The Texas Monument. (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 14, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 27, 1852 Page: 1 of 4
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No. 14.
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«nd a servartt, together
Our Sk uggins Correspondence.
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every now and then burnin’ up the woods.
Mrs. Robbins, down to Cod-point, says
she ought to know, for she’s a pious wo-
marvellnus tales about matters aud thin
in Texas, and stands
reputation of hie tfrfw
on emyet, jest as
ice-creems.—-
Wh> they are the most refreshin hreez.es
a
abstinence of 16 hours,
was a welcome event. Alter spending a
few minutes in this employment, they
we passed, are
the growing o
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wtto his nose er««
HONOR TO THE BRAVE.
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LA GRANGE, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 271 1852.
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Splendid Eruption of Etna.
At S o’clock, p. m., of the 20th of Au-
sum
of
L.. Abbotts, Poblisher.
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betbo
death
We
try, and with the people,
artedtonm,
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a death. Tbpretefreq
union of puff and despo
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“Died, on the lith uh., at the
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prolonged and sanguinasy naval engage-
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: con-
sternation, that his store of cannon-balls
bad given out.
bethought himself of a substitute
Oto bo« tl
among its stores, were seme thousand or
more uf those round Duteh cheeses, just ‘
about the size of a cannon-ball. They
iing dialogue on board 1
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The Flores Expedition.—The fol-
graphic and humorous descrip- i
A. P. Posey, Editor and Proprietor.
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ef restoring flesh, strength and ,
ny I ever seed in
Ben, 1
a fine pros-
lands. The Lone Starpeople are slowly
but surely preparing a crusade, which,
when it begins, will be sustained by the
enlightened public opinion of the United
States, and when it strikes that beautiful
island, it will sweep from its bosom every
vestige of Spanish authority before two
eunsffiave risen and set. :Cuba is the
most fertile, the most beautiful, and the
worst governed island in the* world.—-
There are many reasons why the Ameri-
!
that they might be officers too;
were all offiicers afterwards.
Flores is not dead.
gain in the course of time. Had plenty
to eat and a plenty of fighting; in prison
twice—laid flat; stood a fire three-fourths
of an hour—grape and canister; thought
it was a year ; got whipt at (he“ gwoinc
off'—a cow light.
A man-of-war schooner was Mowed
up ; killed only 47 ; all thieves—only 48
on board. The other died in a w eek.
Fine country-r-Texas and Louistans
nowhere. I Natives very bad people—
flight like Satan—no shoes, and never
work. Splendid river ; sugar, coffee,-cot-
ton, tobacco, rioe, everything grows with-
out work. Mines rich—climate, pleas-
ant—never sweat, never shiver—never
w’ant any fire, only to cook. Saw Chim-
borazo—beautiful beyond description—all
other countries that I have seen thrown in
The shade.
Going now to raise an army of Mor-
mons—Flores in command—and take
the country. Mormons want some place
intention of ascending Mount Etna, and
shelter at Casa Inglese. At 11
, the party in excellent spirits,
'j | reached the Bosco, where they put on
their light clothing.
Passing the Bosco about two miles, the
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huge crater below Etna, called the Col-
i losi, glared awfully, and shortly threw up
, Imme-
diately after, Etna vomited forth its fire
as the wind set toward
igration.
Fleet street, Mr. Ed word Jones, much
respected by all who knew and dash wkh
him. /As a men, fee wm amiable; as a
batter, upright end moderate. His vir-
the other side of bis mouth,” for be
" ------- ” d to strike his 1
bJovUallfl •
We »rfi often \
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has proved him such. But George is
A — —J.—» —* « —» t— . a * I. —™ — a. ~» •— — - a _ 1 1 .
erally at this time the greatest grazier in
with great grazing adfantegds,
even more, i
slieep in the pasture State of- Texas’?; it
consists of the mixed stock, as welLis the
most choice English kinds. ButSy the
blage, he carries with him a lamb of both
sexes just imported ffom Shanghai, in
China. Chinese mutton will thus form
an agreeable variety with Chinese teas,
and Chinese crackers.—Mobile Register.
durin the orty ritin, spellin, and cyferio
period of my boyhood; and that made
me kinder anxius to see |bem. -. ,
We found the squire and bis old lady
at home. The two eldest of his flowers
had been nipt and transplanted into other
men’s gardens, but the youngest one was
still blooniin at bis side, and jest waitin to
be nipt by the fust captivatin admirer.
