Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-09
TIE GERMANS OF TEXAs.

Room for All Their Friends and Relatives.
Translated from the St. Louis "Anorika."
When compared with most of the otner
states OF the Union, Texas las the su-
peror advantage Of possessing msny mil
lions Of scres of fertile lands, which can
be purchased st cheap prices, ranging
from 81 to So 81 acre, and in tnCse 10
cslties most likely to stTrscs German i'm
migrants, Intermittent fevers snd u slarial
diseases aIe bp: little kLUWu, II known
81 all.
Immigrants however, should use due
care, and should either possess them
selves the knowledge requisite to make
. proper investigation Of the soil, climste
and local conditions Of the section where
they intend to settle, or should consult
reliable and competent persons before
they decide upon suitable location and
the purchase OF desirable tract Of land.
Otherwise they might be induced TO buy
undesirable properly, either because the
locality is not healthy, or is dry and IN
productive, or not convenient TO markets
on account OF It's distance to railroads
and other means of communication.
But when the new settler is successful
in securing q suitable tract of good land
IN s desirable Locality, thing which 1t ls
easy for him to do, the Industrious and
hard working German farmer can easily,
on account Of the cheap ess and fertility
of the soil and the mildneas OF the
climate, secure for himself and his
children an Independent sud comfortable
living in the great state otTtxa5.
The German element is present in cou-
siderablesnumbers already in some parts
of Texas, especially IL the southwest,
where the first large settlements Of Ger
EaDs were established in the yesr 1874.
novel and rather peculiar colonization
scheme was attempted il that yesr by
society composed Of German princes and
nOblemep, who called themselves The
''Adels-Vereir >" or n 5blemen's Associa-
ton, and who after g. Yersi IN uCessful
ventures located upon tAe present site of
he city Of New Brspnfels. The head of
the new settlement was . young prince
named SOlm3-Braunfals. His eDdeavors
did cot prove very successful, snd
the no0le portion CT the settler5, dniing
their surroundings uncUngeniaI, soon dis
p9Tsed. a lSrge number of industrious
sud Intelligent German settlers remained
ia the colony, however, and in the course
OF time founded the extensive and -four
ishing German settlement, which now ex-
tends forlhundreds of miles around the
cities of San Antonio snd New Braunfels.
The descendants Of the original Ger
man colOnists, many Of whom now belong
TO the third generation, have greatly IN
creased, and enjoy the universal respect
of their fellow. citizens OF native birth,
and they are IS prosperous and contented
class of citizens as can be found any
where in the United States among tie
people Of their nationality.
In work published in the year 1884,
entitled Through Texas, from tie Gulf
to the Rio Grande," the author. q native
Texan, expresses himself IN the following
fsttering words about his German fellow
citizens:
1t is difficult to praise the Germans Of
Western Texas too much. They have
made the country Whist il Is. They fur
n!sh very smsli contingent to the Grim
inal classes, while they pay very heavy
percentage Of the taxes, altogether out Of
proportion 20 their numb rs. They edu-
cate their children Ct their own expense,
when TIE state refuses to co it. They
respect the rights Of others, and row1y-
ism IS almost unknown among them"
The writer who penned tine above lines
esteemed his German fellow Countrymen
according to their true worth.