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The Rugbeian and district reporter. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1882-1883, 1883-02-24
THE PLATEAU.
A Former Ohio Farmers Opinions.


Mr.. A. L. Compton, under the sigma
ture of LEROY" writes as follows to the
Cincinnati Weekly EDquirer of January
LIST, 1888:
RTGBY MORGAN COUNTY, TENNESSEE.
arrived at Rugby II year ago last
November, from Hamilton County,
Ohio, aud settled six miles west OF
Rugby, in Fentress County, Here the
land is quite level, but rolling enough
to have a natural drainage. The soil
is not as fertile as one would like
to see it, although as fine potatoes,
cabbage, onions and AL garden vege-
tables grew here last summer as ever
saw in the Cincinnati markets. have
seen corn grow last summer that yielded
twenty-five to thirty bushels per acre.
| am inclined to believe that the cool
nights we have is a drawback to corn
culture. But Dr. Hull, who is u good
mountain authority, claims that it only
shortens the stalk, but does not affect
the ear Buckwheat grows here ad-
mirably we'll Timothy, clover and
red-top grow well here. With IA few
acres Of red-top pasture, cattle and sheep
would only need to be led when snow
was ON the ground The taleSt red-top
| ever came across saw here last sun
mer. As a stock country think this
country has few equals. 1t is surprising
to see how fast cattle. and sheep will
fatten up here in the spring Oh sedge
grass. This would be good place for
a stock company, as there is no eEd to
the range, and the Cincinnati market 50
accessible by the Cincinnati Southern
Railroad. | have seen hogs taken off
the mast that dressed $50 to 200
pounds that never had an ear of corn
and they sold for 81 per hundred This
county is very much in need of a
nursery, as our fruit trees ought to be
grown here. Our soil is sand clay
loan. Al old experienced nursery-mar
told me he never saw apple trees grow
so well as they do here. Peaches often
fail here, as there is generally warn
spell the last of February, that starts
the buds too soon; but from what saw
last spring, think if the trees were SCI
ont on the north hillside good crop
might be looked tor annually.
| am unable 30 say any thing about
grapes. ! set out several varieties last
spring. SO far they are doing we'll
This country is fast being settled up
mostly by Northern men. There is
quite a number of Englishmen here
also. All that have come here are
happy and contented.
/ was renter for several years.
came here and bought land for less thar
paid rent for, and just as good land
SO, why pay So or 81 rent per acre
when you can buy land for the sape
Here we have short winters, ~ good
climate, pure water and good health
Outdoor work can be done all through
the winter season, and there is good
market for every thing you raise. Taxes
are almost nothing. | heard one MAJ
object to this country because there
were no saloons. We have no use tol
saloons,' for we can get along without
them.
We are much in need of q nursery
also, saw-mill. We have saw-mills
but they are too far off. / would lik'
to correspond with parties who woul'
like to start nursery or erect saw
mill.
The Rugbeian and district reporter. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1882-1883, 1883-02-24

Mr. A. Ross, on Thursday, received a
letter announcing the sad intelligence
of the drowning of his brother-in-law
Mr.. VIM. H. Burdick, which occurred
when portion of the depot of the
C.S.R.R. sank in the food about tcl
days ago. A search is being made fol
the body, and Mr. Ross has gone tt
Cincinnati to render what assistance il
within his power.
The Rugbeian and district reporter. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1882-1883, 1883-02-24

The circular issued by the late Mr.
Allardt, and addressed "To those Look
ing for Homes" has been supplemented
by second edition, with some few
alterations and additions. 1t is issued
by Messrs. Stephens and Gernt, of Port
Huron, Mich We notice that Mr.. A.
L.. Compton's excellent letter on the
plateau, recently published in the Bug
beia", is printed on the third page of
cover.
The Rugbeian and district reporter. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1882-1883, 1883-02-24

