The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-01-11
TRENTON.


! TRENTON.
/ Awaiting ourself of u spare hour or
$50, we paid Il hasty visit to Trenton on
wednesday,. Now, Il visit to Trenton
IS not a small undertaking, try it when
you will. Take tho experience Of any
one who has been there" and you
Will find that it is no small matter to
go to Trenton. And the obstacle is.
that river. If you have ever crossed
a river, you know what we mean: il
you never have, it is impossible for us
to illustrate our meaning.
To say we found Trenton muddy
would DO supsrfuous; but when we
say that Trenton was moody, we
leave the beaten path. And Trenton
was moody. Several merchants in
| terVleWed us, and We discovered that
they wero generally unhappy. They
complained Of small sales, bad roads,
| wicked government and a want of
ready money. We recommended print
cr's ink as an ointment. The prescrip-
ton was not agreeab1c-somo Of the
sufferers had sold too much; others
did not SEQ tho advantage Of advcr-
Using (having mover tried it,) and
others still were afraid Of tho expense.
We pressed the matter but Tronton
was memorable. Not oven tho pros
poet OF new wharf boat and of the
L. II. & +. Railroad could arouse our
merchant friends. Their misery ap-
pcarcd to be incurable.
We do not propose to euro our Treu-
ton friends. We simply say to them,
however, that croaking and dulness
are untadylille in Trenton. When we
visit Trenton, which, we do onco in n
quarter, we expect to be encouraged
and cnthused. We expect to return
homo with a plethoric purse and a poch-
ct full of orders. We expect to meet
men whose faces are all smiles and en-
enlargement. When people call to us
across the street, and say, hero. this Is
Tor subscription, and this is for an adj
vertisclncnt, and this is for Job, we
are ready to cxclaim, this is Trenton
But when wc see large grocery house
ana another large grocery house una
bic to subscribe for tho TELEGRAPH,
we feel rather Respondent. We ask
ourself, what have the people done to
such merchants that they cannot take
the Peoples Paper7 We want to know
what the Louisiana Farmer has done.
that we arc to be treated thuse What
have wea neighbor for, II our neigh
Dor is not to benefit us? Can n real
live newspaper submit to such wrongs7
Suppose tho Telegraph were to sus-
pend, what would become Of Trenton?
We ask simple questions which any
man can answer.
we noticed the arrival Of a few bales
of cotton in Trenton, but the roads are
so bad that the farmers are backward
III forwarding their crops. The STABLE
was heaving good price, one mer-
chant paying as high as 1871 cents per
pound. Mr.. Morris has completed his
elevator, and tho Wilarfboat Dora was
lowed up on Wednesday. The Oddly
had just got in from the D'Arbonne,
with cotton bales piled up to the hur-
ricane deck. Tho D'Arboune has n
good supply OF water.
Climbing narrow staicase and fall
ling over a small stove at the landing,
we found orrseif in the Farmer office.
Mr.. Leathcrman took scat in the
Wood-bON and handed us a chair. We
considerably remained standing in the
midst of three or four printers and half
a-dozcn young Arabs who were busy
eating sausage, and asked Leathcrman
how he didr Our brother responded
like a man that he was "f,lst-rate."
The conversation extended to various
subjects and we wcro greatly cnIight-
ell by tho interview, especially, as to
postal matters upon which question
Lcatherman is a~ fust.
a prominent Federal official asked
q Democrant tauntingly, "When do
| you expect to leave the Statocu The