Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-10-19
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Immigrant,

Emigration from this state has never tend.
ed largely towards Texas, yet there are few
hundred natives of Vermont living in that
state. 1t has been represented as wonderful
ly fertile, and its population has been increas-
ed during the last fifteen years hundreds of
thousands from the immigrants it has receiv-
ed. Texas is large enough to make twenty
five states Of the size of Vermont and if as
thickly settled would contain population of
more than S 5000, 600. With so large an area
there is, of course, great variety of soil and
climate. Parts of the state are no doubt fer.
tile, but like other places to which land spec
ulators and interested parties invite immgra-
ton, the country often proves a bitter disap-
pointment to the emigrant who leaves com
Portable home in the old states. CORE
spondent of the Elmirs Husbandmsn, writing
from Meridian, Bosque county, Texas, evil
IDENTIFY speaks from experience he says:
When the settler from the North first comes
to Texas be is always disheartened. The
agent, or land-seller, has drawn the most rose.
colored view of Texas, and has pictured it to
him as little short of paradise. When the
land buyer steps from the train, as the name
of his station is called out, instead of a neat
busting town as he expected, he only beholds
small railway station, and rlckety saloon.
On proceeding to this-wth the exception of
the station, the only building in the place
he finds that it is also a post. office grocery,
saloon and miscellaneous store combined,
Here he makes inquiries concerning his land
which is twelve miles, or so, from this station.
He soon finds that he has paid twice the act
ual value of the land-whch is twelve miles
from nowhere, and if he has the requisite
sum he purchases ticket and boards the
next train for home, a ssdder and wiser man.
But if he is not in a condition to do this, he
is to be pitied, indeed. AS is frequently the
case, he may have sold out all his property in
the North, and full of hope, and confident of
the richness of Texas soil, and the saubrity
of its climate, moved his family and belong
ings to his future home. After many hard
ships he will have built a fimsy structure to
protect his family from the weather. He will
plant vegetables, corn and oats Not know
ing that Texas is visited nearly every year
by protracted drouth, he will not plant ear
ly enough, and will lose all his vegetables
and the corn and oats will not pay for the
gathering But if his crops should be plen-
tiful-whch happens here very seldom-and
he wishes to raise little money, he takes a
load of corn in the ear to the nearest market
place to sell He is surprised when he is Of
fered from fifteen to twenty-five cents bush
ell for his corn A barrel full OF corn is call
ed bushel here. He soon learns that no one
in Texas is exempt from the chills and fever
and this is one of the W orst things the settlers
have to contend against Texans do not mind
the fever much, they are so used to it and if
they should miss their chill at the accustomed
time l think they would feel very uneasy.
believe, and the opinion of many who have
been here for years confirms the belief that
there is no part of Texas exempt from the
disease. Even on the high, rolling prairie or
which live, it is yearly visitor, and many
new graves every year testify that it not in.
frequently changes to the congestive chill.
Natives of Texas are noted by all new com
ers as being very inhospitable. As an instance
4 man was travelling on 'the boundless prai
RE, and when night was about to fall h,
spied log cabin near small piece of cult
waited ground As he was twenty miles from
any other habitation, he felt that he had beer
lucky IN coming on this settlement. As i
customary, when within hailing distance ht
shouted, Hello" In reply to this bushy
female head was thrust through the door and
in loud voice, demanded what was want
ed. Il want to stay over night and get
bite to eat was the answer. 1--WE haint go
nuthin' to eat said the planters wife
What, said the traveller in establishment
Haven't you got corn bread and bacon !?
1--WE halnt got no Gavin bread, we haint go
no bacon, We haint got no nuthin, and YOU
ed from the door he heard a voice whicl
seemed to come from pile of straw in tn
corner, ''Mariar, l reckon you had better ii
the dog loose"
Perhaps the most remarkable thing abou
Texas is her northers 1t is a sudden win
from the north which often causes the mer
curry to drop twenty degrees in as many min
utes. The morning of a day last winter wa
as pleasant as one could wish. The thermom
eter stood at 7j-. Before evening it showe
above zero, Thus it is that luckless tray
elers are caught and frozen to death on tn
praries. have known the wind to chang
from south to north in less than one minute
No man can make good living in Texas b.
farming. The seasons are too uncertain.
1879 there was no rain from the fifth of Ma
to the following December. The farmers c
Texas are principally southern people, VIII
exc out miserable existence by raising col
ton and corn. Their sole diet is bacon an
corn bread and lucky is he who can q
money enough to buy these, together wit
quinine, which the Texan takes almost as REF
ularly as his meals. There is money TO be mad
at cattle-raising, but this requires large cap
tai. Sheep are also raised here, though i
Hamilton county the mobs of outlaws hav
almost totally discouraged sheep raising
Cattle men are very hostile to sheep men.