The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-05-14
Another Trip to Texas.


Piedmont, 8. O., Nav 0. 1900
-! ane ne r9masks IN "Our Trip to Texas"
drew from another va,arar
d the veterans the according remark that
M. Clinkscales' ''honest opinion, nn
mat country wae conscient!cusly o0rr,ui-
These opinions OF q brother veteran ara
rom rom Mr: VIM. F. Lee. In q letter pre-.
he wrote; "The trees are full Of prown
leaves, corn and cotton ere &c S,~ s;,onw;,
to work, and come have their corn
plowed and hoed out for the last time.
some OF the corn is as high my shoulder.
Rose buehes are in full bloom. We had
new Irish potatoes for dinner and shall
have beans In few dave. It is very dry
here. The climate at Tanglewood, about
31O north latitude, a little south of Charles.
ton, is very hot. Some of the land is the
richest ever saw; the whole country
ought to be rich In wealth: but I would
give large part of the finest Of 1t Just
now for good drink Of water, which I
have not had since left Csrolina. There
are several hundeds Of acres in single
unbroken crops OF cotton and corn and
hne country, but L have not seen any
place yet that would take for nv own
little place in Piedmont
Mr. Lee, on his return, said tho coun-
try was yet In a state of speculative en-
terp,ise. People scarcely knew what
they wanted. They wanted wealth, but
had no straight, definite purpose toward
wealth; their enterprise was not sunport-
ed by Judgment. Their way to gain was
to grasp great deal, and their way to
lose was ike the boy and the nuts, who
In the fable, grasped too many and lost
oil. Their cattle and horses were thickly
spread upon the Texan ranches as the
Patriarchian herds upon the plains Of
Chaldes, but the herds OF the 'Texacans''
were raw.boued and sadly i'll need of
hoH -
domestic feeding of animals, and all the
overly-abundant lands could not find for
food or drink they must be content with
out. unless an higera occurred, which
carried great numbers to the cattle's
Mecca In Indian Territory; and, regard
Ing the cattle being borne there, Mr.. Lee
said he counted from his window at his
friends house from 10 to Is train loads
day. The trains averaged each about 20
cars, and each car carried 80 to 40 AMI
mals. probably 500 to 800 on train or
0oo 70 5000 head Of cattle each day. he
had been told th:a happy flight Of the
animals 20 new pastures had now been
going on about two months.
Small children from 10 to l3 begin their
youthful sports dangling with the young
minnow. They beg lasso nom their
father mount q trained charger, whip
him out to the following herd where.
with fore and hind feet stuck fast in the
ground, the animal pulls backward,
drawing in with his might the paving
moose OF the lasso around his neck, and
In"
Apropos Of cattle, the wild species is
n"t the only attraction there, nor espe-
O., " would 1t be to tho young farmers
would do the milking for her only--oniy
we'll, you know they can't, hle fingers
are too long. The good man Of the house
where Mr.. Lee was guest obliged with q
tape line his accom- modating wife who
was enthroned upon milking stool be-
side a red Durham. She measured
around one of the appendages from which
the white fluid was flowing in q current
thick as the finger: "Eight inches"
said she. The udder was the bulk of
half q bushel. The animal weighed from
1000 to 1900 pounds. Yet, again, was an
otheT curiosity that would DO worth
something to the dehorner. A pair Of
horns detached that measured from tip to
tip six feet Ave inches, and around the
crook OF the horns, ACROSS the head ssven
feet.
They are few who cultivate fine stock;
no shelters, no barns-juEt 8 great trust
In Providence and. the survival OF the
fttest. There are few dwellings in the
country worthy the name. The boards
nailed up lengthwise and no strain OF
aesthetic.
Money, money, ts all their cry:
How to make &, how to use it.,
How 10 spend It, how to lose IT,"
Moreover the women have learned ia
grow old and not Graceful-that ie, as q
are lank and lean, The hard winds, 1t is
said, are accountable for this. A man is
we'll prepared for Texas weather when
J he eellies out bearing overcoat and linen
duster, felt hat and straw hat, light shoes
and overshoes, q fan and an umbrells.
He does not know which he shall need
most during bis outing. Then
"Thc Texas Norther comes sudden aud
soon,
At the dead ofnight or the blaze OF noon. u
There Is no fruit to speak Of What
what are known here as the "mock'' or.
: aDge. These trees are very abundant
md preclude fruit. The wood ia very
lard and commands high price for paw.
ing streets.
ing. The gold brick this time was not IL
It with the oil we'll: A guileless SOU
, most worthy veteran(?) as they were In
all di9R uises, wanted to interest him
| In a"Beaumont, gusher," said he had
"place" and would the Arkansas brother
come andaee? The brother did. He wa!
asked to allow himself to be treated K
something good, but the brother did no
drink. He was offered sods, guilelessly
took it-no harm, however. He was aBk
ed to bet on dice. but he did not bet. II
fact, he was going. to be Improbable tt
the oil magnate. Then, as last resort
he was asked just to guess how man,
spots there were: II will guess" sait
3 said the juRgler, "here is your ten dol
lars. Guess again." thrusting 80 bill
into the guesser's hand. "Iti is not m,
: ten dollars" said the man. "I did no
T win 1t, and don't want It. guess Tn
! in the wrong place." So he escaped.
An old and once poor Piedmont boy
whom Mr.. Lee met after ten years' resi-
? dence in Dallas, and by whom entertail.
ed over night was John Allison, who ha
o comfortable home and accom- mplishee
Canadian wife. Mr.. Allieon is earninl
from 81 tn $3.50 a day at pastering O.
atucco work. fine specimen of his ar