Cynthiana Democrat, Harrison Co, Ky Newspaper, June 1896, Page 3 From: Edie Suttle "jsattle9@idt.net" Date: Wed, 06 Aug 1997 10:37:53 -0700 This one file contains all of the three e-mail submissions of page 3. ************************************************************************ USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ************************************************************************ Cynthiana Democrat, June 1896, Page 3, Part 1 THE DEMOCRAT J.M. ALLEN, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER WEEKLY EDITION PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY $1.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE SPECIAL - EDITION THE ILLUSTRATED EDITION In presenting to the people of Cynthiana and vicinity the illustrated edition THE CYNTHIANA DEMOCRAT, the editor feels that some acknowledgment is due the patrons who have liberally backed the enterpirse financially, as well as those who have contributed to its columns. The work has proved more laborious, and has been confronted with more difficulties than could have been anticipated at its inception, and the promise of success has not always been the brightest. As the work progressed it expanded rapidly and many additional expenses became necessary. The editor never despaired of ultimate success, though at times the outlook darkened and many a stumbling block was thrown in the way. The edition is complete. The people shall judge of its merits or demerits. Upon their approbation depends the value of the work, and there should be no apprehension that Cynthiana will fail to appreciate an enterprise under taken soley for the city's benefit. Upon the sales of the paper depends largely the response to the question whether or not this city desires the continued presence of a medium which at all times has the best interests of Cynthiana in view. A few typographical errors, like misplaced letters, appear here and there in this edition, but taken as a whole the paper is remakably free from such mistakes. A competing line of railroad is demanded by the growing interests of Cyntiana. Times are hard now, and no material aid could be securerd; but when money becomes "easier," one may confidently expect a revival of this important question. As this edition will possibly be preserved we desire to keep standing the notice that Cynthianan mush have a complete system of sewerage before absolute cleanliness and protection from epidemics can be secrued. The matter is now being considered by the authorities. Politics has been eschewed in the Illustrated Edition. Where Cynthiana's interests are involved we know no party. Republicans, democrats and prohibitionists work shoulder to shoulder, and not any one party is more intimately connected with the general welfare than another. In a few instances where biographical sketches were written a little politics has necessarily cropped out. The regular weekly edition of THE CYNTHIANA DEMOCRAT appears on Saturdays. The last day of the week affords an opportunity to gather ALL the news, not only from the city, but from the entire county. By an admirable arrangement of the mails, the DEMOCRAT reaches even the remotest postoffices of the county on the day of publication, and presents to the people, as an appetizer for the breakfast Sunday morning, a perfect digest of local news. The DEMOCRAT continues to grow in favor, and, although the oldest newspaper in the county, is a frisky as a lamb on a bright spring morning. It is not proper that Harrison county's interest should be judged solely by what appears in this issue of the DEMOCRAT. The distillery business is probably the largest industry in the county. A large market is afforded for the farmers' corn. No picture of the distillery plants or general explanation of the plans upon which they are run, or the various noted brands are given, because that feature of the DEMOCRAT is advertising and various companies could not see it to their interest to advertise at this time.The same may be said of the stock breeding business. The company is dotted with farms of this kind, and a number of them reach great prominence. For the benefit of the readers who shall fish this issue from the old cedar chest one hundered years hence, as mentioned elswhere, the DEMOCRAT has presented as curiosities some of the jokes that were found in the catacombs of Egypt. The Boston Girl, the bicycle girl, the mother-in-law, the inquisitvie boy, the unhappy married man, the church festival oyster, the ice cream girl---all, all are here. They have made our fathers grin and our forefathers laugh. Perhaps they make our posteriors tired. Any how, the citizens of Cynthiana in 1996, will have an opportunity to keep tab on the editor of the DEMOCRAT of that year, and at the same time allow the editor of 1896 the use of a few valuable "fillers." When this edition of the DEMOCRAT shall be fished from the depths of some old cedar chest one hundred years from now, and new generations shall gaze upon the faces of people long since laid in peaceful slumber beneath earth's emerald robe, it would be interesting to hear the comments and listen to the speculations upon what an unfortunate people we were. All the pride and glory of our little city will have been swallowed in the advancement of the ages. All marvels of electricity will have be eclipsed, the systems of locomotion revolutionized, the art of photography metamorphosed, printing brought to a mere matter of pressing the button. We shall appear strange "old fogies", with queer costumes and querer habits, engulfed in inconveniences and difficulties that seem as though life were scarcely worth the living. For the benefit of future generations the DEMOCRAT desires to state that we people at the end of the nineteenth century believe ourselves "some pumpkins." If by any possiblity pumpkins may have become an extinct vegetable, it may be necessary to say that by considering ourselves "some pumpkins" we refer to the fact that we are "up to snuff." Now, snuff, a light, airy, ephemeral sort of stuff, may have been gathered upon the wings of the wind and wafted into oblivion; so that, in order to be perfectly explicity and make our meaning as clear as the noon day sun, allow us to explain that "there are no flies on us." Flies never die. Their power of suction shall never be lost so long as a bouquet of bald heads exists. We live in perfect comfort. We have all the necessaries and a great many luxuries of life, and, so far as temperence, morality and religion are concerned, the world has never seen our equals. When the time for departure from this existence shall arrive, the majority of us will be ready for the journey, and will, we hope, leave for the benefit of those that are to come the testimony of lives that have been well spent and work that shall live forever. