The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-05-05
A TEXAS RANGER.

and Views that Star of Empire frem MI
sides---Uis observation "Dishcd Up Tor
she 10. 900 Readers of the Free Trader
Charles Dickens once SAID thai the typ!-
cal American would hesitate abolt enter
ing heaven unless assured that lac couio
10 further west Gong west ia stlIl po'
tsnt phrase to stir the blood OF the enter
prislng and adventurous, and the further,
west you go the greater seems to be 'ts
powers.
go west, young man, go west "as lhc
advice of Horace Grecly, and westward
The star Of Empire takes its way IS the
memorable saying OF Bishop Berkeley; 50
following the iDjunctlous Of the sage and
philosopher, and initiating the example oil
The three wise men Of the cast, have been
following the star Of empire until have
travelled all around it, and taken IN the
vast pre- Of tie lone star state. nave
been from the Sabine river On the east
which divides Tie state from Louisiana, to
Nj Paso ard New Mexico on tie west,
from the beautiful Indian territory on thc
norm ID Lalc"o an" p'""Is''''u' "''".
INC h'o urAhUe' "" vac SoN"'' "'l' ~"
Halter myself with the idea that I know a
thing or two" about Texas. As already
lhuica'eo' ieAAH Is o""H"'' o." ,'' '"' -
by New Mexico and The Indian Territory,
Oh inc east oY A'"a'''"S "a" louisiana y"
me SCUM ny HeA'c' anu INC Gun "u" "''
me west ny o'! AIcN'co an" 'oc -'e"-
mus making It 10y lar 'Io i"' 5''' '.''' W.
o1I A'Dp'lO"" |"1"'' 10 ''''o'' iN"A''
iiViA 'hc h""'" VI 'ho ~" "'"'"' ''''' ~
ih5 hOF'h"c'' co'HeF Is "oo"' o'' '''II''
As greatest DIo""'n' A'o"s li'' 90" P''''.''
ron Inc i''0'.lan' i.'i' 10 ~ f"'' ou '"'
"es' 10 "'ou' 'ao mics '"C "''" VI i'A'
10 10 "'f'"oo Sqn"'o Hi'Io7' al" ""' "a "o''
"Ae VI i'o''o'olo "'''''
An luca VI INC '"9'Ho'' VI 'i' ''''' ''''y
"''' DC 'o'"''"' p''N"P', ~ -
10" ''AO' >'u'" VS. W ~ 100
JdOU0 square mules Ot area more lhan the
Austrian empire 62,00O more than the
German, and about 10000 more than
France, and is nearly as large as Sweden |
end Norway together, and twice The size Of
Great Britain and Ireland, Comparing 1t
with the states OF our Own country, we
dDd The difference no less astonishing.
The area Of all the eastern and middle
states, including Maryland aud Delaware,
- 100000 square miles less than that Of
Texas !: IS six times as large - New
York, seven times as large as ONO, and
four times the SIZE OF all New England.
/. would take the states Of haHs1s, Ncb-
Tsska, Town and Minnesota 10 equal Tie
area Of Texas. This vast territory IL d.
YidcG up into @91 counties, embracing
every variety OF soil and feature. Some OF
thnsr cnuUtice are in themselves quite
equal In siIn u many Of the states. The
counties "C Tom Green, iiesidio and
Peco' ar ra"A larger ihan ms state oi
Maryland, nHtIy GouDic the s.za Ci AlaS-".
"H"'o'''' a." '"i'' ''''''' 10 '"' e "' wa
"ee''cu'' Inc ''''''''' " ''""' 80 :"
"u'h' VI "Ne' ""'''i''ns eN'o"'' anu 'n'
'ci" e'''P''e ''a.o VI '''0 'o".'"e''' SUM-
ou'e9 useu III ''''i'""' W ~ ~ NV ''''P''
sppl'eu'
texas j. cmpn"''o'''y '"''u VI 'o-
~ance' "Lu hAs oee'' ''"'i ''s '''0o'o'y
uh"l thc P'7so"' ''o'o' "hc'nc' VIZ 80
each 10 'he ""yS Vi NV 'a''u'ns vi Il" o"''o
ahu 'hc eStao'''n'hc"'o' TIC car Na'no''o
ml.siohs' anu Tue in'l ouu'''on "' eiV'!i@"
hoh among inc lhui"hs ID looo' OF
whether We we" thc nl'shty h'a'c" VI
events Wh'eh efcctcu leN"S 'h'o al 'huc-
pehueAt republic III lo'o' OF nauc ii
memoer OF Inc American on'oh IN 1910 Vi
when we revue" 'he carry history oI lex
AZ, or Inc days Oh 'he slH'cch'h ana seven
'se'h centuries "heh IL Was o'erruh ny
M'ep'utous rfenchWeh' anu III turn
|'cSIeu from lheih oy Ne cunning III
HIEucS vi thc Spahiarus whose H!Sslohatits
were only successful III building massive
MISSIONS ana "hich ia'er On Aaron burt
Dreamed ol ~ MS cn'P'rc Vi INC Stc"'