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Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1891-11-21
.sRum, ROmanism and Re-
belllOn.

Poor Bro. Burchard is dead
again, but his statement that
Democracy is the party of Rum,
Romanism and Rebellion is still
alive and kicking.
The two most competent and
exemplary men in Office in Lex
ington are j. b. Simrall and
James Headley; the first, an AL
derman and the latter the Clerk
of the Circuit Court. They are
both Presbyterians and Christian
gentlmen, and both ex-Confed-
crate soldiers.
Simrall is a son of a Presby-
terian minister deceased, who was
an excellent man, and is a nephew
of John c. Breckenridge.
He is perhaps the most intelli-
gent defender of Democratic poll
tics in Lexington. He is d drug
gist and is in successful business.
He wanted to be mayor of Lex
ington. Hull Davidson, a saloon
proprietor, showed him under so
deep that a St. Bernard dog could
not dig him out.
Mr.. Headley. like Simrall, is a
model man, or as near 80 as any
man can be who is not Prohibi-
ZIONIST. He has discharged the
duties of bis office for years with
absolute satisfaction. Now an
Irish Catholic, James Rogers,
wants the Office, and the indica
tions are that Mr.. Headley will
have to step down and out.
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1891-11-21

But l have not as yet seen cause
to reconsider any of the positions
of the "Rational View" Where
touch upon questions regarding
the origin of the universe and the
evolution of man; of the existence
of a great First Cause, and of the
Immortality of the soul and ques-
tions german thereto, all of
which are necessarily and essen
tally merely speculative, l have
only given what were my best
Impressions at the time of writing
and that are such to this time. All
such conjectural views must be
subject to continual emendation
as new light is gained. But in
those instances where l claim to
speak dogmatically concerning
what is commonly known as the
''internal evidences" of the script
ures / am satisfied that my posi-
tions are irrefutable.
The argument against "plenary"
inspiration-which is the only
theory of inspiration worthy of
consideration-which is based
upon discrepancies and the quota
tiohs from the Old Testament
which are applied as prophecies in
the New Testament, is scarcely
less defensible than a proposition
in Euclid.
know that much of what l
have said in my book sounds rabid
and ultra, as things sound in my
paper. This is not a style adopted
for the mere purpose of shocking
the prejudices of others. 1t is
thus not merely because "brevity
is the soul of wit" but is done to
economise the time of my readers
and the expense of publication.
In nearly all the current writers
on these subjects it sounds to me
as if they beiiere more than they
deem it prudent to sag.
The practice of expediency I
have never regarded as a very
high virtue. l believe that un-
biased intelligence that reads my
book to-day will feel that / am
right but | do not believe that it |
will often say so.
1 believe however that my views
are strictly rational and that they |
will be commonly received in the
years after / am dead.
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1891-11-21

Joe Mulhattan, the great Ken
lucky cave liar, has come to grief,
as the following special from
Pittsburg will show: "Jos. Null
haitian, well-knOwn throughout
the country as Orange Blossom
the writer of some of the most
startling and marvelously untrue
stories ever published by the news
papers, was arrested here to-day,
charged with stealing money from
Patrick O'Toole, a roommate.
OTOOle alleges that he met Null
haitian in saloon last night, and
having missed his train accepted
an invitation to share Mulhattan's
room for the night. When he
arose this morning Mulhattan was
missing and SO was his money.
He reported the matter to the au-
thOrities and the accused was ar
rested this afternoon. He denied
taking the money, but the amount
said to have been taken was found
in his possession. He was locked
up for a hearing tomorrow
Bourbon News.
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1891-11-21
As ar evidence that | am, the

