St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-01-18
A PROMINENT NEW ENdLANDEk
CALLED SOUTH
To Assist In the Work Of Building up that
Section.

Section.
For several years it has been known
that the southern section OF the Union
was being rapidly pushed to the 'front.'
hnt lew people of the North really know
how much enterprise, pluck ana ue.e' ~. ~
nation those people have. before .ne
Civil war between the states tne'r su'
roundings and customs were d'h.! er ~
ours. They were as much oiiieIen.
people as though they lived IN loteish
country. They were surrounded ny
slaves who did all the work and 1t was
not necessary Tor them to exert them'
selves. The young men grew up as large
Land owners with hundreds OF slaves
Each had as it were little kingdom OF
his own over which he prevailed. ihey
thought OF nothing but cotton ana rice
culture. They made cotton to be sn'ppeo
to the Northern markets to be made INTO
cloth and reshipped back to the oouln
and elsewhere. They were farmers W.
up here the manufacturers. But the ''ee
ing of the negroes have changed Things
Every man was dependent upon his own
exertions. They were lett without
money and without means and lot
thirty odd years it was hard struggle
for those people with nothing but t ,6
soil as their capital, but this hard lie
has shown that the Southern people arc
made out of the same material, with the
same energy of the Northern men ana al
they needed to dcvelope into hrst class
business men was the opportunity.
The climate is not as many suppose
the cause why the white people did no
work. The tact is they did not nave u
work while they had slaves ana ever
now it is so easy Tor any one 10 hiaN
money down there that they 90 no
have to work as hard as we do up mere.
: The Southern people are not SLOW u
; catch on. They are not Opposed l.
] Yankee WAYS as some say, and TINS
proven by the tact that they are gettih
=. Northern men and women to go DOW
: and teach them how to do things IN IN
: Northern way and this shows that the
are no to the times and ready to lear
u all they can. :, -
:. Among the foremost people IN tt
II work of development are those a'ol
d the great Seaboard Air Line kailwa
r. which traverses what is known as u
lie Piedmont section from Portsmouth ar
e Norfolk, Va, through Virginia ana u
D. two Carolinas into the heart OF Georgi
d Atlanta. To guide people in the wo
of development, the S:aboard Air III
ID has at considerable expense secured I
te services of former citizen OF New IN
'g land, real, live, hustllng Yankee NJ
" E. st. John, native OF Conneel'c'
at who went West when young man al
I'd built ND a reputation as railroad ma
ig aper and developer, far above a
Is other persons that had ANYTHING TO
nd with the Developments OF the gre
Western States. The tact that tH'
TO people are securing the services OF suct
ne man is positive evidence that they
mt not behind in the march OF progre
as Mr.. ST. John is located at Portsmou
er Virginia, and has been put at the ne
co. of the Seaboard Air Line and he is md
EN- ing many people from the North TO
IN down South He has opened ofhces
cts Boston at 3O6 Washington street,
the New York at 81 Broadway, IN I'm
~ delphia ut 80 South Third street, IN t
nts timore at 2O7 E. German street.
Ter T.sc hngton at l434 New York "A
ana at each of these places North,
airs are employed to give information
nth those who desire to go South; and
all ing the last twelve months, more e
on four thousand persons have settled all
Just the Seaboard Air Line, and those
try think the Southern people are slow
our badly mistaken. The Seaboard Air
is owned bv Southern men and they
ugh showing by their acts that they
olo going to have the territory develope
VINO the most substantial way, and they
mas employing competent Northern Poop
now help them.