Smyrna times., 1858-02-11

ordinary railroad time after our departure from
Bridgeton, is situated on a beautiful, though
not greatly elevated enIrence, in the midst IF
thus fertile prairie, from wh.sh ths raj. road
trains may be seea 'lsr several oles in esSh
drectlon. Il has beepl but little uapre dan J
year since The first buildlns 81 wa s1ld plthis
growing city, and now the se are sOm ihy
houses Putsnp, and; we undefstand. more would
have been srectcd, could la6orers aid material
have been procured. Lands in this vicinity sell
according to location. quality aud improve.
meEts, al from SIX 10 thirty dollars per acre,
and, beinglin direct cpmmuhication with. s!
LOUIS, maserialsl fps bolIding lase readily pt94
cured from that city, and produce easily shpPpd
thereto. ~~~~' --,'--
AT Montgomery City we met Mr.. J. Jeffries,
a resident Of Mexico, town distant some
twenty:six miles from The former place. Hav.
ing joined gentlemau,we Started in hack
for his town, at sunrise on the notDing follow
ing our arrival in Montgomery City aud reach
ed our destination at sunset, having travelled
over a wild, 'uhbfoken, unsettled prairie. The
AaHtorot hOHS'Siiit y iooo"iy "tPf y H.S PV y
pie Of Mexico, will, in the coprseOflthe coniing z
two months, remove the tedioasness ofdhe pre-
sent slow method of'redcIiihg theit town. =. AT
Mexico, We were presented BY MI, Jeiffss to
DR., A.Aliisan ,landlord Of The, eIPrarte Ho:el.''
the neatness, cleanliness and cheapneSs OF
which establishment gave us great satiSdct rjn
aud we leave 1t with the reader 10 decide If j.
deserves success, merely remarking that DR..
Allison sc"rns 10 reap one elceptpr1ht from he
traffic IN urdeni spirIts. We iourd Mrxicn al
increasing town, improving pdly ip popnla
tion, business aud public morals Tw4yc4r'
ago, it contained some iour hundred iuhabr
lanls; it now numbers from ''weive to f(teeI
hundred Having passed the night hHn, Mr.
Jcfres in fhe m6rdihg very klbd;y fI'cted III
bis leaub apd drove US ont lovlew the lands II
the vIeinage! -s9mel of which he,is himself offer
ing for sale, and which are well 'worlhstlie at
tention Of thuaqS WHO. arc dtsirous Of mdtin!
nveslmehts. as iL&re eAF's, beyond i. .seasonH
bic doubt, wide maTslnl tor profil In the in
crease in value. N'rfound tIle'soIl here sauie
what dee per than that about sIoGtgomerg C7y
but in other respects the 'adyadtagcs'gf rbc. l@
localities are about eqnal. ,,,.g
By previous Invitation, we then visited iMr
Lewis p. Payne, who resides within mnle q
Mexico The warm-h hearted hospitality Of TN
gent!eman and his excellent lady made az i'm
preston upon US never to be erased and W,
; are indebted TO hun for his kindness IN drlvin!
US some five miles "a the residence Of our rcld
tive, Mr.. George Sullivan, whose warm. rGcep
ton and kind treatDent, wall erer be -rGmem
bered with SENSATIONS Of The most lively ma ture
We found hiin possessed Of large,' well'tiled
wel.managed farm, which he seems determine,
shall approx mate near TO Paradise ras II j
possible toapprOach on earth. 27cea ~ ,5yr'
} On the whole, we areo free TO say that W,
have not seen, since our sojourn in this secton
a country go well adapted, in all respects. I
the wants OF lhe agricullurst and stock -growsE
as tha; embraced within the raugeiof,theceun
ties ,nSmed in our Iirst paragraph, and we cor
didlly Invite the. attention Of odt Eastern &C
:, quainisnce$, who contemplate q. removal West
TO this fertils and improving portion of ou
State, as one requiring less investment c
capital. less labor iu es,d blishing the homestead
and as sffordlng the most ample and availabl
means of dlsposing Of the productions Of lhei
labur at the most remunerallBg rates. ~ ~ ii
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