Union and American. [volume] (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1875-1877, 1876-03-16
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VI UlpIpuIppctN-i hc - u Htdh
wAdls nqt1fraid TO labor in any
h6n0rahte Occupation, and who will
deal honestly in all his transac-
tions, he will be respected as n
man, honorcd as a gentleman, and
paid well for hsIabor.
@Inloroo9Y 'G oE 10 dQlas per
p6RIi!g SanaoS talk where or
| G,vhs6lbble h Texas the nan got
into, But, alas, he includes the
| whole State, no exception; and he
| evenI ipsluhesi Kansas, of which |
tamot'say anything, as | have not
I been in that State. "Corn in the.
pA bot worth moro than 25cts. per
! lushcH wheat ct threshiHgli time
6Octs. per busheli4 bacon a5cts.
per ID. !!r' Quite a contrast. Peo-
| pie had better raise more hogs.
IN Myexpeience in Texas is this
! Iwih eonfhcsmys6ff to the follow
ing counties, (asI do not propose
to representatives, oEwhich know
notling), Bell, Williamson, Travis,
McLennap, Falls, Bprnets, Milan,
Lhho, aud several adjoining coun-
! ties through which travelled.
I landed at Hearne, Texas, Feb.
%, 1874. accompanied by my broth
er. We knew we, were strangers
to the people of that country and
our first thoughts were TO make
friends and retain them, on whom
We could rely. We did this by
showing the people that we were
not afraid to work, and by our ac-
tions that we we're no scape-gal.
Flows from T%pnEessee, which was
an easy matter TO do. W. started
for Bell county, as it had been rep
resented to us the best. Scarcely
had We crossed the BRACES River
when the beautiful sum OF 500 IN
gold vas offered us per month for
work. All! what a contrast, But
perhaps your correspondent will
say, that where the land produced
well tie people could afford to give
more, but remember the broad as
sertiun. applied to TeNdsAno eX-
ccption. DESTROYS of seeing the
county to, WHICH We had started,
we pressed on, and after a journey
Of two days we reached that point.
Our FIRST introduction was to the
cedar brake for the purpose Of
making cedar rails, for which we
received S1.00 per hundred. We
easily made $l.50 each per day.
We continued at this until the 4th
Of May, when on account Of the
heat in that locality we sought
other employment. My brother
hired to drive a team ut $l.00 per
day. | hired to an old gentleman
to pen his horses a. night, and
drive them to the prairie in the
morning, (only fun for me to can
ter my pony across the beautiful
! prairie for which | received $1,000
per month, board and washing be
sides. This | followed until the
18th OF July. The old gentleman
then got into his buggy, went
round among his neighbors and
made me a respectable school of
80 students, at $500 per scholar.
In the fall Mr.. Gibson and taught
. free school of 70 students for
three months.
In the spring of rs my brother
and | explored the country, and
were kindly treated everywhere.
We visited our relatives at Double
Horn on the Colorado river, in
Burnet Co., from whom we rent
ed lands. We made IL bales of
cotton out Of which VIC paid the
flourish for rents. We also made
100 bushels Of corn, out of which
we paid one third We put ours
up i'll the shock. | sold a part OF
mine at the crib for 75cts. per
bushel. We paid 12!cts. per lib.
for bacon, $50 for wheat, and
75cts. for corn per bushcl whilst
making the crop. ! only make
'n'o "'"'o,"VtC W SnV" VlaV your
correspondent Is greatly on inc eX-
tremCS in representing Texas. He
Is excited. He has not seen home
for como five aNo,,rr 800, I'll,