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What the Members of the Press Association Say of the Meet ing Here, Williamstown Courier: ‘The meet ing was a grand success and the Frankfort people proved their ability to entertain a large number of visi tors. We were entertained at the hospitable home of Col. Hiram Berry on the South Side, one of Frankfort’s best citizens and capitalists. Besides extending to us all that his home af forded we were taken to the old Pep per track on Friday morning and were shown his fine trotting stallion, John G. Carlisle, a model piece of horse flesh, handsome in every part, besides showing a 2:15 gait, and Agnes Vail, a two-year-old filly as pretty as a picture and one that promises to win laurels on the turf. We will never forget these and the samples of the famous Old Crow set before us. Our trip to the Capital City is one we will remember. The hospitable re ception, the many pleasures enjoyed, the new acquaintances, the beautiful scenery, the excursions and banquet all helped to make the stay of the country editors one of continuous en joyment. Jackson Hustler: Frankfort people know how to entertain; they have had experience. It comes perfectly natural. The city is growing, and is making a great effort to deserve the Capital as well as to keep it. The erection of new State Buildings and an Executive Mansion would give a great impetus to improvement, and soon the blush would be taken from the cheek of Kentuckians when show ing people of other States their Stave Capitol. Spencer Courier: If there is a hos pitable set of people on earth, the little city of Frankfort has them with in her limits. Whenever a stranger goes there he finds everybody, from the Judges of the Court of Appeals down to the “shiner” at the hotel, ready and anxious to be of service to him. Questions are answered cheer fully and with painstaking care, and one is made to feel at home, though he never saw the place before. There are some people who used to think the State Capital might be profitably moved away from among the hills, but who are just as firm believers in the eternal fitness of things just as they be now. We doff our hat to the gallant little city of Frankfort. Jessamine Journal: The Kentucky Press Association met at Frankfort last week, and were, as usual, royally entertained by the people of the capital city. The attendance of editors was large. Commencement, circuit court and a pressure of other matters made it impossible for the Journal to be represented, but our hearts were with the boys and girls. Winchester Democrat: Unbounded hospitality and courtesy was extend ed to the visitors by the citizens of Frankfort. If one has ever enjoyed that variety of hospitality that Frank fort people know how to dispense, he will not wonder that all efforts to move the seat of government have been abortive. Carlisle Mercury. The annual meeting of the Kentucky Press Asso ciation was held at Frankfort last week, and was fairly well attended. The good people of Frankfort, than whom no better lives, did the agree able after their well established cus tom. A delightful boat ride up the lovely Kentucky river, reception at the Governor's, a tour of the city over the best system of electric street rail way in the State, a magnificent ban quet at the Capital Hotel, at which two hundred guests were present, a grand ball after the banquet, a trip to and splendid treat by the finest dis tilleries in the Commonwealth, the “O. F. ©.” and ‘Carlisle,’ were among the ways and means used to make our stay in the Capital City a season of pleasure. The Association has been the recipient of many favors in the years gone by, but none have excelled those so freely and #0 earnestly tendered by the Frankfort folks. Lexington Leader: The news col umns of The Leader have briefly told the story of the meeting of the Ken tucky Press Association, but in the plain, matter of fact reports of busi ness sessions it was impossible to do justice to the generous hospitality of the Capital City that made the visit of the editors and their families one long drawn out, happy holiday. Al most unknown to even the people of Frankfort, they were in a measure celebrating the centennial of Frank lin county, and what could have been more fitting than that the disciples of Franklin, the grandest printer of all time, should be honored guests and join in such a celebration. Among those who were most active in welcoming the visitors on their ar rival and unceasing in delicate atten tions during their stay were Mayor Ira Julian, ex-Mayor E. H. Taylor, Jr., Prof. McHenry Rhoads, Maj. Henry T. Stanton and all the resident and transient newspaper folks at the State Capital. The citizens of Frank fort entered into the spirit of the oc casion and loyally assisted the local press representatives in every under taking. “~ * * * # — Twenty-five years ago the Kentucky Press Association was organized in the city of Frankfort, and it was fit ting that at the end of the first quar ter of a century of its existence it should again meet by the banks of Kentucky's historic stream, and un der the grateful shades of its lower ing hills, to listen to a valuable and entertaining historic sketch from the gifted pen of one of the pioneers. All in all, it was a most delightful gathering of the members of the newspaper fraternity of Kentucky, who, forgetting business rivalries and partisan disputes, and feigning indifference for a few brief moments to the movements of the busy world, united in a glorious holiday as the guests of a hospitable and generous people.
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Frankfort Roundabout
Frankfort, Kentucky, US
Sat, Jun 23, 1894
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