The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-01-28
Kitty Wagner Writes from Utica.
UTJcA MISS January l. 1885.

UTICA, Mss, January /, 1850.
My DEAR ALIEN; Were you ever in |
Utica? They say since the whistle of
the Little j. engine has walked it from
its Rip-Nan- Wiu6le slumber, thatit puts |
on as many pretensions as a young tree
puts out leaves in the Spring time.
Little by little it is stretching out its
sIeep-wearied limbs, until it begins to
believe its waking will find it some day
famous.
They really are stretching out the
incest plank walk throughout the length
Of its streets, feature that perhaps en-
titles it to some oil the above airs, and
keeps us out of mississippi putty" as
the Federal soldiers called the mud of
Kinds.
But what in the world will the town
do when the railroad is continued to
Columbus and is made standard gauge?
fear it will not be able to hold itself.
Well, | suppose its all very well, this
making ourselves out something, since
sometimes none else will do it for Us.
sPut on all the airs OF an eigkt-keyed Cute
Ii YOU are only q penny whistle;
And pass for = garden rose,
| Ii you are only way-side thistle"
There is one fact about Utica as clear
as the type set by the delft fingers of
The CLARION printers, and that is, it
/ has every fair promise lust bow of real
| izing some OF lis dreams of future pros
| peritY. Surrounded by the most fertile
lands off TallahaIa and Five Mile Greek,
! White Oak and Big sand, to say nothing
of Bayou Pierre and big Black little
farther off, it has become the market of
| r. ri IN
the State, the number of bales shipped
so far amounting to between six and
eight thousand, (not five hundred as |
recently read in the Children's Depart
ment OF the Louisville C0Erier-J0uradI)
The town could easily support brick
stores ana paved streets, and public
halls; and the High School soon to be
established here, il is hoped will but be
| the togerunner OF these.
am sure ii you had heard the racket
of about twenty-five drummers here
the other day, You would have thought
the whole force of the North was
negotiating for the sale OF goods.
! Quite a prominent citizen says there
} are but two draw backs to the town
though certainly they are two too many
He refers TO the great number of per
sens hourly living with their necks be
, tween The upper and neither mill stones
THE SALOON KEEPERS
; and the lack of water facilities, three
families often imposing upon one wei
that sustains only a foot and hal
capacity, while cistern is something a.
rare as jay Gould's charities. | do no
wish il understood, however, that by tn,
] statements, plenty of whiskey ant
+ scarcity of water, Pm advertising this
+ good place to get the former unadulter
E ated, unless indeed some one will pur
D chase the monopoly and free the town
J. lreceived letter the other day from
: Abel at Greenville, but she is such
frightful little gossip dare otrepea
;. a single item. Do you remember on
} laughing at that funny old man VIII
! gave this parting advice 10 his son OF
! The cars; Don't NEEDLE with otherfo
: business. If they sin and are sorry, til
: Lord and them Tor it; if they sin an
: don't care, the devil and them for il
V -you let 'em alonem
l. fear there is quite dearth OF new
in my letter, but who wants to hea
g much these Siberian seeming days bu
4 the roar and crackle of great hickor
is logs seEuihg up their rudy names
n But that reminds me there was som
y thing of a sensation created yesterda
r during services at the Christian Churc
here, by the appearance of flames see
q through the ceiling around the fiue +,
N the stove pipe, but they were fortunat
: ly extinguished before harm resulted
y hare heard, too, there will be quite
society wedding near town before Ion
- As the young lady enjoys univers
= popularity, and is the daughter of OF
: of Utica's time -honored merchants, Il
ia affair is looked to with great interes
And by the by, why not tell me som
he thing about that race between Har
in and the Jackson lawyer. Tell me viii,
of has promised sights the grandest"
IL the Exposition, and I'll tell you who vi
take you. kitty WAGGoSER.