The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1905-04-14


streets, progressive towns, or any
thing OF the kind. To be honest
about 1t, we are persuaded that
permanent sensation Of the posses
sion OF riches would he delightful,
even to so devoted a friend OF the
poor as Mr.. Burns has suddenly be-
come. No the writer is not rich
unfortunately-no one half as nearly
so as AIR. Burns. He tthe writer) is
working sixteen hours a day to meet
his 1.-THE writer's obligations and help
to build up Louisa. hoping in the lat
ter efforts to aid In providing work
for all worthy and Industrious poor
people, so that they may be able to
own and feed cows. The greatest
obstacle encountered In Louisa's pro-
gress is the disposition shown In the
above article The hope of making
this more than an 18th century VIII
lage is thus bllghted almost as soon
as II arises in the minds of any of
It's citizens.
Some of Mr. Burns characteristic
struggles to be funny appear in the
above article. How sad And the al
legged comparison and sarcasm How
sonvinclng! After reading them the
most rab.d advocate of COW restraint
is constrained to throw up his hands
ind say, Il surrender all-garden.
d. posies. trees. cleanliness, sent
imeut. everything land desire to turn
the streets into pastures. Hereafter
shall Madison street be known as
Madison Meadow; Franklin Field, Per
ry Pasture, Pike Pickings. &c Wei
come, cattle. hogs, sheep and dogs
The town Is no good for anything
else.
The only thing the matter with the
Rockefeller smile 60 is that ii does
not fit the case at all. But Mr..
Burns calculates that his mention
Of the barefooted boy will throw his
readers into such frenzy and flood
Of tears that they will be too blind
to recognize a misfit comparison of
the rankest kind He turns the boys
tinstead OF the cows) out into the
streets, presumably with the same
fright to pllfer that the cows have.
Then II these" barefooted boys" for
age their food from John ID. Rockefeller
Or Mr. Burns just as the cows do,
would the two gentlemen have no
right to ask for protection against
the rayages, simply because they
tthe two gentlemen aforesaid are
bondholders?
Even after being run over by that
automobile we still believe that those
who support the public institutions
by paying taxes on property-the des-
pissed property owners, II YOU please
are entitled to a voice in the COW
question and all other questions
affecting the public welfare.
a man has the same right to allow
his boy to consume his neighbor's
property as 10 permit his COW or hogs
to do so. Our streets were not grant
ed for pasturing purposes. Nothing
in the records shows any such pro-
vision And because they belong TO tn
public is not sufficient reason for us
ing them for other purposes than
those intended. The public square
belongs to the public. 50 does the
property adjacent TO the public gov
eminent lock and dam Both of these
plats are nicely set in grass and would
furnish excellent pasturage for num-
Der of hungry cows. Why don't the
people turn theircows in there? They
certainly have the same right to do
this as to use the streets for pastur-
ing. We are creditably informed that
the courts OF one of our States has
decided that live stock running at
large on the public highway or streets
is trespassing, because the highways
are granted for purposes of trdnspor-
tation.
Yes. the writer was around town a
few times while the COW law was In
force and saw less than half doz-
en- instances in which the COW was
In the front yard-and since its repeal
has seen whole yards full eating po-
sizes and being chased by the harass-
ed housekeepers. Then for the sake
Of this half dozen, II is right for the
entire community TO be ANNOYED and
damaged, according to Mr.. Burns
argument. We stick to our origi-
nal declaration as to which would
be the cheaper plan.
We fail to see how the cows run
ming at large will keep dead beats
off of the STREETS, but We have seen
how they prevent live beets grow
ing in the gardens.
Another enigma in the above ar
ticle is this:"A stranger coming into
town would imagine that Louisa PEG
pie only saw COWS when they visited
the Geological Garden" That stran
ger must be one OF those noseless