The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-09-27

Friday morning ont ior New York
This entire route is through q very ane
country. And throughout The entire
distance over historic grounds of rovolu-
tIonaiy days Starting out with German
town, now In the edge Of Philadelphia, I
saw en- old moss covered rock mashing
The grave Of en- unknown soldier that
fell In that war. Next we crossed the
Delaware near the place Warrington
did,but had no trouble with the ice Here
we saw Trenton, New jersey where
said Washington went for Goebers an
cestom What q pity the elder Goebel
got away on the Princeton road AZ
Princeton a great battle was fought, Oh
this fighting only 10 get a right 10 vote
"Tsxation without representation ty-
raunY," and no Hessian should be allow
ed to put mp counting board and not
let one half or more Of the people be
o presented on It. Our forelathers split
their blood to get for Us the right TO
voty, aud for one would rather see It
aow again, than submit 10 a ten fold
greater tyranny than tax on tea. We
passed close 70 Monmouth where Mollie
Pitcher pitched a fine game Of ball for
the American team and has given her
name 10 che most important member Of
each nine of our National Game. Molhe
sawed the British out and they went
over TO New York by way Of Staten
leland and Coney Island, just ahead Of
me.
went down to COneY Island but did
not see tue British but saw many tracks
evidently. Many thousands Of them
had recently been there. Not liking the
crowd and surroundings much, I feared
TO wade the Atlantic by electric lights and
leave my $4 on shore, which would be a
help TO stranger in q strange land.
Hence told the girl who fell in love
with me, that I was In love with eight
girls in Hardinsburg and could not
swim but a little, and was 20 years old
and had never taken bath, and was
afraid of a strange woman in a strange
ocean, after 8 o'clock p. m. and that l
had promised each OF the eight girls to
be true TO her. That belonged TO Sum
day school, to church and to the Masons,
all Of which she said made her love me
better on FIRST sight. Whereupon I was
won and told her 80, and if she would be
mine she should have all 1 possessed.
On her earnest inquiry as to the amount,
presented 10 cents and two dirty col
lars, and she went back on me.
went back to the street car and told
the driver not to stop till he got to the
Broadway hotel, N. Y, 20 miles from
Coney Island. He passed through
Brooklyn in a gallop and put me out at
Brooklyn Bridge. crossed the bridge
in safety and had to pay another nickel
to ride to the hotel, You see these
monopolists charge about one-third Of a
cent a mile There was a big crowd in
town and had to pay one dollar for a
bed in a room with ten other fellows
but got a fine bed and all the other fell
lows were deaf and dumb, guess, for
they never spoke.
Next morning Saturday 9th, the GOebel
picnic was at Hardinsburg and in New
York, first time that ever happened, 80
after a fine breakfast, at a hne price, 1
walked out through the marble lobby to
meet the never dying news boy. l put
on style enough to attract the attention
Of seven and took nickeland called for a
Breckenridge News. "What?' say they,
each of them calling the 18th time the
name of p papers. "Why," says 1,
"Babbage's paper, the BRECKENRIDeE
News" "Here," says a bright fellow in
the back ground, 'those fellows haven't
got it, all about him and Madaline maxi
ing up"
met Mr.. Rsidel, formerly of Glover
port, and we went TO Central Park and
spent the entire day and could have put
in week prO6tably. It is almost a
Worlds fair. The Museum of Natural
History is az foe a collection Of taxider-
mists' work as one will ever behold
The collection Of Prehistoric skeletons il
superb and partial description needs
all the columns you have. The Park is
a very large tract Of land, left in It's ma
tural roughness, with bushes and wild
vines, and rocks like Manhattan island
was when bought of the Indians, with
splendid drives and romantic walks
through dark shady ravines and noOkl
behind the rocks. On this park stands
the Egyptian Obelisk, transferred here
from the Nile by Vanderbilt. We also
saw in the Art building a great number
of Egyptian Mummiea, ell dead. The
collins and boxes containing same we're
covered with hieroglyphics, which
think would be hard 10 initiate now,
We also saw samples Of cloth made by
them B. o. We today scarcely excel ia
manufacture and have serious doubts
Of anyOnes being able 10 make cloth
Just like il now. It will pay one to 90 to
New York TO spend a day In this build
ing. We next took look at the soulp-
ture and the paintings, which are very
numerous and extra fine. We saw the
painting Of the Horse Fair, which Van
deTbilt paid $5S 900 for and presented il
TO the city. This is by far the greatest
collection Of foe paintings in the coun.
try.