The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1904-05-18

vor. In dignity and impressiveness any
thing that onr most noted Blue Grass
orators delivPg when they win the plan
lifts Of listening mnltitudes of critics,
friends or foes Judge BEATTY digresse6
= moment from his more formal speech
to mention by name some Of those in
the audience whose faces recalled the
laws of long ago when the stage coach
was the only method of passenger trav-
Il between Rsattvville, via Irvine.
Richmond and Lexington, The name
f'he famous old hack driver, Rolls
Hazslwood, of Will Rice, his successor.
md finally that modern manager O
trei-ht and passenger transports alton,
oil. Billy Devnre, were called i'm crate
al memory. 1t 50 happened that the
last named gentleman was i'm the CROWD
md he yelled out: That's right. Judge
Reaity, and yun can shake NV hand
Just as soon as you get through yOuI
speech" This brought the crowd down,
and Billy forced his way up to the por-
ic0 on the completion of the exercises
AMI Judge ErHty and he held private
= r''.'.sUn for he next few minutes
At the conclusion of Judge Beatty's
speech the band play. q lively air ana
then Hon. " IA b Smith of Richmond
and also Hon Jerry A. sullivan, wer,
introduced. Both acquitted thrmselvt>
~ hey ALWAYS do. NTH credit TO IN. i
""nta'I"n ~ winning and eloquent
speakers, worthy al their county, city
anu slate. 81, smith told of the history
II ne efforts la build the railroad 10
Sea tyvil'e. ia ing back probably thirty
years. Heck iIbIted document yellow
slth age, guaranteeing fund for the
'rOmOtiOn 6l railway agitation or cleo
ion signed t., himself, James b. Me
ireary, ;. z Walters, decd and w
;. Smith, a OF Richmond. This"
'aId Mr. Smith. sis but one of the count
less evidences uf the long struggle of
the people Of Madison to procure rail
nay Outlet iur me people and products
Lee COnhN toward which Madison
unity finally voted subscription of a
quarter OF a million dollars fifteen YEAR,
ago "And yOu have the rDadl'' said
Mr.. Smith, and we are here To day to
'lasp hands with you in that fraternal
tie that Is 50 accurately pictured upon
the atlractiv 1T Gamer across your mar
street, eicnne From Beattyville 10
Richmond "
Mr. Sullivan. representing the young
ar generation. looked to the future Of
the state, while proud of and loyal to
her past hs'ory and pictured the
growth and progress Yet in store for
the section THAT is now cemented to he
Counties of E,Iili and Madison and th,
Blue & ass by Ties Ot .+ H.. would
have all IN c''izrr of that section I'M
derstand the feeling entertained to-
Hard them by the people and nier-
,:hants OF Madison, q feeling of mutual
dependence for each others material
progress. I'VE have things you need,
nd We must have pr,ducts you arr
leSsed with by natures lavish hand
20 come, let MS know each other better
ia this closer relationship made POSI-
lie, yea imper alive. by the cOnvenien,
method OF railway OF Transportation" H.
closing Mr. Sullivan invited the mer
;hants aud Ca. liens of BeattyVile and
Lee county tn come to Richmond at
nv and all times and receive a wei
"me thus, in the language of the poet.
CDavis:
'Come in the evening or come in the
morning;
Come when you are looked for, or
come vi bout warning.
Kisses and welcome await there before
you,
And the oftener you come the more
well adore youi"
The hext thing upon the program
Vas the dinner that had been sprea.i
IN all sides al the court yard. aud which
'eautilul lnai'is aud matrons of the city
ana county dispensed free to the hungry
hrOng. For ali hour the slaughter OF
e'libles ven un alter which the crowd
dispersed 10 Inspect the city, the stores,
the clutches or To fish at the dam be.
tow the city, aud where JOl. Jim Stout
Ter, Mayer Te gis, JuHge Rice, anu other
noted fisnr rm7n tuyed Win tile finny
,rIDe Tor two hours Succe . crowned
heir efforts and nor less than twenty
pounds of fish were ured though
most Of IL WAS caught with "silver
hook"
Along toward the shades of evening
a comnOtlOn occurred in front of the
court hOn>e when it was seen that all
the uTcnins in town had been Invited
into the soda water stand ODD. court
yard where Col. Alex Denny, repres
enting thu X eliOgg Wholesale Grocery
Co., of Richmond, was setting upM
those thirsiy kids TO soda pop, Coca
lola ami nIilkshakes Alex also pur-
chased peek of marbles a itl scattefe.i
them along the street an tueh scr:l,. =
BILE you never saw A number ofcoins
were tossed t. the boy S aud they tore
up the street Ia their frantic efforts to
get the none, from each other
One of the richest ihihgs of the trip
was the present If 4 genuine razor
Dark hog 10 Judge Henry Rec This
rare specimens of an'e 'iluvian swine is
now on exhibition at the City Hail in |
Richm0 ld and should be inspected. |
Judge Rice l. very proud 10 he the /
owner of the only living SOW whose
Jack Is 80 sharp that he is able tc spiit
Sindling over her. Her name is
S o O X + Y Z"
The weicunie and the treatment ex- /
ended to our party were all that coulu |
lave been asked, and the affair sur /
passed the eXpectaiiOn of the most
member Of the party. 1t now
emains for the CLIMAX to refresh the
minds of the citizrns Of Lee county and
3eattyvllIe that return excursion will /
le run from that city next Friday MAY
%, with the following unprecedented
ow round trip prices: Beattvyille,
o cents, K N. Junction. Millers Creek, I
md Irvine, % cents. From two to four
o'clock. D. m, band concert will be
,iven in the b indsome new band stand
n the Richmo ID Conrt House Square
ample Goa h accommodation will be
upplied b, the polite officials Of the
=. < A., whslse couFfesies and aitent ion
0 the wishes OF our party last week will
'e long remembered and substantially
swardss'