The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-09-06
A Trip to Buffalo and the Pan
American Exposition.
Editor Herald:

Editor Herald:
Thinking a condensed account of
the scenes ON the trip might be read
by the patrons of the Herald with in
terest, this is contributed by a Maury
countain.
On the evening of the 28th of August
we got aboard the train near home
nothing of interest being observed. be-
yond the fact the corn was blown
down as at home as far as Bowling
Green, KY, and the fact that the new
handsome union deopt at Nashville is
not, in convenience and architecture
exceeded any where ON the entire trip.
The rising sun next greeted us in Ken
lucky, 80 miles south of Cincinnati, in
the Ohio River hills, where we find the
corn worse failure than at home.
Corn and tobacco comprises the crop
of that mountainous country. Ar
irving at Cincinnati. from there to
Loveland, Ohio, on the banks of the
Little Miami, there is but little change
to note but from there to Xenia. the
country opens up and is beautiful be-
yond description. One feature adding
| to the granduer is the fine roads and
substantial steel bridges over every
stream. At one point three handsome
steel structures are to be seen from the
car window at once one spanning the
Little Miami and the others spanning
two smaller streams flowing into it.
flour highways were as good, and our
streams at crossings had such steel struc-
lures, we could approximate the region
in granduer.
| Our first settlements in Maury
| County date to 1908; while those
around Columbus, Ohio date from 1912 !;
showing that they have ut-stripped us
in the great race of progress. Columbus is
situated on the banks of the Scioto
River, and is the capital of the State.
1t has a beautiful farming country
around it. Corn is the principal pro-
duct, and is better than anywhere
South of here. Large herds of fine cattle
can be seen, on every side the short
horn and black angus seem to be the
favorite breeds, but the noted Jersey
occasionally shows up in fine herd.
From Columbus to Akron, the corn is
fine and the leading crop, but hay-both
timothy and clover, is raised in abund-
ance. noticed here that hundreds of
farmers were engaged in saving the
second seed crop for seed, and from the
outlook 1t seems that the crop will be
large one and should b. cheaper.
The timber all through this section
is elm, sugartree, sycamore, oak
water maple From Akron via John
: stown to jamestown, N Y. we will
5 next commence. Here we spent the
night. The place is noted as a manu-.
. featuring town, a large steel bridge
company being located here North OF
l Jamestown and between here and Buff
falo, the hand of progress is more plain
q " seen. Thousands of acres of lanG
on both sides of the railroads, as leve
> as floor. ana covered with the finest
! fields of timothy and grazing grass an(
4 herds of sheep and fine cattle have beer
reclaimed, that only short time agt
was vast swamp. The whole countr,
: has been drenched; canals constructed
: through it emptying into occasional
creeks and rivers, thereby cOnvertin!
swamp to a comparative paradise
: Before retaining this land it wa
: densely covered with silver popla
e and spruce pine, which has all beer
t taken Off, and the stumps, with the
:, long roots attached, pulled out and util
Il lied for fencing. Miles of fence ar
constructed by placing the stumps il
continuous rows, with the long project
ing roots reaching towards each other
each stump making from five to sever
feet of fence. No corn except SINAI
: patches for roasting ears is raised here
but sheep, cattle and hay. They ar
threshing wheat at many places alon
d the road in Northern Ohio, and usin
l. about the same machinery we do. Gu
:. farmers should demand better servic
|, from our thresher men, especially j
e saving the straw and stacking same. ]
10 would be impossible to put it up b
e hand as smooth and square as they d
rs it by machinery.
It Before reaching Buffalo, all along tn
le lake Erie Counties of New York, yo
r find endless fields of grapes and vege
8 tables. We also find splendid appl
is orchards Many of the grapes an
It products of the vast orchards can
RI seen at Charley Sharps. Reachin
As Buffalo you find fine, level city of 800
900 inhabitants, with a daily attend
lie ance at the Exposition of ~. 90,
D Main street runs north and sOut
e through the entire city. 1t
very wide. with pavements on eaC
is side 25 feet wide, well shaded wit
q white aud sugar-maple trees, etc. an
!. upon which il located every cOnceiv,
he able business from the cut-rate ticks
is vender 20 the largest and handsome
department etores 10 be found in q
l. country.
!. The ground. and buildings Of Il
:. Exposition are simply magnificent, al