The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-11-28
LET1,KR FRoN TExAs.

To the Editor of the Morristown Gazette:
Is it dream No, then have part
ed with that host of friends. whose
amicable smiles were ever tokens of
wishes kind, and least my net" in
strange land Yes, I am now realizing
what long anticipated : living in the
Lone Star State. Is. 3gsl = 't'-
1 find Texas not an earthly paradise,
as many seem to surmise, but the finest
farming country in America. Here we
have undulating prairies clothed in nu7
tritious grass, the herbaceous sweetness
of which sustains thousands of extensive
herds of fine cattle and horses the entire
season; broad fields of the feecy, staple,
shining like so much beautiful snow
in the dim distance /; hundreds of acres
of prolific corn can be seen in every d.
rection, to the infinit satisfaction of
every lover of "hog and hominy;" green
seas of wheat and eats, famed by the
incessant breeze from the gulf play be-
fore the eye like the waves of the restless
deep and in deed, everything of. an
agricultural nature that tends to pro-
mote sthe interets and enhance the
wealth of the laboring man is abundant
ly supplied. s.-...9 -s9 10 asa 80
But for fear may paint false inn
preston upon the minds OF some of your
readers, deem it as requisite to give
some statistics as they naturally exist
/ am now located in North Central
Texas four milss south of Waxahachia,
present county site Of Ellis county, The
soil of this portion of Texas is of
black waxy nature and produces as
follows: Cotton, one half bale per acre,
bale weighing 500 lbs, corn, thirty
bushels per acre. oats, sixty, wheat, from
naught up to thirty bushels. This is
the general everage. Hogs do well here,
and the cholera scarcely ever prevails
among them. Potatoes of both kinds,
and garden Vegetables generally, yield
abundently. We have no fruit except
peaches. Wood is rather scarce, and
water is quite an item at some seasons
of the year when we have a drowth, but
there are many flowing springs in this
locality that seldom, if ever, go dry.
Fencing is principally done by hedging
and with wire, and hogs are net permit
ted to run at large, in word this is a
good poor or rich mans country, and is
certainly most beautiful one Of a
clear day, we can see Ennis very plainly
which is situated at a distance of seven
teen miles from US, and in every direc-
tions is presented to the eye the most
beautiful landscapes. The climate is
healthful and pleasant society good
and schools and churches occasionally.
Now, don't advise any of my young
friends to come to Texas, bat will give
them the simple facts as they truly are,
and let them Judge for themselves. No
young man has any business in, Texas
who hasn't energy and self-reliancc
enough to assume the responsibilities of
life without being sheltered by the "fOss
tering care" of fathers protection. In
dustrious young men can readily obtain
positions on the farm at from $16 to $50
per month, or they can rent land for one
fourth of the cotton and one third of the
corn, they furnishing everything, or
they can be furnished everything, ex-
cept their board, and receive half the
crop. us sa gisg
The land is easily cultivated, and with
the improved farming implements used
here, one hand can tend thirty acres;
fifteen in Gotten, the same in corn. I
am well pleased with Texas, and expect
to make it my future home; for landsare
cheap and can be bought on easy terms,
and know that by frugality, sobriety
and industry, can in few years ac-
cumulate something and buy me good
home. But, the fellow who imagines
that he can come to Texas, or go else
where, and get rich in year or So, by
honest means, is sadly mistaken. Be
fore closing, l would say to those of my
friends who may contemplate coming to
Texas not to make all the calculations in
your favor; make up your minds to meet
life as it comes; resolve to be the archi-
tect of your own future, and my word
for it, you'll win. We don't want any
lawyers, doctors, clerks, nor loafers, as
we have a surplus already on hand.
Farmers are what we want.
Se1nper sdeap, Tom