The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-03-24


or two articles appeared in your columns
on the subject of removing the Court house |
Still the question remains an open one, and !
with your permission, win offer remark
or two The last writer on tho subject,
grows pathetic over the matter, aHudes to
the venerable ruin as standing on halIo1csd
ground and all that sort of thing, but he
does not touch the pitb Of the matter at all,
which Is, viii the owners Of the ground sur
rounding the Square donate the same to the
County That's the question, for it seems
TO be well understood that no more build
ings viii be allowed there, if the Court house
is rebuilt on its former site Now under
stand that. there is a proposition from the
proper party TO GIvE4o the County a lot con
tanning one acre the usual size Of such
Squares of ground, situated Immediately
west Of D. ]. Wells residence; for the pur-
pose Of Building Court hsuse. This lot is
well known to all, as being a suitable leea-
ton; it is level and entirely free from rub
bish, and is thevery. centre Cor soon viii be)
of the town We all expect this place to
Improve rapidly, and It must Of necessity 60
Flsest as there is no room for tito 60 east,
without a resort IS had 20 pile driving or
some other means of stopping the ravincs that
are washing out, southeast of the present
square The last writer on the subject in
yeur-paper, grows factious as we'll a pathet-
ic He allude5 to the croaking Of frogs,
down in the Sc swamPy district and thinks
they would annoy +" his honor in holding
Court also the Snort of the 81 Iron horse
he thinks might jar the Judicial nerve. 1t
might be answered that there are other
sounds as disagreaabls as the croaking of
frogs or shrieking of locomotives, some of
whiehrare the oaths, shrieks and yells that
are often heard ascending from certain loca-
tons around the Z" halloved Square, which
sounds would probably be as little soothing
to the ministers Of Justice, as theaeroaking
of frogs Speaking Of frogs, reminds nae of
ducks A stranger passing through town
the other day, whose attention was attracted
by the peculiar style of Engineering adopted
in street repairing 10 Bolivar, inquired ii
those Ieyees thrown -up. near the Square were
intended to catch water for fish pond I
The answer. was, that you, Mr. Editor (tht
hunting Editor was alluded to being fonC
of duck hunting had caused it to be don,
for your own benefit intending It for a-duel
. pond IN which Wild ducks might come t.
! roost, and the narrator even went so far a
to say that you had employed Joel - t.
nake-a blind for you on Hardy's corner, il
switch to ensconse yourself, in order t
fsho6t the ducks unawares, but this imputa
ton on YOUR craftsmanship was denied b,
, the writer Of this, who explained to tn
: stranger that ye local always took en-
: on the wing" But enough of this: Al
: the owners Of property around the Squar
ready to make a tangible proposition to pa.
for the ground and donate it to tie County
, if-tlIey are, let them say so, in plain word:
and say 70 moro about appointing commit
Q tees to confer with the County Court abou
. the price. etc for I am sure the County don
+ intend to give any price at all when the,
can get a better lot free Of cost So let u
e hear squ0rely frem- properly owners oToun
+ the Square This-is matter OF interest
: every man IN the County, and the who'd
i matter should Be freely canyassed and vel
1 ventilated before the Commissioners decid
g Fe6 Important a 4natter.
= Is Yours Economically
( @RASDosl SroT.9
G March 23d. 1866.