The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-10-19
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the Lone Star State" Myfeeing upon
leaving the horn uf nv cLiiahood, and
my dear moth, siicr~. sisters and
friends, may BE- .ssSicr imagined than
described. However, the edict had
gone forth, and on the nth day Of Ocio-
her. just one week after ! had cast my
vote for sold Blue Jeans" whose popn-
Iafify even here in Texas j. second 10
none, took up my line Of travel. and in
four days thereafter. | landed az tlis
place. with ten dollar bill il my
pocket. a wife and child to look after.
and board only 81 per day--not a soul
lin i thousand miles Of me that | knew.
Y However. wcathcrcd through the
winter as best | could. and after a time.
4 ! again engaged In the practice Of my
profession aud the selling Of real estatc
on commission, and have 80 far exceeded
my most sangrine expectation, that now
] am The bona iide owner of a beautiful
little homestead Ia this city.
Ia order to give you an ida of what
can be done ia short space Of time. l
will ~ay. that Round Rock j. situated on
the line OF the international X Great
Northern Railroad. Is miles East Of
Austin, the capitol ~ the State. On the
DIV day Of August. ls76. the first town
lots were sold ia this place. Now we
have a popniation ot twenty-five hun
drcd people; we have about one hundred
land fifty business houses Of different
Kinds. good churches. schools, &C.: We
have three ilouring mills, three cotton
uins. three livery stables. five hotels.
fAr. an this ia one year and quarter.
ami siill houses cannot he built fast
enough 10 accommodate tie people who
are constantly seeking homes In orr
little city. On. yps ! We have Two news
papers. aud tive sa slitk appearance ~
lihcir editors q sufficient guafantee thai
ffhrv are well supported. We have
three lumber yards here which supply
Humber Tor building fencing. &C.. for a
iil4tance of over une hundred miles io
fhe NOril and West Of a.. Cotton ~
hadlrd she same distance ana ~cid iii
lgi;s market at Galveston prices. 1his
Y Williamson county. has ever ltHl
square miles aiaI population ~ ~
OF 1900 pcrsaa- aud wA- organized in
is:S MAS namle in honor Of Robert M.
Willis ssun--abouf two-third- N prairie
the rcnaiuAer timAtF land. Fhc ~oi! II
a rich black loan ~ general. with some
ot the xiss cotton lands, una IN ~etund
I'D nouc ~ tie ~lsip. AMI thr suriacr oi
tie count, i uuahlang. lhe ratisii"~
of timber arc lisc.onk. poSi-uaN, Malit,
lrlni. pecan. ccdarand hacA berry wHier-
Vd by Tie "Sal 6ublie. Hgu-hy. VIII
hanson. nonthoc ana Indian rrceks.
ha-iAcS any umount ~ fine springs ili1t
make. flsis sl,t uf tnc hcsi Maicrrn comm
fie~ iii ne Stale lhe principal pfu-
duets M The county are cotton. corls.
oats. wheat. barley. niliet. sorghum and
potatoes both Irish aud sweet. Peaches
lllumb@ and grapes sreni iu w in tlicil
ifaiisf4sl element herr--niltr iraif~ 10
comparatively well. Tue county isrn-
iirely out uf ur9i. 1aNaiinn Ai W.
lrnimprovcd lands can ~ bought AZ
nom 50 5Dto sTnO Der acre. according
.to location. and some lew picc~ Az y sn
Ter acfe. Improved farms can be bought
sll from So uN 10 80 ~ per acre. on easy
terms Ii isa mystery 10 me why iafnr
err ia Your country, who have small
farms, aud good sized mortgage on
lihesn Al that. uo not Ncll out and come
here. " here they can -et a good farm
better land and more Of il than they
now have. al less Than half vhat they
lcan rci for their lands there. 10 say
nothing about the advantages 70 ID
gained III climate. health. sc.
Grass grows The whole year round -
stock of An Kinds live without feed ans
J lock better III the spring. ~ rule. thai
ivour cattle do after being fed all winter
consequently YOU do not feed up All yot
make during the summer % keep YOU
stock through the winter.
The wheat crop here this last season
made Al average Of twenty-five bushcl
nor acre. Oats averaged ninety bushels
and some fields made ~ high a. on,
Ihundred a and ton bushels per acre. Cor
averaged about forty bushels per acr,
and cotton about onc-halt bale per acre
so Won sec there j. no danger Of stsrv
) Iinr. IL we will only pillow our lands.
The general health of the country !
unsurpassed chills are unknown NJ
-lD.'s have 10 practice In y circuit O
TWENTY-FIVE miles in extent IN order 1
make living.
This Il no fancy sketch written fo
the purpose Of inducing emig-ants :
come 10 this place in order 10 max
money of Of them; but by having ha
= nearly one wears experience here, an
having observed things closely. AZ
prepared 10 substantiate all have sal
= In this letter.
vi Parties dcsirous Of coming 10 Tcxa
Il Il can learn full particulars Ia regard
railroad. &C., by addressing me, at Roun
Rock, Texas. Yours, &c.
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