Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-11-30

which was invited to speak. You,
like you fathers. have fertile soil
AS l passed from GAINESVILLE to this
place, l saw fields that evidently Weld
abundant crops. 1t is said that if Won
continue to plant tbs same crop with
out the application of the science and
mode IN which YOU should plant and
cultivate them, your soil must finally
becOme exhausted. Thei what are
you 10 DO say turn upon your
| heeIs and look at what science has
/ zone elsewhere. Go into the midland
/ counties OF England and see where
/ they nave Tor TWO centuries planted
! the same land in wheat and it still
/ reduces from fifty to sixty bushels per
acre If you ask why is this. [ will
try to answer. In the first place they
( pow from fourteen to sixteen inches
deep. In the next place they analvze
ana study the nature of the soil. Can
you not do the same? My advice To
you Is to plOW the land so deep that
when the showers fall they will not
wash the deep soil off, but will sink
into the ground to nourish the plans
growing there.
This, my friends, brings me back to
consider not merely your soil, but the
people from whom you spraug-thOSe
grand Old pioneers who came with
their rifles, axes and hoes, the pillow,
and the anvil to tame the forest and
the savage a noble people, from whose
loins sprang the brave men who have
thus far added lustre to their early his
tony. When we think of such men as
Boone. Shelby, Scott and Taylor, fnd
when Inury, n a l,tnr
and find Hopkins, Barry, Clay, and
host of others, and the lost and still
lamcnted, your own good BreCken-
ridge, a gifted soldier and statesmen,
the princeIy gentleman, whose name
will be the synonym Of gaElantry, of
genius, OF mugnanimity in our sons
while the beauty, the modpsty and vir-
tue Of our daughters shall command
the admiration of all mankind
LCheeIs. Kentucky, my own, my
native land tcheers) God grant tha,
peace and plenty may ever run
throughout your borders. [Applause
God grant that your sons may forever
rise to illustrate the fame of their faith |
ers, and that wherever the name of |
Kentucky is mentioned, every hand |
shall he lifted and every head bowed |
III bbNVii III ltS IicCL tbI an liidI Is HEabu, |
for all that is glorious, all that Is vir- |
tuOus, yall that is honorable in men. |
[ Cheers. When, at my aye, | come |
among you it renders il less probable |
that | shall ever look upon these faces |
again : but if never 30, he assured |
that in the latest hour Of my life |
shall remember the kindness | havc
e"eivCd in my native county, and in |
that latest hour my prayers shall rs
cend for all the precious gifts that
Kind Providence can best0w Upon the
people from whom sprung.
air. Davis concluded his speech
amid loud cheering, which was con-
Iinued for some time
He viii visit Farvirw, twelve miles
from HUpkinsvilie, where he was born
to-day, aud will he received by some
Of the Old citizens Of that place, WHO
used to play with him in his child
hood days. He will also visit the
house in which lie vas born, and will
remain over there Sunday.
lie was cordially invited to visit
Nashville by some or those who went
up to H"pkusvltie Yesterday to hear
Iim speak. bat he declined Stating
hat he had some private business 10
attend 10 at Memphis and Ficksburg
he viii leave lof the former place
lpXt Monday.