The weekly Arizonian., 1859-05-26
A Rough Country.

A Rough Country.
 The last session of the Missouri State Legis lature had been remarkable for the witty spec ches of its members Mr. White, of the House. delivered himself as follows, in reference to the project of forming new county: ....-..f..
 lpredicate my objections to this new county on different grounds, one of the main and most important of which is, that am confident it wouidhot be entitled to a representative in the nextfsftF years. Mir. Speaker, did you ever visitthe territory sought to be erected into the county of Garter? Did you ever have an oppor- tunity of beholding the multifarious beauties and of examining its boundess resources? We'll, sir have. have been all over it, and all around it, and do say here openly and def nntly, that there is not level ground enough within its entire limits to build pig-pen on.- Laughter.) The soil is so poor it would not grow @penny-royal Sir, you might nov the country with razor, and rake it with fine comb, and you wouldn't get enough fodder to keep asick grasshopper through the winter (Renewed laughter.)
 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 ferae nature of that sec ton fe principally ticks, and must in justice sa, Snat variety of insects attain splendid size 4esew county of Carter the smallest size falling under my observation being at least as big as saddlebag locks. (Laughter,) As to internal improvements in that section, tn 5 House can form some idea ween assure it that the only thing resembling road that 1 ever saw there was when one of the barefooted na- lives dragged a wild boy seven miles through the snow. Slaughter and cheers.) With such country as this, Mr. Speaker, they propose to make new county and the reason given for so doing is, that the convenience of the inhabitants will be promoted thereby Sir, lift were possi ble to hold their courts under a shade of post oak and blackjack saplings, to keep Clerk { office and the records of the county in the re- cesses of hollow sycamore, and to make a ja out of some of the dark and simy caves beneath the craggy hills of that rough country-if il were possible to establish the machinery for do ing county business out of such materials, we might entertain the project as feasible and plausible. But, alas even such advantages as these are denied by nature to this country Great laughter.) It is true there would be nc difficulty about the caverns for a jail but tho necessary post-oak and blackjack saplings, tt supply with their foliage a canopy for the augus tribunals of justice, could not be found They are not in the country And as for sycamore tree suitable tor depository or the archVes the county, it would be sought in vain. The winds even refuse to blow sycamore pods il that direction. (Cheers and laughter) Anc the idea of the people ever being able to built houses, in which to transact business, is deeply darkly, prodigiously and prepostcrously absurd l ..r @.\-~-
 There is a rule at Oberlin College that nc student shall board at any house where there are not prayers regularly. A certain man fitted up bording house but forgot until the eleventh hour the prayer proviso. Not being praying man himself, he looked around for one who was. At lenght he found one-a meek young man from Trumbull county, who agreed to Ia, for his boarding in praying. For while al went smoothly, but the boarding master furnish ed his table so poorly that the boarders begaar to grumble and to leave and one morning the praying boarder actually "struck Y Something like the following dialogue occurred Land lord, Will you pray, Mr. Mild? Mo-. sir, ] will not Why not. sir 2'' It don't pay: lean pray over such victuals as these; and unless you agree to set better table, nary prdyer dO you get 0st ef me r