The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-06-06

feats N the saddle, as to handling long
whips aud driving cattle. They are fine
shots too. Just now they are going to
school; they are naturally smart but have
had very little education as vet the old
man says he intends 10 give them a good ed.
ueatloR that they may not be swindled out
of what he has for them. Mrs. Arlington is
good wife and has helped him TO amass
his property. She is very economical and
very industrious, turning her hand to any
kind OF work. Spins aud weaves most all
the clothing worn by the family. | saw a
shawl OF her make that would Outlast
dozen bought in the stores. This family
would interest some festive Metropolitan
reporter immensely.
PoPLARvILLE.
After travelling on horseback for several
days in Jones, Perry and Marion, frequent.
ly where there were no roads at all, my
guide taking a Decline through the open
woods, | finally landed in the snug little
hamlet OF Poplarville, named from Poplar
creek, close by. Poplarville is AL feet
above the level of Lake Pontchartrain $50
the Il engineer reports,l IS miles by dirt
road from Ellisville, 80 miles from Gains
vile, So miles from Pass Christian, and 40
miles from Columbia-by railroad il will be
only 6S miles from New Orleans.
The town is located in an old field, and al
ready has made quite good start. There
are twelve families living here, besides ft.
teen single men. The mercantile houses
are Smith and Strahan & Brother John
Moore, Loeb Il Brunias, general stores !;
Peter j Harvey, family grocer, and Smith
and Moye--sal0on the latter would COM
pare well with a city bar Besides these
there is gooi Painter, Blacksmith and
Wagon shop, and a steam Saw mill one OF
the new store houses has Town hall over
head-here is also to be found church edi-
fee fused by Baptists and Methodists) in
which Sabbath school is held every Sunday
morning. A High school with three first
class teachers, is to be established here in
July next.
Poplarville being so high above the level
OF the gulf and yet is so near it that there
is delightful breeze blowing here all the
time, and It being so healthy, with the
purest Of drinking water, besides mineral
springs, it is destined to become quite an
attractive place as summer resort, when
the new railroad is finished to New Orleans.
Then it Is good place to get something to
eat and to do businessman the county is
well supplied with good beef and mutton,
while fresh fish is brought here regularly
from Pearl river, only ~ miles distant
Wild game is abundant in the woods, and
the creeks are full of fish--vegetables and
grapes and fruit grow here almost si.sntan-
eonsly. This is the centre of the wool in
industry down here; they expect to handle
100000 lbs of wool at Poplarville this year,
money being furnished by New Orleans to
buy the wool Then large amount of rice
in the rough will be marketed here, while
sweet potatoes will abound without end,
this soil producing from 300 to 500 bushels
an acre, and so with the Louisiana cane
syrup; all these people have wanted before
was access to market, which the new Rail-
road will now give them. so the lands are
being bought mp by people from Michigan,
Minnesota, who are coming there to estab
lish saw mills they say our people do not
know what wealth OF timber they have in
this State. and what desirable climate to
live in. Trade, too, is expected here also
from Washington Parish, Louisiana.
One thing will strike the strangers here,
il is the universal name of Smith-so many
are there that special names have been
given them by common consent; there is
Popular Smith, "Flankey" Smith. "Black
JIM Smith, "Slim Jim" smith "Wormey ,
smith, and ever SO many more that one is
fairly overwhelmed at the magnitude OF
undertaking to recollect them ALL
The marion House" an elegant roomy
hotel OF JIG rooms, capacity 80 people, with
good table, is kept here by Dir. T. p Marion,
formerly of Leake. Scott and Rankin. The
Doctor Is n wide awake citizen and Is doing
his part to bring Poplarville TO the front.
Success to him. G. D. b.