That was Caroline Cropton, or Ccdly
Crouton, as everybody called her—a slim-
bodied, slender-footed, taper-fingered, ro-
*he grocery,
7-. 7 . Well,* says be, “
Ends
as a
r scordhin a
eze up his
him a gldll
_ r________.n any more
Mbey turn him to a peece of ice
hotel, where he fell asleep, and gave no
further trouble. There is but little doubt
that full arrangements have b^en made
for their final departure from Florida, and
that this will take place at as early a pe-
riod as the well-known tardiness of the
Indian character will allow. Billy i
his comrades must have by this lime def-
initively concluded that this is a “great
country,” aud that in case of non-com-
Waked up one
senteen or eighteen Cbileno boys—bayo-
nets^ charge ! Sad “halt!” Poorly;
compromised, got off—with my head,
and Owen’s head, and sevral other heads.
Sailed to Peru and was put in limbo three
days—got out, &c,
Yours Respectfully,
the London Times writes, to suppose
that the Americans have given up the idea
of the acquisition of C uba. Peaceably or
forcibly, they are determined to have it.
The miscarriage of the Lopez expedition
appeared to quench all enthusiasm on this
subject, but it bad directly an apposite
effect. The miscarriage of Lopez only
taught those who sympathised in the ob-
ject of his movements greater discretion,
and no manner of doubt exists that a
much larger and far more formidable
movement is under way at the .present
time, and I entertain no doubt whatever
that it wrfl show itself in some startling
form before 'any considerable .period has
passed by. About one year .ago the Or-
der of the Lone Star was formed in the
South, and it now numbers upwards of
twenty-five1 thousand resolute and efficient
native Americans. No Crook is admitted
nto their order, or conference. Its object
is the extension of the institutions; the
power, the influence, and the commerce
of the United States over the Western.
Hemisphere, and the islands df the^Atlan-
tic and Pacific Oceans. The first two
objects it has to accomplish, are the ac-
Saxons have in all periods been the great-
est hmd-stealers since the time of the Ro-
mans,
The time has gone by when American
statesmen, politicians or citizens, will al-
low any barrier to be interposed by a Eu-
ropean power between them and their
grasping cupidity. The era of republi-
can propagandism has come for our dem-
ocratic country, and the events of the next
quarter of a century will furnish a com-
mentary upon this foreshadowing of its
history.
to pay to git to the railroad; and cf you
1
eend on it, you got to pay arterjmh
What kind o* commowUb
that! Goin’ round the country tewi
derin’ folks, running’ over cattle, si
and hogs, and settin’ fire to bridges,
.■■■pMr;. .‘ j.
Mrs. Robbins, down to Cod-point, says
she ought to know, for she’s a pious wo-
man, and belongs to *tbe lower eburch;
she said to me no longer ago than day
’fore yesterday, that she’d be darn’d if
she didn’t know that they sometimes run
over critters a purpose—they did a likely
shorn o’ hern, and never paid for’t, ’cause
they was a “corporatioe,” they said.—
W hat kind o’ cominodation is that ? Be-
sides, now I’ve lived here, clus to the
deepot, ever sence the n
seen ’em go out and eoi
er could see that they went so tarnul fast
mitber!
ng com-
No sooner had -the words passed his
lips, than another of there vovei balk bit
the main mast, split in two parte, one of
wliicb killed a sailor standing near, «tod
the other seriously injured a second.
Taking up a piece of the hew war-
________r - like missile, the commander answred his
quisition of Cuba and the Sandwich Is- own qu®8tton with—
“ As I’m a living man,” said be, “he
is firing Dutch cheeses !”
And then and there was much merri-
ment at so odd a “weapon of war.”*—
But the commander afterwards “laughed
on 1
was absolutely com
flag amidst a cloud <
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'An Eye to "Business.—
entertained, st;
cans desire it, and be it known that Anglo- by the tone of sentiment s
facetious i
We will give a specimen
toes were beyond alt prfoe, «nd hre bet-
ver bate were only J
kft t widow to dep’o
large slock to be sr
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and t0 *n * hurry» sod as it maty be
no lest interestin to the readers of the
Monumint, I will gitffelhe konchision of
4 in anuther letter. <
Yourn till the next ritin, \
Jakk Skuggins. I
K “Bad climate!
let’s talk that over before hretiudge anoth-
er step.” l 7~ f i
round, and squattm himself down on aJr
tog-
-“I allude prioeerpally to them terrible
nortftere,” contented the Squire, taking s
seat longside of eld Sovious.
