The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-01-30
ANOTHER TRXAs LETTER.

certainly u fine couGty; the lands are
| rich sHd the water is tolerably good.
There Is considerable timber in this
county, but the trees do not grow TO
lnOre than one-third the usual height
Lof a Tennessee oak or pine tree. Ii M
East Tenncsseean was sent out in tie
timber here 10 find a rail tree he would
never find one to suit him. 1t would
look to him like it took two trees to
make IL rail cut-and that only eight
feet. Bot then this timber is said to
split easily and occasionally a tree il
found that will make two rail cuts.
The product of Denton county Is cot
ton, corn and wheat. In a good season
the average crop is 800 pounds OF cot
ton the acre or 20 to 80 bushels OF
wheat or corn. Most of the land Is of
a black, sticky nature, and grows eth
er Of the foregoing articles finely.
| Corn is worth here % cents per BUSH
el-wheat ranges as in Tennessee.
Cotton is worth 81. so per hundred lbs.
raw, but it costs most Of the farmers
81 90 per hundred to have 1t picked
then their profit Is very short.
The many vegetables that grow in
Tennessee are not raised here. One
old negro remarked TO me to-day that
he could not raise "dem big white
head cabbage here" Fruits grow here
much finer than in most portions of
Tennessee. For instance Mr.. Matt.
Cowau has an orchard only two years
| old that yielded fruit last year. lie
raised apples that measured l3A inches
in circumference, and pears measuring
- inches. His peach crop was also
very fine. He claims that his peaches
were much finer in proportion than
his apples and pears. Mr.. COwan GER
tainly has a very fine or
chard-indeed one of the finest | have
ever seen in this or any other country.
In addition to all this he has n of
the finest farms in the county, and is
| half owner of a coffin gin that will
turn out 600 bales this season. He is
we'll pleased with this country and
says he never thinks Of coming back to
old Tennessee.
l have met up with a great many
Tennessceans, all of whom have treat
ed me with the greatest of courtesy.
Among rthe number Is Jim Cowan,
! who is also q brother of w. B. Cowan,
of Bradley county, who is doing well
out here. He has an interest In a cot
ton gin also. At his gin | found my
| Young friend John Norwood hard at
work and enjoying life. Near the
same place ! found viii Pair and c.
c. Roberts, late Of our county, both Of
| whom seemed TO be well pleased with
| their new homes. Further OIL across
the prairie | found employed at anoth-
| err gin Pat. COlville, Charlie Norwood,
Arch Cooper and Will Champion.
They are all Bradley county boys and
are doing well in their respective EN-
pigments. Near this gin lives Gid
| Upton and George Irwin, but l failed to
| get to get to see them. Ny old friend
| Elijah Beard also lives near the same
place but he was not at home when /
passed. Still further on found Ned.
and ElmOre Colville hard at work
breaking what is known as ''raw prai-
! rie''. sYAen | first found Gilmore he
was riding on his plow-well that
beats walking behind the plOw-and
| you know Elmore don't banker after
work much anyhow. But they are
both well pleased and in good spirits.
Long may they wave! From COlville's
| went to Mr.. Matt. COwan's-wh0se
condition | have already given. From
there | called OH that prince of jolly
fellows, Jim Cosby. jim was out haul
ing wood, but o returned when we
had quite a long talk. Jim is doing
very well and had a great many jokes
to tell me. Jim says when he first
came to Texas the land cracked open
very badly, and al m time it was so
bad that he had to haul planks with
him to run his buggy across on. lie
also says about the same time the sea-
son was so dry that when 4 little cloud
came up the COWS would follow it and
bawl because they wanted water so
bad. Cosby is a capital fellow and /
am sorry l could not stay with him
longer. Returning to Louisville l
met up with Dick Liner, of Calhoun,
who is teaching school here and get
ting alonge hugely. On my rounds l
also met up with viii Cooper and
Fred Hambright. Fred has had bad
luck-a horse kicked him, which re-
suited in the injury Of his eyes consid-
erably and health generally. babe
farewell to Denton county yesterday
and returned to Dallas. / left Dallas
this morning with an excursion of
knights Of Pythias and am now at
Fort Worth. This is the terminus of
the Texas Pacific Railway and Is the
fastest city in America. There is more
business done here in one day than in
Dallas in two. 1t Is the frontier town
of Texas and Is as far west as the rail-
roads go. 1t is n place of seven thou
sand inhabitants and promises at no
distant day to be the city Of the West.
will tnrn my nanrnn hnnl.ua.L ~