The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-03-30
TEe ropulaLion 81 tIle county Is abou


bic people in the world. The lover
Of mountain scenery can find a rich
feast, ofever changing views at every
turn; high mountains, deep glens,
precipices over which clear noun.
tain streams wildly dash out of sight
70 appear again farther down in
peaceful pools, as they rest before the
next leap.
Do you need pure air and good wa
lei? Are you dyspeptic, or bilious,
or have been out late at lodge meet.
.ing9 If so, come out and hunt, and
fsh, drink calyebate, sulphur, lime
s!on, or freestone water, Gas the ma.
hves name them), cut the sweetest Of
corn bread, with broiled trout, gar
Inished with wild strawberries and
cream, and if, after u fair trial, you
can have an'attack of the blues, go
back to your beer and blue mass, set
your house in order and be ready
people rarely die here under eighty
i've or ninety.
The land along the streams is
Tough and rocky, producing hemlock,
laurel, &C., but as you ascend the
mountains, which are not SO steep az
TO prevent roads Of legal grade being
made, the land spreads out into fue
rolling up land, some of it rough and
rocky, but the greater part of it good
farming land, or as the farmers say,
land that can be plowed both ways.
The soil is a clay loan, on the hill
sides, coves or flats. Blue grass
is indigenous and grows everywhere.
On the hill tops the soil is sandy
clay, and does not bear continuous
cultivation. Chestnut and oak are
the prevailing timbers on the high.
est land; in the hollows and on the
hillside are magnificent forests of
white oak, poplar, sugar, maple, wal.
nut, beech, cherry and various other
kinds; grass, wheat, rye, oats and
buckwheat grow well, and wheat is
of excellent quality; corn does no.
grow as large as i. does on Kanawha
bottoms but makes sweeter bread; all
kinds Of vegetables grow luxuriantly;
apples are abundant, as are plums,
cherries, grapes, wild and cultivated;
wild strawberries are found in field
and wood; peaches are not success,
lam informed, think it is from me-
glect in selecting the best varieties.
Wood land is worth from rs cents to
$500 per acre, improved land rates at
from $500 to $500 per acre, owing to
location and quality; what is called
improved land is often worn out, as
most Of the old residents would clear
a field and when that failed to pro-
duce corn, clear another, until done
with corn, as they depended more on
the rifle and seng hoe for substance
than on the pillow. Happily that
class of farmers are disappearing
with the game, but have left their
mark. Our farmers now are raising
cattle and sheep. The area Of wheat
has greatly increased within the last
five years. Gauley river has been
improved, and a boom constructed at
mouth, SO that timber is now foated
out over one hundred miles from Ka-
nawha. Bituminous, splintand can.
mel coal has been found in all parts
of the county, the different stratas
will aggregate a thickness Of from
thirty-fve to forty feet, as l am in,
formed by an experienced resident
miner. Iron ore is abundant; lime.
stone has been found in the eastern
part Of the county, smelling fur,
mace is in course Of erection, and will
be in operation this summer on
Twenty Mile creek, near Gauley.
The climate is coed, not colder
than in Mason. The Oldest inhabi
tants say that this is the severest
winter known for many years. On
the 9TH ofDecember the thermometel
marked 120 below zero, on the 29tl
it was 10 below zero, twice in Jan.
uary 1t was e. below zero. AT Other
times it has not been excessively
cold::' Snow fell in November to The
depth of one foot, and made gooc
sleighing until in January, On the
the 9Th Of March snow fell to the
depth of eighteen inches, but meltct
the next day.
A colony of Swiss have purchased
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