The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-02-04
GRIPPING WAVES"
Writes Long and Interesting Letter
From Her New Home

Dla Jan. D; spent the DAY at the Bllnu
School in Nashville with our little son
Bonnie, whom we found in good health
and happy mood. He is we'll pleased
and contented, which we did not ex-
pect for one of his age. He had then
been there six weeks and could read a
little in first reader, which is progress
ing fast, as it is learned by the sense of |
touch. He told me he had learned to |
bottom a chair. We went through the |
building which is we'll kept and heard |
classes recite in different studies with |
as much accuracy as the more fortu-
nate in other schools.
Prof. John V. Armstrong; very af-
fable and courteous gentleman, who
has been connected with the school
over forty years, was undergoing a
severe aflliction, one of the severest
| flesh and blood is heir to, 'the death of
his life companion having occurred the
last of Christmas week. We would adj
wise all those who have children with
| impaired vision and are reluctant to
send them there, to 90 to this great
beneficiary, and see for themselves the
advantages their children will derive
| by going there. The teachers, some of
whom are entirely blind, are so tender
in the care of the little ones in their
charge. Altogether, we think it
grand institution for Tennessee's un-
fortunates
We travelled all night the following
night, with two sick children, and were
quite worn out when we reached Mem
phis. We waited at the Cossitt LII
/ brary a short while before going aboard
the boat, Robert II. Lee.
In the Library we met two very inter-
esting ladies', Mrs. Bales and Mrs. Wos-
lev, who were travelling South as mis-
sionaries. | think they were Holiness
preachers from Indiana. They gave
me some of their tracts, from which |
read that Jesus is coming to earth
within the next three years, to gather
his Jewels and reign upon the earth a
thousand years, and satan Will De
chained in the bottomless pit Well, II
this be true we will not have long to
wait.
orr kins people Mr.. Wesley b. Smith,
: wife son and daughter, and Mrs. Capt
Allen, called to see us on the boat, with
, whom we spent few hours pleasantly:
At five o'clock the steamer launched
ont with us to our new home, and at
: about five Saturday morning we land
ed at Osceola landing about one mile
} from the town of Osceola. We were re-
2 ioiced to find Mr.. Nicholson and son
} Felix well and well pleased with this
! section of Arkansas.
= The town of Osceola was built on the
: banks of the Mississippi river; bul
: as the river washed off Tennessee sol
l on one side, it added to the Arkansas
4 SIDE until the town is now mile away
L In November some time a destructive
@ five swept over this town and destroyed
8 fortv-one houses; residences, business
:. houses and offices. The citizens are
. fast rebuilding and seem to be a busy
q thriving people. They have completed
Q a high leVee between them and thu
J. river which Joins the main levee
s Hands are busy now building the leve'
S higher between us and the river, which
: work we feel quite interested in, for w
!. are only three quarters OF a mile iron
II the waters edge, and in case the rive
II should rise to the height that 1t did las
Is might have to swim out OF bed som
l. night and seek higher quarters; but
7. have never heard of such calamit
; Detailing any one here; was only con
,s featuring what might be. However
" the river now is almost out OF ii
= banks, and though the old settlers her
do not fear an overflow, still 1T look
rs scarv to us, as we have been used onl
Of to the little Duck of Tennessee. Tue
re day the waves were dashing so hig
VI that the boats had to anchor. A larry
III bG6bHlpI-Olly VI huhS"o pNN'AN.
~ New Orleans, anchored ut our llttl
70 town-Luxora-which, by the way, Is
10 stirring place.
is We went driving soon after we cam
here, and as the road runs along II
es riverside, we had good view OF III
ne river and the country on the other SID
nc A house we saw over there in Tenne
~ see has caved in and gone down to u
gulf, they tell us. 1t was only
Is shanty and uninhabited. We also sa
sc a whiskey tug tied up over there, an
TO it broke loose some time during u
rs high wind Yesterday and tloated ava
but they have brought her back. III
n is a prohibition county and they. ca
:, not fasten to our shores, but she elm
- to Tennessee and sells her stuff to Il
al Arkansas fellows who feel disposed
J. 90 over there after it. OF course the
he are some who will do that, but not
d. many as would if they could step l
lis side house and hide themselves
do so. The boatmen keep skitfs al
N give free transportation to those WI
IL wish to cross over.
us Front Street in Luxora runs along T.
riverside and there are business hous
and residences in less than hundr
feet of the waters edge. The leyee
back of them and runs through q
town.
mr. The principal products here are COZ
- potatoes and "King cotton" All thr
W grow fine. There is great deal. OF G
ton still in the fields and the gins q
ay still running. Some of them have thu
re and four gin stands and turn out fol
ne bales of cotton a day. The wagon DC
are four feet deep and hold bale
all cotton. They are driven to the gin a
no. unloaded by suction pipe, and by
w time the wagon is emptied the cotton
W in the press.
Everybody is in a hustle and mu
Dr. work is carried on. If cotton were
,ur good price the people here would ma
piles of money. Even at the prest
.ed low prices, they are very prosperous.
We endorse the article in week 6ef'
last issue of the HERALD, by" W, ii.
hu That Louisville fellow is, on doubt,
OF of those city farmers who would
know a duck from chigre, ana far
1c- altogether on paper. always tires
ION to read such farm notes.
vas This is not a low fiat country as
had supposed, but slopes DOWN.
- further back, we are told. Inc ia
reu we are ON has been in cultivation o
:. fiftv wears, we have been informed,
ME turned out a bale of cotton 70 the q
last wear. There seems to be no w
ned out to it, but some OF IL VIII cave
the occasionally into the MISSISSIPPI y
better adapted 90 cotton thah u ylil'
vet corn and potatoes grow hhe as
have already stated, but they use COZ
,om seed meal as fertilizer Tor the iaI