The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1893-03-29
BRANDEN BURG.

Mr.. Joe Mattingly, from Concordia,
was in town last week.
Jack Hall, from Kansas City, is back,
glad to see old friends and relatives.
Miss Isabelle Bruner has been quite
sick for the last week but is convalescent
Miss Minnie Casperke is in the city to
take her usual items in Spring millinery.
Ms. ]. w. Richardson had a pleasant
visit, last week, to Mrs. Dick Shacklett,
OF Oak Grove.
Miss Maggie Green, who has been as
sistant teacher in the high school, will
leave this week for her home in Louis
Vile.
Miss Mary Pusey will spend her Easter
holiday at home. Mary loves old Bran
denburg and everybody in it, and getting
back is always treat.
. L. L. Lewis and his sisters, Misses Lula
and Nellie, visited Miss Eva Carrigan
last week, and attended Presbyterian
church at Custom, Sunday.
We all remembered the cyclone OF
March 81, 1890, and when the storm came
last Thursday night we felt little" shaky"
but our old town escaped without any
damage.
Miss Bertha Lewis will arrive Thursday
night, accompanied by Miss McLuire, to
remain till after Easter. Miss Lula Lewis
will return with them to make visit OF
some length.
Mrs. G. G.. Moremen is a great sufferer
with her ear, which is so swollen and in
famed she rests neither day nor night,
Her physician thinks she was bitten by
poisonous bug.
The Soda Ash plant is moving ahead
with quite breeze. The five story build
ing is assuming large proportions, and by
May number of buildings will have
been completed.
Brother and Sister Lambuth left Mon
day, for Hardinsburg, to enjoy the meet
ing there and visit old friends. Bro. LAM
buth served them as pastor about four
teen years ago.
Mrs. Casperke was called back imme-
diately to Louisville to see her sister, who
has since died. The other members of
the family went up TO attend the funeral.
Mrs. Casperke has our sympathy.
"Our girls" all have beautiful new
spring dresses, ready for Easter or any
other time. The sleeves, yes the sleeves
are slightly large, while the skirts are
slightly narrow to WIDE, but we have an
anti-crinoline society, 80 the men need
not fear.
The Easter flowers are in full bloom,
looking sweeter and fresher than other
wise because nature elsewhere is dreary
and refuses to make preparations for ap-
preaching Easter-to rejoice that Christ
our Lord has arisen and the gloom OF the
grave dispelled.
Prof. McAuliffe's school closed last Fri
day. There were great regrets by both
pupils and patrons that the school should
close 80 early, but as it was due to Prof.
McAuliffe's poor health no one could
censure him. 1t is to be hoped we can
secure him for the Fall term.
Idon'ttry to keep pace with the numer-
GUS office-seekers, but am not so self
ish as to be Indifferent to my Meade
county friends. haven't had news from
the Hon. Gus w. Richardson since his
return from Washington, but hope that
he may yet capture some Of the pie that
is awaiting seizure.
Miss Jennie Hardin attended the Elk
ron Literary Society, held at her sisters,
Mrs. Dan Roberts, last Friday night. An
interesting program of music, Rotations,
select readings, ETC., is always furnished
by this society, which reflects great credit
upon them. Why can not Brandenburg
emulate their example?
Farmers wives have been in "the swim"
all this past winter and spring, because
eggs and butter have hoated at high tide.
A friend told me yesterday she had sold
eighty dozen this month, and at one time
when they were twenty-five cents she
took eight dollars worth at one time to
market. Her husband thinks she must
have bank account.
Two young ladies' in our community
are diligently pursuing the study Of mu-
sic, preparing themselves to teach. This
means work,-practicing four or five
hours each day, besides theory. But isn't
1t praisewo,thy and commendable for a
young lady to be willing TO labor to attain
perfection and fit herself TO be self-sus-
taining2