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88 THE TEXAS ALMANAC.
has been made for the salaries of the teachers for five years, in which time it
is thought an endowment can be raised.. Three agents, one for each synod,
Rev. D. 31. Broughton, of Texas synod; Rev. J. B. Renfro, of Brazos; and
Rev. J. H. Wofford, of Colorado synod, are already in the field to secure an
endowment.
We are proud to say this young institution starts on its career under such
auspices. Iay it be, indeed, a career of usefulness, and may Trinity Univer-
sity be a fountain from which shall radiate streams of light and intelligence
for the glory of our beloved Texas.
[We should have been thankful for condensed statistics, similar to the
above, of the various high schools and colleges in our State. There are many
of them, and a brief enumeration of them, with the number of pupils educated,
the branches taught, &c., would show conclusively that the cause of educa-
tion is not as much neglected in Texas as has been represented. But it is im-
possible for us to give this important information unless it is furnished to us.
ED. ALMANAC.]
HOW TO FIND A HOME IN WESTERN TEXAS.
A. man who proposes to settle in Texas, ought, in the first place, to decide
distinctly what sort of business or occupation he intends to pursue, and with
his purpose definitely before him, let him, in seeking a home, confine his
search for a suitable location to the section of the country in which that
purpose has most prospect of success.
The attempt to see and examine all Texas would be a useless expenditure
of time and money.
If you wish to farm with moderate but almost certain crops, with fine fruit
and vegetables, good water and an abundance of timber, the land generally
sandy and light, and the range for stock very limited-at the same time hav-
ing the advantages of schools, churches and society, you should look for all
this in the northern, eastern, or north-eastern portion of the State.
If you design sawing lumber and making turpentine, there are immense
forests of the very choicest pine upon the Sabine, the Angelina, and the Ne-
ches, where lands can be had at a mere nominal value, and labor and ma-
chinery will bring lucrative returns.
If you want to raise small grain, and especially wheat, the range of c.p n-
ties from Dallas and Collin in the North through McClennan, Bell, and TVil-
liamson, affords perhaps the finest body of wheat producing land in the world
-land on which forty bushels has been reaped from one acre-the grain
weighing seventy pounds to the bushel.
If your object be to cultivate sugar and cotton on a large scale, and you
have sufficient capital to conduct the business extensively, the rich low val-
lies of the Trinity, Brazos, and Colorado, including the Bernards, Oyster
Dreek, Old Caney, and the country adjacent, possesses advantages unequaled.
Should you desire to enjoy the sea breeze, have plenty of fish and oysters,
cultivate the tropical fruits, and raise a little of the finest Sea Island cotton
for market, there is the region along the coast from Copano and St. Mary's
to Corpus Christi-a region that has also proved itself well adapted to the
aising of sheep-especially sheep of the long wool varieties. But the whole
'oast and islands of Texas, from Corpus Christi to the Sabine, is well adapted
to Sea Island cotton.
If you are willing to undergo the privations and endure the solitude inci-
lent to the occupation of sheep raising on a large scale, with the highest sue-
:ess and the largest profits, strike out at once-leave the fenced lands and the
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