The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-07-15
The Texas Climate.

The funny man of the Texas press
writes: The climate of Texas IS an una
bridged one, and we would be doing 1t an
injustice if we did not devote some space
to it in this paper
When the pious old Spanish mission
aries first came to Western Texas 10 con-
vert the Indians, and everything else
they could lay their hands on, to their
own use, they noticed the extreme baIml-
ness of the atmosphere, the gorgeous
Italian sunsets, and the hyperion quehty
of the climate. They We're surprised
that the Creator would waste SO much
good climate on the wicked heathen;
Back where they came from, where all
the folks were good Catholics and OBJ
served 211 holy days IN tue year. they
couldn't raise as much climate per an
mum as they could harvest IN western
Texas in one short week.
In the early days OF the Republic oil
Texas, and even after annexation, many
of the white men who came to Western
Texas from all parts OF the United
States had strong sanitary reasons Tor
preferring n change of climate To be
more explicit the most of the invalids
had been threatened with throat disease.
So sudden and dangerous is this disease
that fine slightest delay in moving to n
new and milder climate is apt to be fatal,
the subject diving of dislocation of the
spinaI yertebra at the end of n few
minutes and a rope A great many men,
rs soon as they heard of Western Texas,
left their homes in Arkansas, Indiana and
other States-left Immediately, between
two davs. the necessity of their depar-
ture being so urgent that they were
Obliged to borrow the horse they rode to
Texas on. All these invalids recovered
ON reaching Austin. In fact they began
TO feel better. and considered themselves
ont of danger as soon as they crossed the
Brazos River. Some of those who would
not have lived twenty-four hours longer
if they had not left their old homes
reached n green old age in Western Tex
rs. and. by carefully avoiding the causes
that led TO their former troubles, were
never again in any danger of the bron-
cbial affection already referred to. As
soon rs it was discovered that the climate
of Western Tevas was favorably dis
posed towards invalids, large number
of that class of unfortunates came to
Austin. Many well authenticated cases
of recovery are recorded. Men have
been known TO come to Austin far gone
in consumption, and so far recover as to
be able to run for office within year,
and to be defeated by a large and re-
spectacle majority all owing to the atmos-
phere and the popularity of the other
candidate.
There is very little winter in Western
Texas. But for the northers Austin
would have almost tropical climate, as
it is situated on the same Larallel of lati
tude of Cairo, in Egyft.r Where they
have tropics all the year around. As 1t
is. there is seldom any frost, although 1t
is not an unusual thing for humps of Ice
several inches thick to be found-ln
tumblers by those who go to market IN
the early morning. Occasionally New
Years calls are made In white linen suits
and an intoxicated condition. Spring
begins seriously in February. Fhe
forest trees put on their beautiful gar
ments of green and the fruit trees come
out in bloom. Prairie flowers and
freckles come out in this month, and the
rural editor begins to file away spring
poetry. In February stove pipes are
laid away in the woodshed and the syrup
of sduills and kough kure man puts
coat of Illuminated texts on the garden
fences. Seedticks are not pulled until
April but after the middle of March
there is no danger of the musqulto crop
being frozen. Early in March the doc
tors oil their stomach-pumps, for the
Green mulberry ripens about that time
and has TO be removed from the school,
how