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The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1909-09-22

statement, and exhibited some of hel
husbands army efiects one Of then
heing his portrait painted while he
was in the army and another being
copy of "Cushing's Tactics" at thai
time being the discipline of the United
States army. She also received let,
tiers from Ann Washington and other
prominent Virginia ladies, showing
she was of high-clas' Virginia peo'
pie.
In the fall of 1869 l called to see
Mrs. Yates. / told her that my grand.
father was soldier in Washington's
Continental army and an officer in the
war of 1912 and that had called to
see her as the widow of one of my
grand-father's comrade officers.
Mrs. Yates was feebly reclining on
her bed and at that time she vas suf-
fering from cancer of the breast, which
soon terminated in death. She was
cheerful and very courteous to me and
appeared to be greatly interested in
my grandfather's services in the army,
as thew had been told to me. After l
had addressed her for some time she
made some remarks about her hus-
bands services. in the army and the
close attachment his men had for him.
She handed bunch of keys to a SER
want and ordered her to bring some
small portraits from bureau drawer.
On the return of the servant Mrs,
Yates exhibited some old-time deguer-
reotype portraits of the Yates family
One of these portraits was taken from
a French painting of her husband.
After the death of Mrs. Yates |
copied the Lieutenant Yates portrait
for my military drawing book and at
this time | think it is the only one that
is in existence. The original one and
other relics eff the Yates family were
destroyed when the Yates homestead
was burned some years ago.
Many prominent persons called to
see Mrs. Yates and among the pres
ents sent to her was the hand corn
mill brought to Hartford by Hon.
Elisha NJ. Ford on his return from the
Legislature in 1S45, and the balance,
wheel of this mill was at the Yates
farm a few years ago. Mrs. Yates
died November 8, 1869, and her son,
William, preceded her June 80, 1864.
Some years before Mrs. Yates cied she
selected burial place on the farm near
her home and her remains and those
of her son now lie side by side on the
east side of large oak tree.
... $1,000 ---. --- EpXIS FORBES.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1909-09-22
THE COCA SHRUB
Fully Described in a Communica.
tiOn to the HOpkinsviIIe
Kentuckian.

In South Africa there grows TEN
porary life-giving shrub called coca
II grows in Peru and Bolivia, and i,
sometimes cultivated in Mexico. II
is very highly stimulating plant,
and is the Peruvians' and Bo ivians'
favorite invigoront Cocaine is also
made from the leaves of this shrub.
Coca is cultivated by the natives,
who chew its dried leaves as We chew
tobacco.
But its effect is quite different to
that of tobacco. Instead reproducing
a drowsy, sleepy feeling, it gives life
and ambition to the user. II is said
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1909-09-22
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
Q a 8 OR a

When a woman hears that the
school teacher says her boy is a bad
boy she goes to the schoolhouse to
scratch the teachers eyes out. But
when a woman hears that her husband
is bad man she accepts it as con-
firmation of what she has long sus-
pected.
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Citizens
National
Life
Insurance
Company

Will continue; but it is not necessary to
further publish the subscriptions made
each Week. This record of subscriptions
tells its own story
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FIRST SETTLERS e
OF FORDSV|lLE
And a Short Account OF
Their Lives.
NAMED AFTER ELISHA N. FORD
First Hand COrn-Mill Brought
to Hartford History Of
Yates Family.

