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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1869 edition. Excerpt: ...corn, fruits, esculent roots, fruits, the vine, artisan and mechanical industry, they devote themselves to with steadiness, perseverance and success. They perform all their labors with more fidelity than the Americans, --make better boots, better wagons, better iron-work, better everything. They are more sober, more economical and much more quiet and inoffensive than our South Americans. They have one principal factory, --cotton and woollen, --run by water-power, which turns out an excellent article of "domestic" or cotton cloth, besides some other kinds of cloth for clothing, and a blanket much superior to the Northern trade blanket. These Germans have also good wagonshops, good boot-makers, good saddlers, etc.; and, on account of the cheapness and superiority of their wares, the place has, for twelve years past, been by far the best market for articles in their line in Western Texas. They also have a fine soil and plough it deep; and they always have corn, butter, peaches, grapes, etc., etc., when the Americans have none. Indeed, in "dry season," they form a kind of granary or "Egypt" for a large extent of country, although their settlement is small. The emigration to their colony at present is small. A large emigration is anticipated; and my own opinion is, that, in a quarter of a century, Western Texas will be as German as Pennsylvania. The principal--that is, the greatest in number--emigration to Western Texas now is from the older Southern States; and, while there are among them many "noble souls," I do not think it of a character to build up the material prosperity of the country. But the great--and indeed, in my opinion, the only--drawback to the rapid advancement of our country in material...