The Daily Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 154, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 29, 1892 Page: 1 of 4
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THE BANNER COUNTY
WHAT THE KING Of TRUMPS BUS
TO SAY ABOUT CAMEROH COUNTY
JFcrlite Salt Balmy Climate
Varied Product ionsThe One
Tiling JVeedftU is Rapid Trait
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SANTA MAUI A Texas Dee 241892
Editor Brownsville Herald
In with
compliance my promise
to let you hear from me occasional
ly I ifow inform you that my bnrr
and myself have arrived here safely
It is my sad duty however to in-
form you that we hall have to part
company my burro and myself
Hc is too much for inc lie certain-
ly is adaiy lie bossed me all the
way to Santa Maria He constant
lyselected the muddiest part of the
road and unless I was right behind
him and occasionally talked to him
like a Dutch uncle he would stop
and icgaio himself with the luscious
herbage growing on the road
aide Expostulation in Dutch had
not much effect ami I talked to
l in in Engiih of e < > urse with a
lithe brogue which t till clings to-
me from the ould pod I
woti d siy to him Yoii baste
arent you ashamed of youself to
load mo light tbr < ugh this mu <
bole And by ile way of impha
sizing uiy remarks would give liitn
a gente kick But all to no offee
lie would fcimply liok at me with a
benevolent expression as much as
to say Who is the highest pick
ass you or 12 Occasionally he
would give vent to his fellings ii
fcong Well 1 am a little of a sing-
er myself or near it but bis
voice was too much for me and I
simply wore myself out in trying to
peisuadehim to cease tinging
Well I did finally reach Santa
Maria and ws very hospitably re-
ceived by the boys in blue who
compose the small outpost Like
wise did I receive hospitality at the
hands of Mr and Mrs Ransom
die genial deputy collector and his
amiahlo wife Hie weather being
cloudy and drizzling I contracted a
slight coldand felt quite unwell
I was handed here a note from
Coonel J G Tucker of Santa Ma-
ria who asked me to come to his
house and stay till the clouds roll
fed by which I accepted I ex-
pected to remain iiere one day over
forJest but have now been here
four days and am iikely to remain
two or thre6 days longer You
must not imagine however that I
tun staying here for pleasure alone
Far from it I am hard at work
writing from morning till night
and ifmy time would only permit
X could spend at least two weeks
here with great profit to myself
In Colonel Tucker I have struck the
man I was looking for Bis cxten
sive travels the world over his
knowledge Of men and matters his
retentive memory and his earnest
< Collection on all jvomts promptlyand forcible manner of imparting
mimSmdVemided Bill of excnga k ° wIudg ° ar e ot Itine instructive
VriBCipal eWoH charuiinjr and opens a wide
drawn directon all
throughout tte tforM
could
listen to him and easily fill a volume
with excellent and 6picy reading
But aside from the knowledge I
gain from life conversation hehas
taken me About through field and
forest I was greatly charmed
with the aspect of Brownsville
with her neat houses and beautiful
flower gardens in full bloom
Think of it you freezing denizens
of the north Flowers of every
description in full bloom late in
December These flowers would
represent a fortune could they be
transported to Chicago or New
York but there being no mode of
rapid transit they bloom unseen
by the enter world and waste
their sweetness on the desert air
Much as I was surprised and pleas-
ed tesee these flowers and all mau
uer of green vegetables I was not
alone surprised but utterly amazed
at what I have actually seen at
this place I have seen a large
warehouse filled to its utmost capac-
ity with Havana tobacco raised
upon this place by Col Tucker the
leaves of which although very
large are as tine as the finest sirk
to the touch I have seen the first
cutting of an acre of tobacco the
second cutting from the same
stalks and the same stalks are in
full leaf Whoever before heard
of such > thing Col Tucker in-
forms inc that 2500 pound uf to-
bacco can be raised here upon one
acre in o e season tijwit 1200
pounds from first cnttiug S00
from second and 500 from the
third and frun what I have per-
sonally seen I have no doubt of it
The land is a neb sandy loam The
present ciop of tobneo bus been
raised without tertilizer of any kincl
and Coh Tucker informs me that
be considers the land a little too
rich for tobaccn especially fur the
tirit years planting Then I have
seen Sea Island cotton grown upbn
this place samples both ginned and
in the seed and I venture to say
that no section of the United States
can produce cotton superior to this
It is very long in staple and fine as
silk and I am told that the lands
in this valley will produce from
400 to 500 pounds lint cotton per
acre The latest quotation as
shown me by Col Tucker from
one of Brownsvilles largest bust
ness honsps places this cotton at 22
cents per pound I have also scan
sugar cane magnificent in sizo and
joints both below Brownsville and
at this point and I am informed
that cane once planted will last from
8 to 10 years whereas cane planted
in Louisiana has to be be replant-
ed every second or third year And
what can I possibly say in regard
to the growth of corn as 1 fiiidit
npon this place and upon this the
24th day of December in the year
of our Lord 1892 that will convey
air idea to the outside world that
here is a section of our common
country almost as little known as
Alaska where I am eating roasting
ears every day from the second
crop of corn of this year And the
people arebeginning to prepare
for planting again during January
uext niouth Think of it you
BROWNSVILLE CAMERON COUNTY TEXAS THURSDAY KVB8TET DECEMBER 291892
