The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-09-16

/ never saw one man blowing with
less than two rrows and oftener four.
They have splendid horses, fine, large.
and stout. They put their plows in to
the beams, yet tive of their horses walk
on with perfect ease with two plQys.
All of their plows were left handed.
turning plows. They seem to do easier
work than the right handed pillow. 8.
All along the line of railroad, yor
could see a hourishing virage or town.
every few miles. Now and then We
would come TO large sized city Ike
Colunlb3s, which by the way, is.Ppe
Of the prettiest little cities that hayc
seen on my whole trip. Many Of cur
boys will remember it when tell
them | saw Camp Chase, [ know.
Thanks be to the allwisc God, that,
like ether vestiges Of war, has passed
into forgetfulness and We are all be-
coming more firmly united as one PEG
pie, having one aim and one desire,
the prosperity Of our common coun-
try, knowing no bounds except the
Atlantic and the Pacific, the lakesand
the gulf.
We ride up the MusEegum valley
for over hundred miles at the rate
of forty miles an hour. On either side
lies beautiful plain with splendid
back ground made. up of hills and
valleys that madv me think. time and
again of Middle Tennessee. AS we
approached Pittsburgh. however, the
hills begin to rise and we are lost in
the mountains that SURROUND us. Ma
ny merry laugh and a Jolly CONVEX
sation is suddenly stopped because all
is total darkness, deeper than mid
night itself. It is only temporary;
we have just run into a tunnel a half
a mile or so long, and at our rapid
speed we are soon out again to see
some persons il ludicrdus position
or with a strange expression upon
them. We now cross the little
Ohio river and run over into West
Virginia, along its southern bank,
when we begin to sec signs Of
our mineral wealth. Here you see a
vein of coal being worked ard the
other men digging up the iron ore :
the strength and the heat Of the nation
being laid in adjacent beds. We be-
gin now to look in upon the "Smoky
city" No one can form much idea
of its size going into t when we did;
as great clouds Of smoke hung over it
like foggy morning ON the Mississip-
pi. 1t is city Of ever one hundred
thousand inhabitants and is in "a more
flourishing condition Just now than
any city in the East. The iron yield
last year was far in excess of any pre-
vious year and the people are doing
well. From here we rode to Harr;3-
burg in the night. When we awcko
We had gotten down into the Atlantic
coast; plain and land around US was
as level as our western prairies. Civil
ization here bears the Impress Of age
and like old wine It begiGs to be mel
low. There is not q garden spot in
your knowledge or mine; Mr. Editor,
that receives such tasteful, diligent,
careful cultivation as does all the tilla-
bic lands for seventy-fte miles before
YOU reach Philadelphia on the p. c.
r. II. Everything is in Perfect order:
each acre Of land produces everything
that can be made out of it without any
doubt. And there are farms along
that road that have been in cultivation
two Hundred and fifty, Or three hun
dred years that are better now by far
than when Penn purchased the lsi'as
of the Indians. We took breakfast at
the city of "Brotherly Love" and had
a chance if we had seen fit to have
awaited ourselves of it to have had
the honor of taking a meal with our
sleeper's porter, as crld, a black negro
as you could well imagine. For once
we appreciated the blessii,E q being
sict. Here, as in all the places .kat
| have been this far East, all the ne
groes seem to understand their civil
rights, and they are not slow to take
them l assure you. You often see
nice white women standing in thestreet
CHS while burly buck or black wench
sits as unconcerned as You please. The
wages of sin is sure to fall upon the
head Of the offender.
] would love to tell you about the
beautiful vine clad hills of New Jer-
sey End the magnificent country homes
that fruit has made, but | have written
too much already will venture this
by way of conclusion however, that
more money is made off Of one acre
of poachesin New Jersey than is made
of of five in cotton n Tennessee, and
the peaches here will not compare
with our Tennessee fruit, for Favor or
size. The houses on the farms tell 1t
the roads through the country tell it,
the horses, the carriages, the people
all tell it. Where a people make
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