Paris, Kentucky - History (part 1 of 2)

Preface

back to the early history of our city, and who have the facts and , anecdotes of its very earliest days, from their fathers, are passing away with alarming rapidity, and with them will be lost that which should be preserved, we essay to issue this small work, with the belief that future generations will remember us with grateful hearts, and the noble and ever generous people of our own day will give us remuneration for our labor and trouble. Feeling within ourselves a desire to know the early history of the city of our present residence, and anticipating a like desire in those who will people it an hundred years hence, we respectfully dedicate these few pages to the

Knowing our inabilitv to make the work such as it should be, but feeling that such a thing should be done, we have imposed upon ourselves the task of writing up the facts, hoping that in future years some more able pen will assume the responsibility, and in language more appropriate and diction more elegant and classic, give to the reading world a work worthy of our beautiful and prosperous little city. We have the consolation of knowing that we have labored to the best of our ability, against many adverse circumstances, and notwithstanding this have compiled many interesting facts that we hope will be appreciated.

Sketches Of Paris Chapter

Tlie location or existence of Paris may he attributed purely to incident or accident. Xo advantages, other than existed at an hundred other points, caused its creation. Xo fort or blockhouse marked it as a desirable spot to locate at or about. Xo speculator in town lots offered inducements, and the marshy and ; rough surface was certainly anything but suggestive of a town. But it probably owes its location to the fact that a large spring of line water burst forth near the mouth of Houston, and a heavy, steep hill was its heritage. In tho>e davs Central Kentucky drew her mercantile supplies from Limestone (now Mavsville), and the old State Road and the Road-wagon, were her line and means of transportation. The wagoners, we are told, always aimed to reach this point by night, so as to rest their teams and in the morning* j with fresh steeds, and the help of others who might happen along, pull their heavy loads up the steeps. This action of the teamsters, caused the erection (about 1784) of a few huts for their accomoda- ' tion anil protection, and probably attracted a blacksmith and a few others who could reap a small gain from the patronage of the masters of transportation. The State road, in those days, came along the Buffalo Trace, crossing Stoner just below White & Alexander's present distillery, passing through the premises of C. S. Brent, Sen., crossed Houston in trout of Mr. Brent's present residence, passed over the ground where Dr. Keller's residence stands, up the hill through about the center of Bonk Row, across the I north-west corner of the Court House square, still hearing in a 1 westerly direction, along Houston cliff, out in the direction of what is now known as Walker's Hill.

Mr. Collins, in his History of Kent uckv, says that Paris is located j on the ancient site of Houston Station. If there ever was such a ! "Station,'1 it was not a place of much note, and certainly never 1 very heavily fortified. The fact that wherever a few house** wen located in close proximity in those days, it was generally given a

Be that as it 'may, we find no data which will warrant us in stating that "Houston Station" was other than a very insignificant , place and hardly worthy of space in history.

The land upon which Paris stands to-day, was preempted by John Reed, of Maryland, 1 St h of November, 17S4, and Win. Galloway and Samuel Lyons, of Virginia, August, 17S6. Lawrence Protzman afterwards bought a portion of Reed's preemption, and had it laid off in town lots - calling the town Hopewell.* In accordance with the request of said Protzman, the Virginia Legislature j passed the following act in 1789:

I Be it enacted^ That two hundred and fifty acres of land, at the i Court-house in Bourbon county, as the same are laid off into town j lots and streets by Lawrence Protzman, the proprietor thereof, j shall be established a town by the name of Hopewell, and that ! Xotley Conn, Charles Smith, jr., John Edwards, James Garrard, i Edward YY alker, Thomas W est, James Lanier, James Little and 1 James Duncan, gentlemen, are hereby constituted trustees thereof.

! The Trustees ot said town, or a majority of them, are author- ! ized to make such rules and orders for the regular building of houses thereon, as to them shall appear proper.

I As soon as the purchasers of lots in the said town shall have built j thereon, a house sixteen feet square, at the least, with a brick or stone chimney, such purchasers shall then be entitled to, and have i and enjoy all the rights, privileges and immunities which the freeholder and inhabitants of other towns in this State, not incor- ; porated, shall hold and enjoy.

Sec. 1. Whereas by an act of assembly passed at the last session, entitled, 'an act to establish a town in Bourbon county,' two hundred and fiity acres of land at Court-house of said county of Bourbon, as laid ofi* into lots and streets by a certain Lawrence Protzman, the then supposed proprietor thereof, was established a town by the name oi Hopewell, of which Notlev Conn, Charles Smith, Jr., [olm Ed wards. James Garrard, Edward Waller, Thomas W est, James Lanier, James Little and James Duncan, gentlemen, were constituted trustees, and whereas since the passing of said act. many doubts have arisen who is the real proprietor of the said two hundred and lirty acres of land, and in consequence thereof the present holders of many of the said lots are disquieted, and the salt ot the remainder thereof, thereby prevented.

i from and after the passing of this act. the said two hundred and I fifty acres of land, as laid oil' into lots and streets, shall he. and are j hereby vested in the said Xotley Conn, Charles Smith, Jr., John j Edwards, James Garrard, Edward Waller, Thomas W est, James Lanier, James Little and James Duncan, gentlemen, trustees, or a ; majority of them.

Sec. 3. The said trustees or a majority of them, shall proceed to | sell such of the said lots which now remain unsold, at public auc- ! tion, for the best price that can be had, the time and place of which j Gazette,* and convey the same to the purchaser, their heirs and assigns; subject, however, to the same rules, order and conditions, as the said iots are subjected to by tbe said recited act.

; leturn an account thereof to the court of the said county of Bouri bon, to be there recorded, and the money arising from such sale ; shall be retained by them for the use and benefit of the person or j persons in whom the title to the said two hundred and fifty acres

I persons, or their legal representatives accordingly ; Provided never - ! tileless , and be it further enacted , That in case the title ol the said i two hundred and fifty acres of land shall hereafter be established in any other person or persons than in the said Lawrence Portz- I man^ the said trustees shall in such case convey such of the lots as j were sold by him to the purchasers thereof, in fee simple, and the - | purchasers or holders of such lots, shall be subject only to account I with the real proprietor thereof, for the value of the same when I originally purchased as unimproved lots.

Sec. 5. Be it further enacted- , that from and after the passing j of this act the name of the said town shall be altered, and from j thenceforth the same shall be established by the name ot Paris; j any law to the contrary notwithstanding.

i By the above laws we not only get the facts of the origin ot our ; present city, and its christening, but we learn that our forefathers : were not exempt from vexations and trials, before the law, equal in | their extent to those we bear. The trustees, in accordance with i the laws, proceeded to make sales, but the Legislature, in 1795,

I repealed the enactments and ordered the board to settle with John j Protzman, who appeared and proved himself to be the purchaser i of Lawrence s estate, and that the original claim was valid and good.

I Numbers of lawsuits lollowed, but as their mentioning here would be tiresome and uninteresting to the reader, and occupy too much ; space, we desist.

those days, as well as in our day, new towns grew very rapidly. A j frame Court-house had been built and the records and the official \ ' papers of the great county of Bourbon, which then embraced j ; what is now Harrison, Pendleton, Campbell, Kenton, Mason, j Lewis and scores of other counties, within its almost boundless j territory, had been deposited here, and residences, stores and | small manufactories had been erected.

The county of Bourbon, as we have intimated, was an almost j | boundless tract of land, and the choosing of a County Seat was [ ; no small matter, and the location of it at Paris, and the continuance i of it here, mav be set down as an unusual incident. Before the selecj tion of Paris as a County Seat, courts had been held at various res- 1 idences throughout the county, viz: Governor Garrard's near Tal-

I botts Station on the K. C. R. R.; Mr. James Hutchinson's, and at | the residence of John Kiser, at the mouth of Cooper's Run, near ! Kiser's Station on the same railroad. At a meeting of the court at j Mr. Hutchinson's, held November, 17S6, the following order was j ! made:

! Ordered that the place for holding courts for this county be I established at the confluence of Stoner and Houston forks of j Licking, and that Alvin Montjoy, John Grant and James Matson,

| gentlemen, be appointed to procure two acres of land at said place ! ; for the purpose aforesaid, and, also, that they let to the lowest bid - ! der the building of a Court-house, which shall be a frame of thirty- ' i two by twenty feet, with a shingle roof and finished in the necessary ' ! manner, and a jail sixteen feet square, of hewn logs twelve inches i square. Teste John Edwards, C. B. C.

j The building ordered above stood on the Court Square for ten ; or eleven years, and was sold to John Allen, who moved it to his hu m, on the left hand side of the Maysville pike about one and a half miles northeast of town. The first court held in this house j was on Tuesday, October 16th, 17S7. The following order 1 made at the February court, 1797, fixes upon a successor of the ; above:

I he Commissioners appointed to draft a plan for a Court- ; j house, have proceeded to sketch out the present one, which they ! I now oiler for the ciflisidcration of the court, and have fixed on the I center of the Public Square as the most convenient spot for the j I house to stand on. Given under our hands this 20th day of Fcbru- j ary, 1797. Signed, John Allen, John Metcalfe, Charles Smith and 1 David Hickman, which is accepted hy the Court. And it is ordered that Charles Smith, James Duncan and Thomas Jones, gentlemen, be appointed Commissioners to let out, and superintend the building of the same, to the lowest bidder, after the time and place has been advertised three weeks in the Kentucky Herald.*

The Court-house that was destroyed bv lire in 1872, and of which the above is an order for building, was begun in 1797, and completed 1799. The stone foundation was laid by "Old Stone Hammer" (Governor Metcalfe), and the building erected by John ; Metcalle, an uncle of the Governor, and the carpenter work done by Mr. McCord. This house was built to rival the great stone temple ot justice at Lexington, and for years it was the pride and boast ot ' the Bourbons, and in 1816, when the little box cupola was removed and in its stead the magnificent spire that went down in its ruins in '72, was erected, the heart of the nation was supposed to be happy. Those of our citizens whose memories carry them back to that day, iniorm us that the boys stood and gazed upon this imposing 1 structure with awe, and only ceased to look and wonder when their | necks seemed to break with pain and their heads swim with the floating clouds. Truly this was a great thing in its time, but it would appear as a mere pigmv beside the grand county building ; of to-day. The bell that hung in this steeple was purchased in Philadelphia by Hugh Brent, Lsq., for .$50. It had seen service on j the high seas and bore date of 1730. The town clock was put on j the steeple in 1S35. It was purchased by private subscription and - cost .$900.