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --------------------------------- Cynthiana Democrat, June 1896, Page 3, Part 2 Regarding amusements Cynthiana is very critical. Lectures and musical entertainments always draw large houses, but ordinary dramitic performances fare badly. Circuses, of course are always crowed. Perhaps with a new opera house and a high class of plays the tastes of the people will be changed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ David M. Snyder, for so long was a trusted and reliable drug clerk at the corner of Pike and Main, died last March, and was laid to rest in beautiful Battle Grove. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Megibben-Edgewater Stud Farm has produced some great race horses, but possibly the greatest of all is Prince Lief, by King Eric, out of Elemi. This gallant colt, a three year old now owned by Byron McClelland, of Lexington, has won the Oakley Derby valued at $10,000 to the winner, a stake or two at Lexington, and the National Derby at St. Louis, a $20,000 event of which $15,000 went to the first horse. He defeated Ben Brush, Ben Eder, Ramior, Don Carillo and other cracks in the fast time of 2:34 for a mile and one-half. He went out in front at the fall of the flag, made all his own running, and won easily without having been touched by a whip or spnr. He is probably the grandest race horse America has ever produced. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mr. Joseph Fennell remains in the horse boot business at the old stand on Pike street, but devotes considerable time to the clothing business, in which his sons, Ed and Lee, are engaged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kentucky retains her love for elections. Within the past three months, Cynthiana and Haarison county have held no less than three elections and three conventions. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Note: I have not corrected any misspellings, each article is transcribed from the CYNTHIANA DEMOCRAT as it appears. ------------------------------ Cynthiana Democrat, June 1896, Page 3, Part 3 THE MAIDEN CITY Cynthiana the Beautiful. --- Cynthiana the Enterprising. CYNTHIANA THE GREAT Strong Points of a Model Blue Grass City The Nobelest of Them All Cynthiana, including the popular suburbs of Elmarch, Belmont and Baltzelle town, is a city of about 5,500 inhabitants. Advantageously situated on the south branch of Licking river and in the heart of one of the finest agricultrual regions in the world, she presents attractions and advantages from a mercantile point of view enjoyed by but few places of her size. The business part of the town is in the valley or level part of the incorporation. There stores after stores and shops after shops present a solid phalanx of thrift and prosperity not surpassed in any town of the same number of inhabitants. Hard times have not certainly affected the merchants of Cynthiana, for the displays of rare and costly dry goods that appear on counters and in window drapings are enough to drive wild a woman whose slender purse and full blown taste can not agree. In educational matters she ranks second to none. Her splendid graded school has a reputation as wide as the State. Besides this institution there are a female college, an excellent training school for young men, and several schools for the little people. The culture of her citizens is a matter of pride, and her prestige in social affairs has long been admitted. Her pulpit, bar, and physicians are out-ranked by none. The churches are nine in number, the Christian, Presbyterian, Baptist, Methodist, Episcopal, Catholic, and three for colored people. The press is represented by the Log Cabin, republican, and the Courier, Times, and DEMOCRAT, democratic. The bar, once the most famous in the State, is ably represented by Hon. A.H. Ward, Judge W.T. Lafferty, J.I. Blanton, B.D. Berry, Hon. M.C. Swinford, J.J. Osborne, Capt. W.S. Hardin, Dan Durbin, W.G. Dorman, Jr., A.A. Jewett, D.L. Evans, Hanson Peterson, Hon. J.T. Simon, Harry Bailey, S.R. Boyd, M.W. Boyd, J.C. Dedman, W.S. Caron, Arthur Cox. The physicians are, Drs. McDowell, Smizer, Givens, Wells, Boyd, Hichman, Scott, Otis Scott, Marshall McDowell, Martin, Hedges, Madison, McNees. Cynthiana is beautifully laid off in well-shaded, macadamized streets, with brick, asphalt and artificial stone pavements, and has many imposing residences and handsome business houses. Her system of water works, put in at a cost of about $49,000 two years ago, is among the best in the State. The latest improved machinery is in use at the pumping station; the stand pipe is of immense capacity. The waterworks, aided by a well organized and thourghly disciplined fire department, afford almost invincible protection against fire. The streets are brilliantly illuminated with electric lights--arc lights, principally--and the majority of the residences are likewise lighted. A complete telephone system is in operation. Two telegraph companies, the Western Union and Postal, furnish every facility in their line. There are eleven distilleries in the county, four in the city. Two large flouring mills do an immense business. The water power afforded by the river and the waterworks is limitless, inviting the building of manufactories of all kinds, where an abundance of raw material is at hand. Cynthiana's railroad facilities, furnished by the L. & N. railroad, are good, but it is only a question of short time until competing lines will reach the city. The turnpike system is without a superior, smooth, macadamized roads from every portion of the county centering in this city. In morality the town leads the State. The best of order is always maintained, and for a delightful place of residence none better could be imagined. The city officials are energetic, progressive men, and no effort is left undone to advance the interests of Cynthiana in every way. When the city was founded, Charity brooded above its humble beginings, and still abides with her citizens, to guard and bless the poor. Here the sick and afflicted never, never want for attention. The city lies in a valley, surrounded by beautiful hills, on whose emerald sides pose residences magnificent in architecture. If one would see Cynthiana and its surrounding to advantage, let him stand on the summit of a hill to the west, of a June evening, just at sunset. To the south he will see hill after hill, clothed in varying tints of green, that form the garniture of the varied trees, stretching away to meet the distant and already darkening horizon. If he turn his gaze to the north and west he will see the rolling meadow lands spread out before him, rich in waving wheat and rustling corn. If he look to the east, there in the valley, lies the Maiden City, embowered in trees, with the tall spires of her churches gleaming at top like stars in the waning light, while the windows of the mansions on the hilltops are ablaze with the last fire of the descending sun. Looking still further away to the east, he may see where Cynthiana meets her twin sister--silent and ever beautiful Battle Grove. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cynthiana Democrat, June 1896, Page 3 ------------------------------