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 off OF the
turf In consequence OF age, arc still rated
az moro than seventy five thousand dol
lars each In Lexington the monument
to Henry Clay staads within sight OF the
Iaiiroad. iE is handsome circular mar
pie shaft, risinG perhaps thirty feet from
the ground, and is pointed out to passen-
the route.
oBsERVATIoNs ON THE COUNTRY.
This country is the only one which In
any measure attracted our attention as at
Gil comparable TO our section of South
Carolina. II is in higher state OF culti-
vation, and much greater system pro.
walls there than here. Our lands cannot
DC Drought up TO 30 high state of culti-
vation as theirs without years of system
and expense, and perhaps for some crops
can never he made equal TO them, for
they have the limestone ready furnished
by nature, and It is not practicable for
us TO add sufficient quantity of lime
and secure IT'S proper mixture with ths
soil Around Lexington there appears
70 be no wuste land. The country Is
slightly undulating, but is ali cultivated,
and presents no appearance Of washing
or bad cultivation In any way. In many
respects, however, we have u decided adj
vantnge over the blue grass region, for
we have q better climate, bettor water
ana can raise greater variety of pro.
ducts. They grow no crop that we can
not successfully cultivate, and at the
samc time we add the important staples
cotton and rice Us natural crops fer this
country, while they are impossibiIities
for theirs. Then we grow proiitably q
number OF vegetables and fruits which
do not flourish with them neer 80 well
Our facilities for manufacturing are far
ahead OF theirs, 80 much 30 that while
cotton factories arc making from fwcnty
to thirty per cent. annually, there is not
one to 30 found in the whole blue grass
section, and there is not n manufacturing
industry thore which could not be pros
ecuted here with equal or better facilities
II our country wore properly developed.
Our conclusion, therefore, is that the
Piedmont belt OF South Carolina is sus-
ceptible OF higher development and
prosperity than that attained by tho blue
grass country, and yet lands which sell
for ten dollars hero would sell for one or
two hundred dollars per acre there.
What we need here IN energy. improved
velopment and thrifty, onterprising i'm
migration. II every farmer OF Ander-
son County could spend O week each
year around Lexington In practical OBJ
eervation of t. culture and system Of
their farmers, VI q have no doubt that the
application OF tho lessons they would
learn would place this country far ahead
OF that within tho next ten years, oven If
there should bo no development from
Immigration or manufacturing.
About fifty miles this sido of Cincin-
natl we strike what are called tho
EAGLE HILLS OF KENTUCKY,
n series of considerable elevations in
every form and anglo, so that the cutting
and filling In building o road through
them is very heavy, and the expense cor
started persons acquainted with this re-
gion laughed at the possibility of ever
building road through them, but the
work here is light compared to That in
the. land Of tunnels, OF which we have
spoken. After we pass through this Sec
tion OF country, which seems to be we'll
adapted to the production Of grain, we
emerge into the valley OF the Ohio River
and enter tho outposts of the suburbs OF
Cincinnati, where for ten miles we find a
very high culture and development incl
dent to It's proximity to the great COM
meroial center Of the West. Tho Ohio
River is crossed upon splendid iron
BRIDGE which is noted as having Che
Longest span Of any railroad bridge in
che world, its centor span being 600 feet
from pier to pier. The view OF the river
from this bridge Is very fine, and the
scene wns much improved by the thou
sands of flinkering gas lights which were
yealing at q glance the elevations and the
flat upon which Cincinnati Is built. Ar
rived in Cincinnati we took omnibusses,
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
anca upon the National Convention. ~
What we saw in Cincinnati and our
Impressions of the city will be reserved
Tor another Issue. '. sit