Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-07-29
aAL1AaHER's RANCH, TEXAS

hl H. IJl'IIbR.
| wish that you could see and enjoy |
the beautiful scenery of Southwest
Texas. As stated in my last, the
country is very hilly and broken,
and as in all broken lands we find
beautiful scenery pure water etc,
yet, especially so here am now
sitting by little stream of water
that oo2cs out Of mountain and
runs leisurely along buta few yards
till it reaches its mother stream,
which has its source several miles dis
tant Now since have named the
little stream, l will give you full
description of the surrounding coun-
try,
Two miles from where l am writ
ing small spring rises and directs
its course between two hills;a few
yards adds another, and so this is
continued every few yards and here
it is large stream, but added TO the
beauty of this is the dotted row of
hills on either side.
These mountains are covered with
a shrub called live oak, as it is green
through the winter; some are entire
ly bare and you can plainly see Mex
lean freight wagons four miles dis
tant; which makes beautiful pic
ture for the man who said Distance
lends enchantment to the view"
But my choice of the various pic
lures of nature is to climb TO the
summit of a high and bare mountain
near sun-set when the rays of the sun
are changed TO a golden color and
watch them wave to and fro echU-lilIe
from one hill to another till the
great ball of burning light loses its
balance OF gravity and goes tumb-
ling down "sun set hill.
Everything is different here, and
seemingly peculiar as your ear is like
wise catching something new, some
times filled with the beautiful ac-
cented Spanish language or the unac-
cented Chinese-a people who beggar
description--a people whose habits
and traits are entirely different from
everybody; so If other particulars
are wanted call on John, the China
man as his actions will speak louder
than any words. The Spanish are
more like people in their habits, and
arc often untleryalued, as the MeXi-
cans arc often called SpaniardS. The
3, MeXicans are only a half-brccd OF
Indians and Spaniards.
BY the way, MIR, Editor, did you
, ever have rattle-snake to rise ut
and ring his bells in your ear or 4
bear to grin at you? If so, you can
sympathize with one who walks
out alone to mediate about home
g and all ofits absorbing cndearments
when suddenly your ears are full OF
ringings from his alarm bells, YOU
eyes lose the path, indeed youi
whole self is non-plussed till ilrtcel
minutes have passed, when you find
your senses can outrun You, and
you fall fainting to the ground. ThC
; present of thc verb shake doesn't eX,
press your idea or the past tense
. shook, nor does the participle shaker
: unless You add shaking; | will give
G il up by saying shocked. There arc
but few bear near here, and lest
convey to your readers a wrong idea
J as Goldsmith in his description Of
u America
d "ThOse blazing suns that dart a downward ray
n Aud fercely shed mtolerable day;
Those matted woods where birds forget to sing
But silent bats in drowsy clusters cling;
Those poisonous fields with rank luxurianc(
i crowned, lA
!, Where the dark scorpion gathers dealt
y around; Ia..a.t..t.f
n Where at each step the stranger fears to wake
4 The rafting tcrrors of the vengcful snake;
!. Where crouchlng tigers wait their hopeless
prey,
: And savage men more murderous still thar
@ they etc.;"
But rather the description Of his
0 own country:
"rhe cooling brook the grassy
c vested green,
Q The breezy covert of the warbling
: grove,
That only shelters thefts of harm
less love-
81 TODD County.