Since we have entered upon the history of the^e Court-houses, j it may be proper to insert here the description ot the burning ot this I last one, written by the late Mr. R. T. Davis, and published in the Kentuckian, May 15th, 1872: but as no danger was apprehended, and no particular attention paid to it. it ; was mistaken for clouds, but as the volume increased, and the smoke wreaths J ascended faster, persons went over and on opening the door were horrified at ! finding that the interior of that ancient structure wa» in flames, and everything demonstrating beyond a doubt that some ruthless hand had applied the incen- I diarv torch to our halls of justice. The windows, which were open in the j evening, were tightly closed bv the vandal, in order that the flames might make such headway and eat so deeply into the vitals of the building ns to defy all efforts to save it when the: incendiary's work should be discovered. | Even the doors opening from the vestibule into the Court room were closed, I and every precaution taken by the as yet unknown burner to prevent an c.irf\ discovery that might thwart his infamous design. When the inner door w. is opened an appalling sight met the view: everything combustible was rapid!; listened with rapt delight to the eloquence of Clay, Marshall, Breckinridge, and others of the flower of Kentucky orators, but a shapeless mass of smoldering ruins. True the old edifice was unsightly, and anything but a credit to a county possessed of so much wealth as Bourbon, but we deplore its loss, and say "peace to its ashes."

While we have been led off somewhat from what by some may be considered the proper channel, we may as well give the facts of the erection of our present magnificent Court-house. It was commenced in 1873, and finished in *874- The County Court was empowered by the Legislature to issue $100, j 000, in bonds, and to appoint Commissioners to superintend its construction. The court accordingly issued the bonds and appointed Jos. Mitchell. Wm. Shaw and Geo. C'. White as Commissioners, who ; well and faithfully fulfilled the trust confided to them. John Atchison was chosen general Superintendent, while the carpentering . was done by Thos. Pollock. The foundation and stone work was done by McGrain, Woods & Farrell, and the stone furnished by Collins and Stevenson, from the Cane Ridge quarry. The brick was made by Capts. J. M. Thomas and J. II. Bradshaw, and laid by G. \Y. Sidener and Robt. Ransdall. The freestone work was j done bv Finnigan & Son, of Cincinnati. The galvanized iron and slate by Dunn & Witt, and the wrought and cast iron by M. Clem- J ents, of same city. The plastering was done by Wm. Haje, of ! Paris, while the Plumbing was executed by T. F. Donnelly, of Lexington. The painting and graining was done by Chas. A. Daugherty, of this city, and the tiling by M. Finnigan & Son, of Cincinnati. The clock was made bv E. Howard & Co., of Boston,

{ Mass., and the bell by Meneelv & Kimberly, of Troy, X. Y. The I benches in the Circuit Court room were furnished by J. T. Hinton, and the chairs by Geo. W. Davis, both furniture dealers in this place. J. J. Shaw, also of Paris, furnished the Registers and Furnace. The following description of the building is taken from the Western Citizen of Oct. 30th, 1S74:

"The architecture is chaste and tasteful, surpassed by few public buildings 1 in this country, and reflects great credit on the architect, Mr. A. C. Nash, of Cincinnati, who also ranks it as one of his most successful specimens. The ; style of architecture is French 'renaissance.' The building is of brick and elaborately and tastefully trimmed with freestone. The cornice* are cf iron, the roof covered with slate and gracefully topped out with an elegant and symmetrical tower, one hundred and thirteen tect above the ground line, in which is placed the clock and hell. The building is three storin' . uul contains rooms for Circuit Court., County and Circuit Clerks and Sheri If* ofhocs; and also offices for County Judge and County Attorney, jury rooms, Sic. Also the necessarv fire and burglar-prqof vaults for the safe keeping of all State and countv papers. The ground plan is one hundred and fifteen feet from front to rear and eighty -two feet across the wings, having a large and spacious hall from front to rear, the county offices being on each side. The hall fioors are of iron, concreted and laid with the best English tiling, in neat and appropriate patterns, the base being in Egyptian marble. The hall is fifteen feet and four inches in width and is spanned at intervals with neat, plain arches, resting upon appropriate corbels, &c. The stairways are of wrought iron, spacious and of handsome design.

"On the second floor is situated the Circuit Court room; its dimensions sixtv-two feet bv sixtv eight, with a gallery sixteen by sixty-two feet; the ceiling being twenty-eight feet six inches above the floor and neatly ornamented with a large ventilating center piece of stucco; also the angles, with walls and ceiling, coved and neatly finished; the walls blocked and colored in imitation of stonework. The Judge's stand, platform and canopy are of handsome design; gallery, front railing around the bar, the furniture, gas-fitting and heating are all in keeping with the design. The room is, without exception, the handsomest Court room in the State."

The first court held in this House was in October, 1S74, Judge J. D. Hunt, of Lexington, presiding ; J. E. Paton, Clerk, P. M. Miller, Deputy Clerk; Capt. Thos. E. Moore, .serving his second term, Sheri ft'; R. M. Kenney, (present sheriff) J110 B-. Xorthcott and J. Henry Butler, Deputies, and Jos. \V. McCarney, Jailor.

I The first county officers to occupy offices in this new building, besides those mentioned above, were Richard Hawes, judge of the county court, a man full of years and of honorable reputation, Russell Mann, county attorney, and Jas. M. Hughes, county clerk.

Chapter Ii

Returning to the few log cabins in the bottom near the spring, , we take up the early growth of Paris. As soon as the town was laid off by Mr. Protzman, and recognized by the Legislature of i Virginia, it began to attract settlers who were on the lookout for | locations for merchandising and manufacturing. Finding the bot- ; toms an undesirable situation for their purposes, they began to erect | their houses on the higher ground, and what we can learn from j hearsay, the first buildings were built about where the Bourbon j Flou.se stands and along the road toward the Episcopal Church.

| The first public house (or tavern) was erected of logs, on the lot where the late Doehrer house was destroyed by fire, and was kept by Thomas West. It had no name like our hotels of to-dav, but was known as West's tavern; yet, in after years, when it was clapboarded. and washed over with a red -wash, it was known as j "West's Red Tavern," and the only sign displayed was the i "square and compass." The first hotel that bore a name, as the | world goes, was where the Bourbon House stands, and it was known | as the "Indian Queen House,'1 the sign displayed being a picture of | a handsome Indian woman. The second hotel was kept by Thomas Eades in Jos. Walker's present residence. The third was kept by Thos. Hughes, and it stood just below the Citizens Bank, occupying the site of the Stoker Hotel.

The first brick house erected in Paris, was built bv Thomas West ; about 1796, extending from Pullen A C hambers' grocery to Ficklin's property, opposite the Court-house door. It was in three divisions - two stories high. In alter \ears the street was graded down and these houses had to be approached, or entered, bv high, steps - the first floors being perhaps eight, or ten feet above the level. The first regular organized school was taught !>v Turner | Lane (1796), in a little frame building where the First Presbyterian

Church stands, corner of Pleasant and Mulberry streets. lie was superceded by John McCann, (father of the venerable James II. McCann, now living) in 1S00. The first church organized was in 17S7, by Rev. Andrew McClure, a Presbyterian minister, though the church building was not erected until 1 7^9** an(l was not completely fitted np till several years afterwards. It stood on the corner of Church and High streets, where Jas. T. Davis' residence now stands. The first public burying ground was known as the old "Dutch Graveyard, ,r and adjoins the City School premises. The ground was donated by Lawrence Protzman. The first election of town trustees was held the first Frida v in March. 1797* and the following gentlemen elected: John Metcalf, Dan l Duncan. Win. Kelly, Andrew Todd, Thos. Arnold and Richard Henderson' The trustees before that time held their office by appointment by the Legislature. The first bridge across Stoner, at this point, was built in 1795; was swept away in the Fall of 1808, and was rebuilt the next year; this was torn away and replaced, in 1833, by the one that stands firm yet, having been re-covered and otherw ise repaired the past year ( 1873), alu^ bids fair to last for several decades to come-. The first newspaper published in Paris was the Kentucky Herald . established about the beginning of the vear 1797, by Daniel. Bradford, a brother of John Bradlord, the publisher of the Kentucky Gazette. In March 1797, the Legislature passed an act recognizing it as a medium of publishing laws or notices that required publication. We are unable to secure any of the files of this paper.

