The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-11-04

THURSDAY MORNING :;::;'N NOV 4
BRIEF COMMENTS ON TEXAS
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Inc county vi Eiuth 10 h"oiJ 'i'""'N"
and Is admirably adapted both for
stock raising and for farming. Ste
phensville is the county seat and Is
about eighty miles on II straight line
a little southwest from Dallas. The
nearest point In the county to this city
is about sixty-ave miles, and much
travelled fine public road leads from
here through the county and on to
Comanche and Brown, two ilourishing
counties further west.
Erath county is about equally divid-
ed between prairie and timber, ana Is
generally well watered. The beauti-
full North Bosque river has it's source
and runs through the center of the
county, whilst the PaloXy flows to the
the east, and Armstrong, Walker and
Risby creeks, rapidly running tnbut-
aries of the Leon, water the western
side. The county is finely interspersed
with hill and dale and both valley and
upland yield rich rewards to agricul'
ture. The upper cross tim hers, COM
ing down through Palo Pinto and
Parker, pass through the western corn
er of Erath and on to the western half
of Comanche. Erath belongs to the
wheat region Of Texas, the production
averaging twenty bushels to the acre
when properly cultivated. Corn and
all the other cereals flourish well,
while experiments in cotton demon
strate that this univeral Southern plant
may he grown, and when thoroughly
worked will amply repay the labor.
The scenery Of the county MS IN all
Western Texas is picturesque, the air
is pure the population is peaceful and
law-ablding, the country abounds in
good health, and the "land hunters'
in question would do well to establish
their thew homes" without hunting
further.
"Bexar county has the only poor
house in the State"
No better illustration of the almost
universal prosperity of the people OF
Texas can be found than Is contained
In these few printed words. Texas
and paupersm are wholly incompati-
BILE, and cannot anywhere dwell to-
gether. A good deal has been said by
those who oppose immigration bureaus
and immigration associations, that
we want no importation of pau
pers into Texas. IL by this
Is meant idlers, invalids and
Migrants, surely such an influx would
result In no good; but If 1t is mean,
that the poor with strong arms and
good health, although it may be with
weakened hearts, who have no means
whatever, ought not to be encouraged
hither, then we most emphatically
demur. The writer of this only few
days ago, conversed with gentleman
just from Harris county, Georgia, who
has selected his home near Lancaster
In this county, and who was awaiting
the arrival of his wife and ten chill
dren, who informed us there were
thousands of industrious healthy able
bodied people In his section of Georgia,
who would come to Texas had they
the means to come. Many of them
have small farms, but lands cannot be
sold, and therefore they are forced to
remain where they are from year to
year, without lettering their condi-
ton. 1t were better If they would
leave their lands and come along. BY
real industry and frugal management,
they may In two or three years acquire
homestead here In their own right,
worth three times the land they now
possess. Whilst Texas, Of course,
wants farmers of capital to develop
the land (and hundreds of this class
are daily coming in) yet we need labo,
however poor, industry however pinch
ed at the start, men who in the
old States, are annually discouraged
and heart-sickened, but who, with
healthful frames and determined spir-
its, may come amongst us and breathe
the b0undless mir of this great
State. This Is no pauperism--hundreds
ofthousands of this kind have come
In within the last three years, and not
withstanding the croakings Of fogies,
there are no ''poor houses" in Texas,
and the man who expects to die In the
poor house must go to some other
State. All who are disposed to labor
can find employment in Texas--the
old, infirm and invalid. are well cared
for by friends, relatives and private
means--the industrious with but little
labor make an ample living, and the
enterprising and laborious have no
finer field In the world to better their
fortunes.
But one "poor house" in State Of q
million and half Of people is show.
ing to the world that 1t Is the best
country ON earth for the poor.
"The mast In Milan county Is excel.
lent, and pork will be plentiful at low
prices" A8 NIX N 4
For State that has as much meat
In it'as Texas, there is perhaps no
country that imports more bacon. For
merly the whole land sent abroad for
their breadstutls, especially OF flour,
and u 10 matter Of pride and con-
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