The Schulenburg Argus. (Schulenburg, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, May 25, 1877 Page: 1 of 4
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THE SC HELEN BURE A RGBS.
YOL. 1.
SCI1ULENBURG, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MAY 25, Ih77.
NO. 0.
sidtriot omoans.
J. H ii >1 jEwk' DUtnl-M'..m 1'
Court* oommsum the second Monday in
May, -mil third Monday in November, and
continue six week*.
3QU17TY OmOBRC.
J. C. 8T1KHL, County Judge.
H. PHELP8, “ Attorney.
in ulrr» f«r " —•
X. tt. tfVLLW,
I KABB,
H T BRADSHAW,
W. 8. HOBSON,
.1 R. SCATE8,
M U. HILL,
It ii. LEWIS,
Clerk.
Slier iff.
Treasurer.
Assessor.
Collector.
Surveyor.
Inspector.
County Commissioners.
.108. FIETBAM, Beat No, 1
KOBT. ZAPP. “ “ a
GEO. COLE, “ “ a
C. A. KESSLER, <• “ 4
The County CommlaeionerH’ Court meet*
every three juenlUa, yiz: Ou the second
Monday* in February, May, August and No-
vember.
Justices and Constables.
Bent No-1.—p. Brand**, Justice ; Frank
Parley. Constable. Court first Mouday in
eacl' iuontb at tbe Court House.
Bent No. 2.—Msx Meitsen, Justice ; A. J.
Kuaujiick, Constable. Court Tbursduy af-
ter mat Monday, at FayottviUe.
Beat No. 3-—E, Honkel, Justice; 8. Ran-
kiu. Constable. Court second Monday
in ear b month ut Hound Top.
Beat No- 4.—W Thomas Justice ; I. Earth
man, Constable. Cenrt Thursday after
second Monday in each Month, at Winches-
ter,
Beat No. 5-—C. Luck, Justice; Chas. Tut-
tle, (,'.instable. Court third Monday in each
mouth at Black Jack Springs.
Beat No- 6-—E- H. Fordtran, Justice ; E
V. Knalle, Constable. Court Thursday af-
ter i bird Monday in each month, at Pla-
ton ia, and when necessary, at Cistern.
Beat No- 7-—Thos. W.Smith, Justice; F.
\V. lirauder, Constable. Court fourth Mon-
day in each month, at Ammouville.
Boat No. 8—A. D. Paulas, Justice ; Louis
Aiders, Constable. Court Thursday after
fourth Monday, at Schuleuburg.
TOTT27 GF2TZC22F.C.
A’,FREP HENDERSON, Mayor.
V E. BBRNKR, Marshal.
F. W, PKRLITZ, Secretary & Treasurer.
II. P. OVERBY,
l. P. SHUMAN,
K. W. PERLUZ,
1IC. WALLACE,
K. WOLTEE.S,
Ablerun u.
BCOISTISC.
1.Y0H8 LODGE A. F. A. A. M., No. 195.
SrsTKO Mkktinos Saturday night on or
Vrf. re the full moon in each month. Ho-
i miming brethnm in good standing, are
inv ted to attend. R. P. KIRK, \V. M.
HENDERSON, S o.
V I NTERN STAR LODGE 1.0.0- F. N- ***
Mkkts on Tuesday'slight of each work.
‘ A. J. MAY, N. Q.
hi. UOCKW OLD, Seo.
PnOFBDOIONAL.
| ^ It. H. P. OVERBAY,
Physician, Surgeon & Accoucheur,
Is thankinl for past patronage, and oilers
his services to his friends and the public
generally. mat30-ly
W. WALKER, M. D.,
0 1ST ,
1 . I TEXAS
[^Operative Surgery a speciality..AJ
Patient* from a distance cau get good
Ward and nurses at reasonable rates, lu-
ll geut patients treated free of charge.
SUB3-
SCHILENBCRG -
.’AS. P. MILLER,
WM. B. SAVERS
j^1 II LER ft 8AYEB8,
L .t T 7 S ?, B ,
UONZALES . TEXAS.
Will practice their profession in Hie
Courts ox the 19th Judicial District, in the
.ntities sf Gonzales, Guadalupe, Caldwell
Da Witt and Lav acre, aud in the Supreme
.md Federal courts at Aitstiu.
Ose of tbs firm will always be in attend-
ance ea tbe District Court of Lsyacoa
oeuntl.
