The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-02-06
Texas.

Texas.
Since our return we have been aske,
n thousand and one questions abOu
Texas. All we have to say about it /
that Texas has fine lands, a good eli
mate aud the least timber and th,
mcanest water k the world. TeNa,
soil will produce about twice as mucl
as our soil, but then they only get hal
price for their products-wllclfm make,
Tennessee even with her .after all
There Is one thing certain; a poor
man can do we'll there if he has plenty
of money to start .on-but then lac car
do well anywhere with plenty
of money. We have often been asked
how we liked Texas. In answer to
that we can say we like 1t very well
hnd We don7t like it very well.
We would advise every person hat is
well situated here not to leave until he
first visits the Western States and sees
for himself. T'hings!thstidispleased US
might please others, therefore we don't
feel like advising any one on the sub
ject of emigrating. Since writing our
lastiletter..to the HERALD we Travelled
'over a considerable portion of Texas
iincluding Collin and Grayson counties.
Collin county, in particular, is very
rich-in fact it Is said to be the richest
county in the State. We stopped at
Mckinney, the county seat of Collin, a
few days, and found it a pleasant place.
In Mckinney we found DR.. w. c.
Carson, who Is doing a very good bust
ne,- and speaks of remaining there.
we also found many more acquaintan-
ces In the county with whom We had
quite u pleasant time. After leaving
Collin county we visited the city Of
Sherman. Sherman Is quite a city and
a lively place. We met NY with many
of our former acquaintance there and
had quite agood time with the boys
especially one, an old schOOl-mate, Mr..
a. p. Finley. A. p. treated us like a
king, for which he has our unanimous
thanks. He is at present Deputy
County Clerk of Grsyson county and
Is highly esteemed by all. May he
live long. and prosper.
After leaving Sherman we passed
through Denison-stopping there only
an hour. Denison is quite a business
place and will some day be quite n
city. After leaving DeniSon we took
the NJ. X. q Il. train for Parsons, Kan
.sas, passing through the far famed In
dian Territory. Just what; this Terri
tory was famous for we could not see.
We didn't discover anything but sedge
prairies and rocky hills. In the Cher
Okee Nation we met up with DR.. 10.
Torh and his estimable lady with
WHOM we had a few minutes CONVERSE
ton. 10. is selling goods at Gibson
and is doing we'll. lie end lii wife
enjoy good health and are well pleas
,ed. after arriving at Parsons, Kas.,
we took the train for Sedalia, Mo-,
passing through the Southern portion
of Kansas and right here we will re-
mark that as far as the West is con
cerned we were much better pleased
with Kansas than any other portion of
.fl,a Mast IVn opr;,,nI 49, So1.1;o ...1
remained there abOut IL hours, took a
good look at the city. Sedalia is quite
am interesting place and is growing
very rapidly; the country around is
very rich-in fact the best farming
portion of Missouri. From Sedalia we
wcnt to 81. Louis, where we remained
two days, seeing ..sights-for there is
plenty of them there to see. ST. Louis
is indeed the Queen OF the West, and
AT not a far distant day Will be the
Queen of America. Leaving st. Louis
ut night we passed through southern
Illinois in the night, consequently did
mot get to see the country until day
break, which found us in Indiana.
About the only city of interest on the
line was Evansville, which is q place
of about 10000 inhabitants and a great
manufactmin town. Our limo of
travel from st. Louis to Nashville was
over the st. Louis & Southeastern r.
r., and in justice to that line Of road
we must say it makes better time ard
has more accommodations than most
any other line. Were we to ever visit
Kansas again we would certainly tit c
that route.
Taking everything into consideration
we have had a good time In the last
month, and don't think we will ever
see cause to regret our trip.
Our B0lanCeOf Trade.