Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-03-22
FROM SAN ANTONIO. TEXAS.
SAN ANTONIO. March 1lth, 1878.

SAN ANTONIO. March 14th, 1873.
DEAR JoURNAL:-I see by the last paper
| received that some soft shelled idiot has
been circulating a report that Mr.. Bah
cocks title was not good and therefore we
we're likely to lose our land. therefore
wish to take this method OF informing my
friends that there is not the shadow Of
truth in the report, except in the weak in
tellect OF the person who invented IL and
would advise him to turn his attention to
feeding hogs, or some other simpler Occu.
patton that his mind can grasp. can as
sure him he never will get better title to
any land than Mr. b. has until he gets his
tract six feet by two and il he don't "look
Il little out" am afraid he will find, when
too late, that Satan has mortgage OH that
Tor its contents) for all it is worth.
We are now fairly settled in lhe country
9 miles northwest from the city on n %
acre lot we have rented till we can build
on our own. We are at present milking
22 cows, and will have the number in
creased to 40 before many weeks. l can't
see but we can make as good an article of
butter here as in Ohio. II wants care and
cleanliness to make good butter anywhere.
Mr.. Leaning wrote to the Sentinel, that
pork can not be put up and kept here, aud
that it all must be brought from the north.
Think he was not correctly Informed.
killed hogs oil the l7th Of January, that
dressed over 20 pounds each, and hung
them up over night, and during the latter
part uf the night it r,ined, and the next
day was warm and fnggy. | salted them
and after n few weeks, hung the meat in
smoke house where it still hangs, and if
any of it spols / will let YOU know,
My family are enjoying the best Of
health, and not looking as much like ghosts
| as when we left Perrysburg. | think the
region around San Antonio is all that is
claimed for it in regard to its healthful-
meas, aud can see no reason why il is not
n good agricultural county. Ii is very
true the land is rather hard to plow on ac-
count OF its sticky nature, but farmer
told me that he had not M Used corn crop
in 10 years, and think that is as much as
can be said of most any country. We have
| all OF our plowing done and are nearly
done planting. Our early sweet corn, and
early rose potatoes are large enough to hoe,
and we will attend TO that tomorrow, if it
don't rain.
intend to know the reason why, il fruit
cannot be raised here, as l have, besides
what brought with me, about 200 each
OF figs, gs,pomgranHtes and muberries planted,
and they are deing very we'll so far.
Peaches are set for full crop, aud the in
dicationS are favorable.
l shall not attempt to describe San An
tonio and surrounding country. Hdrpers
Monthly for N,vember described it better
than could il should try month. The
hills and plains are now gay with wild
HlwerS, among which along the banks you
will find the Red Bud, looking for all the
world like it does later in the season along
the banks of the Maumee.
Yesterday afternoon l took walk to
look for COW, and picked one of each
kind Of flowers l saw, and when got
home and counted them had % different
kinds and could have had a lot more l.
had hunted little longer.
More anon, ID. DONALDSON.