The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-05-16

| during he war, aggravated 10y unnHoid-
able nonattention, and The dillicnlIy
Of getting the materials used ms rem
! cdy--dipping in decoction Of tobacco
being considered an infallible antldotr'
The ewes, IL allowed, will drop lambs
twice year. Mr.. Kendall contended
I that II was better 10 allow but one drop
annually. Others permitted two, ut
least, until their ilocks became numer-
Gus.
| We regard the upper counties OF
Jack, Archer, part of Young, part oi
Parker, Eastland and all the country
west of them rs peculiarly desirable
| for sheep farms. On the inner line ol
! this belt the danger of Indians has
about passed, and the field of safety is
steadily expanding by settlement. Be
sides, Indians come down to steal
horses, mules and cattle, but are not in
the sheep business.
1t should be understood that sheep
also do well in all the prairie counties
of north Texas, such as Dallas, Tarrant,
Hunt, Kaufman, etc, but we are speak
ing of those sections where men, on ac-
count of the cheapness of lands, sparse
settlements and peculiar adaptability,
can go largely into the business with
the certainty of large profits. In that
region, one may as well own thirty
thousand as two or three. A Mexican
man and u small boy, with four or five
dogs, can manage from three to four
thousand head. 1t is better, however,
to limit each flock to less number.
In answer to second question of
Mr.. Mayer, about lumber forests, we
have say that east Texas is vast for
est of choice pine, oak, hickory and
other timbers, with large railway con-
nections, and lands so cheap as to sur
prise all from the old states.
Having responded as fully as time
permits to the queries of MIR. Mayer,
we will assure him further, that he and
all his friends will receive hearty
welcome from the people of Texas.
We want an Industrious, frugal popu-
lation to make glad our waste places,
and erect no shibbOleth to demand
whence they came. But if we did, the
SONS of old Pennsylvania would always
be welcome, for we know them well
and prize them much. We have
thousands of them as fellow-citizens.
One of them, David 5. Kaufman, died
in our service rs congressman at Wash
ington. Another one, ID. c. Giddings,
now serves us in the same capacity.
One, NJ. A. Dooley, formerly dispensed
Justice as district judge, as another,
John r. Otterhart does now. Oliver &.
Hartley, u son of old Bedford, was the
first to digest our laws twenty-four
years ago, and fills an honorable grave.
His brother, Rufus, adorned our senate
and now sleeps beside Oliver.
A Susquehanna boy, Rev. Mr..
Parks, is now president of one
of our best institutions of learning.
Another one, Galusha A. Grow, is
president of two of our great railroads.
Still another, Rev. John L. Hawley,
died q christians death at New Braun
fels in 1850. One who now sleeps on
the Pacific shore, in n foreign land,
flew to our rescue in the time that
tried mems souls. We forget not these
things, nor the early friendship of eX-
Governor David r.. Porter, George M.
Dallas, John A. Muhlenberg, Charles
J. Ingersoll and other eminent sons of
Pennsylvania for struggling Texas. AS
class we like them. Many are now
prominent and useful citizens of our
young and expanding state. The more
the better. We have room for many
thousands annually for q generation to
come. We have but million and
half of souls and have the territory, the
soil and the climate to sustain ten
millions, and will then have room left
for deer, turkeys, bears, coons and opos-
sums, and grazing grounds for millions
of live stock. Fear not, but come
! ahead.