The Morehouse clarion., 1881-01-15
APATHETlC APPEAL.

IaSt WOoA W. q |
Up cot off the following point
ID and pertinent question:
"Wby. oh ! why! don't some
body make determined move
to have our court house square
aid 9a IN walks, and planted 10 10
floNers. and have the walks ks,
the square, we'll fixed?
~ CT >tbss. Goes on to give
us his startlipgbit of interest
ing information: /
"The Police Jury appropriated
lorg since $3.50 for this purpose
and the appropriation is still un-
used. Let our city fathers STIR
mo the matter and have the
square adorned
We like the direct and 'mpnl-
sive style the C-P. has of asking
a plain question. 1t sounds like
the writer wants an answer, and
wants it at once. The query is
not original. however, by any
means. We have heard the
same interrogatory propounded
thousand times, by both tax
payers and dead heads. But It's
an awfully interesting question:
nevertheless. It is from the fact
the novel fact-that an "appro-
priation had been made long
SINCE" that our curiosity is 50
Accordingly aroused as to lnclte
US to give the CPS question
some consideration.
The CLARION, in by-gone
DAYS, was wont to ask for the
same information. We felt a
peculiar interest in the welfare
and appearance of oar town
We candidly believed that upon
the pride manifested by her peo'
ple in making Bastrop a neat.
tidy and tasty town, depended
her success. both socially and
financially. In former days We
deprecated-sometimes IN SHARP
language-tbe streets and SIDE
walks of this town. We endeav
ored. to the best CT our ability
to warn pedestrians of the dan
, gers that awaited those who hat
the hardihood to walk the streets
!, Our sympathy ran out in grea
, streams for the poor. sun-scorch
: ed horse that was forced t.
t stand, during burning SUM
, mer's day, sweltering beneat
q the darling rays of Sol, becaus
there are no shade trees in Bas
] trop. We say the suffering tha
). our country friends horses, an
n mules, and oxen, endured on OF
4 streets touched tender place
r, our sympathetic breast, and "
y used to say so. We suggeste
n to our city fathers that they pr
- coed immediately-"it not soo'
) er'-and cause to be plante
- = around the square umbrageo'
- y trees whose foliage should hal
=, - between an animals back aud
- ;. furious, burning sun. We eve
~ minated that if our town we
9 shaded, people from the count
o. would like much better to spe'
a day in town, and that VIII
II here, they would benefit &
~ town by dropping their "Ioo
is is change" with our merchan
=, - But the city fathers, in the pie
y itude of their wisdom, heed
70 not our suggestions: Eve
:. "feeler' we held out fell pow.
81 of less upon their ears. The SIC
~ ~, walks and streets failed to
~ y, tract their attention, and we t
~ ~ ally concluded that If rou
"' streets suited other people, tt
! an editor should not gro
10 10 Hence, we ceased to grumble.
~ ~ But, we are glad to know t!
~; ~ the poet-editor of the CT.
- become interested in the
- IS provement of our unsia billy 8
no disgraceful streets. The Z
%, ., blow he struck was a stun
W.; and, if the city fathers tur
~ deaf ear to his appeal we 81
- want to know, at least, what
w ~ become of chat $3.50 still
i'll used"