The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1893-12-06
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BAD MANNERS. One day last week a
lady from the country rode mp in front
Of one Of Cloverpost's large me rcantile
establishments. From appearances il
was evident that she had come TO town
to do some trading, and the storein front
OF which she had stopped was evidently
the one OF her choice. Across her sad
die was swung about dozen chickens
and two-bushel sack containing some
kind of produce. Within few feet OF
where the lady stopped, one Of the
clerks in this particular store stood on
the sidewalk talking to friend. A
wagon blocked the customers way to the
stile, but the clerk and his friend seemed
not to notice it. The lady was coinpell-
ed to leap from her saddle to the ground,
which she did, lighting almost in the
arms of the clerk and his friend, but they
seemed not to see her. She removed
the sack aud chickens from the animal
with much difficulty and laid them on
the sidewalk, almost at the feet Of the
clerk and his companion, but these gal
liant gentlemen seemed not to observe
her labors. She went and hitched her
own horse and, returning, gathered up
her articles Of trade and, brushing by
the two conversing statues, walked into
the store, bending under the weight OF
her load. The accommodating t?) clerk
followed her with an offended air, as II
it were a piece OF objectionable impu-
dence that customers should thus come
around, disturbing and annoying him
with their patronage.
Several persons who witnessed these
proceedings and actions, from distance
were free to remark that that clerk de-
served firing" on the instant, and that
his friend should receive a lecture on
the subject OF good manners.
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A GRASS WIDow.-Few persons in Clo-
verport know that il contains grass
widow, whose history is little interest
ing.
During the balmy days OF last spring a
young man living in the neighborhood
OF Webster, was frequently seen in this
city. He was counting one OF the fair
daughters of Cloverpoit. This courtship
continued into the sutry days of sum
mer when il became apparent that the
young couple were in dead hard earnest
and the town gossips began togucss MS to
the date OF the wedding "But the
course OF true love" &c. The parents Of
the young lady objected. Not that they
had any objections to the young man
he was known to be nice, gentlemanly
fellow, and of good family--but they
did not want to part with their daughter
at SO early an age, she being only about
| sixteen years old.
As is usually the case under such cir
cumstances, an elopement was planned.
There was to be picnic at Hardinsburg
on certain date and this was the golden
opportunity for the couple to consumate
their plans. To this place of amusement
they pretendingly started, but instead OF
taking the east-bound train for Hardins-
burg they, few minutes later, boarded
the west-bound with Cannelton, Ind,
their objective point. At this favorite
Gretna Green for young people Of this
section OF Kentucky who are suffering
with an accelerated pulsation OF the
heart, they, in the sight of God and a
few other witne sses, repeated the bind
ing VOWS of wedlock and took upon
themselves the yoke of constancy.
They were passengers on the east
bound "Texas" express the same even
ing, but gave Cloverport the go-by, going
on to the home OF the groom.
Now comes the most curios part of
this otherwise everyday story. Not
three weeks had elapsed before the new
made bride returned to the home OF her
parents to seek their forgiveness and to
ask them to again take her under their
vine and fig tree for keeps. OF course,
she was received with open arms, and
her fathers house has since been her
home.
She makes no charges against her
young husband, but just simply says, in
an independent manner that the exper-
fences of married life were disagreeable
and unsatisfactory to her and that she
prefers single blessedness.
This young widow is above the aver
age in good looks, is quite petite, wears
Misses sizes, and, il met by stranger,
would almost be taken for child.