The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1893-06-07
BRANDENBURc.


Mr.. and Mrs ID. w. Lewis were visi-
tors to Mr.. Patteson's family last week.
Mrs. Clint Bryant and cbilden are
with Mr.. and Mrs. Lew Richardson for a
visit. t
Miss Annie hewitt, of Grahamton, is
visiting her uncle, Mr.. r. II. hewitt and
family.
Miss Eliza Johnson went TO Louisville
last week with Mr.. and Mrs. ID. w. Fair
leigh for short stay.
Bro. Kiser preached just lovely SER
mon last Sunday. He's the right man in
the right place. He's in Greensboro this
week.
Dr. Hardin, wife and children spent
last week with the Doctors mother at
Lodiburg. Mabel remained and Fannie
Pusey Phillips joined her last Monday.
The Rev. NJ. M. Benton, an evangelist
from the Episcopal church, will preach
here on Thursday night, Friday morning
and Friday night, June sth and 9th.
Bro. Kiser, who is here TO I'll out the
unexpired time of Bro. Lambuth, is
much interested in the repairing or
building of the NJ. +. church, and says
he will press the matter. He is board
ing at Mrs. McIntyre's.
took survey of the interior of the
court house few days since. The court
room is beauty, in fact, 1t is all an ar
tistic job, put up by those aesthetic
painters, Price & Teare, with regular
Oscar Wilde aspirations.
The strawberry and ice cream supper
last Thursday night was grand success
socially and financially. Thirty-fve dol
lars were the receipts with very little ex-
pense attending. Miss Ida Powell and
band are to be congratulated.
Mrs. Chapeze Wathen expects to leave
in few days to join her husband at
Greensboro. As much as we all dislike
to give her up, she is to be congratulated
upon taking up her residence in 80 pleas
ant and progressive city.
Miss Isabella Bruner will leave We'd
nesday, June 9TH for Illinois to be with
her father and her new step-mother
Isabelle is favorite with every one
here and we shall be glad to receive her
back again in September, when she pro-
poses to return.
The sewing circle of the NJ. +. church
with Mrs. James Lewis president, has
sewed the rags and had woven a nice
carpet for sale, besides sewing enough
rags to pay for the weaving. What
would our churches do without the dear,
good women?
Hugh Green has built cyclone cellar
: and several others are contemplating one.
When clouds arise, especially funnel
shaped ones, and the winds begin to howl
there's general egress to easements and
underground caverns. | would suggest
"big affair" centrally located, where
we could all seek refuge.
Misses Jennie Hardin, Eva and Maud
Herndon did not take their proposed
trip. At the eleventh hour intelligence
came from Lynnland that the party had
declined going. Miss Jennie went to Lou
isville for visit and returned Friday.
Such exquisite hats and bonnets, with
all their dainty accessories that feminine
heart fairly thrills with ecstasy. Miss
Minnie has attained, long ago, the bliss
Of ty;rn a aaut;f,,l hoyv Tor M nfur;r0 a
beau,) and her fingers are as def as a
French maiden.
Last Thursday the Anniversary of the
admission of Kentucky into the sister
hood of States" was celebrated by the
Watterson Club. Among those who
honored the occasion was our fellow
citizen, Mr.. James Lewis, who gave a
talk. Mr.. Lewis is most affable speak
err and always does ample justice to his
subject.
Inotice w. r. Shelby, great grandson
of Kentucky's first Governor, was at the
Kentucky Dedication Day with an ex-
cellent picture of his distinguished an
cestor. The only two heir looms left us
NOV in our possession) by our grand
father, w. q. Beall, are portraits of
Henry Clay and Gov. Shelby. Our niece
Mrs, Edwin Hodge, of Henderson, had
them retouched, handsomely framed and
they now adorn her walls.
Shining on these old rocky hill tops,
smiling on the sparkling waters of the
Ohio, comes June, the fairest month of
all the year. June to me is the season
of perfection. The elimination of beauty
and completeness; when this loneliness
has attained its maturity before the long
heats OF summer have parched and scar
ed aught OF its freshness. It's inhunce Is
reflected in many, many hearts, hence
so many June weddings TO be crowned
with roses, queen of flowers in their rich
est beauty.
The correspondent to the Times from
Kentucky Headquarters, Worlds Fair, is
very complimentary indeed to the ladies
south OF the Ohio river. He says s3me.
thing near a million ladies have already
been on the grounds and not one pretty
except those from that favored cline.
That's myth to me, if the size OF Chica-
COS women's feet is not. He wishes us
to be thankful we were not delegates to
the "Women's Congress" and to be will
ing to "blush unseen" etc. That's all
very well, but for local newspaper to