The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-07-25

at the new Beach HOtel-the most de
lightful place for the weary traveller WI
have ever seen. Magnificent and exhil
srating gulf breezes continually fan us
We battle in the surfe and ride tht
lashing breakers. Thunderl amt i
pleasant riding on the wavesi Calves
ton is certainly the most Prosperou.
city in Texas, and decidedly the mos
pleasant and attractive. Its streets are
nicely laid off, and ali along them can
be seen in bloom the beautiful olean0el
trees, which gave rise to the place be-
ing named the "Oleander City," We
were handsomely entertained here by
the Galveston Press Club, and the en-.
tire party thoroughly champagned,
wined and suppered. We leave Calves.
ton with one sentiment-that it was the
most lovely and enjoyable point
we visited. AS we move out we enthu-
siastically shout
| Galveston Galveston. to glory arise
The queen fthe waters, the pride Of the skies!
Mr.. 81. L. w. Thompson, formerly of
Knoxville but since the war resident
of Texas, called to shake hands with US
and send his respects to the editor-in-
chief of THE GAZETTE. He is engaged
in farming near Crockett P. o., Hous-
ton county, and was on visit to Gal
weston. He is gentleman of intelli,
gence and wealth.
Hon. G w. Walters. who represent
ed Perry and Decatur counties in the
Tennessee Legislature in 1912, was
pleased to meet us here, and made many
| inquiries about the old State. He is
praciIng law at San Marcos, Texas.
A long, tedious ride from Galveston,
via Palestine, Marshall (here we stop
ped five hours and were driven through
one of the prettiest and most thriving
little cities in Texas and Shreveport
passing through fine fields of rice, su-
gar cane and corn, frequently long
stretches of swampy, marshy, malaria
producing lands, where our artillery
would play on the lligators-brings
us to the beautiful "Creseent City,"
New Orleans. We register at the st.
Charles Hotel Friday morning, July
18th, and in the evening visit the
Spanish Fort, French Markc., West
End and other points of note. We
pass the best part of two days in New
Orleans, and at 6 40 Saturday evening
we are whizzing over the Louisville and
Nashville read, with our faces toward
home. We pass through Mobile, Mont
gomery and Birmingham, fiourishing
Alabama towns, and arrive at Nash
vile Sunday 6 :15 p. m. -lacking only
a few minutes of a twenty-four hours
run over one of the fastest and dirtiest
roads we travelled.
The abve imperfect sketch is pe-ned
hastily, without any distinct idea OF
what was to tie written when we COM
menced, but we trust it will convey
some conception Of our trip. Not
withstanding we have already occu-
pied double the space allotted us, we
wish to say little more in more de-
liberate way. Our trip through the
West-Texas esPecially-has fully
demonstrated to us what is true the
wide world oVer-that it takes industry,
energy and perseverance, to master sue
cess in any land. Texas is mammoth
State, possessed of boundlsss acres of
rich land. butsit has its drawbacks
its inferior qualities-just as other
Hal
accumulated fortunes, but nine out of
ten of them had done so by hard ticks.
The same amount of labor and energy
would, we believe, have insured them
as much in Tennessee. On the other
hand we saw men with large families
struggling for an existence, who had
sacrificed their all to reach the land
that "fiowed with milk and honey
the country they verify believed to be
9" The land of pure delight
Where pancakes grow on trees
And roasted pigs go running about
Crying 'eat me if you please"
They sought for fertile soil regardless
of the absence of timber and water, or
of the possibilities of pests of insect
life, the terrors of piercing billiards
or the devastations of frequently re-
curing cyclones, or the ague-produc-
ing malaria so inimicaI to vigorous
health. But experience is a teacher
that prudent men heed. After the
lapse of many years the people are
finding out the relative merits of the
different countries, and the "Great
West"-truly attractive in many re-
spects--is no longer the Mecca of
their ambition. The tide of migration
is turning to the 'sGreat South" which
holds out hands of welcome, and offers
excellence of soil, healthfulness of
climate, abundance of timber, purity
of water, perfection of fruits and flow
ers, and educational and social adj
vantages unsurpassed. In this favor
ed portion of our glorious land of lib
erty the merry laugh of contentment
rings loudly, because God has blessed
il with the choicest of natural gifts.
True, now and then a luckless child
of misfortune, made so by irrational
use of the golden opportunities thrust
upon him by kind Providence, sew
ers the ties that should bind him to
this splendid section and with unkind
feelings for his native soil, begotten of
his misfortunes, goes West to try his
fortunes in that faneied paradise. At
ter one summers heats and one win
ter's SHOWS he will usually return sat
isfied with his experiment, fully i'm
pressed with the belief that the green
hills and fertile valleys of the lovely
Southern country, with their fieecy
fiocks and lowing herds, their gushing
springs and golden fruits, their spread
oaks and bracing breezes, present un-
riyalled substantial attractions. which