The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-12-11
NO. 20

she has large field for her labors. Lands
IN this section are held at 50 10 s..
Finishing my business in Madison. I re-
crossed the long bridge. and taking a north
west course / struck the old San Antonio
road, the read laid out by the early Mexi-
Sah authorities when they established the
iort at Nacogdoches. Following this. /
came 70 W heelock, once one of the county
seats OF robertson county. and then a flour
lsilihS place; now almost deserted. some
three small stores doing all the business of
the neighborhood Twenty wears ago
when visited Wheelock, il was one of the
most busy places in the State, the centre Of
trade for large and well-settled conntrr
Robertson county may be said TO have had n
perambplating county seat-some five I
think, and it is most likely soon to have
another. 1t was fraudulently and illegally
moved frons Owensvillc to Calvert by the
Twelfth (Radical Legislature, but rs well
as can judge, the country people are de-
termined TO make a strong effort to remove
the county seat from its present location 10
some place of the railroad.
The country round Wheelock is much
better-some fine farms within striking dis
tance.
The truth of Pope's assertion that
Manncveris-h but always-to be blessed,
I think was verified, at least to my satisfac-
tion, to-day. About three miles from Whee-
lock, | met two men travelling in a wagon
to which were attached four good horses.
The whole outfit -yas excellent. On talking
TO them ! found they had come overland
from California, had prospected the country
round san Antonio, thence to Au, lin up
the Colorado to Llano, Burnet and that sec
tion, anu thence to Bell, and were now ON
their way TO st. Johns river Florida They
acknowledged the advantages of Texas,
but 1t seems that every section of the coun-
try had some little drawback and now the
future Eldorado Of their hopes was Florida
In parting with them, could not but OBJ
serve that feared their journey would be a
long one, the men who could not be pleased
with Texas would 90 on travelling until
their money gave out, or they got TO para
disc, though | thought the first would be
their fate. One replied that may be so,
but the lovely climate of Florida and the
orange groves paid SO well. 1t certainly
must have been the orange groves that got
IN their heads, most likely; rather an eXpen-
sive igRis fNtuUs that is leading them ON.
Leaving Wheelock / came through several
cross roads to meet party with whom
had business, and strange to say made
them all until l came to the last one in the
timber, across which was shaddled an inn
mense post oak, and being in thethickest OF
timber could not get through But by
keeping the straight road. ! came to Sutton
Station on the Houston and Texas Central
Railroad, much to my delight; and it was
exceedingly to my qualification that at tho
station, l should meet the very party fol
whom / was searching Accepting his invi
tation to go home with him, / write from
his house. The party being very old
Texan, living right on the spot where he
settled in 1888, need not say, was most
Hospitality entertained. l intend to mail
this letter at Bryan for you. l don't know
whether you have received all of mine, as
several have been entrusted to parties met
on the road to put in the mail, and whether
! if you have received them, you thought
them worthy of publication. know they
are very rambling, but they are Thoughtful
description of the county
With a firm wish and implicit belief in
the triumph of the Democracy tomorrow,
] am truly thine, WANDERER.