The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1894-08-08
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Miss Annie Jones visited her sister,
Mrs Chas. Kirk, of Mauckport, last
week.
Mrs. Hudspeth is visiting her son at
Tip Top, expects to be gone month.
Jack Harrington, Of Garrett, was buy
ing lambs in this vicinity last week.
Mr.. d. S. Neafus and family are visit
ing his daughter, Mrs, Leander Bruner,
of Hawesville, this week.
Mrs. Albert Morgan after siege OF
nearly three months, is now thought to
be convalescent
John Royal, of Tennessee, and John
Thomas, of Hancock county, spent sew
eral days last week with ]. K. Wiles and
family.
Mrs. S. J. Elder, little son and daught-
err, of Wolf Creek, are spending this
week with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Bewley.
Wash Rhodes, OF near Brandenburg,
was in our neighborhood last week look
ing around for hogs to feed. his wheat to-
Born, to the wife of James King, OF
Paynesville, the oath ult., fine son,
weighing 10 pounds. Gee whiz Brock
enridge, can you beat it?
Misses Carrie and Katie Buzby, of
Hardinsburg, frankie Conway, of Fruit
Ridge, Blanche Frymire, and Mrs. DIR.
Miner, of Preston, attended the base
ball game at Paynesville the 2lst ult.
There was no "boast of heraldry" or
"pomp of power" about the Preston boys
when they done the Fontaine Fields up
at Paynesville. They have been taught
in a school where good manners is one of
the principle branches of study, and like
Gray of old they are prone to muse;
"The paths of glory lead but to the
grave"
DR.. O'Bryan was at home and witness
ed the game of ball.
They have hustler in the Preston
club to the tune of "Bruner." A jim
dandy player and fine looking fellow.
The free ferriage from Haynes Land
ing to Mauckport tempts some of our
people to take glide over the beautiful
Ohio every week, The ferryman plies
his barque between the two ports three
times week, Monday, Friday and Sat
urday.
Mrs. Warmoth who resides between
here and Brandenburg, and who has
been afflicted for sometime with a COM
plant that baffled the skill of all local
physicians, was relieved from her suffer
ing the 25th ult., by deaths's harvest.
A number of physicians met at her home
before the body was entombed in the
family burying ground on the home
place and disected the stomach, finding
the coating entirely gone.
The tract of land on Doe Run Creek
containing $50 acres, including the Old
Oakland Mill and the Sulphur Well,
where so many people gather through
evenings to vile away the sultry mo-
ments in pleasant conversation, and
drink from the health-giving, overflow
ing fountain of sulphur water, has been
transferred by deed to w. d. Coleman &
Co. s3,O64 is the price paid for the en-
tire property. A new roof was to have
been put on the large stone building last
week. 1t now stands a foundation for
some new enterprise in the near future.
/ with Mrs Barnett, of Evansville, Wis
tied the grave OF her mother on the old
homestead where she, Mrs. Barnett
was born and reared and where after
wards passed the golden days of child
hood, my father having moved to
Meade from near Lexington when was
quite small. The marble slab that COW
cred the box-like tomb OF Mrs. Daniel
M. Jones, Mrs. Barnett's mother is brok-
en-, the brick incasement having crumb-
led to earth. The occasion called up
"reminiscences from the sanctuary of
huCiiOiiCo AiOW NNiuiy bhC
beautiful illustration in poetic style by
that gem of authors, Mrs Felicia Her
mans in her "Graves OF Household"
rolled up before us.
"And parted thus they rest. who PLAID
Beneath the same green tree -
The graves of my near relatives are
scattered far and wide." Only two
sleep beneath Meade county's sod.
Truly, "the old home amt what it used
to be, sad changes have made it forlorn."
The stranger has made it wreck of the
past
The article in week before last issue OF
the News headed, "He was hustler"
reminded me OF joke a lightning rod
agent in Fayette county played on Major
Barrett G. Thomas, at that time 40 or IL
years ago. a wealthy race horse owner,
previously Sheriff OF Fayette county.
The Major had fine farm, well stocked
the best blood, bordering Russle turnpike