The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-03-14


prosper beyond the widest dream. The
| older they grow the more contented they
VIII be to sit In the warm sunshine. away
from the chill and cold. and live on com.
iorts ana luxuries tina. win enable them
TO build up their wasted energies. They
can swap the stories OF the oldeu time
with men, who fought on the other side.
who are now devoted to the Union and
would fight at the drop OF the hat for
one country and one flag" The war is
over in this happy land and the people
want TO build up and foster the great state
ana see 1t peoped with millions OF hapnv
free men.
There is no climate or soil where one
can live without work. The reward is In
proportion to the labor and energy ex-
pended We have Investigated fully what
has been accomplished. and we have
| abundant evidence to prove that many have
paid for their lanf the second year. and
that 1t has enhanced in that time more
than double. and at the end OF three and
five years. when the fruit and pears are
bearing fully. land worth $40 when pur-
chased Will sell for from $500 to $500 per
acre.
| He sings Of Texas as though born on
her soil:
| Texas enjoys a wonderful variety In her
| uhu ~ &c pJIlIuu vi the STATE !
swept by the gulf breezes, which dispense
| life to vegetation and health to the people
wherever they reach We have been in
Texas In all seasons OF the year, and in
July and August 1t is much cooler than In
the North; there is always a breeze, and
the nights are cool Sun strokes arc I'M
known and there are NO epidemic diseases
The world has no spot on all its vast OK
pansc so perfectly hcalthful. People live
years beyond the allotted span of Nc. The
''norther' Ia this part OF the State is SIM
ply cold. chilly, north wilma that drives
away all malaria and gives lii, ana yigor
to man and woman. our location is Gully
about two hours ride from the most fam
Gus seaside resorts in the world.
The whole gulf coast country Is in its
infancy and the commerce aud proc IL d, ems
OF the greater part o: the Ur'tcd States
viii, 1t ne distant day. enter aad lsJ,e
points on the gulf coast. The moveme, Of
these products has Just begun. The Whole
Northwest and the great valleys VIII lock
10 the gulf as their outlet to the wide sea
There are many railroads that :lJw reach
the gulf, but soon a more direct enc vii
be opened. In fact all 1t neels now is TO
fill In the chlnks; three hundred miles mere
OF railway would connect the British pos
sessions with the gulf coast along the base
OF the Rocky mountains. Great cities Will
yet arise along the Texas Jre Our loea-
ton is less than seventy--se Mills from
Galveston. and fifty miles from Ho:ston.
J This part of Texas is a spot o. lcum-
| parable beauty. and enjoys .he riches, soil
in the world. 1t will produce all that can
be raised in the North. and half tie pro-
ducts of the tropics. The old ald tne yoLrg
viii find II a land of delight, special ad-
vantages will be given the FIRST settlers on
this land, We want strong men and Won n
| who will give abundant energy to the
pleasant duty OF planting u colony IN these
lands We want those who are WI ling to
work and who will hold up e1cn c;ier's
hands in tho glad mission With such Will
ing helpers. who will soon p.ospar far te-
yond any hope we have given, .h's land
will be Paradise upon the nearly gulf
and thousands will partako Of lis JOS and
mingle its blessings.
| Today in the cold and cherries Ncrth-
land a genuine blizzard is in FIJI blast;
| the wind is bowling along the str aets and
over the country roads packed deep with
snow. The street car and railway lines ara
blocked telegraph wires and poles broheL,
and all mail is delayed. A vast sum Of
money will be spent fighting snow, add
tlonal fuel, and labor enough to c"lt;vate
county on the gulf coast will be squan-
| great pathways must be dug to the stable,
/ well and cut houses, and thousands OF cat
tie and sheep will perish. Tho icy wind
chills TO the bone, and many caught in the
wild whlring storm will give up their
! lives in vain struggle to reach safety
and comfort. Great fires must be kept up
all the day and the long cherries night.
In the cold comfortless rooms in thousands
OF dreary farm houses the weary, over
worked inmates will pray for sunlight and
warmth to come
While on the golden gulf shore ilowers
are in bloom. gardens yield their delicious
luxuries; the bathing n mo th'othing
waves Of the sea has hardly ceasel. not a
I flake of snow on all rho Ian the & ass
green the trees clad In summer garn, and
their long, waving plumes CT moss sway
ing in the soft charming breeze; the mock
ing bird singing with the sweet spring
time breeze dwelling on all the lueious
land; bushes laden with flowers strawpcr-
ries with all their ripening fruit In the
gardens: the happy children playing IN the
sunshine. and the stalwart men and many
boys working in their shirt sleeves On
every field turning up the sod and planting
the seed which will soon lung lolth me
heavy harvest that will pay for the par
chased acres and swell the sum INA oy
for the time of need. The women dweIilhs
in peace and comfort ani not wearing
their gentle lives away IN long grinding
struggle TO save the horne but s'ngins
songs and basking in tie wan 'ta' M
and going to their daily work with delight
and making lfes pathway bright with
hope and promise.
The tract we have selected which is con
coded to he the finest in the gulf coas
country, is situated in the northeastern
portion OF Wharton. and the southeastern
mart of Colorado counties and lies my
miles west and little south OF Houston
The Southern Pacific railroad traVerses th'
southern part of the tract. and the sdi
Antonio and Arkansas Pass railroad crosse
its north cen er. The town of New Phiia
delphia is on the Southern Paclhc ah'
Chesterville is on the Arkansas Pass ran
wav Wallis the junction of the lattel