The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1873-06-20
STANFORD LINCOLN COUNTY KENTUCKY FRIDAY JUNE

Under deed Of trust real property be
comes Q mere pawn in the hands Of a
trustee for the benefit Of a cest,a que
irts II the debt Is not paid according TO
the letter Of the deed the trustee adver-
tises and sells the property without any
legal procedure and pays the debt The
titles to much Of the property in this
State are very defective and persons de-
string TO purchase can not be too partic-
uIar in examining deeds and in making
inquiries ss TO through whose hands the
property they are about TO buy has pass
cd.
To house-keepers, with families, home
stead exemptions are very large. Two
hundred acres ofland in the country and
all improvements thereon, all the house.
hold and kitchen furniture, Eve cows and
calves, horses, wagons, etc. About the
same personal property is exempt In
town, and homestead Of the value Of
o., 900 at the time Of its destination as
such, no matter how much il may have
increased in value since that time. Not
many persons have as much as the law
allows them.
The laws against carrying weapons are
very strict. Persons are allowed 10 carry
guns, ! believe, but the carrying Of all
other kinds Of weapons, whether conceal
ed or not, is positively prohibited, under
the penalty Of forfeiture Of the weapon
and fine Of twenty-five dollars, TO be
imposed by the first justice Of the peace.
l believe the law is pretty rigidly en-
forced and though it might, II put to the
test, be adjudged unconstitutional, yet /
have not heard any one speak as If he
desired it repealed, for before the passage
Of this law nearly every fellow you met
had a couple Of large sixshooters buck
led around him, and shooting scraps"
were quite common.
There are negro jurymen here, and
they are considered great conveniences
by the white jurymen, for about all they
Do is to wait on the court, officers, ETC.,
and bring in verdicts just as they are
told by the white men associated with
them. Northern Texas is not over-run
with negroes like the Southern part Of
the State-I have not seen halt a. many
here as in Kentucky. Doubtless house
keepers would like, for their own con-
venicnce, to have few more here, for
servants in some localities are exceeding
ly hard to find.
The State is bountifully supplied with
lawyers and doctors, in most of the towns
they exceed in number all other profes-
sional men except gamblers. Fees are
not much higher here than in Kentucky,
the chief difference being in the kind Of
money in which they are paid. Gold
and silver are the standards and when
greenbacks are used to any considerable
amount they are generally discounted.
l have seen many persons from Ken
lucky out here. At Paris they were
principally from Cumberland and other
mountain counties; at Honey Grove
from Lincoln, while various counties are
represented at Dallas, Mckinney,
Fort Worth. Sherman and Denison. /
Spent about two weeks at Honey Grove
with DIR. Daley and Mack Dunn, whom
every one in Stanford knows. The
pleasure of my trip has been very much
enhanced by meeting them; they have
been exceedingly kind TO me, as has also
Mr.. james p. Woodson, formerly resi-
dent Of Hustonville. The doctor Is do
ing fine practice and owns the most
pleasant residence in Honey Grove. l
joked him little over that letter Of his
TO you in which he said that II he was a
farmer in moderate circumstances, in
Kentucky, and could not sell his farm,
he would give il away and move to Tex
as. He explained himself by saying that
he meant a Waynesburg or Highland
farmer, who was in debt and could not
pay out Mack Dunn has q grocery
store In Honey Grove and is doing toll
erably well. though he says business is
dull now. Mack is candidate for sher-
in in his county.
At Paris l find Major w. L. Burdstt,
formerly a resident of Lancaster, but
more renoently of Liberty, Kentucky.
Every one knew Billy at home; he is
still as clever and as gallant rs ever.
Perhaps his old acquaintances may not
recognize him with his new title, but be
is known by il here. He told me, con-
fidentiAlly, that there wereso many titled
penons amongst the members Of his
profession in Texas that be found ID abb
solutsly necessary to adopt something Of
the kind himself, and besides be and q
captain are rivals in the affections of a
lair Parisian. and she has enough Of
military learning TO know that major
ranks above a captain. Billy has a part
ner in the practice of law, a young gen
tleman Of talent from Missouri, Of the
name of Dudley. The firm Of Dudly
A Burdett is doing fair pmctioe-
Perhaps l ought TO have given you
this letter In broken doses, but felt In
humOr for writing and II l had stop
ped l might not have finished ID.
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Thomas Joiisrsons family carriage,
imported from Europe by him, has been