The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-04-08

Correspondence Of the Herald.

NOITtbpOnucuCoO VI tuc iitibu'
AS you know, perhaps. and We desire
others appraised of the fact that on the 10Th
of March, 1881, General Grants surveying
corps left for the far west, with two heavily
loaded wagons, with fine span of mules to
each, with forage for both man and beast,
and supply of arms and ammunition sufli'
cient to meet any contingency both as TO
Indians and game. We passed through the
towns of Cedar Hill, Alvarado, Cleburne,
Stevensville, Dublin, Glenrose, Comancho.
and we are now resting for Il day at Brown
wood, the county site of Brown county,
The country from Dallas to Ceburne along
the road is nearly all under fence, two-thirds
Of tho distance is lane, and the outside
fence on either side too far away to be seen.
The larger portion of the fencing is plank,
one by six inches, and two barbed wires.
When say this is wide belt of rich land,
| mean to express all that the language
means. And / could but note that tho
farming interest here Is the important one,
and is being rapidly developed. The far
mers appear to be well up with their
work, and arc diversifying their crops.
THIS is surely laudable, especially so when
the soil is so well adapted to the production
of variety. IL must DO worse than folly
for tho farmer in Texas to labor hard for
nine months Of the year TO raise cotton to
buy mis- meat and bread. The section OF
country just before reaching Alvarado
especially attracted our attention, for miles
on either side of tho road, MS far as the
eye conld reach, we'll cultivated farms,
fenced with Bots dare hedges, large aero.
age in finely growing wheat, neat farm
houses and orchards in full bloom, denoted a
thrifty and prosperous COMMUNICATIVE
equal II not superior to any in the state.
About two miles west of Alvarado we found
a full force NJ work on Gould's Missouri
Pacific railroad We were informed that the
grading was about completed from Fort
talked with several prominent citizens who
were still INDUCING the somewhat forlorn
hope that the day would yet come when
Dallas and Cleburne would DO connected
by rail. After leaving Ceburne we passed
over rich, rolling and very fertile prairies
interspersed with we'll watered aud thickly
wooded streams. We next passed through
Somerville county. The country becam,
much more broken, bat between the range
of mountains, or, more properly speaking
hills, we fouad some fertile valley lands
we'll adapted to agricultural purposes, bu
the major portion Of the county is only A
for grazing purposes, and 1t would require
very active and agile animal " scale tn,
rocky cliffs TO pluck tho green herbsge from
the summit, and were l condemned to live
in Somervile county, would take with m,
herd of goats They aro think almost
the only animal that would thrive there
The county has, however, some attractions
not the least of which is lis numer
GUS lovely streams, which, winding il
and out among the hills, supplying rock,
and pebbly beds, with water as clear as crys
tai, affords unspeakable pleasure to ono VIII
has for years sojourned upon the banks @
that least delightful of all streams, tn
/ muddy, sluggish Trinity. How often have
a gone swimming in the Trinity, Just tor the flu
, and enjoyment, 1t affords, and then retired I
! tho privacy of my room, and with waite
, soap and towel. earnestly but vainly rubbe
0 and scrubbed to rid myself of the dark sed
ment that tho river had left upon me 1t
quite different with tho Paluxy, Squaw an
other rivers of Somervile county.
A We learned at Dublin, u small town
= Era,h comfy. twenty-five miles east Of ST,
vensvile, that the rails on tho Waco exten
sion Of the Ii. u L. q. railway had been lai
r to point about twenty miles northwest frol
s that town, and that regular trains will |
running to Dublin in short timo. Tn
place has quite trade, and is liiely towr
daily stages to and from Esstland City, G
: the L. u Z. road, a distance Of fifty sevl
I miles,
n Now, If this is worth a place in yol
o paper, dress II up for your readers ard scr
'. us II copy to Fort Stockton, from whit
1 point We may trouble you again. JonN.
Brownwood, April ., 1851.