The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-06-03
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, chilly Morgan county, s-.uu,itMuugh
! Tue llFmm hul have from time 10
| ilmr postponed Oboe attacks However
! now hope io mhDu u 'or no l,ul "a
|prt of tho l0stinr
/ frt WIll pa,h 0l thtt w0lp- ion
. Whrh wly boast lhr maine of Wmr ui
|Wlhs great mw such as om own
| loyrl Washington, iu thr day of oar
national lurlWrury, and iu lhu0wtlrN
sense, nc lest tho late Hon Horace
! Greeley agriculture
Tho prospect iorW excellent crop off
wheat Was never more ilattorIug In this
section Of the country than at the pres
ent As for the corn crop II is entirely
too early 20 predict for only q few
farmers, In consequence of the immense
! amount Of rain that has fallen huycyot
| planted their corn The majority II
the hrmeg IN this county are not
through breaking the ground prepare,
! tory 20 planting The weather s nov
lnll that could be desired and the
tlllcrs of the soil are crowding m all
the snIl they can carry and the close ol
this week will witness the planting OF
many thousand acres of corn
If crops do not do MS we'll as we hope
they will, we'll say but little about II,
resolve TO work harder next year and
hold up our heads If We die hard No
dependency here
The apple crop IN this county Us pros,
pecllycIy os good ns could hc desired
bat the peaches We fear has, in the clio,
qucnt language of the late james Fisk,
gone whore the woodbno twinoth,
We have with othcrs ourprQportion
Of hard times, though Notwithstanding
the peneral eoihpmnt Of the sltiurcncy
ol the money mnrket our town presents
no dlmlnution Of energy in the line Of
improvements Many Of the old land.
marks are disappearing and me being
replaced by largo and costly brick
structures, finished in all the modern
styles,
In n local point Of Wow, Wyerly is a
model town in morality which gives us
better society, as many of your readers
can testify, than yen will find in many
other parts of the county Indeed, our
little city is becoming quite famous for
social scenes and enjoymcnts, and
be il said, must to iour. credit,
wc are fast becoming Il social
people, bound together with friendly
social ties fostering and encouraging
all those means which contribute to our
mutual pleasure and improvements
The past week, in particular, has been
eventual parties, concerts, church socia.
bles, festivals commencements, fairs and
weddings have kept our people on the
pa cios, and greatly ouliyened the
monotony of "our village liIc.'
The health in this section, with the
exception of u few chronic cases, and
some chills and iptormittents, is very
good; in fact, the physicians are COM
planning of dizziness in their line, and
fear they shah have to turn their atten.
ton to some other occupation for q
livelihood
4 disease, in many respects, rescm<
Bling Che epiZootic, has made its appear.
ance among the horses in the western
part OF this county, and is doing serious
damage to the equine race.
Before closing, it may not be out of
place to give brief description Of Wa
verify Waverly is located in Morgan
county, on the line of the Jacksonville,
Northeastern and Southeastern railway,
twenty miles distant from Jacksonville,
is pronounced Q perfect gem Of town.
Ttis;located ON a mound from which
"a charming view is had
for miles away in every
direction of beautiful, gentle, undula-
ting, fertile highly cultivated and
densely settled prairies, which surround
the town 1t has population oftwelve
hundred 1t has many large, substan-
tial and handsome business and dwell
ling houses, some of which would, be
creditablo to the largertownsand cities.
Itcan boast of seven church edifces,
aud one of the finest public school build
ings in the state 1t was erected some
eight years ago, at a nominal cost of
$4,000.
jacksonville is the county site OF
Morgan. county has . population of
twenty thousand, and have faith to
believe the athens of the west" of to-
day, will, within the next decade, be-
come a busting metropolis, rs we'll res
martablefor its commercial and man
ulacturing interests, as for the noble inN
stitutions which are now the pride and
glory of its citizens
I will close this article, feeling that it
will fully merit the compliment paid to
the old lady's breakfast, that its good
enough as long as it last, and plenty OF
it, such as it is and if you think it, or
any portion oft deserving Of ~ place in
your colunnsS you can insert lit; other.
wise, throw it into the waste basket, and