The Osceola times., 1879-10-25

'''pB' ""', III idCt, hOtHiiS ul w
ircmes, but everything in convent
ent moderation and symmetry.
The crops can never fail because
there may be such diversity. The
climate is mild and heallhlul, the
lands abundant and cheap, and
homes can now be secured here at
the old time prices, coupled with
all the advantages Of churches, good
schools and good society. Con-
cerning the latter we may say that
the average Arkansian, IN point of
mental culture and refinement, com.
pares very tavorably with the rep
rcsen,atIve Of sny class OF immigra-
'ion that We have yet seen, and in
point Of real manhood and personal
individuality is simply second to
robody. no matter where you strike
him. Ii the immigrant comes here
IN good faith, willing TO bear his
part and to cast his lot with our
people, and to be one OF us, then
he will receive the right hand OF
fellowship on the spot; but If he
comes with airs Of superiority, to
whine and to complain and to i'm
agine that he has struck land of
fools, he had just as well start i'm
mcdiately back from whence he
came, we can get along finely with
out him. Neither do We need any
more professional gentlemen, any
more book agents, mnsic teachers,
missionary agents, map pedlers,
sewing machine men, lightning rod
men, blue pump men, nor tramps
of any kind. We have taken par.
ticular notice Of that character who
generally represents himself to lie
The agent Of Il couple of hundred
families or so, for whom he is ''ook
ing out for homes in the west and
thought he'd just drop down INTO
Arkansaw and see about, etc." The
first parsonage of that stripe that
ever entered our c4iice, we regard
ed with sbsolute awe. Every griz
zly hair on his knotty little cram.
um sec.aod to bristlc with impor.
tarec, aud his very little grip sack
that he sat on our table, seemed to
cape with dire contempt at ;hc hum
bio appointments Of our sanctum.
We stopped writing and talked to
that man patiently by the hour.
We put on our coat and tramped
with him over the town to intro
ducc him to our friends. We were
his humble servant literally during
his stay, and saw That he was well
treated until he left, and the next
we heard of him was in slander-
ous article in a Pittsburg paper,
which for lies and bad grammar,
we have never seen excelled. This,
with other incidents Of q like char.
acter, has disgusted us with the
emigration agent. We believe that
he is Il fraud on general principles
He wants to be hauled about and
led and noise over too much, and
it spoils him he's never been used
to it, it gives hlm the big head so
that he Is entirely unfit to be a
good citizen. Again there is anoth-
cr class of agents who talk largely
of locating colonies, and want, say,
about 10000 acres of good land, all
in one BODY, 50 as to settle a whole
neighborhood of old friends in one
place, for the sake of good society
and all that sort OF stuff. AT first
we regarded such gentlemen as
these with all the reverence that we
would foreign princes, but now we
take supreme pleasure in informing
them that We have no such bodies
of land to dispose of, and if they
think it necessary to locate a hun.
dred families IN one bunch, for the
sake of good society, and to build
block h ouses for the sake OF safety,
etc, they had better stay at home
Our lands are not SO arranged,
generally as to accommodate such
exclusiveness, but are cut up, for
the most part by running streams
and brooklets, into small farms
which are settled here and there, in
consequence of which, settlers must
expect to scatter somewhat.
There is yet world Of good
farming lands in Western Arkansas,
belonging to the different railroad
companies, to the State, and to the
General Government, subject to set.
tlement upon the most reasonable
terms, and the very lowest prices,
taking everything into considcra-
ton, that can be found on the mar
kct in all the west. Among the
things to be taken into consldera
ton is the fact that the pioneering
has already been done. Arkansas
is a peaceful and wcll.govcrned
State, II growing sovereignty, des-
tined ut no remote date to stand in
the very foremost .ank of her sis
.cr States. The brush burning has
been done, and all the trials and
privations Characteristic Of the set
tlement OF new country have been
borne still, there are vast forests,
acres of track less woods and lands
r ch and abundant ready to pour
their fruitful yield INTO the lap OF
industry. We havnt space just
here to parlicularize or go into de-
tails, neither do we desire to add n
false tinscl to the picture, and will
say honestly, It's We have always
SAID, either by private correspon'