Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-04-01
TIE LONE sTAG STATE.
An Interesting Letter fron c. A. Hamilton.
Ne Oiyose Good Description Of tic Country.
sax Angela, Tx. March II, 1856.
Tom Green County

Nv experience in this vas; STATE
has bcc.i 20 novel Instructive, andde-
lightiu!, that have determined, with
yUur permission. 10 cndcaNur to en-
,crtHin vuur readers Wiiha series O!
descriptive letter., aud az the field j.
50 icrl.lr, 80 varied aad cIitn.lv-. |
vii! tee uar.! ,nrd III tbs. the iu,latUfy
COMMUNICATION for combining 'nysclf
10 no special topic, bat follow u. The
cxSwil, OF distinguished mr!Jcr "
The top.aA Bar, LAX" cIdrs III cIr-
alton. r. gaIdicss az record Or cNi-
deGcr. Tie nud Of information
which Lave acquitted, ha, been larg-
2: i.Om personal observation, and in
uo Email degree from riGdy ~ pub
li,hcd louh-. cuGmcraJing tie ic-
.Ouice- aud capabiii!ir, of,Gc State rs
well - CONVERSATION with those IN pu-
s.tinn to spgal. Gii,I,rilgtiNe.y.
~ Eruwiclc az 'Icsgs, her people,
climate. ,uii aud gc,uur,cs, wiil.in lho
comparatively hri"' period 'lncc my
entry into her limit. intenS!!irs my
roget that did not become u resi-
den, citizen many ytWs sine.
Tho Stale which gave zee birth VIII
ever u, held IN grateful remembrance,
ana ia leaving IL. 10 east my LOT among
strangers. va, arttlai'd uy per- On.l
interest. purely. IL j. diiliralt how
ever to east aside the warm ties "
friendship and 20 apply the torch 10
the bridge, lcyOnd which clutter
many happy memories ana sweet rcc-
elections. My yciNs a.! this great
country wc;c cfupd ami ilucturcd
with prejudice, ere set foot upon her
soil. Tns opinion WI. ,lared ~ ih"
great m.,oritl 81 tie people in the
east. | HAD believed v"Aa' tO be- =
comparatively barren waste, whore the
Wild cavo:c aru..' IL" s;.l.he-s u the
midnight; Vince .LNHn life Nss un-
sac sGG toe ready l-yo!y,r. aTAEcG-
cd tao ,Mmucfr.; where murder
l,isncj triumphant. AMI shook her
bloody iiu-'r- in the ft,c ~ justice,
AID laughed 10 -.Orn tie others ~
The law.
va. amazed 10 iinl That had been
80 rro.siy deceived and Instead az II
hSricu waste. ignorant population,
apt laN'rs> element, 60 &C. hundreds
-! thousands az acre. % tie iin"st land
Ia iac world. q population grcN'rllcd
anvwhtr" r.: .p. Y.;a.,.r, .at,..i. encn
and Elgcr, ,giyyur.s, who 10, only
Respected .lc law themselves, but lie.
msalga H., vigorous CN"agtiDR. Nu-
IMAM hic j. us sac IN Texas, and TAR
,tIcr. ;nan IN mSuy -;",m, Where the
virGcs %! II people aGl thcir supc-
rico, civilization LIS been preached
from the pulp,'s snl hcra!,lcd from
the house top.. Til, STATE sG, al
admirable sy.;cm ~ laws, splendid 0f-
iirCrs. "a D.. "a. | have observed, AMI
M 10 orrup.iblc and nb.c judiriary.
| have -rcu lr-- lN''.sa-ar,S In Tea,
arj have r,eE uH the frontier, aud
au uO'y on ,ac frontier, whsI" laws
RE supposed To lie imperative. aud
whc.g crime Is Naturally expected,
but | have yet 90 80 4 siu';c violation
~ i'!r i.w. No Usn j. allowed to car-
r. concealed or otherwise a deadly
#r.gug. u;'.g. than the officers of the
isU. Iur PENALTY IT, severe, AMI sJrr
10 Boz inflicted. \ lawyer wac iincG
goo a.. u,.cr day for carving . pi,-
tlI. an8 Dr. 81. uDUr 20 lay il too,
w. 'hc recorder ~ tac ci'y 81 Fort
Worth.
During :1c month II November !
visited O. I.ou;.rr iowa offcyhsps lt'l
iulGbi..u,s. il..r.iI. 10" ni,"- north
Wrs, -, for, N'.h. on the For;
Nug'h. Denver aGI Colorado Rail
Eual. "a What !, hHoEU es the Par-
la'jlc country. Shortly lc!ogC my
arrival. tire manager 81 "a Rsngh- was
kiilrl there. b. q Ranger. an officer
Disputed 10y tlc ciyi. authorities 10 pre-
,rryc TIE peace; tie raurhmau wa.
tNUG III, horse, intoxicated and fire.
m at u person in the -ircct when the
Range. tired anl killed him. Now and
ten these thing, occur. hut for the
Immense territory covered by t'is
state. il will compare exceedingly ia
yGcah.c with older conference.-the in
IN pOiat Of law. The Panhandle
ia q wonderful country. /. derives
its name from the resemblance la point
q. form. Of that .crtion Ia TIE handle
81 a pan, the remainder uf The State
constituting the pan. Ii j, in my
Judgment destined - become the best
portion o. TcNas, with the exception
~ Tom Green county, wEira alone
embraces an area uf about 1850
square miss. with san Angela n. the
county seat. Tho Panhandle il the
mos; beautiful country ever bcheld.
AZ far a. tire eve can reach, II oHc
houndc,s cNpSnsc oi prairie, whose
sol j, exceedingly productive. II IL
watcrcd hy Tie He'd, pcasc aud other
river, AMI il being rapidly settled up
bv "a good class Of agriculturisis.
Public, school and railroad lands. can
be purchased on easy terms. aud long
payments. The railroad 81 present
runs To Harold, in Willhargcr county.
hut in the COursc 81 u few months viii
probably run further some two hun
drcd miles into this magnificent Coun-
try, aud connect with ROAD projected
from Kansas City. through the Indian
Territory, thence To the HOrihcrn,pOr-
ton OF tie Panhandle. thence To- III
paso. Il thriving city ON the Rio Grande
opposite raso Del Nortc in Mexico.
This will open yrfy nearly the hnc-t
country in the world 90 actual se,t!cr,.
sail the .oil was productive. Col.
Green Of Wichita Falls, icw miles
from Harold, Informed me thst he
raised 100 bushels Of oats per acre.
lie plOughsl sod land and sOwed his
oats, bui heavy rain prevented bin
from narrowing .lslu IN. H. supnOs-
cd he would lose them; imagine lis
astOnishmrnt. when he saw that lie
had magnificent stand. Ilc gather
ed hundred bushels 90 the acre, tlie
next year he was ssiorished 10 fnd
another crop springing up; he did not
di.tarb them, and in due time cut 30
bushels to the acre. The next year. the
same thing occurred. and the yield.
was 90 bushels per acre. Parties
doubling this can write TO Col. Green
at Wichita Fails. This is the country
tor tIc "Red Oats man OF C0piah.
Vegetables are produced in abund-
ancc. During my siay ~ Harold, |
saw turnips grown near that place one
OF which would barely go into peek
measure. 1t produce, very line wheat
aud corn crops. No cotton is grown.
This section of tie State Is u very
line game country. aud supplies the
Fort Worth market. saw many An-
telope feeding at u distance on the
prairie, In full view Of the train. 1T is
nothing unusual for one hunter 10