The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1897-04-07
BRANDENBURG.

Frankfort.
Mrs. ] I. Voolfolk is much improved
in health.
Mrs. J. W. Richardson has returned
from j fierson county.
Mr.. and Mrs w. +. Grinnell spent q
day or two in Louisville this week.
Miss, Annie Bondurant and Mabel
Hardin, Henry hewitt and Beall Grin.
nell spent Sunday with Miss Jimmie
Lee Voolfolk.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas Drury, of Bewley.
vile, were guests of Mrs. John Frakes
last Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. Drury
made most pleasant impression here.
The literary and musical exercises at
Brandenburg Normal every Friday night
continue to attract large audiences, an
evidence that they are not waning in
interest.
Breckenridge add Hardin county teach
ers will meet the Meade County Associ-
alton at Big Springs the third Saturday
in this month. A large crowd and a
pleasant, profitable time is anticipated.
The Women's Missionary Society will
meet next Friday at Mrs. s. Q. Mains.
The meetings are very pleasant-the
members are all intelligent, enthusiastic,
spiritual minded, earnest workers. Wis
itors are always welcome.
Mr. Stuart Peckinpaugb, clerk on the
Ragon, was here last Sunday. He evil
IDENTIFY is in quest of Golden Girl"
ibid you ever read the pretty book by
Galliene p and he has hit the enchanted
spot--our town abounds in such com
modities and he has dis overed one.
Mr.. Burton gives his pupils some fine
lectures. A good one was: Don't worry
about, "They say"-Don't bother over
gossip ifyou are pursuing the right path
and doing your honest duty. People
who deal in gossip are not to b. feared
People VINO will betray friend who has
spoken in confidence are not to be trust
ed anywhere.
Mr. and Mrs. Sax Richardson, of Wolf
Creek, have arrived to reside perma-
nently in Blandenburg. Mr.. Richard
son is in Cincinnati to purcha his
spring supply and will open up at Aliens
old stand, East Main. We welcome Mr.
and Mrs. Richardson TO our town and
wish them success and prosperity.
Mrs. H. A. Powell and daughter, Miss
Ida are in Louisville. Miss Ida has
gone in the inter st of her lady custom
ers who are in need of late, up-to-date
DIRE sses. Never were les more artistic
or more bewildering but this town can
supply them. Miss Halle Dowdy is also
in the city.
Mr.. Editor, really wish had all the
Brandenburg babies in a ring and pos
sessed kaleidoscope (the Senators would
OH ct to catching babies) to send you
the pictures. There's Susie Carter Har-
rington, little beauty blonde; James
w. Haynes, brunette, fine fellow and
Lewis L. Richardson all in a batch and
all line specimens OF babyhood I'll get
them all in the sweet bye and bye.
We, of this place, were pleased to see
the most complimentary notice in these
columns OF last issue taken from Cour-
ler-JournaD about our friend, d. W.
Fairleigh Dayid was reared in this lit.
tie city OF hills, received his early edu-
cation here and we all have cause to be
proud OF him MS lawyer, citizsn and a
kind, warm-hearted genial friend. He
will wear royalty all honors placed upon
his brow.
Rain rain and still it rains--those
poor sufferers down South are sick with
hope deferred-tbe whole face Of the
earth, as 1t were, covered with that ele-
ment which works as much destruction
as fire. Out West terrific winds are play
my havoc with property aud human
beings. Wonder why these things hav.
to be ?-and these interior problems art
not answered by exterior forces. We
don't know We never will-but We must
abiure pesslmsm and cynicsm in all
their forms put nom our minds all con-
slderaton Vi the complexitie OF human
lie. We must unravel all BY a tri-
umphaht optimism which no statistics
can abssh or criticism dishearten. With
distress aud anguish elsewhere Nature
las, with us, just now, an intoxicating
illusion-that oil turning over new leaf
or b. ginning new liie-snd we all feel
the lovely rapture OF a new born resolu-
lon, and ID There any rapture like it?-
resolution to take up hle anew ana
listen 10 the good angel Of our Thoughts
keeping everything fresh, cleansing anu
furnishing our minds getting lid OF all
unkind or uuholy thoughts, and with
the harblnsers OF spring Take up our
Gro 10 think only great Thoughts, have
loity moods, mellow idrss Would such
a genial attitude OF mind were forever
ours
Uncle Johnathan's" answer to Mr..
Jones IN last issue OF tins paper, had one
guiding principle = an under-current
which was plainly visible. That article
was written by the brain aud heart of
man in downright earnest for his own