The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-19

river wins favor at once, showing itself TO
be not only an important commercial ar
terry, but a source OF health TO the popula-
ton OF the capital. As the shadows deepen
aud the timid stars begin 10 sparkle in the
armament Clover Bottom is passcd-,he
race course made famous by the contests
OF thoroughbreds OF Andrew Jackson,
Judge Joe Gid. author Of "Old Times In
Tennessee" and Bale Poyton. That
was sixty years ago. II was over this
course that Jackson's horses ran while lac
administered the Affairs OF state in Wash.
ington. and here his jockeys rode accord.
ing to instructions given by Old Hickory
weeks before, pulling a tight reign at this
point and whippingat that, following their
orders, In the fear Of the old man, no mat
ter what. the conditions OF the race might
be. Verify We are
on HISTORIC GROUND.
Only three or four miles from the Cum.
bcrland and 10 the south stands the Her.
mitagc, in the garden Of which are tho
graves OF Jackson aud his wife. The first
river encountered, tributary 90 the Cum.
bcrland, Is the Stone. eighteen miles above
Mas hvillc, and here the mind turns from
thoughtsoi the great TenncS'eean TO mom-
orics OF another period. Twenty-scycn
years AEGEAN Il be 30 long7-Sionc River
wis rod with the blood Of the cmbattlcd
brave. but today the land prospcrs in the
sunlight Of happy peace. Later We will
pass Mill Spring, where I)llicolIcr fell.
Men como and 90. sectional passions flame
out and die away, but Mother Nature as
sorts her sovereignty and preserves her
rewards for thrift aud industry. In the
night VIC fit through the honeman's para
disc. Below Gallalin lie
"RHNNrsAw" AND "FAiR VIEW"
the great stock farms OF Capt James
Franklin and Charles Reed. adjoining
each other, and tho old peyton
homestead. II we had timo 90 stop
We would find there go thorouyhbrcds
that are growing TIC of the grass, water
and climate thai developed Ardnzi, Arr
roma. Nevada, Thoro and Luke Black.
burn. But shall not attempt 10 do more
by way Of detail than 90 lot dogn, some.
what nt hap-hazard. certain facts that will
speak for the whole territory. OF ~, 800
square miles, which the Cumberland
drains Two Of the principal streams that
help 10 swell the Cumberland arc the
Canoy Fork aud Obed's Tor Obey's) Rivers,
the former emptying nc Carthage and the
latter at Cclina. Both are naviguble
about 100 miles, but both have special
claims for consideration, apart from the
fact that tremendous logging business Is
done upon each Of them. II Is known
well enough In the Cumberland Valley,
but not In Tennessee generally that
PEARIs on THE HIGHEST VALUE
arc found In these streams. Some have
been sold for sums as high as S2j0and $500.
Congressman McNlilliR told US Of one In
his possession which bad been rated ~ an
oriental by New York experts who had
vainly tried 10 matchiL Pearl fishing has
become an industry along these streams
and, In tho summer, when tho water Is
low. fishing camps may DO seen ut short
intervals Along the banks One IL not
surprised at any statement with regard 10
the resources oil this beautiful region. But
Obod's River has still another claim upon
the worlds attention. It's
TnE COLUMBIA RIVER
Of Mark Twain's "Gilded Age" II was
at lie headwaters that tho town Of "Napo.
loon," whore all tho lots were corner ones,
was located. Mark Twain's father, Glenn
ems, was, many years ago, Clerk Of tho
Court at jamestown, In fentrcsa County,
where the story Of ''The Gilded Age DO.