New Britain herald., 1921-12-19
KENTUCKIANS IN
 BLOODLESS FEUD
Bitter Fight Staged Between Farmers and City DWelIerS

Lexington, Ky, Dec, l9.--Kentucky
 has had its fueds in the mountains and its duels in the Bluegrass and the purchase but not for a century has a more bitter boodless rcud been fought than that now being staged in the courts here between the farmers of Fayette county and the city dwell CTS of Lexington,
 For the city dwelers have decroed that Court Day" on Cheapsidc. block in the center of the city an Institution of a century's duration, must go, And the farmers say that Court Day" must stay.
 The courts have decided in favor of the city dwelers once, but mistake was made in not including the county In the suit to abolish the custom of farmers bringing their horse and mules and livestock of all kinds to Cheapside for sale and of the people of the countryside gathering in the shadow of the statue of John Cabcu Breckinridge. former vice president of the United States, to discuss the political issues of the day. For it de. velops Cheapside has for hundred and sixteen years been the property of the county.
 Back in 179o Cheapsiie was the center of the city of Lexington, then the metropolis of the west. At that time the city trustees ordered the first market house erected on the square. The pillory and the stocks, the pub lio well and the courthouse Gas al present. stood on Chea pside. There on Wednesdays and Saturdays the conn try people brought in their produce and the city dweller and the country dweller met and traded and swapped tales and talked politics. In later years James Lane Allen, a Kentucky writer made Cheapside famous with his description of the monthly Court Day the last of the ancient insti- | tutions of central Kentucky
 In 1895. it develops, the city of | Lexington deeded Cheapside to the county of Fayette. Since that time the county has been responsible for It.
 In late years the brick pavement of Cheapside has become pitted and rough. On court days it is crowded | with farmers and livestock and wagons loaded with produce-this | once a month. On other days auto all angles
 For many months there have been complaints of the unsightiness of | Cheapside and the apparent lack of authority by the city police. So | action was started in circuit court to | force the city to "abate the nuisance v The circuit court ordered the "nuis- 1 ance" abated. But the court did not | count on the county. Now the action has been revived through filing of a | petition by the county declaring it l alone has jurisdiction over this plot | oI ground, containing perhaps quar- ter of an acre. in the heart of the | city.
 What the result will be cannot be told until the circuit court again acts and the court of appeals has its final say. But one thing is certain, the country folk are going to fight to the last ditch to retain their plot of ground in the city where they can gather and sell their stock and talk politics.
 One custom of Cheapside that has long passed but of which James Lane Allen tells in his story was the set tling of physical encounters and drinking. Of the latter, MT. Allen says:
 Another notable recreation of the day was the drinking. Indeed the two pleasures went marvelously well together The merchants kept barrels of whisked in their cellars for their customers Bottles of it sat openly on the counter