The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1909-06-23
new RAILROAD
GETS WELCOME
From the WOman's Club
OF Hartford.
SPECIAL PROGRAM RENDERED
Elegant Address by Mrs. Glenn
Picturing Bright Future
For Hartford.

it's intellectual treats to the menu
bers and visitors from time to time
when they gather for their monthly
meetings. Recently the club gave
meeting in honor of the entering
of the NJ. II. q +. Railroad into our
town. 1t was a special railroad pro-
gram. The principal paper on this
occasion was read by Mrs. j. S. Glenn
as a welcome address and dedicated
to the new railroad. 1t was respond
ed to in a fitting manner by Mrs.
George Feagan, wife of the resi-
dent engineer, who has built the line
of road. Mrs. H. w. Griffin read
paper which was highly entertaining
on the advantages and disadvantages
of the railroad. By a unanimCus vote
the club requested the publication Of
Mrs. Glenn's address, which follows:
"A flood of thoughts sweep DER ne
that fills my eyes with tears" This
has been to me a week of sweet rem
fniscences and fond recollectious.
Your committees request opened sunny
memories, sacred portals, and | wan
dered up and down her corridors COM
muning with those whose wisdom and
energy have made Hartford loved and
honored at home and abroad. Men
whose love and loyalty never for
one moment swerved from the upbuild-
ing of our little city They dreamed
and made possible this our golden
day. Such bold and enterprisiug spir-
its as Harrison Taylor, II. d. McIlen-
ry, j. f. Pendleton, L. c. Hubbard,
W. c. Chapman, Z. w. Griffin, w. T.
Gregory, and J. w. Ford strived and
brought to us much of the prestige
we enjoy to-day, both commercial and
Intellectual, in planting a spirit of
progressiveness in our citizenship that
augers much for our future.
"A great wave of commercial and
industrial progress seems to be touch
ing the most isolated spots of our
country; and that city or town that
does not shake herself and move with
the great impetus of this onward
march will be lost in the race for
distinction and renown. But Hart
ford, true to the spirit of her max
ers, with a century of intellectual
prestige resting as a halo about her
brow, faced the inevitable. She must
either ride the crest of this great
industrial wave, or be lost in the dim
fancies of a glorious past. The names
of her illustrious doctors, statesmen,
lawyers, and educators could but bring
the blush of shame, If she hest
tated, for hesitancy meant retreat.
But with that spirit Of enterprise that
has always characterized her citizen
ship, she breathed deep the spirit
of progress and this afternoon We call
our home one of the most progressive
little cities in the State Upon
this great wave of material advance
ment, railroads are touching every
section of our country, and Hartford
after a half century of disappointment
to-day realizes the dreams of those
who builded better than they knew
and the privilege of reaping the
rich harvest of their cherished dreams
is ours. May we be worthy of the
heritage we have received, and fac
ing the future, build wisely and well
for those who may rise to call us
blessed;
Our visions are the visions of the
enthusiast. May we be able to tenn
per our enthusiasm with the wis
dom of the seeh and may the lustre
of our dear old Hartford grow bright
er and brighter as the years pass by.
But the commercial and industrial
benefits are not the only assets that
have and will accrue from the COM
ing of the NJ. H. and +. r. r. With
the very first invasion of our city
by this advancing host, whose watch
word is Progress came handsome men
and beautiful women. The young
strangers with the freedom of our
hearts and homes, wandered piping
through our streets, reckoning to our
fair maidens, and like Minnehaha,
SOME have followed, leaving all
things for these strangers
Every avenue of thought and ac-
ton has been touched and broad
ened by this colony transplanted here
for the past two years. But to the
Women's Club came the sweetest and
tenderest influence that seems pos
sible in the guise of dainty, brown
eyed matron, whose very presence ell
evates and delights, so without eff
fort or ostentation has she stolen
into our lives and hearts that her