The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-08-28

farms. eight and nine miles from
town, in different directions because
they cannot support themselves BY
their practice alone.
| Leaving SneedVille on Saturday
L took seat with Joseph Brooks
who was going out to his farm five
miles away. behind two horses, and
accompanied him four miles, when
he turned away to 60 to his farm,
and then called upon the venerable
DR.. Mitchell, who had spent long
life as physician in Sneedville, but
who has retired from practice and
resides on his farm situated on
Cliuch river. The old gentlemen
was pleased to meet with some one
who understood the art of budding
fruit trees, and had me teach @his
son and grandson the art; for, old
as he his-72 years of age-he de-
sired to improve the quality of his
orchards. And will here observe,
that the people in Claiborne and
Hancock counties are way behind
the times in this respect, taken as
whole. and need to be taught how to
improve their orchards. As a gen.
eral thing. the Horse apple prevails,
though the Timber Twig has been
shown a preference. In some in
stances a very few have purchased
new kinds of trees. to the number of
100 or more. The peaches are gen.
orally the kind which were grown
IS years ago. though there is begin
ming to be an improvement IN the
purchase and planting of the new
kinds. Both apples and peaches, as
rule. are of the late kinds. There
are plenty of both apples and peach
es along the whole distance I have
travelled the past thirteen days. and
men, women, and boys and girls are
busily engaged in drying large guam
titles Of them.
Saturday. just at night. found me
at the hospitable door of William B.
Davis, who heartily bid me welcome
to his bed and board. For travel
ing over rough roads under the in.
fuence of q scorching sun, I was
tired and ready to accept of a good
harbor for the night. Mr.. Davis
resides on a farm on Blackwater
creek, consisting of the very moder-
ate number of nine hundred and
sixty acres. He is and has been a
man of considerable Importance,
both at home anG abroad, and be-
sides being one of the six lawyers
of his county, is Z. M. of Blackwater
P. o.
Sunday morning the family start
ed off for meeting, as there was to
be baptizing in the Clinch river.
Elders George Davis, John Davis
and Click had been holding a two
weeks meeting in the Davis meet
ing house, and number of persons
had been converted, and were that
day to be buried in baptism with
Christ, according to the practice of
the Baptists. The place for baptiz-
ing was a mile or more from the
meeting house, and on the way Mr..
Davis showed me his fathers farm,
which is situated Immediately on
Clinch river, was settled 20 or 80
years ago, and stated that bunch
of asparagus is still growing which
was planted the same time. This
led him to point out the place where
was once an Indian village. Speci-
mems of the rude pottery Of the ab.
origines are still fonnd scattered
about, and then he gave nae a piece
OF Indian history which is new to
me, which ha learned some years
ago, in Arkansas. when he was In
dian agent among the Cherokees at
Fort Gibson. He learned 1t from
old Jim, who was then SUBJ
Chief. Jim told him that many,
many years ago, band of some 200
young men of this tribe left and
went west to explore the country
and ind new and better hunting
grounds, because, l suppose, they
were encroached upon by the greedy
whites, They were never more heard
of. But it seems when the Checo-
KEGS were transported to their new
home in Arkansas that they found
traces Of an old Indian village, and
specimens of pottery similar to those
used by the Cherokees. and made
only by them. On inq uiry, the Cher
okees found that their lost band
went out to the head waters of the
Arkansas river aud settled there,
and coming In contact with the In
dians of the plains were annihilated.
Soon we came TO the place of bap-
tizing. The services were conduct,
ed by Elder Click. Six persons
were baptized. First, an old man
who had already entered upon "the
scar and yellow leaf of life," Brother
Rogers. who had attained the age of
sixty-six years then q young man,
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