Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-01-26

envoy from the asparagus bed of the
garden spot of Kentucky. | bring
greetings from the Stand pat city
of the B ack Patch" increasing at
the rate of 80 per cent, to the proud
mistress of the Falls, hobble skirting
her way at a 9 per cent gait. and say
to you that | am proud to be here.
| am proud of old Kentucky, God
bless her, love her scars and all.
| am equally proud of our grand
metropolis, even if she is a trifle
slow. The census man seems to
have had it in for her, but she will
come back. She is bound to come,
after the attention that is being
attracted to her tonight. And when
she does come back to keep step
with Hopkinsvile in one end of the
state and the Magic City of the
mountains in the other, let's anchor
her in the harbor of prosperity and
paint on her wheelhouse the legend,
Come to Stay" | am advertising
Middlesboro, because they were so
nice to me up there at the press
meeting last summer that ! promised
to do some hing for them. But as
the French say, let, return to our
mutton. This beautiful January
night, there are no flies on Louisville,
She has all that she needs to push on
to enduring greatness. Her splendid
river that runs on and on, like
some speakers; her great factories,
her magnificent buildings, her beau
tiful parks, her handsome mayor, her
distinguished preachers, her intelli-
gent citizenship and lovely women
are all factors that make for success.
Not long ago Louisvile's Club of
Boosters invaded Hopkinsville and
| told them all this and more. After
hearing them in their fervid oratory
| told them that / was convinced
that the only thing Louisville needed
to make her the greatest of all the
cities was to be a seaport. | told
them that while she didn't have an
ocean now that if her enterprising
people would lay pipe line to the
nearest seashore and suck as hard as
they blow they would soon have an
ocean in their midst. Louisville is
all right.
IF / were not Miltiades | would
be Themistocles," said the Grecian
General. say to you that if | did
not live in Hopkinsville would come
to Louisville. will go even further
md say that if did not belong to DR..
Landrum's church (BaptisD | might
DIN DR.. Powell's (Christian).
hope in handling my subject"
20 far. | have not hurt anybody's
feelings. If any stray shot has hit
n the wrong place | am sorry for it.
A gentleman contracted with a |
negro to furnish him a Christmas
turkey, guaranteed to be fat. home
ed fowl. The turkey was delivered
,ut when it was served. it was found |
o be filled with sprinkling Of bird |
hot. When the gentleman met the |
legro. he said: Look here, Rastus, |
What sort of a wild bird was that you |
old me Christmas? contracted for
homefed turkey and got one full of
'irdshot. where you had shot it,"
Hold on. Captain, hold on. and
ct me 'splain myself. Dat turkey
vas home fed all right. he WAS TT
ened in a hawg o-1 DEN MT I
'hat you got ia our mnUf w.sl
tended for me and not for Pr tur-
ey."
The last year WAS "a good on. furl
oming back. One of our most dis
inguished wanderers not only came
ack, but went away back and sat
own.
DR.. Cook has come back. not with
brass band and a warm welcome
his time. but still he did not find
is reception as cold as it was at the
ole.
] notice in passing that the Smith
imily shows signs Of coming back.
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