Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-01-16

demonstrating to us their incalculable
| value. New discoveries are constantly be-
| ing made in minerals of different kinds,
?. "IS stock-raising Sheep considered
profitable 2" T#
take it that you are particularly solic-
| itous to know if sheep hltS6dndry is profit
able in East Tennessee. unhesitatingly
affirm that do not believe there is a sec
| tiOn on this continent better suited to this
business than this section. Everything is
| favorable, not only to the longevity of the
sheep, and to their healthfulness, but to
the producing of a superior quality OF
wool. The cost of keeping them is al
most nothing. They live without special
care or attention from the first of Februa-
ry to the middle of November. You, or
any enterprising gentleman from Ohio,
could make a fortune raising sheep I'D
East Tennessee.
2. "Arc Northern people safe in you' 10
caEity:
Excuse me when L say that / could
not repress a smile when reading your sig-
nificant enquiry upon this delicate ques-
ton. l can readily understand why you
people are so suspicious about this matter.
You have heard in the first place, many
idle stories about the inhOspitable charae-
tor of our people towards Northern peo-
pie, and hearing but one side of the qucs-
ton, you have concluded that it was not
safe to come here. For our own good, the
matter has been carried too far. We
have been greatly injured and kept
back by these false and SANDER
GUS reports. I am glad that 1
have the opportunity of communicating
with q gentleman so Intelligent as I take
you to be, for you will appreciate the situa-
ton and do what you can to disabuse the
minds of your friends of this mOnstrOus
hallucination. 1t is nothing else. We
have already, hundreds of Northern peo-
Pile living all over this region, and they are
respected for their many virtues. There is
no clashing between them and the native
race, They affiliate and live together in
perfect harmony. On this you may conf
IDENTIFY rely. l have no disposition to mis-
lead you upon subject of such vast mo-
ment. /, or any one else, would be mon
ster who would invite your people to sec
ton where they would be ridiculed and
treated with contempt. Itwould be viO-
lation of every principle of honor. / have
mixed with your people, and know them
to be refined, educated and intelligent.
They can well appreciate the amenities of
polite society, and know how to conduct
themselves in it. Such people / would
not have come to be mocked and insulted.
Rest assured, therefore, that you can come
here with the utmost safety. 1t makes no
sort of difference what are your politics, or
your religion. Both will be tolerated in
the most generous manner.
+. "IFhat auOutd be considered the best i1e
UestD,ent for q capital of $1,000 to S0000m
This is hard question to answer. AL
most every one has some plan for money
making on paper, but, unfortunately, few
make it. OF one thing, however. L am
doubly assured, and that is, that there is
N hot
latitude (Knoxville) as manufacturing, and
by this mean manufacturing of any de-
scription. You could scarcely go amiss in
this department of enterprise. Anything
followed vigorously and with sndp,p
would prove remunerative. For the pres
ent, I would recommend woolen factory.
In this business you would find a wide
field, and all the elbow room you could
ask. You would have no competition.
The raw material could be had at your
door for song. 1t costs nothing, as before
intimated, 10 raise sheep in East Tennes-
see. The best market on the continent
would be at your command.
5. Has .fruit-rGisi1lg proved profitable
Does fruit groU and produce tOeU? gu
1t does. Nothing would pay better ac-
cording to the investment. 1t is the very
country for fruit. Why not? Does it not
stand to reason that it will do well here,
and infinitely better, than in the rigorous
climate of Ohio? Our winters are too
mild, by far, to injure the trees, and our
are exceedingly favorable to
them. Peaches grow to fine perfection,
and if one-half the energy were displayed
here as in the Eastern States in canning
fruits, fortunes could be made at the bust
ness. ....
6. as the region of country 6et,Ueen the
Cumberland and Alteghar1y mountains con-
sidered heaLthys" f'.t
Very much so, indeed. comparatively
we have but few cases of asthma, consump
tion and kindred diseases. No "chills and
fever, Many consumptive invalids from
the North come to our section for relief.
Scores of them have been restored and
hundreds greatly alleviated. We have the
most genial climate on earth. This has
passed into proverb long ago.
z. "WW it pay q Northern man, a0ith
Northern energy, to sell q good farm i1a a
decd community, near q dead toa0n, and
enigrate to your couatTy?"
This is most delicate question. To ad-
wise one to dispose of his comfortable and, |
perhaps, valuable possessions, and risk his
destiny in strange country and among a
strange people, is prerogative l have no |
wish to exercise. Still, there are circum-
stances which often make it necessary-in- |
uccu, lOA OuO W -ShtHSC
his situation in life / am not sure but that |
your circumstances are of this char
acter. A "valuable farm" is not
worth much sin dead community
and near a dead town." 1t may suit a
temperament,o or one who is inn
pervious to the stentorian cry-OnO0rd!
1t is death to lire man-a lingering and
He had better be in pur-
gatory, and be done with it. There are
powerful reasons why he should 'shake
the dust off his feet" and hasten to re-
gion where he would find ample scope for
the exercise of his enterprising habits.
We need thousands of just such men in
this country Their brains, energy and
pluck would send us forward on the high
way of prosperity. That they could do
well here, have not single doubt In
deed am very positive in this: At this
identical moment we are standing upon
the proud threshold of a bright and eX-
panding future.
S. rs society settled enough to make 1t