Nevada County picayune., 1892-01-28
IMPRESSIONS OF ARKANSAS.

son, started from Seymour. Ind, on the 10th of September last for Ar kansas. We had some land in town ship 9, p W, we had never seen. Our object was to see the land, tim Der and people, and whatever else might be of interest.
 We took the 0. X NJ. and Iron Mountain routes, getting off at Prescott on the l7th, arriving at our destination, the Bowen P. O., in Pike county, about midnight MT. Dilmus Bowen, very clever gentle man, took Us to his IRse. We made his house our home for several days and were we'll treated.
 The thing of most note to me in passing through Illinois and Missou- ri was the scarcity of timber. l had passed over the same road l6 years before. The thing noticeable was that the timber on the railroad through Arkansas had so greatly de- pleted since 1875. In Illinois saw SO many straw ricks and hay stacks and scarcely any in Missouri and Arkansas. The absence of tame pastures in Arkansas was also strange to me. Another thing of note was 1 only saw one flock of sheep in Arkansas so also was the poor breed of cattle and hogs. An other thing 1 observed farmers depended almost entirely on cotton for an income. l believe farmers should diversity their crops more, raising more stock, grain, fruit and vegetables, and about half as much cotton. Then their cotton crop would bring them as much cash as it does now. and these other things would be so much clear gain. l mo- ticed the farmers had bad plan of mortgaging their growing cotton to the merchants for supplies, in ad- vance. paying enormous prices for 1 the same. The farmer had better i live on mush and milk awhile than always keep behind. It Is easier to keep a little ahead than good ways ] behind. l noticed another thing that North of Little Rock there were great many saloons. Sometimes there would be three or four in a row in some little villages. 1 ob- served blight resting npon these i towns. No wonder. for these nui- sances were busy day and night de- vOuring the wealth. the health, the time and morals, and the peace and souls of the people, giving back in return for the same, crimes. Iitlga- tious and unspcakahle wretchedness. After passing Little Rock was ] pleased to see no saloons in the towns. observed that the towns were much more llourishiug here than where the curse of the saloon rested l was pleased to notice in this part of the State the peace, good behaviour and hospitality so prevalent
 was in Prescott on Saturday. the 18th day of Septembcr and asked a barber if he shaved on Sunday. He said it was not allowed. attended the joint discussion between Mir. McRae and Mr. Bush. The order and behavior was much better than you would see in Indiana. l heard little or no swearing in the State, and all the drunkenness l observed was that of an Illinois party of } or 6, on the train, who passed the bot tie until some of them got tight, was at Hot Springs on Sunday. AL though there was much passing and repassing l observed no swearing. drunkenness or rovlyism. l think the carrying of concealed weapons is not so common in Arkansas as it l., Indiana Some persons here think a man from the North would he mi,- ! treated in the South They get such ideas from the papers and speakers who want ] solid North to ! oppose q solid South, for tine poiiti- cal offices. My experience is, that q man will be treated well in the South 1 if he behaves himself. l would like to have called on you, Mr. Editor, for a friendly chat, but my time would not admit, and your time, 1 knew, was precious.
 IuoNAs CoNwAY.
 CrOtheryillc. Ind.