The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1895-05-10
PREsToNsBURG.

PRESTONSBURG.
BIG SANDY NEWS: | am So
journing in this town temporarily
and as / find things and the people
so different from what my imagi-
nation pictured them, from read
ing the blood-curdling stories that
emanate from this section of Ken
lucky and appear in the daily pa
pers from time to time, that | feel
it incumbent upon me to endeavor
TO disabuse the minds OF the read
ing public OF the erroneous and UNI
just opinion that most people have
formed OF Eastern Kentucky, and
especially of Floyd county. From
the tenor of the press one unac-
quainted with this section Of Ken
lucky would imagine that the peo-
pie here are semi-civilized and
blood thirsty and whose soul de-
light is in feuds and black scenes
of crime and bloOdshed, Such is
not the case by any means, for this
is the best town morally / have ev-
err seen in all my travels. | have
not seen drunken man since |
came here and have heard less
swearing than | ever heard in any
other town that | ever visited. The
people attend strictly TO their own
business and let their neighbours
alone. They are just as courteous
and kind to me as any people | ev-
er met anywhere and endeavor to
make my life among them pleas
ant and happy. The older ones are
perfectly cpntented with their lot
in life and have no disposition to
change their manners OF business
or residence. The citizens of this
county are trying to educate their
children, and literally patronize
the high school recently establish
ed by Professor Byington, late OF
your city, who by the way is one of
the best educators | ever saw and
is doing a grand work for Prestons-
burg. There are students here
from several adjoining counties
who are qualifying themselves for
the higher avocatiOns in life. This
school makes PrestOnsburg the
Athens Of this section of Kentucky
and some Of these young men and
ladies will be heard from in the fu-
ture, and leave their foot prints in
sands OF time.
There is considerable excite
menU here over the discovery of
oil, as neatly everybody is inclined
to believe that oil in paying guam
titles has been found on Beaver
creek, about seventeen miles from
here. Nothing can be CLEANED from
the operators. as they are still
tOngued and wary, as business men
usually are. But the opinion gen.
orally prevails that the unctious
fluid has been found in such guam
tity as to guarantee the building
of pipe line to Catlettsburg or
Ashland. There is strong talk OF
putting down test hole in this
town pretty soon. The people,
many Of them, anticipate an influx
Of prospectors this summer and
are making arrangements to ac-
|, cOmmodate them. The great need
OF Prestonsburg in the past ha,
been a good hotel run on business
principles. This want has been
supplied by 7. g. Padgett, who re-
Gently purchased the Bonanza Ito.
tel, and recently married Mrs. Ju
liza CARED, an estimable and eX
perienced lady to help him. rhi
hotel will be conducted in such ,
way as to merit the patronage o
the travelling public. Tay 10
makes dandy landlord, and Mrs
: Padgett needs no eulogy from us
as she is known from. one end o
. this valley to the other, which is
! sufficient guarantee that the board
ers will always have something K
eat served in good style, and
r clean, fresh and sweet sleep-induc
4 ing bed to rest on. 1t gets bette
day by day; if il continues TO grow
I much better we shall send for gu
, best girl and our summer dud
and stay all the summer. We ar,
glad we came here, glad To sa!
words of kindness for these peopl,
who have treated us so kindly, gla'
n to be able from experience and OBJ
II servation to rcfute and give the II,
e to .nine-tenths of the cock and bul
v stories that correspondents are pat
d well for 10 al the sensational col
umns Of u lying press. Juno
. DWALE.