The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1898-09-23
IN ROYAL STYLE
Do the Good People OF Nichoiasvilie Gel
citrate the One Hundredth Year of
their City's Existence.


attend the Centennial Celebration at
Nicholasville Friday. This good old
town, in addition to having on it's
best bib and tucker, was bedecked
from centre to circumference with
flags and buntings. Not only the
stores, but every private residence was
in gala attire and the whole presented
q scene lovely to benold. We arrived
there about ten o'clock and were capa-
tured by James Stears and Harry NC
Carly, the bg-hearted editors of the
Jes samine journal and clever Louis
Pitcher, of the Democrat. A badge
about yard long was attached to our
coat and We were placed in the pr Gees
sion with the Nichola sville Com mercial
Club, an organization made up of hust-
ling, pus hing, public-spirited business
men Of Jessamine. Headed by Saxton's
famous military band, the precision
marched to the O. & c. depot and met
the Cincinnati Young Mems bushes
Club. which ca me in special train
325 strong. he big parade then march
ed through the principal streets. In
the parade were floats OF the most ex-
quisite design, every business of the
town and county being represented.
We heard people who were posted on
such matters say the floats were as
tasty and pretty as any they had eyer
seen. Arriving at the beautiful Dun
can Heights the commercial clubs and
newspaper representatives were escort
ed to the long tables for dinner. Here
the good ladies, bless them, had pre-
pared feast tit for ye gods They did
not bring out kniC-knacks and other
cheap trash usually served at public
gatherings, but had a genuine, old
fashioned, Kentucky dinner, consisting
of old ham, roast beef, mutton, shoat,
cornb bread, sandwiches, good strong
CO flee, soue dozen different kinds of
pie, and goodness knows what all
During the two or three hours we
spent at the table we thought of how
Bro. Walton, Harry Giovannoli, Clare
nee Woods. a nd others of the Kentucky
press gang, would kick themselves
for missing it. 1t was estimated that
fully eight thousand people were in
town and early all of them ate at the
public dinner. Ii anyone went away
hungry it was because he was too lazy
to eat.
In the afternoon the crowd was en-
tertained by speeches fro m Col. Ben
nett H. Young, Hon. Joe G. S Black
burn, Evan Settle, Gilbert and others.
At night the young folks gave an en-
joyable hop, which was attended by a
big crowd. They never do things by
halves in Nicholasville, and if person
goes there and conducts himself prop
erly he will receive treatment that
goes to his heart and remains there
until death. One chief characteristic
of the Nicholasville pc ople which
makes especial impression on us is their
peri ect freedom from that know-it-all,
h.O1 . anlya in
yard air which soma people try to
work off. Nothing is more disgusting
than to see fellow look and act like
he thought himself better than the
world at large. There's nothing of
that sort about Nicholasville. Bust
| ness called US away before the day
was done, but we were there long
enough to receive a hospitab!e and
friendly trea tment that will be treas
uered in me mory as one OF the few
Gases in the long journey across the
dusty desert of lie.
FROM OUR NOTEBOOK.
We saw Col. Jim McMurtry stand
| burgoo, leg of mutton, three pones
of corn bread and ug of buttermilk.
| We approach ed the gentleman but
could not divert hi attention from his
| lunch"
The Louisville CONNER cial Club ar
rived about noon, hea led by Eichorn's
band. They were clever lot of fell
lows and were out for good time.
The Nicholasville girls are as
pretty as peaches, and, the best of it
is, they are not at all ''s.uck-up' over
the fact.
The booth fiend was conspicuously
absent Everything was as free as the
air.
The usual fe lows .'out for the stuff
at such places were not p resent, and
every body was, instead, out for good
time. What pleasure it is to get in
to place where every body is not ex-
erting every energy to get hold OF a
few pieces of silver.
| There w ere three bands of music
present, but tn e crowd gathered
around Henry Sax ton, of course. The
Louisville and Cinci n natl bands could
not touch him. Der dutch are not. in it
NIT Sax.
| A pick pocket was caught with wool
in his teeth" and, but for the timely
work of the police, would have receiv-
ed rough treatment. If there were
any more OF the light fingered gentry
in the crowd, they kept quiet after see
ing that the people would have no
shenanigan.