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The South Kentuckian, 1879-12-09

The front page of 1879-12-09. 653 words, read by machine from the Library of Congress scan and reproduced without correction.

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DON'T STOP 117 PAPES. , Pon't stop my pnper, printer, . , Don't strike my nnmo off yet j Ton know tlio timea are itrhufcnt, And money hard fo get, But tuK a little harder . : Ja wliflt ImcRn to do, A nd ecrape the itlnlea toother, Enough for mo and you ' I can't afford to drop It; I Dud ltdoean't pay To do without my paper, Jlnwevor otlicra may; I hate to ask my nelghbore To give me tholra on loan P They don't Juataay, but moan It, ,; Why don't yon have your own! Von can't tell bow we'd tniaa it, ' - Iflt,byanyfnte, . ' fihould happen not to roach a, - Or be a little late; Then all la in a hubbub, ; -,. ' And thluge go awry, " " And. in Inlor, If you aro married, You know the reawn wny. I can not do without It, It la no uao to tr'. For othet people take It, - i And, printer an must 1, I, too, muat keep mo po.ted. And know wnat'e going on, , "T ' Or feel, and bo accounted, A fogy aloiplcton. Then takolt kindly, printer, If pay la aomewlmt alow; Foreaah la not ao plonty, And want not few yon know, But I ninat have my paper, Vvnt what It may lo mo. 's ; ,r, I'd rather dock my augar . And do without my tea. , So,prlritr,don'tyi'etoplt, , Unleaa yoa want my frown, Forhere'a the joaraaul'Mriplloa, . ' And credit It right down; And aend the paper promptly ; And regularly on, 1 . And let It bring ua weekly t Jta welcome beniaun .

liable rurchascr'H uuiuo ua kuoi.i kuoi.i-ly - ly kuoi.i-ly a strong foundation of truth. The ' winter- number is, of course devoted largely to holiday goods, although the current fashions of tho season iu dress. : , are by no means neglected, and space ,.. ; is also given to china nud silveiwaio and other - household articles.;, A. novel and most useful feature is the . classification under proper headings, , o.( pro-euta snitabloJor gentlemen and '

'. 'Ehriohs' raBhion Qa r.evlj . . ? dopervcdly stands at! tho liead -in tho "" I poiiodical literature of Fashion: and its own peculiar Held, it may be sai.1- I to bo absolutely without a rival. Combining tho features of ft catalogue, ' . a fashion review, find a price eurruiit-, . ; it tells its readers what goods tiro mut in nrni. in what assortment .

otirlositics lu the world. 1 hey aro. aged respectively eight and twelve rears, and both boj s. Their skins are quite thick, and checkered with diamond shaped spbts like an nliga nliga-tora. - tora. nliga-tora. 'Jhoy can't swim but crawl beneath lh water, like Kzzards, re re-iiminlng - iiminlng re-iiminlng down a great lengih of lime.

Uo handles snakes wilh impunity, sllowing Ihein io crawl over his per per-aon. - aon. per-aon. Ho calls them 'worms.' Ho catches them nndcr tho water and brings them out. They sleep with open eyes, and are nearly always- in motion. Lsdiea and children flocked in largo numbers to soe them at Winchester. Aa yet ihey havo

he fined? .cons' cle'r he scrauiDie up en scamper off like sumpiu w'uz ai;ter him,'.. , . , ' ' , . Here TJncIo Remus paused long enough to pick up a live coal Sf fire In his fingers, transfer H Into the palm of his hand, and theiica to his day pipe, which bo had been filling

cut off the head of oue of his fnttert hens, to cook the fowl for his invalid wife. About half an hour afterward he sent lii-t little boy out into tho yard to find the hen aud bring it into the house. The boy came running back, nayiiJK tbat he eotild not find it auy

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