Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1853-08-05
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sblc delay, if the Legislature of Texas respond to
the camorous demand of its constituency, is equally
unqucstionablc / find but one sentiment among
the intelligent (and they all intclligcnD people
of Texas, in reward to Railroads They understand
that they have now AN opportunity to secure to their
State the great Pacific Railroad and they propose
do it, candidate for Office at their approaching
August election who should not be understood to be
ready to go his entire length and breadth for the
Pacific Railroad would stand about the chance
to be elected as ocofoco would in St. George As
they say here, he would be whar - The rail-
road question, in the approaching election, is the
only issue, if there be said to be is>u where
popular opinion appears to be So unanimous. You
may set me down as poor prophet, if the next
Legislature of this State do not pass twI bills that
will Secur' to Texas the great trunk line of the At
lantic and Pacific Railroad +
intended to make you much earlier comnu-
nication touching this great State and my travels
and observations therein. But both the fatigue of
horseback travelling and the magnitude of what
have SEEM as we'll as the novelty of it, have kept
me silent Everything has been. new to me, and
have been cont"unIcd both by results ACHE, cd, and
still more, by view Of results achicvablc. | am
country on the globe, respects both the lo,cii-
ness and salubrity of its climate, and its unlimited
agricultural and mineral productivcncss. Corn
wheat, rye oats, cotton, sugar, Irish and sweet
potatoes, are native and to the manor born.' 1t
is in short Of - compromises of the climates
Anything that can be raised, North, South. East
West, he raised in perfection within the limits
of this noble State. The New England Farmer. and
the Georgia Planter, work side by side and
each follow the avocation in which he rhis,d
with equal ease and profit. Let me give you an en-
ample On the opposite shore of the biazo. and
within II short mile from where am writing. live.
and works MIR. \. Eighteen months ago he
bought the section of land he now occupies, Gao
acrcs,-Unt'nc'd and uncuItivHtcd. Since then he
has put up his ranch and fenced 200 loo
of which is now growing Cotton, aud 100 acres,
Corn, (North and South > have looked with aston
shmcnt at both crops The Cotton is pronounced,
by those who know, to he very fine, and the Corn
stands fully eleven feet high, stout and rank Cotton
/ sells in Galveston for from - to 80 dollars bale
readily, and we have paid less than - cts u
DOLLAR for every bushcl of have bought since
we entered Texas. Mr.. \. paid about $500 fm
his $40 acres, (and ,4uaHy good farms are olu,Jont
"''' wv ''"' Nv VS. ~ - 1t" "''o) anu Nv" ''
our l"''e'S '""N n'o'"'" at WHAT MS ''N' crap
wiz Wv ''"'''''' pay '''E w "'' ""''"9
'"3 ato n''' V'' '"yN '''' Vi O'''0" oc ooo
y 6 1000 bushcl. Corn ot 80 cents. . Uo
- 3 SOC
or nearly three times the cost of his farm from the
proceeds of less than Miri of it, the first year
Another thing hogs fattcncd here fol
n'Htug-just exactly nothing. We passed night
ON our way hithcr, at the hanty of "A man who had
over 800 hogs, which cost him nothing but the Labor
of looking after them. and keeping them together
IA labor that the President of amy Lazy club
would do for the credit Of the thn.,-bccau,c hog,
naturally Keep t"E"thcr Cattle are in the same
category ana E"" never "a" fnch herds, of the
S'''N'S'' c'c"''''' h"noH"''S'' Iat''N'' hNcIIcSt
CATTLE as nave f'"dch through on the gl"rl"n'
P'"I'''' nave universe" III r'"h'h9 'h'' lh"''i
N'''"E'' ''""' ""Nc''oh' N'W YORK ellcureH w"nI'
E'"'! l''! S''''''S " l"""a Tor the pialri'-ic"
"c'' '""' can "' '""G"' mere Tor from TO cents
an" "h'h costs precisely nothing IN the i"ttms.
N"''"''h l'I'"'''' ''"' fatigue the" Farms to get
produce enough 10 i''' their stock necdn come to
Texas unless they please to do 50 but if they
''""' Wv! "'''' acquire IL" '"'" Ut wv" '""'h'n2
unnecessary ''""' anu expense OF am m'NtAkcn'-
wheat "c'E"'"H ~ lbs |" inc h"'hc' ana corn easily
"''''-''7 'o ""'''I' l" '' acre an" "'hcr cereal
P''u''' cf"''N generous IN growth are raised with
less IMAM Il 'h'f" "i inc "4""" tah"r required t.
'''S' S''"'''' ''"l' III inc N"r'h. lhrcc or tom
hof' daE' NJ most Is all the work that is required
I'll Tue ""''"h'h""' OF ms servants and IN tins
W. P''''N' INV "'''''V''' I'll that fr"Nrchc' "hlcl
"""P'' '"p'r anu rcc"hi'hSe so admirably to SOIL
ana '''"a''' ana |" our lhyS'al powers.
'"'S" cou'' give you notion OF these broad and
magnificent pr"ir'cS' nut cannot. Day after day
"h'le rl"'h5 over 'hem | nave thought, what would
our Northern farmers say ithcy could see this De-
c'Hi"halIy' ana at long intervals of distance, We
would encounter the enclosures OF some enterpriSng
ana energetic man, whose superb crops OF whatever
ne h'2ht nave CHOSEN I" plant,-c"rn wheat, rye,
oats c"tt"h'-hll'" our Northern minds with sheer
aSt"h'Shm'h'' Just knock mp the grass, it seemed
ana scatter your seed and then pretty much all You
nave To II" Is |" " wait Tor the increase. These
are generally selected where there are plenty