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statement* and condition* of different families that I bad the pleasure to converse with, tbat Texas is the best country in the world for either man with or without money; hot as I said before, be must be man who goes there witboot money.I assure you that we have bad no little difficulty In settling in onr colony, bat I bad tbo extreme pleasure to hear Conagban, Lacid, Conners, Doran, and others, thank God tbat they left tbe coal mines. Yoong Conaghao, who farms with Lie father, told me it was the nicest work be had ever done, ; and aaid if he got tbe best job in Penn- i aylvania and h'.a fare paid back be would not go.In another part of bis letter Mr. Boyle speaks of tbe New Philadelphia Colony, which is entirely distinct from bis (Bre-bony), and which is also doing remarkably well.We hope that some day or other our pe- pie will awaken to the importance of making efforts to attract emigrants to Louisiana, which tflVrs greater natural ad-vantage* than Texas, but tbe apathy dis played in all quarter* on the subject make* as fear that the work will be loft to tbe next generation.
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The Morning Star And Catholic Messenger
New Orleans, Louisiana, US
Sun, Jun 10, 1877
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