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THE MOCTGOMERYMNDS.DESCRIPTION OF THE FINEST FARM INUPPER GEORGIA-'UonAiVInit to Fort Lamar, In Madlaon County—The Home of the Lat# Capt. John N. Montgomery—A Night That IV111 Gladden the Kya of an Anrtcnltnriet— Some Magnificent Proi»erty to Be Hold on the Fint Tueaday In October.Iertili-i-i-nbt)113«toIn the extreme northeastern corner of Madison county, on the banks of the Hudson river,across which stream lies the connty of Franklin, and about five miles south of Ilanks county, is.situated the prosperous and thriving rural village of Fort : Jtmar. This is comparatively a new town, although the name was bequeathed to the place by the Revolutionary War. Here was made one of the first settlements in this section of the state, and on a commanding hill overlooking the country for many miles around, to-day stands a block house, which was built as a protection against the Indians, and which is now the home of that clever gentleman, Mr. Luke Montgomery. Hut a couple of miles from F«*rt I .a mar, at a crossing on the river, was fought during tho Revolutionary War quite a battle between the American troops and a band of Tories.The early settlers, having the entire country to select their homes from, always built upon tho most fertile and choicest spots. It was this fact that prompted the settlement at Fort Idunar,for it is without doubt one of the most desirable localities in Northeast Georgia. The Hudson river, a hold and clear stream as largo as the Oconee, is here joined hy Lamar creek, another fine stream, that furnishes a broad expanse of alluvia) bottom land. Where these two streams unite is found one of the prettiest farms our eyes ever rested upon. Here is one body of bottom land as level as a floor and as rich as a crow ever flew over, and every acre of winch can be seen at a glance. On a gentle eminence overlooking this landscape Is the farm house, a well arranged and comfortable residence containing 12 rooms, embowered in the shade of stately oaks of a century’s growth, w hile but a few steps from the rear door gushes forth a hold spring of crystal water. On one side of the residence rip-pb-s n bold and beautiful branch, on the banks of which are built a gin house, barn, horse lot, etc. This branch has a fall by which every acre of the bottom land can be irrigated at a nominal cost. Surrounding this homestead is a tract of770 acres of the most fertile and productive lands, on which can be grown every crop incident to our section. This tract of land is divided as follows: There are 2»»l acres in the bottom that we have described; 12 acres of branch bottom: there are 300 in the finest forest timber, nnd7.» acres in pin* land, and 400 acres in cultivation; besides, there is a tract adjoining of 75 acres, on which is situated one of the finest shoals in UpperGeorgia, containing water pcwer sufficient to tuin all the machinery of a sec ond Lowell. This will also make one of the finest stock farms in Georgia. There are meadows rind uplands covered with the luxuriant growth of native grasses, on which hundreds of horses and cattle c.m be fed the year round at a small cost.This farm was the home of that model and successful farmer, Capt. -I. N. Montgomery, and will be sold at public ou cry in the town ol Uanielsville, on the first Tuesday in October next. There has rarely been offered such an opportunityA themY estlt; off in Ainterestknown iof tbig c Burpee Laura C groom, nee Stn Miss last Mat Army, 1 tenant, i tire in t She cambeing a lady of: was kno good sin Mr. 0wlt; doubted to have when oi himself person i ed to tal resign li She Uligious Iwife in young h ness. 3 gratulatAn IntoA TLAman, a rarrested this afte big pist was hoc ons, andin maud way toIt is i Oecatuiwronghmob a i make w derers i who weA Sukal the 3A TLAcreated this evemy nan pistol s exciteii I^and wmotion home a woundthe sisome o nounce woman Ever to-day, the in\ c: roil mblood vOn i since o Mt adooil! guIt seen up theMr. Mito secure a home that will bo a fortune ing a gP-5u!I-c-ieman.reportthat’hlt;tnvtiorthe falt;wasttftn-wpraiseMead(unassitfhpnfcarle!I.kvSmithher ofto any man. Capt. Montgomery spent the best part of his life developing and improving this farm. The bottoms have been thoroughly ditched; every stump and rock removed, and can now be culti-impd with^heflpst jjtnproyed__macbirm:ry;*in fact, they nave’been.brougSV~utr to such a state that their late wwner estimates that he grew on this place cotton »t a cost of three cents per pound, corn for 15 