The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1892-12-08
EyROTTTF To SsyANs9 Ga Dec. 4.

ENRoUTE TO SAVANNAH, GA, Dec. 4.
The Mississippi valley is TO sections
| less favored In an industrial sense, what
the life of the industrial painstaklag man
Is to that of him who does not always re-
spond to the call of duty. There is
variety in abundance in the daily life Of
| him who thinks the hard lines Of duty
should not be always followed, though
| want be one of its features. Chicago
with all its commercial supremacy would
| be willing, almost, to relinguish the
| Worlds Fair for one of the mountains of
East Tennessee, which is the favored
| haunt of the law-defiant moonshiner. 1t
would welcome the vice for the pictures
| que cOloring OF its surroundings. Chica-
| go with all its architectural monstrosi-
| ties as we'll as beauties, has not 1.-THE OF
| the interest Z to the traveller that
Is called out by the splendid setting OF
| Cumberland river as it breaks through
| the mountains, and the commercial up
| roar of the metropolis does not speak 10
such sympathetic tone to our industrial
| sense as does the beautiful blue grass re-
gIon of Kentucky. This region is de-
| voted to grazing and every farm is a
| stock farm. 1t is the section in which
Daniel Boona iourished and Henry Clay S
| eloquence was nurtured. 1t is as beauti-
full to the eye in Its gentle fluctuations
| and wooded hills as its climate is salub-
rious. Land is worth from $50 to 1925
! per acre. There is but little grain raised
| and only sufficient fodder for the domes-
| tic use. But it is to this place the pure
bred horse traces bis origin, and lovely
woman her habitat. These are tradi-
tons, as is likewise the belief that here
whisky Is taken straight though if the
first two had no further basis of truth
than the latter, Kentucky would soon
| lose It's claim to celebrity. 1t IS not a
matter of much moment how the Ken
tuckian likes his whisky, but 1t may be
| inst as we'll to do him the justice of say
| ing he does not look upon water as VII
famous for any purpose other than bath
| ing.
East Tennessee is a country which has
made but little progress. 1t is the moon
| sinners paradise,-he regards it as his
| empire and will not hesitate to fight to
the death to maintain his rights. He is
| veritable Ishmaelite and If his fastness
| is invaded even by the curiosity seeker,
| the mOuntaineer acts upon the hint that
| dead men tell no tales. 1t is pictur-
esque country and peculiarly well suited
| to the business of Illicit distilling The
mountains have mineral wealth which in
time will change conditions and bring
| under subsection the hardy mOuntaineer
| who dares the wrath of the government
and neither asks quarter from, or gives
it to those who are inimical to his bust
| ness. The manner of dlsposing OF the
| liquor exhibits some of the old style of
| primitive honesty which nature and not
religion taught; A jug, with 80 cents, is
left on a stump and the party retires.
He soon returns, the money is gone but
the jug is filled with mountain dew.
| Perhaps the moonshiper Is receiving
| more than his share Of attention in this
| letter, but he deserves it because of the
romance attached to him. He is more
| picturesque than the train rObber be-
cause his calling is hereditary. He is
more interesting than the smuggler be-
| cause he is more persistent and tiourishes
despite the war made upon him.
| The roads over which the tourists have
passed mp to Atlanta, are the Louisville
New Albany & Chicago, the CINCINNATI
Hamilton and Daoton, Queen Crescent
| Qoute and the East Tennessee, Virginia
| and Georgia System, James Barker the
celebrated passenger agent of the road
| first named, did not accompany the party
as he intended. His read represented
| the two next mentioned. Mr.. J. g. Ma
son of the G. c. II. & d. also accompanied
the tourists. Every thing that possibly
| could be done for the comfort of the
travellers was done by these gentlemen
Mr.. Barker was constantly sending some
token of his good Will. Mr.. Virgins OF
the G. ii. & d. was also with the party
for some time. These roads are admir-
ably equipped and run through a most
| picturesque section.