Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-03-07

Many people are not aware of the mag
nltude of the territory embraced within the
limits of the boundaries of Texas. France
does not contain so many square miles by
forty thousand. in round numbers and
were every man, woman and child in the
United States TO emigrate to Texas she
would not be populated so thickly to the
square mile as Massachusetts. France is
reckoned as one of the five great powers
of Europe, and, in the time of the great
Napoleon, carried on wars the magnitude
of which astounded the world. Yet Texas
far eXcels France in area, fertility of soil,
salubrity of climate, and in the variety of
products, The day is not far distant when
Texas will be formidable power within
herself and able to cope, single-handed,
with any one of the boasted five powers OF
Europe.
That part of Texas lying east of the
Trinity river is thickly wooded and ac-
counted the most inslaubrious in climate
Crossing the Trinity you come to the
prairie portion of the state. From the
Trinity to the Brazos you pass through
the heart of the settled and wealthy part
of the state Splendid farms, fine residen.
ces, beautiful cities and towns enchant and
delight the travellers eye. 1t is even SC
until you approach the Colorado river, the
very frontier of civilized Texas. Beauti
full little cities are springing up like magic
almost within hearing distance of the war
whoop of the Comanche
Brownwood, beautiful little city, is
the county seat of Brown county, and has
even astonishod herselfin the rapid strides
she has made in the way of progress ant
refinement. 1t has splendid residences, fine
stores, Of brick and stone, good schools
Sunday schools and churches. 1t is thu
great point for the stopping of the cara
vans Of emigrants that are coming to thi
part of Transforming literally by til,
thousands from almost every state in tn
Union. Even Canada is represented An,
day, this time of the year, the streets 0
the town are jammed with wagons, horses
catt|e and people. The merchants al
reaping 4 rich harvest, for there is n
other town west, and emigrants stop her
to make their purchases. Brown count
is considered the gem Of the frontie
counties, being as well watered, better tim
bered, and having, perhaps, better soil tina
the sister counties. Pecan river runs all tn
length of the county, and the amount c
pecans growing on the trees that line il
banks is almost incredible. The Gro
gathered this, e + is estimated at 500, 900 i
value, at dollar and half per bushe
Besides what were sold, the amount COZ
sumed, wasted and destroyed is beyon
reckoning, The valley of the Pecan
beautiful to behold, and SO rich in sol
that it would drive IN inhabitant of tn
poor knobs of kentucky 10 distraction
Leaving the Pecan valley you ascend VIII;
are called the mountains, and you reac
the table lands, undulating with elevation
and valleys, carpeted everywhere wit
grass, and set off by beautiful groves {
live oak.
Il Standing on i'm eminence and lookin
for miles over mezquit valleys and ovt
the opposite eminences, the sight is beaul
: lul to behold The live oaks glossy dal
green tit is an evergreen) is in strong col
trast with the flaming scarlet of the Spai
iSh oak and dirty yellow of the post oa
5 and the whole seems as if touched vii
4 the painters brush Now you see as if
: row of green, scarlet and yellow; back
0 it you see the silvery white-topped grs
e which you almost imagine to be silv
lake glimmering in the sunshine; then a
n other row of colors; then grass, and so o
= until the view is lost by the back of the o
1 posite ridge. The whole seems the wo
n of man to please the eye. In no other lal
# have | ever seen Nature display her wor
e in this line in the way she does here, al
Y it is sometimes hard to dispel the illusit
Y that the whole is the highly ornament
If estate of some gentleman farmer.
n There you see herd of IL thousand c;
tic. Across the valley goes herd of
dozen deer. Across the high and max
prairie go skimming fifty beautiful AMI
lopes, their white sides cleaning in /
n sunshine. Overhead whir half hundr
9 prairie chickens. Turkeys, geese IL
II ducks start up from every brake and lax
1T let. Mule-eared rabbits start out Grc
u every thicket and 90 scudling away Ii
1t the wind and thousands of prairie do
Is bark in rapid squeaks like the Christm
o. toys of our childhood, and then their lit
J. tails twinkle like flash as they dive il
lie their holes at your app oach.
G And all this is Il country that hl5
o bounds, as it were; where you are free
h roam, and roam at will for days with yo
Is gun, and are not obliged to fire towa
W heaven or down into we'll when yon
t. hunting, as you have to do where il
lie densely populated Correspondence of
l. LouiSU1te GOHfier-JOu2RdI.