If there is any profit in potato raising,
the lands around Rugby, and along the
rail, are of all places the most suited to
the universally favorite vegetable. This
has been so Enthusiastically proved, that to
those who live here, and know our favor
able conditions. nothing further is
needed us an impetus to suggest some
persons embarking in the business.
Last year the potatoes grown in this
ecion were particularly fine, good in
taste, and very prolific Oar sandy
loan suits both Irish and sweet pota-
toes, aud with the excellent road to the
raj, and four miir}at stations on toe
RuSoy .auds carly crops uay be- easily
gottca INTO the Northern uarlets, vbv
S.Ee, sections mnu.h behind w.
The Rugbeian and district reporter. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1882-1883, 1883-02-24

Green hair is coming into fashion in
Paris Already several beauties of tn
first rank have been observed in the
boxes of the theatres whose heads were
in youthful verdure clad" in the liter
sense of the word. Unfortunately, it is
no easy matter to dye the hair green.
This color can only be impaired to white
hair. Hair of any color must first be
dyed white ,Sun.
The Rugbeian and district reporter. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1882-1883, 1883-02-24

The Bermuda group contains three
hundred and sixty-fve islands with a
total of about thirteen Thousand acres
the largest being connected with
bridges which afford a driveway over
The smoothest and hardest of roads.
The Rugbeian and district reporter. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1882-1883, 1883-02-24

The New York San says: "Fivc
thousand dead bodies are in the course
of year sent to the Morgue in this city.
lndisputable facts show that the mis-
chief which sends four thousand of them
there comes from drunkenness. This is
is one of the most powerful Temperance
sermons ever preached"
The Rugbeian and district reporter. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1882-1883, 1883-02-24

"A. b. c." writing from New River to the
Knoxville Republican Chronicle, Says
"rhere is a big talk of some Eastern COM
pany running an arm line OF railroad from
Robins Station on the Cincinnati Southern
Railway. to the head Of Birthstone Greek,
after timber and coal. here is plenty of both
up there; that will be more business fr old
Scott the more railroads the more money.
Give US more ro Dads.
The Rugbeian and district reporter. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1882-1883, 1883-02-24

PERsoNAL,-Mr. A. l.. Crawford and
Mr.. Crawford, jr. have been staying ut
the Tabard. MIR Isaac Riseden is in
Washington, D.C.-Mrs. J. N. Clarke,
and Willie, have returned to Rugby
from Danville, Ky, and are staying at
the Tabard. Mr. Walton has been to
Knoxville for several days.-Nlrs. Mar
lands house is approaching completion
under the care of Mr.. Taylor.
The Rugbeian and district reporter. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1882-1883, 1883-02-24

Thursday, the 22nd inst, was the
l5lst anniversary of the birth of George
Washington. The day is rightly ob.
served as national holiday ON account
of the destruction, by Washington, of
the armies of the other George across
the water, thus giving independence to
the Americans. 1t is also observed
because Washington was the only
American who never told a lie.
The Rugbeian and district reporter. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1882-1883, 1883-02-24

Mr. +. J. Bennett, the widely known
small fruit grower of Mission Ridge,
near Chattanooga, anticipates, very
favorable year for peaches, strawberries
and grapes. He estimates 100 tons of
peaches, 25l tons of Strawberries, aud
SO tons of grapes will be shipped from
the Ridge during 1883.
The Rugbeian and district reporter. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1882-1883, 1883-02-24

Mr.. A. l.. Crawford, of Newcastle,
Pa, was here two days at the beginning
of the week, on matters connected with
the Fentress County Railroad. We are
informed that q survey will shortly be
made.
The Rugbeian and district reporter. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1882-1883, 1883-02-24
WEATHER NOTES.