As ar evidence that l am tn,
personal friend Of Mr.. Rogers,
offer the fact that in Dog Femme
precinct where I vote. the frs
vote on the poll books, at th'
election at which Mr.. Rogers wal
elected, is my vote for him, to-
sheriff; there being no Prohibition
candidate.
] voted for him because | be.
lieved him a nice man, and would
make a-good sheriff because ht
had Mng and competently dis.
charged the duty of deputy sheriff
Istiilthink him a nice and COM
petent man, and he and his father
in-law are both patrons of my pa
per.
l have said before, and now re-
peat it that Presbyterianism is the
worst religion in the world and
Catholicism next; 90 that l can
have no religious prejudice in ia
vor of Mr.. Headley and against
Mr.. Rogers.
1 hope Rogers will beat Head
ley as bad as Davidson beat SIM
rail-.
1 want the people of Lexington
to see that q Protestant has no
political rights that Catholic is
bound to respect.
Simrsll is my personal friend,
and has been from boyhood, and
l have patronized him exclusively
in his business for years.
1 am glad that Davidson beat
him. because l want him and
others to see that man who does
not keep saloon has no political
rights in Lexington that a saloon
keeper is bonnd to respect.
Next to having a true blue Pro-
hibitionist, the best thing for
Prohibition is to fill all of the Of
fees chock full of saloon keepers
and Catholics.
The better class of Democrats
will get their eyes open after a
while simifia similibus curantur,
means the hair of the dog is good
for the bite.
It's good medicine. A Pres
byterian hates Catholic worse
than he does the devil, but the
Presbyterians will grin and bear
it, like that Spartan boy that had
the cooh under his jacket. But
it does my very soul good clear
down III my boots to know how,
away down in their hearts, these
old xSll-and-you-won't-and-be-
damrfei if-you-don't Presbyte-
rians will squirm under this
Headldy case.
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1891-11-21
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The foregoing..tells that we are to
have some Moore good Prohibition
agitation. We are glad to see the
Blue Grass Blade at work cutting
such a wide swath among the incon-
slant voters. Moore knows how to
write and should be supported in the
work. There is a wide field in Ken
lucky for Prohibition papers. 1850, :
900 population should support 372
Prohibition papers.
The idea of our suspending the
Journal is one Moore joke. Moore
should try to tone down somewhat,
like we have; not because we say so,
but because it will aid him in the
work. Good Prohibitionists will read
the Blade any way, but there is class
that we want to reach with PrOhibi-
ton logic that will not read either
one of our rantankerous sheets, but
it took us some time to learn it. A
man with strong convictions and a
knowledge of the righteousness of his
cause, is liable not to see his faults.
Experience has been a good teacher
for us, and we give this advice gratis
to Brother Moore1Southern Jour-
nal.
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1891-11-21
An I'm AOis Man IL u Little
Miys1 in his Judgment Of
my Book.

JACKSONVILLE ILLS, Oct. u, 81.
My DEAR Shiny reader has
read to me your "Rational View"
of Christianity; in the main l
think justly showing up the ir-
rational discordances of the Pope's
Bible, and church word of the
fourth century, which never had
anything to do with our pro-
claimed Christ word of the first
century, certainly it never had any
sort OF authority or approval from
Christ himself, or from any real
Christ word now .extant in the
world.
l have recently dictated little
book on these points to my writer,
now just through the press, a copy
of which l will request my pub
fishers to mail to you.
Iapprove of all attempts to clean
up and clear up the real orig
inal Christ word, and your book
helps on the needed expurgation.
l well knew and listened to your
grandfather, that grand old man
Father Stone, and TO Alexander
Campbell when he was here.
They both did a grand work in
separating the church creed from
the Pope's Bible of the fourth GEN.
tury; but they made no attempt to
separate the real Christ words
from the immense pile or deluge
of church words, with which they
were, in that century, totally
overwhelmed. l could not there
fore unite with them though l ad-
mired them. They did not go far
enough. They left all the dirt and
rubbish in the parlor, only some
what piled up in heaps.
But your method seems to me
to throw dirt, rubbish, furniture,
goods and all out Of the window.
l have adopted the other course
of saving the goods and letting
the dirt and rubbish go; though |
confess its pile is vast and huge
the accumulation of all the apos
tate ages.
Can we not unite in saving
enough to base our own free states,
schools and institutions upon; es-
pecially as they were. l believe,
born wholly out of them, and can
not long exist in any other possi-
BILE basis?
Please inform me how this
strikes you.
Yours truly,
j. B. TURNER.
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1891-11-21

That is a touching story to any
man who ever knew 10 Mulhat-
tan.
You never saw a nicer little
gentleman than he seemed to be;
was the pink of perfection in his
dress and manners, as gentle as a
good woman, and a man that
every body felt like being a friend
to.
He was a drummer for hard
ware house in Louisville. He
had fancy for writing stories for
newspapers the joke of which was
to have them as unreasonable as
it would be possible to make
them and still have them be-
lieved.
One of his best ones was an ac-
count of monkeys having been
trained to break hemp in Clark
county, in this state. He gave
touching account of the inhuman
manner in which the monkeys
were treated by the farmers.
Of course people here knew
that monkeys could not break
hemp, but the account elected a
little from lady member of a
Humanitarian Society in london.
JOS name got to be a proverb
as that of liar, but it was not
understood at all to apply
to his veracity. He was
friend to newspaper men, and
liked to be about newspaper Of
fees, and l have seen him go of
to saloons with them when |
thought his only purpose was to
be a good friend to them SO they
would give him "puffs" that
would help him and his business
house.
Not a great while ago whisky
put him in a lunatic asylum. Now
he is in Jail.
That's the way whisky is doing
all the time, but everybody ex-
cept a few Prohibition cranks say
it's all right.
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1891-11-21
Pref. ]. j. Rucker Tries 10
Harmonic the DiscOrd
made BY the Voices
"UngodIy League
Editorial.

