The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-05-29
Tennessee Letter.
DICKSON, DICKSON, Co., TENN,


DICKSON, DICKSON, Co., TENN, L
May 10th, 1879.
FRIEND HARRIS, SIR: This fail- !
road town on Northwestern, Dickson
and Pine Wood Railroad from Nash
vile to st. Louis, containing about six
Inhabitants, and is a wide
awake town. About $4,000 bushels of
wheat were shipped from here last
year, and other products such as corn,
oats, potatoes, peanuts, peaches, sweet
potatoes, tobacco and poplar lumber in
great quantities and q great amount of
ties, which Is well for a town
of eight or nine years growth. The
country is heavily timber
ed and some excellent farms and some
poor ones, with as good water as ever
run, and capable of producing i'm.
mense crops Of wheat, corn, and oats
also, for stock of all kinds, more for
mulish flesh than horse. / found my
old friend ak. Freeman, formerly of
Greenville, Pa, to be one of the old
settlers, having been here about nine
years, and well-to-do; has grown up
with the place. When I tell you that
there are two-thirds of the inhabitants
from Pennsylvania and one-fourth
from Ohio there cannot be many na-
tives of this Southern climate. There
are some Sambos. The dry weather
during the Spring has injured the
winter wheat to some extent, but rains
for the past three days have been album
dant. There is now prospect for q
bountiful harvest. When Ravenna
men said this was aGod-forsaken coun-
try they do not know anything about
it or the inhabitantss I say, let every
man come that cannot get q home in
Ohio. thought they were putting a
little too much sweet on. But find
that the better half had not been told.
have frequently heard people say, II
they were younger they would go west.
have been West, and say go South.
If q man or woman is not already in
their grave and has three months to live
they had better spend half of it in .
visit in Tennessee. They will have
some idea of the beautiful climate t.
the rising and setting of the Southern
sun. Sambo says, de norf is q gooG
climate, nine months winter and thre'
months late in February" Gentle
men, Northern people will at once un
lock the secret Of this immense emmi
grafton South. A man coming Soutl
must have some means. If he can ge
to tie Southern States and has goo'
Irish grit he Is all right. It Is no plac
4 for lazysfolks. They will become beg
gars here Just as soon as in any othe
country. / would advise those comini
here to make up their minds just whs
y they want to do and when they g
here don't fool away much time, bu
proceed at once to business. Brother
and sisters you can getlands here fror
So to $50 per acre, according to locatio
: and improvements. If John Christ
was here with large horse, he woul
take the lead. There is one draw-hac
here !; that js, the roads. The land
: too scarce. Roads are from 20 to
feet in width. Some fields of cor
planted this Spring are knee high an
other not so forward. planted abor
two acres of Irish potatoes on Saturda
the 18th and one acre of corn. a.
There are from 800 to 500 people th'
| come here and to the Springs frol
? Nashville, Memphis. New Orlear
and all those Southern Districts
: spend the summer months. II SON
good man accustomed to running h
ltel was here he could make . fortur
in q few years. This is what I am ii
formed. -.s,...r s.5t
Twas pleased when taking my hous
hold goods from the depot. I had
small keg of apple butter about twent.
five gallons--one of the natives too
the apple butter" What is that ?" al
other asks me. I told him it W,
something had prepared for my fan
lily in case'of sickness. So he said eth
sourkraut was q very good thing
sickness" 7 advise all men that ha,
families intending to come South
> bring two or three barrels Of sourkra,
in case of sickness. Yours respee
fully, - s9'sn@ l. 'sa TENN.