River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-06-09

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THE RIVER FALLS JOURNAL IN TEXAS
Hon. IL Sdced Man Horseback
Ride of One Hundred and
Fifty Miles.
CORPUS CHRISTI, May, 1874,
Eds. River Falls Journal:
| went from Iowa down to Texas 10
examine the prospects for sheep raising
l had been in correspondence on the
subject with my friend d. ID. Lowell
formerly of River Falls, and had re-
ceived from him letters of introduction
to most of the principal sheep raisers
between the Neuces and the Rio Grande,
as we'll as to bankers and merchants of
Corpus Christi, and had been received
everywhere in the kindest and most
hospitable manner. had spent sew
eral days in looking oveI the country
examining some very fine focks Of
sheep, when | concluded that / would
go and visit my friend Lowell, on the
Rio Glande, distant 155 miles from
Corpus Christi, the coast town in which
| had landed. Having purchased a
Texas pony and supplied myself with
other necessarics for the journey, l
was about starting, when a gentleman
TO whom | had brought a letter of in
PRODUCTION from Mr.. Lowell, and to
whom l am indebted for many acts of
kindness, said, you must keep the
main travelled road and look out for
an ambulance with large pair of sor-
rel mares. Lowell is sure to be here
before long and you may miss him on
the road"
The morning had been spent IN get
ting ready aud it was near noon when
| got out into the open country, the
sun was getting uncomfortably warm
and | was thinking of finding shade,
when my attention was attracted to a
newspaper being driven along the
prairie by the wind. 1t became en-
tangled in the grass close to the road
aud got off and picked it up and
looked at the heading,-THE RIVER
FALLS JOURNAL of Tuesday the 18th OF
April, 1874. This is strange; Lowell
was formerly from River Falls,
thought, but | could see nothing more
to connect that paper with him. The
paper was veiy late one, perfectly
clean, and not single tear in it.
rode little way in the direction tht
paper had been blown from, and soon
saw four horses picketed close to LITTLE
clump of live oak trees, and two Of
three men standing or working over a
fire, but there was no ambulance. APP
preaching nearer saw that none o.
the horses were large sorrel mares, ant
that the men were Mexicans, cooking
their dinner. But when l got up Il
them, and addressed them in English
not word of which they could under
stand, they pointed tosome one stretched
out on blanket with Ma,oaukee Sen
tinel over his face, to keep the flies of,
who, on hearing some one speaking
English, raised up with the exclama'
ton, "lgell | declare, how did you
come here?" drought here by this >
answered, holding out the RIVER
FALLS JOURNAL, every word of which
| have since read and which | shall
keep, as 1t saved me horseback ride
from Corpus Christi to the Rio Grande
T. w. G.
[Tt may not be improper for us to
say that, at the present time the Jour
NAL has its subscribers, and Of course
its readers in nearly or quite every
state in the Union. Not numerous, tc
be sure, but few. Our mailing book
shows the names of subscribers from
Canada to Texas, and from Nova Scotia
to Washington Territory and Califor-
MIA. This naturally brings us large
amount Of private correspondence in
the shape Of letters Of inquiry, etc. lu
these we take a lively interest, mas
much as they all breath spirit o.
kindness, and show spirit Of enter
prise in the writers. Thinking that
our readers might also enjoy a read
able epistle from a stranger, VIC have
ventured little outside the establish
ed rules Of editorial etiquette, aud pre-
scented the above for their pcrusal. II
was written by gentleman who re-