The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-08-16
ARCADIA IN SOUTH TEXAS.
Better OF Than Any Other Part of
the World.
ABOUT THE LANDS AROUND HOUSTON
Capable Of high Cultivation - Value Of
Green Manuriug--scsriet Glover the
Shamrock Of South 1e1As.
Two are tho pathways by which man

Can 10 S.rture mount upward.
II thou should'st ind the one barred.
open the other Will be.
his by cxertion the happy obtain her,
Tho suffering by patience,
Hcst Is the man whose KIND fate
Guides him along upon both
Although 1t is asserted by many thai
tho times are out Of Joint. We may yet
prove that well directed energy Is as pro
ductivo of virtuOus happiness AS ever II
was an the worlds history. and that We.
the people of South Texas. are Individual.
~ and collectively better OFF than any
other people that can be- named on the
uther fact OF great Importance. namely
what we have got Win very few cNccp-
lions. was made right here. We may
also assert af,d prove hat although SUI
fcrns is the entailmcut ot sin every
where, and also OF Innocence on occa-
+ ons. vet less suffering really exists here
than in most other localities. Some PEG.
pie suffer from Ill directed energy. for
example II a poor man persists tu simply
ssrSt',h poor land ne NJ always
nam constantly persists in abusing we'll
io,do people he WIN get ~ 70 his poy.
man turns politician rStced OF TURNING
the sod. the lathe or the rrindS:cne. he
VII wind up Il rather worthless career
ll9guc this country suffers fNsm Is the
immense quantity of cranky and uitcrate
politicians VINO are going to fix every
q ne, They truly prove that ~ HIDE
ltGiuiug Is dangerous thing" If al
LEVIED their way they viii wreck the coun-
/ try.
THE FUTURE or HOUSTON.
! on the ear this morning heard the fol-
p. wing rcmask Houston. like illlas.
las en- hcr best days" ! suppose tho
parties meant both places had boon
Doomed and collapsed. A. a matter OF
course such remarks are foolshncss As
/ both titinS VIII n1tnrllllN
! growth OF tho territory around them
/ The remark. however, = YES food fot
Thought Dallas is In tho center Of q
/ ille farming country, rolling aud undu-
! laimg. whore poov man can open ont
! land aud make good crop the first SOFT
son. h9ust1l Is t1 the con t OF fllt
country. where the SOIL MS 10 be dltchcd
ard beaded 10 the center of lonr narrow
| lands before reliable cror can lo made
! CT course crop may hr made tiD. tsf
season, Just az well near Dallas, if the
Seasons come lust to suit IT, hut " other
wiS", The crop may be drowned ont. or
scalded. although II eau not bee washed
vmt VI every acre around Houston Is
| capable Of Intensive improycmont -dura-
pr!ce Of the land arounl Houston bal
auccs all the condii ons attending #. and
II simply rests with the present owners
sysiems of drainage and other improve
! m"niS; 50 the new conner will not go
| stranded upon 1t, II is asserted by SOM,
| MAT with the exception of the Brazos
bottom tho lands around Houston arc
y. r. Even accepting this a. so. | nov
state they become rich as cream by sya-
ting.
GREEN MATURING,
or maneuoring, Is simply Illustrated az fol
lows Sastnl, an italian chemist. tested
the value OF an acre OF heans grown and
plowod under, as green manure rhc
ground produced % tons Of green henn
plants and those were rlowed under whom
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