The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-05-03
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Editor Home journal:

Editor Home Journal;
II any Of the readers of your valuable
paper have the "hurs." let them visit
| Hunts station and he cured, 1t isu nice
treat 10 go there and he entertained by
gentlemen. many of whom take and read
the daily news, and are well posted upon
any subject that can he introduced afrra
feast of national politics. You have ~ go
bur short distance IN the country lrOu
the station To get all the local n"ws-l
mean TO one OF the old pioneers. who,r
door latch Is on the outside, lie Is lOnd
OF company, and has great deal ct iU
Men from II distance call on him; the
learned disregard imt his counsel; ,hr
preachers purlake Of his hospitality, and
even the poor are made welcome guests At
MS house. In fact. everything around
nnd about him t. made plrHsnntHn a. rec
able. u j. interesting. indeed, to hcar
aim in detail give the history OF the
country IN Whlrh re lives, from the ear
Hest settlement h. the present time. You
only have To near aim to appreciate his
logic ana good sense IN the argument to
prove " hat Is IN future store + the pru-
pie OF ths, franhlin county. After tul,S
holding you Spcll-bound rs tony rs he
wishes. &c Ill tuen carry YOU back with
great deal Oi novelty IN &c incating il-
cidrntS relative to the hhniclI Ire lsurrS
Nuu valuable minerals tuNt are still ull,Ir-
\clopcd in the 9ulis Of Cum hrlland noun
tain. lie says there Is no mi'ldhe about
the minerals being there. bat il won'L pay
10 Loose time IN hunting Tor them. lie
says there has been tinic enough spent in
search OF those minerals tu produce ~ulli-
ccnt brrad,tuIl. to Suh>i,t the entire
nrlgHborhOou Tor years to come He ar
ties, AMI ScnSibly. TOO, that th"'e Is more
to he made IN tue call ivatIOn Of the cOve~
than digging in the mines for gold. lie
SAYS. ana am disposed to believe it. tuat
tirrr is plenty OF land in this county t'al
will rcmunerate the hl> DaMlman annually
S33l 2. or, 500 every three years pes acre.
lie contends that good land in this county
Is chcapat 500 perarr or land j. intrill-
sirally worth what twill produce in three
years. and | nainIaln that he Is not far
wrong The must o. Us DO no; appreciate
t"e vaGc OF our lands.
Vhc old gentleman is full of humOr, and
loves to be juhrd; and the "hDys" get oil
some pretty good Ones ON him sometimes.
which. am told he enjoys hugely lie
has Il fine lArn, in Il iIIGh state OF cUltiva-
ton and lie /, hy ~ means II strl ger to
the ttlapta ,ility OF his soil Having
somewhat Il mania for the different ,arir-
ties OF grass that do wei in that part of
the cuunty. he spends hi, money freely for
grass seed to SOW in his lawns and wood
lands, and the "hUys" have it that he
makes his Berkshire pigs doa great deal
OF his Fan piOWing. hy sowing corn with
his @rasr seeds. Ihc pigs. in roofing AT
ter The corn. cover the grass seeds >uili-
GENTLY deep to cause them to 2crlninatc
amt grow of lUXuriantly. which demon
>tratrS clearly to the thinking mind that
10 lie sur't S>iul in agriculture brains
must inevitably he exercised. without
which all physical or muscular power is !
futile.
n farmer has hut little taste who fails to
admire all the country around hunts !
Station. They have the finest Whrat crops .
neatly ever saw growing in amy roun
try. | left there inspired with the belief
tnat Franklin county Is the Eden OF Ten
nrSSrc, which Is second TO no state in the
Union; and my energies have been
to try 10 initiate those pcO-
pie in farming. especially in the culliva-
ton OF grass, aud It am successful nope |
to be able to Visit them again to roii -Ialu- |
late them ON what tnry know ami what |
have learned from them in the sciences OF !
agriculture. Success TO the people oI
Hunt Station. N