female
in his own image and gave them
dominion; but that sin brought on
the race the curse of the rule OF
man over woman.
Yet this, with all the other
works of the devil, shall be des-
troyed by the redeeming power
of Christ. "To this end was the
son of God manifested, that he
might destroy the works of the
devil"
Since Rev. Mr.. Neal does not
believe that the restoration of the
equal rights of both sexes is a
part of the Gospel OF Christ, he
is not the kind of a man that your
Christian readers want to have sci
up as a defender of our faith.
The copy I received was of o.
tober 31st. If there was one Of
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1891-11-21
LIQUOR SELLERS INDICTED.

Over 500 selssnkssPsss In MsnDAis
Who Pay No Lacsnss.
Over 500 retail liquor sellers Of
Memphis, Tenn. were indicted by the
Grand Jury for retailing without State
or county license. OF IA retailers
only 2s1 had paid license heretofore.
They had been let alone for politics
sake, and the county alone has lost
$3.50. 900 annually thereby. This b an
Oh year in local policies, hence the o.
slaught, or else Judge DuBoss. .
power in politics, proposes to hold .
whip over the offenders In view Of the
January municipal election. Accord
ing to their leanings so can their pun
,shment be fixed.
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1891-11-21

1 enjoy the praise in letters OF
this kind just as everybody else
does, but it would be bad taste in
me to publish them if my personal
pride were all that is involved
in it.
Such letters coming from the
different parts of the country, I
think are calculated to stimulate
others as we'll as myself to zeal in
the cause of Prohibition and good
morals.
While of course I appreciate
that some of these letters express
compliments personal to me, it is
evident that it is the cause or
causes, l advocate rather than
any personal merit in the defence
of them that calls forth the en-
thusiasm.
These causes are &c pre-emi-
nently superior to the hackneyed
and effete issues of the old politi-
cal parties that l am not at all
surprised when men right fire.
quently meet me and name a list
of papers that they take, and say
they would give them all up be-
fore they would the Blade.
Compare the great possibilities
of the Prohibition movement with
the tim plates, upon which McKin-
ley has lately been elected Gov
ernor of Ohio.
Think of the everlasting, in
fernal humdrum and twaddle the
Democrats and Republicans keep
up about the tariff, when there is
only a difference of five per cent
between them; and when the ad-
ministration of the government
changes from one of these old
parties to the other the comfort
and happiness of the people is not
as much affected by it as by the
periodical change of the Moon.
If the Millennium gets here be-
fore 1 hand in my checks. I in
tend to introduce a resolution that
any man whoever mentions
"tariff," chase BALI or "Annie
Rouney, shall be kicked out"
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1891-11-21
Business, Not sentimens.

"The passage Of the Soldiers Home
Prohibition bill, which stops all Il
censes within a mile from the Home,
l. e., from the lines of the extensive
grounds containing over five hundred
acres, Is not the work Of the Prohibit
tfonists, but Of a set of real estate
Observation-Disclosures Sentinel,
(National beer organ.
Sensible real estate meni II bust
ness men generally held the same
practical views Of the damaging efA
fects Of the saloon on business and real
estate the liquor dealers would not b
30 numerous In our cities as at pres
ant
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1891-11-21

October Oath please send it, as L
want to begin with the beginning
or the new volume.
1 enclose my check for $500.
Very sincerely yours for Tenn
perence and Equal Rights.
LAURA CLAY.
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1891-11-21
A Tale Of two Houses.

Children have what they call
"made up stories and "shonuf"
stories, and they tell them when
they are playing "tend like"
All children play "tend like"
and nearly all of them keep it up
after they get grown. and play it
~ l1eH llves, only they don't call
it sstend like as they did when
they were little.
1 am going to tell you a
ssshonuf" story that l have seen
myself, right here in Kentucky.
I like "shonuf' stories better
than 1 do "made up" stories that
the preachers and temperance
lecturers get off. 1 write this
story Just after coming in from a
walk / have had in one of the
prettiest towns in Kentucky.
Next 18th of February-St.
Valentines day, it will be twenty
five years since l was married,
and 1 heard my wife and my niece
talking about a new silk dress my
wife had that was snow white
when she was married, but it was
now, just by the change of age,
the most exquisite straw color
you ever saw, and really more
beautiful than when new" And
then L heard them say something
about white satin vest of mine
that they were going to pnt a
"gusset" in the back of. That's
one of these V shape things that
makes clothes bigger.
They never tell me anything,
because they are afraid [ will put
it in the paper, so 1 just wrote
along on some chestnut for the
Blade and "tend like" | don't hear;
but / knew that meanta "silrer
Dedding," and l have been careful
ever since not to mention it to
anybody except to Jesse Webb
who was one Of my attendants and
who | met in a barber shop.
The barber heard it, it's true,
but you know BARRIERS never talk
that is "hardly ever"
But my preface is getting longer
than my story.
On this walk that my wife and
1 have just taken in the pretty
little Kentucky town we passed
between two beautiful residences on
opposite sides of the street. We
will call them No. / and No. 2.
Just about the same time we
were married, another young
couple were married and went to
house keeping at No. 1. 1t was
then the handsomest house in the
town. The young man had 9
magnificent Bluegrass farm, and
was easily worth 100000.
His wife had nice fortune too
and was one OF the greatest
beauties 1 ever saw, and was ele
CANT and accomplished; the daugh
ter of prominent family.
The place where the eleganr
residence, No. 2, now stands wa
an unoccupied lot, and the maj
who built house on it was very
poor boy who then lived in thu
town.
The owner of No. 1. concluded h
would try drinking whisky, ant
the boy who now owns No. 2
concluded he would try selling
whisky; and he started a saloon
As 1 passed by No. 2. a reliable
citizen said to me, that the DO!
made the money to build No. 2
and a handsome business hous
besides, in ten years from the tim
he started that saloon.
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1891-11-21

The cheering news goes out that
the Scranton, Pa, People Ia to be con-
tinued as an eightpage Prohibitions
paper. Good, Talhe Morgan's trench
ant pen would be missed in Prohibi-
ton journalism.
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1891-11-21
Missouri is Surprised that Ken.
lucky Does not Uphold me.

BLACKBURN, Mo-, Nov. Z, 1891.
Mr.. {. c. Moore, Lexington, Ky.
DEAR BROTMER-I have again
received an issue of that remarka.
BILE paper, the Blue Grass Blade.
l am glad you did not unite
with any other paper, because
there is no one so clear cut and
bold for the right, as your worthy
self. l am surprised that you are
not upheld by all the noble and
good people of old Kentucky.
They are compelled to take up
your banner and wave her on
high, before justice can ever be
attained; and the soon err the bet
ter.
May success attend you worthy
and noble efforts is the wish of
your advocate.
So continue the Blade to the
address of
M. P. SUGGETT.
P. s. Enclosed l send you $500
for the Blade. The Blade is the
eleventh paper we take.
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1891-11-21
The right way to say Anything.

SOUTH ELKRoRN, Oct. 81, 81.
Mr.. G. C. Moore.
DEAR SIR l do not wish your
paper any longer. Please discon.
tinue.
Respectfully.
A. III. SHROPSHIRE.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1891-12-24

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