News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-12-24
Letter from TaIIapooSa.

TALLAPoosA, GA, Dec. 18th, 1891:
As there is a large number of friends in
Stowe aud vicinity that | shall not be able to
write to while | am here, | thought few
lines from me through the News AND CITIZEN
might not be uninteresting to them. will
saw by the advice of my physician to seek a
warmer climate for t, is winter to benefit my
health which was very poor, on Oct 18th
left home, accompanied by my wife and three
children. We left Waterbury on the noon
train, which took us via Springfield, Mass.
and Hartford, Conn, thence to Jersey City,
thence to Philadelphia via Piedmont air line
to Washington and on same line $40 miles to
Atlanta, Ga, where We arrived at one O'Clock
Nov. Dist eastern time and II O'Clock south
ern time; we found our time was just one
hour ahead of Atlanta time. Here we were
Obliged to stav until 10 p. m, then took
the train for Tallapoosa, where we arrived at
6 O'Clock p. m, making the journey of about
fifteen hundred miles in "a hours; we arrived
here without accident. but very tired par
ty. We were met at the depot by Mr.. Hiram
Town, formerly Lamoille county man, and
we're very glad to see him. Mr.. Town led the
way to the Tallapoosa hotel where we received
the best of accommodations for two nights
and one day; then we rented a nice six-room
cottage and went to keeping house Ny
health is quite a little improved in the seven
weeks we hive been here and hope that by
spring ] can return home-enough better in
health, to well pay me for this winter in
Georgia The weather has been very fine
most of the time since came here, with
pleasant days and cool nights. 1t has been
a very dry fall until lately we have had quite
n fall of rain; many of the wells run dry and
some had to be dug deeper. The city of Tai
! lapoosa is situated in Havalson Co., about
sixty-three miles from the beautiful city of
Atlanta. on the Georgia Pacific r. r., and is
four miles from Ala ALBANIA line; it is 7o3 miles
from the city of Warrington, D. C.. ITALIA
poosa is mountain city and is surrounded
on all sides by beautiful forests of pine and
oak timber. 1t is about two hundred feet
| higher than Atlanta, and is blest with much
purer air and water. Snow very seldom falls
! here; | am told that when it does come it
mets in few hours after falling. | think
| TaIlaponsa is destined to be a manufacturing
city, as there is n large amount done now
! and more going in soon; there is a glass
works, stove works, two furniture manutac-
| turtles one SASH door and blind shop, one
| knitting mill one carriage factory, one EN-
erv-whee mandatory and several Others
| that / have not space to mention. | think
| Tallapoosa is also going to be health re-
| sort for people with throat and lung troubles.
| We hear people telling of the benefits received
! here from the beautiful climate and from the
! pure free water that ;bounds here in plenty
| The city has four hotels doing business now
and new one is being built called the Ley.
! thra Springs hotel; !" it is situated near those
| springs which are four in number all within
beautiful building; these springs are of differ
ent medicinal Wholesome of them abOunding
! in iron The new hotel is beautiful struc
ture and is large and finely built: | should
! think would accommodate five to eight hun
| dred guests; it is near a beautiful park which
is being fast improved. The city has now
over two miles of street railway in operation
| and is soon to have more; the street ears al
present are drawn by dummy engine which
does the work very nicely. part of the
city is lighted by electrity and it is soon tc
| be extended for the people here have the
northern push in them; it is said that the
| population here is over two-thirds northern
people, and many of them are "hustlers q" o.
the real New England type
| There are two newspapers printed here
the Tallaposa journal and the Evening Dis
patch; the first is a weekly and the latter O
daily paper, The TallapoOsa Journal is 6
bright clean paper and deserves the patron
age OF the people; it already has circulation
OF 2400 copies The daily paper has beer
but recently started here There are eight
churches here as follows: northern and 6
southern Methodist, one Baptist, one Pres
byterian, one Episcopalian, and the colored
people am told, have three The school,
are in n prosperous condition, and the city II
just contemplating a large fine brick schoo
house, and no doubt Others will soon have &c
be built for the town is growing fast. | will
give prices of some kinds of provision, feed
etc: Flour, 1925 to 81 so per Dbl corr
meal, 81 80 per 100 lbs; oat meal, 5A to 81
per h.; potatoes, Toe to 81 20 per bushel fol
Irish, and 60 to Toe for sweet; turnips, Loo
per bushel; onions, 50 90 per bushel; apples
southern, go to 75c per bushel; northern
81 90 to $120 per bushel; beef steak, Toe ID
milk, Zoe quart butter made here, 20 to 25'
h.; northern creamery, 30 to 3Sc ID; granu
lated sugar II lbs for 81 90 Price OF tue
as follows: 4-foot wood 81 90 cord; 16 incl
wood. 1926 per cord coal, "a 90 per ton
kerosene oil zoe per gallon. In conclusion
| will say we receive the NEWS AND CITIzEN
each week and | can assure you it is very
welcome And now, with kind regards fol
yourself and all the friends, | remain
Yours respectfully,
JAMES L. Houston.