Smyrna times., 1872-04-03
WHOLE NO. 500
Information About CIayvilIe,
BY NOSE SKINNER

no o.t'iI; - uie pest locality for emigration
f',n,' "v c>rrdoIi>h'ng OF soldiers homes, rhean
70 ;,f.r ,ua .He hoorlng classes. &C. am bannv
10 lnlrrm You that CayyIle is the best rncno? h"n?y
'hc world y company has been fnrI,o9 p,uie III III
tI'lc'E ~ r. religious and moral princines 'uod o
me Pmltanical CIayyiile Cnlony oalieu
tl'"' with sole view Of helpin,, tho ,norol'I
S tio,lu'nS 'hcl with good homes at an i'm
mehSe pccuniary loss to the comnsnv ." IN TIli-
t""ralE Is composed Of twenty Of the bipbast1
au'Iu ana most hb"ral-minded philanthTonists
o,,J 'Ils } }oIi'th'Ht--Inen who having bv honesty
~ s,'a',l , ',',oi 'cI"i'a1tcd fortune, propoSe
20 spend The remainder Of thcr]jyns IL hnot"'I
ing 1t freely upon those who are nat a. Gort
ate as Themselves, "'1 "o' aS Iortun-
With this noble Object in view thew borol.;a
~ ~ Sc'cnly thousand acres OF land in CI.vv;Ilo
lle OASIS OF America. The first monI'.;t;o,'' ;o'
wa: 70 give this land away in lots to sn;t tbn
ntcafltn':' Pat It was finally decided to sell II
a. " n""ihii price IN order to promote frngaIN
""T'S ''t laoorlng caSSes-the probability
i"nI .L, Il't, "I'er man has paid for all his
.I"u' T the money viii be refunded to him With
lhe penedlctlon Of the twenty hiob tonnd W.. "n.n
ueiaeH alluded to above They have anno;9toa ;Stma
me Soe agent for the sale Of tfps4lanjy 1rb;oS
= = lhotoH9h guarantee OF the respectahilitv of
tnt T''l'i any ANA which cannot fail 10 imnart
~ llle com immunity feeling Of stauDch conf
uence IN ne enterprise.
me 1oII9"ing hastily y-prepared circular NAV
t;,J ~ fIl''Sh'eh the public upon what is des-
uira 70 he an aIl-ab>orting tonic
ClayNIIic Is located on the outskirts of Ora
goh' the garden-Spot Of America Over two
huhdfeu ana twentyseYpn men have alroodT,
Do"Shl IarmS there, and one hundred ond
seventeen families are packed IN ready to mora
'here as soon as the rent Of their present tpna9
mentS become due Forty. five lecturers. q
IIroop OF negro mlnStrelS and eleven BOARDING.
nouSeS VIII commence operations as soon as
ISPL'HS mas 1alfIy, opened. There are three
post Offices, five lager beer saloons two sn,v' ~
crc!eS and a dollar store, all doing rood
business A house of seven rooms can Ia hill
lor eleven dollars and forty cents inrlni;nG
leather bed, four stuffed chairs in tLn front
room scraper on the back door stem and
spItt9oh !1 lor the use of guests Plenty of soft
unidiHhg well water found at deptb of six
ana tnree:tenths inches. Plenty of wood can
% 0e cut without going out of the front ward
out houses can be built at cost of one doIIor
ana halt to two dollars
climate delightful, air very bracinc No
IG'er anu ague, no bollS, no delirnm trrmane
loon rise periodically, sets regularly. and
n'arlaoIy matches something Winters short
anu warm. Summers long and cool Game
aoulluaht' principally deer and poker. Buffalo
GTiaE!n& III pack yard, waiting to be killed.
~ EIuiV abundant, turnipS, bananas, sardines.
"t:, lh oriental p.rotuSion. Roads beautiful
JuSt mud enough for comfort. Soil seven
leet deep; and rich and mellow. A small how
ana mule can put in forty acres of corn in one
daE' Needs no hOeing or tending. The how
can go on anywhere he wants TO. and rob birds,
nests or chew gum, or 90 fishing every dav
and at the end Of the fall there will the tbirty,
tMo puSlieIS OF nice corn ready to be Knocked
on me branches. boy fourteen wears old
GaIl oreak up hve acres Of swarl day. without
4 noiplHg Ine p-ough at all. The soil is so soft
anu yielding thatthe plough will travel throngb
1t OF ITS own accord. The boy can loaf ronpd
OF sIlde down the cellar, or do ANYTHING he
wants. ""'' '"ius ne
inc yield OF wheat is enormous. One man
raised one hundred and nineteen bushnlS from
a single acre, and two hundred and thirty-e;ght
ouSnels from married acre. The soil is yerv
productive. W here potatoes have grown with
"V'N wan; eyes eyeglasses have been found grow
rna "ear pE' ana squash vines that are too
weak to climb always get boosted. Hens law
twice day, with the exception ofhoIidavS and
0uno3yS and rooSterS are not as irdependent
a. IN New England. They are willing to give
inc oid hen rest by sitting on the eggs half
me time. There is no sickness here Of anv
Mn, K1hd' such thing graveyard is unknown,
! ne only disease that hss made Its appearance
Is the potato rot; but it is fast being extermi
mated by vaccination. The cool breczes of
efen!hg invite refreshing sleep or small game
ot 6lghlow jack in the kitchen Vegetation
needs no care. A fellow can plant his farm.
ma ana the go Oft and sit with his girl six months
i ne wants to. Manhood develops early. A
BOY OF sixteen has whiskcrs all over his face
ma can hex the schoOlmaster Fine chances
lere Tor New England schocl-marms
"A single man can earn from five to seven
luhdred dollars year. 1t depends somewhat
lpon bis industry, frugality and skill at poker.
woman can SOW ten acres of land in one dav
win common sewing machine, and darn
IocKihgS without any knowledge of grammar.
llred girls can get from two to five dollars
week, with the privilege Of courting over the
ront CRATE 1t is the best place in the world
'r men Of small means. Lots of small mean
zen are located here.
The community is very moral The evening
leetlngS are prosperous sons of temperance
nurlShlng, and the engine company full
nlverSal ctqaette prevails. Nobody eats
mons and goes ont calling the same day. En-
Iged couples are not slandered by old maids
awyers are not expected to be honest. nor
'ctorS to take their own medicines neither
e school ol-maStcrS expected to be harsh with a
od looking girl over fifteen.
FEW TESTIMONIALS
:, CHICAGO, 1871.
lLr. Mianer-My Dear Sir:-ThiS is to Ger.
y that have just been inspecting CIayyiIe.
d am lost in. admiration at the fairv.like
auty OF the place. | never seen anything
e 1t IN all my born days. | think five dol
5 is cheap enough for this certificate.
Yours &c, JOnN JONES, Alderman.
NJ. Skimer-My Dear Sir Il have heard
the Yosemite Valley, Lake of Como
nice, and other red-hot places, but | think
yville knocks all of them for grandeur and
dscapes, and all of them sort of thincs
e morality of Clavville is monotonous
ICHABOD SLOPER, NJ.
\ California politician says that the path of
tltude has been travelled so little in that