Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-05-15
DOWN IN GEORGIA
The CHAT Observation-Disclosures Agricuk
turs-The High Geofgisna.

The Chattahoochee-9lisdir Agricu1p
turs-The High GeorgisnA
tBeadIs in Cincinnati Enquirer
-Four miles from Gainesville We forded the
broad Chattahoochee, about as large there
os the Big Miami at its mouth-no SLOUGH OF
stream, though near its head. 1t is an odd
fact that this stream runs on ridge through
all the upper half Of its course; its water
level in many places is much higher than
valleys on each side Of it, and but
few hours ride distant. But it
is in a trough and shut of from
these lower valleys by higher ridges 1t
was pleasing to notice how regularly, as We
descended from the mountains. the improve
ment IN farm fixings kept even with our
descent till at last, in the broad valley,
we found frame houses and barns big
enough 10 ill one bin in Indiana In fact l
saw two barns near the Chattahoochee
which would have been big enough for
forty-acre renter ION s4leers' in ths
Wabash valley; but these were the finest
have seen in G sorgia- They looked so at
tractiye that we stopped at the farmhouse
and for @two bits obtained hot biscuit, cold
milk, honey AMI butter, which completed
my capture. am now clean @mashei' on
the Chattahoochee.
mind to be On the broad, fertile plains here
abouts after two weeks. in the mountains;
but GAINESVILLE is a high-up place, too, and
great summer resort. Around it and within
easy drives are sulphur, iron and chalybeats
spring. and only two miles from town is a
distillery which can sell by the gallon re-
gardless Of state and county. The air and
water are tonic. Society, too, they tell me,
is very good. Gen. James Long street lives in
the suburbs in elegant retirement, or per-
haps it would De better to say complete re-
tirement He does not at present desire the
company of n newspaper man; but his
friends say he has some very emphatic IDEAS
for private circulation.
All this brings me to speak Of the grandest
mistake of north Georgia-her instructed
agriculture Unless all the signs fail, the
region lave lately traversed is the finest
grape country in America, if not in the
world. Tie underlay is broken rock, above
which are bowliers, gravel and loose red
earth; the winter is mild, the spring wet
the summer uniformly warm and the au-
tumn long and dry. Frequently not drop
of rain falls in August or September. Here
are ali the conditions to make that the bor-
! deaux district Of America, AMI the very few
vines row planted are doing sp,endidly. 1t
is also a first-class region for hops 1t IS
such pity that the native waste their ener-
gies on corn and cotton.
Whit a peculiar people these high Georgi-
an are, any how. What an odd, amiable
clever. careless, and ne'er-io-well race. The
nearer | got TO the mountain the wilder the
life appeared; big families in rude pole cab
ms stout man could put up in two days:
neither house nor fence set with any regard
to compass points. AMI as often any other
way no door or window on the side next the
road Bat the oldest OF all are the country
churches, the mountain religion AMI the
polemical war between Baptist and Metho-
dist Here and there among the
foothills in the most unexpected
places. at the mouth of q hollow or in
the middle OF pine forest, / ran upon the
country III setiny mouse. In it was nsither
hanSin,-loor or window-glass. Scattered
over the floor were last autumn's leaves, AMI
the structure was reared on -stulls, four
feet above the ground This makes 1t nice
for tn. long ed, up-backei, sandy AMI
spottel hogs OF the woods, whose favori:e
winter bed is there; but not so nice for the
mounia ain maiden, who attends waen ser
vices reopen in the spring. JUICE that tho
favorits ext is, The wicked fea-whea no
man pursueth, the righteous are boli, etc"