The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1891-06-13
MUCH ABUSED FRANKFORT.
A. Favorite Correspo ndent
Visits the State Capital
to Witness an Impos-
ing Ceremony
And While There Makes up
His Mind That it has
Been Subjected to
Much Unmerited
Malignment.
NORRIS MONUMENT UNVEILED.

Editor FaUorite:
Having lust returned from the un
yelling of the monument of l.. p
Blackburn at Frankfort on the 9th
and on the 10th the unwilling of the
monument erected to the memory O
DR.. Rob. Morris, at Lagrange, have
somewhat to write about with your
permission.
After the Masons in royal armor
had received and dedicated the
Blackburn monument, Mr.. Beckner,
of Winchester, and Gen. Basil Duke,
of Louisville, addressed the vast as
sembly, on the life and distinguished
services Of the illustrious dead
brother, physician and statesman.
On the 10Th, as stated, the grand
lecturer, Bro. Fisk, assisted by the
fraternity, unveiled the monument of
Rob. Morris, the most imposing and
costly structure ever erected to the
memory of a Mason. 1t was built by
every lodge in the United States and
was therefore national affair.
Bro. Morris, it seems, had attained
to higher degree in Masonry than
any man now living and was poet
laureate of the world in Masonry.
The attention and tender courtesies
extended to his widow were touch
ing in the extreme. AS slight re-
turn for the honors conferred upon
her husband Mrs. Morris presented
the DeMolay Knights sword DR..
Morris had received from the hands
of a distinguished crowned head
brother of Europe, and to the Com
mandery of Louisville the head OF an
Elk with high horns, to be placed in
their lodges as a memento OF his love
for Masonry and the fraternity
throughout the world.
We are certain that the city of La
grange never witnessed more i'm
posing and grander occasion than
the unwilling of the tomb of her
distinguished dead, DR.. Robert
Morris.
AS intimated above, in my peregri-
nations, visited the Capital of the
State, Frankfort, the worst cursed
city in the universe. Her peniten-
Hole of Calcutta" the State-house, a
travesty on common sense and good
Judgment the basin in which it
stands, as generator of malaria,
and that her hills absolutely prevent |
obstruction to the full-orbed rays of |
the sun for many homes during the
day. All this l found to be an
exaggeration suggested by sinister
motives, to-wit: the removal of the !
Capital. With a certain assurance of
a permanent location OF the Capital |
at it's present site, like the tabled |
bird, Frankfort would rise up from |
4 "a of
outlay, comparatively, of money,
make Capital building equal to the
demands of the most fastidious and
and exacting. IF l were legislator,
the smiles Of as lovely women as ever
graced terra firma, who reside in the
aforesaid city, would prompt me to
use every effort possible to perpet-
uate the Capital in it's present locality
forever. AS token of my senti-
ments in this direction / shall vote
FOR the Constitution which insures it's
Kentucky's illustrious
lead Of the century past, who have
ound resting place here, is an argu-
nent against all others in opposition
10 the removal of the State-house.
l visited the cemetery in East
Frankfort at an hour which seemed
The luscious odor of the {
verdure gave to the hal {
owed spot a fascination that even :
he solemn tombstones could not
lestroy. The blue grass had become
carpet Of green velvet. The lilacs [
md dog wood scented the wandering, !
freeze and their white and purple {
plendor pleased the eye. The {
toilet and white clover peeped forth /
ere and there and in their most |
modest way added to the beauty that c
lorified the resting place of those ]
whom we loved while living, and a
rho have passed from the stormy a
7aters of earthly life to the calm .
aven that awaits the weary soul. O
Iere lay, notably, Daniel Boone, Q
lows. Madison, Adair, Dick Johnson, n
j. Crittenden, Chas. Morehead, b.
. Clark, L. p. Blackburn and the u
oble slain of many an ensanguined =
attic field, and to whom has erected
monument worthy of their fame-a
lore beautiful and picturesque spot
annot be found anywhere than the IL
bove groupd~ 81
In con, priuu wish to return
hanks to mlu2 bort chaperono and b
lend Howard, ,r'er and Onion Of
" especial at, cpJ Jn extended re
lille in their mi, Cd. ", ~. sc
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