The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1922-09-19

I went out to look at il. but did not q
to the top of il. nor did we want {,
ry. is almost as much of sight oil
the ground as Mammoth Cave is uu
der the ground. | guess you will un
derstand from what | have said tha
| never heard of Stone mountain un
til we went to Atlanta on our wa,
down.
You know. last fall, think il was
the road out of Mt Sterling wa.
smoothed over nicely. but now | Sc,
that nearly all of the lasses ha,
been licked on. and begging the tax
paying to put on more lasses As tC
the great Dixie Highway we have
heard so much talk of, it is yet onl,
highway in name of an imaginary
way mapped out on paper and in the
minds of some of the people. We
know that Rome was not made in a
day and we know, or should know
that it takes big armies a long time
to move. and fortunes are hardly ever
made in day, but we have known
them to be lost in a day. So good
luck and good wishes for good roads !;
if we cannot get them to come to us,
we will go to them and take a joy
ride. But how do we expect good
roads when they put a dressing of
blue clay on them, and when men are
appointed to look after them and you
ask them about the. way they are
wasting the people'e money, they'll
say, 81 don't care?"
As to my trip, it is over and | am
back to my Old Kentucky home,
nevermOre to roam. Perhaps my let
ter has been badly written. but you
don't consult your dictionary or any
rhetoric or English for a good time.
| hope my letter has been amusing to
at least We found interest
in the trip, and had great satisfaction
and pleasure, as we saw many won
ders of nature and surprising and in
teresting things of man. AS I have
said before, a lifelong dream has
been at last realized As some might
be curious to know what it cost to
make the trip and what car cost
us, as some have already asked, I'll
say the car cost a whole lot of hard
days work As to the cost of the
trip, it cost nine head of cattle, six
teen head of hogs, twenty head of
sheep, and then some. Before fin
ishing my story, I want to say that
we thought best to prepare and guard
against accidents and misfortunes,
and we went prepared to travel and
camp out. lie out sleep ont. and some
times we were nearly starved out.
We were prepared against snakebites,
as we had been told TO be on the
lookout for Florida diamond rattlers. |
guess some one will say We had
medicine along with rs.
Yes, we did prepare ourselves with |
A pair of snake-proof leggings and a
treatment of anti-venom remedy. Yes,
100, full quart of Old Tarr whisky, |
bottled in bond, that bought from
Dan and John Bolts in Lexington
seven years ago, and not a living soul
knew that | had it along. | did not
even tell Rogers, although he knew
had it before we left home. told
several persons while in Florida of
It, and they would always say, MY,
| would like to have it," One man
went so far as to tell me to bring ii J
the next time came TO Florida.
told him would, as had been in
vited back to take a deer and wild
turkey hunt and a trip to Cuba. One
more minute, as a politician generally
says when people are getting tired Of
hearing him make his speech for the
salvation of his country. My brother |
once said that he was going to Flori- |
la to raise oranges, and father told
him there were plenty of oranges out |
In the field if he would go and plow
them up. Well. here is still hoping
Tor good roads. and the only way to
get them is to pay for them twice
and get them once.
AS to our travels (not Gullivers),
our machine registered an even 4.700
miles, burning about $50 gallons OF
gasoline. We were eight days going |
and twelve days coming back. AS
have already said. l hope this will in
terest somebody, If only children. II
has been an interesting trip TO me.
and here's a merry time to all.