Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-02-18
FACTS ABOUT EAST TENNEssEE.j,
what n .Northern settler Thinks of Our
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While the sleigh bells jingle merrily over
the snow trodden roads of the North, our
people are working in their gardens amid
the singing of birds and under the rays of
a warm spring sun. While northern farm
ers are housed, waiting for the snow to
disanpear before the first work of spring
can be done, our farmers have done their
crubbing and repairing of fences and are
already far along with their plowing for
oats and corn The meadows are beginning
to show the fresh green grass and every
thing looks bright aud spring like. We
read of ice and snow in New York, and the
West, while our thermometer stands at
about 60.
A snow and ice bound man in Massachu-
sets, who has been reading the CHRoN-
rcI.E-David Steele at Ipswicz, Mass.,-
wants to know how to get here. If he will
take the Great Southern Mail Route from
New York via. Washington, Lynchburg
and Bristol, he can get to Knoxville for
about S35. If he wants little water travel
he can go from New York to Norfolk by
steamer and then from Norfolk via Lynch
ourgh and Bristol to Knoxville for about
the same price. This latter is very pleas
ant route:
The following letter from Daniel j. Lawton,
a Northern settler, written to the Northerh
Christian Advocate shows what he thinks OF
East Tennessee. He says:
With pleasure occasionally contribute to your
columns for you and l have been colaborers
ever since you were born indeed, took to my
embrace tho first number OF your torerunner'
l. W. q HVn1
On the 18th ult. l took n trip, on my saddle
40 miles TO Powell Valley Cambpell CO., to at
tend the Knoxville District Conference. This
session very interesting in the business done
but especially in "a religious aspect, as some
we're converted and others blessed with iull
salvation.
The valley is about $50 miles long, and TO 3
miles wide. Forty miles of its southwest eX-
tremity lies in Tennessee, under the frownlng
brow of the Cumberland mountains The
Knoxville and Ky. II. II. transports from its
lower terminus large quantities OF lumber, coal,
iron, stock and produce. The soil of the valley
is excellent, yielding, $50 i was told 20 TO 4O
bushels of wheat to the acre. Titled as it has
been, it must have been of great fertility in its
virgin state But farming is done better here,
and the people have better houses, and are more
uniformly loyal and intelligent than IN any
other place / have seen South. Our Church
has the principal patronage, having strong
Church in every to 8 and lO miles. flnally as
q whole this valley will compare tavorab!y with
dollars per acre Three weeks since, we had a
few freezing nights, but since and now, we have
warn weather, with frequent showers. Grass and
grain are growing.
Our educational interests are progressing
finely. The Knoxville University, under the
supervision of the NJ. 4. Church, is located
here. Knoxville grows rapidly: Its wholesale
and retail merchandise, its manufactures, lnclud-
ing iron foundries, furnace rolling mill, etc,
are pushing ahead amazingly. When the new
railroads projected, shall connect us with
Cincinnati, Charleston, Chicago, and the Gulf
this will be the Pttsburg of the South. The two
sessions of the National Camp meeting he Id
here, were of great value to the cause of Christ
in this country, for the working of all the
churches greatly needs revision. As for. our
church, we are gradually getting into working
order The higher christian life is being preached
and may preachers and members are pressing
into it.
This is beautiful climate True we have
considerable mud in the winter but farm work
can be carried on all the year round. used to
enjoy buffeting your great SHOWS and piercing
winds, but tho ie days are gone. indeed would
not spend my few remaining days in northern
winters for a good farm. More anon.