Paris, in her earlier days, seemed to have the same intellectual spirit animating her citizens, as makes her famous for her educational enterprises to-day. Establishing at the earliest day her academy and newspaper, it was but natural that she should have a public library, and as early as 180S we find her with a chartered institution of this character, with the following gentlemen as directors: Win. Garrard, jr., Robert Trimble, Wm. Kelly, Samuel Hanson and Benjamin Mills. The library was destroyed by fire in 1829. 1 he first grist mill within the town limits, w as near the mouth of Houston, and w as ow ned by John Allen, Esq. The first post office was kept by Thos. Eades, (grandfather of Mrs. R. E. Knapp ) at his tavern, in the present Walker residence. He was succeeded bv W m. Paton, an uncle of our present cit\ clerk, Jas. Patou. Sen., who assisted Ins uncle in the office for some time The first court ot quarter sessions (doing the business of 0111 common pit as and Circuit courts )was presided over bv James Duncan, Chas. Smith

| The first Sheriff of Bourbon county was Benj. Harrison. First : clerk, John Edwards. The first trial for larceny, was tried by a 1 Court of Oyer and Terminer, and the prisoner, Sami. Plummer,

| was found not guilty. The first County Attorney was John Allen, ! the first lawyer that was granted license in this county, j In iSio the city records were torn up by some unknown miscre- | ant, and the first records after that, contain a resolution of condem- ! nation of the unknown vandal.. The first temperance society wa.i ! organized Oct. 6th, 1S37; Thos. P. Smith, President; H. M. Hen- : derson, vice-president, and James Patou, Secretary. The first i Sunday-school in connection with the American Sunday-school i Union, was organized in 1S26. There had been Sunday schools < before this, though we are unable to get date of their establishment. J The first Fair or rather Li\e Stock Exhibition was held in the"Bot- ^ toms," immediately in front of the residence of C. S. Brent, Sen., in 1836. Mr. Collins says that the first fair was held here in 1S1S, j but Mr. Jas. McCann, who has lived here all his life, and whose ! memory is exceedingly accurate in regard to incidents ol that day, j and who was iS years old in 181S, does not recollect of such fair. ! The first stage coach that ever passed through Paris, was in 1S08, and was conducted by Geo. W alls, of Lexington, this was a temporary affair, and the regular staging did not commence until 1S1S,

1 when they began to carry the mails. This line was established I by the Johnson Brothers of Georgetown. The first established j clothing store was kept by Mr. Louis, a Hebrew, who opened , on Broadway in 1S38. Previous to that time there were i itinerant venders that would locate only temporarily. The negroes ; first voted in Paris, August 1st, 1S70. The voting was done at the j old Court-house, where there was a tremendous barricade or partition put up in order to separate them from the white voters. 1 he ; first three that ever cast the right of suffrage at a regul.tr election, were, respectively, Albert Falkner, Most* Williams and Levi Todd.

A Retrospective Glance Of Paris In 1S05

{ sic^e of Houston, where the handsome residence of C. S. Brent, Sen., now stands, was a double one-story log building, the residence of Jas. McCormack.

Crossing Houston, we find some three or four dilapidated log- j cabins in the hollow, at the foot of High street. Coming up the hill, on the west side of the same street was the old building that is j still standing just below the residence of Dr. L. D. Barnes; it was j then the residence of \Vm. Cleveland.

Exactly where the residence of Dr. Barnes and the Episcopal I Church now stands were situated three one-story buildings, two of ; them were log and one was stone. They were all occupied by Frederick Loring as a residence and tailoring establishment.

The next was the old log house on the corner of High and Church streets - the oldest house now standing in Paris. It w as the property of Isaac Orchard, and is thought to have been built in 1794- ^ might be proper to say that in this house was born one of our oldest native citizens, Jas. W. Ingels, and is also the building in which the distinguished divine, John P. Durbin, commenced learning his trade - that of cabinet-maker.

Next came the house that is now occupied by Jos. Walker. It i was at that time the residence of the Hon. Robert Trimble. It now stands as a venerable landmark of what Paris was eighty years ago- The next was a two-story log house, situated exactly where the j late I)r. W. P. St. Clair lived, or the property recently purchased by J. II. Bassett. It was then occupied by James Stewart as a printing office. It was in this hbuse that the Kentucky Herald was first published.

Next was a two-story log house, situated upon the piopertv now i owned by Mrs. Kitty Brown, at that time the residence of Thomas | Tones, Sen., proprietoi of the Paris Mills.

This terminated the compactness of the town upon that side of ; High street with the exception of a little brick building which yet j constitutes in part the residence of our County Clerk, Jas. M.

Then retracing our steps, the fir^t house on the East side of High I was a log one, situated on the brink of the large pond that covered ! the entire square, included between Main, High, Chestnut and Ash | streets, and was occupied by Peter Cline, grandfather of David j Cline, now living, and who is the oldest nati ve.citizen in Paris.

Making a long stride, we come to the residence of Thos. Philips, j on the site of the present residence ofj. H. Bassett. This house is I nearly opposite the residence of Jos. Walker.

i Next to Mr. Philips' residence was a small log house, occupied ! by John Keenan, a tailor. This house was in the yard of the presj ent Doehrer residence.

I On the corner of High and Church streets - where Holliday's carriage manufactory now stands - was the residence and black - j smith shop of Peter Sharrer.

The house between this shop and livery stable of Turney & Turney was used as a cabinet shop, carried on by Capt. "'Little" Billy Scott. He had his residence in the rear of his shop.

On the northwest corner of Main and Walnut, the present site of the livery stable, stood a small log house, occupied by Richard Turner as a bakery and saloon. This place was known as the "Lower Lick," and did the most thriving business in town.

' Then came the Trade Palace of the town. It was a large frame building occupying the sites of W. A. Dickey, Geo. R. Bell and Chas. Stephens' business houses, and was known as Scott's Block. It was here that "Big" Billy Scott carried on the most extensive dry goods business of the day. Mr. Scott also owned a range of brick buildings running nearly to where the Northern Bank now stands. These buildings were rented as offices of various professions, and the Sheriff's office was located in this block tor some , years.

Next came the Court-house of which we have spoken, and in connection with this we will mention the old stone jail that stood upon the corner of the square directly opposite the present Northern Bank building. In the rear of this jail was what was known as the stray pen, where animals were brought and left for claimants. This pen was the more necessary on account of the few fences that existed in that day.

On the south side of the Court-house, was a dilapidated markethouse. It stood until 1S10, When it was torn down and re-placed by the brick market-house which stood there until a few years ago.

I was a log building occupied as a post-office, with Wm. Paton as j post-master. The post-office was kept here until burned out in 33. j Next to the post-office was a house built of brick, logs and j boards, and was occupied by Sami. Williams, father of Sami. Wil- | liains, the editor, as a dry goods store and tailoring establishment.

Standing directly on the corner where S. Cohen now carries on the clothing business, stood a large frame building, known as Harris' " Red House," and occupied by Nathan Standeford as a hotel and by Joseph Morin as a currying establishment. This j building extended up to the present Citizen building - which was ! then not built.

On the corner where L. Price & Co. now are, stood a frame building - the residence of John Sites, who had a log blacksmith shop where A. Newhoff s dry goods store stands.

On the present site of Jno. Gnadinger's confectionery, stood a : two-storv log house, the property of Isaac Orchard, and used by John Walls as a residence and shoe shop. Mr. Walls was at that time Jailer ol Bourbon Countv.

; The ground now occupied by J. T. Hinton's furniture store, the ! Adams express-office, post-office, J. J. Shaw's stove house, ami extending across Main street, was covered by a large pond of water -

; at times, three or tour feet deep. This miniature lake had to be crossed by pedestrians on a log bridge, and was the delight of the boys when it was frozen over. W ild ducks wei'e killed upon this pond alter the time of which we write.

Simeon Stalls occupied the house now known as the Monday mansion, as a residence ami hat store This house now stands, after , having been occupied by Jim Monday (cold) as a residence and shoe shop for forty-five years.

Directh on the corner of the Baptist Church lot stood a couple of two-story log buildings, and were occupied by Daniel Smedley as a residence, and by Ezekiel Palmer as a chair manufactory.

On the present site of G. W. Sidener's grocery, stood a double 1 log house, and was occupied by Elijah Barton as a residence. This was joined by the house now used as a residence by D. B. Flanigan, but was not occupied at that time. It was used by the Methodists as a place for holding meetings, before they had any house of their own.

The next house was a part of Jones' Block of to-day, "and was i the residence of Wm. Anderson, who had a blacksmith shop on the ' corner, where his son-in-law, John V. Lovely, has his grocery.

Crossing Main, we come back to the corner opposite the Baptist j Church, and find the log house, now standing, just being built for a wagon making shop, by John Curry, whose residence was in the j house now occupied by Mrs. Ogden.

Passing along where G. W. Davis' and other houses now stand - crossing the big pond - we find the first house - a log - where J. Z. j Croxton's notion store is. This house was used by Aaron Grilling as a saddlery shop, and it was in this building that the Western Citizen was first published.

1 hen directly upon the corner of Main and Church streets, where R. S. Henderson now has a dry goods store, was a double l<»g building, also the property of Aaron G rifting, and was used by I hos. P. Reese as a hatter's shop. It is believed that he was the first person that ever kept a supply of ready made hats for sale in Paris.

1 hen came the building that is now occupied by Messrs McClintock \ Davis as a grocery store and by Messrs Bassett Sz Gaper as a shoe store. It was built and owned by Henry Buchanon, and was kept by him for a number of years as a tavern, called the "Buchanon ; House. Adjoining this and where Jor. Rion's candv store now stands, was a temporary blacksmith shop, of Samuel Davidson.

The old West Tavern that we have spoken of as having been the first in Paris, had, by this time, been discontinued as a hotel, and was occupied by Richard Turner as a saloon, dubbed by his patrons, the "Upper Lick/' in contradistinction to his lower establishment.

Next was the big brick house that vvc have also spoken of as being the first built in Paris. At this time the upper part was occupied by Thos. Arnold as a clerk's office and residence; the middle part by John Metcalf as a residence, and the lower part by John Porter as a tavern. It was also in this part that Dr. Nick Warfield had his office.

| directly in front of the Court-house. It was in this house that the I negro, Pill Harvey, climbed down the chimney and stole some | goods, for which he was sentenced to be hung, but was afterwards ! reprieved.

| Then upon the corner of Main and Main-cross streets, was the | building that is still standing, now occupied by Ed Taylor as a dry | goods store, and was then occupied by Win. Caldwell (grand - | father of Col. J. N. Caldwell) for the same purpose.

Upon the corner where Otwell & Wilson have a drug store, was | the "Yellow House," then just vacated by Wm. Caldwell, and the lower part still vacant, while Mrs. Boyd had her residence up stairs.

Exactly where Spears & Co.'s grocery store is, and where the True Kentuckian is published, was a two-story brick building occupied by Wm. D. Jackson as a saddlery shop.

