The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1880-12-02
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Ed ors Messenger;
i potis in a resent copy ov that
monster sheet "the Pontotock Dem
oerat." that quite 3 number Of
Cnickasaw wagons passed through |
thet town on their way to Oxford, |
end i further notised that the Editors
ov that paper war made glad resently |
At the SIGHT ov numbers ov wagons
loaded " th cotton from the nabor-
hood of Pontotoc going to Tupelo."
These phs are air ka'kulated to
MAX us feel sad. We klOw ov no
town that hav so tIny clever people
10 It's size g hay the meet little town /
ov Pontolock, and we regret eggseed /
ugly mulch, to see the trace from /
he very doors, forced away to other |
markets "Io deal with live business |
men. Twas only phew days since |
that we sold large bill to Ponto-
tock farmer, living a few miles north |
ov the town ov Pontotock, and az we
wrapped up bundle after bundle, and
Iolled out numberless barrels and
boyes of merchandise, we thought
sadly ov the good Old town of Pom
totock, and wished that her mer-
clients might soon see the prOpriety
ov buying their stocks In this mar
ket. thereby enabling them to com
peet successfully in prices " tn
"other I've business men, in such
little towns o. Tupelo, Oxford, Red
Land and HoulSa. The trade
Okolona haz been imp eccdently
enormous this seasol. AT least two
9rds ov The inhabitants oy PontotCck
county air at this moment e. being
dinner time on sundy) eating chicken
dumplings made oy Okolona -four
and shortened with OkOlona lard
Every breese that sweeps over the
domains ov Chickasaw aud Calhoun
counties is heavy laden with the per
fume Cv 0kolOna meat, 81 IL rises
from every hearthstone. Every man
in the good old county of Mun.oe
drinks Okalona ticker, sweetened
wish Okalona sugar. The cries, the
wells, the screams ov every child 10
the Ist c0n.i essiGnal district is hrsh-
.ed with q suck ov OkOlOna candy
ov the shuts ov this u y Senate.
raj district air made oy Okolona do
nestle at 8 cents per yard The
peene ov the whole Staff send here
for their goose feathers The Uni
ted States is supplied with our
ortesian water, and the whole
world-but / guess bo,tor stop
here. thing might rul into an
eggsagerashun Really we have the
west set or merchants Do iue world,
aud the most accommodating set Oy
clerks in Amerika. have known
tbcm, (mcie.y to satisfy their Gus
tomprs) sell any kind Ov -four "a man
waata out ov the same harr.L Sell
cuba, RIO, java or any other kind oy
coughphee ont Ov the same sack Sell
reboileI sugar hams, silver drips,
strip, or anything else a man wanted
out ov the same barrel Seen them
maik d-illing out Ov orsenburg, sea
island ov quilt thinning, jeans ov cot.
tonades, have seen them transfer a
No. 5 shoe into a No 8, draw rye,
corn, bourbon, brandy, or any Other
kind OF ticker from the saim barrel.
at prices ranging from to & dollars
Ter gal-tis not every town that can
boast ov a set ov clerks 50 kind and
accomodatin Morally, our town is
/ unsurpassed lis quite a novel and
sublime sight to witness our business
men, from the smallest dealer to the
banker, sitting every sundy morning
IN .heir proper places, in the suniy
skool bible class, and they all sing
in the quire creating a beautiful noiss
somewhat resembling a thousand
sauealing hogs in a hail storm Our
town is noted for its liberality and
charitable spirit. Not a tramp ever
visits US but is clothed and fed, ana
sent on his way with pockets full oy
filthy lucre Our church towers reach
high toward the heavens and their
brilliant spires cleaning in the sun
light are seen for miles, living mon
ument ov the patronage ov our 5usi-
Hcss men. The State and the MIS-
sESGER, two ov the liveliest papers
/ In the south, bear evidenced oy a
thriving town. The shipping ov
%, 900 0ales oy cotton and receipts ov
$4,000 wurth oy freighLs at our de
lpot, within The last months, proves
to all our stending az a business cen
tire a market for the careful consider
sshun ov mankind in general
Okolona. Nov Is, 50. I'D. NJ.