Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-11-03
Knob LICK.
Several frosts lately.

Several frosts lately.
The sick are generally much bet
ter.
Some corn has been delivered
here at 81 per Dbl.
The Iron Co. shipped several
cars of ore last week.
Sid Warren and Bob Clark had
a good fox chase recently.
There is some complaint among
those who have been gathering corn
of its being damaged.
Several parties have been in this
part chestnut and persimmon hunt
ing in the last few days.
Fresh pork and sweet potatoes
are one of the bills of fare with the
farmers; good enough for poor
man.
Miss Dee Hanley, Ben Smoot
and Robert Humphrey, of near
Sharpsburg, were in this vicinity
Sunday.
Capt. Pitman cut off stem from
a tomato vine when in bloom and
stuck 1t in the ground. 1t grew and
developed two nice tomatoes.
The bond issue for free turnpikes
seems to be the absorbing question
before the people at this time. 1t
rather reminds me of Pat and the
Bear. The Bear was pursuing Pat
around the tree. Pat ran So fast
! he overlook the bear and seized
him by the tail. After holding on
for awhile the situation became I'M
pleasant. Looking up in the tree
he saw his friend sitting securely
above. lie cried: And for Gods
sake, Mike, come down and help
me let him loose" SO by not rea-
sOniny this matter from all Of its
points somebody has got bear on
his hands, and cannot say whether
the taxpayers are going to help turn
him loose or not. Men should study
this matter thoroughly and count
the advantages and the cost and
the fairness to every one. As for
myself | have studied the bond
question and the more l know con-
corning bonds the stronger l am
convinced that IA BOND means just
what it says-slavery to the giver
and freedom and wealth to the re-
ceiver. Any system by which a
person has to give without receiv-
ing back just compensation is
robbery whether it be legalized BY
the law or not. A question is never
settled until 1t is settled right, and
under this present idea it cannot be
settled right. 1t robs some one
for somebody else. III L get the full
sense of the people they favor
system that will give equity and
justice to all. That is simply to let
the county own the roads and let
the travel keep up the roads. The
county owns the biggest part of the
roads anyway. There are n great
many stockholders that / have
talked to that are for and against
free turnpikes, would readily give
their stock. / have met and con-
versed with the best men In the
county, regardless of politics or
free turnpikes, and they nearly to a
man accept it for the simple reason
it is equitable and just and could
further add: 1t does not sell our
selves and children to bond slavery.
Have this present law repealed and
start out right is what we should
do. Let us view this matter from
the standpoint which there are a
great many poor men take that is,
the rich man pays the taxes. That
is true IN one sense. He does d. !
rectly. But who are the men that |
pay them indirectly? The men who
labor, for from labor the whole
comes, and any thinking man is
bound to admit the fact. Then why |
should labor, which is now weight
ed down with the curse of Federal
bond, want to resort to greater
evils of the same kind? | must say
to those who do not know better or
Republican who has always been
in favor of bonds, for that is part
of their creed, there should be some
allowance, but for a free-silver
Democrat, one Of the Mortified who
has cursed Republicans and bonds,
l cannot see how they can consci-
entiously do a thing they have 50
strenuously opposed. 1t throws
cloud of distrust over mems actions
and knocks consistency into
smitherpens.