Winder Garrett, Cleburn, Johnson County, Texas, to "father" (Dr. Robert M. Garrett), 1874

Containers:
Box 1, Folder 9
Scope and content:

Scope and Contents Has been asked by the editor of the Cleburn Chronicle to reply to an attack on Governor Coke by the Galveston News, and to condense some articles from the New York Herald; has yet to take out his license to practice law; describes the town of Cleburn as being "a tolerable little country town, with a population of about 1200, and growing quite fast"; informs him that the prairie lands in this area will produce 20,000 bales of cotton, which will sell for $50-$75 per bale; gives the prices of flour ($6 a barrel), good cows ($6 a head), horses ($25-$50), and corn ($0.25 per bushel after September 1st); is currently staying at a hotel but is eagerly awaiting a position in a private home to teach for an hour or two a day; mentions that the whole state is crowded with lawyers; informs him that the land laws are complicated and provide most of the revenue to be gained in this profession; was obliged to ride with the driver when traveling to Cleburn as the stage was filled with ladies, and as a result was treated to the view of a "magnificent country"; describes the people as "healthy, but their eyes look dull, and they are generally listless and inanimate"; mentions that the people are hard-working and thrifty, and that Cleburn "makes no pretensions to anything like fashion or refinement, but they appear to be very good plain people.

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