The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1893-12-31
ARCADIA IN TEXAS.
ASorHER CHAPTER on THE COAST
COUNTRY,
A warm, Soft Atmosphere. Free From
Biszarts-NarIety 81 Business which
May Bn Successfully Carried On,
The Culture of Tobacco.


gold
Nor sordid fame nor hope OF heaYenl!
bliss
Can purchase, but a life OF resolute good
UnalteraOle will, quenchless desire OF uni
verSal happiness. the heart
That beats with 1t in uu son, the brain
Whose ever wakeful wisdom tolls (,
change
Reasons rich stores for its eternal veal.
Although in my own mind great dea
or stupid repetition comes to the surfac,
In the perpetual endlessness OF my themes
yet the consciousness OF good sustaius me
and conVinccs me as voice CRYING II
the wilderness 20 the weary and heavy
me-, ,.bo nav, i i..s,r, ~ ,uiS Lu,lV"l
t"bsra ma ,,bn,, ~ I Utsa,e,S ,uVIn 90
has 10 h" SM1e,,i1 m n MN SV wi, W, VIZ
In your bodies or where fbe animal ,,,in
fnli is dercio,, md t,.rj,,oti1,, -,
or where the land is nntnrniiv NOR and
unnrod,ctive n,. ,,t.,,, thrE ~ uuu
. tive rnarkst or more tb,n ali ,,bIr, ~
Ia. .''S ~. Ii ilete III south
Where ibc ian lnnd III 10 a." ns o. YOU d-o,r,
a., ,.,,. -, -, - q" va '"i'''
,ii,tt 20 l ~ ~ eSsio'i aoIyai that tne
! tIti"a.c ol Soutn teNds Is siI@er, a Slrt
i,ioo s!o N, or no. oed Ihal VIII suck me
J uiScs o". ui d man rms IS not SO. II II
VIE, 20 you think II would be covered
/ , MI Il otiu lu Ncr9urt oil green, ana
~, Geine ,,S H.iiuI me humus OF thous-
/ HtJ asts AituVuSu II Is warm country
/ @,,a w 'ulu eluapIN sustained IT Is
( Ns,ntpet al ICY WdFtn IKE me island -
L. ts Gr " yS9uth OF france or the
80, ~ iS'i aus, iEnl L!onusse' OF Jtr-
I siSl VI ,"g lsies on nreece ana other sunny
,,,is,,h, ~ - /" M9'!l' sou anu Eehue at
thoi AZ, iihTmsu 70 Ihe SobWe9 LephNe
80. 't,'t ~ aiottIlu an dHIldteH spirit y
~ III ~. ~ ~ neitner siSzaiu country nor
e., ~, , EIarv country ~ Us me proper tenn
NM tO Id, WI ana SNtfaordin-
1 ,rS, nes.t ,,,o being such 1t is the
WE 5oa, ~ i' r, re tor pleasant Me
,,,bsra o,, va w ~ as low neTe US my
s Mvee on me H9ntnemt OF america ana
1870 VISA ppedI mere as NoN ana SOM
Jus "S az tlIe apProueh OIL aurora.
VARIETY OF BUSINESS.
The products Of this section of country
are more varied than those of nnv Other
country consisting OF sugar, cotton. rice.
ramie. teosinte, crap grass COW meas and
the entire list of vegetables. and in fruits
It is pre-eminent az - strayberrv near
plum, fig. oriental orange. olive and crane
region. - anu e'"Pe
Under these circumstances manufactures
will arse founded on these nattirai No
ducts and materialIV assisted Nv Tho P s M
peroritv of oiir hTick tbc a;,,,iai,iIit,.
and variety of our lumber and ia, en-
In a short period Of time the revision
of the tariff win omen a market nj Hons
ton OF the raw materinis of Mexic0
prominent among which nre Garnet and
other coarse woois suited for tbh ,na1,'S
facture of heavy articles for domestic IIse
or export. and nowhere in the south is
lgl - Iph
manufacturers as the city az Houston veitb
her artcsinn wnter ana her cbean trat rs
portation to the outside world or Inter-
state. The cheapness of living WI also
in ali future Years cut a eraat Ggilre in
the material welfare Of tho vorltmnn If
itself an advantage to The eInnIovef'
In this letter | wish To call attention to
the Red river Of the south tba nj GCI
orado, which takes its rise in the counties
above the line Of the Texas Paciic raj
Austin. then on down thTompb HastTn ron
Favette. Colorado Wharton AMI Siaibt,
gorda counties All of tbasa land. i,.i,,,' "a,
the river and lis tribntorIas and l.,,,,,,.,
as bottom lands are matchiess In fertiitt,
and the ease with which they are yyorked
I'hey and the nrair;as niso arc Liz ,',Itb
n thrifty poptilation ORIGINALLY coming
from the fatberlnnds NJ E,,ro,e nov,
largely in thH second panera ion An, Cm
icanIsed They nrofnca ~, tbcsa lands
sIich n variety aid obnndamce tbat Il 'a ~,
fairly be called a land GoyvIng y,itb r,1iii,
and honey, Even the bees Of this great
So wen trained thev make their honey
combs in buclets md piass hnxae read,,
Tor the market Ifucsyyhaat lie eTfensi,,aiS,
grown for the bees thousands of acres
% lend 9,s go,,.cd H. sp"t,,, ~ j
corn for forape and ot6ar iila forae -,
plants, not forgettinr the Colorado Zoos.
6I.ar VIII bow stdcits ,,T fI3f1a 1oCie'
onJ lorn I.o ~ clclyIir, 800 M
notbsri bahg ',d , o9SM9 aril
n13i s6oviiT,r ri i, re, 3r M IN,
10 -, ms ~ ~ "U, ~
go bg ~" Wy miiGci No. pu' az L.!
esd hiidr. isn abo,,d Ky.
80 20 81. "t9n ""Dull,i n,I5 ~
SI ny ~ ~ clii.a(e uId 'ne generous
'OoU PtUiHuCtI " 'Ie lalii. A.. &. l.,
- ~ - vii,S ny roIlpa 'lsoi i ma. " -
poTTiIg 20 18TH GO yuui 'ngiiI ui a
tpNnLl aalu lIS ,ISau JiotST, l w w, no"
,Ght anu review ,no Cui,lVhu9h Oh lGLr.c5o
m Lne sIignI e1untcIPatI 10 th,S Iol9r~Io
I EeI NaltS' talHcly inc NaileS OF Ine
oiineeticut Inere ms crop Is grown 10
a BFeAltr ueETle o., Pttie.uon thah III
any o'her section OF me American CON
Illent--dlu ~ % ,Esn tltllg tihateu AZ
any crop ralseu. Ihere nearly every man
.who mas II lcW acres OF ground ralsel
from quarter or an acre 10 nNt or sly
acres OF tobacco; me Connecticut seed
lear, me seed OF thelr own saving, Is there
the pest kinu. Oct SEED pc saved here)
IN quet nook where me bieak norm
winds are broken OH ana where the SOIL
like this Colorado soil, 10 a rlch sandy
loan, bed ~ prepared ana sphded up,
say for an acre Of plants two rods long
and eight feet wide. Then some line. dry
brush is spread over the Whole surface
set on fire and burnt to ashes Afterwards
the bed Is thoroughly raked ana prepared
for the seed. The same Is then soWed,
even and true. q bed Of this size taking
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