The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1913-09-12
WITH THE STATE EDITORS


Says he: "As for the government warn
ing agains bad ten dollar bills, it grieves
us to think that so noble an instrument
as the ten dollar bill could ever be bad"
Harry Sommers' idea OF an optim:st is
the Missouri farmer who is consoled in
the knowledge that the drouth burnt up
his corn SO fast that the grasshoppers
starved TO death.
Jim Allen will not answer the Louis
vile woman's advertisement for hus-
band who has some brains and is not
over so years old, because he says: mo
man with any of this worlds brains
would marry a woman who advertised
for husband Better buy wife from
Sears & Roebuck, who will back her
with a guarantee and send her by parcel
post.
The Frankfort State Journal had a
lesson the other day in pronunciation.
Yesterday it tried its hand at orthogra-
ply, with not so successful result. 1t
made fun of fellow who spelled it
''hickrynut, and then spells it ''hic
orynut" ITSELF According to Webster's
Unabridged. it is spelled 'hickorynut" /,
which is described as the fruit of the
hickory, an American juglandaceous
tree of the 'hicoria,' F" or words to that
effect.
Ed. O'Leigh, editor of the Bowling
Green Messenger, who is an authority
on Scripture, says that Spare the rod
and spoil the child" is not from the
good book. Not in those exact words
probably, but virtually the same. Prov
cribs, 1924, says: HE that spareth the
rod hateth his son, but he that loveth
him chastiseth him betimes." A great
many quotations thought by most people
to te Scripture, are not. For instance.
God tempers the wind to the shorn
lamb" is of human, not Divine origin.
The Courier-Journal propounds this
conundrum: "When women get their
rights will the Mann law be so amended
that Lola Norris or Marsha Warning
ton will 60 the penitentiary for crossing
State line with Caminetti or a
Diggs?"
A community of interests is suggested
by the announcement Of the Mt. Sterling
Advocate that it has purchased new
linotype and will set up the Gazette in
addition to its own paper. That's one
way to make such a machine pay in a
weekly newspaper Office.
Louis Landrum says that Senator
Bradley made strong fight against re-
duction of duty on hemp, but if he only
knew how badly hemp was needed to
hang lot of culprits in this section, he
would Immediately turn free trader.
Although burned out last week, the
Spencer Courier came out as usual this
week. You can't keep good men down.
Steve K Vaught doesn't have very
much editorial in his Winchester DEM
ocrat, but it is usually to the point and
sometimes cutting.
Versailles is dry town, yet A. A.
Bomar tells in the Sun of the disgraceful
acts of drunkenness OF those who at
tended dance given there. Two Lex
ington young men were arrested and the
Mayor had to put extra policemen on
duty to preserve order. The editor is
so outraged by the conduct that he ad
vises the young men of town to give no
more balls and asks ths young ladies
to attend no more even if given.
Observer in the Winchester Sun,
who is understood to be Judge J. NJ.
Benton, says that the exposure of genial
Charley Mcdowell is likely to prove his
undoing. The newspapers report him
to be very sick man now at his home
in Danville, and unable to go to Wash
ington to ''clear up his name. Some
of the disclosures with reference to Mr..
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a well man sick, and it is said that he
has been far from we'll for some time.
| Editor J. w. Stevenson continues to
whoop emlup for the Progressives and
claims they are very strong in L,urel,
but it looks like he is whistling TO keep
his courage up. The Bull Moose craze
seems to have run its course.
Editor ]. E. Robinson. of the Lancas-
ter Record. doesn't take it as joke
Says he: THE high cost of living is q
popular joke with most of our exchange
papers, but it is very serious matter
with Us as we still cling 10 life"
Says the Harrodsburg Herald: ut is
said that Judge Charles Mcdowell i.
i'll and has lost twenty pounds in weight
since Mulhall exposed his ability as q
letter writer. But he is still hanging on
to that SO, 500 job under Attorney Gen.
eral Garrett.
Says the Louisville Times: Kentucky
doomed large on Erie September 10. 1873
and with Tandy Ellis present in his full
dress uniform none can deny that Ken
lucky doomed large on Erie September
10. 10l3." AS Tandy weighs something
less than a ton the point of this will be
apparent to those who do not know him
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