Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-04-25
NASHVILLE, Tenn, April Is.

college boys I set out about 10 A
NJ, for the Bellmeade Farm, which
is about six miles west of this
place. I had Leen told about this
farm by many of the boys here
They spoke of it with much eulogy,
but I had never formed any con-
ception as to its worth until l Saw
it.
On our way We passed by the
Vanderbilt University, which is
about two miles from the city OF
Nashville. Of course we spent q
little while looking over the grounds
of this famous institution. After
satisfactory look at the Wander
bilt we proceeded on our way.
We arrived al the farm in due
time where we expected to see vast
fields of cotton and corn, but to
our great surprise, we did not see
much land in cultivation. We saw
large pastures on which stood here
and there an occasional oak or
gum. The grass of decades grew
vigorously wherever we CHANGED to
look. Large herds of cattle Jared
sumptuously every minute of the
day. The milch COWS, eighty-si1
in number, were being driven in
for the purpose of being milked.
We calculated on one hundred
gallons from the eighty-six COWS,
which at 20 cents..per gallon would
bring $40 per milking.
Next we visited the deer pasture
where we saw something over a
hundred head of deer. We spent
sometime with the deer, for they
somewhat excited our curiosity.
Having satisfied our curiousity
looking at the deer, we decided on
going to Gen. Jacsson's home and
asking permission to look at some
of his fine horses. Just here it is
necessary for me to stop and ex-
plain. Gen. Jackson owns this
farm at present. 1t is called the
Bellmeade farm because it belong
ed to a man of thatname before
Jackson bought it. Again, I would
not have any one think this is
President Gen. Jackson, for every
should know that President Jack
son is dead. I know not how came
this gentleman to get the title of
General.
But as we walked through the
yard we met Col. Eastman, of New
York. and Gen. Jackson going out
to the stables to see his (the Gen.
eral's) fine stations. The first
horse we saw was named Luke
Blackburn. This horse cost the
General twenty thousand dollars.
This somewhat startled me as I
had always been used to about a
hundred and fifty dollar "cut."
The next horse we looked at was
the famous racer "Iriquois.' He
is a native of this country, but was
carried to England where he gained
his worldwide reputation in the
three greatraces Of Derby, Ledgers,,
and Prince of Wales He won in
these laces, being the only horse
that ever won in all three. This
horse cost the General thirty-four
thousand dollars.
I got very much interested in
this horse and made boldto ask
the General what he was worth, but
the General refused to tell me, say
ing that he could not tell as the
tax assessor might hear of it. Do
the wealthy pay their share OF the
taxes? I managed, however, to ask
tie negro, whose special business
il was to take care of this horse,
what the General priced the horse
at, and he said, "Two hundred and
fifty thousand dollars" The Gen.
eral has some of this horses colts,
one year old, which he expects to
sell next month in New York at
ten thousand dollars each.
After all this we started back to
the city with some idea of an ideal
fam. When about half way back
my friend, young man from Ala
bama, and ] stopped at a sulphur
spring while the other two boys
kept on their way. AS it was a
nice, cool place we sat down near
the spring and began to talk of the
world and its ways. ! am no COM
munist, but as I sat there I could
not help but mediate over the
condition of our country. Some,
thought, know not how to manage
their immense wealth, while others