Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1869-08-21
CORRESPONDENCE.
Our houston Letter.

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A Round among llousioR nusiaess MsR-
Fox & IleitmaER's lroA li0uss-Nn.
Chnsiian 4 90, Caii0R anl hool faC-
tors anl General Commission Merchants
Henry SehsTfius, psslsr ia Machinery
Of al kinls aud Agricultural lmPle-
meHts-PhrniK Express shd rTsnsPOF-
| iaiion CUmPany--Q -QuisenbsrTy and his
| NaNasoia Tablet AaYasOia aud iis iu-
tuTe Prospects MashingioR Politics
Emigraiion 10 Texas The Wheat Region
-cOliOR-Raising aRl ils Disadvantages,
llousroN, August 10, 1869,
| have been inqulring among
some of our merchants about thoir
prospects for "a TALL trade, aud find
ON tho whole better feeling mani
Tested than they have shown for
several years. Then, accounts from
the interior are altogether hopeful
and satisfactory. Good crops are
being made. Many planters will
pay their losses Of the last two years
and have n handsome surplus, while
tho moro numerous class that arc
not in debt will realize enough from
their crops TO mako money easy
aud trade good.
Among the most important Of our
mercantile establishments is the
iron house of Fox 4 lIcilmann,
successors 10 Allen Il IIcitmann. IL
embraces the same cvcr-attcntivo
llcitmann that attended so much Of
tho business of the former firm,
whilo Henry Fox, one Of our old
merchants, has brought capital and
experience in business TO tho cstab.
lishmcnt and placed IL on by far
tho best footing Of any house of this
character within my knowledge. 1t
stands in fact Al. The firm are
bringing u vast amount of iron TO
the State this year. Tho Direct
Navigation Company probably is Of
moro advantage TO them than any
other single house. Not n bar Of
their iron, not kcg of nails, not n
box of tin over touches tho wharf
at Galveston. Frequently their
through freight TO Houston is less
than twelve dollars II ton. With no
intermediate wharfage, drayago,
commissions, etc, whatever, they
can accordingly, and do, compete
with all other markets for the sup
ply of the Texas trade. Their sales
show that they are appreciated.
Another good and comparatively
new house is VIM. Christian q Co.
Captain Christian served faithfully
through tho war in the Second
Texas Infantry, Col. Ashbcl Smiths
old regiment. lie distinguished
himself by gallant conduct at the
scigc Of Vicksburg and in about
cvory engagement which his com
mand took part in. At the close of
the war he came homo and soon set
up business for himself taking j. G.
Baldwin, formerly Of w. M. Rice &
Co., as partner. Their popularity
and tact very soon brought them
good flow of business, and they have
gone on growing until now they
occupy the position Of the first gro
Gerry house in Houston, and com
mand tl,cir tens of thousands in
their business. Their customers
place the utmost reliance upen their
integrity and fair dealing. With
all the rest they handle a great deal
of cotton, 50 much that for tho fu-
turo it will be q leading branch in
their business. Their advertise
mcnt shows this.
| also called on Henry Schcrflius.
His largo warehouses, embracing
two two-story stores, near the Com
mcrce Street Bridge, are well filed
with all the agricultural, horticul-
tural and dairy-cultural and labor
saving household machinery that is
going. If you want anything in
this line send to him, and ten TO
one he will supply it as cheap as
tho man that makes it. And if he
has not got the article he will order
it. Of plows, moving and reaping
machines, mills and cotton gins and
farming tools he never gets out If
his advertisement in this paper,
however, does rs | think it will, it
will come nearer making his supply
short than anything that has oc-
CURED yet. His labor saving i'm
plcments arc worthy of notice.
After the late emancipation net be-
came of force in Texas, most people
were thrown upon their own re-
sources for the manual services of
the household. Washing was the
great drudgcry. l bought a hy-
draulic washing machine and tried
it, paying $40 for it. With it two
ladies the first day cloanscd perfect
ly fourteen dozen clothes in four
hours. The machine was a success,
and worth all of as much as negro
ever was. 1t has been in use almost
ever since and has never cost dol
lar for repairs, except for now
wringer every six or eight months,
and is good yet. Henry Scherffius
sold that machine to me and has
them yet. l merely mention this
as q sample. regard'him as the
great slavc-dealer Of Texas. He
sells them every day cheaper than
they were ever sold in old times,
and his slaves do moro and better
work, never get tired or sick, and
above all don't vote and don't ex-
poet to. He is public benefactor,
and 1 trust every reader of this
paper will appreciate the fact. L
have bought another ofthem today:
a Little Giant eorn-crusher. After
trying it, l viii let You know who
ther il is as good as the hydraulic
machine.
One of the most beneficial enter i
prises of The day in Houston is the j
Phoenix Express. Under the en-
terprising management Of McKcev- J
or il has become a prime necessity
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