Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-04-03
AfrlsndIy letter.

wv hiN"aAAN " haFAhh eNNANi A"ih
with you through the columns Of our
home paper knew this locality
when there was not a family living be-
tween the LaCroix Stand aud the state
line, a distance Of fifteen miles. The
lonely traveller would plod his way
by private conveyance as there was no
other way Of travelling through this
country. There were no railroads aud
no one 10 give him shelter or TO cheer
him on his way, except now and then
the hooline Of an owl. or lonely whip
poorwill; having passed through this
wilderness at night ! know whereof l
speak. That was back in my boyhood
days when was much Drawer than
| am now.
Somewhere just south Of The spring
stood an old, delapidaled log cabin
which did service long before the civil
war and The stand was known as Glen
rock. This, | suppose, had been the
scene Of many tragedies aud when |
was belaled on this lonely route pre-.
lerred a storm to nights lodging in
that old roOkery, with only "spooks"
aud COLLINS" as other occupants.
In about the year 1868 the sturdy
German immigration began TO move
southwark and bought up this ideal
farming land and began eullivaiine
in profitable way; now we have the
magnificent little CITY Of Lorello with
its seven hundred and fifty inhabitants
and one Of the most beautiful churches
in the state.
Our German Immigrants consisted Of
a good law abiding class Of people,
many of whom have become The mosI
substantial citizens Of the county and
the familiar hum Of The binder With the
happy driver whStIing his merry tune
has taken The place Of the mOurnlul
hootine of the hoOl.Owl or The swish Of
the screech-owl thai used to snap his
bill over the head OF the lonely traveller.
This locality is very high and the
climate healthlul. bul cannot tell the
stranger that we have no deaths, for
death is abroad in every land 1t has
been truthiully said by someone that
'the young may die and The old musI
die in any and all countries" Every
year we are called to some new made
grave which has opened to receive ouT
best and dearest friends. and as we
stand by watching the life ebbine out,
we wonder at the eternal silence which
has come over those who sleep to wake
no more on earth. We have as pure
water as ever run from Cashllias FounI
bat it will not save life. We have nc
fountain of which we can drink and
live forever. The air is as pure here
as the icicles that hung from DIANA
temple but even that will not prOlons
life beyond reasonable age.
The real estate man will tell the
home seeker TO come to Tennessee, the
land of frOSts and flowers, where the
sun shines twelve months in the year
but we modify that by saying, "cCm'
to Tennessee, where the sun shines ev
cry day that is clear, where we invaria
bly, have fruit when it is not killeC
and where people never die as long a.
they retain their breath" One thni
we can say is that we have never ex
perienced a real cyclone in Lawrenc,
county.
Our county is fast coming to tn
front as an agricultural county and it
educational facilities are unsurpasse,
bv any county in the stale. The Hisl
School at Lawrencebure is only sur
passed by one high school in The state
the one at GAINESVILLE If the hom
seeker is looking for cheap land in
healthiul locality, among good elias
of people, he need not turn Lawrenc
county down to seek any further.
Fleetwood.
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