The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-04-04
Letter from Texas.
TERRELL, TEXAS, March 10, 1873.

TERRELL, TEXAS, March ID, 1878.
Editor Home journal.
As | see no CO .nmunicltion IN your
paper from this part OF Texas, l VIII
try and drop you n verse or So.
As to llc county This is about The
eastern boundary al the wheat growing
section Of Northern Texas. The
binds are Of n sandy nature, not quiz
80 productive as the bIach-wax' or
black sandy, but far more eos''y cnlll
waited than the black waxy, Tue cSli
mate of crops that are raised IN this
src,ion are not quite s" great AS thai
Of the ',Iack land. Wheat, say 10 to
20 bushels; corn, 70 to 80 bushels /;
cotton, one-half 10 three iourths Of II
tale oats, A. to 50 bushels tiurlei q,
40 u 50 bushels
Farmers are busy planting Their corr
crops now. The generality planted
about the 10Th Of this month-some IN
February. There was not n large
wheat crop planted this year, on &C
count OF the great quantity OF ram. II
commenced to rain about the 10TH OF
October, and ralned almost necessarily
Tor four months. necessarily throwing
the farmer n long way behind with all
the crops.
The town OF Terrell is n very nice
little place, with II population Of about
$500 Inhabitants. Ir is situated 81
the line Of the Texas u Pacific Rail.
road, and the town is growing very
rapidly. Some future day it is doom.
ed to be quite = large town.
The iuccssunl droulhs IN this coun-
Try are great drawbacks to farmers, Ii
did not rain in this section, last Jun
mer. for three months. A great deal
of the corn crops got plowed only n
time. However, the corn was very
good for the chance it had.
There are vegetables brought into
market daily now, That beats Ten
uessee in one respect; aud, ! am al
most tempted " say that is the only
one. | would say so but for tear 1t
might create II comnOllOn.
Tunes are respectfully good in this
country. Yor know, OF your own
knowledge, that people would grumhle
i there should lie II shower Oi gold
Ills human nature. Bat. Billie, my ad-
vice TO all is to stay in Tennessee, or
any other STATES, when they are com
lortahly fixeI. ] know OF u farmer IN
this vicinity who sold out a good farm
with all the improvements that modern
invention can boast OF, and catnc to
He b ought lands cheap, and
now It's sad that he will SIT aud cry
about the predicamcnt he IS placed in.
| the old man has reached his
three sore aud ten, and has poJr
lands after coming to Texas to better
his condition, But alas he now sees
his false step after It's too late. Aud,
there are thousands just in the
fix. II man stays in bis native
State and old home, and his finance,
should run short, he has other resour
ces-he can gel accommodation. lis
not so here. If he has not the cash,
he must do without. An Old %"rrsl-
dcnlcr," who has established himself,
can get accommodation, but not 50
with n newcomer.
People care very little Tor the Sab
batl, in this country. Ladies' are very
frequently seen on the praIrlrs rabbit
nun ,g with n lot OF men. Running
the "mulc ear" is considered yer, fine
sport. II takes Il greyhound to catch
them. They generally weigh about s
pounds. have never seen one that
would weigh Thirty two pounds yet,
)ut hope to some da,,) Parties can
ne seen starting out Sunday mornings
II small wagons, with Their hiril dogs
md gun. The sound Of the gun can
nc heard from sun-up until it gets too
lark to see how to shoot.
So. to sum the whole thing up in Il
mt. shell, It's hest not to come to
! will now close, wishing you much
success with your big family.
Yours truly, BRICK Top.