Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1894-04-12
ARP PICNIC
Ne Has Another Fish Story win An
Original idea.

He loves work ani = always atH VIM
clustering !. .luIl b. piles the hammer ann
az lie run ~ bake oven sna ~,
a. H.. rolls faf breakfast h"' = ~
somewhere Mailing On laths before ~
mn Between times ~ haul- w~f a"l
ea4.h.- aHi-afnrx Wh~u times 81 sun
h. rrub- fhe scrub sut q the street sil1A
.a,r. H. !. .rs ~ The aIdrrmen. 1nh u
,her r,u-s hire street haasls b. VOLUNTEERS
q In the work himself. tie W
s.,.. rssf sais tts tshls ~hrn ns
anil g,u-hfs- ar. -hari pre~ssa he -
a Tn~fvsr~aN~f-nnt in religion hWt "
svr~r-hfnr els. for h. can h almost any
,bi.r ,r.T a- : wefl lie puts rT avn
lnes f-ss%H--- tpassar ~az~s nrF- am
b--~ v,,.r fr bFS guests ami keep
then, n aran<e~ anl Erap@ truit ana =
rae fsrks oct 4 the lashe- ~hn+
rsn.i- iheir broken trunks IT, ca -
,hi. tri pk Dad that al arounH t1
har..- snI srt - : n~ver out ~ t"mpE
rs. worst fhlns rtr- hhsra H'r' 80
about a ran Ma I q Ike % -
man a. that -uTt II 4 WAY ~"
attach much Importance ~ a man TIT
ZION 90 hi p-litirs Or whore n came
from. Is h. a fair and -tn're u'I-
ant does be- deal JUSTLY = b. interior
7 wish The -arti Wa fuil Of last sh'h
fnph d, upt DAT
Last Satur,lav there r.- = railroad
pirnir here in the grove Tampa men
anne OVER 10 stir 40 orr people snd ~
their help 20 auill : lire fram mere '"
Tsmp1. ami I believe they viii buitn Il
II ought 10 l.. built. II j. 4 Ereat nsces
sifr snl the wonder = that II mas b.rh
d-,av,-i 80 long. Only twenty-five miles
sprrf and vet We have 70 - ~ miirs
~auni ~ Inessrhae 80 ~rr-- M her tFgnl
Petsr~hurv Tampa needs tbs tetiesf -
he- business men anil Clear Water needs
n short. guirk line 10 Tampa Fhis VII
Re the Saratoga. the Long Branch, the
Nevport fur Ni,blls Florida. The people
will rafrr here f~s h-al'h sHsi pleasure
and / predict that uishif So rfars ne
west coast will be- adorned with beautiful
homes from Tarpon Springs to Nullet
Keys. The keys are only ten miles below
h-re and Their. j. the deepest water on
the suaS; Their. j. where the White
Squadron 1-arhotp.t iwa wears aga My
zif. anf I and IN. xir'- fo-ie dav 'he
sel~' q few miles 70 the rocks or the mar
row. where the Islands iut in Oh the land
with only a narr,S pass between u l.
Il NNNtAH NNNhN anu II AEh
cate there la vast numbers. I've looked
and gazal at them jumping out Of the
water auI there WIS., not a moment that
q k~lsh eouit not have caught one or
more on the ifs. Statelt pd'tsh'tee- fdsfr
the hanks ami the i>lsud. too. and ouea
fishermen stretch their nets from shore To
SHORE. LrmouS aud lines anil NJ trees
su.l -utva> grow Wild in thickets and
H - III - - .auR r.4N
~ifs -hiir 4-si --.i -Hd piHk flowers IN
gay prnfu>ion. | never saw sucl a scS'fe
nor ONE 80 Wild and neglected. for while
nature, has dome everything for the place.
man has done nothing. II = too far from
4 railroal. they sav. The railroad leaves
th. enasi a. Ciasr Water and docs not
near u a-gin until IL reaches =. fetcf>-
bus The projectors made 4 great mis-
take IN not husgih- he sa,f sil the way
down.
Bat n seemed o. me- that IL | wanted
retirement FROM tn busy haunrS Of life.
or IL Wa : disappointed man anil
sadnucl S~is = II : VS. uHdrr the
ban for some bad thing / mad 1of'. !
would rather hide myself down there by
thu rocks than any place in the wide.
sIis world W. lid dnd a venerable
maa ,def. IL SIfaf - = -1e.a sst upun
po>ts H. wa kind ami friendly asi
s-eme,I grateful that We visitel him. He
stii he wa 4 resident Of Washington
Il. G.. but NJ AL ~ 'ss.lshls Washing
ton in dress nor feature. He vas S7'
educated and well posted On affairs AMI
sill he came there 10 be cured Of sthma.
Z. i'tEsiF - saS rerr poor and no Doubt
has an unvritteu history IL. -'HlLi make
4 romance. His hair and beard were l0as
and nukept anil reminded IL IF Rip Van
" astr a. Joe Jefferson made him. hut
withil ~ Wis 4 =epf.sman in manners
and ,luversatiou. He ea-s ~ some Of
pa-sfv - Va teft suf We found IT.
wet worth psruslns. r. Carrigss. who
Is a brother If tho archbishop, lives 4 mile
this side anil has Adorned hi> place very
pre5iils Ths archbishop spends part Of
Alutrrs hei. " i = peculiar feature
Of hi sulf cna>t tGsi 'h~re are al nan
isolated houses anil isolated people o. h.
faand hill out A. II were from the rest Of
t1e ~rerld-pcople who have 10 n~eighbors
sni ~. iiei rpis with anybody. Some Of
them are risa aai 7i.rs are poor. They
are from every State and CSr-is and
England aud Sweden and other countries.
Some Of them were counts at home, but
: M srcaunt here. II j. another peculiar
feature thJ. tue fauma people who bring
- in vegetables AMI fruits asj chickens
! end cs-S don't live anywhere h1rdls. tn
Ia 5seor.ia feu esn see 4 farmers house
for half a mlle b+trfs rcr res 20 it-or
| certainly for a few hundred ya.ls- snd
! yea can see fields and cattle and hogs and
hsar the dogs bark when Won get in the
= -tb-Fhapl The poet says:
Il knew - lie srasss that so gracefully
curlsd
Above the dark elms that & cottage vas
near
hut thefe are ns eims and no smoke in
this region. Several times I have passed
mute near To some Of these country homes.
| hut the scrub and the ch1pparal concealed
| fhsm. Yesterday I vas invited BIZ A
| friend 70 ride with him TO oil man Sixe'S
strawberry farm two miles out and
| found IL quite near where I had been sew
ertl times. The oil man was bending
/ h. long back over the vines and never
stopped picking while he talked to Us. He
came here twelve years ago from up in
the eiid and dreary North-came for hi.
health. for he was 4 sufferer from rheu.
masiSm. and. Of course. was cured
Everybody is cured who comes here
Ms VIE ha> hdd 4 bdd cough all winter
but il has left her and she is astonished
She never mentions going home. Olt
man SAKE has three acres in Strawberries
and ships them North. He raises chick
en- AMI sells esgs. He told me that h,
had sold berries Is high A. so A crate
bat a. the season passed the price cam
down 10 8 4 crate. The old man raise
vegetables of all kinds and seems 10 b
prosperin= and contented- Vegetable
are in fun hast here now and our bill o
fare embraces cabbage. turnips. eggplant
new potatoes. peas. beans. cucumber
with oranges and strawberries for dessert