Year: 1877



 This immense field of cotton is a lsight well worth looking upon. IL lis as clean and free from weeds as could be desired, and the admirable manner in which the farm is con ducted is cseditable in q higher de. gree to Mr. Ward. It is a source of congratula.ion to all that the State is relieved ofthe expense and trouble of feeding, guarding and clothing it's five hundred convicts, and that the lessee has Il prospect of reaping a handsome reward for the large out lay he has made and the great re- sponsibility he has taken upon him self is no less a source of satisfae- tion to his friends. Mir. Ward in- forms me Chat he expects soon to have one hundred and fifty more convicts from Little Rock, and that he has rented six hundred acres of land Gin addition to that he now has for cultivation next year. The health of the convicts is generally good. One of the number, however, a colored man named Morgan) died of congestive chill early Sunday morning.

 Now, MT. Editor, notwithstanding the suitability which generally ani- mates me, 1 am not free from dis, likes, and you must pardon me if l sgrowl'' little. I don't mean to hurl my anathemas in your direc tion especially, but it is against the press of Arkansas generally. Al though I respect public, 1 believe that opinions are neither criminal nor virtuous, and I desire to express what may prove to be an unpopular opinion; yet l hope the dear good pubic will give my protest respect ful consideration. therefore pro test against the practice of using the names of ladies as freely as they are too often used in Arkansas newspa- pers. How often de we see some thing like this. Miss Prudence Poppinjay, one of the reighing belies of GumboviIle, arrived in town yes terday, and for the next fortnight will be the guest of the Misses Me Flimsy." My own opinion is, sir, that the name of q lady is something too sacred to be banded about by the multitude. as it will be in bar rooms and street corners when the simple fact that one of the fairest of creation has seen fit to visit friends in town is seized upon by the ambitious re- porter of the local paper. To men l tion the fact that MT. So and so and his wife or daughter have arrived might do, but the mentionioning of young ladies names promiscuously and without reserve, 1 regard as in exceeding bad taste and wholly unr justifiable. The time was when the mention of lady's name in saloon or in the hearing of a promiscuous gathering on the street was followed l by blow direct from the shoulder. 1t may be said that the young ladies are delighted with Such pubic use of their names. Perhaps 1t does feed the vaaity of some, but doubt it, for I cannot think that lady of charac- teristic modesty and proper training would care to have Tom, Dick and Harry know all the particulars of their movements. When visiting friends it is to be supposed that such as are worthy to make their acquaint- ance will be presented to them. If a young lady comes to town to visit friends it is matter that concerns no one but her and her friends--it is in no respect public matter. It is none of the public's business whence she cometh or whither she goeth. If you think l am wrong, consult your lady friends on the subject, and if they do not say l am right will own up that l don't understand woman's true character and native instincts.

 SAXET.