Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-09-22

course, / would not think of placing
the cause To little escapades not i'm
accordance with the Seventh Com
mandment. So we will call it ''cli-
matte influences" and let it go.
Will the whites allow it? Yes, they
will. Like "Jefrersonian Democrat
they can't see the star of progress
shining across the pathway of their
honest prejudices and Jealous stu
pidity.
The trouble with the schools i'm our
own Grand Old Commonwealth is
our teachers try to cram the same
matter into the child blessed with
the brain of a philosopher that they
do into the intellectual idiot. AS
teachers they are incompetent, and
the patrons are satisfied just so they
have "teacher's certificate" Guess
some of the teachers will want to get
on to "Yours Truly" when they read
this. If SO, let them come. l am al
ways ready for an intellectual scrap
ping match, and they will find me
"loaded for bear" The trouble is
they don't adopt teaching as a pro-
fession. They merely use it as a
stepping-stOne to something better.
Now, a word about Kentucky and
| am done, Four men met in New
York City, each bent on making a
tour of the world. One was an En-
glishman, one was a Frenchman, one
was an Italian, and one was a YAM
kee. They felt it would add interest
to their journey if each acted as
guide i'm his own country. The Yam
kee showed them our great lakes, our
flourishing cities, our lofty noun
tains, rolling prairies and beautiful
rivers, and they each expressed
themselves as delighted. The En-
glishman then took his turn and car
ried them through the Emerald Isle
>and over Old Scotia's hills, finally
hrriving i'm London, the largest city
i'm the world. All were delighted eX-
eept the Yankee he didn't think it
compared with his own country. The
Frenchman then took charge of
them and carried them over the vine-
clad hills of France, finally arriving
at Paris, the gayest city i'm the world.
He showed them Paris by sunlight
and by gaslight, and all were delight
ed except the Yankee; he still could
see nothing to compare with his own
land. The Italian next took them i'm
hand and showed them his own sum
ny cline and fair, blue skies. He
took them to Rome and showed them
its splendors, gentle reminders of
departed greatness, where the moon
hangs like silver crescent pendant
from Venus flaming orb, in a sum-
mer sky thick inlaid with patines of
pure gold. All were delighted except
the Yankee; his own fair "land of
the free and home of the brave" was
fairer yet to him. OF course the rest
were all disguised with him, and re-
solved to get even with him. They
knew he had a weakness for good old
Kentucky Bourbon" so they gave
him liberal supply and he finally
went to sleep. They three carried
him down into the catacopbs where
the Romans bury their dead and ls..d
him down, thinking when he awoke
'he would get hold of skeleton and
it would scare him to death. When
he awoke he felt i'm his pocket, found
a match, lighted it and looked all
around. Then he yelled out:
"WhoOpee! it is Resurrection Day
and the United States is still ahead
am the first whole man on the
ground" So it is with Kentucky. l
can say to her sons and daughters:
Allow no sombre cloud of uncertain
ty to cause you to dream of fairer,
better cline than your own bluegrass
land, for l have travelled far and near
and know it is not to be found.
When you wander from it's verdant
hills little while you will turn your
face to it again as naturally as the
helianthus turns its face to the rising
sun. Respectfully yours,
H. c. MEAD.