The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1911-05-26
AMONG OUR EXCHANGES
(Fourtb District Lesder)


one day last week and told US an exper
ience with crows nest. He says he
killed crow in her nest and in a few
days was passing the same way and
found squirrel In the nest He kill
ed the squirrel and went on. In the
course OF a few days he happened
along the same way an 10 and Be-
holdl There was a coon occupying
the same nest. He merely proceeded
to kill 1t. We haven't seen him since
last weslk, but when VIE do he will
probably report a bear or something
smaller.
(Leitchfield Gazette.)
A bill collector in Louisville was
staasbed by a creditor, who became
enrased at the idea Of a man want
ing money. Apparently collecting
should be classed among the "haz-
ardous occupations"
(Owensboro Inquirer.)
Mrs. Jay Johnson of the Ensor
neighborhood is the possessor of a
remarkable cat. Oae day recently
while out In the backyard she noticed
the family cat carrying a rabbit in
her mouth to hsr bed. Mrs. johnson
thought 1t strange but being very
busy at the time paid no more atten-
ton to it. The cat recently became
the mother OF four kittens and evil
IDENTIFY being of Theodore Roosovelt's
turn of mind decided that the family
wasn't large enough. Next morning
when Mrs. Johnson went 10 where the
kittens were kept she found four lit
tie rabbits lying beside the kittens.
Where the cat found the rabbits is not
known.
(The District Review)
Judge O'Rear has lifted the ques-
ion of redistricting clear above par
ties and makes it question, not of
partisan advantage but of represen-
tative government, by showing that
some districts have six times as much
voting strength as others.
A FARMER WHO MADE A MISTAKE
(Rockport Ind, Journal)
1t would seem to be pretty sure
| proposition that the man who Leaves
farm to work for wages of $1.50 a
day in the city is making a serious
mistake. Yet there are men in the
country who are doing that identical
thing under the impression that they
are bettering their financial condi.
ton. The Greensboro Inquirer ha:
found a man of that kind. He was
doing we'll at farming in Mclean
county. but thought he could do bat
ter in Greensboro He moved SOM
six or seven years ago. The expert
ence has not been satisfactory anC
he talks bitterly about it. The In
quirer quotes him as saying:
Before | came to the city
thought could support my family
and save money on wages of a dollar
and half day. brought enough
provisions from the farm to run u!
a year, and saved some OF my SO 1
week. The next year | had to buy
everything an myd little bank deposi
was reduced. The third year it al
disappeared and l have had an awful
struggle to live since. was a foo
and there are other fools in town jus
like me. There are other fools Our
in the country who will come to tbs
city to work for the wages OF a com
mon laborer. Some of the fools who
came in times past have returned u
the farm. but they did so at the enc
of the first or second year. The foo
who stays longer than that gets toe
poor to get back to the farm. know
because I've tried It,"
There Ills food for reflection in tht
mans statement of his situation
Conditions In cities and in the rural
districts are so radically different
that the oountry man does not realize
what he is going up against" when
he leaves the farm to take up his
residence In the city. 1t is inevita-
BILE that he shall find in the course
Of comparatively short period that