Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-06-24
RUGBY.
Hasting Hughes Reply to Adj
verse Criticisms of the Colony.
Cincinnati Commerial.l

Cincinnati COmmerial,l
Mr.. Tasting Hughes, brother ofMr.
Thomas Hughes, came up from Rug
by, Tenn, yesterday morning, on his
way to New York, and stopped for the
day at the Gibson house. A CONNER
cial reporter called on him, in the at
ternoon, and had a chat on Rugbian
affairs. The gentleman's mind seemed
to be burthened with some misstate-
ments ofafairs which be said had APP
peared in letter from Rugby, in last
Fridays Gazette. Mr.. Hughes said It
was very unfair in some respects, and
unjust, but it wolld be impossible for
any stranger to obtain correct i'm
preston Of the condition OF affairs
from a visit Of only couple OF hour
duration such as the GaEetses CORE
spondent had made, and the. greater
part Of which had been passed on the
vernanda of the hotel. II fear said
Mr.. Hughes, that he formed his i'm
preston Of Rugby principally by con-
versation with the manager of our ho-
tel, a gentleman from Virginia, who
probably led him to believe that he
was about to leave Rugby of his own
free will because of the dizziness of the
hotel business. There is not one of
our English lads who came out here
with an intention TO work, who is not
at work. We have probably two or
three who have no love for work that
they can avoid. but believe you will
find such in any community. We've
tried not to have no young men sent
out here whose parents were not able
or willing to offer premium for their
instruction in work during the first
year, but we have some whose work
under instructions is already worth
their board | think it is very unjust
to criticise our colony as one fully es-
tablished might be criticised. We are
here but eight months as yet-bardly
out of out packing boxes. yen might
say, and everything is new to us But
| feel assured that we will succeed
Very we'll and that before long, too,
sir"
Mr.. Hughes continued II cannot
understand how the impression arose
and continued to spread notwith-
standing our frequent contradictions
of it, that Rugby is to be exclusively
an English colony. The very reverse
is our idea. We, in the first place,
wanted to establish colony for Eng
lishmen, of course, but we wanted
also to have a colony where the differ
ent branches of our race might meet
and commingle, and where the angles
of each might be rubbed off by &C
quaintance aud contact. We invite
all ORANGES of the English race to join
US.
Another difficulty that we labor
under, arose from the extent of adver-
Using given us by the press Of this
country, one effect of which has been
to create an impression that the colony
is of much more importance than it
really is. People are led to expect
great deal more of us than we have,
and do not seem to regard our colony
as mere infant in age.
"We have suffered greatly, too,
from the lack of hotel accommoda-
lions. Our hotel can accommate but
thirty guests, but the reputation of
our site for its latitude, its healthy
surroundings, natural beauty and
entire freedom from malaria, bring us
a great many visitors, who would be
glad to pass many months with US if
we could accommodate them, and
they are compelled to leave us
with disappointment. Our situation
is adapted finely for a resort for
invalids or quasi-inyalids. Being
midway between north and south
its fine climate is adapted to
those northern people who seek the
south in winter, but who do not want
to 20 quite so far from home as
Florida, and is also adapted to those
from the south who seek the north in
summer and who do not want to 20 too
far away, You see we would thus
have two seasons for visitors-eight
months a year, instead of four.
I'VE are prepared TO meet any person
who will build and run large hotel
by letting him have five acres on our
best site-the Bella Vista part, with a
beautiful view of the mountains at
5000 per acre. l believe there is
already a great demand for such a
hotel, and the person who supplies
that demand will make a good thing
out of it.
Mr.. Hughes denied that the soil is
poor, and said that intelligent farmers
from Hamilton county, o., pronounce
it as good as their own. and say that
with proper fertilization it will yield
plentifully. He expects large influx
Of settlers from the vicinity Of Cincin
natl in the coming spring. Mr..
Compton, Of Mount Healthy, has
already purchased a farm in the
colony, and he expects that several of
his neighbOrs will accompany him.
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