The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-03-17
a SPICY LETTER.
From a Former Resident.
TYIER, TnxAsl Aarch lO. Is

TYLER, TEXAS 3Aafcn w. 1901.
EnrroRs JOURNAL Per lSaps 10 some of
vour readers, at least. letssr from Texas
Georgian will not be considered toe great tax
upon their time aud ratiencss do not write,
however, as an immigrant n the State TO tell
YOU how | am delighted wisathe conntry, or
upon the other hand, how bsalg am dsplsas-
ed and hoy obnoxious thea " together with
all the surroundings have ~ 10 me. and
how would return - = had
the money and all = Sipg been a
resident Of this Sts g fss~ ex-
cepting little more. spent
naiuralized citizen Of the 49, 81 State And
40 whalhe, it be land fl with milk and
honey. or sterile az an An .an desert, / am
benceforth participant in is opulence or
victim to it's restitution.
This has indeed been an abundan, harvest
for the farmers of this part Of the State, and
even at this late day come OF t1enl have not fin
ished gathering their cotton. This is the re-
suit, not alone from an unusually large yield,
but partly from the miserable weather we have
experienced during the tail aud winter and the
scarcitv of labor. For more Than four months
O. tton picking has been worth ieom 81 to 81 %
Der hundred, and good hand gathers even
now. in good cotton, upsards OF $50 pounds
ner dav. have consiss III lAis county who
ppickei sbont the first ofs0otes iast year nj
hundred pounds of clean cotiou In one day bes
tween daylight and dark. 10 this am a pee
sonal witness. a.
Our county is now in more prosperous CON
dition than have ever before seen it. The
farmers are all well supplied, withe provisions
and other domestic necessaries, and most OF
them out of debt so they begin new crop
with light hearts and high spirits. But as all
the good things of this life, are TO some extent
counrerbalanced by more or lass of the evil
he blind sraggers have carried OH many ofour
horses, and now the measels. though in a mild
form, are prevailing epidemic throughout a
great portion OF the State.
TYLER. which is the certify site of Smith
county, is making rapid strides towards be-
coming an inland metropolis. II has popula-
ton now of about 5000, two railroads and an
other in course of construction with machine
shops and round houses. Prospects are good
for her soon to be connected by through line
with st Louis. which road viii extend on to
Galveston. Tyler had by the Dist of Feb,
this year received and shipped IA, 900 bales of
cotton. and several thousand more yet to be
sold But as am not writing history of the
country or soliciting immigration, will try
and confine myself more to tlls news OF the
day. This article, however, has become very
scarce of late, as the campaign is over, the
elections settled ana the chicken pie" quietly
vanishing before the ravanous appetite of the
fortunate functonary.
The combined forces of 10 Greenbaek and
Republican parties of q succeeded IN
electing a Gieenbs Legislature
This tgticsai part@ ht tl4e s-et
part 81 this euphoneons eompbund, is by no
means Bacon or Locke, and}so the follow
ing is gotten off at his expense By the Calves
ton Sitter:
Upon Mr.. VS., arrival at Austin the 'buss
driver asked him "where he wanted to go7'
he replied that he wanted to go to the Capt.
toll" SO he was being driven in that direction
when the buss stopped for some one in front of
market house. Mr.. w, attracted, no doubt,
by the magnitude of the building, and thinking
that he had arrived at the goal OF his ambition,
aliphted, and in he went. After taking hasty
survey of the surroundings, and noticing the
eggs, butter, vegetables and meats Off kinds,
he exclaimed "ilello boys, Pm left, l see
YOU fellows have all brought your rations
along" How much truth there is in the above,
am not prepared to say, but the prevalent
opinion is that he would make better Gin
cinnatus at the pillow handles than he will in
the halls of Legislature
Our Legislature is about to amend the Con-
stitution ofthe State so to prohibit the man
ufacture and traffic OF whisky IN the State. Ii
they should do So goodbye eggnog, goodbye
r+d-eye, farewell Christmas sprees, ye annual
festivities ofrevelry with your back-eyes and
Recorders fines No more shall we grasp in
fond embrace the friendly 'amppO-t. and gaze
upon the dim lustre of The tare faced moon
as she revolves round like thu juvenile face of
a street Arab on a flying jenny Sympathize
with us We corpulent bibbers Of the good old
Mountain Dew" and as a token of your ain
certify, send us upon extraordinary occasions,
small casket OF your tears. fer we will doubt
less feel like the old fellow did.shen during
big Murphy excitement lie was being pressed
by his friends to sign the pledge The old fell
low finally looked up with one eye closed, and
said to the man with the paper: Il guess you
may put me down half scholar, can't get
i, MORN half the time nohow."
Ere close wish to drop word by way
of congratuation to those of my friends who
have committed matrimony' since my depart
ure MAY their happiness and dollars never
grow less" and should this meet the eye of any
one who has rutblessly culled the flower that
once. in the wild hallucnations of loves happy
dream, the humble writer believed had bios
somed for him, the inv ocations are intended
none the less for him. l. j. X.