Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-06-17

luuV HAS MAUI auy ieai progress sluco tno
late civil war. If this be a fact, which |
don't doubt, then when will the South
commence her improvement? The South
err people THAT isa great portion ofthem)
have become SO extremely prejudiced
against the Northern, that l fear they
will hardly ever become united, ard
surely without union there is no strength.
| have known instances where capitalists
from the East and North would visit the
South, looking nut a location for some
sort of machinery, when the people would
turn their backs to them and thus drive
them away to their native lands. Can a
people become prosperous in this way |?
Never will the South prosper until she
lays aside all s%trifes, and her people put
their shoulders to the wheel and welcome
foreign, enterprising citizens. The South
is the place of my nativity and l dearly
love her. l say again that she could be
an Eden, but will she?
l have already said too much about
East Tennessee, the South &c., and shall
now come to Indiana, and give a few
items that l have gathered since l wrote
you last.
Instead of seven cases of cholera in
Franklin, 1t should have been reported
smallpox.
The weather has been very nice for the
last month. corn is all planted, 'come
up and looks well. The farmers take
but little pride in the cultivation cf oats,
as corn, potatoes and grasses are chiefly
raised and stand in a greater demand. l
here give a price>list of some of the
products &c. raised hero. Flour per Dbl
six dollars, meal per bushel one dollar,
potatoes per bushel one twenty. five cents
hay per ton twenty.three dollars, milch
cows from fifty to one hundred dollars,
three year old steers from forty-fve to
sixty dollars, calves six weeks old from
five to ten dollars. Remember these are
cash prices. Don't it look reasonable
that there is plenty of money out here?
| would not have the young men and the
old farmers Of the South infer from what
l here state that money grows on bushes,
There is money for those that wish to
obtain it, but it requires some effort and
labor. l Shall not advise any young
man out here. What satisfies me per-
haps wouldn't suit others. | am truly
glad that Ihave been thrown among my
Indiana friends. Right here permit me
to return my ardent thanks to Mr.. d.
Emick ard wife, Geo. w. Shay and wife,
Col, John Conover and many others that
have treated me with SO much courtesy
and generosity. To them l feel under
many lasting obligations.
For the last two weeks I have been
travelling through the country, both by
rail and buggy locomotioD. Buggy ri
ding out..here is very common with these
people, but to me it is quite a novel way
of conveyance. Would it Sour on the
people of Tennessee for me to say that
sixty miles can be travelled out here per
day quicker and easier on stock than
twenty out there? This, 70 doubt, looks
"hin" nevertheless it is true. The FIRST
place l visited was the great city of H.
dianapolis, which has a population of
l00,753. Here / stayed two days, and
put the time mas best l could. l visited
all the public buildings Tor as many as l
could which were very grand, save the
State House. Next / went to see the
huge Court House. This is the largest
building ever saw. 1t has been in pro.
cess of erection for FIVE years and requires
five more to effect its completion. This
mammoth building will cost the State
only $2,0O0,0OO. Perhaps the rea,
ders of the HERALD AND TRIBUNE will
think l am testing, but to believe what /
write one will only have to visit the city.
At about A o'clock Of each morning the
Market is opened. l had always wanted
to see a Market House, and as / had the
privilege, l walked down and such a
scene! Here | saw all kinds of vege-
tables, meats, fishes and in fact, any
thing that one would want to eat. l
might say more about indianapolis,
but have already taken IN too much