The Osceola times., 1880-12-11

place on horseback along the bank
of the river for Barfeld Point. He
came to where the road had caved
into the river for considerable
distance and undertook to find his
wav through the cane, vines, logs
and forest trees, around to where
the road set in again. His horse
become so cntangled that he was
compelled to abandon him, not be-
ing able to extricate him from the
general jungle into which he had
fallen. Though, the gentleman got
out, himself, that day, it was weeks
before he found his horse, and has
never found his saddle and bride.
How would it have been IN the
case of movers having teams and
families on strange road, miles
from any house? Again, last year
u gentleman and lady of this place
drove over tho same road in bug.
gy, and, on returning shortly after
wards, found the road they passed
over caved in for quarter Of a
mile in length and, in some places,
| fifty feet back of where they drove
but q short time before. 1t was no
slide but a perpendicular sinking
down, carrying the timber out OF
sight and leaving precipitous bluff
twenty feet deep. Suppose it had
happened when they were driving
over IL? But, enough. If the pco-
pie in any particular neighborhcod
wish the highway on the river
bank, let them sign petition to
our county court and our magis-
trates, who are acquainted with the
condition OF the river and lands IN
our county, will be as apt to do
what is right and best for US as
brigade of men assembled up stars
in LATHE Rock, some Of whom, per-
haps, never saw the Mississippi
river, much less foot Of land IN
Mississippi county. Come, think
before you act for fear you do some
one injustice. Now, If any man or
even a neigh borbood of men has an
AK to grind, l say let him grind 1t
in our county court as prescribed
by law, but for sake OF justice, pray
do not go to Little Rock and have
al ordinance passed requiring all
the axes TO be ground in hundred
miles of you.
AS ! have grown somewhat leng.
thy on the road NOTICE | will only
say, in regard to the other notice
referred to in this communication, |
deem it an unnecessary expense and
as uucalled for as the road notice,
| refer to the notice in the Times
OF the 4th inst. stating that appli-
cation will be made to the next
general assembly Of Arkansas, to
have the real estate OF Mississippi
county re.assessed in 1881. This
will result in another unnecessary
expense, and what is worse, result
indirectly IN lowering the credit OF
our county, and thus open the door
for "script" sharks to grow fat at
the expense of the county. Stop
it. Hold your county script up by
a sufficient assessment and per cent.
that will enable us TO get out Of
debt, and thus stop this speculation
of the few at the expense of the
many. What say your How
many IN the county will authorize
me to sell their lands for what it
is assessed Not one in a hundred
Fventurc. Then it you are not
willing to take IN cash what it was
appraised at, it looks like you think
it is worth more. Then let's stop
it, and have no other assessors fees
to pay, besides causing our county
script to trail in the dust SO il can
be had for SIMPLY picking it np;-
thus forcing our witnesses and ju-
rors to sleep in the barn-loits over
their horses at night after serving
the county all day as witness rju-
rors, simply because the script Civ.
en- them for their days service
would not pay for bed at night.
Away with the hipocritical face and
pusillanimous story of "protecting
the poor" as the grounds on which
= we should do this. Bah ifany
man has been unduly assessed let
him come before our county court
and convince our magistrates Of
the fact and he will receive redress.
Justice can be dispensed in our
county court as we'll as in Little
DoI. a,d wa shnnlH nafroniza