Year: 1875

l said in my last that we had
good lands, we also have many good
springs, and good society. Our
people are law abiding, l haven't
heard of a fight here in many years;
l have not heard of any property
being sold by our constable, in a
good while here. Esquire II
Griggs is our nearest magistrate
and is a good one. If you have
any cases to be tried he will give
you justice. B. F. McCanless is
our constable, /. you wish any mon
ey collected, put the claims in his
hands, and you need not have any
fear, for he will be sure to do right.


1t is about three miles to the
Lincoln county line. Esquire B. B.
Bradford is the nearest justice of
the peace that lives in that county,
and is a good magistrate.


We lack one thing in our neigh
borhood, and that is a good mill.
Capt. White has a corn mill on the
middle prong of Bradshaw, and can
grind every day in the year, Sun
days excepted, when he has water
and corn, but has no boiling cloth.
Mr.. w. said he went there once, and
the Captain had shut down to get a
head of water, and while waiting for
the water to rise, he was grinding
by hand. told W. not to tell that
any more He said it was true, but
it was his axe that he was grind
ing. I gave it up. l wish some
man would put up a good mill here
to grind wheat, think it would pay.
We get the most of our wheat
ground at J. A. Samuers mill, dis
tance about miles. 10 is as nice a
man { 1 liked to said the incest as
there is in Giles county, but his
mill is too far of. There is no


liquor sold near here by the drink or
quart, yet we differ in some things.
For instance, the dog law Now 1
think they ought to give US one dog,
and then tax the rest. Some think
that the money paid on the dogs
will make the land tax lower; that a
a great many will pay on dogs that
never pay any land tax, &c. By
killing off the surplus dogs there
will be a great deal of bread saved
to teed the poor hungry children,
who haYe needed it very often l
guess. The sorry dogs will soon
be killed, and when we get pup to
raise, it will be of good stock and
have too much sense to kill sheep.
Then we can afford to buy fine
sheep, grow wool and have plenty of
mutton to eat, which DIR. Perry says
is a healthy diet. Then of course
we will have but little use for DR.. 2.
as physician. Then l say let us
try the dog-law four years and see
how it works. Some think it will
be one of the best laws that has
been passed for years.


Our crops look promising. Corn
not injured by the storm as much as
we expected. We will have corn
enOudh enough to feed many immi
grants, and, l am here reminded of
what Mr.. w. was telling about his
travels in Arkansas and western
Missouri. While travelling in wes-
tern Arkansas he passed through a
district where there was but one
newspaper taken and read, and when
Esquire - would get his paper,
his neighbors would come to get |
the news. While standing around |
Esquire, who was reading one day |
of the emigration going to be heavy |
in the fall, and corn would be high, |
one man asked what kind of things |
is these emigrants you are reading
about? He raised his spectacles |
and said: 81 don't know a great |
deal about them, but the idea / have /
is they are between the size of a
grey squirrel and coon. and are bad |
on corn. That satisfied the listen
ers, and be went on reading. Mr..
w. said while passing from Arkan-
sas through Missouri. two men
were quarreling, and one man wished
the other was in hell, and to retail
ate and beat him, the other wished
him in western Arkansas.


Now, Mr.. Editor, before l close,
let me say Mr.. Woliver is accusing
one of his neighbors for saying he
plays croquet well. Now, l am the
man that put that in, and to please
him I take it back, I will give you
the reason 1 thought he was a good
player. / was there once while he
was playing, and noticed he would
not only shut one eye when he went
TO strike the ball, but shut and
opened both eyes quick as lightning.
I thought if a man could kill half
the game when he shut one eye, he
could kill all by shutting both eyes.


DANNEL.