J,^ H. FRANKS,
Attorney at Law,
6CHULKNBUK3, - - - - - TEXAS
ITT Office In “AHOfS” hnllding.
P.
E. EDMONDSON,
Attorney at Law,
SCHULENBURO, - - - - - TEXAS.
Opr tot ut 'Argus” Biunira.
Will practice in tbe District and County
Courts.
^l PROETZEL,
dsalxr nr aiosAiTaa.
SC HELEN lllJKG, TEXAS.
( . i <,n isi itt
Also keeps constantly on hand, at very
ew prices, a full assortmen t of Furniture
mse;km/_ j 4
Tl J ILLK.R & SAYERS.
Broker* and Dealer* in Exchange.
•ONZALZS, TEXAS.
CoMtEtroMUMca.—Ball, Hutchins A. Cs:
Galveston ; Pike Bros. A Co., New Oiloaus.
Howm A Massy, New York.
THE PRINTER.
How little ye keu,
Ye women and men.
By courtesy stylsd “gentle readers,”
Of how much you owe
To the noble typo
Aud his army of folders and feeders!
Tbe poet may sing
Of his lyrical string,
Of his muses, his loves, and hla graces;
But ah ! he d sing small,
If he warbled at all,
W'ers it not for the chases and coacs!
The writer of fiction,
Whoso beautiful diction
Beguiles the long evenings of wister,
His luiud would ho left
Liko a casket bereft
Of Us key— if not picked by tho printer.
The annalist, too,
That hrfligs to your view
The wliudoi fill story of ages,
Would, sure, be as dumb .
As a dam or * mum-
my, if nobody made up bis pages!
Then whoso dotli rood,
I beg him tnko lived
To the lesson these stanzas convey him,
Viz.: Now that you know
What a treasure you owe
To tho piinter, be certain -to pay him.
Prietere' Circular.
THE PRINTING PRESS.
in Essay Read Before “Con-
tent Debat:
ing Society,” April
» Mary L. D. Davis.
[OB WORK OP ALL KINDS EXECUTED
1 wish neats sue and dispatch at this office.
27, by Mrs.
Mr. President, honorable Judge*,
IauHch and Gentlemen—Tho question
Cor discussion this evening—”Jiesolv■
ed, That the printing press exerts a
greater influence than the steam en-
gine”—is one that opeus a broad
imnorama to our mental view ; tor,
while the stqgm engine exerts a vast
influence as» ft motive power, in
transportation and the arts of man-
ufacture, the printing press wields a
tenfold greater influence, and per-
meates, like the blood coursing
through tho human system, every
department of government law,
every branch of science, every me-
chanical art, and every industrial in-
terest! Aud tbe steam engine is but
tbe inflorescence of tbe priutiug
press, which developed and cultivat-
ed mau’s mental facilities until be
was capable of conceiving aud con-
structing the steam angiuei It re
quired long ages of "*“t|tal culture
to giveilii'tii to the engine;
tbeimire I aflirm that the ^teum ,!U.
gino Is but the offering of tile press;
for the printing press is tho great
educator of the world, the foster-
mother of the intellect!
The steam engine is but a modern
innovation, that belongs to our day
and country. Living men remember
wbcu the idea of steam navigation
was ridiculed. Its birth was on tbe ro
mantic waters of the Hudson, where
the rude conceptions of Evans und
Fitch were pertected by Fultou and
his successors. The steam engiue
lias contributed but little to the pro-
gress of the world; for as a motive
power in commerce and manufacture,
water power, horse power, sail ves
sets and canal boats answered all the
purposes of the steam engine.
Austria, Egypt, Greece aud Car-
thage, renowned for their inuguiii
cent cities, their wonderful works of
art, their extensive commerce, aud
opulence and wealth, achieved tbe
lenith of their prosperity; and im-
perial Romo her proud pre-eminence
ns “mistress of the earth ;” aud Eu-
rope the “golden age” of her prosper-
ity, long before tbe advent of the
steam engine. The nations of (Jie
earth, waged ioug wars—some of
which lasted more than two decades
of years—armed and eguippud vast
armies, fed and clothed them, manu-
factured munitions of war, transport-
ed vast armies from oue continent to
another, und built numerous fleet of
ships, which carried ou au extensive
coimneroe, sailing every sea, aud eu-
teilng every port oil the globe, long
before the introduction of tho steam
engine. Solomon's temple, which
was a marvel of beauty aud tnngnifi-
cence, was built long before tbe in-
vention of the steam euginc. Also,
tbe Seven Wonders of the World.
