Richland beacon., 1889-04-20
TRIP TO B.ASTROP.

lf.eHGS, Will the euItof, bioNO uf w
Bastrop. 1t may not be proper to
state orr mission. Recent events have
developed, showing that those people
had determined not to be cut off from
the world, as it were, by hot having
railroad communication They are
left off by the H., c. n. & N. railroad
to the west by several miles. Or
course they feel sore over this disap-
pointment, and now desire to act for
themselves. The writer spliced with
Maj. Oliver, each furnishing horse,
and thanks to the kindness of Mrs.
Margaret Jones we secured an ex-
cellent buggy. Arriving about dark
at the livery stable, we turned in and
providing for our teams, at the earnest
solicitation of Maj. Oliver we went
around to the commodious residence
of MIR. Wimberlv, where we were
entertained by him and his excellent
lady during our solourn in town, and
had the pleasure of meeting his two
sons (clever young mem.
We met Mr.. Handy, the Nc Means
brothers and several others that eve
ming. All seemed to have railroad
fever. but some "tlemoralized on the
route" &c. Bastrop is too laege a
place to sit quietly and let the road
pass to the east or to the west. This
can be compared to the one who sits
and refuses to eat and gradually
starves to death, for the railroad
towns will build up while the interior
ones vii dilapidate.
1t has been some time since we
were at Bastrop. We met so many
that it would make this article toe
lengthy If we were tie enumerate them
Our cd friend, T. G. Brigham, was
there, the Naf brothers, the Clarion
force, and of course we called OF
Messrs. Sugar and SHREDDER and found
them busy getting off their mail
Leon will try to go to the press Asso
citation meeting and SO will We.
Friday morning we learned tina
our friends, ]. w. Simms and G. p
Balfour were in the city, and afte
getting a good breakfast, we succeed
ed in finding them.
We met Mr.. Collins and regret on
inability to spend part Of our tim
with him. On our way, at Oak Ridge
we met Messrs. Barbam, Binion, Hefi
ner and others. We were informe,
f that We could get dinner at Mrs. Nc
Intosh's. She refused pay for Oh
acquaintance sake.
Mr.. Heffner secured a promise fror
Maj. Oliver that we would return t
his place to spend Friday night 9TH
old Brigham place.. That whole
2 souled, good fellow, Jim Williams
J insisted on the whole crowd going
his house, but we divided, Messr
$ Simms and Balfour going there an
t Mai. Oliver and the writer to NJ
e Heffner's. We were well paid fc
: our trip. Here We had the pleasur
d of seeing more fine stock, work stoc
&c. than We have seen for long tim,
o Mr.. Heffner has about fifty tow-yea
old understandable. His stock al
, in fine condition. He is not sting
with feed. He has one barn wit
5000 barrels of corn that has M
been opened. Besides making a
|. abundance of corn he makes sewers
|. hundred bales of cotton. He expec
k to make 1000 on the Brigham pla'
this year, and has other places TIL
he will make as much or more. F.
energy Mr.. Heffner has no superb
: and few equals. To view his va
acres of corn and cotton and h
horses and mules is interesting ar
Q instructive.
. The construction of the H., G. A.
N. railroad was in progress as v
passed over the public road. II
81 terminus of the contract was only
few feet north of the public road, al
IS they were at work with scrapers pm
/, ing the dirt up as We came by, al
!. to the southwest could be seen t
|. stakes and tents for miles in the dire
= ton of Monroe. As they have a co
: tinuous field in that line it will I
i quire very little clearing and t
road can be pushed forward rapid