Year: 1866




are riding over the country, spong'
ing from this man, stealing that
mans horse, swindling and thieying
generally. :.
What Texas needs, TO stand in
the first rank in tho great sisterhood
of States, is n larger proportion OF
WORKING MEN. In what State can 8
larger amount Of wheat per acre be
raised than in Texas? What state
can raise bother grass? Where can
we find land that will produce more
cotton to the acre? 49,


1t has been said, that "fruit viii
not grow well in Texas How do
we know? How many men have
even attempted to raise fruit, and
have spent rs much time in planting
and cultivating fruit trees as has
been spent, by successful fruit grow.
ers. in other sections Of the country
Fruit wW grow in Texas. Uncle
Joe Baker (peaco to his ashes) raised
an orchard that has become famous
in this country. One gentleman in
this town exhibited as fine peaches
whether we speak Of size or flavor
as have ever been furnished in East,
ern markets from the famous peach
growing States Of New Jersey and
Maryland. Other citizens have al
ready exhibited fine fruit, the result
Of only few years, attention to the
matter of fruit growing. Fruit vii,
not grow in Texas for those who had
rather chase inferior stocks Of cattle
and mustang ponies over the prai'
ries, live in log houses through the
cracks of which you can throw q
dog, and eat jerked beef and corn
dodgers, than to till the earth like
civilized men and live like white
men, instead eliminating the nomadF
of ancient and modern times. One
would suppose that good horses car
not be raised in Texas. Judging from
the specimens upon the prairies. 1t
will not be disputed that the finest
stock of horses to be found in tho
world would soon deteriorate, il eX,
posed to all the sudden changes oI
weather in this, or any other count.
ry. Fine horses are only raised by
uorkjnq men who are careful to pro
vide shelters for their stock. These
lazy, pony riding, ro"ing gentlemen
of elegant leisure, (where they al
come from the Lord only knows
and ho,g they live they will not be apt
to tell,) neither build dwelling
houses. nor institutions of learning
They contribute nothing to the
building Of railroads, nor even tc
the repair of common roads. They
have no use for them. They are
never producers Of anything, and
the sooner the country is rid OF them
the better for society. There is one
place they sometimes occnpy-bu'
always to the injury, and at The ex'
pense, Of others-the county Jail.


What we want now is more hon
est working men. Working men
are naturally honest men. Living
by their labor they are not tempted
to be dishonest, Our farmers and
mechanics, who recognize the obi.
CATION resting upon all men since
the sentence was pronounced, "By
the sweat of thy brow shalt thou eat
thy bread" are the men who make
tn" country yield a support to the
residents. 70 the working men OF
more densely populated States We
would say, here is a chance tor you
to find plenty Of room, and your la
Dor will yield sure reward. Lane
is comparatively cheap at present
but Judging from the prospect before
us it will soon advance rapidly IL
value. We are bound to have rail
roads and other means Of communi'
cation with the great channels o
commerce, and the rich tracts o
land, now lying waste along ou1
streams, will be put in cultivation
A new era will dawn upon us, The
era of rapid improvement, but only
when we have a large population o
WORKING MEN.-PdriS Press.