Tho aqueducts of Rome, which con-
veyed the water from the distance
ot many miles to supply a city tweu
ty miles in circnmforence. The
nqneduc-ts were carried over valleys,
supported on brick arches of solid
masonry. Some of them contnue
to this day to supply Rome with
water.
Tbe colossns of Rhodes—the cole
brated brazen statue of Apollo. Its
feet were placed on each side of the
entrance to tbe harbor, so that ships
passed full sail under it. It was
more than one. hundred feet high,
and every part In equal proportion.
Tue brass flint composed it was sut-
fleent. to load nine hundred camels.
Tho walls of Babylon, which were
sixty miles in circumference, fifty
feet thick, one hundred feet high, nnd
h'fid one liuudr^il brazen gates.
The, pyramids of Egypt—a stupen-
dous work of art. The largest cov-
ers ten acres of ground, and is more
than five hundred feet in |>erpendi
culnr Iiil;Iit. These pyramids have
stood the ravages of time for more
than three thonsnnd years, and are
as solid aud lasing as the eternal
mountains which are moulded by tbe
hand of Omnipotence.
The labyrinth of rsammltichus.
It consisted oi twelve palaces and
three thousand houses, built of mar-
ble, miller ground, or covered over,
communicating with each other by
innumerable winding passages.
The piuiros of Alexander—ft fa
mens light tower built so higli as to
be Rcen at the distance of oue hun-
dred miles.
The leiuple of Diana at Ephesus,
which is mentioued iu the nineteenth
chapter of the Acts of the Apostles.
It was four hundred and twenty-five
feet long, ami two hundred broad.
The roof was *up|w>rted by one hun-
dred aud twenty-seven columns six-
ty leet high. This temple was a
marvel of beauty and magnificence.
All these wonderful works of art,
which excelled in beauty, sp’endor
aud durability any modern works of
arty were built without tho aid of the
steam cugiiie.
Hu''the printing press is the van-
guard of civilization. It bus civi-
lized, educated ami christianized
mankind. Man was a semi-barba-
rian, groveling iu zueutul darkness,
superstition and idolatry ; an iuku
man monster, chaining cuptivc kiugs
td the car-wheel of the conqueror,
and sacrificing prisoners of war for
a holiday amusement—yes, the poor
gladiator fell, pierced with wounds,
and, as his life-blood ebbed a Way, he
heard the inhuman shout that greet-
ed the conqueror—
“Hs beard It, lint lie heeded not—his eyes
Were with his heart, ami that was lur
away;
He reck’d not of the life he lost nor prize,
But wheie his rude hut by tbe Danube
•°y.
There were his rufie barbarian* all at play,
There wm tbeir Dorian (pother—he their
sire,
Butchered to mate a Romau holiday!”
Such were the sports that divert-
ed mankind until the press proclaim
ed Christ’s sermon ou the mount to
all people, aud mankind learned
“Blessed are tho merciful for they
shall obtaiu mercy;” aud taught mau
to practice the higher laws of hu-
manity and morality. Yes, the print
ing press is even the foster-mother—
the guardian angel—of our holy re
ligioo ; for the bible was lost to the
world, aud the “dark ages” of su-
perstition aud idolatry hung like a
pall o’er all the earth, when the press,
like a raiubow bursting through a
cloud, dispelled the mist that shroud-
ed the mind of man ia midnight
darkness, aud disseminated the bible
throughout all the earth. By the
influence of the press the cruel bar-
barian of a past age lias developed
into the polished, high toued, liouor-
uble, Christian geutlemau of the
present day.
The priutiug press is the life gnnrd
of the nation ! For by its iuttueuce
in dtssemiuuiing medical science
thonsauils of tires are annually
saved, who live to bless or curse
maiikiud; for every physician is
daily instructed in his profession by
tbe perusal of medical works which
are disseminated by the press.
It is the priutiug press that has
peopled the world with great states-
men, jurists, journalists, evangelists,
scientists, poets aud historians. For
it is the influence of the press iliac
has kindled the dormant tires of ge
nins into a glowiug meteor that has
illuiniuated the world.
The press is the clariou of fame!
