Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-06-24
A SOUTHERN TOUR.
|yIEolNIA, TENNESSEE. SoKrn CAROLINA,
0EoRGIA -Wusr WAS N0rrp ~ rHksE



no. ~.
Al Knoxville they gave us = book OF iie
large octave pages. entitled e Fast, Prs
ent aud Future Of Knoxville, Tenn. Com.
merclA and Manufacturing Advantage.
and Facts and Figures, with Illustrations. "
THIS was The first document presented, bat
gos 80 many Of these pamphlets lutspdsd
10 boom the various town, that was
obliged b ship them home by express,
from Nashville. The fact i Ell thee
southern towns are on the boom, Just a.
Western t0wns have BEEN Tor many ycafs.
Il Is my opinion that they are bound TO
boom. and that Eastern Tennessee viii te-
come = great manufacturing aud sgriou'-
taral country. why should 70 mott In
close proximity are lnsNhAustlblc iron
mines. umitlcss coal neiis, qaarrics OF the
nnest marble, limestone, granite, brick
clay In abundance. forests OF nucsi woods,
and 10 hac x The manufactures which these
suggest, q splendid farming country, which
will support hundreds OF thousands OF ar
tlsans and miners ln abundance. Quota
ton from IN book noted above Ia l,,o
the United States Census only gave The
city 9.c93 Inhabitants II cannot Re
pretended. however. that any census which
Is taken i absolutely correct In is,2
the population was i7,i5i-i1.eii white
And s0- coiorcd In iss3. by actual
count. ihe populatlon bad Increased o. si,-
g,2. a gain OF l2Ji. To- twelve months.
The population OF the city on January D.
lisa. Wa over $4,000 We give this
quotation % show how rapidly this Sec
ton - not Knoxville alone is growing.
Calculating New Englanicr, vii readily
So What This growth Implies iu manaftc-
tories. lu agriculture. anil particularly To-
The decreased value of real estate he.
ueve that money Invested ia real estate.
near these rapidly growing towus. 10 last
cru Tennessee. will double ln ftc years.
Knoxville j. hssutifai cts. DO Is hnlt
over a billy territory. giving nae slies Or
residences in every direction. Many elc-
gani house. have been buih tuflug the
past fcw years Most OF these are sur.
rounded ly ample grounds which arc par
tcular'y vel cared fof Monisy morn.
Ing amer our arrival A. the city. We were
given carriage ride about town. Three
memb,rs OF our party were escorted by
some prominent citizen Of The town, mak'
ing = cArri.ge ioAi. Mf Aisln barton. a
large dealer To- Dry goods. csfptts. cloth
lng. etc Wa. fortunately fof me. in ihe
carriage to which was assieuei. Mr.
Barton went Solth. before the var. rut
remained loyal % thc ni1u. Co., has a..
cumalaied a hno property. has a. tomrlse
Residence aui Al interesting family oar
drive gave u.ascry fair idea of thr cIiy
AMI IT, surroundings.
one point of spcciai Interest vas Port
sanders This fort is ou a high hl.. in
he subarb. o. Wa occup.cd hy Gcu
burnside forces The Confeiefa'es. uu.
Der Longsircst. euteayorcd o. carry 10 Ply
assault. bus werc defeated Gen Burn
slie hai clt thc sooi from on Che hI.I,
AMI tur.ug thc previous uiga. strung ie.e.
graph wlrss in escry direction from stump
% stump The rebel, advanced lea hc
grey OF caf.y morning. ani a. hey ap
preached the fort with q fush. were thrown
upon the grosni ty these wires. shot
Ani shell were Cred iuto them. ari Che
Geld va ici q mass of dead AMI bleeding
humanity. We met ou this spot g,ui.e.
men who fought To- the tu.ou army. and
those Who fought 10 The rebel army Zach
described the position of his mcn aui to.i
OF Incident. which occurred within biz
lines. Th.s vas repeated A. Chattanooga.
a. NASHVILLE aui a. Atlanta We fouui
these men ihe bsst of friends They have
given up al auimosiiy. accept che sltaa.
iiou and are quilted iu ths.r edJfts % make
their own section en- active part oi che
Uuiou. To-. state of tfalrs exists .l lcu.
ncsscc particularly We were surprised
and grauiri O. dui su,A harmony aud
unity o. sentiment T,uutssrc was a gar.
italy loyal state Thirty Thousand m,u
from Tennessee were ln ihe lr.lu army
ani ilkc uumb,r .0incf thc Conf,icrate-
O1r ride terminated with q ,is.i t1 Che
mode farm 90 Col Perez Dickcus0o. Mr
Dickinson vent % kuoNyllie some my
years ago. from Amhert Mas. iic re-
maiucd loyal during the war Having
amassci a fortune To- trade, be- has retired
from active business. Ani Tor an ayocatlon
has this splendid farm OF seven hundred
acres A. We approached The residence,
We passed forty acre Geld of wheat,
thick. stout. even a. board foot. ]
though, OF our oxford County farmers,
AM knew low they would rejoice la that
sight Opposite this was q moving Held
the grass nearly ready 10 be- cut. These
delds OF grass are cut from Two % four
times each season. orchard grsss aud
blue grass are the chief varieties Tor hay,
though there were also many nnc fields Of
clover. Mr. Dickinson oultlyates bis
farm highly Like most fancy farmers,
he does not make farming pay Bot
the farm Is a great educator lie expert
meu,s. ami the results OF such are free %
al farmers 10 the yicinity. They are wei
coined - the farm AZ all times, and We
were Informed that farms Tor many miles
about had Improved greatly since this
pattern bad been set. Fine baildings,
bloodsd stock. improved machinery, mod
ern dairy appliances and all those things
which money can procure, were seen 10
abundance on this farm A boar weigh
Ing nine hundred pounds was brought out
Tor our inspection also avery large Dur
ham boil and some splendid horses.
AMER our drive. 4 grand dinner was
spread Tor o.. Al the Hattie House, where
moe, Of our party was CHARTERED. The
dinner was well served, aud amer 10 fol
lowed toasts aud speeches, Until train
time. We were 10 leave the city Al SAB,
bat the train was late, aud an aOur OF two
were spent In visiting various places OF
Interest was taken to the city library,
and 70 the rooms OF the Young Mems Chris
| tlan Association.
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