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FE N8 C E-CUTTERS.
[1884.
faculty is one of the finest in the United States, and
each year it enrolls an increased number of students.
Asylums.-The eighteenth Legislature, guid(ed by the
recommendation of the Governor, ma (Ilde alppropriations
for the enlargement (:or improlvement of all asylums, and
established a second asyluml for the insane at Terrell.
This consumed much of the ctaslh balance ; but the
money expended in such a mannel r dicd iore good than
it would have done lying ic1le in the treastry.
Fence-cutters.-F or many years tlhe ptublie lands of
Texas had been a free past 1rc firw thous(iandts of cattle.
In 1881 and 18 82, thlis ;landt ws plac(ed(1 o thle lmarket.
It sold rapidly, tlhe buyers being ,mostly Nwealtlhy cattle
men, who bought ilmllensl: tlracts. They at )nce be egan
building wire fences (aboltlt their i' pro'perty. IThl country
was so sparsely settledt that thl:1r wats o (:I, ,(e to keep
the "cattle kings" froml (loing as theLy Ipleasde(; hence it
happened that often th:ly (did iiot stoq,p witli fencing their
own land; hund(reds of acres of school land wetre- fenced.
Few roads were left. Snall lots belo,nging t,o poor men
were either inclosed in these large fencesls, or tfheoy were
so cut off from all roads as t) be worthless. At length,
a strong feeling arose against tlhe cattle men; their
fences were cut again and again. Tn January, 1884, the
Governor called a special sessio, n of the Legislature to
settle the troubles. It was decid-ed tlhat all public rioads
must be left open; that gates lmust be left every three
miles; that private parties whose land liad been fenced
without their consent should have full redress; that
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Pennybacker, Anna J. Hardwicke. A new history of Texas for schools : also for general reading and for teachers preparing themselves for examination, book, 1895; Palestine, Tex.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2388/m1/314/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.