The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-04-12
FROM OUR GRAND-CHAIN NEWS
GATHERER.
An INTERESTING BUDGET o. SElGHBORHooD
NEWS

An INTERESTING BUDGET o. SEIGHBoRHOOD
Editor Bulletin:
will try to profit by the snubbing you
gave "Old Trim" and withhold my opinions
on politics and religion since those subjects
are tabooed TO your correspondents, though
must say in the depths Of my inner con
seriousness it is hard on us not to be allowed
to express ourselves on subjects so often
aired by you. and not always TO our liking,
either So there, now
Perhaps the brcad,eatcrs who read 1'HE
BULLETIN will be glad to know that the
wheat fields in Pulaski county are growing
beautifully green and give promise Of over
flowing granaries. Ten years ago one
could see only an occasional wheat field in
this county now such fields are to be found
on every farm running all the way from the
five acre lot which the owner cuts with his
cradle" up to III, three or four hundred
acres, harvested with the lates, improved
machinery In this vicinity more attention
is paid to the growing Of small fruits and
vegetables than ever before, though such
things are not the staples as at Villa Ridge,
Repairs on fences and buildings. with
here and there a new house or barn. may be
seen from one end of the county to the
other This indicates cessation Of the
hard times" we have heard so much Of il
the past Can it be that we are on the eve
Of the good times 50 long hoped forl
Here in town one Of our citizens is adj
ding a stylish front to his residence, while
Others are furnishing up with paint and
whitewash The hotel, which is quite n
roomy house has not escaped the vernal
renovation.
Spring hats and calicocs frightened up
our stores two or three week ago
On Monday Of last week, the fiitieth birth
day of the BartIcson twins, William and
Robert, was celebrated by family reunion
at the house Of William, which is charm.
ngly situated at Grand Chain Landing on
the OHIO. There were present six brothers
with their wives and two sisters and their
husbands, together with large number Of
children and grand children belonging to
the several families. One brother in Mis-.
sour and another in Kansas were unable to
attend. The twins who are quite grey,
still resemble each other so much that their
friends often mistake one for the other. |
have been told that their mother was often
unable to distinguish them, even after they
were grown.
This large family came to this neighbor.
hood when the country was covered by
dense forests, only broken by an occasional
path which led to some pioneers cabin and
while enduring priya,ions incidental to life !
in new country, all lived to reach the are
OF manhood and womanhood. II was then
twenty miles to the nearest doctor, which |
may possibly account for this longevity.
Then, too, they grew up useful
and honored citizens, and loyal as well,
Judging from the fact that ciyht of them
served in the Federal army during the late
war Number nine preferred watching the
conflict from his fresde, having hada sur
ieIt Of military glory on Mexican battle
n'IdS' upon one Of which his father lost ms
life.
Prot Crawford closed his school ~ '''S
place on Wednesday Of this week Tic 4"
an able and experienced teacher anu mas
greatly improved the scholars ohoer MS