The Bourbon news., 1921-12-13

THE NEWS recently received the
following letter, from Paris woman,
who somewhat humorously refers to
the activities of the Paris CONNER
cial Club" and some smooth-tongued
real estate man she encountered,
who had ready, explanations for
every objection offered to residences
In certain localities. The letter fol-
lows:
Paris, KY, December 10, 1921.
Editor THE NEWS:
Something more that year ago
came through Paris with my
daughter and her husband, looking
for house to buy. wanted to go
on to Lexington, but my son-in-law
got to talking to some real estate
agents here, and we started over
Paris to look at some houses they
had for sale. We went down Main
street to Second, and over to what
they called Mt. Airy avenue. All
the way over the two agents enter
Paris Commercial Club They told
us that in few years the CONNER
cial Club would so improve Paris
that she would make Lexington look
like Riddles Mills by comparison.
"We got over to Mt. Airy avenue,
and they were showing us a house,
and while we were looking through
the home long train passed over
the Louisville & Nashville, and it
just seemed like the train was rush
ing through the house. 1 said to
Amanda CHATS my daughter) We
don't want to live here 80 close to
the railroad whereupon one of the
real estate men spoke up and said:
That noise by the trains won't be
nuisance here because Ed. Corey,
who pretty much runs the L. & N. is
president of the Commercial Club,
and to keep the noise Of the trains
from bothering these folks along
this street he is going to have the L.
and N. put up high fence with up
to-date sounding boards, and you
won't even hear the noisiest freight
while passing here
eve went from there out Main
and were looking at piece of prop
erty near a church and we rather
liked it, but then large bell began
to ring, and 1 added: Mandy,
couldn't live here, listening to that
bell, 1t makes me nervous The
agent, in a twinkling, said: "Oh,
don't be uneasy abaut that bell. The
Commercial Club has appointed q
committee to have all the church
bells quit ringing. The fact is, peo-
pie flock to the churches when the
bells ring and crowd in so, the
church people will be glad to stop
the bells, for that would be cheaper
than to build additions to the
churches
"Our objections to q house on East
Main street was met by the agents
telling us that the Commercial Club
had a committee appointed to do
away with the county rock quarry,
to have the street railway extended
| to the North Middletown turnpike,
and to build a fine new steel bridge
In the place of that evil-smelling old
wooden structure across Stoner
Creek. Going to South Paris our OBJ
lection to being 30 far away from
the City School was answered by the
real estate men informing US that
the Commercial Club had an option
on lot at the corner Of Main and
Nineteenth streets, and that they
were going to have a fine new City
School building erected thereon.
| AT the end of Pleasant street we
were shown nice house, but the
trains coming and going made sc
much fuss and noise we could hardly
look at the house and much less see
1t, for the smoke, and the noise
oh, that is nothing said the real
estate man. Ed Corey is going tc
have soft pedal put on the yard en-.
gine, and Ed. is going to have all the
tracks laid with rubber, and smoke
consumers put on every engine. The
Commercial Club has put Ed up to
it." =
I'VE finally bought a house at q
price We could not sell for one-half
we gave for it, believing and relying
on what those real estate men told
us. Please tell us if and when is the
Commercial Club going to do any or
| all of those things I was talking to
one of my neighbors who is well-to-
DO, being the 18th Vice-Regent, of
the Dears, and she said: The Com
mercial Club activities died a-born-
In. My son-in-law called to me and
said: Tell Swift to prod the Com
mercial Club up and then hollered !:
Tell Billy Hill to give them Hill, or
| Billy Hill to give them - (He
rs SO contrary he wouldn't repeat
1t, so I wouldn't write it,
Very Truly,
(MRS.) AMANDA ]. BENTLEY" /"