The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1884-12-05

east and west Waco. is, indeed, marvel
for this country. San Antonio, of which
I shall have more to say hereafter, con-
tains two large Touring grist mills pro-
PEELED by water power, n number of
steam manufactures Piano factory, q
cotton seed oil mill, two cement factories.
two iron foundries, Il large tannery. two
wagon and ambulance factories. and sew
eral gin factories. all of which. from q Il.
III. to ) 30 pm. are in full blast.
Another error have been laboring I'M
der: that is the water privileges of this
country. Here in Bosaue, Erath. Hill,
and Coryeil counties, are plenty of good
springs. and creeks, while good well wa
ter may be obtained, either on the hills,
or prairies, at Il depth of from II to 40
feet. In other counties less favored, Tar
rant for instance, they have artesian wells.
In Fort Worth they have 10 of these
wells. one of which discharges $50 bar
rels per hour. while in the county there
are 60 more. which for stock purposes.
and irrigation serve Il great end. They
range from 200 to 800 feet deep, and cost
81 per foot. Now, a short distance out
from San Antonio, as you go to Laredo,
on the International and great northern
railroad, you leave the water, only rs You
find it i'm arteSian wells ut depth of
from 800 to 500 feet. The distance be-
tween the above places is l50 miles, and
there was n water famine there this fall,
which compelled stockmen to drive, et-
ther to the Rio Grande or San Antonio
river.
One thing here notice particularly: a
man coming to Texas, stands or falls up
on his o,ra merits. What he has been or
done. who his favorites were. where born
except NORTH, amounts to nothing.
Gen. A., or Col. B.. are As sounding brass.
.'big t. and s.liitle ~ are not known
amongst this people. Now, about San
Antonio there is, and always will be.
suppose. an antagonism between the
Spaniards and Americans that has existed
ever since the cowardly massacre of the
brave.defenders of the Alamo, yet in other
sections you see good will for all. no
matter how poor, and they know you at
once. and they make you feel at home.
There is no taking on "trial," no proba-
ton: it is full membership at once, and
woe 10 that man that betrays their conf
dence. am surprised ut another thing:
A man from the States in very few years.
acts rs if he would like to make the i'm
preston that he has been here ALWAYS.
lie does not say rs the captive Jesus in
Babylon If forget thee, o, Jerusaleim.''
etc.. tn trunsita. | met man on the
train, he approached me. not as strangers
each other with you, said he:
Il have little sheep ranch out beyond
the next station, of $1,000 head; if yon
stop off, you can stay at my house long
as you wish; will hitch span Of mus
tangs to blackboard and drive you over
the country as much as you like" This
was lavish, abundant, and his
untiring. There are 81 free
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schools in this. Bosque county. for whites,
1900 scholars, attendance - per cent.
Appropriation 50 per head. Taxes 40
cents on 500 of property.
We have Baptist, Methodist, Presby-
terrain and a Campbellite Church. People
go to church here by the hundred. / |
have never seen such congregations.
Nothing is ever stolen here but wood. |
Plenty of mast and fat hogs. people are
now killing plenty of meat to do them. |
The weather has been delightful so far
Wheat sown since the rain, is up and |
looks nice. | had the privilege of dri-
wing snlky plow in sowing wheat. Com
mend me to the sulky plow.
j. W. HEARN.
lredell, Texas. Nov. goth, 1854.