The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1917-05-18
HUsTONVILLE

Mrs. Maggie Dunn, near Mt. Sa-
lem, is very frail and recovery i'm
probable. Mrs. Dunn is one of the
few survivors of her generation of
the West Ends famous citizenship of
last half nineteenth century.
Mr.. Jerry Adams got back from
Texas few days ago. He enjoyed
some newlight fishing; incidentally
attending marriage of brothers
daughter.
Conspiciously among the all-out-o'-
Joint conditions. and almost univer-
Of faithful and finished fishermen to
find weather and water propitious
for work(?) except in rivulets which
hitherto supplied their bait. Contn-
uous high and muddy waters have
smothered all high hopes of spring
hegira to Cumberland dams where
the big fish abound.
A bond issue to provide funds for
rebuilding our graded school rooms
is Of greater local concern than con-
scripton and war taxes disable ma
terials of wreckage by winters tor
nado will split the cost of splendid
up-to-date building in architecture
ard equipement, and Hustonville's
paramount enterprise and interest
should enthuse with pride of home
and interest in education even the
grasping unfortunate who is content
with primitive make-shifts. indiifer-
ert to enhanced values of lands and
other requests to his heirs by best
roads, best schools and best society
and whose one solicitude about the
future seems to be hope to have bet
ter luck than Dives and be assigned
to the cold storage squad. Shut YOUR
eyes, deafen your ears to opposition
and do yourself honor by voting the
bonds.
A transient-a traveller who has
been far and has seen much-drop-
ped into police court room the other
day and does declare that case of a
Jitney driver arraigned for drunken
ness while driving was funnier than
the court scene of Mark Twain's IA
nous Mulberry Sellers, in that char
acters and incidents were in sure
enough court. Did the authoritus ever
decide just what whisky is? 1t was
up to Judge Mckinney to decide just
what degree of exaltation depression.
or abnormality constitutes drunken
ness. Witnesses agreed they had Of
ten seen defendent when tanked-up
but only the live-wire policeman, Sid
Brown, who pulled the offender, was
emphatic that it was a plain, old
fashioned drunk. Of witnesses de-
PENDENT wanted Ole was a juror the
court informed him-"oh, well, he'll
do all right. ] owe him a dollar and
he knows / won't pay him if he
don't" That there was some drunk,
the jury was Convinced, and juror
who stands to lose a dollar isn't
looking around for coincidence OF
compensation. And it is a sure thing
that he will vote bonds for a school
house.
A veteran of the drummer corps
who has known Hustonville as a
drummers' Mecca since before the
war-famous for its home-like hotel
and carnavaderie of it's old-timers-
adverted sadly to the changes of late
years, especially last thirty-five OF
forty. But two farms contiguous tc
town that have not changed owners
but two-Uriah Dunn and DR.. Ed
Alcorn, of the men of those DAYS are
alive, and most of the conspicuous
landmarks have disappeared. The
boys of then are the old men of now
and the groups now seen at popular
corners are strangers to the old drum
mer. "Such is life"
When Fred LETTERS Information
ended in March we were cheered by
hope that his visits were sure har.
bingers of spring. A late benign May
morning lured loafers to side walks
and the delusion was doubled when
Fred drove in with secretary of
Kidd's Store fraternity of ground
hogs beside him-your venerable cor
respondent at that town-in Palm
Beach toys and under buckeye hat
Alas! the sun shone for a minute
the ground hog SHE'D at his shadow
borrowed overcOat. wraps and UNI
brella ard fled back to his burrow
and is still skirrnishing in collection
of fuel Fred reported 18th inst.
Patriots CD who talk loudest of
the ether fellows duty to do and die
for his country must search other
places for slackers. The old towns
best boys have rushed to recruiting
centers and not one has suggested a
choice of service.
Mrs. A. H. Baugh has not return
ed from Monticello, where called by
sickness of her mother, Mrs. Simp-
son.
Not long ago your Kidd's Store
correspondent Dragged about Dave
Taylor's fidelity and efficiency as
Casey's sheriff. Let us brag of our
chief of police, Sid Brown. who has
higher aims than drawing his salary
Sid earns his. But we own up, Sid
and Dave are brother Caseyites.
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