Treforest Farm, Rugby, FEB, %, 1888.
Friday, Feb. l6-Warm; genial day; cloudy
sunshine. Night, cloudy starlight. Wind
SW.
Saturday, 17-Frost cold DRILLING rain; nc
sunshine. Night, RAIN sleet; snow
Wind s.
Sunday, lS-Frost; cloudy sunshine. Wind N
Night, cloudy starlight
Monday. l9-Frost; clear sunshine, Night
clear starlight, Wind N.
Tuesday, 2O-Frost; clear sunshine, Night
clear starlight. Wind n,
Wednesday, 2l-Frost; clear sunshine. Night
clear starlight, Wind n.
Thursday, 22--slight frost; rain. Wind N w
Afternoon, cloudy no sunshine. Night
cloudy -starless,
The Rugbeian and district reporter. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1882-1883, 1883-02-24

fs'No family dyes were ever SO
popular as the Diamond Dyes. They
never fail. The Black is far superior
to logwood. The other colors are
brilliant.
The Rugbeian and district reporter. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1882-1883, 1883-02-24
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

The Agricultural Reviev for January,
in a paragraph about Rugby, says "the
backbones of the colonists generally are
stiffening up again" The other remarks
about Rugby are highly imaginative.
The Rugbeian and district reporter. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1882-1883, 1883-02-24

The Rugbeian is fast coming TO the front
as the newspaper, aud representative. of the
important section OF country comprising Nor
gan. Scott and tentress counties Agents and
correspondents wanted at every post office IN
the three counties. Yearly subscrp ion,
$l.50.
The Rugbeian and district reporter. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1882-1883, 1883-02-24

1anztM Neqlllsltea
PERFUMERY.
A varied stock is kept of the best and leading
requisites in most families,

requisites in most families.
Marking Ink (Fardon' Black Ink Fsrlon's),
Soaps (Colegate's & Eastmans), Rays Cement,
Rose Tooth Powder, Camphorated Chalk, Tooth
Brushes QLondon made), Hair Brushes and
Combs, Hand Mirrors, Tooth Paste (Fardon's)
Calyerts Carbolic Soap, Cold Cream Gar
don's), Glyceline, Absorbent Cotton, Davidson's
Syringes, Rose Water, Eau de Cologne, Assorted
Perfumes, Campbor and Glycerine Cakes,
Nursery Bottles, Face Powder, Violet or Nursery
Powder, Mucilage (Fardons), Insect Powder,
Rough on Rats, VIC. Paper, Essence of Ginger,
Lime Juice and Glycerine, Pomatum, VaseGne,
Plate Powder, Court Plaster, Coated Pills of all
Kinds, Coloured Inks, Puff Boxes, Puffs,
Smelling Bottles, &c., &c.
The Rugbeian and district reporter. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1882-1883, 1883-02-24

The following PATENT MEDICINES Of
repute are kept in stock, but any article not
mentioned will be procured, if wanted, with as
little delay as possible and without extra charge
to the purchaser -
The Rugbeian and district reporter. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1882-1883, 1883-02-24
CHEAP HOMES
ON THE
BOARD OF AID
ESTATE,
ON THE
CUMBERLAND PLATEAU.
COMPARATIVE ELEVATION.
HEALTH AND CLIMATE.

All health seekers. whether from Northern
or Southern States, should try the climate Of
the lableland. The recent United States
Census shows it to be almost the only district
east OF the Rocky Mountains, eutiyely II ee from
malaral, pulmonary and intestinal diseases.
The Plateau has double climate, one
resulting from latitude and the other from
elevation. The air is pure and inyigNating.
The water is treestone; cool and sparkling.
Mineral springs are numerous.
he mean summer temperature is II deg
Fair, and in winter 81 deg. Fair. The
nights are always cool and refreshing
The soil is a sandy loan upon a mulatto
clay su5so. tits light, friable, holds manure,
is easily cultivated and responds readily and
generously to the least fertilizer.
Crops AND GRASSES.
Corn. wheat, rye, oats, and barley all grow
well, Though this is not claimed as a gram
growing soil. Tobacco is a profitable crop
here, as also is sorghum. Herd grass, orchard
grass, German and pearl millet, timothy and
red clover have all been tried. aud take hold
ard root we'll. Kentucky blue grass also
thrves wherever introduced. The natura!
paSturage is abundant
VEGETABLES
'irow abundantly. Cabbage, onions, beans,
sweet and irish potatoes all make fine return
The Irish potatoes are unexcelled by any
grown III America. Sweet potatoes and onions
Yield 500 bushels per acre.
FRUIT AND GRAPE CULTURE.
This region is especially adapted to fruit
and particularly to the winter apple and the
grape The apple crop here has never been
known to fail. The trees are healthy, and the
fruit smooth, plump, juicy and firm. rarely
ever speaking or rotting. The grape is also a
sure crop where proper varieties are planted
The vines are robust, and the grapes make
excellent wines. which are in good demand
| hese two fruits are destined to become the
great aud staple products Of the Iabeand.
Strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, cur
rams, cherries, plums, and nearly all the small
| fruitS thrive and hear nroifcally
The Rugbeian and district reporter. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1882-1883, 1883-02-24
IT SKIRTS TEN MILES or FRONTAGE On TIE
CINCINNATI SOUTHERN RAIL ROAD. WITH
FOUR DEP0TS LOCATED CHIT,