“TemMe eorthers!” cried Uncle Ben,
begtootn te birefte puny touch like a1
stout worthur himself.
“Yes, Kernel; them sharp bitlu wi
that sweep over Texas as spdden I
flash of litenk, hit instead of
follow like litenio. tbev fre
blood in a minnit, and guvo
country,” aud that in case
pfiance with the treaty, tbdy will be the
: sufferers.—Savannah Georgian.
SvMCKimow—93 Dollar* per annum, in advance,
>3 50 in ail months, dr $4 at the end of the year.
AtwxtTjBEvo—*$1 per square for the first insertion,
and 50 cents for each subsequent insertion. 10
lines, or less, to constitute a square. J
Admif tstratora* NoticiM, $5 00 each.
Advertisements hat marked with the number ofj^HH
inaentons will be published until furbid and before they Could gallop back to the
charged accordingly. ‘ “
(yd tampoco) got all the ropes. Bad to
baj/wbipped—mnch worse to be hung.—
Billy Owen promoted to a’ captain,
and A. Bell to a Major. Owens £one
to the Atlantic States.
morning and found
last word.
terTr sed the
and pestered I
“Well ’
lin crop in Texas,” sed Uncle Ben, stuf-
fin his 4>ands in his pockets, and spread-
in out bis legs like he had a* mmd to
straddle himself over the Squire’s whole
cotton feeld, jest to show him how insig-
nificant it was in the estimashnn of a Tex-
as planter.
“Texas Indeed !” Sxclamed the Squire,
openin his ies with raal or pertended as-
tonish mi nt, “Pve always hesrn tell that
nothin growed uncommon well in Texas
but grass and sweet potaters, includin per-
corns every seventh yer.” A
It was Uncle Ben’s turn now to look
mortified* “And did yoif believe Mich a
blasted tale as that, Squire T” Sed be.
t“Why, yes: I didn’t think it strange,
konsiderin the awful b^l climate you’ve
got ia Texas” % J 4
! Slop, Squire, L__
before wehudge anuth-
sed Uncle Ben, tufnin short
A new Cure for Bronchial and Con--
intive Complaints.—Dr. Cartwright,
New Orleans, communicates to -tlse
Boston Medical and Surgical Journal an
article entitled “The Sugar House Cure
for Bronchial, Dyspeptic aud Consump-
tive Complaints.” It is stated that a res-
idence in a sugar-house, during the rolling
season, far surpasses any other known
means of restoring flesh, strong ‘
health, lost by chronic ailments of the
chest, throat or stomach. The rolling Dkkei
season is the harvest, when the canes are. that bis
California is to America in the way<bf om- cut, the juice expressed and converted seamed b
Into sugar* In Louisiana it commences like
The Drunkard.—Late one evening,
Dratokso Davy, spendings day's earn-
, set out for homely*
“if < find my wife- tfp,
UH lick her—what business has she to
Mt u^ bdraipg fire and light, eh? And
if I find her in bed I’ll lick her—whet
bosiness has she to go to bed before I
get home ? -.....
The telegraph wire is stretched across
the Ohio river at Cincinnati.
Ninth Letter;
In which the Old Hero hears some
gallantly fur the
' Slate.
Jacksun, Miss., Sept. 10', 1852. j
Mr. Monumint :—In my two last let-
ters I sed nuthin bout Uncle Ben’s say-
ins and deins since we reecbed the inte-
rior of Misoisippe State, and I intend now
to scribble down one more chapter in the
history of onr
fit df his foi
the other wc
as be had c
chase of felt
the widow
sonab^jf?'
don.
on ibe t i
T>^
of J Mitod
rh. He has J
and ar-1
t -e bene- 1
I : ached to. j
Z lifo, just
leuRvepur-
The Stminoles cn route for Florida.—
Gen. Blake, with Holaio Mico (BiHy
Bowlegs,) John JumperyNacoseEmarth-
la, Eascbatcbee Emartbir, Yobola, F us-
tenugee, Passackecatla and Abram, the
interpreter, arrived yesterday
from New York. The agents
ida line were telegraphed to await their
arrival, and the whole party went imme-
diately from the steamship Florida to the
Wm. Gaston, bound for Palatka, Florida.
