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and oil vegetable and animal products of ou,
truly productive and congeniul soil, at an er
eeedingly loo price. -. -,
The great objection to moving to, Texas
namelyi the want of schools, is being removed
Colleges and schools arc now springing up in
every town, village, and neighborhood. There
is now no necessity for our youth to grow ur
in ignorance. Far from it. Education has un-
folded her glittering banner, and spreads her
golden wings from north to south, from east to
west, over near the entire land. So strong
are the desires Of parents that their offspring
should enjoy her blessings, that notwithstand
ing the prices Of tuition are much hiphe.
here than in older States, and the great ncccssi
~ there ls for great many of their children to
aid them in the accumulation of worldly wealth.
our schools and academies are we'll represented.
and our teachers locked to as men engaged in
the most noble professionals men who love SO
well the improvement of the rising generation
as to devote their time and talents to that pur-
pose; not from mercenary,. but purely phlan-
thropic motives
The prices of land hero vary, not so much in
proportion to the quality of the land, rs TO the
"ripeness' of the owner. Texas bangs oil pla-
ces for moving you ever saw. In the fall and
winter, they nre seen going to and from all
quarters. Some if they can. will sell; if they
cannot they will swap; if they can neither
sell or swap, they will move out of their old
houses and build new ones. Moving has be-
come habitual, and move they will The high
est price for land in the woods is So per acre,
but more commonly 81 so and 81, and some
times 81 per acre. Improved lands vary more
There have been some sold at $40 per acre, in
this county, nothing extra at that; six, seven,
eight, and nine, is occasionally paid for inn
proved lands, but more commonly three, four,
and five Find man thoroughly ripe, he will
sell at 81 or 81 So What we term improved
lands, have from $50, 100, and even down to
20 acres cleared, Texan cabins, cribs, stables,
and so forth.
must tell you something of the game of our
forests. We have here deer, turkeys, and in
winter ducks till you can't rest. We had fine
sport killing ducks in the winter, and since
deer and turkeys. We have killed abouttwcn
ty deer-I mean our crowd have. 1t may be
you would like to know how many have
killed. Well, will tell you of one days ad-
'SAiSoi y, ihooA WHICH Soo uoJ Juube, uS assure
you similar success has followed me on every
occasion. 1nced not give you the start, such
as busting about for ammunition, and SO forth.
Suffice it to say, while walkingIeisurely' along,
1 espied Mt some hundred or hundred and fifty
yards, two fine bucks. Thinks T., how fortu-
nate, the finer one is nearer to me will creep
round that point there, and be in fair view at
forty yards. About this time felt strange
kind of feeling come over me-: didn't feel
cold, but began to shake, real doubled and
twisted stamp-down ague fashion. l kept on
to gain my point You ought to have seen
me-my ague was so hard that I made dou-
BILE shuttle every step, and my heart damned
away like sledge hammer Finally; however,
I gained my point I prepared to shoot; but,
the great Mosesl my arms had the ague worse
than my legs and my eyes worse than my
arms! Icould see nothing but deer in every
direction! blazed away; off ran the deer!
I thought saw fifty, though in reality there
were but two. afterwards learned that had
been eeized with s'Buck ngue." Isfind it a
very hard ague to cure, for just MS sure as I see
a deer, begin the shuttle.
Farewell for the present. ID. r. B.