Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1892-05-19
LETTER FkGsi TfXkS.
IYLEE. TEXAS,

Nay i4th, lo92.
Ed. EAGLE: Thinking that a
few lines from one who has
seen Texas la person would be
IF interest 10 many Ufyour read
trs, | have co Iclaied 20 pen
you short letter about said
State. la tie trst place, Texas
is a state OF immense distances
ard CntsiGe of this fact, il Is 10
day 10 better, or [ may sal not
rs good IS old Mississippi With
all of ner poverty. The general
depression in the monetary mar
kets, and the dul times wlt.ch
you have al experienced in
Mississippi, Is also felt in Texas
ia tuii force aud effect and |
have it from real excellent au-
ihority, 10 wit: gentleman who
resides in San Francisco o, and
who Las Recently travelled from
one end OF The state to the 9th
or, that there 10 not 20 day a
live and prosperous town in
Texas. This same gentleman
said that Mississippi was three
times better than Texas aud
that -the whole State did not
possess one single mAnHfaetgr
ing establishment that would
near compare with the WeSs0u
Mil. IN Miss, where they have
ten thousand employees
II is true that the black land
belt OF Texas is very fne to be
no Il, and when pivwed looks
As rich as = large Jew, bat they
have their draw backs here Oh
account of the dry SEASONS.
scarcity of fuel and last bat not
least, ~mIserably poor water.
No farmer IN Mississippi can
come out here and bus any OF
these lands. for to use q CON
mon expression usually employ
ell here by Texas ~dgIes and
"dud;nes,- the sad lands are
cont o'sighr," Ia figuring on
same, aud are largely owned by
syndicates anti Eastern cspItli-
lists. who are able TO hold them
high for n number Of years get.
Ii is true that in the said black
land district they do get rain,
but not enough in any year to
make these rich lands yield near
what they ought to, and farm
rents are high in sIid section of
country. The towns which have
been doomed in Texas AKA now
in distress, and | was Informed
u few days ago, that the city of
Dallas alone, bad now 2lU0 va
cant residences and business
houses. People back east like
myself for instance, .hink that
they can come out here aud bet
ter their condition. bat | say to
them, that Horace Greely's idea
to $50 west young man and
grow up with the country" IS a
fAlIacy, and ought 20 become
obsolete, ard laii away on the
shell to rust and die
Every one thinks he can DO
better out here. aad have come
out. hence the country is over
run with people VINO ara abso-
lately out Of employment There
are more lawyers here than ca
ses, more doctors thar patients,
more dentists than people have
teeth to phil or plug. more Ia
bOrers than can fad employ
ment, more farmers than good
farm lands 20 cu!.irate, more
chemists than anything 10 ana
lyze, aud almost 20 many preach
eFs as there are sinners. and
certainly more than the sinners
can pay decen. salarI-s. and so
il CUES on 'atl iEinItum' Rast
ern Texas il :he only decent
portion of The state to live in,
for here you can get fuel and a
fair article of drinking water
Coal here is high, 81 90 per ton
and wood ranges from So 80 te
81 90 per cord. In Temple, coal
is SIS 90 per ton aud wood s. 90
to So 90 pcr cord, AMI these
prices rarely every vary
C%ontentmeut is all ia all, after
all, and right to say North Mis-
sissippi is the best poor mans
country out OF doors. He Is
surrounded there by pure, God
given, perpetual springs of run
ming water, natural forests Of
timber tor fuel. iine grasses, and
good milk and batter, some
thing that scarcely any part of
Texas enjoys say to the PEG
pie of Lafayette county that
you are living in the best part
of the world right now if you
viii only be eouteutcd.
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