Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-09-10

county Il Is Impossible for ne
10 give q cFedita5le description
of tie Abilene country Il -
here one finds the realization Of
.he idea Texas heme-the pTo-
verbal broad AGREES waving
grain. loxIag herds and busy
sind m.ll. The ely Itself has
about 900 actual population
aud1ike mauy'u estcTatOwnShas
80 far 0EfGToEn the contiguous
country that Ii viii have 10 resi
AEhiIe anti Is catches up Iu
the meantime fhe city is getting
itself together zul making many
much needed improvements :
electric lights. street pavement,
aud "a aTfesIA1 water supply
being among the most impOE-
tanf. Abilene enjoys an i'm
meuse wagon trade coming a.
far as one hundred uil aOTth
and south. III another parallel
system % Eosds built through
"a s country from tie pan han
die southwark. the pane OF this
thrifty city must be Dennis. as
IFS best trade Is now drawn
frol jones and Easkeil c0un-
ties Il world however upen q
large aud fertil territory Tor
settlement. Good farming lands
seem to me 90 be reasonably
cheap. ranging from - to - ne
eoriinE 20 Improvement and dis
tance from town \ profession
al man w5D has . lair living 10
one 0f tie Ostes; states bad
best see this country before
casting in his lot Il has been
the jumping gr'und for the
u'er DO weil ia al professions
for hearty thirty years. and the
liSt Of stranded lawyers aud doe
tcrs i much loHger shan that of
the successful ones.
wa1t ke% he doctors ta rss
Bui air. ba4 water. moses - ptr.
Er- dtlr SAX Esr lawyers drive
Al rvs IN -esE -hrs
% p1
I heard drummer for a St
Louis a0ase say he sold a ear
load Of pickles to the retail
trade at Abilene and that every
thing else was 5oEghtin proper
tioa ~ Abilene net the pro
pFietGr 0f the Reporter one
al tie best aud nest progress
Owe p>psFs = West Texas \.
better appointed oEice esa rot
be found in any Of The large
cities tt ruas tw0 power press
- and Is constantly adding To
its already fall equipment. Next
10 the newspaper business, the
hotels seem 10 prosper The
City Hotel at tkIs place Is the
best h0lsterIe on the line from
Fort Worth to Fl Paso. Capt.
T " Neel, formerly fr0n Ash
vile, y {. is the proprietor who
vita lis estjm8ble Eife. spares
no pains 10 make every -uesl
comfortable IA genuine tar heel
StTie- MS Seel came to this
place tao wears sg0 virtually a.
invalid. while she nos enIass
DeTfse; health and weighs Is
pounds / have seen more fst
people during my brief trip than
1 Hov Remember In tie state Of
Mississippi The Fl: Mans As
ISOLATION &C Texas has inst clos
eti It's annual Session at Calves
ton, where they settled the
EeSaty question Of eligible syo
daPoiSe fixing the minimum a
@l5, the president tips the steel
yard at the comfortable heft
of 407.
l have eRdeavOred 10 look at
this country With an uujaandie-
eye und To compare lis ad-
vautageS and drawbacks sith
those ef Mississippi aud IaFav-
cite county, and an faIlv con
vlnced that 6 Az Of eom9enSt
ton peTvadeS all sections
About the Only real advantage
this country caioys is its Won
climate. there being no
dew - all. fla farmer in Ii
Fayeite coaaty viii display the
same energy there. That he =
compelled 10 employ here. |
have 10 doubt be would sue
eeed IS we'll. have seen no
place where PrOvidenee per
oEms the work which the shit
.eSs neglect They have no DE-
-rors here ~ disturb socfetv-
1at &C the same time are aepriv-
- Ct their Lelp as servants :
Laey have no dew; neither have
hey sufficient rain, They have
matehleSS climate. bat tue .
Elzd Is never still. There i Er-
le te08ble Ia clearing lad. but :
neIcautile lumber i hell II
.45 70 SEQ per hundred. To :
hose pleasantly and eOmoorta-
'iy situated, aad who eoEtem-
'iate coming To Texas, With on
; the hope of doing better. 7
you'd offer the advice OF Pack :
D those about To marry
-DOn't.r
The tree that bears the gold :
saekeis Is Yet just 4 little fur 7
ser on. the mecca of the DIS /.
.oh'eated Texaas hope is still :
eastward The land thar awaits !
'aly TO be tiekled With the roe a.,
o laugh with plenty is alEavs !,
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