The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-03-20
Notes by the Way.

bic again. The preacher Oh the Duffau
circuit failed, which opened door for
me. the duties of which necessitated u,y
travelling over good portion of Erath
county which is, by far, the best portion
of Texas that have seen. Broad, Rich.
and beautiful prairies, and the best Of
timbered land that l have seen, abound,
with plenty of the prettiest rock-bottom
creeks. While there are plenty Of springs
and wells TO be had anywhere by digging
no deeper than you do in Winn- Duffau
wells is noted place as health resort
! for Texas, and even several from yonr
State were here last summer DIR. David
son, from East Point, La, who is prac-
tising medicine there assures me that
| there Is great virtue in the water, bnt
know not which would do the invalid the
most good, the water, or the scenery
| or the water round about the wells.
| They have very considerable town there,
but il reminds me of the description the
du,chman gave Of his wife, s.all long and
no vide" Duffau proper, is town Of
some years. while the wells half mile
of only came into notice three years ago,
and has grown to be considerable place,
and ere long the two towns will be one.
Winter Is about over. and the people say
we have had the hardest winter for wears,
yet | have suffered less from cold than in
in Louisiana, for the reason, we have had
none Of those long, cold rains that you
have, and so far rs the ssnorthers'' are
concerned. / have seen none mere severe
than the last Saturday ia December 1883,
at WINFIELD.
Stock has suffered generally, and great
loss has been sustained I'm consequence Of
no shelter, and no grass, and the people
in this part of Texas intend to profit BY
the lesson. by selling off all, except what
they can care for.
Gathering ''yearling" time is here. that
is to say, they gather their year old year
lings and stock men from out West, buy
them at from $40 to sl2 per head. Some
think, that owing to the great loss through
the winter, that they win realize Gil per
head. You need not ask me how stock
men can see their own and give such pri-
.ces, I only know the above. to-be true.
Bosque county viii dispose Of, at least,
1900 head, which will relieve the present
stringency in money matters greatly.
Wheat, though injured much by the se-
we're cold, is beginning to look hopeful.
Farmers are very busy now planting corn.
As came down from Duffau to-day 1
SAW many moving in that direction, land
all broken. One thing looks odd here:
that this is the 3rd of March, and not q
peach bloom have seen. and yet, nearly
everybody has a large orchard.
1t costs great deal more here to farm,
easy, than it does there. First you want
a sulky plow S55. they cut Is inches, and
one man aud horses break acres per
day !; then for wheat, you need a sulky
drill S55; capacity s acres per day; for
corn planting you can get planter that
will open. drop, and cover with two per-
sons for SO; the same will do for cotton;
for cultivation you need a sulky cultiva-
tor, capacity eight acres per day, cost S55;
with these you can do all the plowing
for 20 to so acres. The hoeing here
amounts to but little. The above cost
looks like poor man would never reach
it, yet. F. r. Shanks at Iredell, came here
six years ago with two mules, wagon.
a wife and three little children, and sl5
in money, be has paid s6O00 for 200 acres
OF land, improved it well, and got all the
machinery rs above, aud more a reaper
and binder which cost S275,O0, besides,
many others have the same, aud all may,
that will work ior it..
We are looking forward to the action Of
the Legislature, which will adjourn i'm
few days. with great interest, with refer
ence 10 two, very popular bills before that
body. One against gambling in any way,
The other against carrying weapons. con-
cealed or otherwise, the bill is for making
both felony. l believe such law ut
this time would work vel, for the reason,
public sentiment almost universally, ap-
proves the bills. Allow me TO congratn-
late your readers on the happy, national
event, 70 transpire to-niorrow-the iEau-
sura;ion OF j Democratic President rhe
stiffness of this hour, Must be omnibus
Of the sinking pulse of the dying party,
that before another sun shallse,, viii have
gone down into the shades Of oblivion,
never again to see the light until the
trump of God shall call them up TO meet
a righteous doom, aud may the star Of
Hope that now giids the eastern skies,
roll grandly to meridian spIendor, never
again 10 set in blood, or discord, until
Heavens last thunder shakes the world
below. But in the meantime s'let our
be known unto all men,
Ny health Is still improving, 7 a.n cou-
tented. J.sAy. HEARN.
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