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Show poiNTuns pon kcntuckianb, Man born In tho mnuntalna of Kentucky Ken-tucky la of feud daa and full of virus, lie flshrth. flddlcth, etisaeth and flght-eth flght-eth all tho days ot hit mlscrabla life. 11a shunnetli water na n mad dog and drlnkelh much menn whisky. When he doslrcth to raise h ho planteth at a neighbor nnd lol he reapeth twenty fold, lie rlaath even from the crndle to acek the tcalp ot hla grandslro't enemy, and brlngelh home In hla rarcnaa the ammunition of hla wlfe't neighbor' wlfe't coualn'a father-in-law, who avengeth the deed. Yea, verily bit life I uncertain, and tin knows not tha hour when ha may be Jerked hence. lln goeth forthuu a Journey halt ahot nutl rometh back an n shutter, boL Ha rlseth In tho night to let tha cat nut nnd It takcth nine doctors throe day to pick the buckshot out him. lie goo forth In Joy and gladness and iiimelli bark In acrapt and frag-mrnta. frag-mrnta. A cyUune bluweth hlin Into tho bo-aom bo-aom of hla neighbor' wife, and his neighbor' wife' husband blowelh htm Into Abraham's bosom before h hath tlmo to explain, He emptleth a demijohn Into him- , elf and n shotgun Into hit enemy, nnd encmy'a aon llelh In wall for Mra on election day, aud lol tho coroner ' ploughelli up a forty ncro field to bury Iho rcmalna of that man. Woe, woo la Kentucky, (or her eyea ore red with bid whlaky, and her soul Is stained with the blood of Innocent moonshiners. Martin (Tex,) Democrat. Demo-crat. ' |