The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-09-28
LETTER FROM PROF WILSON
NEWS FROM TEXAS By ONE WHO WILL
BE READ WITH INTEREST.

NEWS FROM TEXAS BY ONE WHO WILL
BE READ WITH INTEREST.
DoDD CRY, Texas, Sept 20, 81.
To the Editor of The Morristown Gazettel:
| Our dearest friends read tho GA
ZETTE When / begin to write
feel that / am talking to those l
love best. Tt seems strange that we
are in Texas; that the hills and
valleys ofour once mountain home
are so far distant, and that we are
in the midst of broad prairie, with
nothing in sight but the houses OF
the city, the broad fields and the
deep blue sky, dropping down all
around to the ground. Still, it is
fact. We are here amid new scenes,
surrounded with old andnew friends
and associates, and engaged in the
same routine of daily duty that has
been followed for thirty years.
If a feeling of homesickness oc-
casionally overtakes one, the stern
duties of everyday life drives it
away, and the current Of life moves
on, sometimes smooth, sometimes
rough. So far, we have seen but
little of the rough. Much delicate
kindness has been extended to us
by former friends and also by those
whom we never knew till we met
them here.
/ know but little of Texas yet. |
1t was necessary to go to work i'm
mediately on arrival / have seen
none of the country except along
the line of railroad from Texarkana
to Bonham. / have met quite a
number of former friends and &C
quaintances. Some men are here
whom l had not thought of for fif-
teen or twenty years. Almost all
Tennesseans here are doing well.
It has been blessing 20 them and
their children that they came.
Those best known to MorristOwn
people are the Thurmonds and Jno.
B. Jones. The two Thurmonds oc-
cupy good standing in their re
spective professionalism as a physi-
clan and Preston as q lawyer. Pres
ton is virtually at the head of the
free public schools of Fannin coun-
ty-a very responsible and honor
able position. John B. Jones is
here respected as he was in Morris
town. He is a frst-class man.
Will NJ Smith, son of Rev. w. II.
Smith, represents a large hardware
house in Sherman. He has visited
is twice since we came. I learn
rom those in position to know,
hat he is most efficient in his line
If business and is going up every
lay. One-half the people here are
rom Tennessee, and a large part Of
hat half from East Tennessee. ,
Many will want to know what l
hink of Texas. 1t is not a para
Use, but it is a wonderful country :
more wonderful than one can i'm :
.gine until he sees it. Yet there :
re many elements wanting here, :
which are highly priced back in the :
Id home. Still, the fact that all
ersons who have labored constant =
2 and faithfully have succeeded :
yell, IS strong evidence that this is :
desirable home for many who can :
OF get up in the world in the old q
Ountry.
The drouth here has been very
9vere, but no country can stand f
routh like this. There is much
lore corn raised this year than is
used the best years at home then
le cotton, although only a half
OPP, will bring near $40 per acre. h =
very one who will, can get work ia
Id get we'll paid for it. This part al
Texas is not the place to come in :,
der to have an easy time. Young "
en- with inferior mental qualifca-
ons need not expect to succeed in |
lie professions, in teaching, in bust
ess. The physicians, lawyers and
achers whom I have met are V
wake and very wide awake. Only G.
ell tried ability will get any one Q
)sition in mercantile business. +
en- who fail to get desirable posi- "A "a
ons, but are willing to work at P
lything honorable, can get the r
ork and will be respected for doing B
10 work. But work is absolutely ~
eeessary to succeed. p;
Our school opens well. In my l.
9xt l will give some particulars of T.
le country. A. Wv. b