Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-09-30
BARTLETT.
One Of our Nest Pleasant Saburbs-What
Its Attractions coasist Of.

Editors Appedl-After q very delight
full ride of half an hour from the busy
Bluff, in one of the most elegant coaches
Of the M. and o. X. r., through q hun
dred vistas of forest shade, and along
miles of growing crops, we stopped in
| front of large new depot and telegraph
office, iE the beautiful young and grow
| ing suburban village of Bartlett, stu
| ated near the center of Shelby county,
and extending along the railroad about
a quarter of a mile, and stretching some
half a mile westward towards Raleigh,
the celebrated watering place two miles
| distant, by good carriage road. There
are several very handsome residences in
| the midst of airy and picturesque groves
of forest trees, and surrounded by ample
grounds tastefully laid of, ornamented
with parterres of flowers and ever-greens,
| gracefully adding the improvements of
| art TO the charms of nature. Fronting on
| the street which crosses the railroad at
right angels, at the summit of a gentle
activity, and about four hundred yards
from the railroad, is the handsome resi-
dence of Hon. g. M. Bartlett which we
visited.
The village and adjacent country is
healthy, has excellent spring and well
water, moral community, with four re-
ligious denomin minations-the Methodists
Baptists snd Presbyterians, and prepara-
tions for tirst-clsss academy have been
made. The short ride of half an hour to
this pleasant village, fare fifty cents, dis
tance eleven miles, morning train to
Memphis at am, and evening return
train at 5 pm, is influencing business
men in the city to locate their families
here, out of the heat and dust of the city,
with all the comforts of country life,
where they can visit them every evening,
and return to business in the morning re-
l. ! /. q - Il - .
There is skillful physician residing here
DR.. Blackwell, and four clergymen, from
one of whom there is preaching every
Sabbath; a large drug store, and two
other stores of dry goods and groceries;
a successful real estate office, by the eff
cient and polite agent, Colonel Z. II. Cald-
well $50 you can buy anything from blue
mass pill to large plsntstion); -four
ishing livery stable, busy saw mill, and
a prosperous hotel.
This vicinity has been for many years
the favorite of the most genteel pie-nics
from Memphis during the spring and
summer.
There are many fine farms and orchards
around the village, and the roads afford
inviting drives in several directions.
Four miles above this, on the right hand
side of the railroad, we visited the extern
sive vineyards and orchards of that dis
tinguished artist, Professor Ben. Hart,
VINO, after making the tour of Europe and
successfully practicing his profession of
painting for twenty-five years, has pre-
pared this delightful retreat, where he
has some thirty or more different kinds of
grapevines in successful cultivation, be-
sides numerous other fruits, proving that
his visits to the vine clad hills of France
and Italy improved his horticultural as
well as artistic talents. How refreshing
to hear of something else growing in our
lovely South besides cotton and grass
Yours, truly. VIOLA.