Where Ford & Osborn have their hardware store, stood another large "Red House,'' at that time owned by Alexander & Hugh McNeal, and occupied by them as a dry goocU store.

Standing where the Citizens Bank now stands was a house owned by Wm. Kelly, and also occupied by Kelly A Brent as a i dry goods store. These gentlemen carried on, in connection with their drv goods business, banking on a small scale, bv loaning rnone".

Then came Thomas Hughes' tavern, composed of two buildings, i a frame that occupied the site of jolin Stokers Hole;, and a stone, house that was situated where the upper portion of the Bourbon House now stands.

Upon the opposite corner was the residence of Hugh Brent, father ofC. S. Brent, Sr. It was a frame, and had in connection with it the brick building that is now the residence of James Short, Sr., and was, at that time, considered one of the finest houses in Paris. It was also in the lower part of this building that the Hon. Jesse Bledsoe afterwards had his law officejust below this was a two-story frame house, the residence of Hon. Benjamin Mills.

This completed all the houses on Main street. Crossing over the bridge and going into what is now known as East Paris, we find the following buildings: The Paris Mills, then owned, as we have stated, by Thomas Jones, Sr., and operated for him by William Shields.

On the ground where Wm. Shaw has a small lawn, between the pike bridge and the mill, stood a small log cabin which was occupied by the Shields family.

\\ here Ben. Shaw now resides, stood a log building which was then occupied by Mrs. White, who kept a saloon anti wagon yard, the latter being considered very essential, and were also very numerous in those days along the Limestone road.

In the rear of White & Alexander's distillery was an old frame building, called the "Blue House," and was used by Mr. Ellerbeck for a brewery.

Then came the "Bourbon Academy," together with its buildings* part of which is still standing. It was purchased in 1S05 by Sam'l. Pyke, who established the first wool -carding factory in^Paris, if not in the State.

; Upon the opposite side, was a two-story log building, situated near where Mrs. Sam Clay now lives. It was, previous to this time, the property of Dr. Wm. Webb, who had since died, and was at this time occupied by George Kerns as a residence.

Directly opposite White & Alexander's warehouse, was a twostory log building, the residence of James Shannon, and in a part ot this building Mr. Ellerbeck also resided.

Coming back into the town and passing up Pleasant street, we find the grounds in the rear of the Citizens Bank, and a large portion ot the land lying around the corner of Main-Cross and Pleas-

I ant streets, covered by a large pond of water that . was kept from j | emptying into the creek by a ridge running along where the depot j and water tank stands.

For some distance up Pleasant street, stables and wagon yards ^ connected with the taverns, occupied botli sides of the street. The j first house of any consequence was on the corner where Neely & j Gass' warehouse now stands, owned by Win. Dallas, and it was in j this house the Masons, at this time, held their meetings.

Then came the little old school house of which we have spoken, j on the corner of Mulberry street. It was occupied as a residence ! : by Mrs. Davis.

A one-story log residence, that stood upon the premises now ocj cupied by the dwelling house of the Misses Hickman, completed J that side of Pleasant.

On Mulberry street, about midway between Main and Pleasant, was the residence of John McCann, (the house is yet standing) and | just below it, a little nearer Main street, was what had been previi ous to that, the residence of John Allen, (father of one of our most j venerable old ladies, Mrs. Julienne Grosjean) but was at this time j used by Mr. McCann as a school house.

| On Church street, about midway between Pleasant and Main, j stood a little stone house which was then occupied by Samuel Hari ris as a residence and pottery.

It is possible and verv probable that in giving a sketch of our j present handsome city as it appeared in 180^, we have omitted a few of the houses then standing; but we confidcntlv believe that it ! is as near complete as can be made at this late day. Taking the above as a true sketch, we can draw upon our fanev for the strides that Paris has made in progression. While she has not rivaled ] some of the cities that enjoy more natural facilities for manufactur- ' ing and the arts, she has kept pace with those of her neighbors of equal advantages. It is earnestly hoped, and the compilers have reason to believe, that in seventy years from to-day Paris will be as | i far ahead of what she is now, as she is of the Paris of 180^.

Bourbon' Academy

The Bourbon Academy was established by a special act of the Legislature on the 2 2d of December, 179S, with Wm. Garrard, David Purviance, Augustine Eastin, John Edwards, Andrew Todd, John Allen, Wm/ Kelly, Thomas Jones, Sen., Hugh Brent, John Metcalfe, Alexander Barnett, James Brown, Sen., Barton W. Stone, James Matson and James Kenney, as the original trustees, and to the exertions of these gentlemen, and the munificence of the State - she having donated six thousand acres of unappropriated lands - our now formidable institution owes its existence.

The trustees met, pursuant to the terms of the act, upon the first of April 1799. and organized themselves into a board, and shortly after selected Wm. Henry and John Boyd to locate and survey the donation lands, which duty these gentlemen performed by locating the said lands upon the south side of Green River. They were leased out from time to time and finally sold for the benefit of the Academy. *

On the 13th of May, 1799. Andrew Todd, Thomas Jones, Sen., Hugh Brent and John Allen were appointed a committee to select the most eligible situation for the permanent seat of the Academy, they reported in favor of a tract of land containing nine acres, belonging to John Henrv, situated between the Maysville Turnpike and Stoner, now nearly opposite the residence of Young Moran, in East Paris. The board accepted their report, and in October of the same year purchased the land from John Henry, paying him one hundred and live pounds for the same. About this time they took under their management a private school, taught by Lewis Masrpievier in the vicinity of the lands they had purchased And n the early part of the year 1800 commenced the erection of the Bourbon Academy, a rudely constructed frame building about lh\i' ly feet long and eighteen feet wide, capable, pm imps, of accommodating some thirty or fortv pupils, and in Max 1S00 commenced

; the position with the understanding that he would receive for his , services the tuition money arising from the number of pupils, the ! tuition rates being as follows: For teaching reading, writing, spelling and common arithmetic, $S per annum, and lor English grammar, Latin, and the Sciences, .^12.50 per annum. He was ! also limited to teach hut thirty scholars, and the subscribers to the ' Academy fund had the preference of sending their children before the non-subscribers - lor it must be remembered there was no public moncv to be expended then tor school purposes as we have in the present da), but the expenses of building, &C., was borne by , private subscriptions of the citizens, together with the revnue that was obtained from the "donation lands.5' Mr. Tull continued to teach until he was succeeded bv James II. Russell, in Januarv, 1802; he taught but a few months, when in October of the same s ear. Wm.

The demand for educational facilities soon outgrew the limited accommodations that our infant Academy then afforded; where- 1 upon the trustees thought it expedient to remove tiie institution ! into town. Thev accordingly did so, and in December. 1S05, they sold their property to Samuel Pyke for >^500, and purchased the lot that the present building now occupies, from Thomas Mitchell for $iio, and in 1806, commenced building a two-story brick that would accommodate a hundred or more scholars. It was completed the next year and the Bourbon Academv was again opened, with the Rev. John Lyle as President, and his brother, Joel R. Lyle, and Jas. II. Dickey, assistant teachers, and at this time it ranked i as one of the most advanced anti flourishing institutions of learning in the State. Mr. Lyle continued t<* act as President until 1S10, when he resigned and established a remale seminarv and divinitv school in the house that was so long the residence of the late N. B. Rion. Joel R. Lvie had withdrawn in the meantime and had bej come editor and proprietor of the Western Citizcn\ and in this j year David V. Rannalis was elected President, with Willis II. Arj nold as an assistant teacher. Mr. Arnold, taught but a short time, j when, in 1S11, Joseph Rusm.11 w as appointed in his place.

In November, tSi^, there was a change in the method of teaching, bv dividing into two departments, in tlic first w as taught English grammar, Latin and Greek languages. Mathematics i.hI the Sciences, and in t|§c second department was taught the rudiments of the English language. Mr. Ezra Howe was elected Superintendent, and he provided his own assistant teachers. In 1S14. Daniel Baldwin was appointed professor of the Latin and Greek languages. Notwithstanding his superior abilities as a teacher, he did not retain his position but a year, for it appears as if he did not get along as smoothly with the students as was possible, it having devolved upon him to administer a severe chastisement to one ol the pupils, was the cause of his becoming the recipient of the same from the hands of the parent. The Bourbon Academe. however, is indebted to him to the extent of two shares of bank stock, a private donation made by him for the purpose of encouraging students that displayed the most proficiency in the study of the dead languages, by giving them premiums. We find the iollowing in his bequest:

In 1 S 1 5. Alban Stewart was appointed in lieu of Mr. Baldwin, with John Stevenson as assistant. The latter gentleman was succeeded, the next year, by Benjamin W. llavden, who continued to teach until 1S26. In October. 1S16, Wm. E. Gallaudet was appointed professor of the languages: Latin, Greek and French, fie taught but a few months, when, in April 1817, John Gayle was elected President. It was conducted very satisfactorily under his administration for two years, and we learn from his report to the trustees that there were twenty-seven students in his department studying the classics, and in Mr. Hayden's department there were thirty-two studying the other branches.

In 1S19 the Rev. James McChord was elected President, with Ebenezer Sharpe as an assistant professor. Mr. McChord died ( 1820) while in oihee, and the duties fell upon Mr. Sharpe, who discharged them most faithfully for seven years: so much so, that when he resigned, he received the unanimous approval of the hoard ol trustees for the ability and skill with which he had managed the institution. In 1821 Chas. Lincoln was appointed an assistant teacher lor one year, and the next year David Dunlap was appointed; and in 1823 the Rev. Guerdon Gates was appointed professor of the Natural Sciences.

