Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1851-11-01
cry respectfully, yours, &c,
For tie Southern .Ctougorz
MusnuLAv1LLE. Mss. Oct..1st 1851


41esSrs Editors In wandering about after
our late defeat in the Convention election. | find
myself, very Unexpectedly, in this quiet little vii
lage, the former residence of somewhat distin-
guished Indian Chief Vustula TuJbee, and now
remarkable for nothing so far as / can ascertain.
Tut Its sweet spring water, and a very unique,
public spirited and comprehensive sign-board.-
The citizens deserve do receive and will continue
to enjoy the most hearty thanks of all wavfarno
people, hlther and thther-up and down-to and
tro across the world hereabouts for the invention
erection, and maintenance Of the said SIGN board.
which, to give you very exact idea of it, toocth
err with the many advantages appertaining there
unto and arising therefrom, in a single word
points IN eoey direction, and directs the traveller
by painted words and figures to all places within
striking distance lying and being within the range
OF the four cardinal points of the earth OnIv
think OF 1t "a simple continuance, designed. con-
struc.ed and erected in MushulavilIe. Noxubee
county, and State of Mississippi. at once. and
without complexity of plan, or perplexity of com
preht nSlon or yet possibility of error, guiding the
anxious waytarer, towards the place of his or her
destination, wherever it may be- Such is brief
description Of the nature, and the many advanta-
Ses OF this very extraordinary sign board-for
the truth OF which account, together with All the
other startling disclosures herein contained. nv
sell unequl'ocally avouch, and, if necessary, will
produce cloud of witnesses 10 establish every
word
Ii the political guides of this county, were as
comprehensive and safe in giving direction to the
course Of public affairs among themselves in this
emergency of the South, as are the sion board
inventors hereabouts, what great place Noxubee
would be to live IN. But, Noxubee is not alone
remarkable for its Standing sign boards, and man.
sng political Beacon lights, which latter turn in
circles around the GLORIOUS Union whirlnool
and into It's destructive vortex masters and ma
fnes will all soon be engulphed and lost like the
deiuded moth (candle-hy) scorched and DESTROY
ed IN the flame which lures him by its light, un-
less, peradventure, some ray of light. from fbe
sun of Republican truth, should reach the mind
OF the people, ere it be too late No.withstan
alhg the very dry season, the county has, this
year. yielded some extraordinary productions of
the soil. Among which, | will mention that If
peach, weighing 7 ounces! and also a waferneI-
lon, weighing SO pounds desire that Won NAV
not mistake these figures sepenteen ounces and
Yty-f"o Po1tads are the numbers Respectively
Ii The mothers here did but yield sons in iptellec
ual proportion to the vegetable products of tlo
SOIL what brilliant minds would there be 70 ,,,,;do
the political destiny, and the social welfare of tho
Noxubeeans And yet, these sign boards md
productions of the SOIL are not all the wonders Of
his favored district of the State It has rAcontl,,
produced pig-hog whose weight was 16on
pounds! Talk about your Yankee sows-von,
shoats and your Ohio grunters here
Noxubee Pig, but little less than full grow,
thynoceros. Pity It's It's true, that the Noxnboo
ms are such whole hog Unonists, but nerbans 4
hat matter may now be accounted for.
Every thing considered, find this placa A. ]
lghtful retreat-qute equal to the far famed ct,,
i the head of Salt River, for State Riobts roo '
n these times of disappointment, distress and ! /,
rought. The crops hereabouts are short ond !
hey are still shorter, out west towards the rer;o
i L'e6-the-s&iilet and Louisville; the nrinc;nlo
oplc among the citizens, being that of the price +
corn, which ranges between six bits. and ono 4
ollar per bushel. {
Inc Paris hying-machine story, learn bv tho .
apers, (as anticipated, is or was all bo.x Il
mould Ike to see man or woman either in T., II
ape or elsewhere beat the American Eao,lo 80 Ct
VS. on the wing. Your Spanish Bloomer NO :,