The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1859-02-24
LETTER FRoar TnE EDITOR.

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| MY DEAR NEWS: As usual when ON,
has just finished q long journey, i her,
congratulate myself on feeling" so good,
after travelling over one Of the muldes
ronds in the world West Point il abou
IKE It used to be, only more so. Camp
bell has made valuable addition TO hi,
hotel, in The shape Of a series Of pictures
Representing some of the acts and effect.
OF life. For instance, Immediately or
my right is u picture of q BOBBY of 8
: boy, bashfully extending a rosebud to his
sweetbeart-the effect of natural incli.
nation; little further on the same cou-
pie are kissing, ION shocking y the effect
OF falling in love. Farther on is group
IN which the coyish maiden is seen dress
ed in the snowy paraphenalia of bride,
ana the gentleman, in all the dignity of
grown up boyhood, looks like he is in for
1t. The minister holds up his hands in
an awfully solemn manner, and little
effort of the Imagination will enable you
to hear that terrible sentence" pro-
nounee you man and wife!" This is the
effect of kissing, &c. A little farther on
Is another picture, On which happiness
seems to pour such food of light as to
render it absolutely enchanting. We
reckon this is representation of the
state Of affairs about "a year AFTER
A metdmorphosis has taken place. The
husband looks paternal; the bride has
assumed matronly dignity, and holds
in her arms baby! That is the con-
sequence Of getting married.
Yesterday evening ! went to the office
of the Locomotive, and the confusion that
on every side metmy eyes put my notions
Of regularity and order in a furry. On
Tnquiring, ] learned the editor, finding it
impossible to run the Locomotive vaca-
ted these regions, and locomoted to-
somewhere.
The road hence to Aberdeen is barely
navigable The stage came in to-day
drawn by four oxen What do people
in sandy countries think of that o
MOBILE, Feb. 18th
In the Gulf City, at last came
down the raiIroad--rattled over the same
plains, whizzed through the same piney-
woods, and plunged through the same
GaIlies that every one else does who rides
IN the n. & 0. ] am domiciled at the
Roper one Of the best hotels, with one of ,
he eleyerest keepers to be found any
where. Our friend, Ben Lane Posev, is :
lerc practising law, and has fine pros. l
)ects.
The Theatre is now circus. The t
tage where sublime tragedies were wont
o melt the hearts of an appreciatiye au- a
Hence has been converted in a ring, and
he vulgar jests and obscene wit of a c
hIfd rate clown, now resound where
once held sway. What a a
reservation /!
Feb. 17th.--To-day. returned from h
cry pleasant sojourn over the Bay, and a
m at this moment, just back from the S
lagnolia Course, whittier | and "Reub'' e
vent to see a trotting match. l hope L
one Of my friends will become Mortified p
t my attending horse race. also j
)ok peep at tiger" the sort of an
nimal that haunted the dreams, fred =,
re ambition. and continually drained the 10
ockets Of the celebrated Simon Suggs. to
QUITmAN, Feb 18th. al
As my time of absence is not Quite up, 2!
thought to stop and spend day at this, q
e noted town, Quitman. Who has not ~ IL.
ard of Quitman 2 The place where on de-
'ction days the folk divide off and pitch ce
for free fight; where the Aduertiser ov
urishes; where Gen. LEE and "MosE" GO
e, and where there are some of those VI
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