Fordsyille, Ohio county, KY, was
settled by three early Kentucky set
slers, viz: Benjamin Kelley, Ancil
Hall and Richard Huff. Huff settled
on the northeast side Of what is now
the town of Fordsville, Hall settled
on the west side. Huff settled about
the year 1898, but it is not known at
what time Kelly and Hall settled
their farms, other than thai they were
among the first settlers of this part OF
the State. Benjamin Kelley, when a
small boy, was one of Daniel Boone's
party, taken prisoner by the Indians
while making salt at the Blue Licks
in Nicholas county, and was taken to
Detroit, Mich, where he made his es-
cape, taking with him an Indian tom
ahawk presented to him by Colonel
Mckee, the British Indian agent and
principal advocate of the war then ex-
isting between the United States and
the savages. This tomahawk is now
owned by a grandson Of Benjamin
Kelley, living near Fordsville.
Ancil Hail was a prominent Bap-
tist preacher of his time and his de.
seendants are now numerous
in this part Of the State.
Richard Huff was an energetic set
tier, raised a large family of sons
and daughters and his posterity is
now widely scattered over several
States.
Each of these early settlers had a
graveyard on his farm and their re-
mains and many of their relatives and
friends we're buried in them. The
Kelly graveyard is now the Fords-
vile cemetery. The Huff graveyard
is now surrounded by the resi-
dences, gardens, lots, &c, of
the citizens of the town and the
Hall graveyard is on Cedar Hill,
near the western corporation line.
The early name of Fordsville was
kelley's Precinct, in honor of Ben
jamin Kelley, and so remained till
about the year 1913, when Calm
Grove, of Hartford, established a
post-Office there and named the ham
let Fordsville, in honor of Elisha
NJ. Ford, at that time the main bust
iness man of Hartford and the first
man to establish mercantile business
at Kelley's Precinct
About the year 1880 a widow lady
from Virginia bought that part of Mr..
,Huh's farm on The southeast side of =
small stream which is tributary OF
Adams Fork creek. This lady was
Mrs. Nancy Yates, widow of Lieuten-
ant Reuben c. Yates, who died in the
United States army near City Point,
Va, during the war of 1872. Mrs.
Yates family, at that time, consisted
Of her son, VIM. II. Yates, and a mum.
her Of slaves. She said she was a ma.
tive Nirginian, that her maiden name
was Yates and at the age of II year,
she had married her cousin, Reuben
{. Yates, and that she was but IL
years older than her son. She further
said that her husband was Leuten.
ant in the army and died there when
her son was little child, and produc.
ed letters from John Tompkins and
other army officers corroborating this
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1909-09-22

When you want to hear something
mean about some one, have you no
ticed how little trouble you have in
hearing it? Others have just as little
trouble in hearing the disagreeable
things said about you.
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Patriotism

The stomach larger factor in life liberty and the
suit Of happiness than people Patriotism
Withstand hunger but dyspepsia The confirmed dy
peptic is fit for treason and spois The
who goes to the front for his with weak stomach
will be q weak soldier and a fault finder.
sound stomach makes for good citizenship well for
health and happiness
Diseases of the stomach and other of digestion and
nutrition promptly and permanently by the Of
Or. PTERcE'S GOLDEN MEDICAL DISCOVERY.
IL builds mp the body with sound flesh and
solid muscle.
The dealer who offers substitute for the Discovery" 10
only seeking make the little profit realized tho
sale of less meritorious preparations
DR.. Perce's Common Sense Medical Adviser is sent free
receipt Of stamps pay expense OF mailing ony Send
stamps paper covered book 81 stamps
for the cloth bound Address Worlds Dpensary Medical
Association, r. " Pierce, M. D., President, Buffalo, NJ r.
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Our idea of good luck is what he
falls man when he can find what he
wants in bargain sale. The general
rule is that they are out ofhis size.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1909-09-22
Why Druggists Recommend Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and Diar.
rh0ea Remedy.

Mr.. Frank C. Hanrahan, promi-
nent druggist of Portsmouth, Va,
says: For the past six years / have
sold and recommended Chamberlain
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rene
dy. 1t is a great remedy and one OF
the best patent medicines on the
market. / handle some others for the
same purposes that. pay me a larger
profit, but this remedy is so sure to
effect a cure, and my customers so
certain to appreciate my recommend
ing it to him, that l give it the pref
erence." For sale by all dealers. m
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At least this much can be said for
the women; They do not claim that
this seasons hats are beautiful; only
stylish, which happens to be more i'm
portant from the feminine view.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-05-26
a Cowboy Spider.

"Faking aside" said the nature
student, there is in New Zealand a
cowboy spider. This creature throws
a coil of web like a lasso over its
prey's head, then adds more and more
coils, and when the prey is bound
hand and foot devours it.
There is a Borneo spider that in
these spring days plays the fiddle. 1t
is a common thing for a lovesick spi-
der to dance before his girl, but this
Borneo boy, by drawing his arm
across his tum, produces a sweet,
clear note. Whenever he sees a good
looking young lady spider ne stops
and gives her q tune, hoping to win
her by music.
Then there's the Orvil:e- Wilbur
Wright spider, who builds himself an
aeroplane of web and sails off on the
breeze like our famous Dayton boys"
Philadelphia Bulletin.
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Same

