The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-07-21
FRONTIER SETTLEMENT.

vice reform standard.
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FRONTIER SETTLEMENT.
Everything pointing to frontier set
tlement, this season, is full of promise.
Already the tide of immigration is set
tling strongly in that direction. Every
train arriving from the north and east.
brings its quota OF prospectors, and
from this point they take their de-
parture for all parts of our extended
line OF frontier settlements. The class
OF people coming in now, as a rule, is
better than those of few years since.
Nearly all of them bring the means nee
essary to purchase and fit up q small
farm. They have evidently come to
stay, as our vigorous frontier yernacue
lar has it. The old rooftree has been
taken up and tenderly transplanted to
Texas-,o the better part OF Texas at
that--our own beautiful and honrishinr
frontier. We have an extent of rich
soil on our frontier line as yet all un-
cultivated. the extent of which is but
little known, and certainly but little
appreciated outside, judging from the
fact that as yet so little of it, compara-
lively, has been appropriated. The va
riety of soil, climate and production is
great, as is the capacity of the
country. The immigrant coming
from the everglades of Florida
or the forests of dIkada, from the
far east or farther west. or any interme,
date point will find locality some>
where on our frontier, which will lust
suit him in every particular All that
is needed tomake the country bloom
and blossom as the rose, is the sppIica-
tion of muscle directed by intelligence
Nowhere on this continent can cheaper,
more productive, more healthful and
satisfactory lands be found, or where
more delightful homes may be built at
so small cost The blessed gospel at
tended by her faithful hand-maiden.
the common school marches IN the van
of our ever extending line OF frontier
settlement. The border homes ofTexas
are instinct with all the progress of the
age, and as they grow older, even the
graces Of ultra civilization are found
thickly scattered among them. The
settler from the far east who has made
up his mind TO rough it for the remain,
der of his life, among the Doors of the
rancho, is agreeably surprised to find
intelligence and culture, instead of vul,
garity and ignorance, piety and purity
instead of profanity and immorality In
this respect, the frontier of Texas
differs from that of any Other
of the border states, and every
stranger who settles there OF visits the
region of which we are writing is earl,
and strongly impressed with the cir,
eumstance; all the more so. indeed, be,
cause the actual truth is in such stron,
contrast with the reports he has beer
hearing since his determination to set,
tie on the Texan frontier has beer
known.
The reports of lawiessness and Grim.
which reach the outside world are no
made of the frontier settler proper. L
is of the desperate who is fugitiv.
from justice from all the states, ane
who only seeks shelter on the frontie
because its sparse settlements enable,
him to eyade the pursuit of the minis
ters of the outraged law. The peopl,
themselves. the actual settlers, have a
inyincible repugnance TO Iawlessnes
as have those of the oldest settiemen
in New England There is district I.
the west and south of Dallas, compris
ing the counties of Hamilton. Go
manche, Brown, Coleman, Erath
Shackleford, Eastiand, and pei
|, haps dozen others, equally good
which for all the purposes Of sci
, tlement can not be excellesl on tin
continent of America. and the germ o
the population already planted ther
is sound in all it's parts The rulin
people, they who give tone and charac
ter to the settlements. are the bette
classes from all the states who hsv
sent out their sons to make a foothol
in the new land of promise Texas j
justly proud of her noble frontier an
its people. and all the protection and (.
cilities which it is possible for the stat
government TO extend to them ough
{ TO be extended No second askin
/ ought to be necessary. To this cad tn
present frontier force for proteetio
ought, and will. we doubt not. be mali
tanned until the necessity passes ava
= forever