Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1875-08-28
Floyd Correspondence.
FLoYn. IL. Anrust 22I Isl.

.UrSSrS Ediprs.
Since our rather hastv
promise 10 furnish Won an occasional
lien, We have been wai'iug Cor 1o.,r-
thing to vary the monotony. but in
vain; the commonplace routine Of
current events glidcS smoothly alou.,
without one sensational ripple upon
its bosom Knowing the poun,ar
taste for novelty, we might p1rdyau-
lily de2ire making our debut into YOUR
literary circle amid the noise and
hustle OF some stirring event: bat
as nothing important has lately occur
red, around which to weave the
threads OF au attractive newspaper
article, we shall have to select another
theme
What shall it be then? Shall we
inform You that health, good crops.
bountcOuS showers, and many other
desirable things are ours? Well,
we've told you so, and shall not
particuIarize or so further into details
With Your permission, Nessrs.
Editors, and at the risk of becoming
prosy, We will try to say something
in q general way of our dear little
village and vicinity, which, away
from the great thoroughfarcs, is COM
unappreciated; not that
1t would Ia tue least puzzle an over
age student Of nine years to locate
with accuracy our precise georra.
rhlcal position not that those combi-
nations at the commercial centres.
whose interests demands the invcstirl-
ton, have not carefully estimated our
material wealth, and the probable
revenue therefrom but it is in a.
moral and intellectual light we would
desire to be better known. We would. .
II possible, clear away the traditional
shadow, which, during long past DAYS !
OF war and desolation, became, in /.
some way, associated with the name
and IN the light Of the new progress
present Floyd truly, faithfully.
Messrs. Editors, the adventurous
Roman who first visited the tabled
home of the Cyclops and dispelled .
that hideOus myth was q public .
benefactor; the ambitious conqueror
who first landed his mailed legions .
upon the land of shadows, and Danish /
ed forever the ghostly Sharon from
bis official ferryship among the souls 7
Of the departed was certainly hero
in the cause of truth. In like man. (
ner, should your humble correspon- ,
dent succeed in removing any errone-
GUS impression prevailing in reference /
TO this-we like to have said modern .
terra iacogatta'-we shall be con-
tent
Nature has done much for this
locality and with a more convenient
market, all the branches of industry
would doubtless flourish in our midst.
As it is, we deeply recognize our
Ocal disadvantages; we acknowledge
It TO be a decided drawback to
thorough prosperity; vet, in a social
point of view, there is nothing lost.
Indeed we venture the assertion there
IS an absolute gain on the side of ease
and quiet; for at this distance from
he busy world, we hear only the
echoes of its discordant roar We
are not hurried ont Of our ,cits by
he memorable cry, Onward ! onward.
Dr. be cruelty crushed under the
wheels of trade-com-
In other
words, Messrs. Editors, we just "take
life easy" here. Though we have
not erected palacial residences, nor
ndulged in superb equipages; not
this, there is about our
modest homes an air of ease and
fort rarely surpassed.
Again, our secluded position, in o
yreat measure, protects US from the
granny Of "Je beau monde With
,ut ignoring altogether the. fashion
of the day, it has grown
o be our habit to dress pretty nearly
Is we please The casual observer
would readily perceive this fact; the
exhibited in feminine
attire would also suggest to him that
,ur ladies were real artists, and had
ZACH selected and harmonized the
oilet to her peculiar personnel. But
he rule applies not only in the trife
If dress; in all our social relations
here is an entire abandonment of
Useless conventionalisms truly refresh
ng, and quite in contrast to the more
manners Of q strictly
lash community. In short, to reach
he climax of our sci recommending
our men are as brave, our
natrons as amiable and our maidens
IS fair as any in the State.
Messrs. Editors, pardon our ego
ism we have talked too long. If
you're bored, we're sorry, but we
could not resist the temptation to say
what we pleased. Perhaps we may
De more agreeable in our next, even
if 1t costs an effort
Adieu. VERIrA.
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