The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-03-08
m, oulzINo IN NORTHWEST TEXAS,

ant means In hand 10 make BopN ll'l'
loothod in our young empire lhey
como banded together toseouro the hd'
yantapos Of schools churches, stores
etc., and, indeed, poasoaS the germ ol u
complete community in and OF lhem'
aelyes The great advantage N that
they fling themselves with IMMUNITY
beyond the lino Of our uttermoal SET
Elements, aud wrest new territory lroln
the clutch Of nature and the savage
Soon the waste places Of our frontier
arc 10 become the gardens ana VINE
wards Of u prosperous people 'oh'l'pu'
ling their mite 10 swell the numbers,
imporlanceand wealth of the citizenship
If the state 50 far, oil these new peo'
ple have settled on the line, on IN eoun'
ties tributary TO the Texas and Pac'llc.
road aud have received from that great
corporation and ita capable aud courts
o,s local management. All the eneouN
npemenl and assistance which II has
been ia their power 10 beslow Ia lhla
matter alone, that road has already
contributed many Thousands to the tax
able values of the state which ~ u very
brief time will amount TO millions III
the aggregate.
We travelled "Wednesday night nom
Marshal 10 Dallas with party OF forty
lamiliha from Ohio, OF German descent
who were ali bound TO one nelghhor'
hood west, selected for them by capable
agents, who came ont here last fall Tor
the purpose We found them, from the
rayhairod patriarch of seventy, TO the
"toddling wee thing ola half dozen
summers, deeply imbucd with the true
frontier spirit They ARE prolcs'ons'
intelligent and thrifty, and very soon
tho wilderness will DO made to blossom
~ the rose, and reaound 10 the music
of u happy and prosperoosly employed
people. Now then, we maintain that
these efforts OF the Texas and Pacific
road TO I'LL up our pleasant valleys with
people OF this ptamp--cOll their motives
selfish IL you will--deaerve 10 be warns
" seconded by every true man IN this
region, or in the state, These cluster.
ing colonies along the line of this roOd
are only u budding earnest of what is
10 follow upon it's completion, and inr
stead OF winning for the road hard
words and bitter opposition ON the
coast, they should receive the hearty
god speed of every true Texan, The
coming season will 500 many u quiet,
modest, plodding man OF business Iand'
my here unherulded by the press,
but who will ask many and search,
ing questions about wood, water
Iand population, schools, ehurches
and productions See 10 IL that
he has intelligent and honcsC res
plies, hccuude the chances are that he
comes to look out in advance Tor u sets
ding place Tor party of his friends as
well NJ for his own rool.tree, and u good
deal Of influence is often eXelled in the
mind OF such n man, by courteous rev
ception, and an honest, reliable state
ment We have room and to spare Tor
i've millions of active agriculturists
they constitute the chief need of the
state Let rs throw away no single
chance to get one. Let us remember
TINT all men could not be born here ia
time "to tramp down the first grass hut
rather when he brings here his house
hold gods, and erecls here his family
affairs, he 10 then equal to the oldest
resident, whether son TO the manor
born, or 10y adoption, When an emf
grant brings his wife and babes here,
and builds for them shelter he can
1--WE no stronger or better guarantee of
the sincerity of his intentions a. to ulti-
mate citizenship. He ia then fit to re.
ceiye and enjoy the frank and hearty
hospitality 80 characteristic OF the from,
tier, and that of Texas especially, Our
frontier is no longer the house of refuge
for the villainy of other land,, but the
future home of the industrious. the
ymmous and the honest toiler, who
would secure the fruits of his best eff.
forts to the enjoyment of the idols
which cluster so thickly round his rude
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