Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-04-30
ACTS ABOUT EAST TENNESSEE
NO. LNVIII.

NO. LNvIII.
We give as our article for this week two
letters about East Tennessee, written by
Northern men, Who have lived here tor
two wears, and hence know what they are
writing about.
The first is the copy of letter written
to New York paper and is of great inter-
est
The second is a letter from an old sub
scriber now in New York OH visit, and
will be found sensible and practical. These
letters will show our Northern readers
what these men think of East Tennessee:
KNOXVILLE, April p, 1872.
M Dear Times:
With YOUR permission, | wish to answer
q few suestions which my many friends at
the "North" are constantly asking me re-
specting my Southern home.
LIST, What particular advantages do | eX-
perience here i'll co mparisOn with the
North -?
The first advantage is the mildness and
health-giving properties of the climate.
am now writing in my shirt sleeves, at
o'clock An, III room without any Ilre,
doors wide open, with the mercury at Us.
Instances are numerous ana very common
of persons having left the North by advice
Of physicians on account of pulmonary
disease, who have not only been greatly
benefited by residing here but many very
MANY, have really been restored 10 conf
parative permanent health.
In speaking of the mildness of the eli
mate. [ am reminded of the great advan-
tage thus afforded in the prosecution of
farm work. Here we have seldom less
than ten and very often eleven months III
the wear, wherein farm work can be sue
cessfully engaged i'll. Although the past
winter has been unusually severe, still at
no time has the frost been more than three
inches deep and the thiCkest ice not over
six inches.
The next advantage is the low price of
land as compared with the North. The
writer had at Millerton acres of land
which he sold at auction for So 800, almost
S65Oper acre. He bought a farm of 40 acres
& miles from Knoxville, forless than SILL
per acre, which will compare favorably
with his place at MillertOn IN point of fer
tility, location and market facilities. In
fact, we have piece of six acres, (Which
is not better than the average of the farm
now in winter wheat, and which we have
10 doubt will harvest as many bushels,
and Of as good quality, as the six acres at
Millerton would have produced had it all
been in wheat. And the same may be
said of other crops, such as corn, oats, pO-
tatoes, DC. And as to fruit, we never saw
better article or larger production in any
place than we have here; while as to va
riety, we have all the standard fruits
both large and smallin their utmost per-
lection. We have neighbor, a gentleman
from Ohio, man of ample means, of far
seeing intelligence, and of sound common
sense, who is engaging largely i'll fruit
culture, particularly i'll peaches, pears and
grapes having All eye to the Cincinnati
market, when the Knoxville and Ohio
Railroad is completed, which will, in all
probability, be accomplished i'll less than
two years from this time. As to the season,
it is backward, unusually so, still peaches
are now setting apple, pear and cherry
trees i'll full bloom gardens are made,
corn up and planting and cattle all turned
out TO pasture.
With the foregoing, we have some dis
advantages, which time will overcome and
experience obviate. Our country is new,
farm buildings generally poor and insight
lY, and the highways rough and i'll bad
condition. But i'll order to open up and
develop one of the finest agricultural
regions in the world, we want
a judicious application of few ele-
ments, viz: Industry, perseverance, COM
lnOn SelS0 anu IeTJ1llIeGS, IueSG VIII Ill
sure ultimate and abundant success.
Another question asked me is, whether
Northern men are cordially welcomed
here, and whether we are free from the
kukluX influence
Az men are equally JceU treated, so far
as they behave themselves, and kuklux
are not thought of, much less known
among us.
Your correspondent has been here two
years, has found the people invariably
frank, kind and generous has learned to
love the people dearly and has made many
warm friends.
Ii any OF your numerous readers desire
TO change their place of residence, we do
really think they will find in East Ten
nesse more really substantial advantages,
and fewer disadvantages than III any Sec
ton known to the writer.
Yours truly,
JOHN G. CAULKINS.