The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-07-23
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NEAR McKINNEy, COLLIN
County. Texas. June p

| NEAR MCKINNEY, COLLIN
County, Texas, June q.
EDITOR COLUMBIA HERALD-Dcar
Sir: Once again, l ask for column in
your very interesting psper. promising,
in future, not to trouble you efteher
than once year; and you may expect
to hear from me at this season of the
year, as it is the most suitable time to
give information to those desiring to
emigrate, in reference to prospects, etc.
probably deviate somewhat from
the Gust pm Of correspondents, st least
from those of political caste. In writ
ing over my real signature, yet it is my
preference to do SO, as I wish to lie re-
membere,l by the good people of your
county, for whom cherish the strong
est ties Of love that twine about the
human heart. And when i call to
memory the scenes and associations Vt
youth, and many pleasant hours
spent about the .firesides of your
citizens and about my own hum
bic beartbstone, six miles south of Co
lumbia, can but feel a strong inclina.
ton to Ike remembered by your readers,
al least once year. In years past we
met and fought our political battles, as
Wings and Democrats, yet We loved
and esteemed each other, and after the
battle was over we met as brothers.
But, Ivy way Of DEPRESSION, we cannot
forbear to remark, how changed is the
scene now. such cannot he our feelings
towards our political opponents Of to-
day; when we think of the class ofmen
now arrayed against US, We feel that
our situation and indignation are quite
similar to the mans who, when lying
down upon the grass got run over by
an ill-mannered goat, and on icing
thus unceremoniously aroused from hi
slumbers exclaimed, that, ''had he been
trodden under foot by the stately bull
or noble horse, he could have endured
it, but to he run over by d goat,
was beyond the forbearance of human
nature" But let us desist from pre-
liminaries, particularly Of political
character
About the first of February the
Spring rains set m and continued al
most or quite through March, rendering
the roads practically impossible, and
obstructing the progress of farming Op.
erations, and to a considerable extent
hindering the trade of the country.
April opened up with fine weather,
which ins:::::eu Inc farmers with cour.
age and energy, and Notwithstanding
we were visited by another freshet, by
the last of the month the crop was
planted and trade had i'm great meas
ure revived.
But kind reader, il you would see our
beautiful country i'm its rich array, just
| take walk with me for one half mile
west, which will bring us upon one OF
the most prominent elevations of the
surrounding country. Let us state
first, by way of description, thatour
prairies rise into table lands or ridges
separated from each other by ravines
of various sizes, thickly set with small
brush timber. From the elevation
upon which we stand, looking north
east, you see the green forest covering
the 'East Fork" of Trinity River, and
HOucy Creek Bottoms, which presents
a dense foliage of richest green; looking
south and west your eyes restupon the
finest prairies, a portion of which is
covered with farms; you see numerous
busy herds of cattle and horses, while
tie silence Is broken 10y the steady
clink of bells; two miles off you oehold
the forest that covers Wilson Creek
Bottom, beyond which rises many and
extensive prairies, carpeted in living
green, and i'm the distance you lose
sight of the. fences that enclose farms
and fields, and you are unable TO dis
tingtiish between the fields of wheat
and the equally beautiful and green
prairies. Here nature i'm all its purity
and beauty presents to the rejecting
mind scenes far superior to those Of
art-beautiful and wonderful objects,
compared TO which, the towering
dome, the massive and stately column,
and marble statue, sink into compara-
tive insignificance. Perhaps you have
stood upon the banks of the Niagara
and seen it ''heave its mighty content.
into the abyss below" or, in your inn
agination, stood OH Mt. Nesuvius, and
seen it "roll its flood of liquid fire FORTH
and thus behold some of the grandest
freaks of nature-such as inspire the
mind with Affecting of terror, but i'm beau.
ty they bear no comparison to these
delightful prairies; the beautiful scene.
nv below is covered by the great blue
sky above, and while you gaze forth
you inhale the pure southern breeze
from the gulf. Though every pros
pect pIeases, and man only is vile"
AS a cotton country, this is superior;
firstly, because, the soil will not tire
from continued cultivation, as i'm Ten.
nessee, Georgia, Alabama, Mississisip.
pi. Secondly, there being no moisture
i'm the atmosphere, the boil worm is
not so apt to iniure the crop as in Mis-
sissippi and Louisiana. Thirdly, it can
be cultivated here by white labor.
Fouwtlly, from the New York quota
tons, it will he seen that Texas cotton,
% all grades went over the Mobile and
Memphis markets, and i'm the Jefier-
son and Bryant markets of our State
the staple of the black waxy lands has
taken the lead.
by the first of June, we hear the
constant click of:the Kentucky Har-
vestcr and McCOnnicO Reaper, a. they
fell the rich harvest of wheat, oats and
barley. I'm Northwestern Texas all
our grain is cut by machinery, our
country, in this respect, being a. well