The lands enumerated below are eng
offered in tracts suitable to all purchas, rs, at
low figures and with def FRED payments.
Board lands on the Gin. So. RR.. west Of
Glen Mary Station. About 1900 acres OF
very dcsr able land fronting Oh the Gin. So
h. r., is here laid out in 100 acre farms. No
farm Is more than three miles from either
ounbrl9ht or Glen Mary Del OTIS ; to the latter
are adjacent the Crooke Coal Mines, employing
200 mon and with an out put of twelve car
loads per day. Glen Mary has 200 inhabitants.
three stores, telegraph station aud post office.
and IS stopped at by all trains. four passenger
and four freight daily. Good and ready market,
with best shipping facilities for either agrl-
cultural produce or timber and tan bark
Also several fine tracts OF land fronting and
lying on the east side OF the C5RR, and
halt mile south of Glen Mary.
Board lands on the Gin. So. r., west Of
Sunbrlght. these lands lie directly south of
the above and are close to the thriving town
of Sunbright, with 200 inhabitants, two hotels.
Masonic Lodge, SIX stores and post-otfice.
They are well watered and timbered, and have
excellent market, shipping and especially
numbering facilities.
| Board lands on the Gin. So. RR. half a
mile east Of Robbins Station. Splendid tim
bered lands; rich soil and abundant pasturage.
Underlying this tract is the Robbins Coal
VEN. These lands will be sold for farming,
numbering and mining purposes, in tracts OF IA
! size 10 SUIT purchasers.
The Rugbeian and district reporter. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1882-1883, 1883-02-24
LAaG.-TIrLEs WARRANTED AND DEFExDEp.

The Board of Aid Estate. centrally situated
on this plateau. consists of $4,000 acres of
grazing. farming. fruit raising and vine
growing lands.
The Rugbeian and district reporter. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1882-1883, 1883-02-24

Wright's Pills
Railways Ready Relief
Allcock's Plasters
Smiths Tonic
NJ. Lanes Pills
NJ, Lanes Vermifuge
Winslow's Syrup
Tropic Laxative
Browns Troches
Gafgling Oil
Bulls Worm Candy
st. Jacobs Oil
Mustang Liniment
Swayne's Ointment
Eno's Fruit Salt
Brandreth's Pills
&C., &C., &c.
The Rugbeian and district reporter. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1882-1883, 1883-02-24

Ayers Cherry Pectoral
Roback 5 Blood Purifier
American Liniment
Sellers Cough Syrup
Thompson's Eye Water
Petitt's Eye Salve
Halls Balsam
Pinkham's Compound
Jayne's Expectorant
Chinese LinimenS
Gmy's Ointment
Davis Pain Killer
Schclfer's Pepsire
Ayers Pills
Roback's Pills
Jayne's Pills
Railways Pills
The Rugbeian and district reporter. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1882-1883, 1883-02-24
FRUIT AND GRAPE CULTURE.
STOCK AND SHEEP RAISING.

