The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1860-07-26


stuff. 1t is limestone, and that Of the mo-.
putrid kind. Now pure, sound limestone
water is not only pleasant to the taste but
wholesome. Most persons require certain
quantuin Of lime, which, if they can get in
its pure state, is anything but deleterious
but when it comes to gulping down mud
dy, isinglass, filthy semiliquid, strongl,
'simpreguated with rotten, mushy lime. ID.
no go. "A man had as well tell me tha,
gun.powder and gum assaf@tida, made into
decoction and percolatcd in eulphuretted
hydrogen gas, generating ash bank, makes
sapalatahe and. delightful beverage, as to
try to convince me that a single drop OF
the water l saw in Texas is. good. OF
course the water Is not SO bad as the fore
going, but could get use to one with as
little disgust as the other, for, j. al homes.
ty, the water is SO bad that anything worse
would hardly be detected without q kind
OF gustatory thermometer, a thing which,
so far as know, has not yet been invented.
By-the-by, there's, not a great deal of it, as
mean as tits. Nearly all of the few branches
that are there, during the winter season,
are dried up by this, time. Even Brazos
river, which used to be navigatcd by large
boats, does not exceed twenty-five yards in
breadth aud four feet in depth at this sea.
son of the year, and ON till towards Christ
mas when the wet weather sets in. In a
word, l can't understand how people get to
liking and even praising Texas water. 1t
IS truly mystery to me-a gordan knot
which | never.hopc to undo.
If a Texan read this, and Gnd that say
that their society is bad, he will likely be
indignant. Butfriend, must Insist upon
1t, truth forces me 10 the painful announce
ment, that socic y is, as yet, iutolcrably lad
in Texas. Don't understand ue to mean
that there arc no good mcn III that country.
No, indeed. There are good men | know
them to.be such. Many, very many, hon
est, upright, moral and devotcdly pious.
But few hundred good christian men don
constitute society us the term is generally
accepted. TO have good society is to have
preponderancc Of the good, which is not
the case in Texas at this time, mr. will be,
apprehcnd, for at least ,wu-score years to
come ] admit there may be and doubtless
are few ncighborhoods made NJ mostly
and in fact entirely OF righteous, and law
abiding citizens, but to say Oh that account
that Texas has a pure society, is taking
quite contracted view Of the subicct-it
is restricting the term to ;eo limited sig,
nitication. Let Us wait until the country
is more thickly settled the LAWS become
e'fcien; Ill the suppression of crime; when
Il man, who has but twenty FIVE dollars or
more, canuot cut his ucighuor's throat with
mpunny; and the knives and pistols that
now hang round the bodies OF ihrec-iouI tbs
of the population us thick as bottles i'm
drunkard $ novel, or calomcl and lanccts II
Il modern doctors saddle bags. shall be east
aside and bibles take their pl ccs in the
pockets, ana affections, aNd churches. and
Sunday SCHOOLS, colleges ana hciey o.cmt
cicties bedee& every hilltop; then, and not
till tAcn, can Texas lay ella uls to that best
of all blessings, Il good and Il pure society.
Escn using the term in the sense OF
ncighborhood society, aud there are but
few that can claim 1t To be all-suiiiccnt in
that 't'ou,USh sense, yet what guarantee
hase they that they can keep it good one
twelve month? None, absolutely none
Why? yea will ask. Simply, my friend,
because inen 30 to Texas for the purpose OF
accommodating and boarding
Now, Dlost OF them speculate in lands
Any one, Tor a consideration, vii SELL hence
Lew nel%hbors are introduced to and settled
by you every year.
1t may happen, however, pcaccable your
cid neighbors may have been, the new NAV
be immoral aud corrupt. Now, where is
your good society! 1t is gone, 'and like
the baselcss fabric of a vision, leaves not
wreck behind They have few good
moa, a few churches, few schools and C j.
leges, but tell you they have not good SO
eiety. When you hear or read of as good
society in Texas as here, you may depend
that its all a hoax
| must stop, for without infringing too
much upon the space kindly uGcrcd me,
| could not give YOU all the items respect
hlg Texas.
But reader, before close | will lay down
two propositions, first, you ere better con
tented 'chere go" are, / doa't cure whofged
hill Il IS Ia LaUrenS, Mau you cun JoSsiDky
be IN Ts.rdS ,oiM all It's Loasted c.cccHe,ice. \
Second, though they have far richer
land, and make more cotton md corn, vct
'cM proper economy ard ird..shy .yoa can
make us MUCH MONEY hcle.
You may be n-plussed to understand
this last proposition, and enquire how can
this be? Pcrchanec III tell you some of
these odd come-shorts In the meantime
turn your attention 10 improving, and quit
your Donsensical notions OF moving Don't
suffer yourself to be begged lay will-o the
wisp. This orld is more upon an equality
than most of the people think it is. Move
If you will, but your blood be upon your
heads, and if you don't repent in sackcloth
and ashes, NY names not
MORE ANON.