The Russellville Democrat., 1875-07-01
Our Letter from Conway.
CONWAY, ARK, June 23d, 1875.

and surroundings, but nothing like a general season. The gay frondescence of blooming spring has been supplanted by the matu- Ter fragrance of a smiling sum- mer.
 But still onward we move to- ward the mighty ocean of Times ever rolling events, changing scenes presenting new pnases in the development. and out-growth of commonwealth, whose pride Is the boast of a chivalrous, ener- getic, happy and prosperous peo- pie.
 The citizens of our county, with a spirit of progression, look for ward with q lively degree of in terest to that period of time when the goddess Ceres shall fill with abundance the barns of our econ omizing and industrious farmers, whose stalwart forms and iron frames have inured to the voca- tions of their daily life, and we have the very fiattering promise of bountiful profusion. Considerable rain has fallen, yet it would not be amiss to pay it's periodical visits, reassuring the reward that ga laborcr is wor- thy of his hire"
 The fields of waving corn that kiss in playful dalliance the even ing zephyrs, as they dance forth on the wing of Flora, breathing soft accents of the gentleness of dewy night, when together ill az onizing pity, their tears in count less numbers fall, to refresh for the blushing loveliness of the TO- seate morn. Cotton and oats both speak in the rank for promising attainment, when the time shall fully come.
 In your last issue was piece coming as the voice of Conway paving an outlook which is con stantly anticipated by the we'll wishers of every circle of business society.
 We have those lands for any who may wish to sojourn and nat uralize as permanent citizens. Good investments can be made by any parties desiring to invest their monies in real estate. Cat tie and hogs have the advantage of both summer and winter range so that great expense is there by saved to the people, in the one thing of forage.
 MT. Thomas House, of Mount Vernon, Ca pleasant little place in the northeastern portion of this county, reports everything en- couraging in that vicinity.
 Threshing of wheat is now be- ginning and quite number of threshers are going the grand rounds, and doing q capital busi- ness, and we may hope for an in flation of our circulating medium, as the wheat is being thrown on the market for nearly every man will dispose of a few bushels. "Pin money" now is little like ''hen teeth" were when we used to be boys, in the long ago, as we ate our "bread of happiness" and drank of the ''sugar of milk" And as your granaries will likely overflow, haul your wheat to the clever and good humored William Ingram who has gone to a great expense in procuring one of the best Touring mills extant, and solicits the patronage of his many friends.
 And as days that have once characterized the juvenile history of cur country and town, have ere this been reckoned among the things of the past, we find that our people are a christian people, and choose rather the pathway of solid bliss, perpetual happiness, than the inklings of a semi-bar- barous era and as the germination of such ,magnanimity unfold it. self, not long before another an other church-hou will adorn, of Baptist christening. Success to them in every effort.
 In the dry goods line trade IS dull with us. We have four dry goods houses, two drug stores, two saloons, four law firms and but five attorneys, two hotels, three practicing physicians and three. that have retired from practice. Drs, w H Calfee & Bro, is firm d2- ing an excellent work. pr: Vaughan, who is a brother ot Vaughan, of the firm of Martin & Vaughan, ofSpringfield, conway county, is located in this place for the purpose of practice and IS doing good business. Carpen- ters we have in abundaneei and plenty of work for them to do; brick masons, (and Firestones, plasterers and painters, and all seem busy enough, but complain of hard times, we think they caught them from the merchants, doctors and lawyers.
 To-day Mir. Max Frauenthal has had his front yard cleared of an office and warcroom, that ob- structed the view from the street .1 hA