The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-02-01
From Flowerland.

Who would have imagined from
Geo. L. Hills letter to the CITIZEN
of date 22d Oct, 1875, where he said
81 hope to rob Giles of one of
her" that in one short year he
would have forgot that hearts
agony? That he would wed anoth-
er? May her Hills of trouble be
comparatively as small as is the
stature of her husband.
Three families have moved into
our settlement since my last letter
to you, and more are looked for
soon. We have been included in a
circuit, and from now on we will
have preaching regularly-some-
thing we are sadly in need of. We
now need a doctor, school teacher,
shoe maker and a blacksmith and
our settlement will be complete.
There is not drinking saloon in
Calhoun county, and but one place
where whisky can be bought and
that by the quart. AS 1 get letters
by almost every mail enquiring
about this country, allow me to
make these statements:
This climate is delightful, as a
general rule. Have a freeze about
once in every ten years, but it sci
dom kills any orange trees. Or
anges, lemons, figs, grapes, plums,
peaches, corn, cotton, rice, tobacco,
sugar cane and potatoes can be sue
cessfully and proftably raised here.
The soil is sandy, warm, with clay
subsoil, the clay generally being at
from 10 to 80 inches below the sur
face. A lady in this county made
in 1875 seven forty gallon barrels Of
syrup from ne-fourth acre of cane.
This yyIup Melted her 45c. a gallon.
| did not see the cane growing nor
the syrup made, but the lady and
her son both told me of it. To raise
anything to make profit you must
use fertilizers Land can be pur
chased from the State at one dollar
or from the United States for one
and a quarter dollars per acre. Cut
ting and burning timber cost from
sc to SIS per acre. Rails ten dol
lars per thousand put on the fence,
or seven and a half dollars left on
the ground. Orange trees cost
from 25 cents to SIS, according to
age and size. Lumber ten dollars
per thousand at the mill. Laborers
can be had at from eight to fifteen
dollars per month. Cooks three to
six dollars per month, but these
generally have lot of children and
other kin to feed-in fact, they are
about like Tennessee cooks. With
a good man l will enter into the
following agreement: Let him send
lne five hundred dollars now and
agree to send me two hundred dol
lors each year for the next four
years. For this l will make him a
deed to twenty acres of land, clear
and fence eight acres, furnish and
set out upon it four hundred three
yearold sweet orange trees. l will
cultivate, fertilize and attend to
them for the five years without any
further expense to him except the
taxes. If this offer is accepted by
18th Feb'y 1 can and will set half
the trees this year.
Fishing is now fine and great
numbers Of large trout are caught
every day. Some of these weigh as
much as ten pounds, and but few
less than three pounds. We also
have striped bass, shell crackers,
brim, cat fish, etc. intend TO put
about five hundred pounds of fish
around my trees this spring for ma
nure. In the way of game we have
deer, bear, panther, wildcat, coon,
fox, opossum, squirrels, rabbits,
cartridges, woodcock, snype, tur-
key, ducks, geese, &c. A man who
is fond of fishing and hunting can
have as much fun as he wants by
coming here. A good fisherman
can get board free if he will fish
every day and bring home all the
fish he catches during the day.
LAKE O. TROTTT