The Progress., 1892-09-03
CORRESPONDENCE.
OUR TRAVELLING MAN.
An Interesting Letter From a Man Who
Is Knocking About.

Is Knocking About.
CoLLlNsEURG. La, Sept 2, 1892.
To the Editor of The Progress:
The corn crop is good throughout all
the hill lands in Bos,ier parish. The cot
ton is of fine appearance, but in places
the rains have injured the fruitiDg of the
plant. The yield, however, is expected
to be equal to that of last year.
There is much improvement going Oh
in the country, which speaks well for the
farmers.
Politics has cooled to some extent. A
few. however, are agitating the Third
Party move, but we think our people
will not suffer enough from such doctrine
to get it into their heads to split the DEM
ocratic party on the presidential cleo
ton. If it is done, it will be the fault of
some aspiraDt for congressional honors.
Bossier has always showed up in the
right place, and we look for her TO re-
main true to Democratic principles pure.
And who shall we elect for Congress? We
must elect q man true to the principles
of Democracy. We must elect a man
who will fail not to execute and perform
every duty with interest to his district
and with honor to himself. But it seems
that we will have little choice in the mat
ter, the scanty number of asplrants so
far giving us a narrow scope for choice
as to who we shall send.
On the 23d we visited the tournament
and races at Collinsburg. The Sentell
brothers have a nice racing track, with a
beautiful grove in the center, where the
spectators can be comfortably situated,
| in full view of the entire track. The first
exercises of the day was a contest be-
tween seven of Boosters knights of the
lance for the crowns with v lrich to adorn
their lady loves, after which refresh
ments were served, which consisted of q
barbecue and picnic com mbined. Then
came hurdle race between two horses
entered, one by Capt. Nattin, for the hall
mile stretch; one by N. w. Sentell, fol
half mile, and one by T. d. Carter fol
first quarter mile. Carter's horse tool
the outside track in the circle, but wheI
the word was given he shot off like an ar
row, passing both horses in the first two
hundred yards, and came out to the quar-
ter post with flying colors. Sentell's aut
Nattin's horses went hard to work to-
the home stretch, with Sentel in tn,
lead. There was also hurdle race for
mile heat. Three horses enter ed the con
test, which resulted In the black stallion
raised by j. b. Bixler, of Bosser. leadin,
far ahead at the home stretch. A con
test i'm trOttinS between two colts. tw'
and half years old, which were raise,
on the farm of Sentell brothers, prov,
plainly that these colts are doomed TO
the turf, and the prospects for brillian
record in the future is fiattering.
The Sentell brothers are proving to tn
citizens of B. ssier that as good stock Cal
be raised bere as elsewhere. They handl
nothing but good stock, and visit t
their home will well pay the lover o
stock for bis trouble. There is to be seel
at this farm some as fine blooded stock q
there is in any State, and while the Sen
tell brothers take pleasure in shown
their animals, they never fail to hospit
ably entertain their visitors. and prov
} what they really are-two clever and eu
terprislng young men. RAMBLER"
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