The party spent a few days in New York,
where, true to tliat city,3 character, they
were the lions of the day. Their like-
nesses were taken, and now adorn Mead’s
Daguerrian Gallery. Yobola, however,
wod|d not submit himself to the operation.
They were then treated to gifts from the
government at a dry goods store in the
city. Here they shopped for upwards of
four hours, hauling over the richest rib-
bons and prints in the establishment.
Billy then went in search of a rifle. A
visit to Stewart’s store in the afternoon,
and Christy’s Minstrels at night consum-
ed the day. At the latter place one of
. . . ... them was found to be druuk and uprori-
puttin . bountiful supply of tobaeker in ,n(J hsa (0 be carried ba(?k £ |be
plenteous satisfaeshun. But I* saw that
for toot: properly appreciatin his Cotton
>od com, (which he didn’t think could
be beat anywhar,) and was disposed* to
strech the yarns he bad heard about
Texas, jest to rile the old foller a little.
And be didn’nt find that a difficult task;
for Uncfe Ben wouldn’t stand any unjust
refleesffins agin his adopted State, from
the Prefer dent himself. He’s awful techy
on these matters, as the Squire soon found
out. But the conversachun between him
stod (Jade Bea got too interestin to both
'J
pilfer of salt. I’ve heard several instan- lowing
oes i
in your big prarees i
cotes and b’ankets, war suddenly over- qnin (Cal.) Republican.
Western Texas:
Panama, Aug. 1852.
I f. .
The campaign of my
All is lost;
us in every fight, j
; large bodies of fire and smoke,
uiaic’y nnvi,
and ashes, anu
the Casa Inglese, it was not prudent to
seek its friendly shelter, as in all proba-
bility it would be destroyed ; their course
was, therefore changed, the Collossi being
the point to which it was directed.
travlins. As soon as my
venerable kinsman had seen to the bisi-
ness that brot him to Jacksun, we wentL.
out a few miles in the naborhood of the
silty to visit Squire Cropton and his fam-
Uncle Ben. Besides, the Squire’s dau-
Dcar Sir—I landed
. sound yesterday.
May 1 drop stone ded in my tracks
from the
“A
cried Uncle Ben ; spri
His army
cept our small party of Americans—who
: however, at last look it into their heads
; so they
all offiicers afterwards.
We will go it a-
laken by them horrid cold winds, and well-known in
near- |M
est bouse, would become stiffened in all |
thar jints, till they dropt stone ded from
Trend, Gen. Flores, is ended.
The enemy whipped 1
and came near kicking us out of the coun-
try. They made us leave; and let nrc
S .7^ min to det'h I “8ure wa for official
1 ders—and speaking of June, it was a lit-
' tie quicker than what is generally known
' as “double quick.” General Floces is a
! great man, and he had every paper “all
right” except one. His army was of no 1
account, and most of his officers not worth
... ... . a cent. His armv was made up of rob-
we ttave tn lexas; tor tbey infuses a . , . .. L
. ? f . • , ’ . , r bers and thieves, and all were officers ex-
wholesum frost into the atminfere, rand 1
iff summer dotfe outen i
3 ies, bracin em up for live next hot
Talk about yer cold natter
baV
into
sister about Christmas, but it is sometimes pro-
Dr. C. soys the
much pleased with the court- vapor i» most agreeable and soothing to
He stood
Onr familiar and jocose compatriot,
Geo. W. Kendall, of the Picayune, left
us yesterday, cn route for his home.—
George Kendall is a wit, a humorist, a
statesman, and a philosopher.; His pen
Arcadian in his ulterior pursuits*, and lit-
1
Mr. Kendall has a vast farm
He has,
the finest and largest flock of
kA a A S A C a*
consists of the mixed stock, as wel^ts
most choice English kinds. ButSy
way of varying even this mixed assem-
they reached Ca-
1 one
vast issue appeared to carry destruction
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as reported, have beten seriously injured.
L . .« ..iWiI -♦?!. a I •
the softer sex, when tested, been proved
this occasion could equal their
than heroism.
was increasing in its comfortless intensity,
and when our travellers had got above the
height of the Casa Inglese,! in a narrow
defile, of which sand and small lava were
the component parts, they were overtaken
by a hurricane so violent, that in an in-
stant seven mules and their riders were
blown over, and not only so, but to ren-
der the scene more terrific, it was after-
wards found they were blown to the very
edge of the crater.
