The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-09-13

urbJ Degdu5 out We ulu not bbOp. never
was 80 thankful in my lite that God con.
founded the speech of that tribe who
started that tower to heaven and caused
them to 60 on a strike for higher wages.
Thereby getting the graded road by
"Grace through Faith" that not by
climbing lest little man should boast
When on top, the entire District Of CO.
lumhia seems under your feet. You
could spit tobacco juice any where in
Virginia or Maryland or throw a rock
into the middle street of Bslltown. We
came down. and though a bachelor, can
truthfully say am proud of my descent.
We next took in the War and Navy
building, and it is too big to describe.
1t is large enough to hold sufficient men
to plan to whip the world more easily
than the army can catch Aguinaldo.
We next walked around McKinley's
back yard. He never came out to meet
US, and'we took the road for Washing
ton monument; but we never undertook
any more Jacobs ladder business this
day-nor next either-and if ever do,
want to say: Don't you grieve after
me" for / need sympathy.
We next went to. Pennsylvania Az
enue, between the Presidents mansion
and the Capitol building, and there
found an old negro man without any
disernible Democratic blood in his
wins, from Whome bought large'
warm roasting ear, for which 1 paid in
sound money, one cent, and after con-
sumption, was more satisfied than ever
before that man could live chsaply in
this great country; and that two cents
would replace all the fatty matter lost in
climbing the great dome.
Two o'clock, and of for Philadelphia.
Don't like Maryland much, but it suited
me better than West Virginia or Vir-
ginia either. Baltimore is said to be a
great town, but can't say with author
ity, our train diving under the city. It
must be a great manufacturing city, as
the ground was so full of smoke that we
almost sufocated. The only avenue I
saw was Pennsylvania avenue. We
came out Of a dark hole to /the light,
and a stop was made, and a cry,
pennsylvania avenuel" A lot OF
people got out and went to climbing
straight up. That ia the first perpen-
diCular avenue eyer saw, and still re-
membering the dome, went back in
the hole with the smoke, and sped on
ward toward Philadelphia, and finally
found the place above ground with
houses stuck up nearly to the clouds.
Philadelphia is about the size Of Ball
town, Rockville, Jacksonville, Custer,
Irvington, Mooleyville. OIoverport, and
the intervening country. Her roads are
better than either the Balltown or Hud-
sonville roads. They have a road tax
here at Philadelphia, and there are lots
Of fellows here for Hardy Walker and
the road tax.
Judge Ali and myself sat up until 10
o'clock p. m, and when we started 10
retire, they told us they lacked one hum
dred beds Of having one for u.s. The
Judge thought we we're in a hole again,
but knew about the road tax, and 1
said: "Judge, you follow me, we win 20
over in Montgomery county, only 20
miles away, where we will get a good
bed oheaper"-Which we did to our en-
tire satisfaction. At the cost Of 8 cents
each for the ride on an electric car, we
made the trip much quicker than we
could have gone from ClOYerpon 10
Falls Of Rough with our present roads
Tuesday morning the Judge was so
we'll pleased we went Eve miles farther,
to Willow Dale Park, one Of the finest
parks in the world We saw John Wan.
namaker'a home, and the great hat
mau'e home-Mr Slstaon. Spending
one million dollars with either oi these
men "a no more grief 10 them than pay.
inc a cents road taN ID % the AVERAGE
oitiaon of our county We also faW the
home and church Oi the well known
banker, Jay Cook. This is grand ride
GOOD bye FOR the present.
VR BuproN.