northern and northwestern farm-
ers who are shivering and snow-
ed up for months Here am I upon
the banks of the Rio Grande writ-
ing about these matters in my shut
sleeves and by on open window
the weather being balmy as spring-
time at the north And aside from
all this there is rare sport here
deer abound wild turkeys are
plentiful geese ducks and other
fowl by the tens of thousands
The country is quiet and perfect-
ly safe to travel and as I make my
journey around the border of the
United States I feel that I will
find no section of our country
where travel is safer all sensation-
al newspaper articles to the contra-
ry notwithstanding than right
here Col Tuckers residence is
upon the roadside and yet we sleep
with both doors and windows open
and are never disturbed Can you
do this in many other places
1 have given my sutrounnings a
good deal of serious thought and
have come to the conclusion that
Brownsville could be made to be
one of this prettiest and best busi-
ness centres of Texas owing to her
situation the magnificent character
of her soil and eiimafe but in or-
der to accomplish this end it needs
an infusion of new blood I am
told that there is plenty of capital
in Browusvillo but thac it is being
held in with a deathlike grip by the
old fossils who own most of the
real estate and who dog in the
manger fashion wont improve
the own themselves and sneer at
the enterprise and energy of others
When iu the course of time these
parties arc gathered home to their
fathers and quietly rest in Abra
hams bossom then will Brownsville
bloom and branch out for I am
tully aware that the younger ele-
ment is all right If upon the
other hand Cimerou county
did but possess one dozen
men with the spirit enterprise and
energy of Colonel Tucker she
would be the banner county not
only of the state of Texas but of
the United States
Owing to the geographical loca-
tion of this county there are innu-
merable industries that might be
easily developed fruit growing
tor instance 1 have seen the Le
compte pear tree in full bloom this
week Grapes and flowers the dif
ferent fibers such ts ramie jute
etc etc wonld all bring a fortune
to the agriculturist and a greater
fortune to the landholder I have
also seen splendid specimens of
hard wood such as ebony mesquite
etc and I am informed that Col
Tucker has aent 28 specimens of
timbers which growiu this section
to the forestry division oftheAgrf
cultural department at Waihiug
tonI
I conld write page npon page
upon these matters showing the
great necessity that exists for tht
people of this section to awake
and if not willing to work thtm
selves at least not throw cold
water upon thet endeavors of ths
more enterprising citizens
With hearty wish for merry
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Christmas to yourself and family
and the same to the eitizens of
Brownsville whose hospitality will
always remain green iu my memo-
ry I remain truly youre
Chkis Millae
JlllJShut itown
Alton lllD c 23 To morrow
evening evary flint gjass factory in
the United States will be closed for
two weeks This is done to aroid
over production
Last Chance
Galveston News
TexnMs have the greatest corner
on the earth This tact gains im-
portance when we remember that
Texas offers to the industrial and
progressive world the last chance
to go west Now is the time il re
is the place
Witness in the Surratt Case
Washington Dee 22 An ex
policeman named Lloyd who was
one of the witnesses in the Surratt
trial has fust died in this city He
was 68 years old Deccnber 1
1S64 he rented the old Surratt ta-
vern at Surrattrille Md and when
Lincoln was assassinated he was
the landlord of the hestelry Mrs
Surratt was a frequent visitor to
the travern as were also Herold
Atzerodt and others of the Lincoln
assassination conspiracy Here it
was that rifles ammunition and ra-
tions were kept ready for Wilkes
Booth when he made his escape
across the casternbrancb after fir
ing the fatal shot in Fords opera
house Booth went directly to
Surrattrille and then down the
river to Leonardtown where he
crossed the Potomac to the Virginia
side Booth was traced to Sarratt
yihV and knowing that he stepped
at the old tavern a guard of seldiers
was placed about that house and
Lloyd was practically kept a pris-
oner of war some days After
Booth was shot and Mrs Surratt
Ilerold and others arrested Lloyd
was brought to this city and confin-
ed in tke prison as a witness
lie was the principal witness a
gaia t Mrs Surratt ia the trial
which follewed Acknowledging
acquaintance with John H Snrratt
Herold and Atzerodt Lloyd said
that some fro or six weeks before
the assassination of President Lin-
coln these three men were at his ta-
vern together They brought tw
carbines witk ammunition a coil of
rope and a roonkeywreneh which
they asked him to conceal Lloyd
demurred at first but Surratt show
ed him a plaee between the joists ef
the second floor of the main build-
ing There the carbines were con-
cealed Snrratt saying that he wonld
call for them in a Jfew days Al
though Lloydstestimony was most
damaging to Mrs Snrratt and pro-
bably oadeaaned her he himself
never believed in Mrs Surratts
guilt and always said she was a
victim of circumstances Her asso-
ciations with the real conspirators
he thought was the canse of hereon
viction After the war Mr Lleyd
settled iu this city and was one of
the pioneer members of the metro-
politan police force
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Wheeler, Jesse O. The Daily Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 154, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 29, 1892, newspaper, December 29, 1892; Brownsville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth61268/m1/1/?q=%22~1~1~1%22~1&rotate=180: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .