The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1892-08-17

Every friend Of good government
aud civilization will welcome with u
shrill cry OF delight the news that we
arc going 10 have better roads In this
otherwise well groonicd republic. For
over a century We have We'd with cncli
other TO sec which stale aud which
city would excel in its parks, is LIVING
wild beasts, its jails, rs schools and its
churches. Ever since The invention 0f
the locomotive. merchants, mechanics
and farmers have fallen over each 9th
or in their Efforts 10 see who could bc
Iirst TO franchise, grant, bond, m0rI-
gage and otherwise give land, right OF
way, easement, conveyance and gcner-
al hospitality 10 railroads, yet in the
meantime driving into town on three
wheels with the tarrcd axle Of the
fourth one riding OH iAmaric pole.
Every industry has preccicd tho
eiyiliziDg influence OF practical r0nd-
building. The time has come for
emancipation. We have really over
done the building of railroads, and
constructed them through space, hop
ing that agriculture would oyoriaku
the buffet car, bul II cannot, because
Its wagon roads arc lnpassablc, except
TO Serapmm.
We have very often home grown
products, which would yield something
ii VIC could take profitable load 10
our nearest town, but where we can
only draw 500 pounds and take OF
wheel Gu route, We find that we had
better lose the goods than try to mark
CT them under such circumstances.
1t Is a wonder thnt We have, as
Americans, so long submitted 10 tho
savage and dangerous ruls over which
we haul our wabbly, worn wagons.
The reason Is, doubtless, that we gem
orally select our choicest aud ,lcnscst
ass 10 superinlcBd tho building and
repair of our roads, and In many cit
les our streets also. lie works on The
roads IN the summer and sits OH tho
jury In the winter. lie Is generally
man who Is selected because lac has
never been outside OF the county. lie
is noted for his gravity, gloom and tho
opacity of his mind.
Another reason Is The same that has
been fatal 10 most all farmer move
menis, though started with the most
holy and honest motives, VIZ, that wo
farmers cannot, like the residents 0f
cities, sec each other every "a hours
and plot against other trades. When
we have done over 10 hours of work
and another hours wholesome thought
with our calf kindcrgart-
IN, and then mutton tallowcd our bum
ON, We must needs rest IN order 10 DO
lp aud combating with The early bird
Tor the III advised worm.
Still, somehow, The foreign peasant
n several European countries, far in-
crior 10 ours otherwise, has road
,ver which hc hauls a carload us COM
Jared with the little loal which We
&C so often here.
Some states have by nature delight
al country roads. Kentucky was born
With good roads. so wcru Colorado
nd Wyoming. In The very heart OF
lie Rocky mountains these last two
taics have q natural roadDcd whercv-
r II Is needed. Forty aud liily miles
'cr day with an ordinary team Is tho
ulc rather than the exception, while
u the spring, when the frost Is coming
ut of the ground and the new milk
Ow Is burden to the land, The rich,
ccp, black country roads OF Iowa and
illinois cannot be passed even BY
wo-thirts majority.
But what arc VIC TO d02
Let everyone who roads this lcttlcr
csOlye that llc or she will not rest
onieni till our roads shall be equal
4 every respect 10 our b0undcss en-
,rprise Ia other respects instead III
cing ~ the everlasting tail vf barbar-
VA They are inhuman for ono
ilng. We form societies for The pre-
cnlion Of cruelty TO animals and them
cat our dumb brutcs through swamps
nd muck holes, over roads That would
other peri with / | feet OF wings to
o over iighlly.-Bill Nyc in Memphis
'ppeal-Ayalanchc (nbrIdged).