Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-05-24


place.
"Kelley Town" is the home OF the
very poor, and is situated In Q little
valley east Of the creek. II consists OF
uncouth huts and shanties such as were
erected by the soldiers In Winter time
when camped for period OF one post.
This town was formerly erected around
what is called the raj" hole, just back
Of the Arlington, but on account of lie
unsightly appearance and too close
proximity to the best and most thickly
settled part of the town, was removed
10 its present location. l have q pic.
ture of It In my collection of stereo-
scopic views, taken in Winter time,
when there was q deep snow on the
ground, and 1t looks doleful enough, to
be sure The sights seen In Kelley
Town are not picturesque or such 90 to
impress one very strongly with the
beauties Of life. No pleasing features
greet the eye or the ear. Here ones
mind involuntarily reverts 10 the OBJ
jects OF disease and deformity In Con-
slantinople as pictured by Mark Twain
in bis "Innocents Abroad" Having
visited Kelley Town once, q person Of
any sensitiveness does not desire 10 go
there again. l heard Of no doctor,
however, in Kelley Town, or that any
Of them ever sent drummer there.
Blessed, then, in one respect, ls poor
Kelley Town.
The place 10 full Of dogs But they
are not the NANCY, half.starved curs
. which history places as nearly overrun-
ming Constan tinople, nor are they the
mongrel army that lnfests your own
city and nearly run light sleepers crazy
OF nights; they are, In most cases, fat
, and sleek and as jolly set as you ever
saw. They vary In size from the little
wee fellow not as large as q fat Sun.
I flower squirrel, and that you could
! easily carry in your coat pocket, to the
I immeAse brown colored Newfoundland
, across the street that looks as though
3 he could give buffalo pretty rough
, wrestle. They are q friendly set, espe.
E cially the large black fellows, with
B their intelligent look, aud you may
safely pat them on the head without
r the fear of q growl in return. How il
e happened 80 many OF them located
A here, and, being here, succeeded In
0 keeping so fat, is one of the things
have not yet learned. Its importance
q may induce me 10 push my researcher
q till enabled 10 enlighten you on the
g subject.
}. But, as l write, Master Frank sug
2 gests be has not seen single cat
& That's q fact. Cats and rats do no
E. abound here. 1t may be that the dog
Ie worried the cats that caught the raj
.s till the latter two cut out for parts az
r. known, aud have not been able TO flu,
p their way back. l do not wonder tha
r, the poor cats, once away from here
y could not return. / wonder, some
J. times, the little locomotive on the rail
n road from Malvern does not stray Of
II into the woods and lose itself. This i
VI such an out.ol-the.wsy place. II show
!. a most remarkable instinct that th
l. cows can find their way home her
:. at milking time. One might we'll sup
(. pose, from the scarcity Of milk, tina
is many Of them never do. If nature
IS herself, did not carry the little stream
,e out into open day and the broad sun
Dr shine, there is some reason for the be
y lief that they would become confuse,
ls and wander about in that bewildereC
l. state till time should be no more
e Every day feel apprehensive tha
something might come along and breal
II the iron bands that bind us to the out
Is er world and shut US up In here 70
9 good and for all,
L The other dsy | wrote q verse OIL
u Hot Springs doctors. At the time,
0 thought perhaps might be hssty, ant
u / held the letter day or so to let he
= cool Of. Since then have pushed m.
D inquiries and have found DR.. Pill
u crammer, who is just q shade, only
p worse than many others.
Il He is in With q sbath-houss in with
!, !, druggist (who gives him 30 per cent. o
= the sum charged for each prescription ;
4 In with clearinghouse that gives hin
=, ~ a return commission ; In with stink
!? ing clearinghouse that would disgus
~ ~ q well.bred Spaniel; and he sells hi
- - own dirty soap, through q druggist
- =, upon bis very formal prescriptions
y And to make II doubly sure tina
+, you 60 10 his druggist, be referI
- In his prescriptions to patients, 10
=. =, certain formula ouly on file there, 81
~ ., that other druggists cannot touch II
70 y, This is gospel truth. Oh, ye poo
- wretches in Kelley Town! If you bU
=. =. knew how many DIR. PillCrammer
:. II there are lowering around the healin
y !, waters that come steaming up not ia
~ ~ away, you would no longer grieve tbs
IL your purses contained no loadstone 70
- them.
OF With this pass the doctors by, an
in close my labors with them.
10 In my next will speak Of the gFeS
Of Springs, whose healiug properties az
n known nearly all over this continen
G. and of a few minor matters, and the
close the chapter for the present.
et B, II. P.