The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1899-03-30
r. E. McRObertS.
Lancaster lodge has some of the bright
est MaSOnS in the state.

Lancaster lodge has some of the bright
est MaSOnS in the state.
Il would like for you to visit The
Shoot, said Bro. Thomas Waller Reid
to me, and then give us a pen pic
ture of it,. AS politely as knew how
| asked him to excuse me, as l have
long been " struck on myself" and
don't propose to place i'm jeopardy a
life as important as deem mine to be.
Crossing the Public Square at mid
night is dangerous enough for me,
] while Lancaster is without a night
policeman. g The Shoot is that
portion ef the suburbs where bullets
whiz through windows at the rate of a
mile minute and any informant says
they are sometimes picked up by the
shovel full. From 9 p. m to 4 a. m,
pandemOnium reigns and l reckon a
few of the II government licenses are
owned by residents of that portion of
the city and tigers without any eyes
roam at their own sweet will. To get
me to pass through 8 The Shoot"
Dewey and HobsOn would have to ac-
cOmpany'me and HohsOn would have
to be guarded, presume, to prevent
him from kissing the female residents
of that suburb.
The miraculous feat of Shelton
Parton, son of Rev. Ira Parton, is be-
ing revived since his recent removal
to Lancaster. Shelton is now Is and at
the age Of IA had the thrilling exper-
fence of falling down a cliffa hundred
feet high Oh Cumberland river. From
the time he was big enough to start
to Sunday School he had not missed
going single Sabbath till one morn
ing in the summer of 1895, when all
alone he was en- route. thither with his
Sunday-schOOl papers in his hand. He
came across some 6 or 8 naughty boys,
who after great coaXing persuaded him
to accompany them on hunting eX-
cursiOn. Theywere jOurneying along
the banks of the Cumberland, inhale-
ing the sweet purfumeS of the mount
ain flowers, while the songs of music
thrOated birds entranced the listen
, ing air, and with thoughts of the
grief his action would cause his
parents to undergo, Shelton was not
sufficiently cautious, but stepped too
close to the precipice, his footholt
gave away, and with shrek he be-
gan his fearful dissent from one ledge
of rock and tree top to another, graf.
bling at everything i'm sight, and finally
landing 100 feet below i'm the raging
stream, but little the worse for wear,
, and being a Baptist, hence not afraid
of water, he pulled for the shore ana
, is the hero of this paragraph of truth
which is stranger than fiction. He re.
Sumed his attendance at Sunday
! School and | don't reckon a company
4 of the State MALTA could ever init
ate him into going squirrel hunting
Y on Sunday. am told he is a bright
boy and am quite sure no individual il
the worlds history ever had more
l thrilling experience and lived to tel
q the tale. All-hoys should learn les
: son from Skeletons experience ant
S shun every appearance of evil.
DR. ]. B. Kinnaird says nine Garrart
8 county roads center at the mouths O
. Sugar Creek. What l don't know
will fill volumes, but was not aware
till he told me this morning that /;
! town was once laid off there, and h,
= says that iSdestined to become an i'm
. pOrtant spot in the Universe. In fact
it is a great shipping point now, tn
steamboat, Falls City, coming ther
! once week and oftener. Squir
! kinnaird says that 0years ago a to
baccO buyer from Europe, Bill Walls
came there to make purchase Of tn
weed and jokingly said to a gentleman
who was there from Casey county tina
3 he wanted to buy cats to ship to Eng
land. Buying cats? What are you
paying for them?" was asked. Sc Tel
: cents apiece, said Mr.. Walls. Tina
ended the conversation and two week
later a wagon loaded with 100 cats il