Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-02-05
Thompson, Texas.

NM bultOl - CiIlCc my lcohloHOO
in Texas, have frequently thought
OF writing TO your paper, but COM
bination Of circumstances has pre-
vented. The chief cause of this de-
lay is owing to the fact that am not
gifted with vivid imagination, and
in consequence cannot give as graphic
descriptions Of this grand country as
desire. So you are warned in adj
vance that my dealings will not be
with either elegant description or
poetic imagery.
When words fail me shall adopt
the tactics of an old minister in Scot
llnd, who had the habit of teaching
his people by expounding the Scrip
lures book by book and chapter by
chapter, and of course the good man
sometimes came to passages hard to
understand. His way of getting over
a difficulty was very convenient, to
say the least OF it. lie would say :
"No doubt, my Christian brethren,
there is great difficulty here, as all
the commentators have agreed upon
that, so let us look the difficulty bold
ly in the face and pass onw 1t is
only when we compare Texas with
other States and nationalities that the
mind rises to some appreciation of
the magnitude Of her immense capa-
bilities and the glorious future that
awaits the development of her limit
less resources. Texas, with her gen.
ial climate, her fertile soil, has all the
productions of the Temperate zone
and many of the Torrid. Cotton,
sugar, rice, oranges, bananas, olives,
and all the cereals flourish here. |
have said nothing of the forest trees.
We have oak, walnut, hickory, pecan
and mulberry. at is impossible TO
imagine the beauty of a Texas prai-
rte, even in the autumn, its rich luXu-
RANT heritage adorned with many
thousand flowers of every size and
hue, seems TO realize the vision of a
| terrestrial paradise" The delicate.
gay and gaudy are intermingled in
, delightful confusion, and their fanci-
full bouquets Of fairy nature form
q, tenfUld charms when associated with
f the verdant carpet of grass which
t modestly nantes around. "Texas
prairics have contributed the vcrbcna
t. the store of floral beauties which
, adorn the gardens Of the world" r
:. | believe general idea prevails
that there is more lawleSsacss in Tex
>. as than IN any other State; perhaps
there is farther west but | spent the
holidays in quite city, and so far as
: | was able TO discern order reigned
supreme.
Thompson is on the Santa Fc r. II.
and about five hours ride from the
Island City. The people are kind,
II hospitablc aud generous. A stranger
}, Immediately feels at home in their
J midst. The farmers will commence
i planting corn in about three weeks.
:. Some have already begun gardening,
?, The people in this part of the State
c are generally dark, the constant breeze
!, from the gulf has tendency to tan
u the complexion. Austin county
b seems to be threatened with a negro
uprising. We are informed that in
: the bend of the Brazos below San
Felipe, the colored people are buying
arms and ammunition and AIRED rilling
frequently at different places. They
are said to be melted to it by lot of
= radicals, who hope by these means to
influence the negro vote in the next
: election.
Y Although l am pleased with Texas,
t my heart often yearns for sight of
q the dear absent faces l left in my Ky
f home. With the shadows of night
around me and the mind chanting a
a sad requiem in the distance, memory
carries me back down the corridors
n of time to the years of my past life,
to the, bright glowing picture where
o in are framed all the joys of girlhood
:, and l would fain roam again in the
9 land ofmy nativity. But l "bless the
!. giver of every good and perfect gift
y and will go thankfully through the
sunshine and shade of life, till reach
\ the gates of the Empyrean and seek
an entrance there.
:, WILLIE F. BALDWIN.