On the night of November 9
in the Christian church in George
town, / heard Prof. Rucker make,
to q good audience a Prohibition
speech that l am willing to pay
$500 toward having him deliver
over this state, at any time he can
do it, before the Presidential elec-
ton in '92.
The main and almost only fea-
ture of the argument, is what has
been officially said in favor of
Prohibition by twenty-six relig-
ious denominations in the United
States; by the Court of Appeals of
the state of Kentucky; by Gov
ernor Leslie. of Kentucky, and by
q Congressional Committee ap-
pointed to report upon the effects
of the liquor traffic in the United
States.
This is the committee whose
report to Congress was defeated
by Col. Breckenridge of this state,
though Prof. Rucker did not al
lude to the fact in his speech.
The Professor attempts har-
mony of the discord among Pro-
hibitionists that has been occa-
stoned BY the editorials of the
New York Voice, that charge
the churches with the RESPONSE
bility. The Professor acquits, OF
fails to acquit, the churches OF
this Indictment, according as we
regard the official actions of their
members as constituting the senti-
ments of the churches.
Ifwhat the churches in their
official capacity have said consti-
tutes the position Of the churches
on the liquor traffic, then twenty
six religious denominations of the
United States embracing all that
are generally known, are in favor
of a suspension of the liquor
traffic.
If however, the way four-ffths
of the members of these churches
have uoted constitutes the voice
of the churches, then these
churches, or the church, if we re-
gard it in its collective capacity
Is Just as certainly a "bulwark
Of the liquor traffic." as the Voice
said it was, as that the Demo
cratic party Of Kentucky is such
"bulwark."
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1891-11-21

appreciate the compliment
implied in the fact that one SO ev-
identity intelligent on the subject
under discussion should have
taken pains to read my book so
critically and inform me of his i'm
pressions of it in 80 kind manner,
though he does not wholly agree
with me.
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1891-11-21

Ii all OF these things were told
in novel or upon the stage. they
would not sound natural, would
they?
No, that thing about men being
brought to their senses and voting
against the whisky traffic after
the "chickens have come home to
roost," and misery has been
brought into our own families, !
am sorry to say, does not work
like you suppose it would. 1t
does not make them penitent.
Like Ephraim they are Coined to
their IDOLS" and they seem to
show that" misery loves com
pany," and because whisky has
blasted their cons, they will still
vote for it, in the hope that it
may blast my son and the good
sons of other men so that others
may not crow over them.
l know what am saying when
l say that there are in Kentucky
hundreds of men who punctihously
observe the outward forms Of
Christianity who would chuckle
to themselves with diabolical joy,
if they would only hear that one
of my sons had fallen victim to
liquor.
You read in the Blade where a
good man spoke of me as "casting
out the whisky devil"
He spoke more wisely perhaps
than he knew.
Kentucky is to-day full of men
who call themselves Christians.
who are just as truly possessed
Of DEVILS" as was the man of the
Gaderenes spoken Of in the New
Testament.
That Gadarene was simply
what We call "crazy," at this day.
These Christian people who are
voting with the Democrats and
the Republicans and therefore
voting for liquor, are simply
crazy on the liquor question, and
like all other crazy people they
think any man who opposes them
is crazy. If the minds of the peo.
pie of Kentucky we're as
thoroughly unbalanced on a few
other things as they are upon the
liquor question, our state would
be incapable of self government,
and we would lapse into anarchy,
if somebody else did not take care
Of us.
The people are literally "pos-
sessed of the devip just as they
were in New Testament times.
This liquor infamy has come on us
SO by degrees from age to age that
the people are incapable Of rea-
soning about the enormity of it.
They are, on that subject
just as truly monoman;aes
as many patients in the Lu-
natic Asylum at Lexington.
In Georgetown where l am
writing there was lately pointed
out to me an elegant residence
that was said to have been built
by a man who made the money to
build it and another fine house, in
the last ten years, by selling
whisky at five cents drink.
The Christian people here think
that is all right, but if some Chi
namen were to come here to open
an opium den, these Christians
would think the opium den ab-
surd. Opium is o harmless drug
compared with whisky. but there
are whisky dens anywhere in the
town, and walking the streets are
men in poverty the results of
whisky who were elegant young
gentlemen of the prominent fami-
lies when I was a boy.
These Christian people see it,
but they still have the saloons,
and are raising up another genera
ton of the same kind.
This phenomenon can only be
accounted for On the hypothesis
that the people are possessed Of
a devil" and are incapable of ex-
ercisinp ordinary good Judgment.
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1891-11-21
A Part Of n Letter From u Chip
Ofthe old Block
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, |

