Pictorial review of the city of Paris and Lamar county, Texas .. . ers were not adopted even by their children,he ax of the woodman rang in the forest and trees were con-*rted into fences and dwellings, and the virgin soil was turnedy the plow and strong arms, and brawny hands garnered theDlden grain. As farm improvements increased the herds ofock decreased, and the introduction ot large numbers of the bestuported breeds greatly improved the quality, and was a potentTent in the domestication of the native herds. Large numbersI the best grades of thoroughbred horses, cattle, sheep andvine have
Pictorial review of the city of Paris and Lamar county, Texas .. . ers were not adopted even by their children,he ax of the woodman rang in the forest and trees were con-*rted into fences and dwellings, and the virgin soil was turnedy the plow and strong arms, and brawny hands garnered theDlden grain. As farm improvements increased the herds ofock decreased, and the introduction ot large numbers of the bestuported breeds greatly improved the quality, and was a potentTent in the domestication of the native herds. Large numbersI the best grades of thoroughbred horses, cattle, sheep andvine have been brought here, not only from the older from Europe, and to day there cnn be found in Lamarjunty as good grades of stock of all kinds as in any other local-y west of the Mississippi river. WILD ANIMALS. Ferocious wild animals were numerous in Lamar county inirly times, and were a source of constant danger to the inhab-irtts and their live ^tnck. especially sheep and swine. Old set-ters tell irnnv thrilling tales of encounters with wild be^ts n f,le. led river forests in the long ago, and it is botn interesting andjnusing to sit by a blazing heap of logs in a great fireplace of anted pioneer and listen to his recital of danng exploits when|exas was a Republic. In those days the Mexican lion was ai^quent visitor here in summer, but returned to Mexico in the
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