Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-04-12

de has drawn around him skillful and
competent assistants, and is building up
an institution for young ladies that will
make SbelbyvAle still more distinguished
than she is for her beautiful and educated
women.
NEWSPAPERS.
We should, perhaps, be considered dis
courteous to our worthy contemporaries,
the Rescue and the Commercial, were
we to fail to notice their efforts to build
up the industrial interests of the State,
but so well directed have been their eff
forts in this direction, that not to know
them is to argue ones self unknown.
THE COUNTRY.
We did not have an opportunity OF WIS.,
iting in the country, but from what we
could learn, the farmers are abandoning
the cultivation of cotton and devoting
themselves to grass and stock. Very re-
Gently there have been large importations
of biooded stock in the county. At
present there are not less than 800
blooded COWS, twelve thoroughbred stall
lions, and any number of Berkshire,
Chester and Essex hogs. The hogs are pre-
ferred in the order in which they are
named, and we are proud to see 80 much
interest manifested by the farmers Of
Bedford in fine stock. 1t fOreshadows
better times in the future, and marks the
beginning, we hope, of brighter and bet
ter days. Much interest is felt in the re-
establishment of the
FAIRS.
Contracts are about to be, or have been
let for putting up suitable buildings.
About $4,000 have been subscribed, and
the Directors feel Satisfied they will be
able to hold a fair the coming fall.
Through their invitation we visited the
town and addressed the farmers on mat
tiers affecting their general interests.
After which they formed Farmers
Club, and the most influential and intelli
gent farmers in the county took active
measures to make the club profitable and
pleasant. We hope it may facilitate, in
some measure, their efforts to advance the
great interest of their county. The
county is well-watered by Duck river and
its tributaries, Wartrace creek, Garrison
Fork and Barren.
CLIMATE AND soIL.
There is a perceptible difference in
climate between Bedford and Davidson.
The thermometer has been below zero
only once in twenty-four years, and has
never been higher than 80 dogs. in the
shade. Geologicallv, Bedford county, &C
cording to DR.. Stafford, lies in the Central
Basin, and has the same character of soil
that Rutherford, Wilson, Davidson and
.Maury have. The surface is very undu-
lsting, and many of the valleys are beau
tiful beyond description. The price of
land has varied less in Bedford during the
past decade than in any county in the
State. All lands offered are readily taken
al good prices. This is doubtless owing
10 the fact that blue grass, timothy and
all the cereals grow well, and the lands
have never been exhausted by the cult
walton of cotton to the extent that some
of the adjoining counties have. The best
lands command seventy five dollars per
acre. The section known as the Flat
Lands, that extends about ten miles north
of the county seat is not SO fertile as the
more broken portion of the county.
These lands will grow clover, hay and
cotton well, but are unsuited to the
cereals. This quality of land sells low
and is not much in demand
The population of Bedford is "a, 334,
an increase of 2, $50 since 1860. Nothing
speaks better for the people of Bedford
than the fact that, although they were
about equally divided upon the great
questions of the late war, there has, not
withstapding, been no place where the
observance of law and order has been
more marked. No outrages have been
reported from that county, and no excuse
for Federal interference has ever been
given. The intelligence and virtue of the
people have insured them against intoler-
ancs and violence, and mutual respect has
been shown to the feelings and sympathies
of each other.
1t being the week of Circuit Court,
Judge Williamson, of Wilson, was in the
county during our VISIT and we desire to
tender to him, as well as to numerous
other citizens of the county, our hearty
thanks for their extreme courtesy and
kindness to US during our short stay. We
only regret that it was not in our power
to prolong our visit and TO see more of
their beautiful C9untry,