I wonder if you could tell me of
any laundry where they return the
gold studs which all the servants l
ever had make a practice OF send
ing to the wash in my dress shirts?
| never remember to take them out
myself, and the consequence is that
l am perpetually buying new ones.
The fact that they really are gold
preculdes the possibility, l imagine,
of their being dissolved by the pow
erful acids with which the shirts
themselves are destroyed, and it
seems to me that if other people are
as careless as ! am the dividends of
some laundries must be very aDpre-
ciably swelled by the residun of
gold which is found at the bottom OF
their washtubs.-A Correspondent in
London Truth.
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At Last. There is on Sale a Book
Brimful Of American Humor.
Any bookseller will tell you that
the constant quest Of his customers
Is for "a book which will make me
laugh" The bookman is compelled
to reply that the race of American
humorists has u out and comic lit
erature Is scarcer than funny plays.
A wide sale is therefore predicted for
the Memoirs Of Dan Rice" the
Clown Of Our Daddies, written by
Maria Ward Brown, a book guar
anteed to make you roar with laugh
ter. The author presents to the pub
lie a volume Of the great testers
most pungent jokes, comic harangues,
caustic hits upon men and manners,
lectures, anecdotes, sketches Of ad-
venture, original songs and poetical
efusions; wise and witty, serious.
satirical, and sentimental sayings OF
the sawdust arena Of other days.
Old Dan Rice, as proprietor Of the
famous Zone Horse Show" vas more
Of a national character than Artemus
Ward, and this volume contains the
humor which made the nation laugh
even while the great Civil War ragged.
This fascinating book Of 500 pages
beautifully illustrated, will be sent
postpaid to you for $3.50. Address
Book Publishing House, 1874 Leonard
street, New York City.
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Electric Cream Separator.

1t is now possible to separate cream
from milk by the employment of cleo
tricity, the process requiring much
less time than with the costly cream
s%eparators now in use. The process
consists in passing an electric current
through the milk to be treated, the
passage of the current causing the
separation of the cream from the
milk. The apparatus necessary Is
shown in the accompanying illustra-
ton, the invention Of a Kansas City
man. The milk is poured into the
funnel at the top and drops through
the tub onto the inclined chutes, ar
ranged one above the other. Current
is supplied from adjacent storage bat
teries. On it's passage down the
chutes the milk will alternately be
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-05-26
WILSON PITIEs SONS OF RICH
Princeton President Sees No Benefit
For Them in Universities.

Pity for the sons of rich parents
who go in for a university education
was expressed by Woodrow Wilson,
president Of Princeton University, in
a lecture in the Temple Rodeph Sho-
lom, at Sixty-third street and Lexing-
ton avenue. He spoke on American
ISM" and, after saying this country
has no standard of music, literature
or art, he discussed the fate CT the
sons Of the rich.
1.-The rich mans son in a univers-
ity," DR.. Wilson said, lis an object
of pity rather than of envy, because
such an individual does not have to
exert himself in his studies. Thereby
he misses what a poor mans son
gains as a result of necessity. Re-
Gently I was at a certain school which
has the reputation of having only
rich mems sons for students. I told
the students they had my sympathy.
1t is not the fashion o W to he rich.
But. rich these youths undoubted-
~ would be, and therefore they were
foredoomed to obscurity. Young men
are spurred by necessity to work, and
If their daily bread depended on their
daily study 1 think there would be an
Improvement all around. In fact, I
think it would be a good plan to fol-
low that those men who do not work
should not eat"
DR.. Wilson said there vas no need
to fear Socialism in this country, as
the advocates of the cooperative
commonwealth had so many divergent
theories as to make them hopelessly
iivided.-New York Press.
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The Bride.Elect Objected.

