Wilmington journal., 1871-07-14
H1LsOA COUyTY ND IT, COEN1YSEA,

WILSON COUNTY 4 ND 1T, co UNI YSEAT T
! Dear J>ursdI a tiue dr,p..e4 tr. ~
this Quarter will rhaps MT be unln ec
e,tihg to some OF your readers
Wilson county, SO far as lie geograph-
icai name oes, is not very ola amcng the
counties OF the State, a few years ago il
belonged to Edgccotnbe and others. But
it stands behind none of them IL the fer
titty Of i:s soil. and in ITS ictuGe qne
ecen-Iy. Nature's painter has bu ID
aronLd 1t connluati rs a' on S Of b.
i-cts wtioh tle artiici ~ p,i t Can never
picture. at this sea ,"n Of the ye r IS g.
cialIy. snd in this fr 'g.pip ug. hnd-siuE-
ing, Insecs~bGzz ng, fl biting and a.
dottIng; This u k-ta t nj x, (thst horrd
VI rniu Of the wucd that cks it eff upou
all snim lis. b ouG-sucklng) swfiterILg g
month OF Jni:3 The arti-s will have foil
zeal pow # deiu~a'ipn, aud bow poetry
aud eIoquance may fab fur at tho mere
inspection of It's pictures. drive Def, rs
s1pdoWn into sae coun:ry--it's oil cuuu-
try up here-vl satisfy sue greedIe>t
all greedy lovers If bills aud rilo~ of
pools green aud pools lie; of it'll e.. VS.
and pses, aud lite miu~be far-,f r.-
cedlng forests; Of sea tired cabins
aud Eoss or w@s DIS; Of stuck
up. pretend ng-iooking, veIaL IL
round about houses, aud other snugget i4s
not to be men :iohtd. This drive viii like-
": Sc bring iLto Wow unpreteudIug orch
ards, scatIered gardens, plenty OF stout,
etin, 'al, hairy he AIDED corn. and t!at kIng
OF tic laLd which Will eoon turn he Ii ids
Of the Sou'h into wavll 6 aud Il .me ltIng
plains OF s1os. OLe # tnese iives, fur
you mu know We have sevaral drives !
mere. } on cau dr sc wnere you p ca =, pro |
vld d you keep on Of papp.es corn patch |
will carry you out t. Il ofgut. bus ling |
drlvlUg lIttlr stream call. d q, n.enfuea I |
suppose 1t got this name frunl the peculiar |
ult VII the Halnes Gaze Sc Uol has
most vlcI"aeIy iou Us into, OF emf ! sIzi G
tue las artIrSliate suuud with the -ouu..-
an. BE tEls "s 1T may, aud it will, thto
Tam is cal, d CUnteutnea. SJme say it
Is al Iudran uame. Were it called Cou-
tentmsnt We think il wonld be botter. it
ooks that very Dnoh with IT, gr.st nil, it's
h1ur mill, It's tImOer nlil, Its c,rttuu Klu,
a turned aud opps d AID driven again
Wlt1 its very compIAcens uLd eIldi. x, |,
AlsbIng, iumoilDg, s,eamiug. Spraying,
roaring. sp asaiug wet,r faiI. Ar, 8 tuIs
stream he hand, the DraIu the hart If
indus ry coul d , mucn. COiou factnIies
g 'uld be put up snug tsrn c"ut9 be s.tn
q o 6 i,s b"Id' rs Wrh conf able md
.uiiI. G homerte4ds, ii Il & e. au she =.
srazI' bere ana iheIe, ausi Ia, Ne c .ck Ing
EheII good ltoA aro .ud tLe hous-. b - (
b for tue tlne fruits OF all XII d ,uId
oe cultivated here, ami ev. ry kid of CO
real "Rich eue'gy-'h5t way DIR, o ed
would Care to produce. Wh-u tne p. ., Ie :
lrn them eiVt s N Dre To this H Ms m Ter
of mHklng tn mselves comtortAoly. havIOg +
vaIything t.ty want. AID eqcrSt thiLx u y
The tight place, tn-y Will q en be tIu, .
Ldep' ndeut In-ter d of goin3 il bt =
10 waste their substance al oa cuttou, aud .
hen selling it In NOtthe market a. d
p LdiDg the price tuer.o OF a 90 at Tue :
Nor H. IT they wOuIh cuitIvas more of :
aome produce for home cousum tiou they | :
sUu d lr. s=ntly see AID lie at sd d with y
be cnauRe. eIn'erl,r If WI.son cum
:, a. l"de. d Almost sll of It's IaIG, Is O h
rurtfbl and r.ch soil. Its popui t. u
he whole, ls We, Ii, bot in fw ears
ill be be ter. the war effects arc SLOW v r
issppeariDg. a
wilson county bosss of q county sea-, i
nd r'kh g.,, gr.eu Iipe ntt e place il "a
this W l'oo town Oh tue Wi ain1~,u =
Weldon katroad. 1t nas pJ.u asI,n r
about twelve hundred. Toe coIored r.
opolstion live pretty much together on sc
1e ltf. OF the railroad as you c M from VI
Weldon. They are not within the corro-
Ite limits, are therefore not counted in liz
le population, and also take no part 10 81
10 mUolcIpal election.. Wusou i not an tb
old plac IG doe noe bos.t of au luuIty. a.
'oush 1t ~tAnds to-day ex tcIIy wuoIe It a
ood several b usand years ago. The
cope are as genera tn Dg iateIiig ut
1h rehned TIE streets are Iali "a yry -
gu !ariy, are we'll shaded, 90 THAI ttiev al. N
1k like avenues. Little OF the Town can
. seen as Jou tr<v,t BY oa tbe car. IL In
thriv ng a a, d vail g ON bulIiIDg IA
? and doing well. 10 has eev.rat boas ses
vorshiP. Every shade Of seliRious 81