Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-03-20
LETTER FROM TEXAS.
VERNON, TEXAS,
March 10. 1890.

some OF my friends and your pa
irons. that | would write for tho
EAGLE giving a sort Of synopsis
of this country, its resources
aud future outlook. &c as they
appeared to me. | am sorry
that l made that promise for
feel incompetent to the task,
and too, what | Rsay have TO say,
may have 4 tendency to mislead
some one. But just here I'll say
20 all, first come and see. |
have not seen as much Of the
country as | haze desired. ow.
ing TO the weather, and not be-
iag acelimated, | nave taken the
advice of the prairie dog 10y ex-
ample of cOurse) not to go too
far from my hole. There is an
cid saying worthy of all accep
tatiOn that we know not what
another day bTingeth FORTH" as
To the weather here we can well
afford TO bring that saying to a
finer point, hours" This is a
beautiful and lovely country to
behold, j might say n grand
country. / imagine l hear you
ask in what particular is it
grand Don't question me too
close, though | vii say for its
broad prairies, Its cool breszes.
its shallow well OF "gyp' water,
TO say nothing of its manufae
lures, mining. farming and 9th
er resources too numerous to
mention. Farming here. like in
almost all other countries eau
be made profitable by the prop
or means, effect AMI manage
meHt- bnt the greatest draw
back TO a poor mans farming
here. that | a conceive of, |
mean the farmer that eats bread
by the "Sveat of his brow is
what he can find to do after he
has broken aud seeded down his
lands, aud frGm harvest time TO
seed time agsIn. There IS net
work f0- all, you cannot always
find land tn break at froUl one
and a half. to two dollars per
acre. Hence you see that abont
one-third Of the year is all the
time that is required to make
and gathers crop-eigEt months
out of anything that will add to
the support of himself AID lAni
~ OF course seMe of the more
fortunate Cues get paying jobs
Nilh6Fger county and the town,
or | might say, the city of Yer
non, has certainly been set apsrt
by the spectators and real es-
tate agents. As tke speculative
portion of this glory land, Yer
non is quite an enteFpriSIBg
place, and the business that is
d0re here is just astonishing
TOwn property is high and still
she goes. Vernon has a street
car line from the square to the
depot and her streets are laid
of from eighty 10 one hundred
feet wide, city ike you see. I
always had an idea that a real
estate man vas akin 10 i bank
er, plenty of means. &c. bat |
find | am badly left on my ideal
They are more common here
than pig tracks" Yen can
walk the streets ef Vernon and
see as many as a dozen tlsns at
ons sight, real estate AID loan
agents, some with the loan and
some without. Some of the
signs are in front ola handsome
brick or stone building and
some fastened on the top Of q
dug out" that you would call in
our country a shop of some sort
We step into one of these side
show real estate Offices; polite
ness to perfection. All, just got
in; what state are you from
Good old State. | am from =
we can claim neighborship. l
am glad you called. got the best
inducemsnt TO offer either the
poor or rIca, in other words. I
can suit al classes, financially.
Dat the Hilburger county map
comes, now my friend here is q
bargain for any man, this prop
erty at-aBd so on through
the list. reminding E.e of the old
d0ctor's liquor. good and bet
ter meaning none bad. But to
pay their prices for a farm un
improved and improve it as se
generally do in the older coun-
tries and it will cost a little for
tune. hence, but little farming
being done as yet in this coun
ty. | think ths town of Vernon
is In her own light in this par
tienlar. / am a strong believer
IN the special providence of food,
and am fully persuaded tn Il
God has a hani IN the tangle
that Greer county is now labor
Ing under. That comfy in my
opinion is the place for the poor
man, good lands, good water,
with some "gyp'1 mesquite
wood enough for fuel, and u
home without money and with
out price. Her people as q rule
are thrifty, kind and generous,
and viii render you all the as
sistance III their power if they
think you really want a home
among them. 1 believe the lands
in Greer county are more fertile