New-York tribune., 1880-01-01

90 ~ Sa ~ ~ = ltsaa q 800
- - s:5 a.: {: :af !, ~ :sS 'als ss.ls 8 81
spS:sras. @ @ HH n 9pts ~ Il " ID sca.s, s:ssy seod
and The dfaughts Of the rheumatic 9h houss.
Ia Z ~ ~ e. SynS 70 70: Sqo:n 9o. ny.y
osver de- and nothing Int Gla aSs fnishs: re
SnssS Sng
Into tho world ,s really surprising, Every cabin
,warms with dirty, ragged prOhins; askea man
the Nnsr @ aeE Es hs much sS ssouD or s for
:sid but is powerful for Irish p9tatoe: and chill;
dren." He shoald have mentioned apples, too.
such mighty aPe trees ss rr% On os
attention. from their sh}tless owners would produce
great Of ne fruit AS t S go Ue
vived the log hut they once shaded nnd stand amla
the scrub oaks and young pines as reminders s OF
ont by the guerrillas in wartime aud never came
Below lockwood, in the neiRhborhood OF Rhea
on ni the brow OF walden's Ridge, and are raising
time to visit them rs should like to do, but am
twenty or thirty acres each, paying 81 per acre.
The opening of the railroad to Cincinnati, which
passes within sight of their mountain perch will In
market FOR their early fruits believe that any
who goes into fruit culture on the cheap
lands near this railroad. and has
OF his vines and trees, will secure remuneratye
business and IN easy life in charming and health
full climate, in the midst OF fine esceneryIeverythlng
required for happy country life in short, except
society That must be gained gradually by the in,
iux OF Northern settlers. The Northern farmer WI
find no congenial associates among the lazy, shiit'
less ignorant natives who people these mountains;
Their ways Of living will amuse him OF hrst and
then disgust him and the natives will take dislike
to him because of his thrift and the comforts and
decencies OF life with which he surrounds himself
My journey to-day was from lockwood. up the
Tennessee Valley, to Loudon railway, used
chiefly for pig to i,0p andna @ rom ON
the river 1t is passenger and mail ronte, but no
sort of car is run for the comfort of travellers
They obige to staRd on the coal IN the tender
barked on old. wheczy, ramshacklc steamboat-
the drtest craft ever saw in al my travelling on
Southern Tatr Ine oor 61 o e Sao
npper works threatened TO fall to pieces at every
jar Of the machinery Ihe iull muddy curren, ci
dotted at lsng intervals by log cabin ln all the
seven hours journey, save IN the town OF klnRsto,
ana not see aSze en- DTSrs @ ov WaIH vT settled
before that Of the Ohio The men who possess the
fertile farms live just as their grandfathers ddE
content with Their 9g cabins anu fer rde fs rare OF
white wood logs heir way from the mountains up
the Clinch and Powell Rivers to market IN Chat-
tanooga The raftsmen shouted and danced as the
steamboat passed.
Among our passengers was. sonchy
young man, wearing dirty, collariess shirt,
ragged OycTcoat and an old, greasy felt
hat HIS clothing, face and unkempt lair
marked him as one of the poor mountain whites
but | learned in talking with him that he was q
member of the Legislature on his way to attend
the session ut Nashville lie proved to be more ine
gent than his looks Indicated, and my opinion OF
him improved hundred per cent when he sa'd lie
idcnt the people would not consent to reputation
after the quest had been agitated year longer.