Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-02-22
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-S1oda .ystaBHsFeb. 9th, 1888.
@Uxrf. THOMPSON iDem 81
BY, examining the map Of TIE.
ass yoawwilL find that Wilso
couhtyllies I'm the twenty.nint
and thirtaeth degrees of latt
tude, hence Is about two and
half Or three degrees south O
Oxford There eare three di1
ferent kinds 0flhndin this sec
tom First and most in favo
Is the Rostl.oak land. The sol
Is 4 rich gray or black and som
times red sand with deep soil
it is easily worked and with
stands "a drought well. Thil
quality Of land has . sparse
growth of post, t,oalS timber. OF
t.. The timber is short and
scrubby, but sufficient for fenc
ihe::' = A Nississipppilan, pl would
find but little rail timber here.
Tie musqIiite lands are covered
With 4 growth Of musqilite,
Witch MAKES good lasting fence
poles or Stake but is not gene,
fally largs enough for any 9th,
er purpose. II sometimes gets
large enough to make four rails
70 The tree and they last 4 long
time. Tllisei generally a black
fich sandy fand, but7i does not
Stand dfodth well AID is hard To
elear,ld Th6 BLACK Jack land IS S
COVERED With thick gre growth, Eh,
geheraity Of black jack and some ON
hickory. = This is q deeper, lo'osl
er AHA Tighter lands4han either
tffe p estsoaR Tor mttsqdite land,
and is said to be finer for cot
ton, butsiiOtsso good for corn as
post'pak island. The different
kinls 'dfs timber do not grow
pDomisouously together but
lsepeiate:slH isijalupostsoalS, or
lailssblae k,jack and.ilfickory, or
musqnitewith some live oaks
among dhem. The musquite
.Trs rost i;ss on A,aA aAAsrihias- h ress~;
noundergrowth omit, and all "
man has to do is to fence 1t,
deaden, the timber and go to
plowing.sY9 30 Dlsa s1l as 7A'"
The face of the country is
level or gently rolling, or more
properly speaking, it sseems to
lie in swaves.4sI 1t is. a beautiful
country to look stw 10 gave
some idea ofswhat the country
is capable Of producing, l,wlll
state what asneighbor OF nine
did last year with two hands,
besides himself,s He made plen'
ty of. corn and potatoes and for
Ity bales of cotton, but five or
six, bales oof ito wasteddin e the
field. is time to close, but i
must give you an account OF a
norther thatacame uponlus Sat
urday, I'VE fhad several warm
days with the gwind from the
sopthlu Saturday morning was
warm and sultry. / got started
at ,plowing, for the first tlme'
about 8 o'clock,l and about Ii
O'Clock .the.b wind whipped
around to thel north, cold as an
iceberg. / soon called for my
fcoat, and in a few mlnntes a
Texas norther was putting III It's
best work. When | went oul
after dinner, ] put on my over.
coat, and tied up my ears ane
continued ,plowing, but before
night my clothes, gears and eve
rything else was covered VIII
la thin sheet of ice. 1t has beei
! lthiekening ever since. I'M
morning everything, even to tn
finest blade of grass, is coyere'
with ice. Yet the cold is no
as severe as one might expect
1.-Two weeks ago we had a col
! snap, said by old settlers to b
/ the coldest weather ever expf
rienced in Texas, but the mel
/ curry did not, fall below tifteer
The visits Of the EAGLE ar
highly appreciated by me.
lis like the visits ofan old frient
II For the present, goodbye,
T. 90 ',ua ~ NY. II. .HoLcoMBE.
H!oN. Jenkins solicitor
I patents, Washington, ID: {
4 Officially reports, to the Mia
g. Exchange the following cor
9 plete hist of patents granted
a Tennessee Inventors for II
ri week ending Jan. a23, lSS'
4 John Ninson, Knoxville, co
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