The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-03-24

opening OF the present session.
Suppose there had not been few
Grecnbackers there to have exposed
nnd defeated the schcmc?-- Chicago
Sentinel.
what I Heard Of Texas Farming.
10000 acres OF available land in
one body Is something but here Is
an unlimited area almost, OF fertile
land. Col, rents this land ut - per
acre, or one third the coru and one
fourth the cotton, and received
last year Us rent Ii dollars per acre
from the land we arc on. He cut
1900 tons OF hay, just sold 2,OOO tons
at Sl5 per ton to Uncle Sam. Sun
day the Col, took us to the country
Church, We ulude up our part OF u
good looking crowd listened to an cx-
cellcnt sermon by u young man OF
San Marcos text: Awake thou that
slccpest.' The Col, has $50 COWS, u
l,lll Llood Shor. Horn and full blood
Jersey bull, has some fine native
cows. Thoroughbreds are being in
troduccd to nll parts Of Texas.
Visited "San Marcos the Deacon
Swanzcy aud I, 4 city among the
hills, went to the mill found the
owner i genial gentleman who
dropped all when he found We were
strangers took us to the most wonder
full springs and water power ever
saw, one half milo from the extreme
head can be got power for ut least 20
run or stone, water rs clear us the
atmosphere, and at Il temperature the
whole year OF go. There are nearly
100 springs, some SO strong that our
boat could not keep IFS course over.
them.
"The marvel OF this wonderful riv-
or however is not its abrupt origin
locks on one hand and a cotton
field upon the other or its crystal
clcarness flor you can see q tiny
butter cup twenty feet below hut
the wealth OF sub-aquatic vegetation.
Its margin Is not only lined with
overhanging shrubs and clustering
heaps Of wild crosses, and its surface
in many places floating with wavy
tresscs Of long silken grass spring
ing from its depths and floating in
the current off for twenty OF thirty
feet but its entire bottom is covered
with an almost nnhroken tissue Of
delicately tinted and beautifully
variegated vegetation blooming be-
meath the surface, under whose pie.
turcsque foliage, the 1.-the and
agile fishes perform their grace
fnl motions, and whose crystal Caves
the im.naginative Greek would have
pcopled with laughing water Nymphs
doubt II any water scene OF the
same extent nhOnnds with more
transecn,lnnt beauty. 1t Is Il gen.
uil,e original green house. 1t il
natures own conservatory where hel
rnfsss productions are preserved il
nnMrumtlinc freshness cncassed ii
Il framework Of rustic grandeur ant
seen through surfaces Of pcrpctua
purity.
i Coullthe Sa1 Marcos natural Mu
scum be reproduced In the eastern
states in Il higher latitude 1t would ut
tract the attention OF the fashionabl,
world and arouse the enthusiasm
Of rival artists. One must be incura
, bly, Obtuse to look into this miro
) OF nature and not be transportc,
with its exquisite imagery. tBishol
Daggc:t in Southern Christian Ad
vocate.l
And now leaving the fanciful le
lis come down to facts. Our guild,
; S. L. Pcques the miller pointing I,
7 his COW which had waded up to he
/ back in the pord and was plungin
. her head under the water for gras.
said he kept a dozen COWS and some
: times $50 hogs, all living upon til
l vegetable formation in the river
{ and this acre in my garden gre
: 1.-TWO years agO) GOO bushels OF Gu
ions worth two dollars per bushcl. H
said 30 bushels per acre WAS the IN
erage for Oats, which were usual
followed by II volunteer crop. Goo
farming land il; the vicinity OF til
City at ten dollars per acre. Cetl,l
c posts to l2cts. Wire lOcts. Pier
l. ty timber for fuel. The disulvants
ges are lack Of rain in summer an
! the high temperature OF the waite
e The water is certainly very pleasar
q to drink and qucnches thirst, (mo.
4 people south drink cistern water
this is hest in most countries. Co
e ton is q sure crop, requires little raj
" AID is always cash. Early vegetable
and fruits OF many kinds are sur
v THE early bird" does best here. On
q man said for i've years he had ave-
= aged p Dollars per acre for all Ii
!, cultivated land. Farming operation
a are conducted the entire Year, eve
'e breaking can he done from Jannal
e to January. Cutting Hay from Ma
n. to December. Spring crops may
sown IN Nov, Dee, or January.
man can cultivate about the same
IS cotton rs in corn and can pick fro
~ to 10 acres, bales usually Wort
from 10 10 10 dollars bale. IT
&c soil is very heavy and hard. ploy
\. will not sconr. They seldom use
OF plow over inches wide, drawn wi,
u one team, generally mules and 4
y breaking they use oxen. Church
sn well represented and in good ord
70 ut San Marcos. After 4 DAYS i
~ sang our parting song, bid the Ca
~ md his excellent family good b.
or and took the train to n. O., by n,
al route. Cultivated fruit is scar.
OF Wild grapes. berries and fruits abu
~ liant. saw black berry bushes
bloom ut Houston along thr Il.
track. At Houston We change Gu,
e. had about two miles to 60. While ,
X were transferring, word came ..tra
gone, the deacon gave vent to
= emphatic expression of disgust, b
~. We trndged on and found to 0
!! great delight the train waiting.
e. starting out they met wreck a
70, turned bnck, this saved us one d
,,ie and - fare. AS We bought eacursi
Is tickets To the Martli Gras Mar
GIaw.) At San Marcos our 60