Year: 1875

crop PrOSpeetS-JAlI DeiiNeTy -SpriT
Ing Match-Th0usands Of Cattle on


the Prairie-Luxuriatin in Vegeta-


bles, Etc.


Especial Correspondence of Dallas Herald.l


DENTON, June ~.


Since my last Denton has been Wis
tied with most copious seasons. The
wneat crop is now about harvested,
and every body is jubilant. No more
encouraging prospect ever gladdened
the hearts of a people than is now pre-
sented in this county.


The people behold themselves in pos
session of a wheat harvest that is
simply unparalleled in this section,
with the promise of corn crop that
II Think will make Il bounteous yield
without another rain.


The DentOnites are luxuriating III
the use and enjoyment Of the finest
gai dens ever known here. No veget-
able in the category of Landreth or
Buiss is behindhand in quantity or
quality. The fact is, we have got the
finest country up here in the world.
The soil seems adapted to the perfect
development of every agricultural and
horticultural product known to this
latitude, under anything like favora-
BILE auspices, in point of weather.


Thousands of beeves are in herd on
Grand prairie, west and northwest ofus,
getting fat for market. In fact, they are
already fat, but L suppose they need to
have their flesh solidified oil the nu-
tricious grasses for which this county
is so justly celebrated. They VIII be
shipped at Denison principally. IL has
been estimated that not less than 10000
head are grazing in ten miles OF Den
ton.


A Jail delivery occurred here last
week. A young gent, sporting the oc-
cupation of "horse-bunter," became
emtroiled In q feud with some of his
neighbors last year, and appeared as n
witness against one of them before the
district court in January, when he
swore with such a headlong intrepidity
as to attract the attention of the dis
trict attorney, who went for the young
man to the tune of bill for perjury.
Failing to give bail, he went to- jail.
He was restless youth, having been
habituated TO the wild, free life of a
horse-hunter, and it went hard with
him. He wept continually, and
yearned for the air of. liberty.
Speaking to friend with tears
i'm his eyes, be was wont
to protest that he was not guilty, but
to 90 and tell his younger brothers to
quit lying, and be good boys. Well he
kept his eye skinned for a hole to
creep out through. At length he found
the desired aperture, and walked out
into the broad midday light and set
out afoot for the nearest timber. he
might have succeeded had he not, in
his over solicitude, kept looking BACK
over his shoulder as he left in long
turkey trot for the brush, which at
tracted attention, and he was appre-
hended. A night or SO after, however,
this ambitious child of the prairies cut
through the wall and now is as free as
the winds. 1t is universally thought
| to be a good riddance, for he will never
show his scalp in this county again
and he was a nuisance to 1t either in
jail or out. His name is Malley Shell
lev; and il you find him don't bring
him back here.


A spelling match at last has fallen to
the lot of Denton. Prof Davis school
was about closing last week, when a
reckless limb of the law, in an un-
garded moment, sent a challenge to
the school, pitting the har against the
students in a spelling match. On
Friday morning about ten of the fra
ternity were ON hand, and after the ex.
ercises were over about seven of them
squared themselves on the floor for the
contest. There was some dissension al
/ first as to who should call out the
words, and from what book they
should be taken, the lawyers objectinG
to Prof. Davis giving out and e
Holmes spelling book as the text. Th'
young ladies, however, insisted OF
their teacher calling, and on his usinl
whatever book he saw proper. At las