Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1900-07-12
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last in The Wild Wrsf. bat not
~ eErtptHrsi With it- h~eaut,es
AMI Advantages as 70 uecoaIr
lis'oyai "a huig Old Mississippi
We passed through Arsaa.
sas over the Iron Mountain
route, and found is picturesque
svamps. tail trees a..I many
rivers very interesting. The
cotton crops were little better
than n VI si-sppi. but The corn
especially ia the southern part
81 the state. was very Arr.
Vas Just beginning To think
cotton would reaca ~ csats %
pound. d. Nhat / hti seen grow
ing Was a tar sample ut Tia.
years erDp. Whcr We struck the
black h..t OF Northeastern
lexts. Between 1exarstua and
Dtit~, We pissed through what
- said O. De- i.e Glest sgricu.
ur#l coaatry IN the world
There were miles ami miles 81
cotton rEo aal three feet Ligt.
aui fail of blooms. Nhile vast
tracts 81 land we're covered
with deep green stur.iy looking
corn. staining Lac soldiers h..
dug def tnce 10 poverty and
Nlnt.
Not one single grassy. or
poorly worked c-pp did We
pass. wAiie beautiful fern houses
wI.h eommo l,ous barns aud
stables. were The RUE. Not
cabin. or down at-ththael. set
element Nas tu bc seen. Pros
perIiy aud tArtt characterized
the towns as we'll. I wiit att.
'is.t tlis land sells READILY az.
ni,y dollars per acre. 50 there
IS ao Iiueer 1T Lafayette coun
IS being drpopuiiied by q rush
% Tins .tui eft plenty.
From Dallas 20 Fort Worth
thes>oI was sandy. and crops.
NOT So good \ hundred niles
before reaching vernon. we
strscs one ofthr greatest wheat
producing sections ui tAr onion.
The gram bod been eat. and il
mtJy places tlrrsA-d auI sent
Oh mIrset. bat IE most pltceS
the wheat was in The shock
awaiting the thre-her Herds
90 cattle Ted on the thin prairie
aud q i1tteHci 30 the winter
ON The wheat straw The wheat
crop y uausIai.y line this yetr
Iui tire mlrlstn ~ ue-ar-Insat
thl- season 81 the year causes
revival Of cuisines, 4u,i t-rc err
c.tstfsl - mo1rr.
Another thriving Industry ia
tbe ril=lug ct clatr.oupr- for
tlr beaver aaI Fort Worth
markets. Cotton i- raised Boy
tay siralcrs. hut 81 nar- 80 good
90 tn ra.iesa past 0i tie
state
The level Ge'.ls. tie beautiful
set~! ru aa1 aasieat
prairie are alta aad
tae vtFu be4ri--G b0satttlr pel
pc would VIA tire heat ot aHv
r.. bur INSISTS p9Es giant
aaks. running slreaus uE water.
md picturesque hiIis aud even
<asIs aHe ssill Ietfrr a. me
thlu tae Loae Sta- state many
advantages and promise % psos
p-rity and plenty.
made many pleasant ae-
q1sIHtsnces on mv tup tom
Memphis - Fort Worth some
af them have relatives in Ox-
1Ft. laiso met with many m
ierestrn@ II not pleasant cxper1-
eaees At Trursana We sop
pei Tor supper TgwsH o'clae (.
It night, and lunch they slI.l.
eoult Only be served. That
lunch Viii never be forgotten
by those who partOok OF H.. II
WIS cold coffee. zee cold nsh. As
strong as simpson IA smell and
halt raw. paid the penalty for
feastag upon this Lelieacy .
BY = two day FIST af,erwari.
II Bowie. known in this see.
ton a. the chicken .own.
heard dozens of Iittle boys veil.
, IN. ~three pieces chicken. three
pieces bead, for ten cents
Thinking 10 best 10 avoid Iuoth
rr hsa experience I went oct oa
the platform and asked TO lsos
4 the chicken \ wirv HffI4
boy OF ten showed mp 4 BAG Of
what seemed 10 De nicely brown
ei chicken. Better git It. qu
trans srartia. SAID the box
J / handed hsH the dime aud hs
lodged behind a box ear.
wentto nv seat AMI looked a
the chicken. II proved To b.
three ptrees Of refuse beef d.p
ped In batter and fred Iva,
= Just about "a varn M IpIlss
travellers against tnis variety o
feXss t1Wt. when a man Slid
Don't take me for a tender
D foot, boy I've been IN Trxr
. ten years I didn't care {,
. pose as q tender foot. 50 re
y served the lunch a. a souvenI
Of experience.
II belleview. the citizens q
the town auI count we're eele
bratIng the Glorious Fourth. b,
PIE me About four ar tiv.
thousand people were congrt
gated IN the prairie town. an,
a we're composed OF every clt,
OF society of that section Sev,
raj eON boys. with broad hrim
- Elei has and nf-faTz eawa-