River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-03-12
LET'S EMIGRATE.

So much is said and written these
DAYS Of the NEW South. and so many
are interested in finding homes fol
relatives and friends, that we thought
| the following letter from Southern
Georgia might prove of interest. II
is from Mr.. w. w. Taggart, a brother
of druggist Taggart of our city and
was written to his mother. Mr.. Tag.
CART has successfully located several
colonies Of home-seekers in Wiscon.
sin. Minnesota and New Mexico, and
| should any JOURNAL readers be de-
sirous of going South, any inquiries
addressed to him at Box 800, Atlanta,
Ga, viii receive prompt attention.
Atlanta. Ca, Feb 20, 1896.-Dear
Mother--I suppose you are enjoying
Minnesota winter now, for i see by
| the paper it is the first genuine cold
| weather OF the season. Here 1T is nice,
16 deg. | suppose but only guess, as
| it is SO pleasant one never thinks
of consulting a thermometer. Last
week | was in the southern part OF
| the state. ~ the new Yankee town
of Fitzgerald, where from 1900 to
| 5000 Northern people have started to
make homes for themselves in the
South. Mr.. W., the Campbell, Mimi,
merchant was with me. We were
| the guests of ex-Gov. Northern, who
got us to go there to see the first liv-
| Ing example of Community Building
| by American coloniZerS south of the
Ohio. These people have gone into
the piney woods and started their set
| tlement, and as last October saw the
| first arrival, you may know things are
pretty crude. 1t is the same story we
pioneers of the West know so well,
only the farms being smaller they are
situated more closely together. All
| classes of people, and the names are
| Just as familiar as though we knew
them all. They come from every
| point of the compass and every condi-
tion of life, and generally speaking
are bravely going to work. 1t is essen
| TALLY an old soldiers colony, and but
| for the mistake Of going where they
| would be entirely alone, from the
natives, thus getting comparatively
undesirable land, see no cause to
| fear for their success. They have
selected a comparatively level coun-
| try, forgetting that there is an annual
rainfall of As to 81 inches. while where
| they came from it is but IA inches in
| Nebraska to 81 in Ohio, and l fear the
| bowel diseases so prevalent in level
regions during the fall months will be
! fatal to many. This should have been
avoided and could have been if the
projectors had had a wider experience.
Mr.. w. and L have thoroughly in
yestigated the tract OF land of which
/ -. o-ft fffl aud IL hoqrS the
| examination well He is delighted
with the country and is determined
| TO sell out IL Minnesota and come
| here with his family where they can
have flowers blooming every day in
the year, and / really think the OLD
gentleman never enjoyed himself rs
| much in his life before. You should
see him gathering the pretty wild
| leaves and flowers, shrubs, ETC., ETC.,
| and saving them for souvenirs to show
| his children, anG we often spent an
hour cracking and eating shellbarks
and walnuts we found in the woods.
We visited noted old house, while
on this trip, which adjoins the prop
erty we will buy, called "Ingleside, y
| the home of the Wimberlys. The
| house is situated on hill of about
| ten acI q extent: it is about 90 1T.
square, ceilings IL to IA TT. high, two
| stories: the roof extends II TT. beyond
1 the house all round and is supported
| by pillars, thus forming portico
which girdles the house. The house
| is built six feet above the ground, a
great hall runs through it, and there
are four rooms on each floor. In front
| and on each side is a lovely flower gar.
den, surrounded by a peculiar open
latticelike fence made of brick. In
this garden are many handsome flow
ers in full bloom, roses blooming nine
and ten months in the year. Back Of
the house and separated from 1T BY
the roof porch is another house O
three rooms, containing the great
| dining hall and two pantries, cellars
underneath, and back of this the
kitchen and servants houses, bacl
still further the poultry and dog yards
then the vegetable garden, and ther
the great orchard, containingin season
grapes, peaches, apples, cherries, figs