The Russellville Democrat., 1877-05-10
X PIECE FOR THE HOME-
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The following letter will afford in. formation to large class of home seekers who are making inquiry concerning this section of the State. The writer has given fair, candid view of the country, and prospects for new home seekers. Glass Village, where Mir. W. resides, is about Is or Is miles from this place, and what he says in regard to the soil, health, etc., of his vicinity will apply to this whole valley.
 Here is MT. W's. opinion of this country:
 GLASS VILLAGE, May ', 1877.
 MR. EDITOR; As some of my Giles county, Tennessee, friends want me to give them a description of this part of Arkansas 1 will try to do so through the columns of the DEMOCRAT, hoping thereby to induce come of the sons of toll to come hth CT and better their condition, n,-some thing that l know they can do, if they will only come and work here as they do where they are. In the first place l will give my five years experience, that being as long as have been living in this State.
 1 landed here Dec. 13, 1871, with an old yoke of oxen, one mule and m old horse, two old patched up wagons, such as dissatisfied emf. grants move back to their old mother country with. and just such as l am making out with yet,--and if teen dollars in money. Add to this a large family and you have com plete inventory of my entire capital when I landed in Arkansas Pork was Sc.; corn 75c. per bushel, and scarce at that. l rented land at $7 per acre, looked around the country some and bought where I am now living. As l settled in the woods 1 found it necessary to rent land every year since ia order to make money to meet the payments on my land. 1 have now got 320 acres of as nice post-oak and hickory land as any man need covet, and it is all paid for except about fifty dollars. In the five years l have supported my family, paid out the rise Of twelve hundred dollars rent, and have about 50 acres of my land cleared and in cultivation, and horses, cattle, and hogs enough to do very we'll on be sides. Lands in this vicinity will produce from 20 to 40 bushels of corn per acre, or from 500 to 1900 pounds of cotton. Oots, wheat and rye do finely; and if a man is too lazy to work he can raise German mIllet to perfection with but little labor. and it IS the choicest feed for horses, mules, sheep ana cattle. We have good land for the tame grasses of all kinds, and especially herds grass, (red-top, some call it) and from the middle of April until win ter sets in we are not obliged to feed our stock at all, unless it is our work stock; and indeed some make thelr crop entirely on the wild grass, of which there are thousands of acres. For the benefit of readers of this scribble l will say that 1 did not bay land for the reason that there was no vacant lands.-for there are thousands of acres of it, and that which is good too,-a great deal of it that is better than what l bought. But bought simply because l liked the location.
 Arkansas, generally, if you will keep away from the river and creek bottoms is billy, mountainous country, covered with all kinds of vegetation. The benches on the mountain sides are rich, and gener ally the higher up these mountains you go the richer the land. There are also excellent springs of good water. If there is any better field for the lumber man than this part of Arkansas l don't know where it 10, On the mountain slopes aud low ridges there is any amount of long bodied pine, sometimes 3J feet or more through; also other valuable timber, such as white oak, post,oak, black walnut and cherry. Our river and creek land are just as rich as ever s crow flew over, making some