The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-25
Correspondence of the Democrat
CApDo, CHocTow NATION, I. IT,
January 10, 1877.

CApDo, CHooTow NATION, I. IT,
January 10, 1877.
Ed. Democrat:-There is a great
many idle people who could make a
living, provided they come to Texas.
This State is open with every induce
meAt to assist those that come, but
l do wish to say, that those who wish
to work and commence at the first
round of the ladder, will succeed.
The country can not be surpassed.
Emigration at present tends toward
the great southwest; n enters the
great channel at Hannibal, Mo-, the
other passes through st. Louis. They
meet at the Queen City of the West,
Sedalia, Mo-, from thence the tide
flows smoothly along the one to sun
ny southern Kansas, the other to
boundless and beautiful Texas. Tell
the boys to come, not like the old
pilgrimage across the prairies, desc
late and drear, with starving mule
and quaking wagon, but on that
gleaminglin line of steel, winding around
the hills, passing through forests,
creeping DER the valleys, gliding a.
cross boundless prairies, where thou
sands of cattle and sheep are grazing
by banks and braes, dotted and
spangled with myrisds of many col
ored flow ers, along great highways
where horsemen ride merrily, rush
ing past giant cities with their mills,
factories, churches and schools,
through a country inhabited by a free
enlightened people, yet to carve their
name on a worlds history. Texas,
with her bright skies, genial climate,
and prolific soil, stands to the poor
and homeless las to the Jews old
Canaan stood the land Of promise,
where each man can be q lordly pro-
prietor of his W broad acres, raise
his children beneath his own roof,
cultivate his own vine and fig tree;
dying, leave an honorable name to
his descendants and sleep in peace
in the bosom of his own domain.
Freedom is universal now. North
ern and Western men have learned
that they are as safe in Texas as at
home. Law and order are as rigidly
maintained, and crime as promptly
punished as in any ofthe States. The
climate in many portions of the State
is superior to hat of Italy, which it
greatly resembles, the meal tempe
nature being 60 degrees, the mercury
rarely rises above 80 degrees in sum-
mer, and as rarely falls below % de-
grees in winter. Whist o would
one want? 1t ia n new country, like
all other new fields; but you must
expect to work and that little hard
err than at home. The field is large
for all--thousands Of acres at ease,
and will cost very little to own. The
area of the State is 274,000 square
miles, or It's, SOC, GOO acres. Not one
third of this is taken. Plenty of
room for those young men who are
living on "castles in the air" by
spending hour after hour on street
corners talking about election times
and who's going to be our next Pre-
sident.
Silver, iron, copper, lead, tin and
gypsum in exhsustible quantities are
found in many sections, and plenty
of marble, granite, limestone, grind
stones, roofing slate, soapstone, bas-
into, and a great many other miner
ais. Coal in great abundance. Tim
her good, such as pine, oak and c.
press in quantities sufficient to sup
ply the whole State-lumber there
fore is very cheap.
Eastern Texas is well supplied
with pure water, springs are hume
rous, and in their absence the purest
well water can be secured at from fif-
teen to thirty feet below the surface,
thus giving the settler an abundant
supply of two great essentials to his
comfort-wood and water. The crops
are rice, tobacco, cotton and sugar,
all of which yield handsomely, but
the latter is cultivated to but little
extent and only in the Gulfcounties.
In Tyler and other counties q variety
of fine tobacco is raised, fully equal
to the West Virginia production, and
as the seasons are uniform, the crops
rarely fail.
Central Texas contains the largest
cities of Texas. The best ~navigable
streams, such as the Brazoo, Trinity
and Colorado rivers, these streams
make the land famous for its fine
crops. 1t also embraces n large por-
ton of the wheat country; also good
for it's fine stock raising, in fact one
can find no fault and makes the far
mer happy. The soil is generally
black.
If You see it justiibly in publish
ing this letter I'll write you one a.
bout Western Texas, the most inter
esting part of Texas.
LESLIE FOSTER.