The Jasper news., 1901-07-26

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more reasonable mere. They have yege.
tables aud fruit on the market so we
stocked up, drove to q pleasure resort
with an artesian we'll and an artificial
lake and proceeded to have q square
meal. We seem to have passed the
land Of saloons aud poor schools and are
in more desirable section. Parker
County is next aud there they havo
good wheat, gardens and fruit but poor
corn. Weatherford the county seat is q
pretty town OF COCO people and a good
court house for the Hize OF the town.
Then comes Palo Pinto county with
hard pan and sand IN parts. Few peo-
pie ip Jasper County know what hard
i pan Is. never saw auy in Missouri. IL
is fine 10 drive on and when clear Of
sand is as good as cement rotds ard
when covered with sand pulls easier
/ than sand When there is no hard pan
they make it Of this. The city well is
almost dry. A the rest Of the wells
week for water. The wafer is dipp' d
from behind bar and there is no way
| 10 SOC where il came FROM. There emu.
meIous private wells where We get wa
ter for team and family, strange TO say
| the private wells are from l50 to 200 feet
deep.
The private wells wore well supplied
while the artpsiaE wells were failing
TIE water has gypsum in it and We
don't drink muc! OF it for it makes W
sick. You spit white matter then
cramping OF the stomach ihen high fc-
yer aud headache. 1t has taken myself,
wife aud oldest boy to keep the team
going part Of the time first one driving
and then the other. My youngest boy
has been very puny most Of the time.
We came to Palo Pinto and had my wa
gon tires set and got sons coal water
but did not drink much OF it as it had 4
trace OF gyp. Going west We came to Il
nice stream of water with pretty ponds
and fish in IT, We found spring with
no trace of gyp so we dranS all we want
ed aud were none the worse for it, We
have found cistern now and then that
had no gyp in it but most Of them have
SO you see we have been thirsty most OF
the time. We have To get water for the
horses, they draw II line on gyp water
but drink pond water alright. There
is not much excuse for people not hav-
ing water as they can build ponds easily
or reach water by wells but good water
is the thing. There are plenty Of people
who do not try 10 have water so it is
scarce in some places. Palo Pinto coun-
ty is a timber and mountainous county
with numerous cedar forests.
We came into Stephens County and
turned south at Caddo stream There
is timber, rocks and hills. They have
good wheat but other crops are fail
ure. GTasshoppers have done consider.
damage. We came into Stephen coun
ty at Caddo. II is timber country.
There are not many cattle and not
much grass, We came in To Eastland
county. 1t is timber county, sandy
and not much as Ear as | have seen. We
came To the county seat. 1t has two
saloons, a court house that would do
justice in town ten times as large, Il
wagon yard and other buildings of mi
or Importance. The trip has not agreed
with any of US except Thomas but we
are all feeling pretty well now. There
are not many reptiles hore. The wealth
er is nice. Any one can't go here when
the thermometer run much higher than
in the North. 100 in the shade is pleas
ant here and will not trouble any one as
much as 81 in the shade in Missouri
There is always nice breeze. DOM
like Texas. like that west of FIT
} Worth best and it gets better farther
west. will start for Odessn, Ectol
County as my next mail point. 1t i:
, very dry all through Texas.
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