Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1860-04-25
Tremendous Rorther,


ho been written from ilillsb0rOugh, Texas. In n
IN ply, SEQ letter from j, NJ, Crockett, Dalai
10 Texas, In which he seems 10 handle the Dr. Will
>, out gloves must confess that | should haI
been lnerednlous as 10 many OF the statement
IN Of the Dr., had il not been that have witnesse
a the lacts shall hereinafter state. take this
n be sell eyl0enr proposition that man is com
, PEELED to believe according TO the strongest ina
pressions made upon his feelings and other iacul
ties, aud that his belief in no instance depends
T. upon his will.
Residing, as do. midway between the tw,
It places Oi the above correspondence, and KNOWN.
y that truth is found between two extremes, auC
- being great lover of truth, which il Il rare com
modify IN newspaper correspondence, Rm com
pelled TO advocate the cause of the Dr.. aud take
issue with my aquatic friend, And particularly
so, as am tie only man now living in all TIL,
section OF country 10 narTate few sad, sol,nm
and hsdri,rtHd'ng fats. Before | proceed with
my narrative, however, propose TO examine the
DR.. statements, and show that they can be sus.
tained upon reason founded upon the laws Of Ma.
ture.
In the first place, the Dr., in Speaking of build
ing timber, says: - For building timber we go
loO miles, and further west they go 800 miles ~
There is nothing strange in this assertion, and
now will show that the statement may be correct:
$50 miles to Pine Mill further wcst 800 miles 1;
I3OO-lSO=l2O. So you see that rrcciselyut the
:
miles back to the Pine Mill. 1t will not do to
stop short of that point because 1t would not be
3OO miles back to the Pine Mill. 1t will not do
to go beyond that point, for that would make it
over 800 miles back to the Pine Mill. So ut the
point 40 miles wet Of Hillsborough, we find
pinery 100 miles cast, aud also one 800 miles
west IL will not do to have it nearer west because
that would make it under 800 miles to the pincry
IL will not do to make it over 800 miles, because
that makes the distance too great. So it is fix.
cd fact that, 42O miles west of Ilillsborough,
there is fine, large pinery. There is nothing
strange in ths-such II thing might be.
Now we see that further means 100 miles west
OF HillsborOugh, and furthest, 420 miles This
supposes Iillsborough to be the great thorough |
fare through which all the lumber hauled must
pass Any man Of lively Imagination, or Of
poctical genius, can imagine sucha state Of things
with great case and credit to himself and family
Again. the DR.. says, " this immense prairie
upon which now write, was, four years ago,
covered with grass as high us your knees ON
horseback, but now you may drop needle and
find it without difficulty almost anywhere''-
Again % On the lst of December, the Dr., son
and wife were returning from Limestone, when
they saw norther coming. 1t was narrow,
black smoly-looking streak all along the north
and north west horizon &c. The effect of
the norther on the living things exposed to its
fury, was terrible. All met common fate
death. Hogs, sheep, horses, cows, jacks ,jennets
and the ieathered tribe fell victims to the cold"
Again, the DR.. says " nave stated upon the
public square in llillsborough, often, when see
ing the thea sands of sheep, cattle and horses,
going west that re action is inevitable, and that
ere long, sheep can be bought here for 60 cents
per head, cows at 50, horses at S2O,'' &c. This
statement, must confess, appeared a little con-
Trajectory, when first glanced over the article t
How sheep could be raised at 60 cents per head
horses n in
where there was not grass enough to hide Il nee
lie, and where every living animal lroze to death
two or three times year, did seem little
strange but when | investigate the geological s
formation of the earth, and contemplate the for q
nation of the different strata that compose this a
ball upon which we live, and read the
secret laws by which the vast universe is gov
'rned, the entire statement is as plain to my t
mind as an atom Of matter floating in the vast Il
universe OF space. But children must first feed
N milk, and when they grow up to be men, then, ,
ike myself, they can eat meat.
At first | was somewhat skeptical upon the
arm the Dr. tells about his Presbyterian DR.,
oarson's horse. This was a noble animal. lie '
vas like the horse we read of in the Scripture c
8 lie snuleth the battle alar Off lie paweth the L
ground and champeth his bits But little did he t.
NOW of the sad catastrophe that awaited him. Il
The Dir. rode the horse to see patient one NOR CT
ling, and no doubt had his blood in fine circua ft
ion when he arrived at his patients house. He a
topped i'll to see him a few minutes, and then re- a
urned to the relief of his horse but, alas that p
oble ANIMAL his eyes were stiff frozen in his zt
cad" have some knowledge of drugs, as my tt
DOMINATE and bed-fellow Tor some ii" Q, was a d.
,r, from whom learned great deal by observa- 1t
lon which would seem to warrant my hypothesis I'll
hat the eye is the last part of q man or beast &C
hat would freeze. But, upon more mature re- CO
ecton, found my supposition erroneous, and my tn
lcredulty gave way once more to the light OF 10
,ason. All scientific men know that the blood in
thrown out from the heart through the arter til
IS to every part of the animal body, and returns
through the veins to the heart again. Now this 10
1lmal was considerably exercised, and his blood III
eing heated, was freely circulating to every part he
his body. 1t is known by those familiar with co
le anatomy Of the horse, that the larger blood di
ssels extend to the body, and that the smaller ad
e connected with the eye. Now, the less guam a
ty of blood, the less heat and, of course, the he
mailer the blood vessels the less heat, and the 10y
sier congeaed by cold, when circulation ceases th
ID freezing osows as an inevitable consequence as
ence the eye would be the first part to freeze. pr
the DR. could have steamed his head, Q un- cet
rstand he is steam Dry am satisfied that it hi'
ould have restored his sight. l have seen thou me
nds cured in this way, beyond the north pole, iri
tside of space. The
The Dr. speaks of wells, so feet deep, freezing 1t
l. An explanation of this phenomenon, must ma
knowledge, is beyond the scope of nv obtuse gat
teect, consequently cave but am satisfied Ho
DIR can expain this to the entire satisfaction ren
all those who ALLOW others to think for them. did
you are incredulous upon this statement of pay
> Dr.. L am satisfied you would not believe pre-
at shall hereafter state, though one should kel
e from the dead and tell you.'' OF
On the 22d day of December last, while peace, TO
nty, prosperity and happiness reigned univer-
ly throughout our little village and adjacent
intry-while all was life, industry and anima- L
n-while no sounds harsher were heard than con
tapping of the hammer, the kissing of the can
no the Cracking of the vhip and the rumbIine get