The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-05-03
For the Palladium.
FROM TEXAS.
AIA0SANax. TRxAs. April 10, '73.

LA ORANGE, 1kxAS, ApIA 40, 70.
FalsxD DAvis:-I sent kind Of general
letter on Texas 70 Dr. H.. so he might look
over il, I'd correet, ard hand to you for the
"PAL." This isa,-what kind Of country
shall call tilt Il 1 eonglon.eration Of ell
mates, soils, aud people. They have had
quite . late Spring, and when il did come
Jackson Frost" had to put 10 his appsar.
ancs and cut the corn down when it was
knee high. II is all right though, for tbs
"oldsst inhabiiasts'' say thers hesnot been
such Spring for "2o years." and these old
fellows generally mind back 20 years to day.
I saw in pager the other day, that this last
winter Was the coolest in tie North thad had
been known for twenty years. Let NJ see,
twenty years ago would bring MS back TO
1859. which was the year franklin Pierce
Was President and JET Davis Secretary Of
War, which accounts for all the trouble then,
but what has gone wrong this year cant say.
in this State to get into rather civil commu-
mites; have seen but one fig hi, and that was
here; white man beat q ssnigger'' over the
head with club, " hich was "labor lost" %
Il made him tired, besides coating him $500
and did not appear TO hurt the snigaer' any,
only made him dance . little. There are
some places in the State, that are MOI qnite
as free from rows Of different kinds IS these
parts. Two years ago the Leg islatuse pass
Cd law making it criminal offence to car
Anadlv nAfN hat la
passed. I am told, most Of the men carried
pistols. and think that even now, you might
ind FEW. A Mexican don't 60 much on
pistols, his main dependence ID on sheathed
knife. some ten or twelve inches long-ugly
looking things they are. don't want them
to perform any surgical operations ON me-
You know by this time what think Of Tex.
As. II q man has little capital to invest in
land here in Texas he can get wealthy. for
the best lands are cheaper thar any place
have heard of. taking all things into consid-
Grafton. As to the talk about the superior
health Of Texas, am thinking it's . humbug
except the mountainous region Of the State
and there man who has been living around
for some years would not live six MONTHS
l honestly think that if . Northern Mechani,
would live "a these Texan farmers do, tina
they would At the end of year have NOR,
money than the farmers. have eaten din.
ner hese at farmers house who was VERT
$4,000, when all that was on the table va,
corn bread, made out Of salt, water and corn
meall tat pork, and coffee. This is the usu
al diet of three-fourths Of the Texas farm
ers. Ask them why they don't have this o.
that for the table. and they will tell you
"can't raise it." To hear them talk, 70,
would think they could raise nothipg blu
corn and cotton, mustang ponies and Texa
cattle. Most Of the bacon and hams com
from The North. think that some Of then
ere as near old fogr as can be; their farmin
in this section. . I'D in most parts of th
State,) is on two or three things, corn, cotto
and cattle, and If either Of the first two fail
they are gone up. All of toe emigration tha
is coming into this State is going into tn
Northern psrt little coming into the middl
or Southern part. The weather il gettin
quite warm. II anything Of importane
transpires here l will LET you know. Let m
hear The news around Richmond. Have NJ
seen much Of sQuARs men since came her