Richland beacon., 1876-02-12
THE RICHLAND BEACON.
LOCAL ITEMS.
Local lSreVitics.

Cotton is sill coming to market slowly
Tie trees will soon BE- clothed IN green.
Thi, is the time to push farm operations,
Il is time To plant uo,a'ocs and green peas.
The remedy for dbl times is liberal advcr.
Using.
The wise lover makes love while the moon
shines.
CoIorcd Immigrants are still passing oYcr
the road
These moonlight nights ere delightful for
Iromenaders.
The wise business man provides against
dull times by advertising.
Keep out of debt if you would avoid per-
plexiry, annoyance and ruin.
Farming can only be made successful by
making the farm set-sustaiuing.
Only the industrious succeed in business or
attain to positions Of distinction and honor
Avoid incompetence az you would dose
of strychuine OF tie deadly fangs Of the rat
tic snake.
Keep your plows running while the ground .
is in order for piowius, and be ready Tor .
planting early.
The sweet notes of the mocking bird-lhe
queen of feathe-ed songs;ers-greet our ears
occasionally at early morn.
The young man who is destined to make
his mark in the world does not while away
his time whiting on goods boxes.
We notice the arrival OF good deal Of lnm-
Der at our depot, which is cheering sign OF
Improvement somewhere near ~.
No one in the vicinity of Rayvllle has any
excuse for not sending his or her children to
school, for three worthy and competent ladies
are teaching in town.
Our iail was without inmates Tor few
DAYS a short time since, bat that happy state
of affairs did no, continue long before the
rarish was furnished with boarders.
J. F. lamar warns all persons against
trading for the note purPortina To be signed
by himself aud A. Jamsr, aud payable TO Ill.
son Walden. declaring it to be a forgery.
Inano.her column will be found the aivcr
tisement Of the Gem Organ Company The
Organs manufactured by this company have
no superior and are warranted for five years
We learned from Major Green on Thurs
dav evening that the trains could make only
one more through trip from Monroe to Delta,
The track being under water in several places
between Delhi aud TalIuIah.
We did not expect the approval OF the
0uachna Telegraph for giving Morey The
credit of doing anything worthy of common
dation. The editor of tie Telegraph knows
ms well as we do .!iat we do not approve Of
oil Moreys acts.
A youthful darby was arrai-ned before hi'
Honor II. p. Williams, Parish Judge, o.
Monday morning last, for i"lonenu>ly appTo
,,r;a,ing fifteen dollars worth of Mr.. j. g
Millers currency, pleaded guilty and wa
sentenced 10 ten days in the parish prison.
w p. Vaughan offers very desirable
Ii,;Ie farm for sale in thi- i-s"r. Par''e' a
search of homes in our parish would q" we
TO call upon him, and ascertain upon WIZ
terms they can secure comfortable HON
ant,valuable farm.
The weather has been balny and sprli;
Ike all TIL week-cioudy most OF the time
with an occasional shower-and now | hur
day morning. it is as warm as May day
while the floating clouds, occasional bursts
sunshine aud peach blooms remind us of I'll
last days OF April.
We are gratfed to see a renewed intere
taken in the glorious cause of temperance
the members of Richland Council No. II,
+. of T., and hope the same spirit OF deter"
,,t;on IN ncrneruate tie order and drive Il
demon OF intemperance from Our land re
vades ohe- councils
Two hundred feet of the DeSoto pcnns
lar, at its narrow est point, has been wash
away within the last nine months so, acc'
ding to Gen. NJ. jeff. Thompsons stateme'
- there only remains some three hundred Il
~ 10 be undermined to make DeSoio point
~ island, or sweep i, out of existence
OF course j, is not expected that young
dies will transcend the bounds Of nader
modes,y far as TO "propo,c" to their bea
because it is leap year, bW, they can with +
priety take advantage Of the occasion TO ov
come the modes,y Of the young men OF I'll
choice by encouraging then with maidci
coyness.
We hope that as many Of the citizen
Richland parish as can conveniently dc
will accept the cordial invitation TO attend
grand carnival, or parade of the l. VI.
L. and firemen, at Vcksburg on the ,
inst-if not hiadered 10y high water-iUr
will be amply repaid with pleasure for I
expenditure Of time and money.
If you would ascertain how much m
is seht out Of the country, that could be
in circulation at home if we had manu-
ries in our midst, subtract the price OF p
of cotton from the average price OF d p
of cotton 90, DIS bought by you, then mu'
this by the number of pounds OF 8
bough, in this country, and add to thl
amount paid out for other supplies.