The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-12-10
Lowry & Piokens Tannery and Stock
Farm.

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j. t. Lowry last Monday, if
were able to describe what / sal
and the delight l had in seeing
My visit was a succession of SUI
prises and delights. / left Lynn
vile early in the morning in bug
gy and drove over the Corpersvill
pike, which is a most magnificcn
road, leading up a beautiful ant
fertile valley in high state of cul
tivation; along which valley ar
dotted pleasant homes, the hill
rising on either side majestically
Surely Italy has no happier scenery
We passed old Elkridge church
the oldest place of worship in Gilei
county The house is in a good
state of preservation. 1t was builtiI
! 1910; the floor was put kown witt
oak pins. The graveyard holds th,
remains of the pioneers of thi.
county, many of whom have his
tories nearly as thrilling as Davie
Crockett's if written. The stock
farm and tannery is situated four
miles east of Lynnville in a roman
tic cove. The land in this cove is
remarkably rich and though some
of it is rolling it is without gaping
gullies. 1t seems to have retained
its virgin fertility. In this beauti-
ful cove containing thousands of
acres, they are not troubled with
that foe to beauty, the hateful
sedge grass. l never saw a yes
tige of it there. There is nestled in
this valley quite a community of
happy farmers honest and in the
center of that valley they have
a beautiful new school house in
which is taught good school the
year round, and a fine Sunday
school of 100 meets there weekly.
From what l had seen in the
public prints l had been led to
think our rural population were
not prosperous and happy; that
farming and farm interest were de-
teriorating. Whatever may be true
of other sections, this people have
everything to make them happy
prosperity, health and plenty. On
our arrival at the home of Mr.. Low
ry dinner was announced, such on
ly was prepared for the family.
l speak truly when 1 say it has
rarely been my good fortune to sit
down to a more sumptuous feast.
The meats were fresh and juicy.
the bread light and snowy, the cof-
fee fragrant and DELICIOUS, the milk
creamy, the butter orange jersey.
the desert luscious. peaches with |
Jersey cream and cake. Mrs.
Lowry was a Miss Gracy and in
changing her name did not part
with the grace. The children are
pretty and the surroundings SO
pleasant that it almost beguiles the
wish from an old bachelor to make |
another effort to be a family man
Mr.. Lowry came out of /
The war in '65 to find his house /
burned (by accident). He went to
work and well and beautifully |
built. The house is gothic on a |
basement, on a terrace
overlooking the public road and all
he valley below. Back of the
house rises picturesque hill
clothed with it's primitive oaks.
Out of the face of this hill, in
iell not surpassed for grandeur on
he Yellow Stone, rushes a crystal
'ountain of cool freestone water
which has fall of 15 feet. 1t is
brought in pipes down to the dwell
ng and to the bath house, which
s arranged with all the modern
improvements. This water has
! temperature of So in winter
md summer. 1t is a wonder that
his has never been made a pleas
ire and health resort in summer,
am told no case of either chills or
ever ever originated in this valley.
We inspected the tannery located
lear this famous spring. This yard
Tas established in 1909 or 10 by
dr. Lowry's uncle, Thomas Orr
Eho came here from Williamson
ounty and has been in continuous
peration ever since by the same
manage ent-75 years. 1t tanned
he early wolf and bear skins and
he buck skins for hunting shirts.
n 1S40 Mr.. Lowry's father became
.ssociated with Orr in the tannery.
)ne was intensely democratic and
he other a whig-otherwise they
we're brothers. / was shown a huge
tone six feet in diameter, used to
rush bark in early days. The
,ark being laid fat it was rolled
ver it and crushed it. 1 was
hown stone table II feet long
" A feet wide made to dress leather
IN by Mr.. Orr in an early day and
is yet in use after Is years.
The capacity of the tannery is
800 hides year and to the war it
vas run to its utmost capacity to
upply home demand. Now home
lemand is not so good and much
# it is shipped. They manufac-
ure harness and saddles and am
old their work is unsurpassed for
honest workmanship. Their upper
Gather has a fine reputation.
lext took peep at the apple cellar
'ull of choice fruit and winter ci-
Ter. Mr.. Lowry has a fine orchard.
He has associated with him his
nephew, j. L. Pickens, in the stock
business, under the firm name Of
Lowry & Pickens. They have ex-
,ensive breeding interests princi-
Dally in saddle horses. They have
TWO famous stations, Slasher and
Slasher Junior. While they have
sired no Maud S., they haYe never
sired other than a good saddle
horse, which we saw attested last
fall in a ring of 46 colts, each and
all good ones, any of them worthy |
Of premium. They have some %
head of brood mares and young
things. Among the brood mares
are Tom Halls, Brooks, Prince
Pulaski's, .Hardees's and one Old |
Bob Hal mare that Mr.. Lowry rode |
iu the late war, that is now 27
! ears old. She is superanuated end
is only kept as a relic They also
keep a fine jack, Sellars, that
showed 80 red sorrel mules in a
a ring the past fall-sucklings-l
each and all premium mules. They
have a fine barn 60xS0 feet burst
ing full of provender. Mr.. Low
ry constructed a hay hoist himself
n x-aaro oor0 that vuac tho fret in