Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1892-10-28

him. wish you could have seen me
yesterday evening, but possibly you
might not care to. was as spotted as
trout, and felt like leaning up against
a tree and rubbing the bark off the tree
by means of myself.
The red bug was made for a purpose,
but wish | had dollar for every time
have wondered what that purpose was.
Still suppose that the finite should not
seek to sneak under the great tent to
learn the purposes OF creation or get into
the infinite, as Sam Jones was SO truly
saying the other day when he saved
quite number of souls and turned
away money besides.
Times are little quiet at Ticktown
this season, owing to low prices i'll both
cotton and Gods heads and fins. Yankees
are many Of them going to Bar Harbor,
hoping to see Mr.. Blaine's place, while
! the guests from the south have not yet
arrived for the summer at any Of the
mountain resorts.
What we need at Ticktown is really
capital and sack of -four. There is no
race feeling here at all. Though the
town is entirely settled by colored peo-
pie, the white race is cordially invited to
come and settle here. A hotel with a
poste cochere and printed menu is very
much needed here; also a horse team to
do odd jobs about town.
A good live paper could be started
here in connection with the regular bill
of fare at the hotel.
Most any one around here can tell you
where Ticktown is. 1t is pleasant ride
from Ebenezer to Ticktown past Potato
Hill. 1t is also pleasant to ride back
again. Ebenezer consists of an old
church with thrifty graveyard annex.
1t is quiet place.
Possibly the reader has doubts about
the existence of Ebenezer and Tick
town, but if he had faith like a mustard
plaster or would drive out here for a
day he would find that they are to be
seen with no great difficulty, together
with some hound dogs who will betray
considerable pleasurable emotion when
he heaves in sight.
Last year man talked Of starting an
OK yoke industry at Ticktown, but he
had to go home to Fort Dodge, Ia, and
| is doing time now in that state.
There was some agitation here also
eight years ago about having the county
seat at this place, but owing to the red
bugs the legislature said 1t would hurt
the place as county seat, SO it was
abandoned.
Corn is looking little pallid, but root
crops are doing very well, and with good
growing weather in July and a couple
of boarders shall make my farm almost
self sustaining this year. am trying a
little patch of cotton this year-three-
quarters of an acre. You have doubt
less heard of the cotton belt. want to
have one myself, if possible, raised right
here on the place. | haven't worn one
since was a child.
The Richmond and Danville runs near
my place, and is good road. have
been trying to sell it the right of way
over my farm so that could tell one Of
my boarders to pack his stuff and go
elsewhere, but the road says that a
right of way over my place would
lengthen the line eight miles, and it is
feared also that would drive my
feeblest stock on the track to get killed.
A good steady boarder with lung diff
Guilty and couple of blankets of his
own could find pleasant home at my
house, with meat on the table whenever
we butcher.