Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-07-03

and WHO, like @yself has very
limited means and wants TO
make the best ofit,a few points
through the EAGLE that viii be
of benefit to hin.
| want to tell my friends and
al who may be interested about
the cheap lands, where they are,
what they are said to produce,
their prices. &c, and later on
tell how to obtain them the
easiest First l will tell the
man who wants no land, but
wants TO work for wages hsE
wages are out there. IS | was
informed. think they are bet
ter than we have here, and ay-
eIage about as follows: clerks,
from thirty ire 20 fifty dollars
psrmOntb; book keepers, fifty 20
seventy i've dollars; bricklayeTs
from three TO four dollars per
day: common field hands from
one dollar TO one dollar and a
halls day. from fifteen TO TWEEN
y i've dollars per month, and
school teachers from ffty to
seventy-fTe dollars per month.
and no tEoaJle to ind employ
ment.
Il must be remembered that
this is a right new country, and
the frrii,Ity Of lis soil is un9ues
toned. Il is just within the last
two years tkat il has been
thrown open for the h0mesrek.
er TO enter aad occupy, and il
will soon become an agricultu.
raj empire OF vast extent, and |
bellevs il Is Che only large area
OF uuOceup.ej lands now left IN
the United States, and the pri.
ees are SD low and the terms so
favorable. the climate SO mild
and heai.hfuI that | cannot sce
why even the humblest son Of
toll who has any ambition and
energy at all, cannot 20 there
and get him a little home. for Il
is no longer intended Ter the
long horned steer aud the
~cow boy shall have dominion
over all this beautiful ceuatry
as the railroads will drive them
back and bring in "the man will
the hoe for they already have
one trunk line through the cen
ter of il built within the last two
years and several others head
ing for it.
Now, as TO healthfulness
rains, aud the certainty OF crops
are p~ertineEt questions which
will naturally be asked. / vii
answer as they were answered
me. They advertise it as a
health resort, as the average al
titude lie about three thousand
feet OF more above the level OF
the sea which puts il above the
zone OF yellow fever, and com.
mon ehills and fevers they say
are unknown, so it is destined
10 soon become the home of :
healthy, hardy race of people.
The statistics report the ave
rage rainfall to be about thirty
inches, and as twenty four inch
es is all that is considered nee
essary it will De seen they have
rain in abundance. As for crops
every county in which farming
has been tried has more than
met the expectations OF the most
.sanguine. the average yield OF
wheat has been tventy-three
bushels per acre. now selling
at the thresher for one dollar
pei busheIl, oats forty bushels
per acre, corn thirty two bushels
per acre. johnson grass, millet.
and sorghum, three tons per
acre, all other ersps and vsge
tables have done well, except
Sot;On, il is no place for cotton.
but It is The home of fruit for a
great deal of 1t grows wild In
abundance.
The lands are classed as pat
eated lands, railroad Lands.
school lands and homestead
lands: the prices quoted always
means on time with a low rate
of interest.
will attempt TO give a short