In October, 1S24. John II. Harney, (the dbiinguished editor of t ic old Louisville Democrat) was employed hv Mr. Sharpe, as as- M'-tant, and in 1S26 he was appointed professor of Natural Science, in place of Mr. Gates, who was compelled to resign on account S of sickness in his family; but in October of the same year he was recalled and elected Superintendent. He continued in charge till 1S29, when John Roche, a former professor of languages in Tra'n- , syl vania University, was elected. lie resigned in a few months,

In 1S31, Ebenezer Marston was elected Superintendent and it remained under his supervision for some years. After this it began to loose its prestige, and the rooms in the building were rented out from time to time to different parties for private residences and for teaching private schools, and one of the rooms was for a while occupied bv the Masons as a lodge room. The following persons taught schools there at different period.-: A. L. Mehurin, Win.

Henderson, father of II. A. M. Henderson, the present Superintendent of Public Instruction, jas. Riddle, Simeon Smith, A. C. Raymond, Harvey Wood, Rev. A. E. Thoms, Daniel Vaughan, Jo1-. A. Logan and John II. Pratt. About 1850, Mrs. Emily Tubman, a lady of great wealth, and who is renowned for her charitable works, rented a room in this building and established the "Tubman Free School," paying the teacher, Mr. Redman. Schools were taught in this house by Mrs. Murray, Mrs. Reed, Geo. A. Irvine. Paul Guyser and Messrs. Stone & Colton. It was conducted in this wav until 1856, when ihe trustees of the Bourbon Academy, by a special act of the Legislature, transferred the property and the management of the institutions to the trustees of the town of Paris, and in this year was erected the Bourbon Acadernv as it now stands, exclusive of the commodious additions of 1875. It was completed in September, iS^y, and was first occupied by Prof. J. B. Anderson anti his two daughters, in teaching a high school. He was followed bv Revs. Geo. Varden and W. B. Browne, \\ ho taught a high school together until the commencement of the great civil war, and during that dark and storm}' peiiod it was occupied by the Federal troops as a hospital. After the war it was repaired and again occupied for its original purpose, W. E. Clark and Thomas - Dodd, teaching separate and distinct schools. In September, 1865, its doors were thrown open and it was henceforth known as the Paris City School, under the principalship t»t Prof, julitis Herrick, i one of the most thorough scholars and efficient teachers that ever assumed the responsihilitv within its honored walls. The follow* mg are the names of those who have held the position n> Principal: Julius Herrick, from 6^ to 67; Geo. Varden, from '67 to *68; \V.

II. Lockhart, from '6S to '71; W. E. Clark, from '71 to 73; Ben. D. Best, from *73 to '74; S. Puckett was appointed in '74, and is the present incumbent, who is assisted at this time by the following: Miss AdaJ. Harned, Miss Sallie Mitchell, Miss Jessie Tipton, Miss Belle Croxton and Mrs. A. B. Clay. Prof. E. Amende is teacher of music. Thus it will be seen that the Bourbon Academy has experienced numerous and various changes, but it to-day stands upon a firmer and more solid foundation than ever before marked its history. With its able corps of teachers, its commodious and well ecpiipped buildings, and its two hundred and

It would hardly be justice to the very efficient School Board, under whose supervision the four thousand dollar addition to the building has been made the past year, and whose energetic labors in behalf of the school have done so much toward making it the creditable institution that it is, if we failed to mention them in this connection. The following are the gentlemen comprising the Board: W. W. Massie, Chairman,

Prf.S By T Kkiax Oiircii

The Presbyterians were the pioneers of religion in Paris, having established the first church in 1787, and continued ever since to sustain an organization, and to-day are sustaining two preachers, having two working congregations and owning two church buildings.

Rev. Andrew McClure, a man of devout and energetic disposition, was the first minister, and to him is due much of the honor for the firm hold his people have upon this community. He organized the church, was its first leader, and remained in charge until his death in 1793. The first official act of ihe session of the church, of which we have any record, hears date of September 25th. 1SC9. The Ruling Elders then were Isaac Orchard, John Curry. James Alexander, Joseph Mitchell and Wm. McConnell. It is probable that nearly all of these men were Elders when the church was organized.

In the Spring of 1795, Rev. SamueL Rannells took charge of the church and continued until his death in 1S17. During Mr. Rannells' ministry, as well as Mr. McClure's, the church at Paris was connected with the church at Ruddell's Mills, (or Stoner Mouth, as it was known,; and after Mr. Rannells" death this connection was dissolved, and the Paris congregation sustained a minister for his whole time; having extended a call to the Rev. Wm. Wallace, a v oting man of brilliant talents and ardent pietv. He preached in Paris for some time before his ordination and installation as Pastor. Under his ministration the church was blessed with a revival and more than one hundred persons were added to the membership. He died in iSiS. after a pastorate of about one rear.

At the death of Mr. Wallace, and for some time afterward, the pulpit was supplied bv the Rev. James McC'hord. a man of extraordinary ability and one of the most eloquent speakers of his day. Mr. Ranck, in his History of Lexington, says he studied law with Henry Clay, hut after mature deliberation abandoned that profession and attended a theological seminary in Xew York, where he took the foremost rank. His eloquence and energy built up a large congregation in Lexington, but he had his troubles, was removed, and died May 26. 1S20, broken hearted, aged 35 years. During the Winter of 1S19, or the Spring of 1820 the Rev. John McFarland was called and installed Pastor of the church. His pastorate extended through a period of eight wars and was terminated bv his death on the 28th of [ul\, 1S2S.

It would not l:e difficult to estimate the chaiucter. attainments, and powei of this rcmarkblc man were official records all silent. It is doubtful whether any man in the ministry, in Kentucky, of his day, impressed himself more deeply t on the minds of those who came under his influence and were the objects of ;.i- ministrv. His talents were of a high order; his literary and theological attainments extensive; his powers as a reasoner were extraordinary; his sermons were highly argumentative, remarkably clear, concise, compact, forcible.

a preacher he delighted to present the great distinctive doctrines of the Gospel. The relation, rights, privileges, and duties ot baptized children, as he understood them, engaged his earnest attention. No offense against the purity of the Church, nor any infraction of public morals could escape his withering rebuke. Sin in all its forms was confronted and denounced, unhesitatingly - sometimes bitterly - always fearlessly.

Mr. McF. was stricken down in the midst ot his usefulness and at the very post of duty. At the close of public worship one night he was found exhausted and fallen on the floor in the session room. He revived, but never fully recovered from this attack. In the summer he repaired to the mountains, but was not benelitted. On his return home he became so much exhausted that he had to stop bv the way, and on the 28th of July he breathed his last at the house of Mr. 'Thomas Rogers, near the present residence of G. M. Bedford, Esq. He was so highly esteemed by the church that his remains were interred beneath the floor of the old church (where the residence of James T. Davis now stands), just in front of the pulpit.

Rev. James II. Logan acted as a stated supply for a while during Mr. McF.'s illness, and probably after his death; and was succeeded by the Rev. Mr. Moreland, who preached to the congregation for a few months.

In January. 1S29, the Rev. Eli Smith, of Frankfort, Kentucky, was called to the pastorate of the Church, and immediately entered upon his labors. During his ministry the congregation manifested a healthy and steady growth, not only in the increase of membership, but also in the various departments of Christian activity.

In the Spring of 1S39. he was compelled to resign on account of ill-health, and for sometime the church was without a regular Pastor, and the pulpit was supplied at times by Revs. Mr. Allen, Mr. Coll'ee and Mr. Case. This brings us up to 1S40.

At this point the Old and New School troubles, growing out of a division of the General Assembly in 1S37-38, began to culminate, and in the following Spring the congregation divided - three Ruling Elders. Thos. P. Smith, J. R. Thornton and W in. Wright. and forty -seven members adhering to the New School, and two Elders, Joseph Mitchell and Joel R. Lyle, and a considerably larger number of members adhering to the Old School General Assembly.

After the division in 1841, the Old School party secured the pastorate services ot Rev. N. L. Rice, then of Bardstown. Kv., a young man just rising into eminence, lie remained with the church until the close of 1S44, when he w ent to Cincinnati.

lo return to the other branch of the Church: Rev. G. M. Kennedy occupied the pulpit during the year 1842. In 1843, January 1st. Rev. E. P. Pratt

I was engaged as the pastor. During the following year, the pastor, assisted by 1 Rev. John Black, conducted a meeting, during which thirty-four persons were 1 added to the church, twenty-two of whom were colored. Again in 1847. there was a considerable ingathering. Mr. Pratt's ministry closed during the Spring j or Summer of 1S52.

He was succeeded in the fall of the same year by Rev. E. B. Smith, as pastor. Mr. S.'s ministry closed in the Spring of 1856, and was followed by the Rev.

In January, 1S5S, a joint communion was held by the two Churches, preaching alternately by the pastors. Twelve persons were received into the communion of the New School Church, and a less number into the Old School. This meeting indicated that the time for a union of the two branches had arrived.

The Synod of Kentucky, at Lebanon, in 185S, and Ebenezcr Presbvterv, in session at Covington in March of that year, on the part of the Old School, and the Synod of Kentucky on the part of the New School, having taken action looking to organic union of the two bodies; this union was consumated in the Paris Church in April, 1S59, the joint session meeting then for the first time.

In the Spring of 1S63. Rev. D. O. Davies was called and installed Pastor, and it was during his ministry that the war trouble sprang up and divided the church, which division took place in 1866.

Such is the history of the Presbyterian church in Paris, down to the time of I the troubles in 1S66, since which time there has been two separate congregations, and as we suppose that one of the congregations has as much claim on the honorable past as the other, we leave the future to unfold its mysteries, with the hope that the wounds may be healed and the two congregations operate in union.

That branch which adheres to the General Assembly, and is commonlv j known as the Northern Branch, have recently improved the brick building on the corner of Mulberry and Pleasant streets, and have one of the neatest and most comfortable meeting houses in the city. Rev. R. \V. Cleland, a native of i Lebanon, Kentucky, and a graduate of Centre College, and the Theological ' Seminary at Princeton. New Jersev, is the Pastor.

