The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-05-20
Brownsville.

The county site of Haywood county is
one of the most thriving, lively and pro-
gressive inland towns in the South. There
capital delights in the employment of labor;
there the merchant and professional man
sustains home industry and home enterprise
not stintingly, but in generous, liberal
way. Would that the same could be said
of every town in the State. Bot such is not
the case. In speaking of local affairs, the
ever welcome bee" of recent date, has
the following:
Zone of the most gratifying indications
that we have observed in the rapid growth
and development of the young city Of
Brownsville, is the large number of homes
being built up in every part of the place by
our mechanics and workingmen. It shows
tina. Brownsville considers ''the laborer
worthy of his hire and believes in giving
him work and paying him for it. 1t also
shows that our mechanics are class Of re
liable, honorable gentlemen, who work for
money and then use it in taking care Of
themselves and families. A mechanic can
not afford to pay board or live in rented
houses all his life You may gas about
"shrewd investments of money" as much as
you like, but for the poor man, we will al
ways contend that there is no investment
like nice little home in striving town.
Money invested in other things may pay
big per cent, and it may pay none, but no
where else will it bring him in as heavy
percentage of e joyment and satisfaction
His little home and it's circle Of happy
hearts and bright faces make up his world.
lie has no disposition to visit places of ex-
travagance and dissipation, or to squander
his hard earnings in useless follies.
There is abouS thousand dollars year
OF solid satisfaction in living in house that
belongs TO yon, and knowing that no rent
gatherer will call upon you at the end Of
every mon tn. There is at least a thousand
more of the same in the thought that should
you wake up ION the other side of the
River" some morning, the wife and little
ones are not homeless in the world when
they return grief stricken and broken heart
ed from your newly filed grave. They can
COi06 DtCk GO the 4Olu6 LudL lONS duu pEOfs
ident care have provided for them and hide
their heart sorrows from the world at least
A home to the workingman is an ever pay
ing investment, for it stops rent bills which
run ceaselessly on through i'll fortune and
good fortune, in bad weather and fair, at
night while you sleep, and on the Sabbath
while you rest. Rent bills and interest new
er get tired, never cease work, never stop
for moment, but gnaw with unceasing
Vigor into your little store of hard earned
dollars and cents at all seasons and at all
times.
Lay aside Iuxuries, stint yourselves in ne
cessities, even, to get homes. ''The law al
lows a man u hons" in this country, and he
is mistaking the true interests of himself
and family in not getting one. If an humble
one, still let it be his own. Gentle hands
may plant modest flowers beneath it's mar
rev windows, and trailing vines festOon
door post and Intel When times are easier
and money abundant, improvements can be
made and conveniences added. Get home.