The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-02-13
STRAY STREAKS
(By Fluke McFluke.)

D. lie, lndl DdlltIlS III HlOutIdle TO BOOu
financial circumstances remain sick a
great deal longer than those in the
other class, viz: from moderate down.
$50
We saw Lee Simmerman the old
druggist and Henry Leach the new
drug dispenser, two doctors and our
Undertaken in an earnest and whisper
ed confab a few days ago and we have
not only steered clear of that quin-
tette ourself but have warned all of
our friends whom we could reach
without cost or too much trouble.
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The wife of a prominent merchant
OF Hartford and the wife of an ex-
County Official, who had all sorts of
chances to graft, whether he did or
didn't, and our own wife all went to
the Poor House one day last week.
We never did just exactly learn what
the trouble was, or where the hitch
took place. All we know is that
each of the aforesaid ladies occu-
pied their accustomed berth in the
home roost that night.
A&A
We are immensely surprised that
so many fellows, including Squire
Dean, of Dundee, so readily,agreed to
go to Louisville and Frankfort under
these present and tight lid conditions.
Nothing could be done to induce Ed
Barrass, Nut Hunter, Lee Simmer
man and Joe Tate to make either of
the trips. They did not have suffi-
cient confidence in the author of this
stuff to even ask him to go.
Our Work Commended
We received a communication from
guy in the back-woods town of
Duluth, Mimi, this week, which we
deem to be extraordinarily cOmpli-
mentary, and, in as much as there
was an enclosure of five bleached
bones for subscription in advance, to
the date Feb. 3Oth., 1928, we publish
the epistle in full. Here goes:
My Dear, Mr.. Editor:
l say "Mr." because I well re-
member how sweet that sounded to
me when l was occupying the throne
of honor in a like position.
read one of your papers the other
day and it occurred to me that some
honest criticism might be of some
benefit to one or two of your eight
sheets. The paragraphs that follow
will therefore be very frank.
To begin with l notice that some
| headings are being used that We're
originally written years ago and from
issue to issue are always the same,
such as Beads oddly Strung, STRAY
Streaks," etc. There are many ways
those heads" could be varied. For
example you could have the beads
evenly, or regularly, strung In fact,
| see no reason why it should not be
entirely rewritten. A bead has lost
its meaning since the verboten law
went into effect. And why have the
"streaks" always stray" If for
sentimental reasons you don't want
to change the meaning make it "Es-
trayed Streaks" at times and again
"Streaks Estrayed," but to be frank
about it l would recommend substi-
tuition of the word "bull' where you
now have "streaks."
You should be more careful in your
insinuations against people personal
| ". l refer in particular to that in
which the impression was made that
prominent citizen, a former post
master, was likely to imbibe in wood
alcohol. / know that man PERSONAL
lyle would never drink that stuff
knowingly and have too much re-
spect for his judgment to believe he
could be enticed unknowingly. Why,
he has been known to distinguish
brands by smell after the scent had
travelled from "Heg's" to his home
| on OeUltT SlICcls L NONAN
tell it was wood by the sound made
by the cork when drawn from the bot
tie.
There are too many funeral notices
and not enough birth announcements
in your paper.
When speaking of that all-im-
portant lad you should say satan"
and not "devile."
When a man calls your sheet yell
low, ETC., wouldn't publish 1t like
you do but would try to keep 1t quiet.
You see there are likely to be some
who haven't given the matter any
thought. ~~'~T '-' rF''
OF course there are a lot of other
things that could be said, Tins" but
aside from them, which l haven't
time to mention. and the above 1t is
a very good paper. hope some time
to see 1t almost as good as the, one !
once edited in the South. sG ,f
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