The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-03-06
FROM Texas.
LITTLE ELM, TEXAS, Feb. 2sth, "a
Editors Bulletin:

ers of your most excellent paper few ideas
about Texas-as it is the request of many
of them Il il a great task to attempt to
write up the grand empire state Of Texas.
The land of Iimitless boundaries; of won
derful Developments, of breeze-swePt prai-
ries, of new and hourishing cities, of tower
ing forests, of beautiful rivers, of mighty
fortunes. Who can paint glOwingly enough
of her advantages? ] wish / could portray
the happy welcome awaiting the honest
toiIer, and the magnifice..t hOunties which
will reward enterprise and industry. l
would say to young men who are tilling
the red old hills of the east and engaged in
the Over-burdened business pursuits, toiling
year after year for the mercst pittance, bop
ing and hoping that some day you may ac-
cumulate enough to do business for your
self, that ere long your best years and ener-
gies will be gone, and still you will not
have attained to your aspirations. Permit
me to advise you in the language Of Horace
Greedy, "go West" Texag will bid you
welcome, and offer you superior advantages.
Countless channels will open up to you and
If you desire healthy country, then migrate
to Texas. The bracing breezes that sweep
across the prairies viii paint roses upon
the check and make the dullest eye sparkle.
Instead of seeing a malarial district, you
will see the level prairie stretching away
and away till the earth and sky seem to
blend.
already seem to hear You say you can
not give up an eastern life to become
pioneer in Texas. In your minds eye you
can zee the cowboys and robbers killing
and robbing. the people en- the streets of the
NEST populous cities, the wild Indian chas-
ing the buffalo over the prairie. If you
will only take flying trip over the mag
nifcent railways of Texas, instead of seeing
such you will see now and then on the prai-
RE splendid farm and beautiful home, but
the greater part has never felt the farmers
steel occasionally you will rush up tn
newly built town or city, and the first thing
that will meet your gazing eyes will be the
steeple Of church or college piercing the
dome of the heavens. The homes that dot
the prairIes are as beautiful, as Hastily FIN
ished and loved as tenderly those Of the
east
For building Texas has her pine forests
and granite quarries, for fuel her vast coal
mines and shrub tiabers, for stock-raising
her boundless level prairies covered with
luxuriant grass on which millions Of cattle
feed her north middle portion produces
L. I, r 4laI hoo
tiful sunny hill-sides grow grapes and semi
tropical fruits almost to perfection; she
has many manufacturers, which will soon
rival those of New England, her vast net
work of railways has done much to develop
her, and finally her great cotton crop
weights the farmerE' pocket down with
England's geld. Thus you see why we call
her the empire state, for she is alone, capa-
BILE of supporting an empire. Yes, this
world of rich land belongs to those who
| take it..
Ny young friends, If y,u visit Texas it
will be your home. l ana proud of the day
when I placed my foot upon Texas soil.
But in dwelling upon the greatness Of Texas
/ never forget the "volEnteer State" esI &C.
tally the home and school in which l was
reared and educated. / can never forget
| the many noble young men and young ladies
whom have seen enter that institution of
learning, and become we'll pauoplied for the
complex vocations In life and well polished
to enter the most refined society. L is graf
| flying to me to know that SO many of them
are filling positions of honor and usefulness.
| am truly proud to see this distinguished
school marching successfully on under the
same honorcd principal, Prof T. A. Futrall,
May the Bulletin be successful under it's
now management, and find its way into eve
~ home in Hardeman.
Respectfully,
J. L. BROOKS.
We publish the above lett r, that the
friends of our correspondent may know
shat he Is pleased with his new home. But
we cannot indorse such extravagant express
sions. It is such letters written by men
/ who have met with no greater success in
/ Texas than thousands have met with in
| Tennessee, that have caused many a well-to-
do Turner here to sell his home and go out
/ bDeTS ODiF ~ AucGA WIN 0iSft PPOAataANhA.
! The man who can't succeed here will not
be bettered by going to Texas, nine times
out of ten will be worsted. Money properly
invested in Tennessee will pay equally as
well as in Texas, and improved lands are
| as cheap here AZ there, and the man who
sells his farm here and goes to Texas il tax
ing his money out Of an investment that is
certain to yield him comfortable living
with fair profit abOFe, and putting it in
lands that years Of labor must be expended
| upon to make ii no better than this we have
here. Our correspondent Is no doubt sim
| cere in his statements, bat they are exag-
| gerated and painted up, and will not wash.
! There is no better coSntry than we have
right here, and there are thousands Of men
in Texas who have left this country that
would gladly return and be as they we're
before they left here, If they only could.
| Be not deceived by the rosy huea painted
on the @empire State" by over enthusiastic
writers There is no place like home, in n
country where YOU are known.