Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-02-09
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smoke or black it. 1t has no offensive
smell. He has 6re-places in every
room, each connected with gas pipe,
and when he wants fire in the rOum
he has nothing TO do but turn on the
gas and touch with a lighted match
and he has a nice hot fire at once. He
has it fixed to light up and heat up
every room and even his barn and
stables. He has been offered a large
sum of money for the well, but he de-
clined to sell. In boring this well
when they got as far down as 800 feet
they bored through some kind of bark,
thought to cred Wood" and when
they got 1000 feet they struck flow
of the finest water. They had a seven
inch pipe in. They then put in three
and half inch pipe in that and went
$50 feet further, making 1880 feet,
and at that distance struck a flow of
gas. The water is said to have fine
medical properties. Mr.. Salmon is
fixing up bath houses, and people are
going far and near to it. They carry
the water off by barrels. He charges
nothing for IL. Persons have been try
ing to get him to allow them to carry
it to the city of Stockton, distance of
seven miles. He saws it is his and
can not be moved. think l will go
sometime and see it. Mr.. She'd wants
me to go down with him sometime.
He is talking of trying to get him one
bored. Says if he makes a good crop
he will have it done in the fall. Mr..
Salmon told Mrs. She'd, his daughter,
if he could get the parties who bored
his to come up he would send them.
He has the means. His cost him
$1,000.
This will be a good year to buy land
here, as it is expected to be dry and
land can be bought cheap. There is a
body of land to be put on the market
this year. 1t lies on the railroad at
Borden. l want colony from Ten.
nessee to buy and settle on it. There
are $4,000 acres. Will you be one Of
the company? 1t would be a fortune,
and that not far distant. understand
that it can be bought at $500 per
acre, and it can all be watered from a
ditch. | feel like will make my home
in California. Taking all things to.
gether, like the country. A man
can always find something to do that
he can get money. The money is here.
| like the people. The greatest cbjec'
ton | have is the Chinese population.
/ would rather have the colOred man.
He will try to learn and initiate you
but the Chinaman will not. They still
go in and worship their idol gods
When one of them dies, they place g
dish Of provisions at the grave to keeT
the devil away. You can see then
just about shutdown lighting up theiI
incense, Il believe that is what they
call them. They look like smaHsticks
Put them in a tin can and set then
outside the door They do this to keeI
the devil off while they sleep.
Monday, January 28th-Wo lad {
good rain last night, and il is still rain
ing. Everybody have their beads "a
to>doy. Mr.. Patterson got home to
day much revived in every way II,
is "whistling' around, and eyerylhin;
is cheerful with US all. We will 90 t,
plowinS--no time to lose now. Every
thing will move briskly. Our love t.
all. II. Il. ETTER.
P. S. Tuesday, 29th.-Still rain
ing-aIl are in high spirits and yer,
hopeful this morning of good crops tn
coming season. H. r. L.
Grundy County News.