Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1882-02-25


EDITOR CHRoNICLE:-Again /
tax your patience and kindness as
a means of communicating what
may be of interest to some of your
readers. | have been almost en-
tirely around my circuit, and am
glad to report myself as well pleased
with both people and country. AZ
ter having been water-bound nearly
six weeks, i preached nay first SER
mon on the circuit last Sunday.
Our people have been afraid to as
semble for any purpose and in the
town of Hamburg where we live,
there has been only one public re-
ligious service since the first week
in January on account of smallpox.
This dreadful disease has created
quite panic in business as well as
public religious circles for some
weeks in this section, and up to
this writing there have been about
twenty cases, perhaps more, in the
town and county and five deaths.
1t is to be hoped however that its
ravages have at last found a limit
and that further trouble will be pre-
vented, except such Inconvenience
as must arise from necessary pre-
caution. Only one new case re-
norfol cinaa a hnut fu,A xuaoLo ond
that very slight. H@
Some inquiries have been re-
ceived about this part of Arkansas.
AS those asking information are
readers of the CHRONICLE, / take
this method of informing them
that this is fine country abound
ing in variety and yet great fertility
of soil and the finest of timber. On
the uplands or hills, as they are
here called, quite fiat however to
one used to the hills of Middle Ten
nessee) are forests of excellent pine
for lumber and on the bayou lands
the finest of white oak, ash, hicko-
ry DC. There are also extensive
cypress brakes considered very val
liable for numbering purposes. In
some of these brakes cypress trees
of almost Incredible size and height
stand so thick as to prevent one
from seeing very far although there
is very little underground among
them. 1t seems to me that in some
places that if these trees were all
cut into logs ten feet long, two, cuts
might be taken from each tree and
then there would be enough left to
solidly cover the ground without
splitting. Oak is being made into
slaves in large quantities for ship
ment to Europe and ] suppose it is
quite a profitable business.
The uplands are generally poor
and in some places rather sandy,
but many fertile spots of sufficient
size for a good farm may be found
on them and these may be bought
for a trifie, unimproved, say from
SOC to $3.50 per acre. Besides, many
are still vacant and may be taken
up at much less cost. Bayou lands
of inexhaustible fertility and COW
cred with the best of timber and
which at present do not seem to be
so wet as the hills, can be had at
from S. to $40 per acre and these
lands cleared rent from SO to So per
acre. 1 have asked several persons
what the improved lands could be
purchased for, and have been vari-
ously answered as some of them
seem DESTROYS of selling. l suppose
they are worth from So to $25.
From what have seen of the
people this country docs not seem
so unhealthy as / at first supposed /;
but there are sufficient reasons to
believe it quite malarious region,
but more on this subject when 4 get
better acquainted.
JOHN III. GOLD.
Ham burgh Ark, February IA, 1882,