'
KNOXVILLE, Sept. II, 1891.
MY DEAR FArHER-Mama wrote
me letter to-day saying You
were going to supend the Blade.
Of course 1 am very sorry hut l
suspect it is best, as the excite
ment is more than you and Mama
ought to stand.
l am very eorry that you have
made enemies, but l shall never
regret single issue of the paper.
The Blade was not at fault. 1t
was the cowardly set of people
who could not stand to have the
truth told about them.
You have fought good fight
and have done your part toward
the advancement of humanity.
What greater thing could you have
done?
The friends you have now are
true ones. Those you have lost
We're not worth having.
If live long enough 1 believe
l will be highly respected on ac-
count of my father.
/ am not frightened by anybody
attempting to. assault you; for
those people know you too we'll.
But il you all don't Quit pretend
ing to be, you may look for me up
in Kentucky before long.
l think that piece in the Leader
was about as absurd as an article
could be.
Such pieces will not amount to
anything. Please do keep out of
public life after this. You will
find the farm just as interesting if
you don't work too hard x X x x x
This is part off letter from my
son, that l have just come across
in q package OF unanswered cor
respondence.
I have to do SO much newspa-
per writing that l am a poor pri-
vate correspondent.
! am proud of my son, and no
letter that l have gotten encour-
aged me so much as that one.
He would not have written with
out marking it "confdential," if
he had not thought the Blade had
permanently suspended.
l publish it because it tells an
interesting tale. Doesn't it seem
strange tina, in this land of Uni
versities and colleges and churches
q son would have to cheer his
father for the discouragements he
meets in trying to stop SO fragrant
q crime as that against which the
Blade is working?
If to have a son who can con-
sistently talk like that is SO great
a source of happiness to me, what
must be the misery of the father
OF one of these young men whose
faces show them to be debauched
by liquor!
Somebody may say l am brag-
ging too soon on my Son but he is
twenty-one years old and has never
yet tasted liquor or toba eco, and
| am not afraid.
The misery of parents with
drunken sons and the happiness
OF parents with dutiful sons equally
appeal to good men to do all they
eau to put down this awful crime
of the liquor trafice, but even
men who are good in other re-
spects seem to be blinded as by
some infatuation when it comes
to this greatest of all sins, the
liquor traffic.
Just as long as my son abstains
from the first drink of liquor l
will have absolutely no fear that
he man bring sorrow upon the
gray hairs of my old age, but as
soon as l hear he has taken his
first drink, a shaft will 60 into my
heart that will quiver there as long
as l live.
would not have him deliber-
ately to take that first drink, even
of wine at social entertainment
from beautiful and sweet girl,
for 100000.
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1891-11-21
Kaufman. Straus & Co.

ASOSS44AASO&8s NSO8 - S40 ~ wv
l2,EAST MAIyDSTREET.
New goods arriving daily Laces and embroeres
patterns We show them all of materials for
in Lexington, anticipating make Spring Underwear
Chdrens Misses Dresses White Goods
amning our stock of these goods.
Early Spring W00len Dress Mater ISL
Novelty Sung the oldest patterns entirely
pleasing below from
to 81 yard line of spring shades of lust
opened coors change spite of the additional duty
them
DIS.
Just received and put stock quantity of fine Zephyr Cling
hams all patterns and coon modest stripes checks
Scotch pads and stripes They quoted 3O we have
marked them 2Oc yard full line of dress Gghams in
designs, estimated to be worth l5c; price 1Oc
LADIES' MUSLIN UNDERWEAR SPECIAL SALE
Forty dozen Chirens Muslin Drawers button hoes patent
facing, at 10c pair worth zoe.
Ladies Mother Hoher Hubbard Gown good trimmed
a soc; they worth S3c.
Lakes Muslin Drawers Fruit of the Loom" Cotton deem hem
and tucks above 22c; worth 4Oc.
Ladies' walking skirts deep Cambria rufe 49c worth 75c
New Spang Hosiery Ladies and Gents We fortunate
securing many Ladies' Cotton Lsle Hose in both
black and fancy prior the going effect the
BILL and thereon will show how these early purchases
fit customers.
Ladies' regular made fast black Hose regular price a5c we
still have them marked 25c.
Ladies' black and coored Le Hose 6Oc We still offer
them at 4Oc
Ladies' fancy striped Cotton Hose patterns costing you now
40c; still marked at 25c
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1891-11-21
TOILET Articles.