A young man, who looked every
inch the bridegroom, stood in the ro-
tunda of a Chicago hotel the ether
day telling a friend Of the manner of
his proposal to his bride. She had
known of his wild ways and fondly
hoped to reform him through mar
riage. After I had popped the ques-
ton and she had accepted me-" he
said, Il at once began to talk about
the wedding. We shall go away
somewhere by ourselves, my dear l
said; there will be no flourish, no
cards, no ceremony'-here she inter-
rupted me, and, with a digniied
sweep of her arm, declared: Mr.,
l shall certainly insist upon a cere-
mony. San Francisco Argonaut.
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it down DIS quickly as possible. TO
facilitate matters a Philadelphia has
devised and patented an ingenious at
tachment for coffee urn which saves
a great deal of time and annoyance.
This consists of an automatic cutoff
attached to the spigot. There is no
turning of handles. With an arm
full of dishes on one side and an
empty cup and saucer in the other,
the walters merely press the cup
against the spigot and the coffee runs
out. With each pressure on the au-
tomato spigot only enough coffee
passes to fill the cup. The time for
merly consumed in depositing the cup
and turning on the spigot is elm
mated. The waiter simply presses
the rim of the cup against the spigot
and in a few seconds has a cup full Of
coffee, at the same time retaining the
other arm full of d~ishes.-Washing-
ton Star.
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A Tempting Supper Dish.

Take a pound or so of cold, boiled
fish, halibut or cod, cut, not chop,
into pieces an inch in length. nix
in a bowl a dressing as follows: The
yolks of four boiled eggs, rubbed to
a smooth paste, with salad oil, add
to these salt, pepper, mustard, two
tablespoonful white sugar, and lastly
six tablespoonful of vinegar. Beat
the mixture until light, and just be-
fore pouring it yer the fish stir in
lightly the frothed white of a raw
egg. Serve the fish in a glass dish,
with half the dressing stirred in with
it. Spread the remainder over the
top, and lay blanched lettuce leaves
around the edges to be eaten with it.
Boston Post.
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powder holder shown here. The case
is in two sections. In the lower Sec
ton is a compartment for the recep-
ton of the toothbrush, entirely in
closing the brush when the device is
folded. In the upper part is the re-
ceptacle for tooth powder, the bot
tom being perforated to allow the
tooth powder to drop out. Normally
a plate covers the p~erforations, pre-
venting the escape of the powder. By
pushing a little button the plate is
shifted and the powder is released.
The two sections are hinged so that
they can be folded up, the entire de-
vice not occupying any more space
than the ordinary toothbrush. When
so folded the two sections form the
handle for the toothbrush.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-05-26
Don't Be Bluffed.

When the prospective customer
says some other reputable printer
will take the job for thirty per cent.
less, just relate to him Brother
S%precher's story:
Teacher-"Johnnie, if I lay three
eggs on the table, and take one away,
Low many are left?'
After wrestling with the problem
like a printer collecting the rent mon
ey. his chum comes to the rescue
with Take her up, Johnnie, she can't
do it."-Print Shop Talk, Los An
geleS, California.
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IN his 1yUS report the Hon. George
B. Cortelyou, Secretary of the Treas.
ury, says: "The act of the Congress.
approved March 26, 1908, increasing
the compensation Of the field force
OF the service has done much to i'm
prove the conditions heretofore COM
planned of with respect to the diff
Guilty experienced in securing suitable
men for the station crews.
1T is to be regretted, however, that
the law carries no pension or retire
ment feature, which would have per-
mitted the Government to recognize
appropriately the deserts Of a class
of men engaged in hazardous public
service"
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fS-Tr1Mnd1yg- m
ESa GUP f6e |
tkEHlQMakeagsJ

Never boil eggs that are only a day
Did, for the shell will not peel off
without making the eggs look like
thirty cents.
Did you ever try poaching eggs in
boiling milk instead OF water? Sea-
son with salt, pepper and butter
while cooking.
Oftentimes it is difficult to remove
The price mark firm china. If rubbed
With a cloth dipped in lemon aE3 salt,
the figures will disappear.
Keep a comfortable rocking chair
in the kitchen. Its use for only a
few minutes, several times daily, will
be so restful to the weary worker.
On wash day put the clothes pins
In a pan, place in the oven and heat
thoroughly. 'Twillkeep those fingers
from getting cold while hanging out
the clothes.
One careful housekeeper always
keeps a lump OF charcoal in the draw
er with her fat silye:". Sac finds that
the charcoal, absorbing any chance
moisture, is a factor il keeping the
silver bright.
Keep q few blanks with pencil
hanging in a convenient place. AS
the various groceries get al low tide,
iot them down ard when marketing
day comes your list will be already
prepared.
Seine flowers demand On additional
touch Of green. while others. such as
tho chysartheI2urG and sweet pea. are
cutie sufficient in themselves. \ hit
OF asparagus CT maiden hair fern al
wars adds a decided touch TO the
carnations.
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Nothin' Like Benz Periite
By w. e. KERR.