The excellent natural pasturage, good drain
age, abundance of running water and freedom
from flies make these occupations eminently
suitable ard rcmunerative.
Stop feeding stock for eight months in the
year. Come South, where you can buy cheap
lands, work outdoors all the winter and turn
Your stock into the woods most of the year
The Rugbeian and district reporter. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1882-1883, 1883-02-24

ag- Subscribe for the RuyJeiau, anc
don't you forget it
The Rugbeian and district reporter. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1882-1883, 1883-02-24
THE RU GB Y
DRUG SUPPLY

j. opened for the supply of Pure and Genuine
Drug" and Chemicals and, in seeking the
support d his iellowcitzens, the Proprietor feels
he may refer with confidence 10 an experience of
twenty years in all branches of the business.
No pains will be spared to ensure purity and
accuracy m the manufacture Of Pharmaceutical
Preparations, whilst in the compounding Of
Physicians Prescription. and Family Recipes
the greatest care viii Invariably be observed.
it is impossible to give list of every
Drug aud Chemical kept Oh hand it will be
sufficient to say that every Medicine. for
which there is demand, may be obtained,
aud that the stock is as varied as any in
Tennessee.
The Rugbeian and district reporter. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1882-1883, 1883-02-24
DO M E. S TIC
SICK ROOM
REQUIREMENTS.
Keiller's Dundee Marmalade, Epp's Cocoa,
Royal Baking Powder,
FARDON'S FAMILY BAKING
POWDER,

Lime Juice, Nelson's Gelatine, Coopers
Isinglass, Worcester Sauce, Dates, Figs, Cocoa
Nuts, Brazil Nuts, Pecan, Sweet and Bitter
Almonds, Extracts of Almonds, Lemon, Vanilla,
Cinnamon, &e., &c, Coffee, Pepper, Vinegar,
Arrowroot, Timed Peaches, Cross & Black
wells Picalilh, Condensed Milk, Sea Salt,
Cloves, Ginger, &C., &c.
The Rugbeian and district reporter. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1882-1883, 1883-02-24
RUGBY,

Founded in 1881, has many social advan-
tagcs. VIZ, Two Good Hotels, rine Church
aud School Building Public Library with
5000 volumes. Large Commissary. Drug Stor,,
Weekly Newspaper, Post Office with two
mails per day, and also numerous good houses
and attractive villa residences Choice build
lng lots are now being offered at very reasonable
prices
Sedgemoor. the station for the above, has
also been laid out in town lots, and the Board
IS prepared to offer liberal Inducements to
persons settling there for manufacturing or
business purposes. Sedgemoor has two stores
and boarding houses, and promises to be a
iiourisilng town in the near future The
C.S.R.R has just put in there siding, 800
feet long.
The Boards Rugby lands comprise several
tracts lying west OF Rugby, in Morgan aud
tentress Counties, as well as all their territory
petween Rugby and Sedgemoor and Robbiu's
Del 6tS on the C.S.R.R. These lands are
trayersed by the Rugby and Sedgemoor Pike,
a graded road, seven miles long aud pronounced
the bgst dirt road in Tennessee. and are, on
account OF the superior communication. as
accessible TO the railroad as the less remote
lands of the Board. They are situated on the
direct aud, in winter, only line OF traffic from
the c. ;. X. r. to jamestown, Llvucstotl.
elua aud iyrdstown, respective the county
seats OF ent.ess, Overtou, Clay aud Pickett
Counties, 10 -. - y
The Rugbeian and district reporter. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1882-1883, 1883-02-24
CON s j N PHO n
POSITIVELY CURED.

All sufferers fuom this disease that are
anxious to be cured should Try DR.. HI 5
NER'S CELEBRATED CONSUME ltN
POWDERS. These Powders are the OILY
preparation known that will cure Co Sumption
and all diseases OF the TIL DAT AND LUNGS
indeed. so strong is our faith in them, and
The Rugbeian and district reporter. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1882-1883, 1883-02-24
Saturday, February 24M, 1888.
THE WEATHER.

