The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-11-09
MORE ABOUT TEXAS.
ANOTHER LETTER FROM PROF.
WILSON.
RAILROAD FACILITIES.
DoDD CITY, Texas, Nov. 1. 81.

DCDD Nll1, GAdS, NV l. o.
To the Editor Of the AIorristown Gazette
One hundred and fifty miles in almost
straight line seems a long distance e
a man raised in the mountains, but to
a Texan it is now only little way. Al
ready the whole eastern part of the
State is well supplied with railroads, and
TO day twenty-five roads are under con-
struction. Most of these roads are build
ing with eastern capital, consequently,
the finances of the State will not be in,
volved. nor will the money and enter
prise of her citizens be diverted from
developing the wonderful resources of
the soil.
RAPIDLY DEVELOPING-INFLU OF EMF
GRANTS.
l have Just returned from few days
visit to Corsicana. In passing over the
| line of the Texas Central, and obserY-
ing the towns and cities springiDg up,
everywhere, the farms that are opening
up, the improved methods of farming,
the vast areas of prairie land yet unbro-
ken, covered with herds of grazing cat
tie, one becomes lost in contemplating
what Texas will be in the next quarter
of century. Thousands of people are
annually coming here. a large major
ty of these are not mere adventures,
but people of solid worth, men and wO-
men with growing families, seeking
homes where they can educate their
children and give them start in the
world.
WHO OUGHT TC STAY AWAY FROM TEXAS.
would not depreciate my old home
nor its advantages; for do not think a
better people exists than T9nnesseans.
They are having large share in shap
ing and moulding the deatinies of this
vast empire They reflect credit upon
the land of their birth, and on these eX-
tended prairies they are erecting homes
in which virtue, industry, intelligence,
refinement and piety dwell. Still, do
not think it advisable for those who are
well established at home, who have the
comforts of home, are free from all Pc
CuniarY embarrassment and have an
outlook for the settlement of their chill
dren there, when educated and grown
to manhood and wOmanhOO J, to bT, ak
up and come to Texas. Here there are
hardship: and privations. Many things,
in the older States, considered merely
as the necessaries of life, are here re-
garded as the Iuxuries But those who
are straitened in their circumstances,
who are struggling year in and year out
to make ends meet, frequently feeling
that these struggles are more than they
of labor here viii bring a comfortable
competence. Many such families will
find it the wisesU thing they can do to
ind homes in the Lone Star State.
Young men with brain and muscle and
with a willingness to nsc both, can do
we'll; but those who wish an easy posi-
ton will do we'll to stay away. Teach
ers, lawyers and physicians are shovel
idg dirt on every section of Texas rail-
roads. Hundreds have come and found
no opening in their respective profess
ions, and, taking a sensible view of the
situation, went to work. Many of these
who possess the right kind of grit will
soon lay aside the shovel and The pick
and go up higher.
THE sYNUD-FAMILIAR FACES.
The occasion of my visit to Corsicana
was to attend the meeting of the Synod
of Texas. There was fair attendance.
met several familiar faces, men who
were once members of the Synod of
Nashville. Quite number of the cid
ers were Ea st sTennessean&, old famil-
lar friends. Such earnest men are do
ing much to build up the m )ral and re-
iigious sentiment so rapidly developing
and crystalizing here. One Of the
wealLhlest men at OOrsicana is s muel
Johnston, formerly Of Loudon, Tenn.
Preston Lee, and other Knox county
men, arc there doing well.
READ TIE GAZETTE
have not time to write social letters.
Nest of my nearest friends read THE
GAZETTE. We are well, and think the
outlook favorable. The school is large
and still increasing. We are all busy,
so if longing for the hills, woods,
streams and friends of the old home
come over US, we cannot nurse the long
ing. Labor is a great blessing Our
kindcst wishes to THE GAZETTE family
and the numerous readers of the paper
that is now special favorite in our
household. A. w. w.