Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1877-03-24

| strawberries; peaches, pears and plums
are said to flourish to Il limited extent in
some localities: however, | have not yet
seen a plum or pear orchard III my
travels, and the peach trees look stunted.
low and 10 all appearances short lived,
and need greater care and require TO
be watercd To amount to much.
have given some facts from which
any one can draw his own conclusions
as to whether a healthy man. in Mis-
souri,, willing to work, would gain by
removing from that fruit grain growing
and vegetable State and settling in
Texas The poor but ambitious labor
ing man can ponder upon this question
when he is informed that in Texas labor
is cheaper than in Missouri or in almost
any state in the union, and that corn,
flour, bacon, butter, lard. milk, fruit
aud vegetables sell at high prices.
However, winter in Texas is shorter
and much mlder than IN Missouri, and
| have enjoyed sunny Texas more than
could the cold of Missouri. Texans
are anxious for settlers to come into the
country, 50 that they can sell their land,
and notwithstanding the heavy tide Of
immigration poured into Texas during
| the last TWO or three years, there is rs
much complaint of hard times here ,sav e
! at a few railroad towns. lately sprung
| up, rs there is in Missouri. and much
less the appearance OF thrift and Im-
provement throughout the country gen
orally than i'll the latter state. | consider
Texas the best advertised country on
the globe. Large landowners, many
of them holding over one hundred thou
sand acres each. foreign land specula-
tors, railroad companies, land and i'm.
and persistent in their e1travagant lau-
dations OF Texas for the purpose of in
ducing immigration, that they may dis
pose OF their lands, and | fear have moi
, always been disinterested and conscien
tious in their representations, from thu
inflated style of their circulars; ant
: many persons coming here are dissatis
2 fled, not realizing the promises made
; them through circulars scattered broad
cast all over the country. from Maine tC
Florida. A portion of the land Offered
e. for sale to immigrants cost the owner
, from ~ to II cents an acre, and larg
5 bodies OF the same kind can be purchas
e script not to cost over 20 cents an acre
{ While there is an immense amount {
6 rich land in Texas, there l. Il nuc
l. greater quantity nearly worthless
Y Texas has Il great variety OF soil and ii
Il .yerstv OF climate 1t is indeed a grea
is state, but it can never be densely settled
- totally unfit for cultivation, and OF bl
d little value Tor pasturage. for want
Is soil and water. Northern Texas is b
n tar the best tor farming purposes, Will
+ it Is not regarded a being As healthy 1
V the southern, central and poorer POI
l. tons OF the state. San Antonio and til
a country adjacent is extremely healthy
e So of Austin, and the smaller places IL
T. tervening between the two points. Th
II is undoubtedly the wealthiest city in Il
re state; the property in San Antonio
in owned by its residents, and the peop
- trade on their own capital. Much Of II
D. stock-cattle, horses. Sheppard eHtel
H. sive tracts OF land belong to San Ant
I'd mans. City property is held at fab
ID lous prices. The railroad has but late
I'd entered the city. and property owne
ut are wild with the tancied future OF Il
ne place. have written much more tn.
H. | intended. | ain quite well-feel Il
iii better for the trip. Willie. think.
til improving, and will remain here.
" Respectfully, S. q. WENTWORTH