The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-03-06

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E RIoRRIsToNa, March l. 1878.
To the Fffit9r 9{ she AIor 15 Gpzsats:
W4enrmy last letter started westward
from NeY. Canton P. o., ] was about
readyto 90 east, toward 'Rotherwood.
I said, ''8Tr. b Nugeat does the trading
Kere.r So lie daesFin part; but is notu
the oWnesef the store. Mr.. Price is. i
He began at New Canton fifteen, years
or so age and has built up a big trade.
James Nugent IS his clerk aud is wen
spoken Of rs an excellent salesman. 20
1 was told I would -finj1 a good farm
ing region from R6gefsville TO Rother-
wood, as indeed 1 did. The. Phippses,
McKinneys, Clays, e. Hords, Prices,
Sturmses, Netherlands aud others have
large farms and are grand flyers.
q The wheat is looking grandly. II has
already put on its spring hue Of deepest
emerald, and promises an excellent
yield. Capt Sturm Informed me that
he has 100 acres in wheat and lis pIowing
Hand for. corn. His object is to get his,
farm in grass, pretty much, on which to
feed and fatten mammoth short-horn
cattle. trcsf s:ts---Ata ola--s
called ON Capt J. B. Clay, aomile OF
so this side of RotAerwood, He was not
az ;..1,e;, had gone down to Rogersyille,
where lis family is, stopped and ad-
mired the three grand old oaks that
shade his yard, and hooked upon them
as once powerful lmOnAEchs of a wide
forest, which has passed away, simply
by the plying Of the wpodman's ax.s..sp
On reaching Rotherwood, I found on
Iy a small cluster Of buildings It would
do to call it hamlet were itsnot for the
huge dbnilding in which j Mckinney
Phipps resides. This building is situa-
ted on commanding site at the conflu
ence of the north and south forks of the
Holston or TENNESSEE river. From it
one can look up the north fork, the south
fork and down the main river for Dong
distance, bat the view on the south ex-
tends only to the grand hills which
loom up in front. 1t was certainly Sc
Iccted by one who had an exquisite taste.
This was the seat Of Frederick Il. Ross,
the oct6genarian preacher who delight
ed an audience or two in the Presbyteri-
an church in our village same months
ago. He built the house, and gave the
name TO the place. presume he found
the name RotherwOod in SCOTS novels.
1t is a Scotch name, as well as Ross. He
failed in business, and the beautiful
place he called R7therwood and home
passed cut Of his possession, and now it
is owned by another.
Kingsport lies along near the mouth
Of the south fork Of the Holston, and is
noted for its length and narrowness. 1t
has but one. street, and is built on only
one side oft. Many years ago it was a
place of considerable importance. a
Steamboat assembled the HoISton as far
as Kingsport, which being the head Of
navigation induced the gathering there
of the surplus products of the country
around it, and was the entrepot of the
salt manufactured in Virginia which
found a market west and south of Kings
port But the town went down after
The East Tennessee, Virginia apd Geor-
gia railroad was put in operation. How
ever, l discovered signs of life in the
decayed town, in therepair of the old !,
dilapidated buildings. 1t is said that
1Ir. Aiken, the owner. Of the Rogersville
and jefferson Railroad, intends to put a
steamboat on the river, to ply between
KiDgsport and the crossing of tile rail-
road over the Holston. found very
good stopping place with Mr.. Roller,
who married a daughter of Dir. Andes,
whose family now reside IN our town, q
Recrossing the north fork, I entered
Carriers Valley, then Stanley, Caney
and Poor Valleys, and walked fully thir-
ty miles without coming to post office.
While in Stanley Valley, heard several
citizens complain of want Of mail facili-
ties, andlearncd that some action had
been or was 10 be taken in favor of
creating a new mail route from Rogers
vile through it and into Virginia.
At last, I found myself in the vicinity
of War Gap p o., where you have a
number. of subscribers. Called on
Samuel Edison, who has a hill farm of
good land, which he intends to improve
by putting it in grass-a wise thing to
do. Monday might, found myself at
William aGreenes. He has some 400
acres, a part of which he is covering
with grass aud large orchard. He
raises considerable corn, and buys a
large quantity for distilling. His dis
tillery is unregistered one and gives en-
ployment to 2 Mr.. Flonrnoy-another
French namc-as storc-keeper aud gau-
ger Mr.. G.. Isl live man, and one Of the
leading business men in that section OF
the State. He is P. h. of Lee Valley
p. o. s.' aa b5zs la
Leaving Lee Valley assembled and
descended Clinch mountain, and found
myself among the hills long after
touched botton, as supposed Was in
sight of but did not go on to the ceIo-
brated McNutt farm, for l was going
frem it as | wended my weary way more
than mile, every step of which was up
hill, to reach the farm of A. K. Elkins,
whom Ilfound on hill, with other hills
piled up f,beve,him. He has 800 acres,
and his farm is really productive one.
though entirely on high hills. He, too,
wants to put the most of his land into
grass, which would advise him to do.
When I left Mr., Elkins my motto was
excelsior -higher still higher-fsr yet
had two hills to climb before. l could
lo,.l. anrs11 On tnthn nfIinr side. hut I