Blue-grass blade., 1894-11-11

on out-ofthe-way streets, so that men
could slide into them unobserved.
This last venture in that line, however,
comes out on the most prominent part
OF the town, right opposite the old Main
Street Christian Church.
1t was built by money won on race
horses, and is named for a race horse.
All the newspapers in town have sung
its praises, and especially the Observer,
edited by the Christian candidate for
Superintendent of the public schools.
Editor Hodges said to me that he was
ashamed to print his editorial advertising
that cafe, but said he "had to do it to get
money!
The rage for getting money in this
town is greater than it ever was before.
The city is building palatial new banks
and security vault buildings, and the
men at the head of them are always men
distinguished for their prominence in
churches.
The race horse gambling business is
in the most flourishing condition ever
known. At the running race track, the
wooden structures that they had few
years ago have all taken away, and re-
placed by most costly and permanent
and attractive grand stand and club
house. The famous fair ground. that
was originally really here, is only here
in name now. They used to exhibit
on that ground all kinds of live stock
and agricultural products and imple-
ments.
The plain buildings formerly there
have been replaced by most elegant and
commodious buildings, and now only
display of poultry and flowers and vege-
tables and ladies' fancy work in the
floral hall, is there simply as an excuse
for people to go to the tkotting race un-
der the pretence of going to fair. The
only things that make the people come
there are the trotting races, exactly like
they have them at the professed trotting
races. Not even other varieties of
horses attract any interest there. Soon
after the fair, and on the same ground,
are the regular trotting races here, and
they flood this town with the lowest
description of ignorant and vicious men
The fair IS simply training school
for the race track
One of the great Improvements to this
city is Mcgowan street. The buildings
are nearly all new, and the whole street
is used for houses of prostitution. Some
of these are run by white women and
some by negro women, and the whole
prostitution business has the appearance
of thriving.
A right new and elagant building there
is the establishment of Miss Belle Bree,
zing. Four or five years ago she occu
pied small establishment on North
Upper street. Her house now is an ele
giant affair, and is elegantly furnished.
A new feature in entertainment here
that is great assistance to the estab
lishment of Miss Breezing, is the exhi
bition of naked women, at the Opera
house, which is attended by the highest
Christian ladies and gentlemen of the
city. The manager who conducts thi:
exhibition was brought up in the Chris
tian church and is now good Christian
and his parents are members in full tel
lowship at the fine new Christian churcl
to which have alluded.
1 went to that show simply to be able
to certify personally as to its character
l should feel deeply mortified and dis
tressed if one of my sons should 60 t
that entertainment at which l saw
large audience of men and women gazinj
in admiration, and with applause. Ami'
all this enterprise that we are having
developed here, there is one building
that is old and neglected and need
painting, and has general tumble dow
air about it. 1t is the Orphan Asylum
ON West Third street.
There is here Catholic Asylum tha
:11o o0nza4rtinAat Lexnessse aud assista
by the city, that is in a fine and flourish
ing condition. 1t has immense ne,
buildings added to it that 1 never kne,
ANYTHING about until l saw them onl
the day before write this article.
This institution is supported by tn
public money, furnished it by the off
cials here, in order to keep the Iris
faithful to Democracy and it is run
the Catholics as means of convertin
Protestants to Catholicism.
Catholics and Protestants are tn
great Christian parties of this towi
each other so cordially, that one is nc
willing to be buried in the same groun
where the other is; so that out Wes
Main street they have two cemetries on
all Catholics and the other all nonCatf
olics, while the Jew whose daddy wrot
!, the Bible will not be buried with Cithe
of them, but has place all to himsel
If they get up an infidel cemetery al
going to buy lot in it.
If it turns out to be true that some G
these days Gabriel is going around thes
cemeteries and blowing horn to wax
them all up don't want to be where h
will be liable to disturb my rest. war
just to sleep right straight on withor
any waking.