The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1903-03-04

water. AL one place on Une SCUM
side was forest fire, while direct
iy opposite, the mountain, from top
TO bottom, was wrapped In snow.
Ga we went to
Ansil Centers is dangerously sick
with fever.
In the family Of w. NJ. johnson
there are four members sick with
fever a
Chester (Frank) aad Davis
MART have recently opened lum-
her camp on Clear creek.
Mrs. G. w. Ewing on Thursday
received word that her brother, r.
p. Cole, of Rothwell was very sick
There are two stores here owned
by p. Y. Drake and Morton 81 Co.
Trade is rather slow in most
stores at this season.
We met Asa and Miss Minnie
Ewing who are in charge of Nor
ton d Co.'S store.
In this family there are nine
brothers and two daughters, all
living all unmarried and SO far as
we saw (4) all good looking, ahappy
and contented family. The father
Is the doctor of the village. He
and his wife are to be congratu-
lated. This one of the good old
time families that we read about,
the kind that is fast disappearing
from the face of the earth, where
society folks" and the rich lin
money! and misguided pervert the
will of the Lord. Some one has
said: "Children are an her
iJage of the Lord and blessed is
the man that hath his culver full
of them"
Sociologists tell us that one OF
the infallible evidences of deca-
dence in a nation is the growing
tendency to raise no or few chill
dren.
Say readers, do you not feel sorry
for the husband and wife who have
no children? deserving are they of
sympathy and pity, or of censure.
Here we pause for remarks by the
''smart set" the excessively mod
est, those who think more of poo
die dog with blue ribbon around
its neck, than of baby in whose
eye is the light and joy of heaven,
on whose cheek is smile that
would rival the blush of ripe, Jul
cy peach and whose voice for mel
ody is the combined ripple of sill
very waters and song of birds of
varied note.
Nov it is just awful that he
should talk so; he is perfectly hor
rid, he ought to be run out of re-
spectacle society, l just detest
some of his Facts and Observations
(but she reads them)", and per-
haps one of the lords of creation
will venture to say confidentially
to friend: "He is disgraceful,
he ought to be thrashed. Yes,
we have been cussed before for
what we have said, when we have
spoken against some Facts.
In the olden times, 40 to so
years ago or longer, many families
were found where there were 10 to
more than 20 children. Such is
now the exception especially among
tie rich, fastidious, and fashion,
able and few other folks.
Our next stop was at LOMBARD,
the junction with the railroad to
the Big Woods.
Here is plant, which turns out
chair stock belonging to E. W.
Strack.
We continued our tramp through
wider valley and lower hills to
Bowen, having an hour to spare be-
fore train. Tis is the longest walk
we had taken on our tramps to in
crease the circulation of our paper
and the output of our job office.
we were VIKING 10 sUop, ana TO
resume the journey on the soft
cushion seat of the car which in
due time landed us at Winchester
where we spent the night with Mrs.
Trimble and Thos. McEldowney
and wife.
Our trip had been shortened be-
cause we were under bond to APP
pear as witness at 10 o'clock on
Friday morning in the case against
James Freeman for murder of j. w.
Willoughby. The case was contin-
ued until Monday, so we turned
our attention to other things and
closed the morning work by mar
rying a couple at the court house.
What comes nextp Wait a little
longer and you'll find out.
3. w. TRIMBLE.
P0r Rent.
The residence of the late Mrs.