For by its influence the great ones
of earth are immortalized, nnd their
thoughts embalmed in printed pages
And to day we converse with Greek
und Kotnan of a past age, aud make
of them fireside companions. Even
Homer and Virgil would hare swept
tbe lyre in vaiu, and their names
have been buried iu oblivion, bad
not the press immortalized their
verse, and erffiwoed their names with
chaplets of fadeless laurel. Leoni-
das and Miltindes, whose monuments
are Tberwopylte and Marathon,
would sleep iu oblivion; and all the
world’s great heroes beeu long since
forgotten, had not the press inscrib-
ed tbeir names, in letters of glory,
high on the waits of the temple of
fame.
The priuting press is the grand
lever of human progress ; the key-
stone of the world; a magnificent
chain that circles the earth. It is
tiie wings of tbongbt, the lightning
of the mind, au electric flash that
thrills the world, an intellectual
store house wherein are garnered all
useful knowledge and information, a
bank of thought which we draft up
ou at pleasure.
It is the printing press that has
disseminated music throughout the
world, love lyrics, patristic airs, nmr
tial strains, and requiems for the
dead; and throngh tins medium
alone has charmed and thrilled the
world. An eminent author has ob
served ; “Let me write the ballads
of a nation, und I care not who makes
the laws.” He might have added :
nLet me write tho editorials of the
press, and I will inonld public opin-
ion, and frame the laws.” For who
are the great lawgivers ot America 1
Not her statesmen and jurists, but
bor journalist*. The press of A mer-
ica moulds public opinion, indirectly
shapes the laws, and sways tho
American heart as the moon sways
the tumultuous tides of the ocean.
What man of influence does not
court the praise of the press, and
tremble under the scorpion lash of
its indignation I
The press is the gnardiuu of tho
temple of liberty. Freedom’s bat-
tles—lost by tho sword—were be
quealbed to the press; and with
“excelsior” for her motto tho press
has bravely fought the battles of
states rights and constitutional lib-
erty for tho South; and though baf-
fled oft and baffled long, pom ns of
victory will soon be shouted o'er tho
grand achievement. For by the
mighty influence of tho press
“Truth eniwhetl to earth will rian ugaiu,
Tin- eternal yearn of God me bora;
But error, wounded, writhe* in pain,
Aud die* amid her worshipers.”
Our Washington Letter.
Washington. May 0,1877.
In the spring of 1871 president j
An Eloquent Extract.
Tho following is an extract from
Bolt ingersol’s lecture recently deliv-
ered ill New York city.
“Wo have fought and liutcd
enough. Our country is prostrate.
Labor is iu rags. Energy lias empty
hands. The wheels of the factory
are still. In the safe of prudence
Lincoln, acting in the face of a great money lies locked by tbe key ot fear.
n:iimu.d dauger, raised aud support- Lonfldeiice ii what we need oonfl
ed an army without authority pre-
viously giveu. At liis earnest so-
licitation the congress which next
met incorporated into one of its laws
—August ti, 1801—the following :
“That nit the acts, proclamations
and orders by tho president of the
United Slates, after the fourth of
March, 1801, respecting the army
and navy of the United States * * *
are hereby approved and in all re
spccts loflftltfSfewl made valid to
the saute intent and with the same
effect as if they had been dona un
der the previous exposes authority
and direction of the congress of the
United States.”
It is not a cheering reflection that,
twelve years after the war and iu a
time of profound pence, tho new
president thinks it necessary that
lie, too, shall have an arrnv which
cannot look to congress for its sup
port—which, in fact, after June 30
will not be tbe army of the United
States at all, but a body looking
solely to the executive for its exis-
tence.
But congress will not put the sea!
of authority upon the illegal aud ,
unnecessary act of 1877. it ought U“kc it; the negro will wipe from
deuce in each other; coulidence iu
our institutions, in our form of gov
ernuieut, in the great future; couti-
dence in law, confidence iu liberty,
in progress, aud in the grand des-
tiny of the great republic. I extend
to yon each and all the olive branch
of peace. Fellow citizens of the
Houth, 1 beseech you to take it. By
the memory of those who died for
nought; by the charred remains of
your pemomhered homes; by the
ashes' of your statesmeu dead ; for
the sake of your sons aud your
daughters and their children yet to.
be, 1 implore you to take it with lov-
ing aud loyal hands, it will culti-
vate tour wasted fields; it will re
build your towns and cities; it will
fill your*.offers with gold; it will ed
ucate your children; it will swell
the sails of jour commerce; it will
cause the roses of joy to clamber
over the broken cannon of war; it
will flood the citbius of the freedmeu
with light,aud clothe the wear with
more than a coat of mail, aud the
poor aud lowly with measureless
content. Take it; the North will
forgive if the Houth will forget.
to take such action as will forever
prevent a president trout doing with
tbe aruiy.i i time of peace what re-
quired ti.o saving grace of subse
queut leg .-i’ton iu time of war.
