The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-09-27
THE SHERIFF SPEAKS.
Eastern Adventures Told IN Graphic and Inter-
esting Manner

VIII INC guuEb-uOub3 We nave until We
get in the Arms road orders, after which
we will take up the matter Of a new
court house like this one. This house
only cost seven times more than all the
land, houses, town lots, notes, bonds,
animals, crops, and other property,
women and children included, are valued
at in Breckenridge county. And you
see If the Judge and I have the house
built we will increase the value Of the
county's property fold. I wish it un-
derstood that did not fix the value at 7
times the value Of everything in our
county including the women, and will
say as far as I am concerned, there are
eight women in Hardinsburg I would
not trade even for this house, If they be.
longed to me.
We got our tickets and went to At
lantic City, the home of the oyster and
the bachelor. Don't like any of the
country along the road. We went 58
miles and ferried the Delaware in one
hour exactly. Atlantic City is a famous
watering place Of rapid and substantial
growth. 1t has about 900 hotels and
about $4,000 permanent inhabitants.
There are often 10000 TO 100000 guests
there at time. The beach has a board
walk made Of pine lumber go feet wide
and four miles long. The sand beach is
30 gradual that you can safely wade out
200 yards in calm times. Old men, old
women, young gentlemen and ladies,
little boys and girls, yea, even babies
that can only crawl, are on this beach
for at least two miles all the time. The
rich and the poor young ladies Of rarest
beauty 90 bareiooted from the sole Of
their feet IS or p inches toward the
crown Of their heads, and from the crown
Of their heads about the same distance
down nearly the same way. Old bach
elors carry them out to where the oysters
grow.
., taxpayers, you should all pay up in
one day, 30 I could come here and live
where a bachelor is at home in his glory.
and have Deputy Beard serve the papers
and run the Office. A most interesting
sight was a mother and father and black
nurse with sand shovels and hands dig.
ging pond in the sand at tide edge.
They had caught sea water in four OF
five foot basins which they had exca-
waited, and with the sand had formed a
levy reef bank around the little oraWler
who seemed filled with heavenly ioy az
it padded, rolled and slid in the turpid
waters. At short intervals wind waves q
foot or more high would roll in and sur.
round lis home pond, and the little thing
would see them coming and scramble Ia
the high bank. Some time the tide
would climb over the weakest part in
the sand levy, then excitement Of joy
mixed with slight traces Of fear seemed
to Gil its little soul. Sometimes it would
bravelY crawl head.foremost into the
surf and be overwhelmed, and at Others
It would recOil aud seek its mother ior
safety. believe when I 90 to Atlantic
City to live | will write a book on "HoW
to Raise Babies on a Beach," The two
most essential things, first, the baby
second, the beach.
We returned Thursday evening 70
Philadelphia, and Judge ALL left iol
home, and took In Wanamaker's store.
During busy seasons 5, 500 clerks are used
in this store. Little girls and boys and
men and women Of an ages are here en-.
ployed. You hear the chronic fault.
hnder oritiCising Wanamakor for the
small prices paid He brings new ma
terial into his store, Each has his OF
her little stall with a single article "a
sell. One little girl sells pins, another
pencils or needles, another combs
another brushes, another chewing gum.
Az soon 20 they got established IA habltr
and fitted for advancement they got d
either there or Thousands 20 10 Other
stores Whoss propnatom had rather pay
more and goi experienced and tried
hands Aud WanamakeT goes back "a
his 1000 sunday school scholars and
one che vacancies From iho aluma b
Sunday school. from 8unday-sohool 20
aahoola Or store. fom appnntosd store
clerks 90 advanced places in employment
of Independent business enrsgemania
ton lhence 20 1ool homes nom theno