The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-03-26
LIGHT ON THE SUBJECT.
4 TKxAN RXPLAlNs ROR IT IS.

| Aull-ueuBeu young III. u. Ie1L the
peaceful hills and quiet glades of noble
old East Tennessee, ostensibly to locate
in this favored portion of the Ell Dorado
of the West. His coming was heralded
by numerous epistolary productions,
containing the joyous intelligence that
poor Texas was to be favored by another
distinguished acquisition in the person
of the eminent M. D. aforesaid.
Texas, being unaccustomed to such
unexampled evidences of favor, was, of
course, all astir, much like little fami-
iy untutored in the amenities of polite
life who are called on to entertain for
the night the distinguished Justice Of
the Peace, of Beat No. 1.
The eminent M. D. aforesaid came in
the capacity of City Pill Peddler and
lotion distiller, while he was to conduct
in the country remunerative planta-
ton.
His arrival was duly announced in the
city papers; he was courted and caress-
ed by numerous land owners and real
estate agents; toasted by physicians; a
welcome guest at the meetings of the
Medical Association, and treated gener-
! ally well by all with whom he came in
contact.
Born amid the noble, heightened,
courteous yeomanry of proud old Ten
nessee, reared amid the hospitable
homes, and nurtured beside the Guilt
waited firesides of the Old Dominion, and
educated in the land of the CAROLS of
CarrOllton-he possessed much that, at
first, would be calculated to turn the
heads" of the uneducated denizen of
the Western wilds.
You see, Mr.. Editor, children of the
prairie, where the mustang in pristine
freedom roves in natures emerald lux
uries, and snuffs the delicious salt-sea
breeze; where the buffalo and antelope
luxurlate beyond the reach of the inva-
sive tread of the civilized American;
where the innocent cayote no more dis
turbs the shepherds fleecy flock than
would they upon the heirs of ancient
Palestine, are unused to so much cul.
ture, so much refinement, so much in
telligence, and such minds so well
stored with such prOfusiOn of literary
requirements, and in our simplicity
could not entertain within the mud walls
of our dingy barbeLs such distinguished
guests, as can the opulent pOpulace of
the magnificent embryo city of Straw
berry Plains. say Strawberry Plains,
because twas from that favored section
of 1.-THE best government the world ever
saw" and beside the silvery ripples of
the dancing, murmuring Holston that
our all cenquering hero came. He en-
tered our LITTLE Insignificant State at Tex
arkana, and proceeded by rail to Sher
man, Dallas and Hampstead, thence to
Austin, where he remained within the
city limits, (but [ believe outside the
calaboose) for one week only, and then
suddenly remembering that he had &C
tuaIly left his better half Il trust she is
the better-halD at home, forgot to stop
at Waco, and purchased a ticket to
K-n-o-x-v-i-l-l-e, T-e-n-r., for fear
some Terds c0ao-boy would be the in
nocent cause, at the nauzzIe Of a bowie
knife, or the point of a six-shooter, of
his wife's losing the best (?) husband
under the sum-
OF course, dear GAZETTE, less than
two weeks stay in Texas, and one of |
those spent in total inactivity, is more |
time than is needed to study, see and |
little province like Texas. |
You could even travel over Rhode Is
land, and acquaint yourself with the
of the people and the customs,
soil, climate, resources, in
ternal improvements, embracing rail-
roads, factories, mills, tanneries, &C.,
&c. q, in a few months, then why waste SO
much time upon Texas as a week or
two? Life is too short to spend all ones
time in viewing and reviewing different
sections of a small territory such as
Texas. 1t is only 1850 miles wide and
about 900 long. Yet, sir, this same en-
inent N. d. aforesaid, did actually
spend all this time in Texas, and now, at
the post-Of1ce, the grocery, and the top
of the highest dry-goods counter in the
city of strawberry Plains, he details to
crowds of eager listeners, his hair
breadth escapes from the scalping- knife
Of the ferocious red man, the bristling
horns of the buffalo bull, or the glitter
ing teeth of the fierce cayote. He says
we are set of heathens, (of course he
1nows) an organized band of rOughs,
of course he's right devoid of civiliza-
ion and refinement, (certaiuly he is a
udgel and that withal he "has seen
enough of Texas" Easy to satisfy, isn't
les Well, Texas can only reply as did
he sweetheart to her lover-"ditto."
But to be serious, dear old GAZETTE,
n just such trips to Texas, by just such
unstable and undecided individuals is to
De found the true source of all the con-
umely, calumny and falsity heaped
lpon Texas. One-idead men always
condemn US and our State; men of i'm
partial judgment, unbiased minds, well
developed intellects, and well balanced
,rains commend our people and our
country in the highest terms. 1t is to
'e regretted that certain class of men
re not prohibited by statute from ven
uring beyond the sight of the smoke
hat curves from the tops of the chin
eys of their daddy's domicile. The IL
1strious M. d. is home again, and am
Apply to say is not a fit representative
f that high-toned and industrious class
f Teunesseans daily developing the
aried resources of our Empire State,
nd building up for themselves immense [
ortunes while improving the talent