The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1895-11-28

puision. The grades are all good, and q III.
tie care would cut the time TO Hazel Green
from the railroad just about half -Four
miles an hour Is the average time now In .
blackboard, and any great excess Of that
would rack the immortal soul out Of buck.
board, driver and horse. ~ss !.
One starting place on the road, about half
way to Campton, is High Falls, precipice
at the head of a hollow, where the man in
his blackboard con look down into the top
of trees 60 or 20 feethigh, and where, II q
horse SHE'D and went over, which he would
do on the frst jamp, he would go so far. into
the bowels of the earth that nothing short OF
GabrleRs trumphet would ever. raise him
out again. % feet OF railing would make
the place secure, but as nobody has yet
gone over no necessity appears to exist for
a railing.
We reached Campton, ten miles, about
o'clock. Campton is the county seat Of
Wolfe county, and has population Of 400.
The county has population off 900, and was
established in 1861, at the same time the
town was. 1t received its name from State
Senator Nathaniel Wolfe, of Louisville, and
the town was called Campton from the fact
that 1t was located on Swift's Camp creek
This Swift is the same man who is, OF was,
the reputed owner Of a silver mine located
today in several hundred different localities
in the mountain region Of Kentucky, but
not yet discovered. / am betting 16 to
that IL will never be found. The creek lost
the Camp" portion of its name and is now
Swift's creek. and a"ton" was brought in
to complete the name of the county seat.
The first noticeable characteristic of Camp.
ton is the number and extent of it's brick
buildings. There are in all, one business
house, 100 feet long, costing $4,000, now
used as a hotel, another, the largest resi-
dence In the county, belonging 10 W. l..
Hurst and costing $1,000; another hotel, a
courthouse, jail and few smaller ones.
The bricks are all native, made on the spot,
for it would cost about 500 brick to haul
them any distance over these roads.
The first courthouse of brick was built in
1869 at a cost of 81 900, and was burned in
1886. In 1888 new one, costing 81, 900, was
put up. 1t has tower, but no clock. Pm
beginning to think town clock in the
mountains would be a sign of progress. and
hereby apologize to the entire town clock
family for anything may have said derog'
atory. .s
The Jail cost SO, 100, and isn't much Of q
Jail, for looks, at that price. There have
been 2 legal hangings at Campton, 1885
81, the FIRST men to be hanged In the noun
tains. There Is frame church in good
state Of repair, owned by the Southern
Methodists and used by all denomination,
on of Sundays. The Congregasionslist'
flourish in this section, sect not common
In Kentucky, aud they have pastor and I
church in the county. There are 3 stores In
town and a grist, saw and carding mill
these latter under capAcious roof.
good bnsiness Is done In the town. ant
there il lot of money around, if you cal
get your hands on II.
The school house In of frame, costing $3.50
aud quite palatisl compared with shst o
Besttyyille, and the generous sum sIlows'
by the grand old corsmonwsAlth for teach
Ei ing the childssn 10 $3.50 fot S months. TIN
people, though, srs better than shsir stat
and they make up pot for the rest Of tn
time and hire the teacher for the rsmstaini
s months. And this Is the place 10 hoots.
for the good people Of Csuptoa and hol'
thsm Up ss On sxsnpls to tbs asthsrities 9
the state, including oar incomparabl
Legislators. %.. .+%z@~ !. Il
tonos more we whipped up sad vest ies
rins nesrily along 70 Hazel Green, ssd .
last nj . turn ID the road the little city bars
1 upon our waiting vision and DR.. winn burs
late postry: %.~% (. ...:.= =. +
s.oh, little city Of the piain, 81
Ensconeed the hills between, II.
4 Ksn.uoky would be quite In vain, 81
i ". Had she NO Hssei Green" n
i 81. .si @9.
j IL was o'clock, oniy Q hours 20 drive ?
miles, whea we drove into town and II wa
4 a rusk Of horses and wagons and mules an
teams and 10000 people. moro or less, a
..arting home from the fairAt once. An
. there was dust enough TO have been subd
yided and sold of In town lots.
n we had missed our supper and when tn
.apper bsll rang over at Aunt Lou Day
tavern, I was feeling little hollow-ches's'
but not for long. Such an epicurean layo'
7 never did see--hot biscuits and hone.
fried chicken and corn cakes, stewed chic'
en- and cream gravy, with cold light brea'
, beefsteak and cold roast, mutton and iris
. pork. hot coffee and tea, sweet milk SOL