The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-02-03
orrespondencs Baltimore County Union.
LETTERS FROM TEXAS.


BRYAN. TEXAS, January 18th. 1905.
Messrs. Editors The UNION arrives prompt-
ly. 1t seems to have found new route, or else
there;has lately been anincrease Of speed estab-
lished by the railroads that lead from that part
of the world to this as the paper gets here from
six to ten hours earlier than it came year ago.
1t may be, however, that you have changed the
time of starting 1t on its long journey.
Our little city is getting quieted down after
the unusual hustle of the autumn trade, while
cotton is coming In to be disposed of and shipped
to the manufacturers. The last crop gave Bryan
the handling of about 25 600 bales. and the price
kept up to 10 cents per pound during the entire
season. At this time it is something over II
cents. Bryan has grown more in the last two
years than it has for a long time before.
There are several fine residences now in course
of construction here and new public school
house is just being completed; also fine church
for the Presbyterian denomination will soon be
ready for dedication.
The rural free delivery postal service is rapid
ly being established in this State. Four new
routes are to go into operation On February 1st.
leading from Bryan. So In everything this State
is making rapid strides for the front. and in the
course of few more years 1t will be the greatest
state in the Union. Emigrants from the older
states and many from the other side of the ocean
are arriving every week, and still there is ample
room for many more. Millions of acres of land
still lie idle in the great pan handle, waiting for
people to settle upon it. think some one made
the discovery by actual calculation some time
ago that there is room enough in Texas for every
man. woman and child in the United States and
allow each individual four acres of land. can
not say whether this mans statement is correct
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room for people who desire to find homes In this
great State, they are willing to work and stand
few hardships incident to new country until
go into an unsettled district he can get place
already improved at prices ranging from S. to
500 per acre. He can find climates from semi
tropical temperature to as cold as need be In the
winter season.
For this part of the State the winter up to this
time has been rather colder than usual. We
had quite fair specimen of real snow storm
on the ed inst. Snow fell nearly all night, but
there was not much of it left in the morning on
account of the warmth of the ground. There
was enough. however, for the boys to gather up
to make balls, though their fun was almost sud-
denly put an end to after the sun rose. Last
Tuesday night think was about the coolest of
the winter up to date. Ice formed to the thick
ness of about half an inch on branches and pools
of still water. Last month it rained here nearly
the entire time.
We are somewhat on the old fogy order, per-
haps. in some things and in one particularly,
that of furnishing heat for our houses in cold
weather. Tie old log fireplace is still used by
nine people out of every ten when they live in
wooded districts. / don't think there is any
heater half so convenient as the fireplace. One
man told me not long ago that he had never seen
a cook stove until he came to Texas. He bought
one here and put it up in his house and when his
wife made fire she put it in the oven instead Of
in the firebox. But this fellow was an exception
lone of possible thousand. Besides, this cir
cumstance took place long time ago. The peo-
pie have all learned where to make fires in cook
stoves, and they know, too, how to cook good
dinner. Yours. &C., E. e. MARRIOTT.
BRYAN, TEXAS January 10Th, 1905.
Messrs. Editors IL like The UNION very much
and read it every week. MY father, Prof. E. e.
Marriott, moved to Texas over twenty years ago.
1 am ten years old and attend the graded school
at Bryan. am in the fourth grade and am TAX
ing the examination this week for the fifth grade.
Prof. T. W. Parker is my teacher. I have one
sister at home. She is studying music at the
Texas Woman's College, of this place, under
Prof. Lilibridge.
often hear my father speak of Maryland and
tell about the cold weather there; the deep
SHOWS that used to come there when he was
schoolboy. Papa often tells me about how he
used to build snow-men on the Fairgrounds and
how he used to go skating on the ponds and
rivers, and also how he tracked rabbits in the
snow. We do not have much snow here. have
never seen snow over three inches deep and it
melted away before we boys could have much
fun playing in It,
Bryan is quite nice little city of about 6,000
people. have never been in but three larger
cities than Bryan. One of them was Victoria.
1t is about 228 miles from here. went to visit
my brother. who lives there. have a sister
living at Dallas. We all went to see her last
summer and stayed five weeks.
This is the first letter that / have ever tried to
write for paper. shall be pleased if you can
see enough in it to print it in your paper and
very much oblige.
Yours respectfully, Enrol MARRIOTT.