The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1868-03-28

was ploddlng his weary way o er muddy
and rooty road, and looms muchly thus
wise SIS We ratified along the graCelly
road the rosy hand of summer threw as gifts
of loveLest bloom and sweetest fragrance ="
(gourd blossoms and corn silks, we reckon).
There now, j E. NJ, you have gone and done
1t. A muddy road and gravelly road all
in one breath and all on a summers day,
when roads in this country are leetle too
dry to be muddy. fN1A scd
Now, Mr. Editor, am about done with
J. E. M., and will only say that we too have
been to Tulip, and would join him in say
ing it is aniee, quiet little inland town, of
about one hundred and twenty five innabi-
tantsi but go it on the describe like him we
cannot and not like him would we haze Is
Impressed upon the minds of your readers
that Tulip was the only place in Arkansas
inhabited by. civilized people. We could
show. p. NJ. many other places besides
Tulip where snow white cottages clus-
tered beneath graceful oaks" aye, and
where the hands of our SAILS" as he pleases
to call those jewels of the human race, have
trained Towering vines to run upon the
walls, lending fragrance to the smell and
-encEantment to the view He tells yownot
of the lovely farms dotting our country here
and there, becoming so numerous and near
together that the footing of one unpoetieaI
cows horn might suffice to call the hands
on half dozen different farms to dinner.
He tells you not of the thousands of bales
cotton which are shipped from our State
annually. He tells you not OF the broad.
fields of waving wheat He tells you otof
the large cribs replete with corn He tells
you not Of the lowing herds of cattle, the
squealing droves of fat hogs, and the spien-
did teams of mules and horses.
Neither does he tell you Of the feathered
tribe, EXCEPT birds Of the gaYest plumage
and most delightful song, (the blue jay, red
bird and wood-peck, we suppose,) which
charmed US with. their matinee melody
Neither viii we tell you Of them, as the
ranks of our chickens were thinned. until
hardly stand was left, and our regiment of
turkeys received charge otter charge until
not gobbleT was left to tell the tale Of the
bloody massacre by the boys in blue =
neither will we mention an occasional old
gander. which, though he escaped death,
mourns solitary and alone for the loved ones.
gone before and his only cry when he flaps
his wings and stretches his neck to It's full
extent is, our cullor'd troops fit nobly.
Neither of our fruits will we speak, as
were we to tell you of or apples, the May
Harvest, Red June, Shannon, Winter Fiat
Kentucky Streak, Arkansas Red, the Ne.
donna, and various others, surely you would
exclaim, blessed art thou, oh Arkansas
And Our peaches VIC viii not mention, as the
very thoughts of their Righteousness. would
cause your mouth to water for week
Not until we want an editor in cur village
viii we tell you of raspberries and straw
berries, which grow so luxuriantly here
When that time comes, you will have but
to send to j. E. NJ. one saucer of our straw
berries and cream to procure his services as
travelling correspondent throughout the
country Of lye .colored streams" and he
win cul1 the choicest flowers which grow in
his imagination, and shower them with his
pen in profusion upon the sheets of your
paper.
JE NJ. has covered the subject when he
says land through the dense and almost
continual forests" etc. SO we viii only
mention in reference to the timber of our
State. that we have plenty Of good tough
black gum and chinkapin switches, which,
if properly used, would be worn to g fraz-
III" on the backs of the carpetbag Yankees
and jayhawking Arkansas renegades who III
the late convention framed the niger con-
stitution, and which we, the people" hope
to be able to vote down, and give you op-
pressed people under the reign of the devils
adjutant general in Tennessee home of
peace should you wish to emigrate west
ward to the country of " I've colored streams,
that seem to be the habitations Of innumer-
able cbills and fevers." Yet we would say,
if describing the country, very healthy
and most excellent country withalI
Respectfully, E. NJ.