Colgate Turkish Bath Soap fu dozen 5Oc Glycerne
different at 42c box Epey Cream genuine article 2Oc
Vaane in bottles for household purposes only
per quart bottle
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1891-03-13
Canaan.

March 2.-Charles Green has he
come able to ride out.
The sud len a ash OF the big mete
or" gave quite surprise TO several OF
our people last Monday morning.
1t Is reported that John Finley.
finding his family responsibilities in
this section too pressing, left sst Thurs.
day night for parts unknown.
About sevepty-five invited friends
OF Miss Minnie Goddard met at Grange
Hall SATURDAY. evening aud had very
pleasant time until the clock warned
them that the week Was about ended
Elisha May. Esq. from St Johns
bury, has l'een ia town the past week
Oh business.
The very severe wind tue past week
has been the hardest known for u long
time here Considerable damage was
done to buildings. The hotel barn
OF w. b. Cook was biz VII of last TUES.
day. making it necessary to build il
over new.
List OF officers elected at the annual
March meeting: Moderator-ll II Luz
Cas-. Clerk y lloilon. Selectuen-
IL Ii Luca>, F J James, Guy Trask
Treasurer-GIlbert Hartman. Over
seer Of the Poor-S + Weeks. LIST Con
STABLE Quiunby; 81, A Il AIdTich
Collector OF raIes-Guy Trask. List
ers-Alonzo edwards. Hiram SchoG
Fay Deuett. Auditors-Jonn Gilman,
Carlos Green, William Morrill, Town
Grand Juror-W Morrill,. Supt. oil
schooI--A = Pot 10. Raised 10 pei
cent. on the grand list for expenses oi
the town.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1891-03-13
Concord Land Sale for Taxes.

THE non resident proprictors OF the town
u u Concord In the County al kSscK, ATE
hereby notinei that the taxes assessed by
said town Tor the ye.,Is lhaS. iSSS and lstN re-
main either IN " hole or IN part unpaid on the
following described lands IN said tow Y tow IL a.
About ], acre OF Land with the buildings
thereon. situated In the Village 81 last Con
cord supposed owner. Carrie RthHn.
The Colby saw mill, 80 called. with the land
connected and machinery therein, situated
ut North Concord About acres OF land with
the bui ding-. known as the John y. Moore
place at North Concord: aI~o the Frank brew
place, 30 called. being about Acrcs ui land.
with the On ldin.- thereon; also all that pa ri
Of Lot No. ~, which lies east Of MOoEe River.
In that part OF Concord formerly bradley
Vale; all that part Of Lot No. Ia 1th Range;
all that part OF Lot No in sth Range with
all the buildings thereon. owned by Henry T..
Hastings; Lot No in the 9th iiRngc: (, of
Lot No. SIN 9Th Range: all that part OF Lot
No In 9TH Rangr; all that part OF Lot No
IN eih Range, owned by Henry &. Hastings
the blacksmith shop and the dwelling house
occupied by 4. W. Bel'ling at North Con cord
| supposed owner. iIenry {. Hastings.
The house, and Land connected. at North
Concord, formerly occupied by Hastings 4
FulIcuzhy for a BOARDING house; supposed
owner, Mrs 4. NJ Hastings.
G. J Bres,EWoo md wife. list Of 1888. list
81 30: tax S!i'.
nc Hastings, list OF 1881. list SIS o.: tax
sl3o.3L Lis: Of lseo, list sn 81; tax 50 So
\ NJ IsiingS list of $50, list IS 50; tax Sc ii
Aud ~ nucl OF said lands Will he s4Jld AT
public auction AT the West Concord House In
said Concord, on the 18th day OF March, next
site 10 discharge SAID taxes with costs, unless
previously paid.
Dated at Concord. Vt, February 81. 1890.
AID fORSAFrlI. Corr OF Town Taxes