Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1858-12-08
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AU'rlr, TsI'', Nov. q, 1858.

ANiflNt itfHH NOV ~ 1903
J. w Lnvsr, E,q.,--
DFis Sm tit will bt fseollssisd that ! Wis
tied your region o. oouN'fy last summer--
Que object Vi the ,isi, was 10 Introduce 10 ,he
motto. Of the people occupying the prairie por
ton, the advantages. in an economical view
particularly, ofihe Concrete Cement. made
no contract, nor am now prepared, nor do
eIpec, to make one, the conditions Of which
will obligate me to supply any deficiency Of
brains or want OF judgment in any OF Gods
creatures. When tell a person that lime
will unite with other substances in certain pro,
portions. don't mean ghite rock dust. When
possesses and will give of gas enough for GER
tain purposes, don't mean that all the COW.
pens in the land shall be rented, and all the
pniries,in the country searched for quantity.
When ] say that a given quantity Of charcoal
properly prepared possesses certain properties,
don't mean that whole forests shall be iellrd,
and all the timber Of our country consumed in
order to procure that quantity.
have never asserted that could, by any
artificial process, effect, in few minutes, a re.
suit which is only brought about by natural
means IN years or centuries, sometimes ages.
Many persons. however, think ought to make
q rock as hard as bulls horn in FIVE minutes,
and il fail to do so the process Is humbug
and entire y useless. Such character, have
ny wsrm.st sympa,hies. They will probably
be dissatisfied with the gloIies Of Heaven
should they ever get there.
These remarks BY way Of introduction, per.
nit me to say that have no interest on earth
outside Of Western Texas. have been in the
country continuously since 1889, and always
on the frontier from that time until 1916. The
past two years much Of my has been devoted
to the object Of getting up an economical bull
ding material, particularly adapted to the want,
Of the people Of Texas. have been success.
full. The composition has been guaranteed as
a monopoly by Letters Patent. Perhaps some
Of the intelligent citizens Of Northern Texas
might invest to the tune Of few thousand if
would get up a soap attachment. | will not
promise to do this, | am in the market for
the construction of houses where think can
make such jobs pay. lfany of your northern
counties wish court house, and will give me
a chance, l will guarantee for ten years, and
give good security to forfeit double the amount
OF the value Of the work. il the material fails TO
stand the winds, the rains and the storms.
Would that every man Of family in Texas
could be humbugged with such a house as
mine, or that of Mr.. King. Such humbugge.
ry would materially add to their comfort, and
probably save many physicians bill for atten-
ton to cases Of pneumonia, influenza, Group
and Ssh. People need not tell me that they
cannot furnish themselves with comfortable
houses, when | can show them practical dem
onsraton to the contrary, in the walls just
finished of one room of kitchen, built out
and oct after my plan, by my son ten and ne.
gro boy thirteen years old.
al can't" and "Itll do" are two expression,
that ought never to have had place in the
language OF a progressive people. They have
been the fruitful source, the prolific starting
point OF more lazness and thong hlessness than
one can imagine "Where there is will
there is way" and if a thing is worth doing
at all. it is worth doing well. But did not
intend to noralize. If the citizens of our
country prefer that their families shall feel the
wintry blasts so common on our praries if
they deem it prudent to have their servants
exposed to all the variations OF eur climate, be-
cause they have notion that no other material
will answer for cabins except short Logs, and
these to haul, in many instances, from to Is
miles, have nothing to say. II is merely Il
matter Of taste.
The tariff on the Concrete Cement il not
high enough to amount to a prohibition to any
mas who has industry enough to build a cab
in of short logs even.
In conclusion, permit me to say that have
no enthusiasm on this matter-it is only COM
mon, hard, hess sense; and truly, l would feel
a satisfaction in travelling over this great state,
particularly its prairie portion, could | see
every family living in comfortable house, if
only q cabin, crested by their own labor, and
in knowing that had been humbly instrumen.
tai in adding to their domestic comfort, by
cheap, convenient and useful ma
terra for all the purposes Of building.
Yours, &C., N. c. RAYMOND.