The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-02-11
Fron Asnen HuI

DEAR SIR:-1 eStefday morning we
were surprised to find that considerable
snow had fallen the night before: and
still remains on the ground in all its
pristine putty and beauty, furnishing
those who like the exhilirating sport an
abundance OF material for snow ball
lng-" Farmers are glad to see this snow
because thew say that it is good Tor their
wheat, hich, by the way, is very fine
for the season. There is. too. twice as
large an acreage sOwn here aS was ever
s0wn before. Last years miserable
failure of cotton, the cause As con-
sequence this short cotton crop has put
us at very low ebb financially. A
great many good men are not able to
pay out of debt, while not one in ten of
the tenant class are able to feed them
selves. Our best business men. how
ever, are of the opinion that our money
depression is q good lesson for us, as il
viii teach US to raise more OF our sup
plies at home and buy less from abroad.
This l. the doctrine that yOu strove so
hard 10 impress upon farmers a wear or
so ago. Happy for them had they taken
your well timed advice. We look for
some wise change to be made in our
system of farming, as it is never too late
TO profit by experience.
The Grange organized here last MAY
IS getting on smoothly, quietly attend
ing to its own bnsiness-sO are the Good
Templars, of which Order Aspen Hill
has one one of tile largest and most
flourishing lodges In the State. We can
plainly see the good effects of this lodge
in more Instances than one, but it has
much 10 do yet, which we believe and
hope viii be accomplished in due time.
After we saw how little harmony ex-
listed between the opponents of EXPIRES
ident johnson, we were not surprised
at his election. 1t seems to be a hard
matter for our leaders to learn how
much depends upon little seIf-sacri-
flee, or how much might be gained by a
little more true, practical pGtriotisnl p
The Democratic party is becoming IA
nous for having more good, true, honest,
selt-deRyiHg { p men that are eRtirely
capable y of filling the desired office.
chan there are desired offices for them
to fill. This party is a sort of political
autOmaton which goes on doing pre-
cisely the same thing over and over
again, all because it has too many of
these good, true, capable aud deserving
men. The Republican party knows
wherein the great strength OF the Dem
ocratic party lies, and never fails to
shear its head every time it is found
asleep with its head in Delilah's lap.
win the Democratic party never learn
wisdom by experience? In this last
Senatorial contest it seems that no other
candidate than Gov. Brown, who had a
ghost Of chance for election, had the
manliness to squarely face the music
and withdraw for the good of the party
Everybody here almost was for Brown,
yet Johnson had many friends and ad-
mirers who were for him if Brown
could not be elected. He was generally
second choice.
Your article in which you spoke of
the converting the Legislative halls into
a pandemOnium, drew out some discus
sion as to the fierceness of it, and it also
brought out little ''cussin'" on your
devoted head. All serene now. More
anon. Yours Truly, Z.