The automobiles We're plentiful in
the county where old Hank Louns-
berry lived, and he and his wife often
met these motor-cars as they drove
to and from town behind "Old Moll."
One day, as an auto went honkins
by them. Hank remarked to his wife:
Seems to me, Mary, that we oight
to have somethin' to answer them
fellers with when they blow them
horns"
What fer?" demanded his wife.
"'Cause l reckon it's the proper
thirg to do. Don't you member,
when the Presidents train went
through Weston, the enjine went toot,
foot! and all the other enjines footed
back real perlite?"
"Huh!" retorted Mary; "you amt
President yit, and I reckon them fell
lers toot them horns just cause
they're stuck up"
II don't keer," said Hank doggedly.
II amt a-goin' to let no man be any
perliter than I be-" And on his re-
turn home he at once set about con
structing an apparatus for answering
the salutes of the %autoists.
His son had once been a member
of tie village band, and the bass
drum he had manipulated was still
stored away in the attic. Repairing
thither, Hank removed the cymbals,
and, after considerable contriving,
managed to fasten them beneath the
bed of the buggy in such a manner
that when he pressed a pedal with his
foot the cymbals would clash to.
gether. 1t was several days before
he had a chance to try his new device,
but one morning, as he logged to-
ward town, a large touring car left
the village and rapidly approached
him. Hanks eyes sparkled and he
poised his foot expectantly over the
pedal. The vehicles were soon
abreast.
Honk, honk, came from the auto,
Bang, bang! came from the buggy.
The effect was startling. Surprised
by the unexpected clamor, the chauf-
feur gave a nervou twist to the steer
ing wheel, and the next instant the
flying auto shot over a shallow ditch
with a jolt that threw all the occu-
pants from the car, and then, empty
and uncontrolled, it darted through
a gap in the fence and went wobbling
away over a level pasture. In the
meantime, "Old Moll," panic-stricken
at the sound of the cymbals, had
dashed to the opposite side of the
road and was making a heroic effort
to climb a telephone pole.
whoa, you old fool, come down
from there!" roared Hank, pulling
frantically on the lines. Then. as he
managed to soothe the excited mare
to a semblance of sanity, he caught
sight of the disconsolate autoists
picking themselves up from the grass.
Well, I'll be switched" he ejacu-
lated, staring blankly at the unhappy
travellers and then at the automobile
bounding merrily away in the dis
lance. Ruined away, didn't it?
Now, that's too bad!" he added apol-
ogetically. Course I knowed a boss
would sheer, but, bless my buttons!
I never once thought of them autos
bein' skittish. From Judge.
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Mexican Kisses.

Put into a saucepan two cups OK
brown sugar and a half cup of milk
and cook gently until a little dropped
in cold water will ball if rubbed be-
tween the fingers. 1t will take ten
minutes or a little less to reach this
stage. Stir constantly while boiling,
as it scorches easily. Add a heaping
tablespoonful butter, and as soon as
melted remove from the fire and beat
steadily until the mixture looks
creamy and slightly graduated. Stir
in at once a pound of English wal
nuts, broken (not chopped) into bits.
Beat hard and turn into buttered
tins to harden.-New York Tele-
ram.
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@G1
ER\LE&
HE: house Md HOrE f.
Caramel Almonds.

Shell, but do not blanch, a pound
of Jordan almonds. Put a pound of
sugar in a granite saucepan with two
tablespoonful water and stir con-
stantly with a wooden spoon until
melted and slightly browh, Move
to one side of the fire and have ready
two or three we'll creased pie tins.
With the left hand drop in the al
monds, which should have been dried
slightly in the oven without brown
ing, and remove quickly with the
candy dipper held in the right hand.
Place on the creased tins to harden.
New York Telegram.
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The Age of the MiCrobe.

People just now are living in a
state of almost morbid apprehension
concerning what they should eat and
drink. There have been the paleo-
lithic age and the red sandstone age.
The present age would come to be
known as the bacillus, microbe and
tubercle age.-Lord Rahblesdale in
House Of Lords.