The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-01-18
COLUMBUS, O., Jan. Q, 1882.


II. R. Moore, Esq, Hunts Station:
DEAR SIR Your favor Of Jan. ID
WAS duly received. A press Of work
has prevented an earlier reply.
Ihsve read your full description of
Franklin county with great interest,
and very much wish WAS ready to visit
it in person ut once. This is impossible
at present, as l am constantly employed
in the Ohio anti-liquor Alliance Office,
holding the Office of treasurer, and ct
present filling the Office Of secretary, be.
sides writing much for "Tbe Alliance,
. sample copy Of which l send you to
day.
have no doubt but your description
of your section Of tennessee 10 true "a
the letter. l have passed through you,
county several times, going from Nash
vile to Chattanooga, and was much
pleased with the general appearance Of
the country about Dechsrd. But did
not think the land ftks hest quality
did not have An opportunity to give it ,
thorough examination.
met . M. MogAt yesterday, who
has planted . colony in the adjoining
county and east Of your ooraty. He in
sists that his county 10 superior 70 yours
and claims that The top, or table lends
are superior in quality b ~ lands BE-
low, or the second bottoms - ke esll.
them, and - ks styles your section
This may be true, bat if %, il seeEs ;,
me to be rather ~ anomaly. He say,
the mountain lands an superior 10 the
valley lands 70, fruits TEis 70 me up
pears reasonable. The appls, he claims,
does especially we'll in his session, and il
of extra size and flavor. That vegets-
bles do we'll also.
Every spare moment we have We are
working up our proposed colony. If no
unforeseen event srsnspires, Nh. Sreed
and will certainly sucseed in beshng
such colony a I described 10 yo~ in
my former letter, during this year, 81.
though he may not get Of hnssf until
next year.
will make you . visit just as soon as
I can get Of, and survey yoar locality
and county. Mr.. NoRst wants me to
90 ~ the Lookout Mountain, near Chat
tanooga; says ~ can ct god fruit
and vegetable land there }br $50 te
$40 per acre. The price is regulated
more to convenience to market thsn
qualities Of soil.
suspect the lands in your region hl
general farming purposes ~ superio,
to the Lookout mountain or ths Waldsl
Ridge lands, which vss another poin
recommended by M. Mo9st
Having been raised in close proxinit,
to the Blue Ridge, in Virginia, an
anxious to get in sight Of the mountain
egain, and came very near locating .
Chattanooga during the war. Tive Me:
of some day locating in East or Niddh
Tennessee has clung to me ever since,
We propose to procure large trac
of land for our colony, divide and sub
divide to suit our colonists, but arTang
so as to have the homes of farmers, me
chanics and all, live in village and d.
business on the cooperative plan. w
will want at least one hundred families
so as to have our own churches, schools
lecture hall, public library, &c. Yo'
may think this plan Utopian. Be it SO
To fully satisfy small families, wit
small means, in this country, to go there
something of the kind must be CARRIE
out, and we feel confident that such ca
be done, and we are anxious to find
suitable locality for the experiment
Hope yours is.
| We would be very much pleased t
have you write for The Alliance an.
thing you may see fit to say about YOU
county. We will gladly lay it befo,
our readers. have mailed you Il cop
of my book-"Human DevelopmeI
and Progress" Would be pleased
have you peruse it.
Hoping tohear from you soon and 0
ten, l am, with great respect, very trul
yours, y y