The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-01-24
For the Democrat.
What an Ohio man thinks of
Texas. Ms
ENNIS, ELLIS Co, TExAsA
December 23rd, 1888. ~

ENNIS, ELLIS Co, TExAsA
December 2ard, 1893.
Mr.. B. F. WEAVER: ,E.s1
Dear Sri came to Texas six
years ago last September, andIhave
resided in this county ever sinte.
found here as good soeietyl,a as { left
in Ohio, and have enjoyedl:as good
health as I ever had in Dafke coun-
ty, where 1 was born and lixednear-
ly fifty years. 1 like this climate
much better than that of Ohio, for
winters here are so mild and pleas
ant and our summers are famed with
the Gulf breezes which makes it de-
lightfully pleasant. l have not been
overcome with heat since ] came here,
as l used to be at times in Ohio, and
1 have seen colder weather there in
April than / have experienced here
at any time during my six years resi-
dence in Texas. This is now Decem-
Der %, and it has not been cold
enough here to kill tomatoErines in
the gardens. 1 took up someyester-
day and put them away to keep over.
as we expect some fire.. zing weather
soon, although it is quite warm
weather here now. Isee corn is COM
ing up and growing nicelys4tound
my hog pens. saAN
Farmers here are nov very busy,
some blowing for corn; somemaking
garden; some picking cotton. some
pulling corn; some sowing:9wheat;
some sowing oats; some sowing bar
ley and rye, so you see werhaye all
got work the year round, end our
work all waits, on US, or. we: rather
wait on it. We can sow anWkind of
small grain from September TO the
1 first of April, and all the crops do
well. We can raise anything more
that you can in Ohio. and in addition
to that many things whichfyoHca can
not raise there, which gives JUS. very
many advantages over Ohfos people
Then comes the greatest advantage
yet, which is this lovely climate to
raise our crops in. ss11s1.
Here we have the richest,iands.
deepest aud richest soils in theknowr
world. Our lands never will and never
can wear out or become exhausted;
and we have any variety of soils thai
you can wish for aud any kind of {
location. AS to timber, we'have al
the varieties. AS a place to live,
would not exchange for any othel
location in the world. We are get
ting emigrants from all parts of the
earth, from the Arkansaser oto the
Chineman, hence Texas is 'imprevins
and being settled up very Es9fdly-
remarkable fast. 1t would bedrseles
for me to attempt to tell what change
have taken place here within the 81,
Years that / have resided din thi
county. Then I could ride or driv
all over the county and never see
/. house or even a fence, but NOW tn
| lands are nearly all under fence.
l large portion under cultivation ant
. dotted all over with houses, and man.
of them stand in the midst of
! beautiful grove of apple and 'peacI
l trees. Now, if you have any one il
e your part of the county thatsssMElli
county six or seven. years AagoE tr.
and get some of them to come dow
1 and take . peep at it now and tax
in the town of Ennis, and d Waxa
3 hachachie in their peep. They wi
o open their eyes fol- a full stare.
l We are building a Grst.classa3ose
in Ennis and a 100000 Compgessol
a large Touring mill ndannthe
College. These buildings are Sur
Il to 90 up for the contracts are alffad
) let. Think this is a.goodpfase fo
e a poor man to make a staTa AID Q
J, the same time it is the place Sor
y man with a little capital, fef none
o goes a great way. Nearly eEcfH or
8 settling here comes poor, but do NJ
remain so. l certainly beliese4hel
o are more broken down ar:stoeraey
y Texas than in any other Stateh I'll
g Union. They come here forths pu
pose of making a raise, and generall
s make it when they make any kin
of an effort. A man a make a Ii
e, ing in Texas with the least effort
( any place 1 have any knowledge G
e When it comes to raising stock
e every kind, if there is any;piace
a country in existence thatsdhsbea1
IS Texas, it is unknown to man. In
le uut-shell Texas is one vast empiI
within herself. "ssf
e Respectfully Yours.
u MILTON RUSH.