The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-07-15
The Texas Climate.

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writes: The climate of Texas is an una
bridged one, and we would be doing II an
injustice if we did not devote some space
to it in this paper :. > 80 .
When the pious old Spanish mission
aries first came to Western Texas to con-
vert the Indians, and everything else
they could lay their hands on, to their
own use, they noticed the extreme balmi-
ness OF the atmosphere, the gorgeous
Italian sunsets, and the superior quality
of the climate. They were surprised
that the Creator would waste SO much
good climate on the wicked heather.
Back where they came from, where all
the folks were good Catholics and OBJ
served 211 holy days in the 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 OF
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 for
preferring change of climate. To be
more explicit the most of the invalids
had been threatened with throat disease.
that the slightest delay in moving to
new and milder climate liz apt to be fatal,
the subject dying of dislocation OF the
spinal vertebra at the end OF few
minutes and rope. A great many men,
as soon as they heard of Western Texas,
left their homes in Arkansas, Indiana and
other States left Immediately, between
two days, 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
out OF danger as soon as.they crossed the
Brazos River. Some of those who would
not have lived twenty-forrl hours longer
if they had not left their old homes
reached green old age in Western Tex
as, and. by carefully avoiding the causes
that led to their former troubles, were
never again in any danger of the bron-
chial affection already referred to. As
soon IA 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 q 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 parallel of lati-
tude of Cairo, in Egypt, where they
have tropics all the year around. As it
is. there is seldom any frost, although 1t
is not an unusual thing for Jumps of ice
several inches thick to be found-in
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 i'll February The
forest trees put on their beautiful gar
ments of green and the frnit 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 squills aud kough kure man puts a
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 mosquito 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
boy.