Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-08-08

The land agent is an Indispensable being.
and especially is he so in Texas. He posses
ses some of the iniquities of the lightning
rod agent, but he enjoys many of the
amiable qualities of the drummer. or, to
be eSthetic. let's say the commercial tourist
But when he comes to talk, the kind of
tiOwery, soft and oily talk that tingles the
ears, that is where the land agent can beat
the book agent to sheol and back again.
especially if he happens to have an over
contiding teEderfoot, fresh from the old
States, within his tolls. There is where
the land agent portrayS his talent and dis
plays his oratorical ability.
| saw land agent last week in the very
act of crushing a contiding and nervous
looking young man, fresh from the green
hills Of Vermont, under the heavy weight
of his mellow voice. | stood and watched
the scene clear through the whole act, and
the whole act was a tirSt-claSs comedy
worth six bits for seat in the dress circle.
The young adventure1 was seeking fortune
in climes far away from his rative heath,
and the good-natured land agent was Civ
ing him few pointers by kindly inform
ing him how he could soon grasp said for
tune by investing in land which he would
furnish him at 81 per acre. OF course this
was an enormous sacrifice but the l.. A
was making the sacrifice Just to acCommo-
date the young man from the green hills of
Vermont. About this time the L. A was
getting very c0ntiding and affable. He
pulled out book and lead pencil and
showed the credulous tenderfoot how lie
could take 100 acres of land and make n
fortune in growing cotton in one wear. 1t
was astonishing how that land sharp made
the cotton fields bloom on paper. Nav
hope to be afflicted with the govt if he
dldn make the land turn off two bales of
cotton to the acre, after standing 9 four
months drought. never did see so much
cotton before in ali my life. Then he
started fine fields of corn to blooming. and.
oh, how they did bloom on that sheet of
paper. Wheat started up and produced a
prodlgiouS yield watermelons got DIenti-
ful enough to cause the average nero To
so INTO sPasms Of 10y peaches, pears and
everything grew up so rapidly thai found
myself seriously contemplating the pur-
chase of farm. Yes, sir, that confounded
l.: y. came very near roping me in instead
of the tenderfoot.
Then tue unsophisticated tenderfoot was
shown the grand mysteries of the BREEDING
business. The worthy L. A. staked of n
fine COW ranch with his lead pencil. stocked
1t with fifty head of cattle, and set the
young sapling from Vermont on it. and
made him fortune before a gray gander
NyHit lH44 ANU DdL MS eve three tunes.
es. he did it, sure for may ! hope to 20
to sheol, if he didn't make the old beef
steers breed Ike white mice.
Then the enterprising L. A sqliatted his
client on a sheep ranch. and sent him slid
ing after the golden fleece. He didn't tell
him anything about the scab. or the price
Of tobacco juice for DIP; he didn't say any
thing about the foot-rot. screw-worms. or
other Affections that sheep are heir to. Oh.
no. that was not the l.. A 5 business: hut
with his pencil and paper he showed the
Green Mountain greenhOrn how be could
take 100 ewes and pair Of bucks and be
q second Could or Vanderbilt quicker than
q mule could shoot out his electric heel. for
he actually made the old ewes bring trip
lets every pop.
do not know definitely what conclu-
slons that Conhding youth from Vermont
came to, but TO Judge from his looks of
pleasure and delight am almost willing to
swear, or affirm, that that worthy l.. A.
roped him into buying a few acres of land
at the enormous sacrifice of > per acre. As
! said before, the land agent is an indis.
pensable being, and the only regret have
IS that we have not many more Of his sort
than we have now. lie is both useful and
ornamental, and all the immigrant has to
do IS to consult the land agent and follow
his advice closely, and even if ne does not
make fortune, he will gain a vast amount
OF practical knowledge and personal ex-
perience, and acquire an excellent educa-
ton not 10 be found in books Galveston
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