Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1901-02-27
INTERESTING LETTER
FROM
HON. {. Nj. LOUTHAN
lcoNNUNIcATEDl
CHARLorT EsvILLE. VA.
FEB. is, 1901.


Editor of COURIER | have been
much interested In reading the
CLARKE COURIER of Feb. 6. in which
there Is letter from that Grown
Prince of epistolary effusions, VIM
Z. kenuerly. He tramps on mans
toes with most delicate deliheration.
aud Immediately in most inimitable
dic'ion apologies in manner TO
provoke lans liter from the very ribs
of death"
shall not undertake TO become Il
party to the controversy which seems
to be exciting deep interest among
the brethren of Clarke. will sim
ply state that If there is u comfy in
the State better fitted to furnish first
class material for a constitutional
convention than another, that county
is Clarke.
verify believe that there is more
intelligence and ability to the square
mile in Clarke than in any other
county in the State DO not mean
to say that john Marshalls and Pat.
rick Henrys are scattered promis-
cuonsly over her territory, bnt ! do
mean to say that in general intelli
gence she Is the banner county of the
Old Commonwealth.
Another thing | may be permitted
TO say, and that is, when looking for
humorous writer's YOU need not 40
beyond Clarke OF the u-ighborhood
of White Post. By the way. if there
Is any trouble about finding man To
represent Clarke in the proposed con
ventiOn, why not select Mr.. Kennerly.
! remember some years ago when
he was II candidate for the State Sen.
ate, Col. kennerly promised the peo
pie something hke the following:
Every road in Clarke and Warren
and Frederick should be az smooth
as glass, the Shenandoah river should
be turned inI0aemonade or some 9th
er drink equally asspalatablr, the top
of the Blue Ball should be lined with
silver, the bowels of the esrth should
he filled with gold, the waters should
he nectar and the air laden with
hreezes blowing direct from Ceylon's
isle.
la those DAYS there was nc talk
about l6 TO /; the Berryville boom
was not even dreamed of; the side
splitting periods of the gifted Ken
nerly assured the people that nothing
IN Heaven or earth that had been
dreamed of in any mans philosophy
should he denied them.
have read the writing of Bill
Arp. q. II. Philander, DOesticks. the
Fat Contributor. aud Josh Billings,
but | have never read more hume
rOuS article than that indicted bv
friend kennerly when he announced
himself candidate for the Senate of
Virginia. ! think If he would de
clare himself candidate for the con
ventiOu on the platform laid down bv
hIm when he desired to help the PEG
pie by representing them in the Sen
ate, the friends would all get in such
good humOr that the waters of
Lethe would cover recollection of the
8rrryville boom as deep AS the ocean
covers the Atlantic cable.
In my day | have dipped into the
mysteries of the binomnal theorem.
| have been along the edges of comic
sections, ! have been somew hat fa-
miliar with the process of extracting
the cube root, | have even tried to
wrestle with the pons asinorum, tfig
unOmetry and analytical geometry
have been hOnOred with passing, !
may say ilreting introduction to my
comprehension, | have studied geog
r"phy and sailed, in Imagination,
FROM Baffin's Bay to the Caspian Sea.
| have travelled from the Mountains
of the Moon to the Adirondacks.
The fact Of the business is, have
tried to realize the significance of
IN my, things seen aud unseen, but, in
all my life, have never been able to
see AS little relation between objects
IF interest as between dead and bur
Ird aud never To be resurrected Der
ryNille boom and seat IN the pro
posed constitutional convention. Why,
me f..linxy ois,-aus IS ararv man -,