Officers of the church at the present time : - Elders: - C. S. Brent. Sen., B F. Harris and J. H. Bassett. Deacons: - Jas McClintock. Scr... Jas. T. Daws and Jus. Hall. Trustees: - C. S. Brent, Sen., B. F. Harris and James Hall. Treasurer: - N. B. Rion. Ofkickrs'oe S a hij a i ii School: - L II. Bassett. Superintendent; Frank Fithian, Secretary; K/ekiel T. Porter. 1 ' ;.i: vi.

Those adhering to the Southern General Assent hi v. meet in their magnificent new church edifice, on the corner of Locust and Pleasant streets. Rev. L. H.

! Wanton, a native of Cumberland Co., Va., and a graduate of Ilampden Sidney j i. ollege. and of the Union Theological Seminary, Ya., and of the Theological Seminary at Danville, Ky., is now serving the congregation his seventh year.

Officers of the church at the present time: - Ruling Elders. - William Wright, V. M. Kenney, Geo. \V, Davis, J. A. Howerton, John Gass; J. A. Howerton, Clerk of the session. Deacons: - Joseph Neely, D. M. Dodge, D. Kennedy. J. M. Jones, F. L. McChesney, W. A. Johnson. Treasurer: J. M. }ones. Trustees: - V. M. Kenney, Joseph Mitchell, Geo. W. Davis. Officers of Sunday-School: - Superintendents: L. II. Blanton, J. A. Howerton. Secretary: - W. A. Johnson. Treasurer: - Geo. \V. Davis. Librarian: - Geo. R. Bell.

The buildings occupied by the Presbyterians have been four in number. The first a stone, on the corner of High and Church streets, erected in 17S9. torn down and replaced by a brick in 1821-22, which was in turn torn down, and the j two standing to-day, which we have mentioned above.

The Methodist Church has had an organization in Paris since the year 1S07 - probably a year or more before. The preaching was, for about ten years from the above date, 'in private houses, mostly in the house now occupied by D. B. Flanagin. Esq., then owned by Morgan Francis. About the year 1817, principally through the energy of Peter Schwartz welder. Esq., then a citizen of this place, a brick church was built on the lot upon which the present building stands. The society being quite weak the house was not entirely finished until about the year 1S20 - though it had been used for several years previous. Fora long time afterwards the church was feeble, owing, doubtless, to the policy of those times of having many preaching places. From about the year 1S06, there was a church at Mt. Gilead, only three miles from Paris on the road to Millersburg. which maintained a strong organization and regular worship until less than twenty years ago. Bourbon county had several other regular appointments near Paris tor many years, and the societv, in turn, remained small until comparatively a recent period. The present church edifice " as built in i860. It is a good, substantial brick building, seating over three hundred persons. Several ol the prominent members now were instrumental m its erection, but, without exception, thev ascribe the success of the enterprise to John D. Hearne, Esq., now of Covington, Ky., then a merchant of this city, who, with his characteristic energy, pressed the project through, not- " ithstanding the feebleness of the church.

I util the year 1S65. Paris was embraced in a circuit having preaching only once or twice a month. In the Fall of that year it was made a station and Ml. Taylor was appointed its pastor. It increased during Mr. Taylors pastorate, of four years, from seventy-five to one hundred and fifty-four mem fier.v Rev. Jas. C. Morris followed Mr. Taylor, remaining four rears, anil though mans were added to the church, the actual membership decreased on account of removals, death. iVc., to one hundred and thirty-eight members.

Since the organization of the church, nearly all the prominent men of Kentucky Methodism have preached in Paris. Cole, Lakin, Lindsay. Gunn, Bascom, Durbin, Stamper. Cartwright. Kavanaugh, Stribling. Ray. and a host of others. Mrs. Xancv Hughes, still a member here, joined in 1S19. under the ministry of Father Cole, and has a distinct recollection of many of the elo - quent preachers of other days, who dispensed the word of God in this place. James H. McCann. Esq., to whom we are indebted for most of the facts above stated, has a good remembrance of the preaching and the preachers from the time of the services in the Francis house, down to the present. It is seldom that such living connections, with a period so remote, exist, and hence we mention them.

The following is a list of the officers: Pastor: - \Y. T. Poynter; Stewards: - Jno. T. McClure, \V. A. Osborn, Jno. Trundle, J. J. Shaw, Jonathan Owen, Gray Smith and Sanfl M. Richardson; Trustees: - H. M. Rucker, \V. 11. Wain right. Jos. Scott, Dr. Wash. Fithian and W. 1 1. Crosthwait. Officers St nday Schooi.: - Sanfl M. Richardson, Superintendent: E. R. Fithian, Secretary; Chas. X. Fithian and Swiney Ray. Librarians.

The first sendees of the Episcopal Church in Paris, of which there are anv records, were conducted by clergymen from Lexington. Kv. As earlv as August 27th. 1 Si 5. the Rev. Jno. Ward, of Lexington, came to Paris and held service in the old Court-house, and on that occasion baptized an infant daughter of Walker and Sarah Thornton. This was the fir>t baptism. After that time, up to the year 1S30, occasional services were held, chiefly by clergymen from Lexington. among whom might be mentioned the Rev. G. T. Chapman, the author of a famous book of sermons on the principles and claims of the church.

During this period no regular ministrations were sustained, nor does there seem to have been any further attempt made than to minister to certain persons who had preferences for the church on account of earlv associations in Virginia.

But in the year 1S32 or 1S33, a decisive attempt was made to establish a parish and erect a church edifice. This was done under the efficient leadership of the Rev. Amos Cleaver, who came to Paris from Philadelphia, then in the prime of his strength and energy. By indefatigable labor, covering a period of >ix years, he drew together a congregation of people, organized them into a parish and completed a comfortable church edifice of brick. This church edifice was consecrated in due form and order, under the name of St. Peter's Church, on the 5th day of August. 1S3S. by the 1st. Rev. B. B. Smith, Bishop of the Diocese.

Soon after the consecration of' the church Mr. Cleaver saw (it to re-ign the charge of it. at least for a time, and the Rev. Franei> B. Nash w a- chosen hisuccessor, hut did not long continue in !h«- o:Vu*e. for in th .

Cleaver w as recalled and again entered upon the w ork which he ; . ! yievionslv given up. He continued lib second rectorship till some time m tL war 1S43.

During the mn;;-tr\ <>* Mr. Cleaver anil Mr. X i-.h a good .. . or o; pi opb' were led to sympathize with the struggling parish and co-oper a in i;.- ciforN who did not. become members of it. But some w ere baptized and confirmed

Among the names of adults who received baptism at this time, mention might be made of- Sarah A. Berkley, Mrs. Cordelia Kelly, Mrs. Eliza J. Elliott, afterwards Mrs. Garrett Davis), Mrs. Margaret F. Brent, Mrs. Elizabeth S. Hart. Major Thos. Elliott, Caroline A. Scott, Amelia A. Timberlake. Of course a much greater number of infants were baptized during the period.

Several of the adults named above were among the very first who received the rite of confirmation. Among the early confirmed we should also mention Mr. John Richards, Mrs. Mary A. Timberlake. Mrs. Elmira D. Brent. Mr. Wm. Hearne, Mr. Jefferson Scott, and later. Mr. Hugh Brent. Some communicants had been confirmed elsewhere, as Mrs. M. Murray, Mrs. John Richards and Mrs. Xancy Marshall.

The first marriage under Mr. Cleaver's administration, was that between John Alexander and Betsy Gass, and the second between Thomas Elliott and Eliza J. Morrow.

Mr. Mitchell, in addition to his work in church, conducted a flourishing school, in which he did much good in instructing the vouth of the parish.

Mr. Merrick, by his efficiency as a disciplinarian, and by a strict adherence to church principles, imparted a churchly character to the parish which it never had received in such measure before. He and his good wife also did much for the instruct ion of the youth in a Parish School. He resigned at last on account of chronic ill-health.

Among the laymen, now gone to their rest, who have been eminently useful in upholding the above named clergymen in their work, it may not be deemed invidious to mention the names of Dr. Henr\ Hopson and the lion. Robert T. Davis.

In the Spring of 1870, the old church which Mr. Cleaver had built was, in the main, taken down and during the following Summer and Fall another of more likely appearance and more complete in ils appointments, erected in its place. This re-building was done at a cost of nearU ten thousand dollars, including all the furnishings. And as the building was now essential! \ .1 neu 1 1 111 roh. it was re-consecrated on the iSih day of November. 1S70.

; The records of the parish, with the exception of some items of the very ! earliest davs which have been lost, may be summed up as follows:

The number of baptisms, from the organization of the parish to the present dav, 5 1 1 ; number of confirmations (exclusive of communicants confirmed in other places), 160; number of marriages, S7; number of burials, 153. j Officers of the church at the present time: - Rector - Rev. George A. j Weeks. Senior Warden - -Jacob Spears. Junior Warden - William i S. Taylor. Vestry-men - Dr. David Keller, Ilenrv Spears, George Stolworthy. Treasurer - J. Esten Spears. Secretary - -John C. Brent.

The Baptist Church of Christ in Paris, in union with the Baptist Churches ' of the general union, was constituted in the old Court-house on the iSlh of February, 1S1S, upon the following members: Joel Prewitt, Rachel Johnson, James Pritchett. Pheba Pritchett, Agness Pullen, George Bryan, Hannah Gorham and Nicholas Talbott, b) Elders Jeremiah Vardeman and Davis Biggs.

The first business meeting was held March 5th. iSiS: Elder Vardeman was Moderator, and Joel Prewitt, Clerk. The lir.st Deacons were Nicholas Talbott, Geo. Bryan and Win. S. Bryan, anti Willis Young first stated Clerk, j From this time to December, 1832. the number that had united with the church was 302 whites and 153 colored, of whom, among the whites, there are | now living here or holding membership: Joseph Stephens, Washington Wheat, James Paton. Mrs. Grosjean. Mrs Lucretia Feemster and- Joseph Porter and j wife.

On April iSth, 1S1S, George Bryan, Wm. S. Bryan, James Pritchett and Joel j Prewitt, were appointed commissioners to build a meeting house for the 1 church, and obtained a large lot at the intersection of the Winchester turnpike-road with Pleasant street, which was finished in March 1S22.

