Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-05-03
Letter from Limestone.

LIMESTONE, April p, 1881.
Mr.. EDITOR: am farmer, and seldom
find time to write communications for the
papers, but as it is raining this morning I
thought would send you few items. l
am glad to see SO much interest manifested
meets in your city the 10th of May, and
hope that the country and city will vie with
each other to make it not only the largest
but the most pleasant and profitable meet
ing we have ever had. And why not all
work to this end, as we are all mutually in
terested?
There Is not man, woman Or child in all
this land, be they merchant mechanic, far
mer or what not but. what is dependent
directly on the resources of the farm for a
support. Again, our farmers are depend
ent to a great extent on the merchant and
mechanic for great many of the necessa-
ries and comforts of life. Then we should
all contribute our part either in labor, means
Or thought, to the success of all honorable
vocations of life. The hard-fsted farmers
of this Southland have been made to feel in
days past and we trust forever gone that
they had no rights that the nabobs were
sills of society, thus degrading honest toll
Let us get out of these old ruts and get on
the higher plains of civilization. and let
men stand upon their merits and each feel
that he is as good as his neighbor, let him
follow whatever honest occupation he may.
We all need the encouragement that we are
likely TO get from each other, and especially
farmers, when we are so behind with our
work as we are this spring. Here it is
nearly May, and not one farmer in ten has
any corn planted, and not one half
of them are done breaking for corn. owing
to the continued wet weather, but we still
hope it is all for the best Our wheat.
where the ground is good, and where it was
put in at the proper time and in the proper
manner, is looking very, Well but where
sOwn late and carelessly, it is badly winter
killed. Our fruit is safe, so far.
We had quite sudden death in our COM
munity last Sunday morning. Mr.. Dodson,
aged about 80 years, had been unwell for
some time, but had recovered, and on Satur-
day was bedding some sweet potatoes, and
eat two small ones, raw, and took suddenly
worse, and, despite all medical aid, died
early Sunday morning, leaving wife and
some little ones to mourn their loss
We have another case worthy Of note
MI ADTdldIl Miller ana MS DrOlnef-ln-laW,
Mr. Rusor, who live together, have been
very unwell most all winter, and at one time
came very near dying. Last week another
brother, who has recently come into the
family, took violently i'll with the same dis
ease. The doctors held consultation, and
decided that it was all caused by eating
apple butter that had been put up in crooks
that were glazed with lead. I write this,
that your numerous readers may take warn
ing, and not eat fruit that is put up in tin
vessels, or earthenware that has lead about it.
We all need to be more careful in observing
the laws Of health At least one-half of
our citizens have their barns hog-pens,
chicken, houses, and all filthy buildings on
the south or west side of their residences,
and constant current of air carries the
stencil into their dwellings, breeding disea Sc
and death and creating doctors bills the year
through. Oh, if II had all the money that ignor-
ance has cost the people of this country in the
last fifty years. [ could build a good school
house on every hill and endow them sufi-
ciently to educate all the children for the
next hundred years-or at least such is the
opinion of PETE HADLEY.