The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-02-05
A Familiar Voice from Mis-.
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VIBBARD, RAY COUNTY, Mo.,l
January 26, 1880.

"A fam1I1ar voice IrOm MIS-
YIBBARD, RAY COUNTY, Mo.,l
January 26, 1880.
EDITOR CITIZEN In March, 1854,
1 moved from Giles county away
out here In the northwest where
the lands are rich and the soil deep.
What changes have taken place
since that time! When L first came,
there were no railroads, no regular
markets in this section. Now we
have railroad communications with
the world, which have brought the
markets to our very doors aud our
produce meets with ready sale and
commands good prices. Agricnl
turally, morally and socially, this is
a fine country, settled principally
by Tennesseeans, Kentuckians and
North Carollnians. The climate is
colder than in Tennessee, but very
healthy at all seasons OF the year,
and for the most part agreeable,
when one gets accustomed to 1t.
Our lands produce considerably
more to the acre than yours do.
Col. John Craven who came from
Giles county about the same time /
did, and who will be remembered
by many OF your old citizens, has
crossed the Jordan of death--also
his wife.
We raise fine wheat. corn, oats,
rye, potatoes, vegetables in abun
dance, while melons of all kinds
grow to prodiglous size. Fruit
also does well. But what a glori
Gus grass country this is, both for
pasture and meadows-blue grass
for pasture and clover and timothy
for meadow. Mr.. Editor, if you
could only see two or three of our
large moving machines moving,
one after another, through our large
meadow-fields, you would open your
eyes.
This is also a fine stock country.
Mules, sheep, cattle and hogs are
raised in large numbers, especially
the two latter, and the traders, who
are plentiful, buy them readily from
US and at good prices.
The country lies well. mostly on q
level, and our spring wagons and
buggies do easy service here. Real
estate, which, as elsewhere, has
been deprecated in value, is now
| on the rise, together with almost
everything else. But, ah, the tie
| that bInds-the tie of kinship?
That induced my wife and myself,
in October, 1877, to return to old
Giles, on a visit to our relatives and
friends. Although the trip was a
long and tIresome one, we made il
from Vibbard, our nearest railroad
town, to Lynnville, in just DO hours.
What changes twenty three years
hsd wrought. both III the people
and country What emotions sgi-
tated my breast as / visited the old
homestead-the paternsl roof. II
miles north of Pulaski, on Richland
creek, and pressed the sod over
which / had rornped and sported In
boyish glee fifty years before. /
passed, in this vicinity, the site of
old Beech Grove Academy, where
my young ideas were taught to
shoot 6y the respected j. N. Brad
shaw, nearly 40 years ago. Ex
Gov. John G. Brown was q student
of the academy at that time. The
names of Gordon, Lane, Jones,
Smith, Brandon, and others, flashed
across my mind and mingled with
the tide of reminiscencies that
rushed upon my heart. / hardly
saw one of my old schoolmates.
This proved to me that the hand OF
Time had been busy in the van
ished years. But will not pur
sue this train of reflection further.
These lines are sent to show that
my heart still clings to my old home,
| j. A. NANCE.