The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-11-04
BooNvILLB, October 80


ter writing rs to draw full length
portrait of ones self, and keep It
there, in order that the reader may
not forget the hand that penned the
article, nor the writer sink into OBJ
security. Now, that this may be.suc-
cessfully done, it is only necessary to
Tepeat-not to exceed in every
line" your correspondent" &c,
and the reader must be " stupid
indeed if he fails to see the point. To
be sure, however, of the proper eff
feet. each paragraph ought, in justice
correspondent" So, in journal
izing proper, that proneun of doubt
full number, WE, should perform its
proper office; not appearing, though,
more than twice In each line; for,
valuable as the word is, and difficult
as it would be to get on in Journal
izing without 1T, too frequent repi-
tition of it might lead the unsparing
critic and ungrateful reader to enter
tain the opinion that the writer was
little inclined to egotism. This, how
ever, the reader has no right to do
1t is simple justice to ones self and
his family name, and, although, to
the hypercritic, it may appear simple
enough, it is nevertheless simple
Justice" only this and nothing
more"
Apropos to the above, your cor
. respondent would state that his
name is Virgins, ard. that he natu-
rally feels inclined on all favorable
opportunities to write as a means of
perpetuating that name, and to do
justice to the Virgins family. A de-
parture from the rules laid down in
this communication ought, of course,
to subject your correspondent" to
the most rigid criticism. But strict
adherence to them, it is hoped, will
enable your correspondent to dol
justice to the subjects about which he
proposes to write, as well as the fanli- |
" name of Virgins. To begin, then, |
let your readers be Informed of a |
freak Of nature: if so it may be called, |
that will doubtless appear ~
STRANGE.
About four miles from Newburg. |
on the road leading TO this place, T
there are two cherry trees now. the I
Both Of November, in bloom. 1t is I
possible that the like may have been
seen before, and in this latitude, too,
but it is not at all common, nor is ii
probable many of the readers of the /
JOURNAL have seen the like. 1t looks I
strange enough to see tree in bloom
after all the leaves have fallen by
frost.
THE WHEAT.
Passing from your city to this place, I
it will be observed that great breadth +
of land has been sown in wheat, and |
the fields are already arrayed in
green" which, as far as present APP
pearances are concerned, give promise I
of abundant yield the next season. /
The farmers along this road are quite
generally adopting the method of
planting wheat with drill, which, !
according TO the best agricultural I
papers, is far preferable to the old |
system of : sowing broadcast" thus |
iisuring far greater yield. at|
THE CORN. IT, W.
If it were not that the stalks are al! |
dead and dried up, 1t might appropri- I
ately be said that.they literally grOan /
under the weight OF ears Every (
where, on each side of the road, far |
away, stretch broad acres covered With /
abundant crops Of corn. giving evi- I
dence Of industrious and proviGent |
( farmers, and of the labor successful
-=ly=aeeemplisAed-.- blythe bone and |
sinew' . Of the FeQuntry., Although,
politically, WaFFaek County has late |
iy plunged into Egyptian dark ness, /
it is not unlike Egypt in another rel
n speet; there IS corn in abpueapee and I
to spare-quite enough to make whis |
ky for all the Democrats inaSoutherp |
Indiana, and yet have plenty. left for
a reas onab bic amount of bread.
kHfTg4I MAST.
The mast is indeed plentiful. The |
hickory and oak trees are full, and |
fat porkers are to be seen in great |
numbers all along the road, lazily |
sleeping the time away. or frisking |
p'ayfully about, as if to assert their |
lndepeDdence of man. Certainly ar
E Kick County viii furnish pork { fdrq
the Million. and since it will be |
taIted ina great measure by mast, if |
aAfptAer. places are alike favored a |
"a decline IN porc:he as diet may be |
=, confidently expected. s5LHo
LIEUT.. HAMPToN'ss MURDERERs.
There is a gem lema1 in this county
who not long since saw and talked |
! with DIR. Davidson. the supposed /
murderer Of Lieut.. HAMPTON. The |
story told by the Doctor is that he
did the shooting himself. i While /
crossing the river, and when near the |
Kentucky shore, Hampton iump~d !