The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-03-30
W0RD FOR OUR COUNTY
RE OUT L00K -IN HAMBLEN.


AT no time since the close Of the
war have the indications of prosper
ity been so marked in this section
of East Tennessee as at the present
During the Yeas that are gone our
people have suffered from the strin-
gehcy Of the times in common with
the whole country but they have
proftted by the lessons of adver-
sity. They have learned independ-
ence and seIfreliance. They have
been at work, recuperating their
wasted fortunes, so that to-day pros
perity is general and want strang-
er among us. The evidences. OF
prosperity are seen in many ways.
One of these evidences is that the
people. as a rule, are contented.
Fewer now among us anticipate
@going West" Not so much land
for sale as usual. Another evidence
is, the very perceptibIe rise in real
estate especially good farming lands.
Another is the very large shipments
of bacon, wheat, corn, -four, cattle,
horses, mules, sheep, butter, eggs,
chickens, etc, etc, that are cOntin-
ually being made by our producing
classes. Still another is the very
marked improvement in the grades
of live stock owned by our people.
We are gratifed, too, to see that
the salubrity of our climate and the
fertility of our soil and the peaceful
ness and thrift of our people are be-
coming known abroad, and immi-
grants are being attracted to this
section. During the past month,
we have seen on our streets men
from a number of States, looking
for homes in East Tennessee, and
we are glad to know that several
such have decided to cast in their
lots among the people of Hamblen.
To all such we desire to say that no
county in the State will afford them
a better chance to locate themselves
fortunate and well. While we can
not offer grand mountain scenery
and worlds of mineral wealth, we
can offer a climate not surpassed in
the world for healthfulness, a soil
which is nearly all tillable and which
Yields abundantly, of all the cereals,
all the fruits and all the grasses.
We can offer a society which is re-
Iigious and refined, and educational
facilities equal to the best.
While we cannot offer broad
stretches of prairie like the far west,
we can offer a locality free from the
cold winds of the west, and from the
hot summers of the south, and from
the malarial atmosphere which Wis
its all Southern climates where the
altitude of the surface is not so great
as ours. Situated as we are on the
trunk line of railroad which leads
from the Southwest to the North
east, and washed by the Holston on
the one side and the French Broad
on the other-no county in the State
has better market facilities. We
now have no doubt of the early com
pletion Of our Southern railroad
connection through the Carolinas
to the seab0ard nor have we much
doubt that two or three more years
will witness a direct connection
with the Northwest via Cumberland
Gap. These things consummated,
and it will be hard indeed to find
people so fortunately situated as
ours will be. Aswe intimated above,
we are glad to see that others are
seeing these advantages and loca-
ting among us. In common with
all our people, we bid all such
hearty welcome. And we will say
further that, should this article
catch the eye of any industrious
man who wants to better his cOndi-
ton by coming to East Tennessee,
if he will write to us for further in
formation we will take pleasure in
giving his letter immediate atten-
ton