The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-03-14
o,.c of ,lc Richmond Dispatch

Z resume nv ramb'cs among tue Sou"'W'
drained by the Chesapeake and ONO rali'
road, and will speak next OF
BOONE COUNTY,
which takes its name, OF course, from Tue
,r.oat hunter Daniel Boone, and which - so
Seyy county that can find nothing about
a in fbe old records which have been con-
smiling concerning some Of the other coun'
Roone has a population Of 4,553 by the
ccnsu. NJ 1870. Of whom 400 are whites
Az we're born in the State, 81 IN other
states of the Union. and the rest foreigners.
II has 621 farms, of which 1853 contain less
than 10 acres, 173 between 10 aud ~, 229
between 20 and so acres, 80 between Do ana
100. and II between 100 and 50o acres: Inc
preference for small farms shown Dy tne
neon,e of this region will be very greatly
promoted by the opening OF the railroad
and the coming in OF new settlers.
Boone has 1852 acres OF improved lana,
and 1869 acres Of woodland. The pre-.
sent cash value of its farms is S26S,S99, ana
of its farming implements and machlnery
$500. ooe r,.
it paws wages amounting TO s1,33S. The
value of its products is as follows: lotal %
farm products, SlGS, 449; orchard products,
ss o,3: forest products, S6,201; home manu-.
factures. SIO.561; slaughtered animals or
animals sold for slaughter, S3S,2lo; value OF
ali live stock, Si29,2I3; number of horses:
b65: mich COWS, 1856; working oxen, 4iG;
other cattle, 2,00l; sheep. $500; swine,
4S4S: corn, 129,6S0 bushels; oats, 1866
bushels; tobacco, 6,2l3 pounds; wool, $685.
mounds Irish potatoes. II, 043 bushels; sweet
potatoes. 9, 676 bushels; butter, So, 7S4 pounds;
honey. 22,547 pounds. These products will
be. of course, greatly Increased now that they
have access to market.
ROANE,
like Boone is o, comparatively new county.
n has population of 1882, Of whom only
20 are colored. In 1860 1t bad only u
slaves.
Il has SS4 farms, Of which 10 have be-
tween and 10 acres. rs between l0anH 20,
asa between 20 and 80, 1873 between 30 and
100. and Is between 100 and 800 acres.
It has 1891 acres of improved land, $780,
2s9 acres of woodland, and s., AL acres OF
other unimproved land.
The present cash value of its farms is
S965,212, and of its farming utensils
s12.334. 1t pays wages to the amount
of s12.0GJ. The estimated value Of
its farm products is $3l7 $50: orchard
products, S9,437; home manufactures,
s.l,247; animals slaughtered Or sold for
slaughter, S39,33S; value Of all live stock,
s2lI,5S5; number Of horses, 1898; mich
COWS, 1858; working oxen, 5O7; other cat
tie, 1910; sleep, II, 115; swine, 7,l12; wheat.
24.OS7 bushels; corn, 160,9l2 bushels; oats,
2s.4s9 bushels; tobacco, 1886 pounds;
wool. 24,176 pounds; Irish potatoes, 1920
bushels; butter, 100,373 pounds; hay, 3,Ol3
tons: fax, 6,022 pounds; maple sugar, 3,5ll
mounds; sorghum, 2S,SSG gallons; maple
molasses, 2,1l3 gallons; honey, S,512 pounds.
Resumiug our ramblcs along the imme-
date line of the road, we come next to
rAYErrE COUNTY,
which was formed in 1881 from Logan,
Greepbrier Nicholas, and Kanawha. This
county is forty-seven miles long and thirty
wide. The New river runs through the
whole length OF the county, and the famous
New river canon (not canyon, as your print.
crs have made me say lies largely within the
limits of this county. The Gaulcy, Big and
Little Sewell, and other mountains SO cover
the surface of the county that nearly the
whole Of it is mountain or "glade," which
resembles the prairies of the West, and Is
very fertile. productive land.
The population of Fayette county wa;
6,647 in 1870, and has greatly increased since
that time by immigration. Ii had only Ia
= ecolored people, but this number will bt
largely increased by the negroes employed
on the railroad, many OF whom Will maxi
their permapent residence in this county
Six thousand, four hundred and fifty.nine o
;ts ponulation were born In the State, ninety
eight are from other States, and thirty-tw'
are foreigners.
Fayette has 1,190 farms, Of which ar
under q acres; 270 between aud 10; "a
hetween 10 and 20; 400 between 20 and 90
GOT between 90 and 100; and 81 between 10
and 400 acres. 1t has 36, 4l0 acres of i'm
nroyed land, 5,65S acres of woodland, an
SOP. 1916 acres Of other unimproyed land
The cash value Of its farms is estimated a
S1.1s4,172, and of its farming implements an
machinery $2l,S $50. 1t pays annual wages t
the amount of $l0,4l2,
The total value of its farm products
1898, 1876; orchard products. 81, 439; fores
products, S1,425 this amount is now in
creased indefinitely by the opening Of tn
railroad); home manufactures, $l6,G0S; ami
mails slaughtered or sold for slaughter
S64,50A; live stock, S225, 0S5; number o.
horses, 1917 Mulch COWS, 2,2GI; working
oxen, 436; other cattle, $500; sheep, $500
swine, 6,S92; wheat, 13,304 bushels; corn
123,220 bushels; oats, Al ,99l bushels tobac
co, 1S8,l65 pounds wool, 1851 pound
Irish potatoes, 1850 bushels; sweet pota
toes, 3,059 bushels; butter, 44,929 pounds
hay, 1,640 tons; fax, 5056 pounds /; mapl
sugar, 6,305 pounds; sorghum, u Isl gal
Ions; honey, 2,S25 pounds.
The census makes no mention Of the coal
iron, and other minerals with which TIL
county abounds; for in 1870 they wer
comparatively useless But these mineral
and her magnificent timber TO which W
alluded ina previous letter. will now max
Fayette one Of the richest counties in tn
State. ..--...--.--, :. -
this county, as we'll us its picturesque scene
ry, will excite the attention Of tourists I'M,
attract u large number Of visitors. On Bi
Beaver creek are the remains of an uncien
fertilization, occupying an area Of abou
twenty square rods. The remaius Of tn
walls pretty clearly indicate that they wer
about six feet high and seven feet thick at Tn
base; but exactly when, by whom, or TO
what precise purpose they were built, re
mRins puzzle to the antiquary.
As have before intimated, the junction Q
the Gauley and New rivers to form tn
Kanawha, where mountains tower above OIL
either side and the railroad winds along tin
banks Of the Kanawha until it dashes owe
Z the Falls, combine to produce fine effec
and make scenery that is, in some respects
scarcely surpassed.
The projectors of the new hotel at the
Falls are making wise investment, FOL
nature has admirably fitted the place for
popular summer resort. The scenery, the
pure mountain air, the hunting, fishing, &c.
will afford " attractions enough to "draw. p
BY the way, we have heard OF railroad
contractor who endeayored tointroduce at the
Falisa new style of angling. He exploded
in the river q qua nifty of nitro-elycerine, and