This is w *tteu with tho under-
standing that October 13 shall stand
as the day for the meeting of Con
gress, but various friends of the
president already suggest that an
earlier day may yet be tlxed. Noth
ing that lias been done by the ad
uiipistratiqn has received more geu
eral condemnation than this pro
posal to dejffiy the meeting of con
gress. Outffide of a few city jour
uuls the press of both parties, so far
as received'here, condemns it, or
makes faint excuses for it. The
president must remember that the
people consented to au evasion of
the law iu his elevatiou to office only
because they saw no peaceful meaus
of preventing it; but that au at-
tempt. to punish him for a violation
ot laff atrt-hivtime or iu the future
would find a state ol feeling differ-
ent entirely from what theu existed.
Goperai Butler’s course and con
vernation indicate that he is not pre-
pared to take sides as to any policy
of tbe administration. He was at
the white house a ioug time the oth-
er day, aud says he gave the presi
dent lots of good advice. Bowles,
of the Springfield Republican, was
there on the same day, and there is
no doubt ho gave him advice, also.
He is always giving it.
The presideut aud cabinet go to
Philadelphia to morrow to be pres
etit ut the openiug of the permanent
exhibition on tbe centennial grounds.
The recent reduction in the'uum
tier of pension agencies throughout
the country will not materially uffect
pensioners, though it will cause
sliglit delays to many of them and
add a small amount to the expense
of others.
Honorable T. J. Cason, of Indiana,
member of tbe last congress, and
who made many friends while here,
is au applicant for appointment as
commissioner of pensions. A change
in the oflice will probably be made,
but Mr. C. is o.ily oue of many ap-
plicants.
With the surrender of Crazy florae
the Indian war is as dead, uppar
ently, as that of 1812. The Peuob
scots or the Delaw ires are as likely
to commence hostilities as the Sioux.
Mr. Hayes’s little army will have to
live without pay, but will not be eK
posed to danger in battle or fatigue
from active service.
A Boy’s Composition on Girls.
Girls is a queer kind of varmint.
Girls is the only thing that lias their
own way every time. Girls is of
several thousand kinds, and some
times one girl can be like several
thousand oilier girls, if she wants
you to do anything. Girls is all
alike one way ; they are ail like cats.
If you mb ’em (be ilglit way ol tho
hair they’ll purr and lo«k sweet at
you, but if you rub ’em the wrong
way, of step ou their tails, they’ll
claw you. S’long us you
have her own way, (flic’s nice anti
the tablet of memory the strokes aud
scars of l!i)0 years, and blur with
happy tears the record of his wrongs.
Take it; it will unite our nation, it
will make us brothers ouce again.
Take it, and justice will sit iu your
courts under the outspread white
wings of peace. Take it, and the
brain ami the lips of the future will
he free. Take it; it will bud and
blossom iu your hands aud fill your
land with fragrance und witli joy.
Take it, and we have passed the
midnight of political history, and
tiie star of hope heralds again the
risiug suu.”
Sewing Machines.
A newspaper correspondent lias
been investigating the inanufactur
ing cost of sewing machines, and
finds that of an ordinary $05 machine
to be about $8.25, while au $85 ma-
chine from the Biidgeport shops
costs iii tho frame ready for ship-
ment something under $10. As
things are now, a $05 machine is put
to the local agent at $25, and tiie
agent gets $ (0 for his time and la-
bor in selling aud instructing. An
$85 machine costs tiie ageut $35, and
so on up to the fancy full cabinet
pearl inlaid article yvliicb costs the
customer from $150 to $200. Tbe
same rule is said to apply in about
the same proportion to all machines
iu tiie combination -by which these
miaous figures are sustained. As
the patent upon the feed motion—
which is a vital property, and tiie
busts of tho combination—will ex-
pire on Hie eighth of this month,
these facts are invested with addi-
tional significance just now. Appli-
cations are pending for a renewal or
extension -of the patent, but it is
hardly probable that the patent offi-
cials will feed justified in granting
them, though every influence possi-
ble is beiug utilized to bring about
such result. If tiie officials stand
Arm, as they should do, and refuse
to extend the monopoly, everybody
will be ut liberty to manufacture,
aud any machine shop in tiie coun-
try with tiie proper appliauces can
turn out sewing machines with the
lick stith and wheel or ratchet
teed, in such eveut we may trust
to competition to brlug down the
priee of machines to a legitimate
flgure—about oue half the preseut
rates.
