The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1898-07-27

Rise ups thou farest County, fairest Madison,
Shine out in all thy beauty on the mound,
Where nowthe feet of Eron horses sound
As from the verdant fields they speed at noon.
I Gay, bright and smiling gems! Thou soon
Shalt oyershadow by thy wondrous bound,
: The foremost of counties round.
Rich stores of wealth forms thy spendid boon,
And the home Of Dante, Angelo,
BY lofty marble dome ana polace high,
, And richly carved gates, whose gorgeous glow,
Attracts and holds the enrapturcd travellers
eye,
8 Is now the glory of Italy
SO thou art of Kentucky destined to be,
Queen of the blue grass greet thee.
c. BEAUREGARD POLAND.
A splendid county is this broad and
beautiful, and fruitful Madison, with
! its matchless landscape, clear rapid
streams, generous soils, nutritious
grasses, magnificent forests, genial eli
mate, stately homes and grand agricul-
tural possibilities. a region that en-
braces more of the elements Of cheap,
independent and enjoyable human liv-
ing, and offers more TO the investor
and enterprising settler to-day than any
other county on tine American con-
tInent.
The early history of Madison county
is filled with matters of supreme inter
est to all who love TO trace the heroic
aud self-sacrificing deeds of great men.
1t is matter which when considered
IN its true light as bearing upon the
present state of affairs in this maguiti-
cent county, is of the first Importance,
that the spirits who subdued and civil
lied this territory should not be lost
sight of nor lightly passed 10y in any
work which attempts TO do Justice to
the COUNTY. Asiuc .IUm lie current ui
events which mIIks the development
of this secii,I, .. -, ari-,. = "a I.,.' fore
gIound nuiHn 50. IL 49, a. lotc-
worthy c!ta::.c ~ MO- ..>,o III
sepcrably W, eli iIto lie .IrIi ct.,clls
Uf this cou-ty.
At the eariy periJd when first white
men set fr.d in this land thcr were
imprlIe 1, - ..uN, 10y the allureuciI,s of
com uerc.dl ia.crcour~c thinking doubt
less oi the ricI rewards which ATE eX-
tcLdcd. ira he NouEI bang thrm nom
trading with tac sNa-Cs WIG were
sad to possess large shares ui riches,
gethered from the interior Of this re-
gion and the mountains surrounding,
al the intrinsic worth of which they
were supposed 10 be almost entirely
ignorant.
The country MAS but sparsely settled
and filled with native saVages and out
laws capable Of doing anything barba-
riOus. Ii was Just then when men OF
iron nerve and force We're needed, that
the bold aud intrepid Daniel Boone
aud his study band Of pioneers and pa
triots cast their lots in their midst. The
enemy was badly met, and this unique
character brave and true, with his
hand full of brave spirits as daring as
himself established themselves and Set
tied here in Madison county.
Madison county is located almost in
the center Of the blue grass section OF
Kentucky, and is one Of the weaithiest
and most progressive counties in the
State.
Madison county lays claim 10 greater
variety and richness of soil than any
other county in Ky. The black waxey,
black sandy, black pebbly, hog wallow,
grey sandy, red sandy, sandy loan,
and aliuvial soils are e;Ich to be found.
About the best evidence Of the richness
and fertility of these various soils that
can he offered is the fact that commercial
f.,rtiiiz RS, now so common in some sec
tions and constituting as much a fixed
charge on the agricultural interests OF
those sections, as the seed necessary to
plant the ground, are not used at all in
Madison. Another fact worthy Of men
tiDn in this connection is that there are
thousands OF acres of land in cultiva-
ton in this county that have been cul-
tiyated continuously Tor more than one
hundred years, which now yield as
much per acre as they did when first
planted.
TIMBER GROwTH.
The area of timber IN Madison county
is much greater than is generally sup
posed to be 10y persons not familiar with
the county. BY many people outside
of the county it is regarded as not much
of timber section. but this like many
other opinions of the county formed at