The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1875-04-18
The Colony Of cullman.

The editor of the Birmingham Iron age
has been visiting this new town OF Cu''ha"'
among the hills of Blount county, A'a'
He gives the following interesting account
of that settlement:
The COLONY of Cullamn consists almost
of Germans who have settled on
the broad summit of Sand Mountain 80
broad indeed that it lis vast level p'sin' ana
who have purchased their lands dlrec'ly
from the South and North Railroad Com
pany. By an arrangement between MT.
Cnlimap. the agent of the colony, and the
SontL and North Railroad Company, three
hundred and fifty thousand acres OF lanu
we're placed at his disposal with the under,
standing that he should receive a-inerai
share of the net proceeds of the sale OF these
lands. By his energy he has lndacea a'oG'
four hundred families to locate III the VI
cinty, most of HON are s arsa Of conn.
and have settled over large area OF coun.
try. rendering the intervening lands more
vs,nable. There are, however, two large
and fire churches, several hotels and ousl-
ness houses, and many gardens, orchards
and vineyards interpreted. Inc IrelgnI
bills at the depot are about Si,ooo per
week, as we learned from the poiite agent,
Mr.. Bauman. Orr friend Mad 1,a 10 eou e
from fifty to one hundred dollars worth Vi
goods ger day, and has not yet fully re-
ceiyed his stock There are two other
houses in the place doing larger business
than Mr.. Nader. The city has been lncor-
porated by a recent act of the Legislature
and we had the pleasure of attending a
meeting of citizens held for the purpose OF
making nominations. TWAS we'll man
aged affair, and resulted in the nomination
Of Chas. A. Beckhert for Mayor, and five
other gentlemen for Councilmen. 1t was
agreed that these officers would serve with
ont compensation. Mr.. Nader acted az
, Chairman of the meeting and Mr.. Cullman
; delivered an eloquent address In the yer
I man language. After the meeting the as
3 sembly adjourned to a hotel, where they
? spent the evening in animated converse
t ton and songs, enlivened by constant ant
]. oft repeated rotations of the favorlte Ger
. man beverage. They we're also snppiie'
as often as occasion required with 1resh CT
n CARS, the product of their own neius ant
! | manufactured at Cullman.
/ Having said so much of the place ana IL
Y surroundings we have less space to 90 JUS
tice to him who was the founder OF TIL
e fiourshing COLONY and who is actively en-
gagged in pushing its interests forward
!" Mr. Cullman is u German, and came to III
!. United States in 1865 Even yet he speak
Re the English language with difficulty, but II
IS his own tongue he is most eloquent ATT
81 impassioned speaker Although strange
= to his language it wac treat To us 10 hci'
70 the rich and vDluble accents a. they role
q in unbroken melody from his mouth, "hil
10 his follow citizens listened with profouu
~ interest to every word he uttered. de
ID a man of large and liberal views, aud b
a. whole heart seems to he in the Work
peoplug the waste places of A'abam
IS with the intelligent and industrious poi
I'd ulation of his own country. He has chose
10 noble Gel1 for his efforts. Inc Sol
q. ~ though barren, seems we'll adapted to hu
4 bandry. 1t is. he thinks, suitable for man
th products which have been overlooked
he the economy of the South. The broad lev
at and dry plains, elevated above the sn
i'm rounding de pressions, will grow the crap
sh while boundless pasturase is Afforded Il
at sheep and cattle. One thousand. vines
ne the acre, yielding at the lowest estima
~ five pounds each of the grape worth 10 an
~ market ten cents per pound give .Souo p
he annuIn. In his garden are OOo vlnes ana
he his farm ), 900 more. All his colonists Il
unlre the land on, whicn they reside. al
to- many Of them a.te.dy have cultivate
IN, farms. TINS il Mr., Cuiual building VI
90 permanent population. Tie country su
10 10 taius the town aud the town supplies I
'Iv country with needed exchanges. Land
The cheap aud abundant. Heath is perfecCa
in the elm ate delightful. Encouraged by pi
to success the colonists are widening tin
NJ plaos aud their operations. New indnstr
] 10 are spIiuging up. One or more newSpapt
Ae'' will soon be started. There is III the MOI
gy' ment intelligence, energy and capital. w
efy should it not succeed9 What Alabam
3lu- does not wish it q hearty God speedy 1
adj one we must say that we look upon
Cullman as a public henefactor, and
believe that long after he is gone the c
We he has founded will remain monument
ark, his memory and the State of Alabama '
lark do honor to his name.
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