The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-06-30
uoRTu TEXAS PROGRESS.

NORTH TEXAS PROGRESS
Even the oldest inh0blIint he who
knows boitor than anyone else the ca
liabilities OF our rather extended Eden,
IL overwhelmed with surprise ut the
rate NJ which our section Of the state
has gone ahead for the last lew years
No magician can rival the trick which
live short years have played with the
limitess proiricS in that time, Where
yorduro only covered the ground and
quiet, deep and painful, reigned IN air
are now seen the new and prosperous
farms crowding each other on all sides
productive and highly cultivated fields
yielding their hhulously rich crops Of
leccy cotton and yellow grain. Tile
rude hut Of the pioneer has given place
TO the elegant mansion oftho planter
and where the doOdly rifles crack and
the sayagos' warhoop only were heard
now the multiplied sounds of peaceful
agriculture busting commerce mud the
rich music ofuhO civilization pleasant
" I'LL the eai What n work hnh been
accomplished already but great os that
is, the possibilities yet remaining sur
pass anything ever dreamed Of in this
connection,
Whole counties of arabic land--Col-
lin for instance, has not within her
borders, exceeding five acres which are
not susceptible of the highest cultiva'
ton, When fully carefully aud intelli>
gently cultivated, no single mere will
make less than bale Of cotton, less
than twenty-five bushels Of wheat, or
less than sixty bushels Of corn, while
rye, oats, barley miIlet, etc, etc, grow
in like proportion These things taken
together with our mild, hcalthIul eli
mate, conspire to mako the Eden we
have been ieebly attempting TO portray
Scattered over this vast domain, are
found the progressive men Of many
lands. All the states Of the union hayr
their representatives here and nearly
all the states OF Europe likewise, This
careful, industrious aud economical
western farmer plants his grain along
side OF the successful cotton planter
both hold the pillow alike, and the lat
ter is rapidly learning that thero is
millions in IT, Both his physician and
his banker understand the mighty
change which has taken place Sine,
emancipation occurred We are nov
only standing on the threshold of this
change. Great rs it has undoubtedly
been already, yet the present is only h
very faint ghmmelng of what is surely
coming in the next five years.
4 ride from Dallas to Sherman on The
Central furnishes the most delightful
panorama upon which the eye of man
ever rested, The rapid succession oI
corn fields, wheat fields, with here and
there II steam threshor ut work cot
ton fields with their busy workers new
houses already finished, and others in
course OF construction, school-houses,
churches and all the other appliances
of an advanced civilization, serves L
satisfy all the senses, aud to int0se the
grcatest confidence in the final triumph
of Texan agriculture. This scene is
well>worth n journey from the far east
and Just now an unusually large mum
Der OF strangers are here to see and
hear ON the ground for themselves. SO
far, we have heard nothing but the
liveliest satisfaction expressed.
Now, let North Texas, in every viii
lage town and city, as well as country
neighborhood, establish the public free
school, and we will then leave nothing
to be desired; ut least, so far rs people
of small means are concerned. 1t is
matter of great pride to us to be able
thus ~ put on record tho triumphs o
our own beautiful and prosperous sec
ton of the state.