The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-11-30
The Innocent often suffer
for the Guilty.

Before the war it was customary,
among the people living along the
Ohio River, to load lnng, covered |
fiat boats with potatoes, apples,
onions, corn, beans, whisky and in |
fact nearly al kinds Of produce, |
and send them down south. The
southern planters, at that time,
raised scarcely anything except
cotton and sugar. and depended
almost wholly upon the Middle
States for all they ate.
A young man who lived near
Guyandolt, now in West Virginia,
usually made trip each year. with
what was known as a New Orleans
Boat" loaded with produce. He
usually went as laras New Orleans.
After time, he became quite well
acquainted with many Of the peo-
pie oil that city. Among whom
was a young lady whom he learned
to love as his own life. Finally
The two agreed to blend their for
tunes together in matrimonY. But
the ND adage is often too true.
There is May a Flip between the
the cup an tile lip
One night while the young man
was walking along one Of the
streets, he heard, in an alley, the
plaintive cry, murder murder !
Like a noble, true Virglnian he
rushed into the alley to relieve the
unknown one who was in distress.
He discovered two villains plung-
ing their daggers into the man
who shrieked for help. As he came
upon the scene, the two Villains ran
away into the darkness, leaving
their fallen victim sweltering in his
blood. The sympathizing young
man reached downward ana pulled
out one Of the daggers which was
remaining in the dying mans body.
An officer not far away, heard
the cry, murder ! in the alley, and
came up at the same instant the
young man drew the dagger from
the body. There being no one else
in sight except the dying man and
the young Vi=ginian, the officer
came to the conclusion that the
young man, who stood with the
bloody dagger in his hand, was the
murderer and proceeded to arrest
him as such. For many long
months the young man lay in
prison. Finally, through the un-
questionable proof Of good charac-
| tier, he was pardoned. During his
Imprisonment, the girl whom he
loved SO earestly, regarded him as
a murderer and married another
man. The pressure was so great
upon the mind Of tbs young man,
that he became raying maniac
and died in the asylum, So ended
the life OF a worthy,innocent young
man.
The foregoing seems to illustrate
a great political fact OF the present
day.
In 1892 the cry Of murder" was
heard in ore of the alleys of the
city of Washing on. From all
parts Of the country the Democrat
ic party, in great mass, rushed to
the scene. They found Uncle Sam
stabbed and robbed. and discovered
the enemy, the Republican party,
sneaking away into the darkness.
The wounds upon the person OF
Uncle Sam were not fatal, yet, they
we're Of a serious nature, and it re-
qui.ed many months TO heal the
deep wounds which mad been in
fiicted. In the body was found the
cut of McKinleyism which reached
almost to the heart. In another
place the Federal Election Law. In
another the Silver Purchasing Bill.
In fact all over the body were found
wounds and cuts. The great Dem
ocratic Physicians Of the day pro-
ceeded to dress the ugly wounds
and restore health to the patient as
rapidly as possible. But great ply
sicians often disagree in IA case.
No doubt the patient would have
recovered more rapidly bad Drs.
Hill, Briee and others been in hor-
mony with the rest. But they re-
fused TO use what the others
thought were the best remedies and
the result was that the patient lin
gered for many months until the
people, who stood outside the Hos
pital awaiting the news, became
tired and uneasy.
Many days and sleepless nights
passed while the PATIENTS health