Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1859-03-18
EjcIctir0 4tlistrIlanp.
A ROunn COUNTRY.


The present session of the Missouri
State Legislature has been remar able
for the witty speeches Of its mcmbers.
On Monday evening again, Mr. White,
of the House, delivered himself IS fol-
lows, in reference to the project Of form
ing new county:
| predicate my objections to this new
county on different grounds, one of tho
main and most important Of which Is
that, =! am confident, it would not be en-
titled to representative in the next fifty
years Mr.. Speaker, did you ever visit
/ the territory sought to be created into
tho county Of Carter? Did you ever
have an opportunity Of beholding its
nultfarious beauties and Of examining
its boundlcss resources? Wen, sir, !
have ! have boon all over il, and all
around it, aud do say here openly, and
dcdantly, that there is not level ground
enough within its entire limits to build
a pig-pcn on CLaughtor) Tho soil
is SO poor it would not grow penny
royal Sir, you might NOW the county
with razor and rake it with fine comb
and you wouldn't get enough fodder to
keep a sick grasshoppcr through the
winter. (Rcncwed aughter)
Sir, they plant corn with crow-bars,
and hold their sheep by the hind legs
while they nibble the grass in the cracks
Of the cliffs Increased laughter.) Sir,
the fcrac naturae Of that section are
principally ticks aud must 10 justice say
that variety Of insects attain splendid
size in this new county Of Carter, the
smallest that ever fell undcr my obsor-
walton being at least as big as saddle
bag locks. Oaughter.) Asto internal
improvements in that section, this House
can form some idea when | assure it that
the only thing resembling a road that !
ever saw there was when one of the bare
footed natives dragged a wild boy seven
miles through the snow daughter and
chocrs.) With such "a country as this
Mr.. Speaker, they propose to make a
now county and the reason given for &c
doing is, that the convenience of the in.
ha6itants will be promoted thereby =
Sir, if it were possible to hold thcil
courts under shade Of pot oak anc
blackjack saplings, to keep a Clerks Office
and the records Of the county in the re-
ccsscs Of hollow sycamore, and to make
a Jail out Of some Of the dark and Shiny
caves beneath the craggy hills Of that
rough country; if it were possible tc
establish the machinery for doing county
business out Of such materials, sc might
entertain The project as feasible and plau-
sibe. But, alas, even such advantages
as these are denied by nature 10 this
country. (Great laughter) II is true
there would be no difficulty about the
cavern fora Jail, but the necessary post
oak aud ck-jack eaplings, 10 supply
with their foliage canopy FOR the au-
gust tribunals Of justice could not be
found They arc not in the county.
Md as for u sycamore tree suitable for
n depository Of the archives oF the coun-
ty, IL would be sought in vain. The
winds even refuse to blow sycamore pods
in that direction. Cheers and laughter
And the idea Of the people ever being
able 70 build hoaacs in which 20 tronsact
Business, Is deeply, darkly, proiigiously,
and prepostorously absurd
ErgEcT or PAYNG ruE PmSTRR -
There is man mp country WIN alwa5
pays for his newspaper in advance. lie
has never been sick n day in bis life
never had any corns or The tootlacbo--
bis potatoes never ro;-tbc wooy.l neyor
cats his wheat tho fros. never kill. bis