The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-07-11
For the Citizen
West Tennessee Letter.

Mr.. EDIToR:-Could we command
the pen of transient Visitor" a
sweet would steal over US at every
stroke, prompted by the thrilling as
surance that our communication
would merit the perusal of all who
eagerly scan the columns of the
good old CITIZEN, to CLEAN the rare
productions elaborated from the
cultivated craniums of its many
able contributors. Could we ira
verse the hills and valleys of the
land of our birth, visit the city of
tombs and commune with the ST.
lent dead, as was the privilege of
your Bee Spring correspondent, we
should call back from the echoless
shore the sainted ones whose gentle
voices have so often cheered us on
| life's tempestuous sea, and whose
beaming smiles have gladdened us
by their gentle sweetness, that bade
us take courage as we endeavGred
to surmount the heaving billows of
life's turbulent sea, In the brilliant
| halls of imagiE alton we'd live those
hours DER again. Or, upon the
other hand, could we stand upon
some lofty peak overlooking the
beautiful village of Bellville, and
Gull beauty and grandeur from her
high hills and broad valleys, with
flint rocks, shattered oaks and deep
gullies, so richly adorned with large
patches of tall waving broomsedge,
which lend to The sunny day an en-
rIched increasedness of "yaller"
hue, we would mount upon poet
ical floppers, soar aloft and give to
her inhabitants vivid description
of how it looked to the gaze of a
''man up tree" But none of these
rare gifts are ours, so we leave their
further consideration and descrip-
ton to the poetical pen of our i'm
Me D late friend who rests meath
Bellville's shade.
1t behooves US to speak of crops,
&C., and particularly "the &c"
Some have threshed their wheat
in this section, and report from
three pecks to five bushels per acre.
Our friend A. r. Barrette says bis
cult have to be made small at his
house this year. These poor yields
were in the bottoms, which have
been overflowed to such an extent
that it was impossible to grow any
thing like crop. Uplands are bet
ter. Oats compare favorably with
the wheat crop. Corn, except in
the bottoms, is very promising.
Cotton, since we have been favored
with few days of dry weather, pre-
sents more fattering prospects. A
question involving the repeal of the
Landlords Lien Law" will receive
a public discussion by the members
of Bethuel Grange at its next regu
lar communication. The farmers
of this vicinity are not drifting
along with folded hands and closed
eyes, while tits strongly rumored
that the next legislature, by men of
other professions, will be petitioned ]
to repeal said law, which is the only
guarantee the farmer has to secure
his rent If this should be done in |
the spring the renter can give a deed |
of trust to the merchant on his
crop for goods, &c, and in the fall
the merchant can hold the crop to
the exclusion Of land rent and
everything else until his account is
satisfied. Farmers would do well |
TO attend to this in the selection of
their legislators, and see that they |
oppose any such movement. Beth
uel Grange is in a prosperous con
dition, and is preparing to erect an
elegant hall at Kerrville. Already |
there is a large amount of the lum
ber on the ground. A very hand
some brick building has recently |
been completed at Mt. Zion, Upton
county, by the Somerville District
Conference for educational pur
poses. 1t will be known as the
Somerville District High School.
Health unusually good. From my
Rip Van Wrinkle sleep. AUNT Pol.
Kerrville, June 9th.