The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-07-31
COUNTY
It's organization and History,
4rith "reminiscences. Incidents,
de-. Of tile O11en Tine.
BY AN OLD CITIZEN.

We have heretofore given n few hh-
~tarical sketches of Andrew county III
its primeval days. ThirtvLthree
wears have passed since that2era to
the present-the length of time which
is said will pass a@rhole generation of
human beings from the face,Of the
terrestrial globe irto eternity. The
history through that medieval time
we have neither the time nor the pa
iicncc to Write, nor do we believe it
rSould remuneratc for the trouble:
therefore, so far as we ire concerned,
pass. it by, anGtlet oblivion draw the
curtain over the interval, and CON-
lmence with the oCUnty as it new is,
DEPRESSING first, however. by animed-
rerting to something sGid in a fcrmer
article which has attempted to be'cor-
rected ir.aR article published in the
st. Joseph Morning herald Of the 25th
instant. sisEeG"'Niator,' as follows:
We desire here to- Direct TN error which ap-
lcsred IN a recent publication in reference 10 the
naming of Andrew county. The name Andrew
MIS- not given to the rounly, a. there stated, from
Nnirew Jackson Davis, Tire spiritII.list, but in
honor of Old Hickory, who ir thoscTaysreigned
in the hearts of the people of this county. In
:Smuch as there existed at chat time Il jackson
tpullN III iul Slttt. btH ftEOlbscu hil'liilp tnis
Andrew jackson county The Legislature,
however, decided to name & Andrew.
Now. instead of having committed
au error the writer of the above ex-
tract wrote about that which he did
not know, and attempts to correct
the organic law of the State naming
The county of Andrew, the language
of which i'll our former article was
cenied rerbdtim, and will now asEin,
in order to show that we knew about
what was then written. NAMED
Andrew, in honor of Andrew Jack
son Davis. late 4 citizen of the city
of st. Louis" is the language of the
law. See Legislative Session Acts,
lSI1. page 80. section 4. E.tter this
correction and enlightenmsnc'of'V xvi
atur," we resume the sGbier: under
Observation-Disclosures conEty' at
the present time.
The face of the county is generally
equally divided between timber and
prairie-rTEer more timber than
prairie-with bottom and uplands.
The soil on the uplands is composed
OF silicious mari, and is unsurpassed
bv any uplands for fertility. The
river and creek bptteElS ere entirely
alluvial. composed generally of a
light, sandy, calcareens soil, fertile in
The highest degree. The BLUFFS along
or ncar the Missouri river daNe all
excess of clay, yet are but !ittle Gnfe-
rior in fertility to the richer petitions.
blackberry Ridge as it is called OH
account of the vast quantity of tim
bier of that name ticrcsr, extending
siorth and south through the western
portion Of the COUNTY, il the richest
large body of land IN the l'lattc
purchase. Andrew comfy as the
premium ceEnty eff the State of Mis-
souri,: scarcely Il feot of land an the
whole county but ran be easily cult.
waited. and in addition 10 soil Us
stated. remarkably healthy.
The agricultural Interests and i'm.
prOvemcnts Ere vet tekiAd the pro,
rress of the aye .N@t more. however
than ouc-lhirG Of the lands in the
county are in c%Eltiration. and il
.rrop times are generally covered will
magnificent fields of corn, wheat
oats, rye, barley, keHp, buckwheat
ipDdN'o- SoiEiutE. BoAhlotN. Al N. in
Othy. red-tOp. red clover. Hungarian
blue grass, &c: also, with the great,
est variety of fruits, consisting OF
apples, peaches peas, apricots
plumS. cherries, grapes and all the
varieties of small btrries-strawbcr
ries, %currants, gOoscberrics, &c. II
j, claimed that AGdrcw county. fol
some wears back, has been realizing
on an average about cue hundred
thousand dollars annually for fruit.
alone. sold and shipped. The guanti
~ has been rapidly and steadily in
crcasing, and at the present time. i.
II of the best fruit counties in the
Statc-preiRiumS awarded her al
horticultural and agricultural fair.
on the greatest aud best varieties.
The fruit culture has increased il
avery remarkable degree within few
years, more particularly grapes. tn,
soils a~daptsbilitr to the grape cul
ture, especially the Concord. which
appears to arrive at great perfection
in this section. and is. perhaps. pre-
fcrable in this climate a..d soil to an,
other variety. Fruit culture should
be a sine qua 0 with all owners o.
real estate. and of the best varieties
for family use. if not for market. |,
is said that the abundant use of ma
tured fruit gives health, and certain
ly health should be our first great
care. A sensible writer. a chemist
aud yerscd. perhaps, in materia medi
60, las said that fruit contains {:
large tortion of sugar. mucilage. &c.
IN such desirable combinations. witt
vegetable acids, extractive matters
and aromatic principles, as to form
nutritIye matter of great value, rem.
lerins them capable Of acting power.