, 1881-05-21
Another Cheerful Letter"
PoxERor, May I, 1881.

! POMER0Y, May 9, loci-
EDIroK STATESMAN Il nave Just inter-
viewed an old dsettler who came 20 this
part of the country in the spring at 1860
or 1861, he disrcmelnbers which. I
| had flask in my pocket containing .
powerful LIQUID, and few "snfNers
therefrom sent the blood coursing through
the veins of the venerable veteran, and
cast loose the grapnels of his tongue.
1t is surprising what al amount of vital
ity can be created by artificial means iss
the system of some of these aged pio-
neers. Looking back along the dim
vista of the past, .he old pilgrim became
eloquent over his csp'cits and adven--
lures since he eourted, ron and lost
Viola Tucker, away down snsong tbs
orange
GROVES OF TUSCALOOSA.
Ism promised his life's history, and if
he does not wreck ME financially procur-
ing material to keey his nerves in proper
condition during tie rectal, l viii harci
u-u,, aon in few weeks
the season. He Sed been an eVenfiai one.
w"lia ""!la but dishonest parents, he
.-as ,eft an orphan at the age of % years,
with a large plantation, well stocked with
negroes and several hundred Thousand
dollars in cash - his disposal. HIS
parents we're both carried of IN one day
by yellow fever, and ca week later
Viola, his girl bride, while OFT bathings
WAS seized, swallowed and partially
destroyed by
AHUGE ALLIGATOR,
Who accidentally happened to be prowl-
ing around in the vicinity. Viola was
great favorite in the neighborhood and
the whole population turned out to
avenge her death The next day when
the alligator returned to the bathing
ground in search of more provender, he
was captured and the remains of Viola
were decently inferred in the village
church yard Broken-hearted he con
verted his property into cash, expended
$50. 900 to erect suitable monuments over
the remains of his relatives, and then and
there resolved to paddle his cwn canoe,
and strike ont boldly upon the great
OCEAN If life. After buffetlng the waves
ef prosperity for nearly half OF century
his canoe is now firmly anchored to the
hasaltic sub stratum Of the murky waters
Of the Pi.taha. and the old patriarch Is
anxiously awaiting the sound OF
TUE AReHAyGELs TRUMPET,
Calling hf-l To the orange groves upon
the confines; of the eternal world He
will not wait long. shall publish his
life in pamphlet form, price ten cents,
the proceed: to be applied to the CREATION
of perpetual fund to provide susterane"
for superanuated romsncers.
The prospects for an Imnhense crop oi
gram and vegetables the ensuing year
could not be better; but, nevertheless,
the farmers do not wear that cheerful ex-
PRESTON of cocntenance which they are
expected to assume under the cIrcum-
STANCES. The fact is, the strong grip OF
the ke,cney-lender is beginning to tell
This hks2 per cent arrangement is absorb
ing ,bss,e as life and enterprise left IN the
coml -sIeitssebusers who removed ee'
stacles from the path and
PAVED THE WAY
For towards 10 advance after exhaust
ing all their means, but not their ener-
cies, find themselves interviewer in net,
from which there is no escape, and they
are compelled to see their possessions
pass INTO the hands Of strangers They
are pushed and crowded by the surgiig
mass Of humanity Sho are rushing to
this country III search Of homes, and one
by one are striking out TOR Wood
River and the unbroken wiids of Idaho
and Montana. Some viii faiter and tall
by the way, but large majority ct those
who are still in the prime of life Will
again be heard from.
Before Henry Willard and his asso-
ciates had their little til.-at-arms with
the N. p. we had some hopes Of railroad
being constructed up the Pataha, but .
Henry got the worst of the encounter II
is but right that he should have .
reasonable length of time to
GET HIS WIND.
Probably in two or three years we will
again hear some rumors about this
Pataha railroad. In the meantime. the
world will reyolve as usual on its axis
the sun, moon and stars will give their
accustomed light, and farm produce Will
he 80 Chm that hungry man will not
be afraid Of brc.aking the hotel keeper up
ia business when he sits down to
twenty-five cent meal RAILANAD-