The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1922-11-21
DYE MIND THE TIME
When These Things Happened In
Paris, As Told in THE
NEWS Files2
DAYS OF AULD LANG SYNE

There's no denying that to most
: of us there is certain satisfaction
in reviewing the events of long ago,
as they are presented to us, either
casually or by force of some remin-
iscent strain of the moment. And
to those who lived here in the long
ago the recalling Of events in the
old days of Paris affords a peculiar
satisfaction all it's own. They, per-
haps, more than we who have
grown used to the old place, will
appreciate these items, taken at
random from copy of THE BOUR-
BON NEWS, of Wednesday, June
%, 1881:
Mrs. o. A. Gilman has gone to
Buffalo, New York, to visit rela-
tives.
Capt. Ed. Taylor's family will
spend the summer at the Garth Fee
male Institute.
Scrub" Webb has gone to Frank
fort to accept a position with an en-
gineering corps.
Felix Lowry sold his tobacco at
$13 all around. The highest at
1925 and the lowest at $50.
Mrs. Amanda Clay has gone to
Cincinnati to assist Mrs. Ware in
keeping boarding house.
w. w. Massie has gone into the
fine sheep business, and will receive
some imported in few days from
England.
Bourbon having sold her railroad
stock, will pay off her entire in
debtedness. We will now have no
more railroad tax to pay.
A number of the boys sat up un-
til after the eclipse Saturday night
and took observations through a
spy glass that held about a pint
Ike Fields, a, bloated negro loafer,
got on a high Irritation last Sunday
while excursioning around, and
came back home with one of those
things" cut over his eye.
The friends of the editors of the
Sunday Mirror, will be expected to
ride slow after them soon. on a trip
out towards the fair grounds. Some
will weep, while others will smile
Just as our railroad stock had the
least show of an opportunity to be
worth something, our Magistrates
had to sell it, There were but three
Magistrates in the county who
could see three inches beyond their
noses.
Monday evening at seven, Tom
Phillips, the butcher, ran Tom
Griffin out of Thomas Bashford's
store into the street, when Griffin
drew a pistol and shot Phillips.
making a painful wound in the left
arm. Griffin was arrested and put
in the cooler.
The Assessors books in this coun-
ty shows the following report:
Number of acres of land, 273,252k /;
value of land, s5,752,923; number
of town lots, 100; value of town
lots, $7S1,OOO; number of horses,
1878; value of horses, $119,715;
number of mules, 1909, value of
mules, $53,S62; number of jennets,
Sc, value of jennets, $2,405; num-
Der of sheep, 1890; value Of sheep,
$9O,975; number of hogs, 1895;
value Of hogs, $6,227; number of
cattle, 9,345; value of cattle, $780,
1855.
At the old soldiers meeting at
Paris, on Saturday. Kelley Brent
delivered the welcome address, to
which DR.. Chinn, of Lexington, re
sponded. After the solemn exer-
: cises at the court house, the old
veterans were banquetted at the
Bourbon House. The following are
the names Of those present, and
their ages: Moore Johnson, Mt.
Sterling, Sc; Thomas Jones, Paris.
SO; Thomas Casey, Falmouth, 81;
DR.. c. C. Graham, Louisville, 81;
Zach Corbin, Bethel, Owen county.
go; Enos B. Payne, Newport, 80;
G. H. Perrin, Cynthiana, S7;Giliad
Evans, Headquarters, Nicholas coun-
ty 81; Dr. ]. G. Chinn, Lexington,
,S4; Joshua Webb. Madison county,
iS9; S. M. Berry. Scott county, SIS;
Samuel Jones, Bourbon county, 81;
Thomas White, Paris, go.
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