Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1882-07-29
WHOLE NO. 2.433.

| for the storage of their produce. A
3 rope 40 feet long and a stake that
( can be driven In the ground, Is
: called a Texas stable, and II one
: will notice, they will find this kind
OF stable attached to the saddles
/ of nearly all horseback travellers.
, Very many Texas horses that are
| hard-wOrked during the day de-
} pend almost entirely upon the nat
ural grasses of the prairie for feed,
and yet keep fat and in good con-
dition.
i have heard it said that Texas
had more creeks and less water,
, and more cows and less milk than
any other State in the Union, and /
am of the opinion that this Is about
true. Although cows are so plenti-
ful there are great many families
that have no milk upon their ta-
bles, either for use in coffee and tea,
or otherwise. 1t is not uncommon
to see from a dozen to fifty cows
with calves feeding upon a mans
pastures, or on the prairie near his
premises, and yet should you take
dinner with him you can certainly
get cup of coffee, but there are
five chances to one against you get
ting glass of milk. Whether this
III laziness on the part of the men,
(for do not think that there is
lazy woman in Texas or whether
they want the calves to have all
the milk, or whether they do not
care for it, can't tell. / must say,
however, that this is not the case
with all the farmers, for many of
them, as well as many families
within the towns and villages keep
good milk stock, and are well sup
piled with milk and butter. So far
as my individual experience went,
with some few exceptions where
milk and butter was lacking, the
people, as general rule live ex-
ceedingly well, having the various
necessaries OF life, and many luxu-
ries nicely prepared and plentiful
upon their tables. A
AS regards law and order, / will
say that the laws of the State are
very strict, and fully as strictly en-
forced as they are in the older
States, except, perhaps away off on
the borders, where the Indian, the
Mexican guerrilla, and lawless cow
boy may still, TO some extent hold
sway; and where no man Of COM
mon sense would desire to take his
family. In any settled portions of
the State that visited / would re-
gard both life and property as safe
as in Tennessee. AS regards small
| thieving, no one, especially in the
country, seems to fear il, for many
of them have no locks upon any OF
their doors, and often leaYe their
houses during either day or night
unfastened and unprotected. was
informed that the main stealing
done was by the stock men, who
would steal each others stock i'm or
der to complete the number that
they turned loose upon the prairie,
probably twelve months before.
When detected, their excuse would
be that some other persons had stO-
len from them. ...
AS regards society, / found the
people generally hospitable and so
cial, more so than in old States, and
many of them equally as intelligent
and refined, as they are in this
State, or elsewhere. In moving to
Texas, person can go where there
is good society, where there is in
different society, or where there Is
no society, and they can do the
same in Tennessee or kentucky.
In the northern and central por-
tions of the State, 81 large number
of the people were originally from
Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Ala
bama, and other Southern States,
whilst south, about San Antonio,
and Houston, the population is
more mixed with people from diff
ferent States, and Nationalities, in
Guiding Germans, Mexicans,
French, &c. But In all sections OF
the State that / visited met with
rs fair a proportion OF general in
telligence and refinement, as can
usually be found elsewhere,
Presided over in many instances
by journalistic ability, the Press,
that mighty engine of power and
great bulwark of freedom, whose
terror within the ranks Of tyrrany
and oppression, is fully, and well
represented by its many beacon
lights of liberty, sent forth to cheer /
and enlighten the homes Of the
Lone star STATE.
Is Texas a good country for la
dies? is a question frequently and
very properly asked. For those
who are either unable or unwilling
TO do their own house work, II is
not but for those who can, and
will do this, there is no reason why
it will not do as we'll for ladies as
for men. House help Is scarce,
high, and unreliable. In portions |
of the country il cannot be obtained,
whilst in other portions, including |
towns and cities, ii can be had,
though generally high, and unrelia-
BILE. The wages paid is from Sl2
to $40 per month, and even at these |
prices, they frequently leave dur
ing cotton picking season for the
purpose of getting more wages at |
that business expert pickers some |
times getting as high as SO per day. |
A lady resident said 10 me in al |
luding only to the work required /:
"Texas is mans Paradise. but for
ladies the very opposite" This !
lady in other respects was well |
pleased with the State. gleg
..... CHILDREN.
This usual, and very necessary |
appendage, for the we'll being and
happiness of all well regulated !
households, and our main hope for
the future prosperity and greatness
of all unsettled lands, seems to |
thrive well i'm the genial climate OF
the Lone Star State. From all that
/ could see and learn, the climate,
atmosphere, and soil, are so well
adapted TO the production OF this
crop, that regardless of season, wet
or dry, ii is considered certain, and
generally prolific. In the central
and southern portions of the State,
for either winter or summer, shoes |
and stockings would be cumber-
some appendages to many children
under 10 years Of age, and to some |
curiosity. / asked stage driver |
with whom was riding, II Texas
was good place for children.
"Why, sir, just the best In the
world; they grow 'em here like
pigs. No, sir, faint no trouble to
raise children here, just as many |
rs you want" ! made no answer,
but pOndering upon what the
driver had said as watched
the prancing steeds who were carry
ing Uncle Sans mail coach DER
the level plain, with my face
famed by the pure and balmy air