. Kentucky politicians. Sketches of representative Corncrackers and other miscellany. city. Doctor E. D. Standiford estimatedthat the building of the Southern would increase tlie taxable valuesof Louisville twenty per cent. Colonel Young has never offered for any political office. He couldhave almost any position he would seek, but he prefers to devote him-self exclusively to the material development of his city and State, andin this Louisville and Kentucky are gready gainers. He is a fluentand forcible .speaker. Take him in a rough-and-tumble fightbefore the masses and he has few equals and n
. Kentucky politicians. Sketches of representative Corncrackers and other miscellany. city. Doctor E. D. Standiford estimatedthat the building of the Southern would increase tlie taxable valuesof Louisville twenty per cent. Colonel Young has never offered for any political office. He couldhave almost any position he would seek, but he prefers to devote him-self exclusively to the material development of his city and State, andin this Louisville and Kentucky are gready gainers. He is a fluentand forcible .speaker. Take him in a rough-and-tumble fightbefore the masses and he has few equals and no superior in has a rare combination of force, logic, and fun, and he neverfails to catch, hold, and convince the crowd. A distinguished judgeonce said of him : He is the most terrific man on the last speech Iever heard. Li 1866, Colonel Young was married to Miss Mattie R., the eldestdaughter of Rev. Stuart Robinson, D. D., the distinguished Presby-terian divine. They have quite a family of children, and their homeis noted for its culture, refinement, and MISCELLANEOUS
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