The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-12-31
LETTER FROM TEXAS.
Miss Anna MaIIott Tells of Her Trip, and
Her Impressions OF Her New Home.

ty friends might be interested in
a letter from me through the
courtesy of the "Fulton County
News" l will tell something OF
our trip, and of the country.
We left Hancock on the fifth of
October, and i've days later we
arrived at Brazoria, Texas, tired
and worn out with our long jour
ney. The first days travel we
enjoyed greatly, and our eyes
were on the alert to catch from
the car window thethousand and.
one new sights; but when one
keeps gong for days, the eye be-
comes weary, and oue's brain
fairly stupetied, and 1t takes
something very unusual to attract
ones attention to any very great
degree.
Brazoria is a town of about 400
people situated on the line of the
st. Louis, Brownsville, and Mexi.
can railroad. [ think this is a
fine country-splendld climate,
and a rich soil. There has been
but one frost this winter, and
that was a very slight one and
would not be counted IN Fulton
county. Peach trees are in
bloom. Crops grow here nearly
every month IN the year. The
oats Is looking fine. Oats is u.s.
ually sown here IN November.
Oranges, tiSs, and bananas do
well. This country is settling
up with Northern people very
rapidly-settlers principally from
OHIO, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Kan
sas, Missouri, Nebraska-in fact,
there are among them represent
atlves from almost every state in
the Unlcn. Last week s excur-
sion to this place brought forty
seven people who bought land
and will make their homes here.
Frank Spade, o. w. Mellott,
and Howard Mallott-all of whom
came here recently from Fulton
county are getting along nicely
and building nice comfortable
houses. We are going to the
beach during the holidays to
catch fish, gather oysters, and
shoot Wild ducks and geese. The
winter gardens are looking fine,
and cabbage, lettuce, onions, peas,
turnips, radishes, and beets are
growing nicely, and remind one
of what the gardens In Fulton
look like along in June,
Frank Spade has a nice orange
and fig orchard, started, and all
our Fulton county colony, except
Lew Mellott, like the country
well, and are here to stay.
Howard Mellott is breaking
ground for his spring crops.
Corn and potatoes are planted
about the first of February, and
cabbage-well you can set out
cabbage plants any old time
every month in the year if you
like. Two crops of corn may be
raised each year, and three crops
of potatoes, or any other kind of
truck in the same tune. The
strawberry season is at it's best
just now, and they are being
shipped by the carload from An
gleton-eight miles from here.
1t should be remem bered that
this is new country, just being
opened up. We do not have any
strawberries to ship now, but ex-
pect to have plenty of them by
this time next year.
Everything IS hustle and hustle
here. The people who drop down
in new country like this mean
business, and very well know that
success will not come to the man
who is afraid of a little work, or
is not willing 10 pay the price in
personal sacrifice ior a few years.
Real estste men are having
their inning now, of course; but
they are the men that lead the
way INTO all new territory, and
their work is a necessity.
There is room and opportunity
for more Fulton county people
here, and 1 should be glad to vel
come such to our new land, where
! think they would be pleased
With the change.
ANNIE MELLoTT,
Brazoria, Tex, Dec. 20, 1908.
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