The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1900-07-03
n 5G1IS And
OBSERVATIONS
d a Trip to Farmers, Salt Lick,
Yale and Scranton.
n

Dnt representative left Mt. Sterling
I'D Tuesday morning at 9:l2 o'clock
|1'he first stop was at Farmers.
The.m mills are now closed down be-
xanse here has been no recent tide to
'1iost be logs which are in the creeks
Ahove. Trade was quiet. We failed
10 hear any news of Importance. AS
ma travel around we find men who
ara moi yet reconcilei TO the Demo-
cralic majority. The thought fire.
dnentiy occurs to us If any Democrats
Nc dissatisfied, how can they hope OF
bettering their condition by afiiliating
With w. S. Taylor and other chief Re-
publieans in their struggle for civil
1ib NV by the assassination route and
theH Republican State Convention,
viii M heartily endorsed Mr.. Taylor.
But we must let men think and act
for themselves, trusting that after
awhile the right will prevail. We
dined with Mr.. II. f. Martin.
AT Salt Lick we tarried about q
hours paying our respects to the bust
ness men. At A O'Clock, in company
with w. T. Colvin. the popular sales
man for Trimble Bros, Wholesale
Grocers, we journeyed toward Yale.
He is having g. fine trade.
- We had made our first visit to Yale
early in April. The days work was
owe at the mills at 5 o'clock, SO the
.I4hM ers were resting after supper
VIXEN we arrived. We purposed to
70 10 Scranton s miles distant. Al
3:45, during heavy rain our train
pulled out. Those who could crowd
INTO cab were in measure protect
ad from the storm. A man might as
wei be drowned as scared to death
We must admit that on that narrow
gage road with rolling stock not the
i; ;,s,.fs We were somewhat restless AZ
our train with cars in front, plunges
and rocks in the darkness and storm
SCRANTON.
III Z of an hour we were at the
Scranton House. We asked but few
nor disturbed the social
e of csrds-except to ask for q
'Eler reading the Sunday Schoo
son we Were soon asleep. Having
tokrd OF the enterprise of the OneOn'
Lumber Co. we were anxious &c
view of the settlement. Before
ok O'Clock the train carrying logmer
hi teams pulled out tor the woods
tther on.
1Mr. John S. Phillips, who is large
Ii interested in the Water OF ki
4 IAnt at Mt. Sterling, is General Man
"a her. As he was in Mt. Sterling We
vkd not the pleasure OF meeting him
. r. Garringer is Superintendent
- ,ester w, Pierce, hustiing young
v,n, as in charge OF the store, where
n.-yarge trade is carried on. Employ
ment is now given 10 about ITO men
The output consists of oak and pop
lar lumber, ties and laths. A visit t
such plant when in full operation i
full Of interest. The company now
operated II miles of road. There arr
AZ plain box cottages in the settle
inert and there is not any regularity
in the lay out. The hotel is kept by
Mrs M. l.. Yaple. We say this be
cause the husband, who is also |
blacksmith, referred us to the wifi
when we wished 10 pay our bill.
Rev. e. o. Guerrant will soon begin
4 prolracted meeting at Scranton.
Here stands the stack of tile OLE
Beaver Furnace built in 1919.
a There is usually one train day
Nrom Scranton 10 Yale, running afie
MARK. We did not wish to remain 81
long and having failed to get trans
portation, we decided to walk to
YALE EIGHT MILES AWAY.
We admit that we did not relish th,
job, bnt the country editor must hav
experiences, Moreover by going, VI
could reach home at o'clock, where
as, by waiting, we would get to MI
Sterling next day at 2 O'Clock. Wit
4 full head 1T steam We started dow
the track. When more lnxn hall