Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-08-03

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a style Dat va could hardly expect 10
equal. NJ, may adj, To- epnolualon. That
Immigrants OF The class spoken uf Ny our
correspondents, ihnt h industrious. honor.
allie men, win receive q most hearty vel
come among our people
arnl WnrAr Rr0os A. 4 lloar ron In.
MiGRASis,
No portion Of The Solhern " Western
States possesses so many attractions ior
the Immigrants ~ Northwestern Texas,
blessed With climate Of Italian beauty,
aud " remarkable heallhnilness, possessed
ola varied and fertile soil, aud supplied
with an abundance VI wholesome iool ni
low prices The seekers after new homes for
themselves and their posterliy will find
In II ''promised land equniing their most
/ sanguine expectations. lt
The only dsagreeable feature Of our
climate Il lho "northers' which, In great
or degree, are common TO all the prairie
States wet Of the Mlssippi river. These
winds arg prevalent only during about
three moh Tbs Of winter, and occur on an
average about once in two or three whoks
/ during lhu mouths Of January, FEBRUARY
aud March, lasting from one to three days
The temperature, during these "norihcrs,
is NOT often lower than S2' the lowest hay
ing occurred in January, 1866, when the
thermometer indicated temperature Of o
at sunrise on the 2Sth, and ~ at midday
In the intervals between the "nortlsrs,
the thermometer ranges from 560 to 1O'
and at these times every description Of
farm labor can be carried on. The tenn
perature OF heat at midday rarely going be
yound 00a. Nowhere else is the tempera-
lure so equablc as here, aud the changes
from one season to another are SO gradua
that they are scarcely observable.
Land is cheap, and can be obtained II
quantities to suit almost any means. TIL,
farms are usually made upon tracts o! from
GAO to 1880 acres, from 80 TO 100 acres o
which are under cultivation, the rest lyinl
idle, or serving as public pasture; and Their,
is scarcely any owner who is not Willing
TO sell off portion Of his land, The price
asked for unimproved land vary greatly
but good land within or miles of almos
4 any town can be had at from 81 to 81 pc
acre, sometimes even less. Improved farms
of course, command higher figures, but tn
best of them can at this time be bought a
from So to SIS per acre
Those immigrants who are unable to pur
chase land, can obtain employment at goo
wages. Farm -laborers, particularly, ny
greatly in demand. There never has bee
time since the settlement of the countr
that white laborcr or mechanic, of indus
} trious habits, has been unable to obtai
, work at remunerating prices. The farm
ers here are now compelled to employ tn
freedmen, of whom, however, there arc bu
few in Northwestern Texas; but there
: no dependence to be placed upon then
, either to comply with their contracts or I
work faithfully during the time they re
main with their employers; and if whit
labor could be obtained, the freedmen, as
body, wou d soon immigrate to countr
more congcnial to their habits and tastes.
AS mall new countries, where agricul
ture is the chief pursuit, it costs but it'll
10 obtain good and wholesome food in Nortl
western Texas. Flour at So per cwt.; bee
the latest and the finest flavor, at q cent
Q per pound; pork at 5 cents per pound; fl
G mutton at 70 cents per quarter; and mil
, and butter for the trouble of taking car
of the COWS, constitute the basis of bill {
fare which any one can obtain here at a
! times. Then we have honey, equaling
c flavor that from Mount lIymettus, peache
, and other fruits in their season, and thu
-, delicious nut, the pecan, which costs notl
ing but the tronble Of gathering; and ihei
are none SO poor but they can obtain a
: abundance Of all that has been mentiOnc,
2 The future of the "wheat region" ca
hardly be estimated When railroads sha
: have penetrated it, its production will |
! increased thousand-fold, Now is the tim
) therefore, for tho cntcrprising immgrar
I to establish himself, before the railroad
, shall have increased tho value of lands
! The golden lands of the Rocky Mountain
= contain no such mines of wealth as III
5 broad prairies of Texas; and when I'll
j placcrs, gulches, and quartz-veins of Idah
S Montana and Colorado shall have cease
q to yield their yellow dust, North wcster
Texas will be on the high road to a wealt
: and power the fruiton of which can scarce
I -ly be realized. j. II. s.