The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-03-13
Agriculture COntinued.

Kessrs Editors
have teen prevented, up to this time,
from continuing the subject of the "con>
dItion of the farming interest in this lat
itude," from protracted illness of n mems
Der of my family. ] now begin where
abruptly left off, to consider the cause of
the rapid declension of the crop prO-
ducing capacity of the cotton States
None will deny that a wonderful trans>
formation has occurred in the short space
of time covered by 35 or 40 years, in the
soil of West Tennessee, especially in the
light silicious lands of the southern tier
of counties, known, par excellence, as the
Cotton Belt If belt at all, cotton has
been to it belt made from the shirt of
Nessus," for it has burned the heart and
vitals out of the body of the once unri-
vailed and Fearless West Tennessee.
East Tennessee, Middle Tennessee,
West Tennessee a trio of the same
family; but differing as widely geologi>
caIly as Shem, Ham and Japhet did phys
icaIly and morally.
East Tennessee, the first of the family,
rather an oldish girl, bold, angular, self
reliant, and yet, lovely in form and figure;
as tough and elastic as whalebone, she
defies the rough treatment of the spoil~
er " and proudly points him to her claim
Of having the backbone of the family,
with it's accompanying developments, sig
nifcant of conceded treasures ard untol1
mines of wealth. She fouts the spuil-
er." and with the superb air of one who
worthily wears the buskin cries
Lay on MaeduR,
Ard dana 4 be he who frat cries. hold enough
Middle Tennessee, a promising girl"
(witness the promises and soft-talk-fur
she has kissed the blasney stone-she has
so often given to the other sisters when
she is preparing to rake down the loaves
and fishes of one of Tennessee political
clambakes,) yes, a ve'y promising girl =
good natured, rich, fat, hefty,-i will nat
say unctiOus-Gnd redolent of new mOwn
hay, clover blOssoms mellow fruits, mule
cOrrels and berkshire pig stYes. Ceres
was never half so well adorned witA all
that painters have pictured, or poets fond
" dreamed Of her matchless projections,
for our Modern Maiden. in addition to all
with which her progenitor was decked,
boasts a gentle Cotswold lamb reclining at
her feet, and untold fattybread dainties,
with waving lines of gracefully linked
SdSSeHgeTs reckoning on to realms of
bisslul fruitinn. May her shadow never
grow less, for she is the pride aad the very
marrow of the family. o ter qitdtH0rQue
bedtd, dream on in blissful repOse upon
q the fiowery beds of ease, inhaling the
perfumed breeze Of OF this land pressed
and hallowed by the Fairy's flower bring
ing footsteps; where the enhancing song
of the mOcking bird is mingled with the
duleet notes of the basso shorthern, and
the amor0us notes of the pltintive bull
hv.1 4, I L i. ~
crotchety qnav and spasmodie, dying
cadence of the " father Of mules - And
where the AFcadian delights of paterfam
ilias whilst taking his murn'ne sRoOze,
are Intensified by the Christmas carol of
the dying hog. as trumpet like in shaI
as we'll as In sound, each ki-u-, XII augh
follows the dull thud, thud Of the brains
ing axe. Dream on, bles, Pater, through>
out this sweet clatter. for millennium is
dGwning, and visions ofJew-lost deligI, T.
softly embrace the sensorium Of the en-.
raptured sleeper.
Had West Tennessee "Ye who have
tears, prepare to shed them now" Very
| Young; a child, and yet a matron Pale.
| delicate, yet beautiful beyond descrip-
ton. The spoiler" has marked her for
| his own. The blithe and graceful suple-
| ness of youth is almost dispeiled By the
soEroNs Of many years crowded into the
short period OF sufsr.ng and prosecuted
youth
Dalicately organized, yet in unison
with the laws of prolonged vitality; ca
| pable Of much endurance, If under the
wholesomeif regulations Of enlightened
| hygiene; but unequal to the require
ments Of the present exaeting generation,
aud totally unfit to answer the demands
! OF those, who whilst they refuse 70 give
Que morsei Of life giving food, ineessant-
ly demand" put her through" depicts
her, = cull the last vital power from her .
And whilst the iron is eating into her
soul, and she is receiving the last coadol.
ing visits of her friends. her great lnb.
berly son, knowing how freely che gives
Der life for him, whilst az hamed thai
company should Y itncss The transaction, !