The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1907-12-07
LOCAL TOPICS

Good morningl Have you been to
the skating rink and broken your arm
or leg yet?
The scene at the corner of Main
and st. Clair streets, each county
court day, is such as one would view
were he to attend like event in
where the streets are covered with
vegetation and mud and the inhabi-
tants are uncouth in their ways and
half civilized at best. A collection of
horses, cattle and dilapidated We
hicles block the roadway and crowds
of bystanders clog the sidewalks,
making it almost impossible for pc
destrians and vehicles to pass.
Large numbers of school children,
were much amused at the antics of
a lot Of cattle last Monday The
actions of the brutes we're not fit for
either boys or girls to behold, but
there were many female scholars who
were compelled to pass that way and
could not help but see the indecent
sight. Now, for decency's sake, as
well as for the sake of the morals of
the children of Frankfort, will the
toh he
nuisance that holds forth at the bust
est spot in the Capital City.
The River Road, which leads from
the Devils Hollow bridge to the L.
& N. bridge, was once the most at
tractive promenade in or near the
city. But since the tracks of the
street railway were laid over the
roadway, while the construction of the
New Capitol was underway, the Bou-
levard, as it was formerly called, ap-
pears to have been neglected. Now
that all the hauling of heavy material
over the switch of the street railway
is about at an end, it would seem to
be advisable to restore the road to
its former condition, so that the chill
dren of Bellepoint could traverse it
on the way to school, and the people
of Frankfort could enjoy this natur-
ally beautiful walk along the river
bank, as in the days of yore.
While the trees are bare and the
brown fields in the country, around
Frankfort, have taken on the desolate
aspect that winter brings, yet the
jewellers in the rural regions are not
without the joys that, in large meas
ure, go to recompense them some
what for the loneliness and dreari-
ness of their situation during the
colder months of the year when ma
ture is in a mood far from pleasant.
Hog killing, which has been in full
blast for the past week, will continue
for a week or more yet, and our
country cousins are fairly revelling
in delightful banquets made up of
spare-ribs, backbones, fresh sausage
that is pure, home-pade souse,
cracklin' bread and many other tooth
some dishes at this season. And just
think of 1.-THE spare-ribs and the
backbones have plenty of meat on
them, and are entirely different from
the "sandpapered" ones which are sold
at the butcher shops in the city. But
why dwell on subject that can not
fail to bring sorrow and vain long
ings to the inhabitants of a town.
The open winter prophets have
the best of the contention, at least so
far as Frankfort and the contiguous
territory is concerned Here it is
the 7th of December, and the people
hereabouts are yet strangers to snow,
sleet, slush and many other disagree
able results or real wintry weather
to any appreciate extent.
A well-known former Democrat, who
at the recent State election supported
the Republican side of the contention,
and did all in his power for the sue
cess of the ticket that won out in the
end is said to be slated for some
kind of a position under the new
State administration. The man al