Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-07-02
FACTS ABOUT EAST TENNESSEE.
A Northern Farmers Opinion
About East Tennessee and
Knoxville.
NO, CXIII.


Mr.. John NJ. Cary, of Adrian, Michigan, |
visited our section some few weeks since, |
and has written an account of his trip, |
which we publish to show our Northern |
readers how far our representations of this
section are confirmed by impartial OBJ
servers.
Mr.. Cary writes as follows of his trip
through East Tennessee:
/ spent five days around Chattanooga,
prospecting. L found the people very
friendly, and good many Northern peo-
pie, but the country did not fancy much.
On May 10Th, L left Chattanooga for
Knoxville. The wheat was poor. Some
parts :of the country L liked very much.
When L got to Knoxville, and stepped
upon the platform, 1 spoke to a man who
looked like farmer. L told him where
was from and what my business was. He
told me to go to VIM. Smith, who kept the
Franklin House, on Main street. He said
Mr.. Smith was a Northern man, and that
he kept q good house. / was soon at the
Franklin House, found Mr.. S., and soon
learned that was at home, though among
strangers. Mr.. Smith soon introduced me
to number of gentlemen. / was taken to
the CHRONICLE Office and introduced to
you, but you were very busy, and request
ed me to call again, which L intended to
do, but did not have time. L was then
taken to the land Office of Munson d Bal
ley, where 1 soon found myself at home.
Messrs. Munson, Bailey and o. G.. Van
derhoof and all of the gentlemen around
the office gave me all the information that
they could and sent a man to carry me out
into the country seven miles to look at
place they had for sale. After spending
two days around Knoxville lett for New
Market in company with Mr.. Vanderhoof,
who was going on the same train. When
we stopped at New market he had just
time enough to introduce me to n gentle
man standing on the platfoUm, requesting
him to show me around the place. AS the
cars moved on this gentleman pointed out
q man whom he said was a Northern man
and Presbyterian minister. L soon found
this gentleman to be the Rev. 5. X. James,
from near Syracuse, n. y. Here L was
again at home with Mr.. James and his
family. He took me to see Mr.. G. w. Hill.
a farmer who lives near the village of New
Market. | soon found that Mr.. Hill and
myself were both born in the town of
Vernon, Oneida county, n. Y. Here L
found had again got into good quarters.
AIR. Hill and his family took the utmost
pains to make it pleasant for me. Mr..
Hill took me around and introduced me to
a good many citizens, among whom was
Gen. VIM. Brazelton, who extended to me
the right hand of fellowship, and said he
should like to have Northern farmers come
here and settle.
After spending one day at New Market
I left for Lynchburg, Va, and then tc
Charlottesville, where L took the Ohio and
Chesapeake Railroad and proceeded home
by the way of the Ohio river and Cincin'
natl.
I saw but little good wheat in all my
travels. Now that / have got home the
people ask me what part of the country
liked best. L have but one one answeT-
East Tennessee. OF all the cities L saw
Knoxville is my choice of all the small
towns, New Market, and of all the people
East Tennesseeans and the Northern PEG
pile that found among them"
L presume that l saw the brigh
side of things. am glad there is brigh
side. The CHRONICLE is taking the RICH
way to get people from the North to settl
among you. am often asked if think
mans life and property would be SAT
among you. The people are very anXiou
10 get hold of facts about your country.
tell them how l was treated and what
saw and that / am going to live anon
YOU if | can dispose of my property here
/ have not written this for publication
but thought you might pick out some
thing from it that would interest you
readers.
SOME FACTS ABOUT SEWER COUNTY.
A reader in SEWER county sends us I'll
following facts about his county. He pu
the case pretty blunt, but says the facts al
that way:
EDITORS CHRONICLE: Permit m
through the columns of your most val
able paper, to give the mineral wealth, &C
of the banner county? We have an ar
of about 100000 acres of land. LIST. v
have as fine liver bottom land as can
sound in the world. Having a capacit
.Cunder the old and erroneous way of cor
ing every, year, of yielding from so to !
bushels of corn, and from 10 to 80 bush'
of wheat per acre, while with scienti
cultivation, we could easily double tn
amount.
ID. Then our upland isOf fine qualit
and by clovering few years and turni
under every third year, we could make Q
upland yield from Is to 30 bushels ofwht
per acre. These uplands are adapted
the culture Of wheat, oats corn, oloN