The Crittenden record. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1904-1907, 1907-02-08
BITS OF BYPLAY.

BllS Ut BIPLN.
The declaration of the horse trader,
what will you do and stand?" is
familiar to all. Every circuit court
ana county court quite an army Of
horse traders gather in Marion and on
the principle Of big fish-little fish
no fish at ALL they trade and swap
and each one goes home confident he
has worsted the other fellow. This
calls to mind famous horse trade at
Tolu, once upon a time. Or. j. W.
Jordan was a dentist in Marion, Prince
ton and other ports way back IN the
nineties Attached to his accomplish
ment Of pulling teeth. he was horse
trader and pulled legs. The groans Of
his tooth victims were no louder than
the groans Of his horse trading victims.
His dextrous manner Of pulling a leg
out Of socket on horse trade was as
absolutely certain as was his skill
ful way Of pulling teeth Nature had
supplied the doctor with a bountiful
suite Of whiskers, in fact, mis- promi-
nent feature was ghiskers They
were long. black and fine. A good
many years ago DR.. Jordan rolled into
Tolu He drove one horse in shafts to
a buggy and lead half = dozen, two Of
which :rotted besides the horse in the
harness Not long after his arrival he
struck Mr.. c. +. Weldon TO sell him
one Of his horses After hours Of
sparring and diekering the future
county clerk bought his horse giving
therefor one shot gun, one dollar and
half in money, sack OF Swans Down
-four, a package Of Arbuckle coffee and
a gallon Of gieen teams.
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The roof on the old clerks Office sit
uated in the court house yard was
placed there in 1894. II is sixty-three
years Of age and the west side Of the
roof has never been painted. A good
many years ago a painter came along
who wanted TO advertise his roof paint
and he was allowed to paint the east
side Of this roof. Il did not injure the
roof any. This roof is the best roof In
town today. The timer who put Il on
was certainly ar honest man and the
county was in favor Of buying good
material at that time
There is no judging woman's mind
Sometimes Il runs in well dehneS
grooves and again at other times I
erratieally skips and glides about like
a bob sled down hill without control
Some say woman's acts are intuitiv,
as the mind Is bent. so the acts ar
inclined. One Of the star teachers Il
Marion Graded School sometimes or
ders her mid day lunch from one Of III
restaurants up town as the walk to he
home Is too long. A few days ago IN
wrote a note to Mr.. W. II. Cophe
! ordering what she wanted and utterl
oblivious Of the fitness Of things sh
signed Il Mrs. Gopher The state q
health Of Mrs. Gopher number one
( good. so argument in that dircctio
} could not be sustained. II Is moi
properly attributed 10 the sub-conseioJ
J state Of an active mind in which VI
I dreamed Of thoughts find expression
meaningless repctitions. We migl
Il note before passing that this partic'
/. lar star teacher is a particular cligib
j matrimonial prospect. There are Vel
4 few Of the lady teachers In that scho
J that could not support one man
II ~
4 A special from jefferson CITY. Nc
y says that the representative fru
Morgan county. Missouri has intrcdu
, ed a bin into the legislature TO pr
II hihit any woman from purchasing mo
4 than tao hats during any one calcnd
y year: 70 regulate the price 10 be "a
4 Tor such hats and 10 prevent the wca
J INK Of any pumagc thercon." n
4 bill further provides that the ha
shall not cost over sl.N each n
gill certainly BE- II interest TO MissO,
millincrs and hat wcarers Of the fe'
Il mime gender. It's passage and enforC
4 mcnt woah relieve the pater who c.
ries the pocket book Of an immcn
4 load. This representative from NJ,
, gan county, Missouri is peach vi
the fur rubbed OF. HE ability
, break into the legislature Of the VI
4 ious states a. well a. the Congress
. the United States causes some though
II FOL men 10 wonder whether or not O
= system Of government Is not faulty.
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