Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-06-27

and his son, young 10, here IN Knox
Vile"
General 10 Mabry was a dangerou
man when angered, but exceedingl,
kind aud pleasant in social life. HI
IMAGINED that O'Cenner had don,
him great wong. and notified hin
that the two could not live. in tn
same place Hence, the great trae
edy.
Il issurmised that owing to Msio,
0'Conner's multifafious and compli
Gated interests, his estate will not re
aliEe much except what be had settled
upon his wife some years ago, when h
was undoubtedly solvent.
Crops throughout East Tennessee
are very fine, wheat especially, aud tho
people are cheerful and independent
The country never looked SO bGanti
full and opulent with peace and abun'
dance before. The goddess Of Cerei
has marshaled her armies in this fail
region. and her tents are seen on every
hillside and in every valley. But hel
hosts are stalwart, contented, and
intelligent volunteers, her tents are
shocks of golden wheat, her cloth o.
gold is clover, and her implements Of
warfare are the reaper and thresher
the plough, the sickle and the mower
The thresher is the artillery, the
ploughman is the cavalry, and those
who WELD the axe, the rake, and the
hoe represent the infantry.
Col. Perez Diekinson's celebrated
farm in sight of Knoxville is in splenN
did condition, and the owner never
seems as happy as when escOrting a
party of visitors out to his place in
carriages and showing them around
Some ten years ago Col. Dickinson had
acquired large fortune, but found
that his health was falling. He owned
what was known as the island farm
Of $50 acres just above the city. This
is very rich. He bought $50 acres
more on the south side OF the river,
rather poor land and some of it badly
worn, but beautifully situa-
ted for views and landscape et-
feet. The improvement and
cultivation Of this farm of 500 acres
restored the Colonel's health. He is
a vigorous man of go or 65 years, the
picture of health and contentment
The place has been visited by thou
sands of people from a distance, rep
resenting nearly every State in the
Union. Many people from Memphis
are registered on the visitors book.
A fine two story brick house is APP
preached by long, winding, graveled
drive. No place on the Hudson COM
mands finer view of river and frown
ing cliff, of island valley and mountain,
forest and clover field, country and city.
The house is said to have been built
az q summer residence by Captain
Shirley, Of Memphis. The barns are
models of elegance and convenience,
and everything about the place is as
neat and stylish as some well kept
public park. The worn lands have
ell been restored, and fine wheat crops
have been produced, but Of late years
Col. Dickinson has turned his attention
more to grasses. He will put up two
hundred and City tons OF hay this
year. There is q dne dairy on the place,
and some superior short horn stock
as we'll as blooded pigs, good farm
ho-ses and all manner of domestic
fowls. All kinds of small fruit are
produced in luxuriant abundance, and
a splendidiy stocked conservatory
graces the grounds near the house
The owner has never slept In the resi-
dence, although he points out his bed
room. He has been a widower thirty
Eve years, and the beautiful portrait
Of his wife, Who died soon after they
were married, may be seen
in his stately residence in
the city. A family occupies part of
the farmhouse and has general charge
Of affairs. Yet Colonel Dickinson
overlooks every detail and knows bet
ter than any one else exactly what is
going on. BE has introduced all man
ner Of improved agricultural implies
ments and farm machinery. About
sighteen hands are usually employed
but at this season of the year-har>
vest time--theTe are thirty. AS
4 specimen Of his stock, the
CoIousl pointed ont the otheT day
two short horns, real Jpmbos in size,
weighing respectively 200 and 24OO
pounds. Farmers IRON all the SUR
rounding country come here to see
this farm, and to learn what can be
done by intelligent, scientific, well
directed work, The effect is already
seen and felt on mspy other farms
Colonel Dickinson is doing 2 great
york, and is a recognized public
beneia0t0r. A gentleman fromLouis-
vile, who vent Up with our party the
other day, admitted that there was nc
such place in all Kentucky and il i
doubtful whether farm so complete
in ell appointments, highly cultivated
and chsrmingly situated, eogld be
found in the United States.
Speaking OF farming, Colonel NJ. ?
Jarnagin, late Of Memphis, hsl
bought the famous John X
Branner place Of $40 acres Al
Messy Greek, thirty miles east o
Knoxville. He paid for IL $4,000
cash, but it is worth nearer $4,000
The residence built since the war i
one Of the finest in East Tennessee
and be is having it thoroughly REPAIRED
and 9niahed of. paid him visi
yesterday and found the house full o
workmen. The Colonel will live lik
q lord when be gets settled down. n
proposes 10 convert the place into
stock farm, and has already bough
some blooded horses.
Montvale Springs il now owned Rpt
run by Mr.J @. Engel from the vieinit
of Baltimore. The place once 80 note
and popular, has been thorough