The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-04-26

more on lands costing from two to
fifteen dollars per acre, % you can
at the North on land that is worth
from forty to one hundred dollars
You can get as good prices in most
parts of the State for your produce
as in any of the Northern markets.
In Iowa. and Kansas, corn has been
selling at from 10 to Is cents per
bushel, while in Texas it has been
from 40 to so cents, and some pla-
ces, near rail roads, much higher.
The winters in Texas are mild
and pleasant; in the northern coun-
ties they have some snow and ice;
in central and western Texas, If
water is standing in an open vessel
where the wind will blow over it
during winter norther, ice viii be
formed from half to an inch thick,
but on the running streams and the
ponds, ice never forms. In the cas-
tern part of the State, which is q
timbered country, the northers are
not so severe as in other parts, and
the climate is more regular. These
northers would not be SO Disagree
able if they we're confined to winter
alone, they come in the spring, in
the summer, in fact you may look
for them any time during the year.
On the night of March Oath, q
norther came up and next day was
quite chilly, so much SO that fire
was very comfortable, and blankets
were in demand at night; some wa
ter standing in a bowl on the porch
where the wind struck it had ice on
it one fourth of ON inch thick. The
blades of the corn which was from
eight to ten inches high were fro
zen; beans, tomatoes, and all tender
garden Vegetables of any size were
killed; some young cotton just COM
ing up was injured. Taking it al
together, not much damage was
done except to tender garden veg
etables. The danger from these
northers is when they come late in
the spring, necessitaing re-planting
of corn and cotton; even then if the
season is favorable, q fair crop may
be made, [spring opens in earnest
from six to eight weeks earlier than
with you'll but should the season be
q dry one there viii be partial or
total failure. Before this norther
on the Oath ult., we had been hav-
ing fine weather for some weeks;
lettuce, onions, radishes and peas
had been on the table for some
time, and would have had potatoes
and snap beans in two weeks more.
The weather preceding these north
ers is unusually warm for the time
of year, and a few hours Just be-
fore it is quite sultry, and hardly o
breath Of air is stirring; those ac-
quainted with the signs make prep
arations for it. If you are away
from home with thin clothing on,
you had better get home fast AZ
possible, don't stop on the order o.
going, butgo at once, for the north
er may break on you at any moment
with the fury of gale. It vii
generally last from "a to 80 hours
when q quite strong wind viii
spring up from the south. If il
was not for these northers, this
would be one Of the finest climates
in the world, rivaling that of Italy.
The water Of Texas is generally
good, though in some parts of East.
ern Texas it is brackish, the same
as in the coast counties. West OF
Austin, the well water Ia all lime
stone. Generally a native Texan
prefers cistern water to any other;
wherever you ind Germans OF
Northern people, there you will get
well water; where they depend on
cisterns, their supply in summer is
sometimes limited, and whisky is
substituted. It is said that trav-
eler who was passing through Bur
ton, stopped to takd his dinner, and
went to o house near by and and ask
ked for little water to make some
coffee, but was met with, ssWell,
stranger, we hain't got no water,
but if whisky will do you any good
you Kin have what you want
millions for whisky, but not cent
for water" The rivers of Texas
aside from the Rio Grande-are
not such as one would select if they
wanted to engag Tin steamboating.
Most of them IRE nearly dry in