Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-12-24

me line, much ess to pay ne a visit. If you expect to see me again in 1905 you will have to decide now, so make a crosss mark in the sand with your big toe, sp.t in the center, and that will give you luck. know you are afraid to ride in the cars, and will try to make excuses by saying times are hard. This old song has been going the rounds since Ad am was a small boy, yet each year brings more people, more new things. with greater possibilities. If tine is a little shy with you and me as well as money, you must not loose sight of the fact that We are not only flexible in our composition, adjustable to con- ditions, and in some instances, auto matic-did l say globe sighted as well? Yes, we have seen the wine sparkle in our dreams, listened to the jingle of the ice in the water pitcher, and on a few occasions, have seen "doubles.' Then why do you hesitate? Just say yes, wash your feet, get on the train and come ahead I have lots to tell you, and q great deal that will please you. If times are hard as you say, we are going ahead and in our town. we are doing some big things and talking about bigger ones. Yes, we are getting move on Us that looks like a bounding moticn and the fellow that walks will never catch us. The old hare and turtle story was good in it's day. But since electricity has come among us, we have only to start to get there. We are going to have new depct, un- ion depot, built of stone and brick and double track railroad through the city, passing over a portion of the street, where some of our own town folks used to fish, shoot ducks, aHd say they were outside the city. ! es, we are going to have a north and south railroad, county elect on iii few days, and then a free bridge across the river, with lots of paved streets the coming spring, and side tracks to hold the new factories that our board of trade is locating. These are few of the big things that we have, and coming, and if there are of them. The "clay-foot nigger," the one-eyed mule, and the bull tongue tomobile, the electric motor, the gang blow with it's reaper, the buzz saw With it's plainer. No longer do we use pineknots for artificial lights, just get your auger, and bore hole in the earth and catch oil by the carloads, furnish the poor nations lights to eat our SIX billions of agricultural pro. ducts of 1905. Don't make excuses, Jasper; people will laugh at you, and say you are an "old fogy." However, you might not be alone in this re- spect. Last spring our "city dads and big railroad man of the name of Tyler began discussing a new un. ion depot, and double track road on Fourth avenue. Just such kicking, by the people that owned property along this street, would have made Maude blush with shame. Some said it would ruin the street; others said it would make too much fuss; another said it would wake him up to early in the morn ngs; some implored the coun- cil; some appealed to MT. Tyler. | chanced to see one of the special ap- peals to Mir. Tyler, as it was submit. ted to me for approval, and it read like this. (Now, Jasper. mum is the word):
 Our Deer MT. Tiler, At little rock. As we know you ought to be good man, and help the poor, my wife and self agreed to write you about the big fuss you is bout to raise, if you start your works down 4th, avenue with a dubble track. We ax you to put this off till nex comin of grass anyhow, and come down and we will talk bout it, you will know my house. if you come on the carr. as it is kinder painted turkey red. pile wood at the gate. and | mighty sprightly hoss colt in the bakyard. It's all on the count of our one boy Dick, and his colt that we ain't ready for you to start your works Mind you, the colt is nj on to three years old, powerful frisky, but