Rugbeian Office, Feb. %, 1888, 6 pm.
The Rugbeian and district reporter. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1882-1883, 1883-02-24

Mr. A. L. Compton, under the sigma
ture Of LEROY" writes as follows to the
Cincinnati Weekly b. quirer of January
LIST, 1888:
The Rugbeian and district reporter. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1882-1883, 1883-02-24
CROPS AND GRASSES.
VEGETABLES

'irow abundantly. Cabbage, onions. beans
sweet and irish potatoes all make fine return
The Irish potatoes are unexcelled by any
grown III America. Sweet potatoes and onions
Weld 500 bushels per acre.
The Rugbeian and district reporter. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1882-1883, 1883-02-24

The soil is a sandy loan upon a mulatto
clay su5so. tits light, friable, holds manure.
is easily cultivated and responds readily and
generously to the least fertilizer.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-04-28

ABOUT n year ago, James W. Locke, United States District Judge Of Flor ida, cited J. B. Wall, a practicing attor- uey at his court. to appear and show cause why he should not be di7barred for having joined a riotous mob and as- sisted in taking out of the hands of justice and hanging a prisoner in the custody of the State. Wall appeared in obedience to the citation, but demurred to the right of the court to issue the rule served upon him. Afterwards Wall was heard by counsel, but by an order of the court he vas disbarred. Wall then petitioned the Supreme Court of the United States for a writ Of man. damus to compel the district judge to restore him to the bar on the ground that his disbarment upon mere infor- nation and belief as to the charges made aga,ust him, and without due trial and conviction, according to the laws of the State and the United States, was unconstitutional and void. The Supreme Court in a long and deliberate opinion concludes that whIle 1t may be a general rule that a previous convic- ton should be had for striking an attor- uey of the roll for an indictable offence committed, yet the rule is not inhexIble and the execution Of the duty IS a right ful one, and when exercised in proper cases Is no violation of any constitu- tional provision. The petition was iepled.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-04-28

4 VERY large meteor story comes from Brown county, Texas. It is stated that d ponderDus meteor fell killing several head of cattle aud completely destroy ilg the dw-'i1g house of Martinez Gar. .ia. wlJ w,-n s5, family, consisting ot a wife and five children are buried beneath the meteor. h its descent the .uste pr resen Ii-l ID tssive ball Jf fire, tni glsn .t struck tle earth, -he shock vas similar to earthquake. It i- imbsded ID the earth probably 2.O fee and rises above tIs surface pf tine earth 7J feet, and covers about au acre a' .sraund. T. order to uud a-st4ud the magnitude of thI- Brown county story, It is ouiy necessary to state that the largest meteor hitherto discovered, re'ghel-if we remember correctly less than 800 ponds, ani largest ever I.,covar.i m tais country, was in tue Santa RJa mountains in tlIs Pima county not far from the old lacieud 5aiIt by the Santa Rita Mining C m- pany in 1881, wh1se managers stork, WrightsoD, Grosveuor aud Hol k us were murdered by ApacEes prior to Is58. This meteor which We have seen at the Smithsonian Institute at Wash ington, was of an irregular shape, u.t more than two feet in diameter flat oblong with hole through it from eight to twelve inches in diam fer; tue meteor weighed little over l,4yt pounds. But the Brown county meteor must weigh several million times more -han any hitherto discovered. Inc lists of persons who have been killed from the falling of meteo-s is very short Humboldt could find only two or three authenticated instances, yet 1t k not possible that the al deaths which have been caused by the falling of these strangers have been recorded. About eight years ago a man was m. .sterlously shot through the arm, m a broad open field near Schptfenhausen, Germany There was no report, and no evidence that a gun pr pistol hal been fired in the neighborhood could be obtained, and for a long time the occurrence was shrouded in mystery; but recently Professor Karstaw noted scientist advanced the theory that the man was hit by a small meteorite. Scarcely a year passes that meteors are not found or reported from some quarter Of the world. but nothing like the magnitude of the Brown county meteorits was ever before reported, and We very much doubt whether upon investigation this one will prove to be what lt is repre- aar+a1