Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1870-12-10
Texas AND LOUISIANA,

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TEXAS AND LOUISIANA
Prui,o,lns.s Of an Aisness unksewa
Ceun.ry-Fstiiitisse Of steeh Raising
-Mns nssh~y
xrsers - 20 for n . sssssssIs, Gs, Ae.
To inc Editor " ,hs Esu York Es,rs.s ? ~
lam nav On INV vsy scros, the Miss
iss,nnI ha,ing lef, Houston and PASSED
nm r. IN. Crsnse aad Jasper counties OF
-. .,,.s,n, ,be sabine near Nibleit's
p,,,W ...isdnS. . sal az bref drivers from
n,,rIsson o.nn,y N sro.. Sabine On ,Ieir
- ,hro,,b Tho Attakapas reaicn 10 New
ort.ans n.r,sd uilb Them ia the "Big
w.,ods -. A.. ,sction of biybland on CAL
..s;sn liver. .boundinr m timber. good
,a.a ,or ,,,I,iva,,on nroducina cotton.
corr 10. neach., and melons. as tine as
sny ,a,n,,y nnon tie faoe of ,he earth
T,..s n.anis ~ork a nipelanL soil. with
sn.al hictorv, doywooI and bucaeye scat.
tered ,broush II. and are exc :edingly hap.
nv and nrosperous. although in q small
Wv ...tl.fa
V.,i.on bonev fresh and sn,tcd beef OF
,beir own hunting and raising, are all
their tablea. and on the Cocodric Ia small
river, ,bcy nave the fines, trout fishing in
Amsr,,a There Ia quite a sminkling OF
,hs Frsnoh desccudun,s ia this neigbbor-
EnoI nsnny M wboti, can iUt toiyefse in
10 "a na,,.ga of america. mud many Of
ham hs,. Amerioans and still consider
themselves ss FrencLmen. .s -.
pasing on.I came 10 Cbenyeyille,a small
RI. !. au;,o a nIac,l ,of clninisp to
,a,hor,ancs In n mercaniile way.
Thcse noonIe ar, ,ruIv honest in their
.,...n,anc of ,ho si,u.i;on.' hid tiiless
,;,;oa hy Nor,h.rn con;,aI i, will require
q ss,era,ion ,o rebmid their business ca
m,.,,,es an,l enable them again 10 become
r. o,,s,on,.rs Thev cannot huy from ny.
@ ,or ,hc wsnt of means We cannot credit
ham 10, ,Lev are insolvent. If We want
- nLs .nv;h;uo on, of them. we must
hn;lI ,rcm r,iIrnals 40 among them. buy
,nnI Al, Jovn IN, n cnm,nnn destiny with
% ,ha," and wnen We Give them facilities in
the way Of lai,roads, villages, son 'vsm, rs,'
schooi' "na y" ,h' MI y ,.;iy ones mare b,vc
PerA'e' aau ."s Nn o,,;nar, " ron man.
'as' ou'''' vsahaa ro,;nn.,o sov
oaho.o,en' ~ ",, ;,,or,., t,,,s
ho'ni"s " -
snoes, e'o' y. ;a,s.r;o,. man 4.
In ieA"s ',s sns "une1S ,as,ss,Ss, lin, II
aIll'e.ev 80 ~ I;vs hv o,lsr neonie,s In /.
~ la, 90 i..,. ana ;f he don i
~ Ae - s.to Ws,.r 10 sc,rce and
10 'nce.s 80. o as ~, .nni;ah, ,,r;s. and
wv s'.a H.. n.oss * sum ~ citenI.
p,. h., .hsn NJ ars oeIs on i, whole proiries, ex.
,rndipy sometimes hundred miles, are
inrnt over. Added TO this, tho cold nor
,bers in Texns4 freousntly freeze large
nor,;on of their stock when caught ont on
fha onen nrairies. In the ne. thwestern
nsr, q, tho State thcy fare equally bad in
ro,,I weather when fIie water ffeeEes So
lang .soune,imes, Thai lie .oaiile perisI for
,,e want III II. The raiisae for cattle to my
ava ;.ommeuces between the Sabine and
Galca sieu rivers, aud extends north toward
,hs head of tho later river. Then tho range
- varn aood in ,he wlands of Red River,
III, IN ,t;sy sra caught here by hieh over
1a' a..
~" Rsd piver IL Dr.. Comptou's, |
., ~, @ on, ,bronoh n highland region near
y,.hars w nra;r;.' n Iove1y and rich. but en-
,;.'i, nn;,nnrovea soction. where, vast
ner,ls Of tat cattle met me at every point
! the fstte.t have ever peneiu IN WHO pas
ture LAM and Il re every house nan aoan-
dance Of milk, beef and honey, al taken
| without any expense except tue trouoleioi
| marking aud branding, aud the honey
they Procure from the wild bees in the
trecs.. These people in Lcuisiana and
| Texas have their marks and brands, re-
| corded, in the proper Offices. ~ (
They hunt the bee,irees by going into
/ ,he woods with some honey. on plate
| they set IL down and notice it, when very
soon some industrious bee discovers the
freasure. loads himself with il, and starts
| far 6,s bive. The bee .hdnter Watches the
I'm rrSsa Gel takes in this ti,ght, and follows
! i ss far as Iie can, and not unfrequenily
notices the bees come and 20 from more
directi,ns ,hap one, when he sets a.siake
or harn, cbunk against a tree to mark the
sno, and pnrs,,es one of the set 10 his hive
or tree. and cuts il down. They gather the
w;ld bees into biyes. aud take them hons
~. n .aop,esijcsue athem very e,aiiy9 Bnq
,hey Jo ucll md haze no Titfsf tecdiiit tC
LJ5 isr ti.em. 3'he pfairie and woods rhro
! oat sLohistapa abound la flowers TO such
al extent that honey is o halurai eensc.
aos,cs. ~. non. 80 - ree 3ytss
H. ~ 80 80
The hisb lands N me vlcinnl,ys o. ~ Il
noiis valley produoe hos only co',e" Aa
mirahly, ont saw as goou' a. Nei' ~
iured, ana rs TAN sugar. cane ero"'ne ~ !,
them as 1 tcqpo shkNlpere en ,syou ovus
or tocoare, or On W s'ers rvs, - ~
aud, what is Of eeaait sn'por,anes, Has "
timber, hlekoryf npni ana o'pst ese'o
timber. There are no sssiiemsnts e1efP