cents per bushel 4nd oats at 11 cents. And what Capt Montgomery a,t? coniplished can be done again to-day. tc These bottoms are so situated that they v- seldom overflow, the falj in the river carol rying oil* the wator at fast as it falls. Theer 1 r-'Cent flood that deluged the who'c of country was the first disaster that these levee . r. bottoms have met with in 35 years. Tho-by an in most of the corn crop thereon was dc- \ jars h e- stroyed, but the waters many times paid j creek • for this destruction bv leaving on them ' than . i'e a sediin »nt from a half inch to an branc inch in thickness, and which is worth allthe guano ever hrpuglit to Madison county. One never tires of sifting on the \ He all back verandah of the house and teastii.g sprealt; his eves on the beautiful agricultural j make scenes spread out before him. It is like ! tall, g ! a picture and worthy to bo placed upon \ strear canvas by the brush of an artist. There ! Smith is not such Another farm as this in upper [ boRoi Georgia, and by the expenditure of a fittl** of j money it could be tuadrt an Arcadia.Hut tin* lioUotn lands arc not all that is man t valuable o;i this farm, for tie uplands 1 l'hilli arc also unnauallj fertile and produc- ! busin live, producing large crops of cotton and 1 arrest grain of all kinds, while tho foretU are 1 charg covered with the finest of timlter. Fort1 gjty Lamar is not out of the world, as one Collet would suppose. It is distant only 22 dciua miles from Athens; 15 miles from Harmony Grove, on the North-Eastern railroad; JO miles from Danielsville, and lin-illt yCObev-crofThe ebottoil*M!;ir ns of u-he to ed ialHiarnvaedT-*d-ck»re ire |miles from Carnesville, while the Au- j fw,| gusts *V Chattanooga railroad has locateda depot only 2*.j milec from the place. prmnThe country surrounding ii is thickly jsettled by an intelligent and industrious n vj population. Thorn js a nice church and 1« „j school house in the place, while a num- I !** ! her of other churches surround it on all!er a grciia,*r-M A;es Ir. heench I S*aides. Five flno mills are within a abort' f distance of the place. The vil-' .,rot,a lage of Fort Ijimar contains eight nice J white families, has two flourishing atoms, ,*|st.pHr. 1. 11. Gos«. one of tho most success 'ful physicians, resides bore, besides * w„rv’ other m-eessary attachment* toa thriving *t,clt; j village. Foi five miles here the river ia a succession of water falls, affording! water |»o\ver sufficient to turn all the ms-1 (Jree chinery of the South, and Fort Lamar Is ’ Jnoncre-mdee-ingiis-be-asether«l*11 ; aon-mt.is by tho I as owkinice,ingallhas rdestined in a few years to become one of the most important manufacturing centres in Georgia,Nothing can bold it back and we confidently predict that tho day is not far distant when a second Birmingham boom will strike the place. To any one desir-i g to purchase one of the finest farms in the State and invest in a property that is destined to double many times in val- j c^un ue, wo would advise by all means to visit I ?ootjThof thiMr.dowi is th:are d fiienandER-ler-‘gbtingbtierstateFort Lainir and look at the Mongomery lands. They will be so'd in two tracts, 770 acres with the house and bottom lands, and a smaller tract of 75 acres with the water power on it There will also be sold at the same a large quantity of improved agricultural implements, a lino steam gin, a corn crusher and cotton seed mill, besides stock Arc. On the home place a great deal of money has been expended and it is one of the most delightful homes in the Sunny South.Besides the fine free stone spring that bubbles at the kitchendoor there is a well in the back porch and a mineral spring in the orchard. Surrounding the house are argo orchards ol all manner of fruits the trees in a healthy and thrifty condition, and in fact everything that can make a farm life pleasant; there is also a well stocked carp pond. Any one desiring to purchase this property should call on Mr. J. P. Deadwyler who lives at the home place, and he will take gre*t pleas* ure in showing them over the farm, map of th e lands can also be seen at th BaKNKR-WATcniiAjt office.In dae time, the advertisements of this property wi.l appear in the Banner-Watchman and the terms made known.thatthatnishi pass ty to the lt;him.TijustberrathHe l 25 p Ute ly acornwillpeawillnevlt;Pwilltheinghavgin.plat
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Athens Weekly Banner Watchman
Athens, Georgia, US
Tue, Sep 06, 1887
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