The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-06-10
FAYETTEVILLE.
A Visit to the City of Base Ball
and Elegant Ease.

We spent last week in Fayetteville.
and we have this to say in regard to GO
ing and coming: OF all the roads in
Tennessee, the Fayetteville road is the
very worst; of all the people in Tennes-
see, Lincoln and Giles county people
are the ablest to build good roads. The
road from Pulaski by Boon's Hill TO
Fayetteville is an odious disgrace to
both counties, a seandalOus shame, an
abiect slur, a disreputable stigma, a
shabby reprOach upon the rank, dignity,
credit, honor, glory, majesty and wealth
of the people of the two counties. Mud,
rocks, hills, bitches, ruts, cuts, washes,
bends, ups and downs, a ceaselesS. tire
some succession of never-ending, wheel
smashing, horse-killing, spring-break
ing, iolting, jilting, rocking, tumbling,
jumping, sliding, bruising obstacles.
The rocks commence a mile from Pulas-
XII, and they are piled one upon another,
and the bitches multiply and run into
each other, and the frowning hills with
ruts and gorges gather thicker before
you, until within mile of Fayetteville
-29 miles of the awfulest road that dis
graces civilization to day. If you don't
believe this, travel it; and then lift your
voice and help US cry, ''shame! shame
shame!'
stantial towns in Tennessee, and not
withstanding its inland position, it is
building up rapidly, and everything
presents healthy appearance. II the
M. q. X. r. Il. ever reaches through
that county, the energy, wealth and en-
terprise OF that people will be revealed
in the upbuilding of one of the most
beautiful, business-lIke towns in the
State. Cleverer people never assembled
than those now forming Fayetteville
society. They have four good pixies al
ready, and would doubles build their
part of one TO Pulaski, if our people
would show any willingness to meet
them. The most noticeable feature of the
place now is its base ball prOclivities.
They have six trained mines, with others
forming, one o. which is an old mems
club, and from crack of day until dusky
eve, long lines of boys and men extend
up-and down its streets, pitching and
catching, singing and grabbing, fling
ing and nabbing, singing and babbing,
ringing and cabling, until perfection
sits upon their bats and turks in their
fingers ends, and for others to meet
them i'm contest is to rush upon dire de-
feat. The club that beat so badly the
Empires of Pulaski are all Fayetteville
boys, and they will scarcely more than
average in age our boys. This is true,
reports here to the contrary, nOtwith-
standing. Lincoln county and Fayette-
vile are giving the Express, John Bate
man Smiths paper, a vigorous support.
They recognize in its editor a talent I'M
surpassed in the South, and they are
proud of him. Mr.. Albert A. Wright,
one Of the leading merchants of the
city, whose fund of humOr is exhaust
less, whose generous hospitality is end
| less, and whose general worth and
| sterling traits to the community are
| priceless, summed up his virtues in our
behalf and invited us to tea the eVenin 2
preceding our departure, and to him
/ and his esteemed lady we are indebted
| for the pleasures of an evening. Pu-
| laski could copy Fayetteville in many
! respects to advantage, and Fayetteville
could find much in Pulaski by which
she could profit. Together, they are
the capitals of two of the richest coun-
! ties in Tennessee, only 80 miles apart,
! yet they are separated as widely as Pu-
! laski and st. Louis, on account of the
| terrible, shameful road that connects
them. The road that should be piked
runs through the richest parts of both
counties, vet the good people that dwell
among these everlasting hills and ever
! deepening gorges are cut off from the
world as etfectually as if they dwelt in
| the middle of the Desert of Saharah.
We hope to see the people rise and de-
mand pike, and the only wonder is
! that they have not long since done so.