Dallas refuses to harbor'outlaws.
Two who committed murder last tall
in Arkansas have beeu arrested by
her officers.
Description of Fayette County.
A TRANSCRIPT FROM “THE GUIDE,”
FOR THE ARGUS.
Conuty seat—La Grange. Square
miles—1025.
Fayette is really one amongst the
best CodirtieR in the stale. It is
quite healthy, and very prosperous.
Like its neighboring comities, L.t
vucu and Colorado, it is admirably
suited to small farms or large ones,
tbe whole county being diversified
wit IT timber slid intervening prairies,
all of which are most abundantly
supplied w ilb small streams and de
lighiiul siiriugs, with a surface geu-
eroily as non as a “crow ever flew
over,” or farnier stuck a plow into.
sweet; but just cross her, and she'll
spit at you worse nor a cat. Girls is
also like mules, they are headstrong.
If a girl dou’t want to believe any
tiling, you can't make her. If she
knows its so, she Wont s«y so. Girls
is little womeu, if they’re good ; aud
if they aint good then, uor when
they get big, they’re she devils. , . . ■ „
That’s what Utltw said mamma was I A'"1 m,w u.“* witwpnaiiig managers,
ouce when sbo fixed a hot flat bon I wniueotioii with (be money kiug
iu the chair so he’d set down on itJ0* «'«*«“". >**ve succeeded in pasli-
cause sbe was mad. Brother .toe I through to Ban Antonio the Gal-
sava he don't like b><» ">r!« but he ' ve8ton’ «*n‘i«>urg and Han Auto
• - -- * K 1 Dl 1 nio railway, which whistles thumgh
the southern I (order ot tin's county on
“THE SUNSET ROUTE”
to Western Texas, and connecting,
with through stage liues io Mexico,
for she hollered and'nin,” and" there’i t11,ro"‘!l' trains daily, with
was a lug red spot all over both her Cl*rH night trains, and
cheeks. This is all 1 know about <lr*1w‘“lfr«0"« “•f*0" “‘I dxiij trains,
girls, and father savs the less I know I 'ml‘ “becked through,
about ’em the better off lam. 1 A ucw *-'r“ ls bog I lining to dawn
does like little ones, and when I saw
him kissing Jennie Jones, last Him
| day, and told him w hat he said, he
I uaid he was biting her cause lie
didn't like her. I think he hurt her,
upou this locality, and requires a
special description of soil, climate,
natural udvautuges, health, etc.
BOIL.
Tiie rich Colorado bottoms, as well
as tiie East aud West Navi dads, with
the rocky creeks, long uoted as tho
finest, richest, aud most alluvial soils
in western Texa i, are fully describ
ed iu my descri ition of the adjoin-
ing counties. I would add that La-
vaca, Colorado, Bastrop, Caldwell or
Gonzales cannot show more constant
aud certaiu signs of thrift and geu
eral piosperity tbau Fayette. My
pencil lingers on tho beauties of the
rich valley and bottom luuds. But
then, to be brief, 1 would sum up iu
a tew words aud say that this county
is most advantageously divided iuto
TIMBER AND PRAIRIE LANDS,
affording every farmer timber sufll
cicnt for fuel and fencing, witli some
pretty fair building timber*, and th
very finest of open grazing lands
for big stock. The grass is indeed
excellent, aud stock, especially sheep
and hogs, are raised very profitably.
Some good oak aud cedar timber.
Sandstone is iu abuudauce for build
iug material.
THE CHIEF PRODUCTS
at present are com, cotton and rib-
bon cane, with some oats, wheat,
rye, and even barley. The prices of
farm products ure now governed by
the Ban Autouio aud Galveston
markets.
VEGETABLES
of nil kinds thrive abundantly the
year around. Two crops a year arc
always raised here. The spring and
full gardens never fail to furnish an
ample supply of all vegetables grown
iu the temperate zone. Tomatoes,
onions, beans, pens, cabbages, the
cauliflower, rhuburb, etc., are among
the vegetables raised here.
