Tlio prcHH is tlio bHt if not thoQnly
tliroiiKh which thty cm bo reaoheil,
and there Bro abundant reasons for tho
assertion tliat no injustice Jim been
done to thaw worthier by any of the papers
of thuStnto. Tlio prominent member
who has no profound a respect for
tho opinion of ono respected cituen of
his county would do well to make inquiry
of tho aforesaid respected citizen and
obtain his opinion of the con. con. be-fore
ho Rives vent to his contempt for
tho pretw. It has been truly said that
"ho who will not reason is a bigot; ho
who cannot is a fool, and ho who daro
not is a Blavo."
The 0. J. says that Marshal llnrcbet
will offer for sale at Somerset, on Monday
next, "two copper stills and 07 wash
tubs." Tho idea of a Kentuckian not
knowing th difference between a wash
tub and a mash tub!"
Col. Saundeis D. llruco has been conducting
a sale of thoroughbreds at Lexington
recently. It is related by old
men that prior to tho Introduction of
thoroughbreds, tbo horses of Kentucky
weroa shabby lot. An old fashioned
horse that coutd trot six miles in an
hour waa considered a 'irodigy and if he
failed to have thumps or drink too much
water and die, ho was considered a
animal. Now our thorough-
bredB can trot 10 and 12 miles an hour,
keep ahead of many of tbo engines on
our railroads, and when halted upnt the J
. . . -i .1... At ...til ar. n.flilV
stauio uoor cuumji u "" " j
for food and another drive. Scrubs
sometime aasuino tho manners and put
on the airs of thoroughbreds sd frequently
mislead the best of judges. But
there are no good reasons why this
should be thus; for you may take n
scrub from the field, pick tho hurra from
his tail and the briars from his mane
rub him down, blanket him and bring
upon tho track in all his glory, and ho
w ill still b a scrub. There are scrubs in
all tho animal creation from mice to
men.
