Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-05-11
much TOBACCO
IN KENTUCKY

We have been having fine weather
for week and everything is growing
The farmers are getting their plant
ing done; the fruit mas not been hurt.
We took a trip to Frankfort. yes
terday. The weather was ideal. the
scenery along the road at its best.
From Shelbyville to Frankfort the
farmers were preparing the fields
for setting out their tobacco. as there
are many of them engaged in the bus-
mess quite extensively The country
is undulating; much of it fit only for
pasture. sheep predominating in num-
bers on the hillsides.
Frankfort In a Pocket
Frankfort is located in a pocket on
both sides of the Kentucky river.
High hills surround the city. Most of
the best homes are located on these
hills and the capitol and governors
mansion are beautifully located on an
eminence. commanding a lovely view
OF the surrounding country.
We visited the capitol. an imposing
building of which the people are i'm
mensely proud, but il is not up to
our capitol in beauty and elegance
OF decorations or furnishings.
See the Penitentiay
We also visited the penitentiary
where there are 400 inmates at pres
ent. Thirty of them are women.
over one-half being cOlOred. We did
not have time to visit all the work
rooms but in the shoe department
the prisoners do not fnish the shoes
but make the parts and they are sent
to firm in Frankfort, where they are
finished and sold. In the shirt de-
partment there was 127 folds of shirt
ing spread the length of long table.
A prisoner with a cutting machine
went through the mat Of goods so that
he cut 127 pieces at one time. The
pattern being stamped on the goods.
In an adjoining room, men were seat
ed at long tables supplied with sew
ing machines run by electricity. Each
one was given a certain number OF
one kind OF the parts OF = shirt. he
sewed them, then the parts we've nut
together, finished, were gathered up.
and sent TO the folding and hacking
room. The same routine was follow
ed in the overall work
AT meal time the white men have
a separate dining room from the color
ed.
Much Limestone
The country around Louisville Is
underlaid with limestone, ana many
OF the farmers have their farms sen.
arated from the highways by walls
made from blocks OF lime rock laid
up substantially with the entrance TO
the home grounds ornamented by sub
stantial pillars of the same material
Red brick with concrete trimming ana
limestone blocks for the foundation
IS the material used IN the coustruc.
ton Of the modern houses. In the
residence portion of the Ity the
lawns are divided by low we'll trim.
ed hedges There are many shrubs
OF all kinds and the walls along the
highways are covered by vines. Grim
SON ramblers, and Dorothy Perkins
roses, which bloom profusely fcr
weeks. The American Beauty roses
are just coming into bloom and
they are certainly lovely.
Workman's Paradise
Louisville is certainly the work
mans paradise as they do not begin
work till 9 a. m. and quit 1T 4:3O
p. m. They grumble as badly as does
the northern workers and IH,ai
strikes are frequent. and 1T the best.
those employing help never. can b.
sure that they will return to work il
the morning. Wages are good srt
work is plentiful.
Saturday, May Is will NJ Derby
Day and big day for louisville. W.
drove out to the grounds this week
and IT is certainly a busy place. The