Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-05-22
JONESTOWN, MISS.
A Country Cousin Takes n Shy at ibe
sireet-COrner LOafers and the
Dudes Of Memphis.
The Missing Lihk-1he VI. and N. W
RatIUay-Ehe Leyee Question
Freely Discussed.
Regular Correspondenee Of the Appeal.l

Regular Correspondence of the Appeal
JoNEsrowN, May l9.-Your rural CORE
spondent had the pleasure Of paying your
city visit last Mond4y night, over the
Helena and Iron Mountain railroad to For
rest CITY, thence TO Hopefeld, TIA the Mem
phis and Little Rock railroad. We arrived
at Forrest City at 2:35 o'clock, and being
rather dry, tried TO gel glass Of beer, but il
vas "n. G" They don't cell anything
stronger than pinE lemonade and red soda
water straight. The authorities have pro-
hibited the use OF even bar sugsr. We
reached your city at o'clock pm, and gave
CASTOR a slight call, ssy about So worth.
This with q few samples OF "Jaybird's"
tangle-foot set US in such good humor with
the world in general that We determined to
"do the Mozar We tried to do il couple
of dollars worth OF sitting down room, but it
wouldn't work, and we had to take a dollars
worth on our "pins" Ii was said tue music
was "mighty fine" but our poor un-
tutored spprecisive powers were too
limited 20 grasp the beauties OF the
wonderful opera. The collection of rare
exotics arranged as they were with such
taste, and the sea of pretty facss and gay
costumes attracted all our attention. l can
assure you Memphis should be proud of her
pretty girls, but undoubtedly you have the
homeliest lot Of men on The Ameriaan conti-
nent yourselves and my cousin "Boues"
Smith aRd Jay bird excepted We are losth
10 say anything to hurt the feelings OF any
of the Memphis denizens, but do you not
think this street-corner ogling should be
made a Unable offsnss? We had occasion to
escort two lady friends from Senstobia on a
shopping tour, and had to run the gauntlet
through collection OF over-eressed dandies,
whose rude staring was almost unbesrable.
Capt. 10 f. Townsend has working out
sentence on his Bonita convict farm a speci-
men which the wise Darwin would have
given bushel OF dollars could he have seen,
as hia theory would then have been per-
fected. He is from Calhoun county, in the
eastern part of this State. He was sentenced
for swindliDg his aunt, Dorthula Boggs,
"outen" lizard load of sand. / see he has
favored you with an article, dated at Glen
dale, over the initials L. w. B." You must
| always give him space, for he carries the
hstchet for truthfulness for this whole
"deadening," but he must leave of his inusn-
does on our pet road, the little Mobile and
| Northwestern railroad, which, in conjunction
with the new road, the Memphis and Vicks-
burg, will not only make this country but
will give your city lift. Just think of it,
we can eat our breakfast at home, 60 10
Memphis, do our trading and be home 10
| supper. As 1t Is, II takes from Iour 10 SIX
! days.
A called msss-meeting was held twelve
miles below here 10 day, at Bslen, Quit.
man county, TO ascertain the feelings oil
The people as to calling the Legislature to-
gether for the purpose Of enactiDg laws &c
raise money to repair the levees. DR.. ]. F
Phipps was appointed chairman; DIR. G. s
Johnston and ]. J. Burleysou, secretaries
Feeling ran high against the proposition by
the mass of the planters; hot discussions
asd great disgust felt by come gentlemen al
the manner of proceeding; several with
drawals, prominently Maj. o. H. JamisoR
The vote was then taken, and stood: Twenty
for no cooperation, and fourteen for CO.
operation. The meeting theG adjourned
amid wild huzzsisg, and the widest excite.
ment prevailed.
Quiiman is just finishing her new court
| house at the new couaty site, twelve miles
north of the old one, at New Belen," which
will be ready by the let Of June for regular
! court. @. A. s.