THE CLIMATE
is exceedingly healthy. Tiie gull
breeze makes the summer pleasant,
and prevents tiie heat lioni being
oppressive. Even iu midsummer
months oue has to don Ins coverlid
at night to iuduce refreshing sleep.
As before alluded to, I do not know
ot a better couuty iu all the West
for the raising of
WOOL AND COTTON.
Large flocks ot staop are now to be
seen feeding on tiie broad prairies of
this beautiful and gently undulating
county.
Nearly every farmer lias more or
less stock, sheep, cattle, horses and
hogs. Home are raising hogs for the
Ht. Louis market.
THE COLORADO RIVER
divides this comity nearly iu tlioceu-
tre, aud this grand stream, with its
wonderful water power, is wojthy of
special mention ; but suffice it to say
that there is water power enough to
make tho county of Fayette oue of
the foremost us a manufacturing
centre.
THE CHIEF MARKETS
are Houston and Galveston, reached
by the “Hunset Route.”
GRATES
do well here, tiie lauds, being cover-
ed with the native Mustang, and
many farmers raise many varieties
of wine and table grapes. Very lit-
tle wine is made, bat all owing Co
a lack of attention to this braucti of
industry.
All kinds of fruits aud berries do
well us far as have been tried. But
few apples have been raised, all for
wuut of pluntiug, cultivating, prun-
ing, etc. But peaches, pears aud
plums ure abuudaut.
TRICE OP LANDS. .
Tiie average (trice of good land is
from $2 to $5 (ter acre. Some lauds
arc sold as high as $10, $15 or even
as much as $20 per acre, according
to locality aud improvements.
TIIE AVERAGE CROPS.
The average crop of cotton is 1000
pounds in the seed per acre, and 30
bnshels of corn. The bottom lauds
w ill always produce much more than
this iu good seasons. The largest
portion of tho fanning is done by
white labor, though some freedmeu
are doing tolerably well. Most of
them work for wages, nnd change
homes too often to do much for them
selves or anybody else.
All this county needs is men who
will till her soil to take the place of
liviug off' of tiie labor of others.
SCHOOLS
are in ull parts of tills county; also
churches aud church privileges
abound. Th$re are not less than
thirty five or forty schools and more
than a score of churches in this
couuty. Amnug them ure soveral
high schools and colleges.
1 have not been able to get statis-
tics as to population, but would say
it is fully equal to neighboring coun-
ties in proportion to area, etc.
TOWNS.
La Grange, Flatotlia ami Schulen-
liurg are all thriving business places
Tim railroad towns, Flntouia and
Hcliulenbu. g, bid fuir to rival even
older places. The former is noted
for its being an accessible point for
our great stock men. and the latter
for our cotton aud wool producers.
As the Argue in its first issue
gave tiie readers of its columns a
lair and very correct' account of
SGlTDLKNBinttO,
T will append it, simply adding that
I it is one oi the most benutitul sitwftt
' lions on the whole lino of the Gul-
; veston, Harrisburg and Hnn Antonio
I railway. The road readied this
point and tiie depot was opened Dei
cenibi r 8,1874, aud the town con.
: tains lit. present not less limn 180$
1 or 1500 mluihituiita, among whom
j are (unity ettHerprtoiflg Germans,
which is enough to -aj as to thrift.
{ The Germans would not he true to
any who are disposed to make their
the remarkable character of their
nationality to be other ttiuu they aro
seen at Schuleuburg,
A LIVELY BUSINESS PLACE,
remarkable for thrift and industry.
I have noticed three splendid hotels:
the Uptou House, witli Mr. H. M.
Cummings, a bred and born natural
hotel keeper, at its helm ; tiie Scliu-
leuburg House, kept by Mr. M. M.
Guiun, a quiet and comfortable
house, witli au umply-eapplied table
and everything the traveler needs;
and the Miller House, all of which
are good and well-furnished hotels.
It has several lumber yards, and
fine clay for a brick yard. There are
at least ball a dozen steam gins
within a radius of three miles.
Schuleuburg is only a few miles
north of the northern bounda'ry of
the famous Lavaea^ouuty, and is in
the midst of an agricultural, horti-
cultural aud stock-growing legion.
(Extract from tbe Anocs.)
