The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1873-02-27
CORRESPONDENCE
by Kind permission 81 Mr A. J.
Gray we publish hs following extract
from a letter written BY DIS Sod.

Gray we publish tae following extract
from a letter written BY DIS SOD.
Faar Waaru. Te1ss
Fol atb. Iss3
This Is. decidedly. she most pleas
autIy located town wc have ytt visited
and we have seen Dcnuison. Sherman,
Pilot Point Denton, Dallas. Marlin,
Bmmonl. and Mckinney. and have
made faithful search into their merits
Most Of them arr either lows and uu-
healthy, or have poor water or have
not q good back country Go support
them. This is to be the junction Of the
Texas Pacific and Texas Central and is
situated on very high ground, giving
it q ino. healthy atmosphere, command
ing an extended view of the country on
all sides, splendid water, with n ex-
cellent farming country adjacent. The
town, though small yet, is growing
very rapidly, and must in the curse Of
a year, assume extensive proportions,
The r. r. machine shops are TO be To-
Gated here. Think whatever we decide
to do shall be done here.
To-day has been warm and sunny,
like a day in NJ, in the middle of
April. Grass begins to look green,
farmers are ploughiug and getting
ready for crops. The surface Of the
ground is perfectly dry and warm and
the roads in good condition. There is
not a particle ofmud, as there has been
no rain for some time. The country is
well watercd and timbered for the
West and entirely devoid of that
blood and thunderism" that has al
ways been accredited to it. Texas is
a border State, and on the Western and
S. Western frontier there is always
trouble.
Everything seems to pay here ex-
cept stock raising and that would if
rightly managed, but as no provision
is made for food and shelter, lot a
pound Of hay cut, with a dry season
like the last, the cattle are poor VIXEN
winter sets in, and with a severe win
ter, like the one just past, cattle must
die by the thousands, A gentleman
told me to-day that with such weather
as they usually have for the next 60
days four-ffths of the cattle in north
ern, and more especially northwestern
Texas will die. We have already seen
scores Of them along the prairios, lying
starved and starving to death, a fearful
reckoning for some II to answcr for.
There is no question, but with cutting
a moderate amount Of hay and cribbing
a few hundred bushels of corn, stock
would do finely here, but the native
Texan will not do this, consequently
the business is being abandoned here.
1t is carried on successfully in Western
and South western Texas, but there
they have to fight Off the Indians and
Mcxicans from stealing them A great
deal Of cotton is now grown here and
it is considered as good a cotton State
as any in the Union, and with the rail-
roads which are already built and
those in process Of construction, mar
kcts are made accessible, and | see no
reason why the country will not be
rapidly developed and in the next five
years be made to support a large popu-
lation, The Indian country north Of
the Red River possesses some marked
advantages but do not think it possible
to get in there without marrying a
squaw, aud l can hardly 90 that.
Billy has gone up to Sherman to get
our baggage, mail etc, and will he
back Wednesday, P. NJ. when l expect
to hear from you
Your an. Son.
u Gr.,