Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-09-23
From Northern Missouri.

MR. EDITOR By chance copy of the
CHRONICLE fell into my hands. Every item
was eagerly scanned, for it seemed like q
visitor from home. Dear old East Tennes.
see! How I love her hills and valleys
Though wandering far from them, l turn
with loving, longing thoughts to the home
and scenes of the land of my nativity.
There is no more desirable place fora home
IN all this broad, beautiful land of ours. Ii
Is true there are places where the lands are
more fertile, but they are lacking in some
things in which she excels.
This part of the country, Northern Mis-
! souri,, d beautiful secnon. There Ger
/ LtIIIiy be inner tanning lands III the
World. lhey produce corn from SO to 100
| bushels TO Tie acre. Some CT the cora fields
are perfect maryels of beauty. Soue of
the fields contain eighty, one hundred, two
hundred, and l have heard 1t said, 800 acfes
la nei1, the corn growing as thlcx as it
can stand every stalk seemingly perfect.
1 1t LOOKS nike looking over a vast green sea.
these lands are beautiful rolling praIries.
They produce fine wheat, grass, oats, bar
| ley aIIu buck " heat.
Vegetables and fruits are raised here too,
III abundance. 10 look at the productions
III tins section, it does not seem that there
ought 10 be any hungry people in the
world And it lovks like every body ough t
To get rich.
lhe dust is rather disagreeable to one
coming from the granite hills of East Ten
nessee. the weather. is extre.aely warm
and dry. There has been no rain in weeks.
The stock trade of this State is very fine.
During the past ten Years Missouri has
gained " per cent. in mules and IS per
cent III horses. Cattle raising receives
great deal of attention. In all these things
1t leads Ohio, Indiana aud Illinois.
Just at this time the crop of politicians is
very abundant. L am unable to say wheth-
er II excels other States in that respect or
not. Some of the citizens are not very
proud of their Governor. Ex-Governor
Phelps is not backward IL expressing con-
demnatlon of hun III pardonlng convicted
gamblers. He says, You cannot expect
any better from man who has no brains"
Others condemn hil0 for the manner of get
ting rid of the James, but perhaps that
was one of his most pralseworthy % acts.
Where lawlessness and terror prevailed,
there Is now peace and quiet.
The temperance question is attracting a
great deal of attention. Prohibition is
steadily gaining ground Every candidate
has to pledge himself to support it or he
does not receive the nomination. 1t will
be made an issue at the polls.
The people are eAterp-ising and are
building up their towns and cit, 8 St. Jo-
seph to this section what Knoxville Is to
East tennessee, though 1t is larger They
recently held all exposition there which was
d great suL CESS.
There are great many Tennesseeans and
KentuckIans III thus part of the STATE. the
friends OF Dr. S. T. Blair formerly of East
tennessee Will be glad to hear tnat he is
succeeding timely as a physician He has
been here little over Year, and Yet
he has stepped forward into the
front rank a ply stefan and member OF
society. He viii deliver another cou Sc of
lectures in the st. JOsepu Medical College
this winter, aud course In one of the lead
ing literary schools.
The College Commission, an organization
of the G. +. Church, Will meet at Kansas
City this week, for the purpose of selecting
place to locate Cum bertrand Presby terrain
university for this State. They desire to
raise 500 900, and then locate it in the
place that will give the highest bid
Schools and churches seem to be prosper
ing here.
Line pOIllcdl aHalrS OF tennessee receive
some attention away out here. 1t is
known that there are some who desire to
make their State reputation State. That
always attracts comment.
The canvass III East tennessee is watched
with interest. We are anxious to know If
our people back there are gong to send a
man COngr, IS to represent them, whose
conduct is known aud condemned ali over
the United States Surely they will put
good man in office from the Second Con-
gressional district now that they have an
opportunity Success to the editor of the
CHRONICLE, whose paper has SO long been
the upholder of truth and justice, and the
defender of the oppressed. -....-
As close, the distant notes of thunder
he,ird aud few drops of rain are fall
ing They are welcome sounds, for the
rain is very much needed.
A kindly greeting goes with this to all
East Tennessee fr ends.
Stewartsyille, Mo-, September Is, 1882.
NANDERER.