Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1859-02-17

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Jan. 25, 1859. :
Editor Of Observer
DEAR WALLACE: In responding to
many calls by numerous friends and
acquaintance for information in re-
gard to Texas, have employed much
of my time, and have not yet salts
fed their thirs!ings after knowledge
of the "goodly land'' or the Lone
Star State Therefore, the object
of this article is 20 make "short me-
ter" of the whole matter, as all will
have chance to read and to judge. or
at least all those who have any hank
erings or desires for information, as
we presume as a matter Of course all
such persons take the "Fayetteville
Observer" and pay Cor it. Well, to
begin at the beginning: Texas is a
fine country beyond the least shadow
of doubt, though. not unlike other
things, it has its 'bitters with its
sweets" The climate, water, soil and
timber, will be the theme of this COM
munication. And first, Of the eli
mate, of which we cannot say very
much, as we are not by any means,
well versed in climatology, but our
feeble understanding has led US to
the conclusion, that 1t is the most
healthy, wholesome, and invigorating
climate in the Western Hemisphere.
being favored during the spring and
summer months with gentle sea-
breeze, which operates effectpally, in
absorbing end carrying off the re.
dundancy Of heat from the system
thereby leaving it in n pleasant ant
healthy condition There is one OBJ
lection, however, will state in order
to give the dark as we'll as the brigh
side ofthe picture, to wit: The sud
den transitions or changes, in the win
ter season, from extreme heat to ex
treme cold, which has an evil tenden
cy in producing colds, inhuenzas. &c.
which, however, could be. prevented
by a due exercise of mans discre
tionary powers 10 the avoidance Of al
unnecessary exposure. These mo
mentary or sudden yicissitudes in thu
weather, are known among old TeAi
ans by the appellation of "Nortbers.
1t is said, "that coming events Gas
their shadows before but in this cas-
it is not SO, for there is no harbinge
or signal by which their advent ma.
be foretold, but like the son of Man
You know not the day nor The hou
wherein they cometh," or ''like tn
thief in the night" they come whel
you least expect them. This may b
sad, horrible, and contradictory to
foregoing statement, but by way c
calculation and reconciliation, We vi
here remark, that by due precautio
, and vigilance. they are. productive {
no very fatal consequences. Person
have been known to be caught GU
in a large extensive prairie during on
iof these "Northers" and freeze
death. The cause or causes of thes
. changes, we will leave for wise
r heads to determine.
The soil next demands our cor
: sideIation and attention, and as f
its ingredients and component part
{ we shall pretermit any attempt to il
vestigate, and only give concise an
cursory statement of its productiy
> qualities. The prairie lands, beiu
those, which are most easily brougl
e into a state Of cultivation, henc
3 more thoroughly tested, than Il
E bottom or timbered lands, yield CO
ton in great abundance, and corn frol
: thirty 10 fifty bushels per acre of a
E ordinary seasonable year. The CT
reals, wheat, rye, and oats havo ne'
er been sufficiently tried in this pc
ton of the country, to Come to an
i, precise or correct conclusion in n
gard TO the adaptation Of the soil an