Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-11-13

from the other counties and had
made the slower trip by Pond River
and Green River.
It. was delightful trip through
the forests. The autumn leaves ev-
erywhere covered the well graded
roads with carpets of yellow and
brown and the sandy soil had been
solidifed into an Ormond beach by
the rains that settled the dust and
caused the rise in the river. The
twenty-niles was driven it but little
more than ali hour. The reception
committee was in waiting at the
bridge near White Plains and the
party was prevailed upon to wait
until the next morning for the start,
as the delegation from Caldwell
county had telephoned that they
would arrive on the night train to
join the excursion. A camp was
pitched in the woods and a fine sup
per was soon ready. Next morning
by seven o'clock the excursionists
from the four counties had eaten
breakfast and were prepared for an
early start. About so were in the
party and it took eight canoes to
transport them to Green River,
where their own boat, Defeat, was
to await them. The river skirts
Hopkins county on the east until it
reaches Mclean and flows into Green
River not far from Calhoun. The
boats were christened Judge, Attor-
ney, Clerk, Sheriff, Jailer, Assessor.
Superintendent and Coroner. Capt.
Prowse selected as his flagship the
Judge. Feland and Brown were put
in charge of the Attorney, while
Wicks and Clark were assigned to
the Clerk. The various boats were
manned by the excursionists from
the four counties, arranged so as to
bring them all into congenial rela
tionship. Lem Davis, who was de.
feated by 629, and Will Gray by 723,
came in for lot of joking. Finally
Lem turned his boat, the Sheriff,
over to the Muhlenberg boys and
got into Will Gray's boat, the Super
intendent, and they agreed to change
its name to the Skiddoo, suggested
by the "23'' that figured in both
their minorities.
We camped Wednesday night at
Ashbysburg and the next morning
took on several of the boys who he'd
beer left at the polls over in Nc
Lean county. Charlie Prowse and
other sportsmen IN the crowd shot
lots of squirrels just before dark
and Jim Allensworth's dog freed two
'possums and a coon in the space of
half an hour. Game is abundant in
that section and we really had fine
time. Thursday we floated down
Green River and reached SPOTS
vile where we found Eir. Long had
preceded US and our own packet for
the Salt River trip was anchored at
the wharf. 1t was quite a relief to
leave the row boats and get on YES
sci provided with all the comforts of
modern travel. Some of the boys
were unused to any work as hard as
rowing and the novelty was begin
ming to wear off.
John Feland was assigned to the
came state room he occupied in 1901,
but Charlie Prowse refused to occu-
py the one he used in 1905. He said
it called up unpleasant memories.
Claude Clark had gotten over the
shock of the returns and was in fine
spirits. He made a nice little speech
to the crowd that came down to the
river to greet us. He said he didn't
mind it for himself, but he hated it
on account of the other boys who
had been up before and had lost in
terest in the scenery. The people at
Spottsville were very hospitable and
urged the party to remain over there
night. This Capt. Prowse
finally agreed to do and an entertain
ment was given at the school house
that night in honor of the visitors.
Will Gray was called on and recited
his celebrated "Elegy in a Church
yard" and Bob Meacham, who was
found to possess musical talent of
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