The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1893-03-09

poetry that are not published for
what we consider good and sufficient
reasons. The Elllsville News, in
commenting on the same subject,
wittily says:
"Yes, coy, Cordelia, the News
has no doubt you are poetess OF
great merit, and your assurance
that you are only Is aud have writ
ten several sonnets for the dt funct
Rip Saw are sufficient evidences Of
your skill; but at the same time the
News don't see how it can make
room for you on its staff, as it has
more poets than it can comfortably
manage. Every one connected with
this paper writes verse very natus
rally from the cashier down to the
devil, aud we must admit that the
cashier possesses the sweetest key
and gets off the loveliest notes ex~
tant. IT you can rival the cashier,
our dearest little Cordelia, we may
get you a big position, and we will
sonnet the soft amethystine ripples
of your hair, every rip, until you
may justly fancy yourself eulogized
from Ealogyville. There lie moths
lug mean ABOUT Us, Cordelia.
In the same connection, another
exchange says.
"All aspiring Young poetesses
should read, mark, learn and in
wardly digest the story of Mrs. Car
ney. She wrote only four lines of
verse. but they have been quoted
probably by every one who speaks
the English language. The lines
were: little drops Of water, little
grains of sand, make the mighty
ocean, and the wondrous land
Mrs. Carney is an American lady,
and is about 20 years old. She wrote
the verse nearly fifty years ago,
when she was a school mistress. /"
Mr.. Thos. H. Askew, of Spring
Cottage, and Miss Annie Ladner,
of Spring Hill, were married at the
residence of the BRIDES father, Mr..
Felix Ladner, at IL M, March 5,
1898, Hon. J. P. McGehee, officlat>
ing.
Mr.. Askew is an energetic and
successful young farmer Of Marion
county, and his bride was one Of
the prettiest young bellies of her
neighborhood. Many relatives and
friends of the happy young couple
witnessed the pleasing event, and
united 10 extending their warmest
congratulations, which sentiments
are echoed by the FREE PRESS.
Cyclones in Georgia, Alabama
and this state, last Friday night,
proved very destructive to life and
property. 1t IS estimated that 30
persons were killed and many more
than that number injured. One
hundred and fifty houses were
wrecked ut GreenviIIe, Ala. Mari
on Station, near Meridian, suffered
severely. The depot, church and
other buildings, at Pachuta, were
demolished. AT PauldiDg, two res
licences were wrecked and several
people injured. Slight effects of
the same storm were experienced
here and at Derby.
Ice one~quarter Of an inch thick
formed last Saturday night. Our
truck growers lost about $4,000 to-
mato plants, but fortunately have
sutfi cient in frames to replace them.
English peas are not seriously in-
jured, and the fruit cropis not dam
aged 90 much as at first supposed.
Truckers are cheerful and hopeful.
! Miss Mollle Green, of Newton
county, who can be found at the
residence of D. f. Archer, solicits
the patronage of the ladies of the
community IN her line OF business
dressmaklng and olher des cription
of sewing.
The Inventive Age says that the
movement in favor of good country
roads is gaining in strength and
spreading all over the country. 1t
10 one Of the most wholesome re-
forms of the age. Keep it moving.
Baker & Peterson, the bunko
merchants of Now Orleans, were
ARE sted at Montgomery and are