Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-04-25

- Letter from Granger CsEnty.
MoRRIsTowN, TENN, April q, 1871.
Editors RbozsfNc lChroniae IL 81
For the pleasure your many Masonic
readers take i'm the great Masonic enter
prise Tennessee, the Masonic Orphan
Home, VIII trouble you with a few lines
giving them my progress since my en-
trance into your lovely and beautiful di-
nOoga on the 10th of this month. The
Lodge at Chattanooga donated to the En-
dowment Fund 81 800; 5 brethren, $500
Chatata Lodge, S400; Ooltewah, $500 :
Cleyeland, 81 900; Loudon, SI00; w. c..
Julian, g. o. Cameron, ID. III. May, S. T.
Blair, each, 800; Concord, 81 900; Knox
vile, $1,000; Brothers III. M. Akin, Thos.
e. 'eppe1 each 500; New Aarket $500 !
sMossy Greek IS 500; w. M. Brannef, VIM.
Jones, w. W. Laurence, n. L. M. Cand-
less and ]. A. Branner, each, 500; Norris
town, s., 900; John F. Slower, Athens,
s1O0T making $l2, 900 IN 4 III
The vote Of the Lodges was, in almost
every instance, unanimous, and with such
a spirit that is ever refreshing to those
that have a heart for the helpless. 1t
makes me proud. of such brethren.
This is my first visit to East Tennessee,
and Notwithstanding had been favorably
impressed with it from the many acquain-
tances had formed with her citizens, its
importance and beauty had not been half
imagined.
Chattanooga, my beginning point, inn
pressed me that it was destined to be ci-
portance.
Ooltawah, likely to be the county site
of the county of James, is a small town of
increasing interest, With fine school and
church. Il fNSHAA = AFAsAC
Athens, with its fine schools and
churches, sceIhmends itself tothe stranger
in strong language, that her people are
literally disposed, in favor of education
and Christianity, and necessarily refined
and cultivated.
b, Cleveland is-a beauty spot,p, the most
beautiful / have yet seen IN the State fine
residences, some of them palatial, the de-
coratiOn of yards and surrounings equal
in taste to any place in the land, considers
ing the size, the fine schools and churches,
refined, inteHigent and clever citizens will
commend it to any one desiring home.
The little town of Chatata, six miles
this side of Cleveland, deserves special no.
tice fora new place. The place and sur
rounding neighborhood has not a single
profane swearer or disipated man i'm it, the
ubiquitous saloon" is not there, the peo-s
pie of all politics, are. living with each
other in good neighborship. The large
fine school, with Prof. Cate at its head, as
sisted by three teachers, one of music ian
intelligent ladyl speaks yOiunes. The
children of the county are educated tuition
free, those out of the county pay only S.
and $40 per session. Young men of limit
ed means can form mess of four and have
rooms furnished free and cook and
supply themselves at a cost of SIS
per session, thus TaSs poor man can
obtain fine education, and two months
in the year to earn the money to pay. his
expenses. Board can be had at the school
for two dollars per week.
Charleston and Calhoun, the Hiwasse,
river only separating, have a fine and pros
porous school, known as calhoun Ma
sonic Institution, Y under the professor
ship of Rev. DIR. Munsey, unele of the dis
tipguished divine of that name, as / am
informed, his equal as scholar and di
vine, about one hundred and forty pu
pills, board ten to twelve dollars per month;
tuition only ten dollars per year; pupils of
the county unable to pay, gratuitous.
Continuing along the rich valleys, we
reach Ricevilfe, a new, thriving town six
miles distant, which has another excellent
school of over one hundred pupils; thence
to Sweetwater, beautiful town in the
lovely valley of that name. Those that
love 1.-THE beautiful should go and see:
those that have ''sore eyes" may look
upen it with the hope of curing them.
The Masons of this place and valley have
erected monument to them in the shape
of magnificent hall and Female Accade-
my combined in the same building, the
grounds are being beautified with grass,
trees, walks &e. The town is growing and
of much business. Philadelphia, in the.
same valley we did not stop at, it has the
same appearance of an old established
town. Loudon a few miles further,asitua-
ted at Che crossing of the East Tennessee,
Virginia and Georgia Railroad over
the Tennessee rivers is the county site
of Loudon county. This town is destined TO-
increase in valne and business Importance
TT is now an important depot and shipping
point for the immense grain and meat crops
from the Holston and Little Tennessee riv-
ers. An extensive marble quarry borders
the place, extending to the bank OF the
river, also to within few yards OF the
Railroad. The Masens have also been the
prmOters of education, but have surren-
dered their school to the Cumberland Pres
Dyterian Church upon their guaran tee that
they would sustain school of high grade,
ana give them two eadetsllips9 Ibis en-
terprising church has now erecteda brick
college building which will be ready for
use the first of September. Fine church
Duildings adorn this thriving place. Sue
cess 70 Loudon and her noble citizens. g
ssie mas been tripof great p1easafe tosee
and learn SO much of this, to me, unknown
seoantry. Should any of any, countrynfen
think East tennessee is s. not first class in
point ofrich land, beautiful streams,
good farms, good and cheap schools, good
church buildings, nice homes, good living,
refined and intelligent people in social re-
lations, just LET them Visit the section i
have just passed through and be undeceiv-
ed, and then try. and initiate them.
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