The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-05-15
NORTH CAROLINA.

| ED. REPUBLICAN, The arrival OF
your paper of recent date, with its
fund of cheering news from home and
friends, is always eagerly received.
After reading all of its home news, l
notice with pleasure the letter from
my old friend Alex. Mealy, now in
W. I. His description Of that country
is certainly encouraging for those who
are in search of good timber and mild
! climate. While | think the Southern
States have a decided advantage over
the West in facilities for handling
lumber, and in general quantities, I
suppose that w. T. excels all countries
for large yield Of pine per acre. As
for the climate being superior, ] can
not agree with him. Wherever we
60 We find healthy locations, and from
observations taken in the past %
years l am of the opinion that the
health Of community in neighbor.
hood, is greatly dependent on the care
which the inhabitants take of them.
selves, regardless of climate or fuctu.
ations of weather. In all of my ex-
perience l have never been in coun.
try where the change of the atmos.
phere is as fuctuating as in this county.
l have seen the thermometer change
20 degrees in five minutes frequently,
from cold to warm and vice versa, but
I never have heard of rheumatism,
fever, or headache since l came here,
and no sickness mentioned. We have
a county that has population Of 1900
and there is not resident doctor in
this county.
On becoming more acquainted with
this section of this State, find that l
like it very much. We have all that
can be asked for in timber, aud water
as good as can be had anywhere. In
the adjoining counties there are as fine
agricultural lands as can be found in
any State, and in fact l don't know of
any county that produces as good corn
aud as great a yield as Hyde county.
Oats and wheat also do nicely. Fruit
grows abundantly; all of our Northern
grasses grow in profusion. All this in
easy transportation with the North,
South and West; and for lovers of
flowers, have never seen anything to
compare with it in its natural growth,
of all colors and classes.
In timber, we find in the Western
part of this State as fine white pine as
we ever cut in Penn'a, and worlds of
it; the best of cherry, ash and poplar,
with considerable white oak. The
timber most in demand is juniper,
which grows abundantly wherever it
grows at all. 1t has a very pleasant
odor while cutting it, very much like
new mown hay. No insect or moth
will stay where this lumber is used in
building. The grain of the lumber is
similar to spruce, and is remarkable
for its durability; being exceedingly
soft but not porous, it is extensively
used in lanking and boat building.
We also have here vast forests of cy.
press, which has become one of our
principal timbers for general use. In
fact, as far as have seen the State, l
am favorably impressed with lit. The
people are not as represented generally,
but quite energetic and exceedingly
hospitable, welcoming any industry
that will improve their condition. In
no instance have l yet found any one
of the old inhabitants that regret the
result of the war; very few speak Of
jeff Davis except with disgust. Could
any of our Northern sympathizers
with the Lost Cause" hear the pray.
ers of between six and seven hundred
negroes, which are employed in this
business, daily offered to the Almighty,
for the preservation of the soul of
Massa Abe, don't imagine you would
hear the eft repeated remark that
"they were better off in slavery" The
blacks are very good men to work; in
fact, we fnd them in every way better
adapted to the climate and can stand
the sun while at work much better
than white men. A very peculiar way
of working in the swamps is that every
man is to work by himself Each
man is allotSd SO many yards wide
and so many yards deep in which to
cut the timber and place it to the wire
tram-way. The extreme lightness of
the timber enables one man to handle
any sized log with all ease.
The output of this establishment
will exceed fifteen million feet yearly,