The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1880-06-02
Missouri Letter.
MORLEY, No, May ~, 80.

Editor Her,LL,
the 10Th of April, with "a heavy heart,
we bid farewell to Ohio county, the
hnm" of our chil,lhool, to seek "a home
in the West, We knew not where. We
arrived at Owensl,oro that evening,
shared the hospitality of Mrs. Carson
until Monday, when We took the
steamer Dick Johnson for Paducah. Ar
rived there Tuesday morning, secured u
conveyance and drove nine miles to-
wards Woodville, To my fathers, w.
III. Paul. Spent nearly three weeks
with parents, brothers and sister, and
again had To say good bye. Here We
purchased span of mules and wagon,
To get a better chance To see the coun-
Try, and thought It would be cheaper,
hut Ear from that The 81 of May we
left M6'racken county, my brother,
John Paul, joining Us tn find him II
home in the West. Our route lay
through Woodville and Iiinklevilie to
Cairo, but the back-watcr prevented us
from getting there that evening. We
stoppcd at the Turner Hotel i'm Wick
Life, the hardest place l ever found in
my travels. The It'll found us at Fort
Jefferson waiting for the fcrry-boat,
Three States. Ten o'clock went aboard,
and nj eleven we landed at Birds Point,
Opposite Cairo, "A distance of nine miles.
We Travelled for sixteen miles ON Shan
dcrSOn lake, and il was charming to be-
hold +; here and there could he seen
large. Hooks of wild ducks, and large
fish laundering above water. That
night brought us to Charleston, the
prcttlcSt town ] ever saw. ID il situated
i'm II rich, beautiful country, in IA high
state of civilization. Our load being
heavy, and Katie and the Doctor not
well, we thought il best for them and
the writer tO take the ears for Morley.
Left Charleston at ten, arrived at Nor
ley at twelve. We spent the evening
wandering through the graveyard. i
found the grave of DIR. Ii. e.. Woodward,
and found myself murinuring ut the de-
cree of Providence calling him at u time
when the future was 81 bright. Then |
remembered, "dllst thou art, and unto
dust thou shalt RETURN" and again, ''the
Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away,
blessed be- the name of the Lord" Our
wagon arrived at SHUTDOWN. Here we
have rented neat cottage of three
rooms and porch for - per month This
habitants, three stores, two drug stores.
two groceries, two bakeries, one black
smith shop, one cotton gin, one mill,
two livery stables, one millinery shop,
two furniture stores, two school houses,
two churches Methodist and Baptist,
SundayschOol every Sunday. The Iron
Mountain railroad runs through il, and
II great deal of business il transacted
here. The land in town il not 81 rich
rs the surrounding country, but it is
high and beautiful. The people are
very sociable, they are mostly from
Tennessee and Kentucky. The greatest
objection to immigrating To Scott eoun-
ty, and think the least ground for, il
ON the score of health. The country
has been blamed for what should he
laid to the charge of a portion of the
people inhabitating il. The large guam
tity of vacant land has induced class
of people to squat here whose habits
and mode of life would make them un-
healthy any where, as il evinced by the
fact that you will find Us much fever
and aguc among the same class on the
sand hills of the South ~ exists here
Living side 10y side with them, you will
find families, who, having houses raised
from the ground and properly ventilat-
ed, who pay attention to their food and
clothing, who are temperate in their
habits, and work in the field instead of
"coon hunt" enjoy as good health as i'm
any portion Of the Union.
| am well pleased with the country,
but cannot get along without the HER
AID. ! send the remainder of subscrip-
ton for 1850 | want To hear from
Poor Neck and Beda.
will close for this time 10y wishing
the HERALD long life and great success.
IdrE ID. WOODWARD.