The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1883-06-02
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auf country 30 mH 81 iW better nrgnnlfei
and hofr settled and hxrd IN purpose
than heretofore Wiifh miiat Hid a. 0ir
Tranquility and prosperity. ln our tunte
w. rode nloug bfpal allH If the uagulll'
cent plantation n orr rii.mahlo hirnd
aud euuniynRn, COL John H. Dickcnf.
iIoro wo mw bfuad acres II wheat, Olts,
rye nnd Ia The distance. perhaps, other
small gain, waving before u gentle south
western hreDlu. likn lln hillpWA a tia
deep groom 4on. This carried your hum
hlo correspondent back % the days II
ha youth, Shcn he used ~ roam In the
rici' harvest fields ~ the Lower James
M Nit water Virginia, aud filled biz soul
with ante hdhm reductions 0f The pust,
Had our friend. Colonel Dickens, boon ut
home So would have "whiltd away
part ut the afternoon with him aud
AmOugst bis herds ~ cattle, sheep, brood
mnrrs colts, etc, We saw gmzing about
IN once VI the lOyclicst natural forest groves
ia be found IN any country. Before clos.
Ing must return To- Pecan Lake and lei
lie readers Of STAR know what | saH
/ there. which six months ago was only u
beautiful sheet Of water, situated three
or four miles from the bluffs, surrounded
by u dense ropsr ~ n heavy growth Of
| cypress and other trees of equnl size and
heiQhth, usually found In the midst Of
I the Mississippi bottom, and bore the Gp
pearunce Of being only tt for the homts
| II reptiles aud Wild beasts. Now il il
different; W H. Alexander has carried
with energy, his enterprise TO the very
banks Of this large and beautiful lake
and erected on lts eastern bank one o
the most extensive saw and grist MILL
IN the State. He has built a row Of Cali
iornla cottages along the banks 81 ia,
lake for the employees OF the mills tall oc
cupicd now and Aoated RATS OF cyprcs,
aud other logs, during the late overflow
TO the mill site on the lake, sufficient L
cut saw over a million feet OF lumber
These extensive RATS, now that the over
flow has subsiied, lie peacefully on til,
quiet bosom Of the lake, waiting the ar
rival OF q ear, on a tram-way %runnin.
down under the water in the lake, whet
log by log h. Aoated on the car, provided
ior the purpose, and each log Is drawn
ny steam 10 position before The saw IN
! tie mill, 70 b. sawed in any shape deslr
cd. The time consumed IN taking IN,
heaviest log floating on the lake, iron
the time the car starts down the tram
way TO placing the log before the saw II
position 10 be- sawed, will not exceed iiv-
minute, 40 rarely write anything 10
The STAR, sill not apologize for tn
length IT this.
Como, May 80, 1889. J.. +. II.