The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1897-12-08
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Patridoes are worth A per dozen.

Patridges are worth 81 per dozen.
The children are already getting hap
py.
You can't head ofrspare ribs for break
fast.
Your business must be kept before the
people.
Have you got lock on the chicken
coop3
Christmas goods are daily coming into
town.
Wait awhile and you can get ripe
icycles.
Advertising is more effective during
dull seasons.
The pumpkin crops a failure and the
pie comes high.
Walter Smart has returned to remain
until January lst.
Get your skates in order and leave
your bikes" until next spring
The Government employees at Wash
| ington over G. 900 women as clerks
Spare RIBS and back bones, are what
the farmers enjoy for breakfast now.
The wile.awake farmer has his wood
shed filed and likewise bis meat house.
The Str. Cloverport was inspected FRI
l.. A.. H.. L.. AroN ala
dition.
Jack Frost, the detective, and yellow
Jack, the murderer, met; yellow Jack
surrendered
Chicken robber still continues. Now
and then you can hear Of gentleman
or two being relieved Of their fowls.
There are few who have the "Klon-
dixie" fever in this town. BY spring
you'll hear of them getting ready to
start.
Mrs. 7. w. Geer, OF Carlinville, Ill
arrived last week to remain with her
sister, Mrs. w. G. Smart for several
weeks.
Burglars were in this vicinity last
week and fortunately they did nat"ts
anybody for great sum. AIoys this
line, there is no town 30 bleeetd a.
Cloverport. -l3
Il There are twenty. five candidates for
ailer in Hardin county to fill the untx-
pired term OF Joseph Sweets, deceased.
In all county elections, there SEEMS to
be mania for this office.
Only one time in the year do people
practice deception and of course, If it
wasn't for custom sake, this would not
be done. This happens about Christmas
time and the little urchins are kept in
darkness that, there is no Santa Claus.
When the child becomes old enough to
know. then the past pleasure of his or
life, in the existence Of 'Santa Claus" is
total destruction. He or she look back
and wonder how this state of affairs
could be told them
Merchants should not get discouraged
over the slack in trade. Two weeks pre-
vious to Christmas, trade usually drops
off considerable from the fact, most per-
sons bAgin to save for their holiday pur-
chases. Wear that usual smile and
when the first day OF the New Year rolls
around, it will be quite different We
predict it will be one OF the best busi-
ness months in the year So give all
OF your patrons smile and things will
come around all right. Never allow
encouragement to confront you, but be
to the opposite. Treat your customers
politely and it will win in the course OF
time. II you don't, they get thatfeeling
of indisposition to call at your store,
when net given an encouraging welcome.
There's our genial, accommodating and
clever friend, j Allen Armstrong, OF
Rockport, Ind, who is doing the duty OF
cashier for the Farmers Deposit Bank,
in Brandenburg. He is highly connect
ed in Rockport and before accepting the
latter position, held down some OF the
most responsible and important county
offices in Spencer county. While his con-
nection with the Bank" people has
been short, yet he has made friends by
the score and is proving to be a worthy
man and one who constantly gains pat
ronage for his employers. He has for
his assistant young Eugene Fountainei
who has by perseverance, and close at
tention to business, won for himself a
1 ..,sIa.nraad ran utation