Fo the gentipmen to descend in search
of their companions was the result of a
moment’s decision. At this time the
scene was indescribably grand—heaven ward the work of improvement,
and earth presented one magnificent glare
of light—Etna above vomiting its sulphu-
rous flames, rhe Collossi below belching
forth its dense masses of smoke, Jurick
from the furnace below ; the huge moun-
tain pouring out from its interior prolong-
ed moanings; without, the hurricane roar-
ing in all i<s mighty and awful majesty.
Crawling on thejir knees and hands, un-^
able to face the violence of the hurricane,'
(he gentlemen sought the.4adies, who
were not discovered and collected together
till after a search 6f thirty minutes. They
were then placed under columns of lava,
their light clothing literally Mown off their
to go can t stay in^tbe United States— q^cks, and a pyramid of living beings was
formed around them for their safety and
protection. /
As^il by magic, the scene ■suddenly-
change if. An earthquake shook the land.
Up jumped the guides, bawling their un-
musical a vanti! a van til (get on! get
on!) mules broke from their keepers,
and were abandoned to their fate; the
hurricane increased in strength, the scene
around was too majestic for contempla-
tion, too diversified for description. In
ten minutes tire Hide party had fallen from
sheer exhaustion, on the pointed lava.—
To face the wind, charged with sand and
small stones, was beyond their power. In
this manner two hours passed away, and
ntost anxiously did they await for the ap-
proach df dawn. Within' the crater,
which some of the party had courageously
esrerday on the ship «amineH, 40 small furnaces were bum-
he agents of the Flor- ,n5?wfu”>‘hese’ ”,
* - - - *. tamia, seemed to amalgamate, and
to some villages and pasture hand, which,
as reported, have been seriously injured.
Often has the indomitable courage of
sex, when tested, been proved
to be greater than that of man. Nothing
on this occasion could equal their more
On Setting forth on their
return, the sharp points of the lava pre-
sented no obstacle; courageously did
they undertake their six mile walk, re-
gardless of all inconveniences, and reach-
ed the Basco at 7 n. m., when, after an
a hasty dejeuner
After spending
continued their journey by mules, and
reached Nicdlini by 10, whence they
started for Catania, which they reached"
at half-ptst two o’clock, p. m.
Private Property Liable for Public
Debts.— While the spirit of the people is
so generally aroused in favor of creating
city and county debts, for public purpo-
se ses» may fce weH t0 remind out citizens
andl The law on the subject. Many per-
rUC/^ons were startled at the North, a few
years since, by the sale of private pro-
perty to satisfy an execution against the
city in which it was located. Some
question having been lately raised at
Boston on this subject, the City Solici-
tor, Mr. Pelig W. Chandler, gave his
written opinion, that “ the private estates
of (be citizens of Boston are liable for
debts lawfully contracted by the city—and
whenever judgment is rendered against
the said city on account of <any such
debt, the execution may be levied upon
the property of any inhabitant,” and Hon^
Daniel Webstar endorsed this opinion,
in writiog. We presume, that this doc-
trine only applies to the debt of counties
and cities, as we know of no attempt
having ever been made to apply it in the
oase of debts contracted by Slates.
Upwards of a thousand emigrants late-
ly left London for Australia in t single
week. Australia is now to Europe what
/ Tliere is a good story of old Mollraj,
the native East-Indiau general. His fol-
lowers stole from the English a lot of
and not having seen oftyibing of the kiod^i
before, he mistook them for cannister
shot, and fired nbthing'from his guns for
mistake, the New York correspondent of ?^ree <toys but freah lobsters, pickled sal-
mon, and other delicacien, supplying the *
British camp with a shower of the foeshest
English provisions !
This incident reminds ns of an old
Dutch admiral, who, in the progress of
•1 _
meat, all at once found, to* his great
** 10*
All at once, however, be
i for the
the ship,
I
e of those round Duteh cheeses, just *
were very old, and hard as brickbats.—
There was amusing dialogue on board
the vessels engaged by the Dutch admi-
ral:
“ What in the name of
ing now !” exclaimed the
minder.
