The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1857-10-14

HHHfHNItt u Naf.H0Il IftiH ] has
raantploleor rIIhaiiala'i yen,
ani 81 iouu pof fNf hhs Improved
mu' nIla $40 nHHtaaaiIar
NrmwE nof uf MA anemesI Whi
aH0 uattf i0mI. 90 uI.0Hr ltt mtsfat
.fr mH'0fmm .uNIh" i 1000
caHlnHH 10 Improve oefs day aal
huut ltftrl pleasantly situated.
haf anotI aad, loaalII, around, abd
lbo town .s devoid If that everlasting
black mal lhal sptIs The beauty IT
mmm} lwu towns, and abu,o all
4 'erg healthy, which n hlpr iug
not always 20 be bad IN lho Rcd River
towns ~ Northern Texas Paris has
many la'lo0l building, and prl,alo
residences There are iNo line female
schools hrrc both have o high char
actor atd are well sustained, Twas
nov rapidly nearing the rabbit cnnn.
Try, and uppn inquiry found that |
would certainly dni them plenty out
on ihe rrinity, only 4 distance Of one
hundred and ffy miles 80 dcler.
mined that should the fhy miles
stretch themselves again into sis tmes
Gfly, would find tho rabbits I
reached llonham. forty miles from
Paris, next day.
TN the rad met an cnierprislng
Tenncsscan, with a "cavayard" " Of
horses. There were sir Mexican
drivers with him. the FIRST Meslcans I
had ever seen. aud TO me they were
an interesting sight Dressed In
leather knce.breeches. with hunting
shirt luf different cut from ours) ~
the same material. wide leather bands
extending around their waists. having
pouches or pockets In these In which
10 carry tobacco. a roll Of shachs and
n bos y matches a red cotton hand.
kerchici tied under the chin, and hang.
Ing IN the form Of cape over tbs
back. aud their huge siirups aui
siirup.leaihers, with immense rowels
iha, jinglcd al every motion Of the
superb Spanish horses they rode. This
was their dress, finished oa. however.
by long Keen sword dangling from
the saddle. They were darker thar
a common mulaito negro. wore long
bush. hair and heavy mousiaches. A
more yIllainous crow | never ssv-1
mean TO judge by their looka Hes.
,enins On through McKIsssy and Dsl
las, | found myself Ct lesssh. ahss :
long and tOilsesse josrsy, In The
neighhoshocd n the Trinity. end o. .
surety In the plsss Of msl<Ssssd rsb.
tHMsAt lnss. whss ! fossd eui about
this ,lroublesomr 10 mel animal. I
will qondesss into o. small . spacs -
possible. hsve looked es~fully
over The list II animals cf the hsse
aud rabbit kind contained IN Gold.
smith. but have not been able 10 find
anything .. all corresponding 10 the
Texan mvle-esrea rabbit. IL noar.
ishes chiefly IN the praIries of North.
Western Texas. mostly between The
l'rssos and Trinity rivers. I, Is sbou,
the size Of q fsr. perhaps with q little
longer legs and lighter body. Ths
color l. abcu, that II ,he common rel
deer. ba, the u,es' remarkable feature
about them l. the ears. Well may !.
be called muls-eSed. l,s ears srs
sbor, ten inches long. They are oil
and downy. however. With sIIk LIKE
fur oil over them. and generally lsit
back upon their sects when nsaing
perhaps 10 avoid the fate cf Absa
lofn) to keep them from getting sss
rlsd up among the lore wire grass
They possess the ame power ore
their ears that . mule does over his
being able 10 turn them In every Al
ree,ion in . very sbest spsce of time
TIE common rshsit b generally pa
sidered very feet II foot. M, chs
compared with the mule-eared rshbii
muss be considered "slew hsyss.
The fes,sst Digs and horses src D
match for II ia running. II eem
that Eight d Ne nsss natural sssiss
end n usy b(A.id only b NJ b
saeae & nsstss. oDvss sssniag 10 I
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