Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-02-09


he builds on the lot he recently
purchased f;om r. H. Hicks
iie Rev. l.. N. Bowling fill d his
res ulsr APP! ointment with the
Pam, Lick Nnrl,.Isn church Sat
ur,.ay anu Sunday w. J. Owen
SOLD house and lot in the Henry
Addition TO Nathan Brummet;
this week for $500. oo.-Mrs A
Pike is very low with pneuno l.,
and while her cond Ition is nue.,
improved at present, yet chances
for complete recovery is regarded
very poor.-The Rev H C.Gree
PRESIDING l. ger If the Methods,
church for this district. held ser
vices here the first of the Wet k. -
Monroe Sutton bought thirty four
acres of land from Mrs. n. E De.
laney for S4Oo - Dave Adams. in
the Ottawa SECTION, bought a
>mall tract of land from Grsnvill.
Murrell for S3o0.-Mrs J. f. Har
rls suffered "a partial stroke of
paralysis last week at the -lrsme
of her daughter. Mrs. R. 5. Mar
tln, and while her condition i,
~"mewhat improved at present, Yet
her chances for re, overy are yer,
poor on account OF her age. She
IS about seventy years old Ola .
eDce Sbafer Is confined to hi.
bed with a severe attack of grippe
We'll our Livingston friend
,.ms TO have gotten little sore
e. ause we happened to refer to
his age in our letter two weeks
ago, and tor which We humbly
beg his pardon. We are sur
that there are nCn4 that has
greater respect for old age than we,
and 1t is far from our intention to
Cast anv sort of reflection on a
human bring that God has per
mitted 10 live to ripe old age.
1t is community said thar women
after they reach a certain age will
rO' permit any one to even ask
them h. W old III v are, or make
any remark that tends to raise he
question, buI it is seldom a man
cares TO tell his age. especial,
after he has just raken to him.
sslf wife, unless he represented
to her that he was a young man
and is AFRAID that she will fl d
that he was mistaken. Once a
man twice a child" seems to ha e
seized our frie Id, and during the
time he; in h Imagination. wa
a child again we bspl ened to write
,ur letter AMI very much lie
au "old maid he showed his tenn
ger. He refers to us Ii, ing on
Negro-Creek chasing rabbirs and
doing man, th;ngs that boys are
accustomed TO do, and we gladl,
admit that he is correct. We Lived
the first sixlt en- years of oul life
on that dear old farm" then
lived in Texas six months, on
Skeggs Greek five months, in
Ohio two months, six weeks in
West Virginia and ten years in
the best town in the world. Brod
head. and our friend with the use
Of the arithmetic taught him by
that pioneer teacher, the late Jas
per Brown. can soon figure our
age. He seems to judge a man s
age like a boss jockey" does a
horse, if the vision is poor be is
old, yet we have seen coils
'stoue" blind. Sorry indeed tha,
we mentioned the matter and hope
the boy is cooled off ere this. "A
VI Hiatt was in Mt Vernon Mon
day On business.-Mrs. VIII. An
derson. who underwent a slight
operation at Richmond, is a, home
again and improving nicely
Shas Hurt was in Mt. Vernon
Monday between trains. j. G.
Firth recently purchased some
very valuable property, the pur.
chase price being about $1,000 90.
"A. NJ. Hiatt. Sec'y Treas OF the
Brodhead Real Estate Co, sod a
small tract OF land to Mr. York
for So 90 = A daughter of James
Cash accidently shot her sweet
heart, Arthur Harris. Tuesday
and it is said he cannot live.
The weapon was shot gun and
entire load of shot took effect in
his face. neck and chest Sheriff
Cam M ullins was in town Wed.
MIR and Mrs. A NJ. Hiatt
are in Louisville today.--The
Ladies Aid Society will meet with.
Mrs JIG Firth next Wednesday.
Ben and Governor Pike. of De
troit. Mich are here on account
Of the serious illness of their mother
Both are employees of the Street
Railway tompanv of that city -
Frank CatrOn, who recently pur
rha sod tho r purooIl farpn ;f