11 '
as quick as Lot’s wife
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related of stout, hearty men, ridin out |ion of |h(, faw of t,)e F[ores Expedilion gust, a party of English with three guides,
our big prarees in the midst of sum- i . . T three muleteers, «nd a servartt, together
, and bavin unluckily forgot thar over- aoain5>t Guyaquu, is from tie ban oa e]even mu|eSi left Nicolina with an
The writer is ; i
; taking i
o’clock,
here safe and
Freestone County.—On last week about the middle of October, and ends
we look a sort of flying trip to our r:— ---t.—
and adjoining county of Freestone.--traded into January,
were i
far as we the lungs, and in his own case entirely
had an opportunity of becoming acquaint- j removed a distressing cough.
ed. Many of the settlers are as yet ■ for hours in the sugar bouse inhaling the
new comers, and are necessarily surroun- vapor, and drinking occasionally a glass
ded by those inconveniences incident to a of the hot cane juice. This is a fact in-
beginning in the woods; yet all display- teresting to invalid*.
ing that kindnee and Irospitaliy so native -------
to Southern character. The lands, in
the portion of the country through which Railroads.—In the last number of the
editor’s
__ linbahi-
Southern portion of the county is mostly * tant in one of the far off-shore Turns of
♦ f •• vw • t ki a a 1 a f a a«ba • aa« a r I 1 • a Caa L •• — __aa_ a — f_ • -J *1 - _ _ -S . a •
experience consisting in having seen the
• • A A A * A
_____________________i run-
ning upon it. » He remarked to.a visiter t
• M 4 a a
rings, or the bl3L-
•j I tell you it’s
- live a little ways off the deepot, you got
to pay to git to the railroad; and ef you
want to go any wber’s else ’cept to the
eend on it, you got to pay arter jpeu get
there. What kind o’ commoCBn is
cheeked, soft-tunged, and all-together-
bewitobie little fess, rathe walked rita uXo
my tender feelins the very minnit I walk-
ed into her presence. But more of her
hereafter. AH the fameriy war mighty
glad to see both Uucle Ben and me, and |
the old friendship tliat formerly existed
between Uncle and Squire Cropton im-
mediately sprung up agin, fresh as ever,
like a new sprout buddin out of an old
Stem.
We hadn’t been in the house mourn
two hours, before the Squire insisted u-
pon our takin a ramble with him over his
feeld*. His com and cotton war both in
full prime, and waved thar loaded stalks . , .
exultinly M we p^sed .long, while tbe^«'cky foil hangr
Squire walked down bis splendid corn-
rows as proudly as a Genral reviewin his
long lines of troops.
“Now do’nt you call that
pcct for corn sed he to Uncle Ben.
Yes, I guess it’ll do purty well for Mas-
sissiaippe,” sed Uncle Ben, lookin quite
mysterious and indifferent like. The
Squire appeered a little mortified at this
answer, but as he paraded us through
his cotton feeld, be put anuther question
in the same triumphant tone.
“Don’t you call that splendid cotton
now, kernel?”
“Bout as good as enn
the Statesj, sed Uncle L
his pronunciasbuo rather bard on
C**3- -I.
Squire with
we’d jest konsider that a mid-
fin hUJiands in his pockets, and r~
in out bis lees like he had a- mi
77te Oldest InhabitanCs Opinion oj
good and well adapted to Knickerbocker Magazine, m
f cotion and corn. The table gives tbe opinion of the c
timbered, with some little prairie. Tbe Massachusetts bay, touching railroads, bis
timber is generally good, being post-oak, —jr' ‘ . . . . r. -. -aw
hickory and blak-jackk on the upland; end of tbe road hid out and the cars
with red-oak, water-oak,&c., on the bot- , i ‘
toms. The soil is generally a sandy What kind o’ commodatioo be they?
The weather, which has been very cold, team, of a pright mulatto color. The You can’t go when you want to go;
’ ’ " ’ ’ ' principle prairie here is called the Avant, got to go when tbe bell ’ '*
It is about four miles in length, and about ted noisy whistle blows
one in width. Its appearance is beauti- payin’ tew much for the wfristte Efyou
ful, presenting a graceful undulating sur
face, clad in a coat of luxuriant grass.
Around the prairie is one of the most thri-
ving settlements in the country.- Here
is also a store, and a Postoffice is expect-
ed soon to be established.
