The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-04-08
ozAeK. AnK.. April .. 1873


perience, when dearly bought As you
know I have always been looking for the
"happy land" I am now at Ozark, a very
nice little town, but very dull as regards
business at present, and will be through the
Summer season. But the people, who have
been doing business here last fall and win
ter, can exclaim in the language of Shak-
speare: "NOw has the winter of our dis
content" passed away and been made glori-
GUS by the heavy receipts of cotton, call the
clouds that have lowered about our houses, 4"
have foated off on the bosom of the Arkan-
sas River. Their brows are bound with
wreaths ofprOsperity, their old clothes thrown
into the rag-box. Strong houses and plenty
Of goods have changed their weary tread
to quick pace. That grim monster, power
ty, has smoothed his rugged front, and now
instead of mounting the bare back of
mule, the glide smoothly on the soft cushions
of phaeton, to the pleasing smiles of their
Dulcinas. But /, that am not pleasing to
the fair sex, nor vain enough to count my
shadow in looking glass; 1 that want
society. I that have lost the fair looks that
my youth could claim, cheated of features
by too many winters, forgotten, left behind
with no other hope but to build up for
tune, and that 50 faint that my spirit al
most dies within me,why have no delight
to pass away my time, unless to see some
lady or gentleman walk in and descant on
the prospects of good trade. Then since I
can not be lover, am determined to be
independent and forget the iolIy of my past
days.
Well here we are surrounded by rocks and
mountains on one side and the Arkansas
River on the other. Here Is a town of ten
or twelve hudred inhabitants, with no saloon
to quench their thirst. 1 have not seen
drunken man since came here. Wouldn't
Owens have fat time If he could sell it
here unmolested? The Local Option Law
is in force here. There is a railroad about
I65 miles long and runs no cars on the Sab
bath. How does that compare with your
State? It is true there is a man hung here
once in a while, but that speaks we'll for the
guilty go UNPUBLISHED. There was one hung
here few days before arrived, and there
will be another in a short time, as the Su-
preme Court has confirmed the decision of
the lower Court. was at the Jail to-day
and saw the man that is 20 be hung, He
wears a very melancholy appearance. lie
murdered woman and child, So it is,
some men would die for woman, while
others kill them.
Well I would tell you something about
Webb City, opposite this place, but 1 will
not undertake to give you minute geo
graphical history of this country as some
of your correspondents do, Everybody
knows that the Arkansas bottom lands are
the best in the world, and the mountainous
part is the healthiest, the table lands I do
not like, though some people do, and that
makes it the best country in the world, be
cause everybody can be suited, health, hap
piness, and place to make cotton.
know the most of the people of your
County think, when they see anything from
this State, about the swamps and sickness,
DSll the people III tlit bOLlOAuS nave SOOu
health, who live on good wholesome diet
But those who try to live on catfish and
ninety-cent Cincinnati whisky and fail to
last many Summers. But so it is, we all
have our failures, and they fail to live long.
will here suggest to parties looking healthy
that they had better come to the mountains,
if they want to raise cotton go the Arkan-
sas River bottom.
At this time there is considerable excite
ment about the Eureka Springs, about 80
miles Northeast of this place in Madison
County. 1t is said there are about four or
five thousand, some say eight thousand, per-
sons most eff them living in tents TheSprings
are said to have wonderful curative proper
ties. have seen a good many persons on
their way there So are they going from
here. There is no railroad nearer the
Springs than sixty or seventy-ive miles.
Now is the time to go in. Hot Springs
never had such rush made on them.
Yours trIIly I 6 ANDERSON