The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-07-15

brook, are owned. These are the race
horses which, though taken of of the
turf in consequence Of age, arc still rated
at moro than seventy-fvc thousand dol
lars each. In Lexington the monument
to Henry Clay stands within sight Of the
railroad. 1t is handsome circular mar
BILE shaft, rising perhaps thirty feet from
the ground, and is pointed out to passcn-
gers as one of the objects of interest along
the route.
OBSERVATIONS on THE COUNTRY.
This country is the only one which in
any measure attracted our attention az at
all comparable to our section of South
Carolina It is in higher state of Guilt
vation, and much greater system pre-
walls there than here. Our lands cannot
be brought up to SO high stale of culti-
vation as theirs without years of system
and expense, and perhaps for some crops
can never be made equal to them, for
they have the limestone ready furnished
by nature, and it is not practicable for
us to add a sufficient quantity OF lime
and secure its proper mixture with the
soil. Around Lexington there appears
to be no waste land. The country is
slightly undulating, but is all cultivated,
and presents no appearance Of washing
or bad cultivation in any way: In many
respects, however, we have decided ad-
vantage over the blue grass region, for
we have q. better climate, better water
and can raise q greater variety of pro-
ducts. They grow no crop that we can
not successfully cultivate, and at the
same time we add the important staples
cotton and rice as natural crops for this
country, while they arc impossibilities
for theirs. Then we grow profitably a
number Of vegetables and fruits which
do not flourish with them near so we'll.
Our facilities for manufacturing are far
ahead Of theirs, so much so that While
cotton factories are making from twenty
to thirty per cent annually, there is not
one to be found in the whole blue grass
section, and there is not manufacturing
industry there which could not be pros
ecuted here with equal or better facilities
if our country were properly developed.
Our conclusion, therefore, is that the
Piedmont belt of South Carolina is sus-
ceptible of a higher development and
prosperity than that attained by the blue
grass country, and yet lands which sell
| for ten dollars here would sell for one or
two hundred dollars per acre there:
What we need here is energy, improved
scientific agriculture, manufacturing de-
velopment and thrifty, enterprising I'M
| migration. If every farmer of Ander-
son County could spend week each
year around Lexington in practical OBJ.
servation of the culture and system Of
their farmers, we have no doubt that the
application of the lessons they would
| learn would place this country far ahead
of that within the next ten years, even If
| there should be no development from
immigration or manufacturing.
About fifty miles this side Of Cincin-
natl we strike what are called the
EAGLE HILLS OF KENTUCKY,
series of considerable elevations in
every form and angle, so chat the cutting
and filling in building road through
| them is very heavy, and the expense cor
respondingly great. When the road was
started persons acquainted with this re-
gion laughed at the possibility OF ever
work here is light compared to that in
the land of tunnels, Of which we have
spoken. After We pass through this sec
adapted to the production of grain, we
emerge into the valley of the Ohio River
and enter the outposts of the suburbs of
Cincinnati, where for ten miles we find
very high culture and development Incl
dent to it's proximity to the great COM
mercial center of the West. The Ohio
River is crossed upon splendid iron
bridge, which is noted as having the
longest span of any railroad bridge in
the world, it's center span being 500 feet
from pier to pier. The view OF the river
from this bridge is very fine, and the
scene was much improved by the thou
sands Of Pickering gas lights which were
shining in the early twilight, thus re-
vealing at a glance the elevations and the
flat upon which Cincinnati is built. Ar
which conveyed us to our quarters, where
we soon accommodated ourselves to the
crowded state of things incident to the
vast throng which was there in attend
ance upon the National Convention.
What we saw in Cincinnati and our
impressions of the city will be reserved
for another issue.