Elder Vardeman continued pastor of the church from its organization to 1S26, preaching one Saturday and Sunday in each month, the church was also supplied with preaching during that time by Elders John Holliday, Mason ! Owings, James D. Black, A.G. Currv, G. Gates and others.

A Revival commenced in the winter of 1S27-8. under the preaching of Elder V ardeman and others, when 133 whites and 46 colored persons were received 1 into the church.

In 1839. Elder Vardeman moved to Ralls countv. Missouri, where he con- | tinued to preach until about a week before his death, which occurred in Mav 1S42, aged 67 years. 1 1 is Biographer says of him: "This distinguished minister was one of a class somewhat rare in the annals of the church. He possessed the peculiar talent of bringing the leading truths of the Gospel home t< the consciences of his hearers. 1 1 is illustrations were singularly varied, his language strong, simple and well suited to convey clear thoughts to every cla-s, even the most illitei ate; while the deep fountains of feeling gushed from bis own heart, and poured like .1 shower of rain over the minds of his hearers, in deep emotion, vivid conceptions of Gospel truth, and the power of exei; in ; sympathy, he resembled Whitfield. lli-> voice was powerful, sonorous and clear. He commenced his ministry about the veariSoi." Main will remember

The Deacons up to this time, in addition to those first named, were Jahab Wheat and Joseph Stephens; Clerks, Willis Young and Henry Croxton.

With 1S32 commenced the reformation which caused a division in the church, and an act of separation from those claiming to he reformers was adopted in December of that year.

In January, 1S33, the church was reorganized with about 48 white members, which increased to 512 to January 1S76, which from dismissals, deaths and removals, during the same time, its present members are about 106.

In 1 S ^7 . the colored members of the church were organized into a separate church, under the name of the African church, by Elder J. B. Link and others, and have kept up their own organization over since, and have been prosperous, having built a large and comfortable house.

In 1865, the church determined to remove their house of worship from the old location and rebuild in a more central position, sold the old building and lot and purchased a lot on the corner of Locust and Main streets, upon which the present building was erected, in 1S67-S.

In 1S70, Elder John Kingdon was chosen Pastor; '72, C. S. McCloud; *73. Elder A. Mvers supplied the church with preaching, and occasionally Elder Salin; '74? Elder A. N. White, who continues to the present time, was chosen Pastor.

Officers of the church at the present time: - Pastor - Elder A. N. White. Deacons - Joseph Stephens, James Paton, Chester Croxton. John F. Clark. Treasurer - Joseph Stephens. Clerk - James Paton.. ' Trustees - Jos. Stephens, James Paton, W. M. Hinton. Officers of Sunday School: - Superintendent - R. S. Henderson. Treasurer - Wm. X. Goodloe.

The members of the Catholic Church,' prior to 1S40," were now and then vis ited by Missionary Priests of Louisville and Cincinnati, among whom were the illustrious names of good Father Baden, Father Kenrick. afterw ards Archbishop of Baltimore, and others, who worked hard in and around Paris.

In the year 1850, Paris and its surroundings were attended to from Lexington, the names of Fathers McMahon, Force, Allen and Perrv are still wellknown to some of the present congregation. Divine service* were held at this time in various houses throughout the countv. Father Force, seeing the increase of Catholics throughout the county, bought the present lot on Main ; street, and Father Allen, in 1S54, under the direction of good Bishop Carroll, a descendant of Carroll, of Carrollton, built a small church, which still stands on the lot, for the accommodation of the Catholics. In 1S5S. the frame church becoming entirely too small, having about two hundred members. Father Allen commenced the foundations of the new brick church, the corner-stone of which was laid by Bishop Carroll, in 1S5S.

Father Brandts, the successor of Father Perry, came to Paris on the 2nd of February, i860. He, seeing the want of a larger church, commenced at once to build the present church, which was dedicated to God in 1S65. The i members had then increased to about 400 communicants. April 21st. 1S69. a meeting was called bv the Pastor, in order to provide means for enlarging the then brick building, for the members had not more than standing room.

In 186S, the Catholics again met, under the direction of Father Brandts, in order to consider the necessity of buying a resting place for the dead; this they did? and, at this writing, thev have a handsome church, a graveyard of nineteen acres, all of which is paid except $1,800.

The school, under the direction of the Sisters, established in 1S6 9, has in the Parochial School from 125 to 150 children in daily attendance, whilst the select school is doing equally well.

i This church was organized 'in Paris in 1833. by the union of what was known as the New Lights and a number of persons who had become dissatis- : fied with the Baptist Church.

The New Lights were the followers of Barton W. Stone, who first preached ; in Bourbon county as a Presbyterian minister, and who renounced the doc- 1 trines of that church at Cane Ridge, in this county, in 1801. Eld. Stone was a j man of great energy, and, though he met with manv obstacles, soon built up a ' strong following. In 1S03. Eld. Stone attended the great camp-meeting held | near where East Paris now stands, and by his labors converted many to his belief, and strengthened those that were wavering.

The New Lights held services in the Couit-I louse in Paris and at various residences throughout the county until in 1S2S, when they built a church on the lot where the present Christian Church stands. This house was a very substantial brick, built by David Cline, w ho is the only person now living and holding membership with the "Christians" here, that belonged to the New Lights. The lot on which this house was built was donated bv Jno. G. Martin, (brother of M is. Julia Miller, now living.)

The New Lights had for their advocates, in these earlv davs such men as i Richard McNetnar, John Thompson, John Dunlavv. Robt. Marshall. |>a\id Purviance. Thos. M. Allen. Jno. Rogers, Jno. A. Gano. B. \V . Stone. Francis R. Palmer, Thos. Smith, A* c .

Alexander Campbell and others, in 1S32 and 33, and so great was the disaffection that that church was almost broken up by those who called themselves --Reformers." After a *hort struggle the Reformers relinquished their claim to the Baptist Church, and, with the followers of Eld. Stone formed a union, accepting as their creed the Bible and the Bible alone, and taking upon themselves the name of Christ - determined to he known only as Christians.

In a letter from Eld. Jno. A. Gano. to the compilers, on this subject, he savs: "It was there (Paris) late in the year 1S27, under the joint labors of T.

M. Allen and mvself. that a tew disciples were gathered together a* a church, but not then organized. Among the names 1 remember those of Mrs. G. W. Williams and her mother. Mrs. Mary T. Webb, (then recently baptised by Eld. T. M. Allen), Mrs M. Ashford. Mrs. II. Wilson. There were a few others whose names I have forgotten. I requested my name to be enrolled among them. Eld. Allen and I preached either separately or together regulartv ever month or oftener for thi> little hand, in the Court-House. Brother Allen was the principal laborer audit was mainlv through his instrumentalilv and influence that the church increased in numbers and a house of worship was erected in 1828. and dedicated by Elds. T. M. Allen anti John Rogers. I remember among the mam generous contributors to the building - Mr. Hugh Brent. Sen.. Mr. John L. Hickman, Sen., Mr. Daniel Duncan. Geo. W. Williams. Esq.. Mr. Samuel Pyke, Mr. Henry Wilson, Mr. M. Ashford and Mr. Daniel Sntedlv. The first three named were not members of the church, the others were or soon became such. After the completion of the house. Mr. 1 Allen became regular pastor of the church, and it s organization, which had been from time to time improved, completed. My labors were volunteer and frequent as an Evangelist. In those days we never dreamed of demanding or receiving any salary. I do not remember to have received during the lirst six vears of mv arduous labors, more than ten dollars, and that was presented by Noah Spears, Senurthe same kind friend who subsequently gave me a nice saddle mare.

Eld. Allen visited Virginia in 1831. and I was invited to preach once a month for the Paris church, which invitation was accepted and continued until 1S35. Brother A. Raines came after me and preached there for a number of years. Brother Allen moved to Missouri in 1836. I often assisted, on particular occasions, to hold meetings in Paris, hut have not often done so of late years. I am now over three score and ten. but still preach regularlv to churches near me. to two of which I preached more than fortv -eight vears ago."

Since the organization, this church has continued to grow, until to-day it has about qco members on it* rolls, and many hundreds have been made to rejoice in the forgiveness of sins, under the preachingof its ministers. It has continuously supported a preacher, and the following is as near as we can arrive at the list, coming in the order given: Elds. Thos. M. Allen, Jno. A. Gano.

Guerdon Gates. Aylette Raines, R. C. Ricketts, David Burnett, J. G. Thompson, G. B. Moore, W. S. Giltner, L. L. Pinkerton. O. P. Miller, L. Pvron, John Shackleford. David Walk. C. K. Marshall and J. S. Sweeney, the present minister, who is now serving his sixth year.

Chapter Vi

In 1S33 cholera visited Paris, and was very fatal in its work- ! ings. The town was a place of mourning, and death was in most j every family. Business was suspended, and those who were well : were occupied in tending the sick and burying the dead. The fol- | lowing is a list of those who died at that time: Jonathan Willett;

Colored Persons: - Olivia, at Win. C. Lyle's; Julia, at A War- 1 field's; Grace, at Mrs. Barhee's; hoy. at J.is. II. McCann's; woman, at E. II. Herndon's; Jennie Jackson. Sarah Wallace; woman, at Mr. Cummins'; Marshall's woman. David, two men and one woman at S Pyke's, woman at Mr. \\ aggonerV. Jennv, at Rev Am »s Clever's; Phcebe, at Jonathan Massie's; Gabriel, a stonemason; woman at j David Cline's, girl at John Mitchell's; thirteen at H. T. Duncan's ! | factory - eleven of his own, one of Marsh's and one of Rankin's, j Citizens of town who died in the country: - G. P. Bryant, Miss j | Susan Croxton, Dr. Davis, Geo. VV. Williams' son, Mrs. John G. j | Martin, Elizabeth Leer, Mary Ann, daughter of Jonathan Massie; | j Mrs. Berkley.

i Paris contained a population of 1,200 at the time of the epidemic, . ; and all who could conveniently getaway, sought safety by flight. | Considering the number of deaths in so small a population, it is \ i safe to say that the scourge was as fatal in Paris as it was anywhere ; j in the United States.