The town of Fairfield is situated in
the southern edge of a small prairie.—
Tbe town presents quite a thriving and
business aspect. Ecery body seems to
be busy, and energetically pushing for-
J ‘ ‘ . The
town contains three dry goods stores, one
grocery, two hotels and a jail. No per-
manent courthouse has yet been erested.
The jail has just been completed, and we
are informed cost the county only $600.
It looked to be one of tbe most substan-
tial character. A large new hotel, and
brick Masonic hail wilt soon be commen-
ced. Cesides hotel keepets, merchants,
brick-makers and layers tbe town con-
tains three resident lawyers and three phj-^
sicians. *
Upon the whole, tbe country presents
every evedence of prosperity. A large
emigration is expected te the country this
fall and winter. Crops are good and pro- >
visions of every kind will be cheap and
.plenty.—Leon Pioneer.
I '• ’
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their horses.’’
f-**r / * _ ■ ■ * x ‘
this minnit, ef that aiot a lie, Squire;”
cried Uncle Ben; springin up
Iqg, and then settin down agin.
*** A A. • .
rite in tlie middle of summer! Lord
bless you, man, they’ve Flowed thar darn-
dest Into me, many a time, and 1 could |
swollcr a duzzen more ' ‘ '
rd gulp down so many icz zrtzziz
have in Texas; for they infuses
knocks the Ion
s^astii. Talk about yer cold war-
athsd I prefer to take a cold air I
myself, by plungin over hed and ears int
a^regbbt northfir, when it’s rollin billow-
deep and sky-high over the western pra-
erlv—oH acquaintunces and frends of rees.f I find it decidedly the most invigo-
• ratin, Squire.”
‘•Kernel,” said the Squire, lookin hard
ters war secund or third cusins of mine, aj Uncle Ben, “ I see you’re a sort of a
and we bad been schoolmates together livin and breethin tempest yourself, with
no small sprinklin of thunder and litenin
in your composishun; and I don’t sup-
pose yonr helth can be much affected by
any kind of wether: but then these nor-
thers must greatly injure the growin crops
sometimes.” *'•
“ No they don’t, Squire;” replied Un-
cle Ben ; ‘‘for when the crops are growin
they seldom blows at all. Durin spring
and summer they lie low, and keep quiet
enuff; or, what aint impossible, they
migrate like pigeons, to other countries.
Ln short, these northers are nuthin but the
chilly breethins of old Winter, though I
must konfess he don’t breathe so regtdar-
sey-mouthed, blu ied, black-haired, Idly- ly in Texas as in some other reguns, but
very often takes a sudden fit of the sneez-
ins, like hevwas suck in the whole
roundin at w
single gisp, and blowin it out agin in one
tremendus blast.” ; t r ;
“ All that may be troe, Kernel,” said
the Squire; “but then thar’s anuther se-
reous objeeshun to these mighty sneezers
of yodrn—they make so many hog-icol-
lers in the cuntry.”
“ Make wiiat?” snorted the Kernel.
“ Hog-wollers,” repeeted the Squire.
“I’ve been told they blow hard eotiff
sometimes to tear up the tall grass in
spots all about over the pnrirfes, and
whirl H off in the air with great masses of
grng to its matted rodts,
leavin 'a thousand depressions, or hog-
wollers, wbar the grass growd. When
it rains hard, the waiter ackumulates in
’em, nfakin sickly standin pools, that
spred the kolera and other infecsbuos
^over the land.”
^Hog-wollers and northers!” cried
Uncle Ben, leanin back on the log, and
7givin a loud, keen whistle, that sounded
putty much like a stout northur blowin
through the cracks of a log, cabin.—
“That’s the fust time I ever heerd them
two Texas wonders finked togither in that
way. Now, them hog-wdlers have been
ackounted for in various kinds of ways,
layin^down S9uire 5 M insted of bem plowed out by
- ' the northers, as you’ve been told, I rather
think myself they might have been pro-
AnT'wbw did you ever see enny bet- duce<? •>? tbe rankness of vegetashun
- ' - i Squire with an enquirin m-some places. For
the soil is mighty loose and fine in some
of the Texas prairies, Squire; and vege-
tasbun is. uncommon heavy thar at cer-
tain seasons of the ydt.V ? « * *
- ,Uncle Ben wound up this speech by
bis mouth, and lookin the very pictur of
plenteous satisfaeshun. But I* saw that
Squire Cropton was a little nettled at him
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