Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-12-10

Kentucky for some weeks. TO her
daughters. Mrs Horace Gooch and
Rolle n Scales The faclle presen'
lauou uui appeal alike to natives o.
the Blue Grass state 10 this section
and 20 an lovers OF colorful descrip-
ton.
The excerpt follows
shelbyyue. Ky. Noy 30 Ny dea
dear Children This s the twentieth !
plural letter I've written you $50
must tcu you Of our side trip iu
Frankfort our Capital CITY and. o
course. cannot ludivduali1e with Dr.
30 sou must an enjoy u together
Such neyer-to-bc forgotten auto
spin through the heart OF beautiiu.
Kentucky. with lts myriads Of hin
and wales nature. a. whose shrin'
ms heart still bows boo feryent adOra-
ton. vas not a. her best. nor by Ia
a. her worst The russell and brown
leaf sim clung lovingly 10 the bend
ing bough. 40 II reluctant 10 drop
into .ts bed 10 be covered soon win
its snow white sheet ~ winter The
great blue grass meadows we're still.
green. and rolling IN luxuriancc into
limpld and bounding riyulets and
creeks
on. tho vista before US, over
there on the right. children. rolled
q silver stream. real pearl and sllyc-
in midday sun. while above as n
waichul care. hung over the river
'he Ear famed and hoary cliffs Ike
umbrellas as IL TO shield the stream
and give shade TO the merry boats
man aud crew below no pleasur"
bent Years agone. | had climbed
these narrow II not precipitous. foot
paths mp 10 the cemetery SO last
week We visited the same gemetery
but assembled by q modern. easy gran
itoid rising walk
Daniel Boone's monument. 90 de
faced by yandals. has been repaired
and fenced in with iron enclosure
| Nature Is left 20 run riot just here.
/ while over there 200 Yards distant.
perhaps. stands Kentucky's later tri.
butte 10 her assassInated Goyerno.
Goobcl. whose massive monument
rests upon well shorn lshorn) vel
gety blue grass Right here. you
are away mp on a mountain. with
the Kentucky river az your feet, and
az your very soul throbs with emo
lion. ~ the wonderful and lavish
gharmf which pature alone has ~
nlshed for this silent city % the dead
noW you whisper. oh Amarillo ANA
clio. could you only bcqueath suct
spot. with trees so cool and spread
ing. with grass so green 10 cove'
your mounds and 10 silence the foot
steps OF the living. where flower
grow AT viii. where the bree2es watt
cd from the river hcloWl SINGS gwee
/ lullaby 20 the babes asleep here. an,
blows quiet requiem over thu
mounds Of the aged sleepers the
! death would be- robbed OF much o
It's gloom In Amarillo cemetery.
! We visited the magnificent ne,
: capitol building al Frankfort Reall
- think that the interior o' thi
I building is equally az beautiful. on
smaller scale. az the interior of N
congressional library. or ultiorl
capitol al Washington Every inc
Ia erected OF the fines. white mar
1 BILE Frankfort. as YOU know. ban
ring It's setting and historic lore.
not exceptionally attractive W
passed the old Capitol building. sti
standing chock full OF Kentucky
pride OF ancestry. and memories {
her grand old men OF legal abilit
and historic fame We passed Oh
window from which Gov. Gocbcl va
shot was not yisibly affected
Went 20 the governors mauaoi
whore some OF You children will r
member 20 have gone with me
lunch with our old time friends. Go
and Mrs. Proctor Knott. This VI
In your early childhood. when 20
wore pinafores
On our return from Frankfort. "
stopped al the old Kentucky Militia
Institute. erected OF brick and stoi
= In 1916 The barracks. even no
are In fine state Of preseryafio
When young girl kless "
crossing the line where youth al
wOmanhood meet. / remember / Vi
tied this institute. In company wi
other damscls II was upon son
public occasion. when the yo1i
beat high with expectancy and ho
of-well capturing a young militia
student And as assembled q
II hand-heWed stone steps last wee
romance enthralled me again. al
memory recalled q group % YOU
and handsome brass butfoncd ca
cts. who In silent. well drilled 3,
lantry. raised their caps IN rcrpe
d.cular precision and In unison, a
stood-on this very self same q
lery while a group OF mer
young girls passed ln AZ the dar
that night. girls lost their hearts
well as their handkerchiefs.
As We left this old landmark. ..
v.nnE tha ann Looked tired arN uf.l