The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1906-07-07

( this scribe. William Lego Ditto It is
needless 10 say we enjoyed a fine old
Kentucky dinner with congenial sp.r-
its. Next day he took me out to dine
with his brother. DR. John Price Nut
tslI-the only one Of the boys who was
grown when we left in 1850. He has q
fine farm in Henry county, and We en-
joyed another famous dinner That
evening I took tea with Judge William
/ samuel Pryor who has been on The
supreme bench Of Kentucky for tweu-
ty-f1ve years When we met he said.
"WiI. do you remember when we slept
( together in that little trundle bed sew
enty-One years agO?- 1 replied: Yes,
Judge" He said DO not call me
judge; am only VIII to you" Grand
old man. a brilliant one. with a large
family around him. This county OF
Henry has produced some great men
His uncle. James Pryor, was on the
bench seventeen years. It was with
him l boarded when we slept together
III the little DE1s auOlntt GlNkLEn "a
the olden times-the Honorable Will
liam Jordan Graves, a member of Con-
gress. who killed Jonathan CiIly in
duel with rifles 100 yards distant. OF
hand: also Elijah F. NuttaH (our IN
Gle Lgel He was great lawyer and
orator. He succeeded Judge James
Pryor on the bench. He was a glorious
good man. full of fun and jokes. fond
of fox hunting and fishing. When
elected judge his friends were afraid
he would not succeed, on account of
his extreme good nature and fun. but
they were mistaken. He held the bar
down. but was Ienient to the people
He excused the jury to go home and
kill hogs as it was a suitable time, also
to cut wheat But the funniest one
was when on the bench at Frankfort a
circus was expected and advertised
the elephant to swim the river So the
judge said: "This court has never seen
an elephant swim, therefore the court
Will adjourn to witness the fete7 He
died while on the Bench during the
civil war
Let US go back a little. when Uncle
Lige" was a young man, and when the
stars fell. He and his brother-in-law,
Joe Pollard. were out fox hunting
when the meteors flashed athwart the
skies and fell and burst. They got
alarmed and started for home. CThis
was in 1889. Their mother and moth
er-in-law had the family indoors down
on their knees for prayer. The hunt
ers stepped on the porch when Grand
ma Pollard said: Joe. you and Lige
have brought the day of judgment on
us with your fox hunting" Her little
daughter. Latetia, said: why. moth
er. how can the day of judgment come
in the night?"
Another old citizen who had passed
away Tom Smith was born and rails
ed in this county dying in 1850 with
the cholera, worth nearly one million
dollars. He made his money here. He
bought and hauled his goods across
the mountains from Philadelphia He
also bought the products of the farm
ers and sent them to Philadelphia
We assembled the hill where the old
school house once stood, where we
played ball, were whipped with the
beech switch and learned to spell "ba-
ker." But, alasi the old house was
gone ond a stately mansion occupied
the spot. The old spring was there.
and we took drink. We visited the
old homestead on the hill, which was
the home of Jordan Graves. 1t looked
quite natural We took a drink out
of the old well-it was as cold as ice
water. But sad. o! how sad, as we
walked though the old cemetery, where
sleep the dear remains of our sister.
Mary. who sacrificed her life for others
during the rage of cholera in 1850,
little Sallie and our dear stepmother,
who died in 1888. What memories
swept over me- We shed tear, drop
ped few flowers and turned sadly
away. There they will sleep until the
resurrection morn
There is nothing that could repay us
for our trip TO the old home of our
remembered whilst memory holds
seat in this distracted globe" The
weather was beautiful and lovely. The
like of Kentucky's pretty women new
er was before seen
The greatest sight we beheld during
our trip was the old Confederate Home
at Pee Wee Valley. sixteen miles from
Louisville. Electric cars leave every
half hour. There are 2S2 inmates The
buildings are first class. from three
TO four stories high. Rooms, beds and
table service are as good as at any
hotel Extensive groLnds with many
/ fine shade trees. Colonel George is
the commander. W. L Ditto