The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1891-06-26
A POEM In PROSE.
CARL VINCENT AT HIS pEsT.
Brownwood, Texas--"God Never
Made Prettier nor Better Coun-
try"--Schoois and Colleges ana
Sweet Girl Graduates - All
Aboard for Brentwood.
TJ'ate Editor Of tic Banner.

TJ'ate Editor Of tic Banner.
.BRowNswooD. TEXAS, June -, 1891.
The "Iand of.--Fiowers" has two far
Representative in orr city, inst now,
Mrs. L. X. Griffith. wife of Prof. Thomas
Griffith, of Leesburg Female College, and
Miss Loutie May Vincent, Junior" of
the same institution, arrived last sun
day night.
Our city is in the midst of college
commandments and sweet GIL gradu-
ates with ambitious young men. 4. T..
and NJ. B. are in all the full glors IF
plav upon the mimic stage Of life.
Daniel Baker College, distinguished as
the leading o. S T. school of western
Texas, is in full tide of a brilliant school
close for 81 Howard Payne, the lead
ing Baptist school of this corner of
Dixie, held its commencement last week.
The public graded schools graduated
six sweet Young spirits last week.
brentwood pumas herself on her high
scholastic character, and does not hest
tate to pose as the ATHENS" Of south
west Texas.
The city is growing upward i'll com.
mercial progress, and even now, is a
thorn in the side" of her more preten-
tious neighbors, Dallas and Fort Worth.
Hundreds of people are prospecting
Texas, facinated by the prospect OF cheap
homes in the attractive cities and ill
ages, shady woodlands and on the rich
valleys of the luxurIant up. C. Z. coun-
try" These letters are somewhat Gaia
listc and many questions are ask 3d as
to their Specification. Glance at tie
picturesque Pecan" as it winds like
silvery thread amid the deliles of our
mountains, and the "P" appears; look at
the sparkling COnchas, as they ripple
and laugh around our western border,
and &c" comes in; see the beautiful Colo
RADIO, rs it leaves the southern border of
our evergreen county Of Brown ana the
final sc" completes the circuit. Thus it
is "P. G. C., grand, luxurjant and fer
tile region, composed of Brown, Cole
man, Runnels, McCulloch, Concho, Tom
Green, Menard, and Schleicher counties
with Brentwood as their gate city"
metropolis and mart of trade. God"
as recent writer has well said, never
made pfettier or better country" The
country produces anything and every
thing desired by man.
AS indicated by the Colorado, Pecan,
and Conclo rivers, the 2. G. &. country
is well watered, and then where the at
traction of shady pecan groves, and the
rich mesquite grass is added, the stock
mans paradise is found. People are
taking advantage Of the attractive char
acter of the country for stock farming,
and are giving attention to the rearing
of thoroughbred horses and cattle.
Pecan culture is gaining the attention
of people in the older sta as The iarg-
est pecan orchard in the world, 400
acres is ust outside the city limits.
Last year. Brownwood shipped IS car
loads of pecAns to New York and other
northern and eastern markets. Not
withstanding much northern capital is
seeking The city and county for invest
ment, the large majority of immigration
comes from states south Of MASON ard
Dixon Line"
In parting words for this occasional
it may be truthlully said that Brown
wood is the coming city of southwest
Texas and that no point in Texas can
surpass the gate city" and its magnif-
cent territory for investment.
CARL VINCENT