The record-union., 1895-02-14
A RHAPSODY ON KENTUCKY.
The Men and Women. the Whisky
Horses and Tobacco.

The Men and w omen. the Risky.
Horses and Tobacco.
Old Arts Ihrockmorton's description of
Henry Clay, who, whether before the
courts OF Europe or in the Senate of the
United States or ut card-table, was al
WAYS Captain - IS Iy plcal OF the species.
The ''bAla-grass" belt by no means limits
the specles, though the typica! Ken
Iucllian flUurisues there III greatest lux
2Iriance But from the lat lands OF the
Purchase, through the Pennyroya! OF the
Green River PrinclpalIunate, even To the
Highlands of The Big sandy, where the
sGuinch owl sqmncheLn and the whang-
doodle mourn eth, aud The hatheIds aud
McCoyS mold nigh carnival, ne abOunds,
with varying feature, but ever the same
spirit.
Hail Gascon and half Saxon, with a
dash OF the Carsican, the hentQcGIan
needs no piacard upon his back as he
strolls down the Strand III London or
along the Rue de RivOH IN Paris. lie car
ries his letter OF introduction IN his face;
his pass port IS his very gait. mat lace IS
4 symphony ia seI-con nuence: that gait
u study III the art OF locomoIon. GU
recognize min At once as hentucklan,
and you say 10 him: EXCUSE me, part
ner-UuC I'm from Gods country myself
let's 20 III ana have something - You
would never venture 10 take such a no
erty with q welI-dresSed New Crker or
rutile-shirLed Nlrgiuiau, even II by
some peculiar cut Of his Jill You CHANGED
correctly TO place him.
ct the keutuCIIan IS not d man 10 be
lightly taken and ludiscriminuIeiy slap
ped upon the shoulder, His clothes are
al the latest london mode. He has an
air OF assured position uOwlse lower than
that OF the haugAtiest Eug.lsnman. But
mere Is III AIs SHagger All easy grace,
ike jockey OIL thoroughbred, wholly
a
Ii sh swAEEer. There is in his haGteur L
rudy bat self-pOssessed glow OF good
numOr-au uususpecting genlalIty, up
holstered by too iudny layers OF seIf-cOIu-
pIasceucy ahd defended by too iuL all ar
sena1 OF ready tact, ana, III cases OF emer-
gency. other appliances Tor maintaining
ais dignity, TO aaprehend unwelcOme no.
er:ies-Lhe subuIniJy o. real disdain-
never atualned even by tho mobiles OF the
Regime Ancieu. He does not III The
least reseul Die an Irishman, aud yet he
mas much OF Irish wit and lnpruaence.
He is Just a 1Geutucksan, sir-daln- me =
and he is not ashamed OF Il. sir II you
think he is, Try hmm aud see.
But the kentucky woman! Who is
tina. saying Now you are playing
cards?") The heutucsly woman has not
her like on the face OF the globe. Journey
through tie blue gLAsS country and
plain girl is the exception; an ugly one
blue OF the grass that makes blue III the
. blood; s0me-ulng IN the Limestone water
that VItaliZeS and Dealtlnas al physical
lie. LOOK IT the horses. LOOK at the
lorsemen. But the women! There isn't
IA tarm-hOu that can't produce a woman
Eyh0, ii she should step thence upon
tAroue, wouldu't stand there, or sit there,
~ though she were JuEn 10 IL. Iney are
lutte as selI-coaIdeni as the men, though
Z. ter . different pattern. They have
b iaGty and health. fhey have charm.
I. icy nave style. They have quick per-
cel NuoHs, and they catch The deeliug
las hon OF the tIsue-iBey dress well,
Wa. 3 well, ride Well aua-If you think
they were NOT born TO reign rs we'll as TO
SHIN e-MaTry one OF them!
I'll T. horses are ali Wei enough. They
set Ii te pace the WIDE world over. The
wLis s. is well enough. Drink IN mod
erati, II. and VITA sugar in your'n, Is " e
drink Il, II YIELDS u liberal education.
The tobacco IS well enough. They SNUG
gle il uto havana, ana while il has made
has Iame-a dist action we can afford
the GU e.su OF the AnlI.eS-It brings Us an
income which makes the cotton planter
weep and the very suser-canes 10 bow
their he lC.s III homage.
y ct Il. La5r ali, our crown OF glory is the
heutuck y woman: and. whether she
sweeps Qown Broadway on i sunny Oc-
Iober at eEnoou, beating london and
Paris out OF sight, aud UIindIug Father
hutckerDt ScSer'S eyes with her radiance
or " aeIhe.v he rides cross country, TAX
ing IL < horn a. n lean, or bewItcaes the
headwaters. o& Eagle IN simple calico she
wears the tdro TIuben. Nor English rose,
nor Greciai: statue, nor Star OF the North.
nor bird Of Paradise can make her to
take the second piacei-LoUisyIlIe
CourieF-J on ma.