In 1S39, a disease known as the "Paris Fever," not so fatal and alarming as the other scourges that had visited our citv, made its ; I appearance and carried off several of the people of Paris. It num- ; bered among its victims, Benj. Riggs, Hugh I. Brent, Josh. Smith,

I Sallie Davis, James Scott and others. This disease was supposed to have been caused by the miasma arising from the various ponds | in the town, and it was this that brought about the work of filling them up.

Again in 1S49 the cholera visited Paris, and the following, taken from a slip which was sent out from the C itizen office, dated Au- | gust 4th, 1S49. tells the story of its workings:

"The cholera has vaged with great malignity and frightful mortali ty in Paris during the first days of this week, but we are gratified to announce that the disease has abated in the violence and number of its attacks. The following is a list of the deaths since Thursday noon. (July 26th) to noon to-day: A. S. Pomeroy, Dy-

! er Austin, Mrs Thomas Rule; Old Cato, at Mrs. Keiningham's; ; Mrs. Green McIntyre; Aaron, son of N. B. Riort; Mrs. SquireiTaylor, James Gardner's child; E. P. Watts, at A. Cummins'; negro woman at Mrs. Scott's, Squire Robinson; Xed, negro man of C. Falbutt's; James H. Wood, Old Mrs. Lovely, Thomas R. Rule, John II. Thurston, Samuel McElrov, Dr. John A. Ingels; negro ;

1 girl at Chas. Falbutt's; George Elliott, fames lleatherington, William Finlay, Mrs. Elizabeth Barker; Mary, daughter of George 1 Xorthcutt; old negro woman, Smoot's mother; Chat les, son of C. i C. Daugherty; George, son of Dr. L. G. Raw. Dr. Qiiisenbury, Ezekiel Thurston (not cholera); Mrs. Sarah D. Scott, Chas. Sny- , der (consumption); Mrs Brent's negro boy, William T. Da\is; Henry, son of Mrs Robinson; Frank T., son of A. I.) Sebree; Mrs Martha Potts (in M illersbnrg ); Mrs. Barbara Lennox (in Millers-

! burg); James Daugherty, Mrs. Ann Mitchell, Mrs. Israel X. Smith, Jesse P. Kern: negro girl of Mrs. Williams', negro girl at i David Kelly's, Mrs. Samuel Clair. Mr. Sheppard (chair-maker), I | John McIntyre (in the country), Mrs. Catharine Hibler; Judy Kli ! - zer, a free woman; Stepney Barnett, free black; Old Davy, negro j j man, near town; and James Scott,

| but we believe it to be very nearly correct. We hear of verv few j new cases within the last twenty-four hours. The whole number i of deaths, since the 3rd of July (when the first case of cholera occurred) to the 4th of August, in town and vicinity. 65, which in- j eludes all the deaths of cholera and five or six of other diseases. | Owing to sickness, we have been unable to publish the Citizen this ; week. We hope, however, that we shall be able to renew our regular issues next week."'

In addition to the above list numbers of others fell before the grim monster. The following i> a partial list, but embraces those who , have friends and relatives now living here: Mrs. Richard Talbott, child of Wm. M. Taylor, Mrs. A. S. Pomeroy, Mrs. Robert S. ! Morrow, Mrs. Cheshire, Roger D. \\ illiatns (son of Maj. G. W.) offerer, Thomas Rule, Jr., Miss Harriet Robinson, Mrs. John Crosby, Miss Susan Daugherty, Jno. TalbuttJ son of Chas Talbutt) Wm. Scroggin. Mrs. Willis Wills, Mrs. Dr. J110. A. Lyle, Miss j Mary Chambers and others.

Then again in the Fall and Winter of 1S73-74. the Cerebro Spinal Meningetis proved quite a plague, and several of the foremost people of Paris and vicinity, but more especially the women, were numbered as its victims. We recall the following names: Mrs. B.

Chapter Vii

Paris, the county-seat of Bourbon county, the fourth in the ratio ' of wealth in the grand old Commonwealth of Kentucky, is worthy j I of mightier and abler pens than ours. Covering over her 790 acres j j of land in the center of the "garden spot" of the world, surround- ! ed and inhabited by as noble people as the continent possesses, she j i is worthy of all we may say. and while she is not growing and im- ; proving with the rapidity that she was wont, she is keeping pace ! i with all of her neighboring towns. It is true that she is not teeming j j with the manufactories of the Sam i Pykes, Sam i Williams, John I Metcalfes, Wm. Alexanders and others of the davs of yore, but ! this is no fault of her citizens. Since the Fall of 1854, when the ! ' hrst railroad train came lumbering in with its cheap and quick ! I transportation from Cincinnati and other manufacturing cities, supplying our markets at rates below which our home manufactors could afford, this most important life-giving source has been taken from her. Yet we are not totally bereft. We hope, with the aid of a railroad or so into the rich mines and forests of our moun- ! tains, to become a city of manufactories and enterprise of no mean pretensions. Even now, many persons in far-away countries look j i to our distillers for the purest of Bourbon Whiskies, and we know not how many happy housewives look upon Wm. Shaw and I his Paris Mills, as two of the best gifts of a loving creator to dependent beings. And who can deny that, some day, Paris may make herself known and her influence felt throughout the land.

It becomes us now, in closing up these brief sketches, to note some of her characteristics at the present time, and know of noth- , ing better to begin with than her educational institutions. Besides her Public Schools, which we have already mentioned under the head ol the Bourbon Academy, we would refer our friends to the Bourbon Female College, Profs. ). A Brown and W. S. Jones, proprietors and principals; the Garth (Female) Institute, Prof. C. E. \ oung. Principal; the Edgar (Military) Institute, Col. Edgar, principal. These institutions are nourishing, and are monuments to the enterprise ot our people. We also mention the private se- j lect schools of Prof. \\\ L. Yerkes and W. II. Lockhart as well as the St. Charles Academy and parochial school maintained by our : Catholic friends and managed by the Sisters of Charity; thus showing, that while many who regard the people of Kentucky behind ! in the matter of education, the charge can not be laid at the doors of Pans and her surrounding vicinity. Then we support | three home papers, the True Kentuckian , J. G. Craddock, editor and publisher; the Western Citizen , F. L. McChesnev and Wm. A. Johnson, editors and publishers: and the Saturday Night , G. R. Keller, editor and publisher: besides giving substantial aid to many hundreds of papers, periodicals, &c., printed elsewhere.

Our churches are as weil supported and attended as in any land, and the majority of our people as moral as the same number anywhere. and our community as peaceful and happy as the best. 'Tis true our successors in 197b. to whom we resDCCtfullv dedicate this little work, may be pointed to the occasional blood-letting of our day, but they will be charitable enough to admit that such things ' arc exceptional, and are the reasonable followings in the wake of war and its attending demoralizations through from Covington to Lexington, and the Maysville and Lexington, running from Mavsville to this city. The former's business ! is managed here by W. B. and Tlieo. F. Erringer, while the latter's interest is looked after by W. F. Spears. Three banks furnish our financial life. The Branch of the Northern Bank ol Kentucky, 'with Jos. Mitchell, President; Charlton Alexander. Cashier: E. \V. Rankins. Teller, and Allen Bashford and Jno. R. Swinev, Bookkeepers. The Citizens Bank, Chas. S. Brent, Sen., President; Jno. C. Brent, Cashier, and Sam'l Richardson, Book-keeper. The Deposit Bank. C. V. Higgins, Sen., President: II. M. Rucker, Cashier; Wm. Rankins and Wm. Rucker. Book-keepers. Flourishing lodges of the Masonic, Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias and Good Templar Orders are sustained. The Masons can trace their establishment back to the year 1792, and the Odd Fellows to 1S46, with J. Y. Lovely, J. T. Davis. W. \V. Fothergill and Edward Myall as Charter Members; The Knights ot Pythias were organized in 1S70; and the Good Templars have several time- disbanded and re-organized; the last time in the Fall of i$jz. The Odd Fellows is the only Order that own a building, and their tlnee-story brick, on the corner of Main and Mulbcny streets, i- m honor to its enterprising membership. It was built in 1^". p

Paris was incorporated as a city in 1S62, and the first Mayor and Board of Councilmen were elected on Saturday, April 5th, of that ! year, and were sworn into office on Monday, April 7th, in the lawoffice of Williams & Prall, on Broadway, by W. M. Samuel, then Countv Judge. Mayor, Geo. W. Williams; Councilmen in first , ^ward: W. W. Mitchell, 13. F. Pullen, II. T. Brent; second ward:

B. F. Pullen was the second Mayor, and was re-elected five times holding the office ten years. In 1S74, Roger W. O'Connor was 1 elected to the office of Mayor, and is the present incumbent. He j now presides over the following Board of Councilmen: First i ward - B. F. Pullen. J. T. Hinton, Jos. Neely; second ward - D. E. Turney, Jas. K. Ford, Jno. R. Svviney, while James Paton, the old reliable clerk, keeps the city records. \V. J. Ranson, Treasurer; ; A. S. Stout, City Collector; A. T. Forsyth, Citv Marshal. Mayor O'Connor is also President of the Rescue Fire Company, an organization composed of the best citizens of the place, and officered as follows: R. W. O'Connor, President; Jas. A. Stewart, Captain;

In olden times, Paris did not support a fire organization, or own : a fine engine with hooks and ladders as she does to-day, but when emergency demanded, the grown people, male and female, turned out en masse, and arranging themselves in aline, would pass buckets of water from one to another, thus keeping up a continuous supply, while the children, arranged in like manner, would pass the empty buckets back to be refilled. In 1810, however, there was an organization, as the following list of firemen (kindly furnished by Edward Owings, grandson of the Captain) will show: