The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-08-25

mouth OF Grassy away back in the
days OF OK teams and saw logs,
helps. Fluke's case Of seeing things
II Docs story proves anything 1t just
shows that moonshining has been 60
ing on in that neck Of the woods for
a long, long time.
| $50
Our friend Williams is beautifully
inconsistent in flaying me for being
too hard on Bat. never did blow
his fighting and stealing and, for
obvious reasons, / never twitted Bat
on his unfortunate, LONELINESS. But
since neighbor Williams deals so
frankly with Bats record may say
that IL was numerous stories like this
that came to me when l was gather
ing data to write Bats biography,
that prevented me publishing it.
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To attempt a correction of an err
ror published the week previous is
usually of interest to nobody except
the writer, but mis-said myself so
flagrantly last week that venture a
correction. Referring to the effect
of women's dress in recent vogue
said immoralty was not on the in
crease. but marriage was. l meant to
say that marriage was on the de-
crease, and any county clerk will
tell you ii is. A distinguished Eng
lish publicist has just remarked that
the modern woman is driving men
to celibacy. II is fact of experience
that as you remove mystery from
woman you remove mans interest in
her, and that was what ! was trying
to say.
When l sit down on the porch in
the early evening, place my feet on
the banister, light my pipe and look
silently out into the starry realms, |
fall to thinking of my old Hartford
friend, Cal Keown. I have many
reasons to remember Cal. Among
them is an acquaintance, pleasant and
agreeable, dating back more than a
quarter of a century, the times when
we were younger and fuller of adj
venture than now; when we exchang-
ed experiences between drinks, when
we rode horseback across country to
political conferences at remote school |
houses. and numerous other associa- |
lions. but the present and prepon- |
derating reason for thinking of Cal |
is the recollection that ] am smoking |
some fine, two years old natural
leaf tobacco that he generously gave
me on my recent visit to Hartford.
Prohibition enforcement officers
recently destroyed a still being oper-
ated by the inmates of an eastern
county poor farm. Which looks like
taking the last privilege from the
helpless poor.
Buddy McPheag told me last night
hat he had just placed his seven sons
m law school And when l asked
him if he did not know that the le-
gal profession was already over
he said, 1T may be just
low, but if the moonshiners and
,ootleggers keep up the present rate
If increase four years from now !
will have a busy bunch of boys.
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was deeply impressed with
TIuke's pregnant reference to what
night happen if daylight should APP
iear suddenly at some unexpected
Iour of the night. II set me to won
ering if many people actually go
through life with some gruesome
k Teton in their closet. | have
nown some folks who were so proud
T their skeletons that they trOttCd
hem out and paraded them on all
ccasions, but the really interesting
koletons must be those that are new
r dragged from their hidden and
hadowy recesses. These are the
ind about which romance hovers.
nd excite our interest by their very
ecrecy. And. maybe, they are more
than We think.
After many months of daily per-
1nal contact with large numbers
( persons ! am more inclined to
nphasize Pope's remark that THE
roper study of mankind is man."
nd ] confess to the pleasure of my
Dportunity of wide observation of
sople. Their habits and manners
e as varied as their physical appear
ice, and to the interested observer
icy offer an endless study. l have