Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-07-12
EAST TENNESSEE.
Facts About the Paradise of the Cumber-
land Valley in Eastern Tennessee.

Facts About the Paradise of the Cumber-
land Valley in Eastern Tennessee.
Lancaster (Pa-) New Era
John Stoltzfus, ST., formerly of this
county, but for ten years settler with four
of his sons in the valley of the Cumberland,
Tennessee, gives q glowing account of bus
new home. He is full of facts concerning
that country, which we give below. People
wishing to get homes for little money, and
are willing to work, would do well, Mr..
Stoltzfus thinks, to come and see this coun-
Try before buying land elsewhere. The
Southern people have treated him and the
colony, consisting of about a dozen families,
i'll friendly manner.
MIR. Stoltzfus begins his description of the
country with its natural productions. The
Cumberland Valley lying between the
Cumberland and Allegheny Mountains is
two hundred miles long by fifty broad.
Ridges divide this beautiful rolling country
into smaller ones, Two or three miles broad
Timber abounds. Among the woods that
constitutes these noble forests are yellow
PINE FUSED in building) walnut, chestnut,
cedar, white, Spanish, and black oak, pop
lar, locust, gum, wild cherry, etc. The soil
of the valley is limestone. Marble is also
found As common thing the country is
free of stones, the rocks lying in beds. OF
stone coal there is plenty, and iron ore of
good quality is found.
Good streams of water pass through this
valley, notable among these are the Holston
and Clinch rivers, which run in southeast
erly direction, making fertile the country,
and for part of the year carrying steam
boats on their breast. Fish abound in these
rauch as sixty pounds or more.
PRODUCTS OF THE COUNTRY.
Wheat, corn, rye, oats, barley, buck
wheat and cotton are raised here, which
fact goes to show the adaptation of the soil
for growing all products, northern and
southern. The sowing of the wheat begins
in September, continuing on till December.
Corn is put in the ground from the middle
Of March to the middle of June. Two crops
of potatoes are easily raised from the same
field, which is in instances sowed with
wheat in the fall. The wheat, which is
harvested about the first week in June,
yields according to culture from eight to
thirty bushels to the acre-in exceptional
cases the yield rising even higher than the
last named figure. After the wheat is cut
an indigenous grass called crab grass grows
up, sometimes as high as two feet which
makes good hay and furnishes excellent
pasture for cattle. Glover is also very fine
and is cut about the same time with wheat.
AS high as two bushels of clover seed have
been got from one acre.
KNOXVILLE
The largest towns of the valley are Knox
vile and.. Chattanooga, the former the coun.
ty town of Knox county, with population
of thirteen thousand souls. The business
done in Knoxville, taking in its size, is moi
surpassed by that of any other city in the
Union. On the south of the town flows
the Holston River and through it run the
Virginia and Georgia and Kentucky ano
hIaryvllle railroads, carrying the products Of
the valley and making the town a favored
market Many large wholesale houses are
established and do thriving business with
the country storekeepers. Market every
day in the week, Sundays excepted, thus
afording frequent market for the farmer
while the railroads make it an easy one
Iron works are in operation, also machin,
shops, and horse cars run in the town. The
carrying of pistols is Unable, thus showing
the citizens of Knoxville to be peace-loving
THE PRICE OF LAND.
from SIS to 500 per acre, while unim-
proved land sells as low as five dollars anc
lower. AS above stated, marble is found il
the valley, (Knox County, and the quarrie
give employment to many men and ado
greatly to enrich the county Marble block
have been taken out that weighed, dressed
square, over ten tons.
LAST YEARS MARKET.
The market of 1881 stood as follows
Wheat, 81 GOAL 40; corn, SO cents and over
oats 80 cents and over; clover seed, S.. OF
and over; pork, Sc. 90 per hunred lbs, beef
$500 and higher; fitch and lard respect
lively, II and 10 cents per Id. and over. TIL,
price of butter ranged from Is to 35 cent
per- Id.
THE CLIMATE.
We will let Mr.. Stoltzfus finish his de
scription of his new home with something
about the climate. For mildness the climate
of the valley is of the best in the country
Plenty of pun air, and consequently health
1t is seldom that the thermometer reaches
hundred, while winter may send it down tC
zero. Often the rivers are not frozen ovel
at all in the winter, and to make up for the
uncertain supply of ice the natives make i
to order during the summer. From theil
respective geographical positions the longes
day in Tennesseeis half an hour shorter thai
in Pennsylvania, and the shortest one houl
longer than with US. Nights are cool
making refreshing sleep possible. MIR
Stoltzfus says fly nets on horses are httl,
used in East Tennessee
Those are the facts we cleaned from ou
informant and deserve to be carefully read
They are given with view to probability
1t is evidently a sober statement of facts
The Cumberland Valley is a beautiful coun
try; its acre are cheap and fertile. Their
is {. moral not far below the surface" G
South, young man, go South"
Naturally pale invalids are greatly il
proved in health and appearances by usin
Browns Iron Bitters. 1t strengthens min
and body, brightens the eyes, gives ros
cheeks, and creates a perfect picture c
| health strength and beauty