Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1884-01-22
POINTER, ARK.
Fine Advantages to p,misranis-A Rich
Country.

Country.
From an Appeal Correspondent.l
POINTER, DEsHA Co., ARK, January
l5.-lnclosed you will find a sample OF
our Arkansas river bottom pecans. THE
pecan referred to is about two inches
long, and large in proportion.1 This
pecan is from tree in the field of Manuel
Posy, colored, opposite to Mr. L. F. Bur-
nett's, on the Arkansas river, and is of the
first years bearing. There has been a de- 1
cided Improvement in the growth of sweet
pecans in this bottom for some time and
l am fully convinced that by proper culti-
vation there can be as fine pecan orchards
in this county as in Texas, or elsewhere.
By the way, this is section of country
that until recently has never been proper
ly known to the travelling public, and
offers as fine advantages to immigration
as any part of the South, Poynter is stu
ated on the Arkansas river, twenty miles
from the mouth, has been in existence as
a public landing only three years, at which
place we have store owned by Messrs.
Snyder Poynter, who are doing thrifty
supplying business for the community;
back OF them we have one steam gin and
saw-mill, owned by Mr.. Joseph Ohderton;
there is a number of small buildings dot
ting the bank of the river, on Robt. III.
Poynter's place, giving the place the ap-
pearance of thrift and improvement. The
country back of Poynter is known
as Little Prairie, and is the SOUTH
ern extremity of high land between
and is separated from Grand Prairie by
what is known as the Big Cypress swamp,
which empties out of the Arkansas one
mile below Arkansas Post, and into White
river thirty miles from the mouth, leaving
an area OF high land of about 100 square
miles of as beautiful country as can be
found in South Arkansas, being about
equally divided between wood land and
prairie, furnishing a fine range, both for
cattle, horses and hogs. And our land
produces abundantly all of the crops
known to the South. Your live towns
man, OF steamboat fame, Mr.W H. Powers,
was with us last summer ON a visit, and
declared it the finest county in the State
At our last land sales, one Mr.. Felmer, of
Germany (if | am not Mistaken, pur-
chased several thousand acres of land on
Little Prairie and intends colonixing dur
| ing the summer sixty or 100 fam
| lilies of Germans. Besides, there are sew
eral other parties from different parts of
the country, looking for lands, with an eye
| to purchasing. We have also the promise
| of railroad, to be built by the Arkansas
| and White River Railroad Association, be-
ginning at Rob Roy, on the Arkansas
river and running to Poynter, on the Ar
kansas river, which will greatly advance
the interests and valuation OF the county,
making it one of the most desirable local
tiles in South Arkansas. At this writing
January 9th, we are having the severest
| cold spell that this county has experienced
| for many years. The Arkansas river is
| entirely frozen over for miles. Mr. Il. Ii.
| Poynter ran across the river several times
| during the day. Such thing has never
| been done at this point before, and the ice
is from six to eight inches thick. Oul
! mother earth has on her sable veil, and to
look out upon our once green fields re.
minds somewhat of the frozen plains oi
Kansas. 1t seems to us that if we
| can't harmonize with our Northern friends
in other respects we can in climate
| Grouse are abundant, and offer fine field
for the sportsman. One gentleman re-
ported to us that he saw twenty dozen il
one gang yesterday. Mr.. Joseph Phister.
ter came in to-day with a fine antler weigh.
ing 140 pounds, and our boys kill deer as
| often as they want fresh venison. Ducki
are abundant. We have seen at one sight
10000 in gang, and while the good peo
pie Of this county do not boast very great
riches, they can set a well-provided table
of fat hog, yenison, duck and turkey
which would do justice to the appetite OF
the most fastidious epicure. We received
to-day for shipment from Mr.. c. P. Barnett
one of Little Prairie's farmers, S20t
pounds OF the swine persuasion that would
do justice to any OF our old sister States
of the United States, and he told us thai
he has 100 or 200 more of the same kind
and they have not cost him fifty cents the
hog around. God bless the children
How in the world can man write will
half dozen brats playing blind man,
buff under his table? / will have to oui
until this game is adjourned, NEo.