Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1899-06-10
The Wonderful Influence the
Kentucky Irish American
Possesses.
Two Flags of Erin Thrown to
the Breeze on DecOra-
ton Day.
DEATH OF A RESPECTED CITIZEN
Especial Letter to the Kentucky Irish
American.

American.
SHELBYvILLE, June 9.--The "Shai
Van Vocht" presents her compliments
and sends sincerest love to her youthful
admirer from the Franklin capital. She
smiles with all the bewitchery of sixteen
as she reads the Frankfort letters. A
man who runs could easily see the effects
produced on the Juvenile scribe as he
vainly attempts to notice our magnificent
productions (2) and strains poor attempt
at answering, essaying a sort of jejune
imitation. Not yet, my dear! After a
short lesson you may become brilliant
reporter. Let us therefore make use OF
the privilege which our age accords us,
and placing you lovingly upon our mater
nal knee whisper a few kind words of
encouraging warning, which we feel will
fall on rich and fertile ground as they
touch your young and innocent heart,
and will in future bring forth fruit sweet
and agreeable to the readers of the Ken
lucky Irish American. Mark the beauty
of all our lettersl How beautifully they
fowl They glance and glow and glide
in rhyme and rhythm brimful of wit and
humor, OVERLOOKING with a buovancy not
expected of our years, but which bespeaks
a heart in which there exists not hurt
full thought, but charity for all and
malice toward none" Hence we never
must be personal except in the truest
sense of kindly feeling and a good
natured spirit of mischief and fun, which
can cause not even a momentary feeling
of unkindness in the hearts of our read
ers.
Our personal references must be calcu-
lated to produce a pleasant smile on the
faces of persons spoken of. We might
indeed, continue our remarks about the
Estate stables of Frankfort" or probably
you could tell us something of interest
regarding your public institutions. Since
we have never left the sacred precincts
of Shelby" it would please us and others,
who have not the experience derived
from the extensive travels of d. J. NJ, to
know more of the institutions that are
not "stables''-the "pen" or the "insti'
tuition for the Predetermined" Tell us
something interesting, in howery lam
guage, which might make us believe that
your town is a place overlooking with
milk and honey and human kindness in
stead of place where the "mossbacks"
can't keep sober because of the medicine
compounded by the mixologists of Frank
fort. Our late representative from the
"inyincible Shelby" was head and shout
ders above the others for sobriety, and it
was remarked that intellectually he was
easily their superior. His good sense
prompted him to shun the potations dis
pensed, as he avoided the brides which
were offered. Fog this ne returned to his
constituents to receive their thanks,
their respects and plaudits. Hence he
needs no "brain tonic made up in
Frankfort, and for Drawn he can easily
hold the floor.
If the Frankfort correspondent will
promise not to bring us to "the stables"
we will gladly accept his invitation to visit
his town, if he further agrees to inject
us by moonlight alone"
WO0uCIlul - tlC pOWSi vi wv PiSS''
but doubly marvellous is the influence
of the Kentucky Irish American on
the lives and morals of those whose
names appear in its pages. 1t may inter
est our friends in Louisville, as in other
places, to know of the effects produced
by our highly priced paper. Capt. Penn
.berton is Justly the proudest man in
town. He procured the suits of Southern
gray, and had the most obedient body of
mon under his command until Engineer
O'Leary began to carry theKentucky Irish
American in his pockets and furnished
it to the force. Morgan, who stands six
feet tall and is splendid specimen of
Kentucky manhood, has outgrown the
usefulness of the neither garment, and
requires an additional three inches added.
Duncan, whose rotundity gives the de-
partment its very metropolitan appear
ance, has simply increased i'll such edify-
ing proportions that no buttons can do
adequate service. All this because of the
reference to their efficiency in the Ken
lucky Irish American.
Capt. PemDerton is privately PiaSlSihS
on typewriter for some time, and soon
the result will be nailed on the door of
the Police Department, that the men
must not read the paper while on duty,
but will be required in the strictest man.
ner to read our letters at their homes.
Wise Captain! Nothing in the gift of
our people which may not be yours for
the askingl
Others, including Garrett Lee, Col.
Casey, M. L. Dubourg and Hon. M.
O'Sullivan, have very severe attacks
which require special treatment in our
next letter.
Decoration day was patriotically cele-