The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-01-04

| DURANT M ISs., Dec. ~. lSS2.
DEAR EXAMINER:
| | have been losing so much rest during
the holidays that | really have not had
| time to write and do not feel now that !
can pen anything worth reading; how
ever, will make a trial now that the
"Rubicon" is crossed:
They are progressing very rapidly with
the Canton, Aberdeen & Nashville Rail
road, and expect more hands in a few
days and there is now no doubt that on
the 18th of November, 1888, Canton, Alb
| Aberdeen.
| Everything down here has been full of
| Christmast frolics, those who live here
| and are well acquainted seemed TO have
an enjoyable time and though a"stranger
in strange land" and IAN alien far from
home" / must say that through the hos
| pitality of the citizens with whom have
become acquainted since my arrival
have enjoyed myself as well as could be
expected under the circumstances. The
young men o Duraut have organized an
AmatuGr Minstrel troupe, to be called
"rhc Jumbo M'nstrels. The object is TO
procure the money wherewith to pur-
chase the ground which is now used us n
cemetery and us il is laudablc under
taking and rs the troupe bids fair to be
of more than ordinary ability it is
thought here that il will be success IN
the broadest sense of the word 1t is to
be sincerely hoped that it will, at all
events.
The Illinois Central Railroad takes d-
rect control of this the Chicago, 81.
Louis and New Orleans on Monday the
lst and ii is thought that, although the
road now is and has been for some years
in most prosperous condition, under
the new administration it will be even
more SO if that be possible. II retains
all the old officers at New Orleans. Mr.
j. G. Clarke, remaining Vice President
and General Manager of the whole Hi
nois Central system which is in Itself Il
very sure guarantee that the consolida-
ted Company will succeed beyond almost
any ones expectations. The South is
now being completely chcqnercd with
new railroads both i'll process of con
struction and in projection. Capitalists
at the North have had their eyes opened
at last to the fact that the Southern
States offer one of the greatest and most
4 al, /,
money on this Continent, and seeing this
they are not slow to act. The cOuse-
Qucnce will be that in less than ten years
our whole fair southern lard will be as
full of railway lines rs is now the oldest
of the Northern States. The South, We're
her natural resources fully developed,
would be the greatest and richest portion
of country for its size in the civilized
years now, before manufactures, mines
and many other industries. too numerous
TO recite will dot Our land all over, and
the screaming of the locomotive will be
heard in every community from the
shores of the stormy Atlantic TO the
rushing waters of the Rio Grande. When
that good and glorious day does roll
around let lis hope that Old Aberdeen
shall like Rome-"sit i'll pomp and glory
on her seven hills while the COARSE wills
ties of the river steamer aud the pierre
ing scream of the locomotive shall min
gle with those of ihe many Trolling mills,
machine shops and factories which shall
as it were form II Gordon of busy life
around her throne. | expect | have al
ready o'verstepped all bounds of reason
in the length of what was intended to
have been letter of only Il few lines, so
hoping that all your readers and my
friends have had Merry Chistmas ana
wishing them Happy New Year, espe-
cially the editors
am Yours
p NJ