“Tiie towu of Hcliuleuburg is lo
cuted iu Fayette county oil tho line
of the Galveston, Harrisburg and
Han Autouio railway, nearly equi-
distant from Houston and Han Au-
touio. The site it occupies cannot
be surpassed for beauty of natural
scenery. Tiie prairie upon which it
is located extends north aud south
a distance of twelve miles, ami av-
erages in widtli about three miles,
its formation is undulating, ami
readily drums itself of tiie heaviest
fall of rain. The town cor(ioratioii
is one mile square, and contains,
though but little more than two
years old, a population of one thou-
sand souls, comprised chiefly of Ger-
mans, who own, with but few excep-
tions, ull the business bouses ot tho
place. The business transacted here
is larger than that of any town be-
tween Houston and Hail Autouio,
over 12,000 bales of cotton liuviug
beeu Hlilpped during tiie past winter,
besides large quantities of hides,
cotton seed, etc.
“There are between forty and fifty
business houses and saloons iu the
place, many of them carrying large
stocks of general merchandise, and
commanding the trade of the coun-
try for many miles distant.
“The Masons and Odd Fellows have
recently urectod a ueat two-story
building. Tbe upper story is * jdr-'-'
cated to the uses of tho respective
orders. Tho lower one is used as a
school room.
“There are two schools—one En-
glish aud one German—both of whic h
are good institutions and well pat-
ronized. * ‘
“There is iu the (dace, in addition
to the stores, saloons aud hoLds, one-
bakery, two markets, oue livery sta-
ble, two blacksmith shops, three lum-
ber yards, one cabinet shop, one grist
and pinning mill, nnd one cotton gin.
Tho mills and giu are propelled by
steam, and owned aud superintend-
ed by Mr. Bauuigarten, an old resi-
dent who has displayed a commend-
able example in thus early embark-
ing iu an enterprise fraught Witli so
much interest to the citizens of tho
town aud vicinage.
Tiie country immediately surround-
ing tiie town is densely populated,
there being within a radios or twenty
miles a voting population of 30(»»,
and is, without doubt, the richest;
aud most fertile part of the Hlate, a
large percentage of which is under
tilluge. Then, possessing ns it dot's
an industrious aud enterprising (dusk
of citizens, and supported by so
many natural advantages, there, is
uo reason why Schuleuburg should
not, iu the near future, become one
of tlio ’most desirable and at tractive*
places in tbe state. VYe will say, in
eouelusion, that tho town has tlrreo
excellent physicians, ull of whom
concur iu the opinion thut it is oue
of the heaithiest localities they kuow
of.
“Though local option has not ven-
tured to present itself here, and liq-
uors of ull kinds can be had, yut
peace ami good order prevail. No
drunkenness, no disturbances of auV
kind to mar the prevailing good
feeling that seems to pervade the
community. Everybody attends to
their own business. There seems to
be uo room for loafers and iuteriued
dlers. Business ut this season of
tiie year is dull, us it is everywhere;
but you do not see tbe people fclht
and listless; they are doing some
thing—fixing up ami preparing for
the business season.
“The express and passenger, two
mixed and several freight trains, ar
rive nnd depart dtrflyi Daily mails
to aud from all |daces uf importance.
Telegraphic communication with all
parts oi the world.”
THE PINE KEMDENUES
of some of the mere linn hs also dis-
play more taste than is usually ob-
servable in a now town.
SHIPMENTS.
Nearly 13,000 bales of col (on ami
about 5000 bides are shinped ati-
nuully from tills piaec.
GAME.
Ducks, geese, duer, rabbits, quail,
plover, aud other gauiu abound.
high ntt.’r,
is a pretty village one mile ami a
hfllf from Hchulciibuig. At this
model village there is an excellent
Catholic church and a good brewery.
GRANGES.
The granges of Fayette county aye
numerous. North Union, at Hciiu-
ifnburg: l’Juin Grove aud IMi-iimuc
llill, at La Grunge; PltrifriIr, fhwhiir,
Oso, Black .lack, U iueht ,-»U'i, ILi-
tcrsville, Wiiriviitoti, l uioti llill,
Toledo, LsBaliiq. Cislehi, Central,
Meat. J’mhl, i.edin tfer.' Oak Orov*
and Lee are among the tintuhor.
Thomas J. Easter lino.
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Edmonson, P. E. The Schulenburg Argus. (Schulenburg, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, May 25, 1877, newspaper, May 25, 1877; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1048811/m1/1/?q=%22Places+-+United+States+-+Texas+-+Fayette+County+-+Schulenburg%22: accessed July 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fayette Public Library, Museum and Archives.