The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1893-11-29
SIROCCO.

The Highland prayer meeting has
"busted."
Prevalence. of mumps, IN the ,neighbor
hood has CAUSED some Of Mrs. Althes
Morgan's scholars 70 quit school nszN
Tom Thornsberry is out again shifting
the northwest breeze with greater
relish for 40 cent loyercoatsS than he
had last winter. Tom is gaining pound
each day and looks as happy as a stage
horse in green pasture.
Mr.. Leander Bruner and sister, loi
Hancock county, after spending a week
with Miss Gertie Neafus and other
friends, have returned home. , u
R. S. Abel, OF Oak Grove, and Miss
Rosa Brown, OF Cold Spring neighbor-
hood, were united in the holy bonds Of
matrimony the 4th inst. Rev. j. G,
Argabright officiating.
No, Brandenburg, am one Of those
unfortunates who did not get to the
Fair, but please don't place meaon The
"bottom round of the ladder"
"For of all sad words of tongue of pen,
The saddest are these, it might have BEEN"
Mr.. Will Coleman, of Sulphur Springs,
on his return from the Worlds Fair pre-
scented his wife with a handsome
present, a souvenir Of the great ColuIn-
bian Exposition, a cover for center
table OF Turkish design. Each corner
representing man and woman in the
the act Of gathering potatoes. AS we see
them the church bell across the way is
Ginning the hour OF vesper, work sus-
ponds, while our worthy couple of SER
vial toll bow their heads in humble de-
votion. The man has dropped his fork,
the woman has set her basket brim full
of the fruits of their toll down on the
ground. Numerous potatoes are scatter
ed about here and there, while to one
side stands a little, two-wheel vehicle, a
hand propeller, which conveys their little
crop to the store house. 'H' '9a 'h
And Rev. Salem, of "Sweet Owen" is
preaching in Cloverport When l first
noticed the item in the Plaindealer, hav-
ing overlooked it in the NEWS, | was
thrilled with an indesc. ible feeling as
though messenger from home, sweet
home, had suddenly doomed up before
me and was about to recount scenes
of by gone days. Not that Owen
county was my former home, but Fay
cite county was, and oft have passed
Sias church just across the line in Bour-
bon county where Mr.. Salem preached
for years, and where time and again !
have heard him expound biblical truths
to kindred and friends, many of whom
now
.sleeps the sleep that knows no waking,
BY the golden river shore.r ir5.a,sy -,
And my heart yearns with sadness
when familiar name in print causes my
thoughts to revert to the halcion, days o.
wore, .8iRe T0t m1sf silhpibF =
"when life seemed as fair, asths sunny edged
Floating over IA home by the sea-" y
Mr.. Salem is converted Jew,and used
to tell little joke on himself to the
effect that when he first came to this
country he had never seen any corn
bread, though he had heard much talk
about it and had great desire to partake
OF the toothsome food Taking passage
on steamer at New Orleans, think, al
he was on his way TO Kentucky, the
bread his mouth had watered for so lont
was passed to him for the first time at the
dinner table, He thoughtit was pound
cake and took a pretty good size slice
Imagine his surprise when he had taker
abite to find Gas he thought) its constit
uent parts were made up of sawdust
He had been taught that it was sign o
ill-breeding to leave anything on hi
plate at the table or in other words t
take more.oH his plate than he could ca
consequently he found himself in di
lemma to get out OF which taxed hi
mental powers, as he felt that Il woul'
be impossible for him to swallow thu
gritty mixture before him, and really
have forgotten which Of the two evils HI
eschewed. Suffice it to say that the frs
place he stopped after yseachipgo tern
firnia he was asked II Ne would nave
piece of corn-bread. lie certainly woul'
fore orn- bread had been indelibly impress