The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1901-04-25
4 LETTER FROM KENTUCKY,
The Land Of Bluegrass, fine Horses,
Historic Fame aad Political
COrruptneSs.
Mt. Sterling, Ky,l
April IL, 1901.

Mt. Sterling, Ky,
April II, 1901.
EDITOR REPUBLICAN:-Through the
of my nephew, DR.. s. G.
Parsons Of your city, am . weekly
recipient Of your splendid paper, its
politics aud general makeup suit me
and being 90 suited have concluded
to write few lines tor the columns
Of the REPUBLICAN,, thinking few
lines from this land of bluegrass, fine
herses, pretty women, bourbon whis-
key, many killings aud mare pistols,
besides q surfeiture of Goebel Democ-
racy, might interest some of your
readers, as many of the citizens Of
Missouri are either Ksntuckisns or
the descendants of Ksutuckians.
Mt. Sterling, the capital Of Mont
gomery county, is located near the
source of Hinkston creek, and some
six miles from slate creek, which fer
miles up and down is tho dividing
line between the bluegrass and the
brushy foothills Of eastern Kentucky.
Our city contains about 1000 inAAb-
itants, we have all the modern public
utilities, telegraphs, electric lights,
ice factory, and . system Of water
works being constructed, tho water
will be pumped from Slate creek
from a point six miles east of the city.
This place is over 100 years old. and
was originally known a. "Littls
Mountain" on account Of large pre-
historic mound that was In the cor
poration limits, but which was level
ed down many years ago to give place
to a large brick dwelling There are
a number of these mounds still stand
ing in this county.
Two miles north of Mt. Sterling is
the famous Battle-Ground known -
"Estill's Defeat" whore Col. Estill and
his party of white men, overlook .
band of Wyandotte Indians in 1882
and one of the most sanguinary
battles ever fought, considering the
numbers engaged, that ever took
place in Ky. About half Of the men
on both sides fell, Estill among them.
'sLittle Mountaio" was historic spot,
and, Judging from tho numerous
mounds left, it must have been sur
rounded with . dense population in
the time of tho mound builders.
Most of Montgomery county is in the
bluegrass, and is . grazing section,
and many fins cattle, sheep, hogs and
horses are raised here, aud Mt. Ster.
ling is decidedly tho best cattle mar
kst in tho state. At our monthly
county courts there are often as high
as 5000 head of cattle Of all grades on
the market. They are driven from
the extreme borders Of the state east
Of here, and sometimes from Virginia
to the Mt. Sterling market, and
buyers come from Ohio, Indiana and
Illinois to attend our court day sales
But with all our greatness we have
our drawbacks, we are cursed with
Goebelism, the destroyer cf the liber.
ties of the people, the promoter OF
discord, lawlessness, perjury, and a
corrupt judiciary, besides rotten poll.
tics generally. We have untold mil
lions of dollars of undeveloped nat.
i'll eastern Kentucky, but proscriptive
laws and rotten politics are deterrin2
capital from coming to the state
Democracy cannot, or will not move
a hand to induce capital to come into
the state for investment, but drives il
back lest it will bring in men of lib.
eral politics and the Democratic party
will lose its hold on the throat of the
state. The bulk of legislation III Ky
for a number OF years, has been fol
the aggrendisement of the Democrat
ic party, aud seeing that power was
about to slip from their grasp the
Goebcl law was enacted, as Goebe
himself said in speech at this place
to perpe,uate the Democratic party
in power in KY. aud see the bittel