 Denison Daily Cresset
Thursday, December 2, 1875 pg 1 How is This? There is a kind of poetic vengeance which works out the destiny of all men and all cities with a precision at once marvelous and astounding. In their intercourse and transactions it is meet that all should shape their course so that the inevitable will come in as mild a form and fall as lightly as possible. That mysterious and unseen power seems now to be at work in bringing to the surface the facts which bear upon the rivalry which exists between the two cities, Denison and Sherman. Last Tuesday when the ice king reigned in all his frozen grandeur, and the storm clouds hung low and threatening, Buck Payne, a progressive citizen of the Indian Territory went all the way to Sherman, in this county to dispose of six bales of the fleecy staple. By a wonderful coincidence, Mr. Thornton, a planter residing near Farmington, in this county, also went that day to the great city where all the honest men rendezvous. They did not meet there, but the cotton was of the same grade as though grown upon kindred soil. Wednesday these gentlemen appeared upon the streets of Denison with the identical same cotton which they offered for sale. Mr. Payne was offered 11 1/2 cents a pound for his six bales by A. Teah, one of our most enterprising merchants. Mr. Thornton was offered the same price, and both immediately closed the bargain and the trade was made. They both stated that they had been to Sherman with their cotton and had not been offered but 10 1/2 cents a pound. They were warned not to come to Denison; were told that they would be swindled, but after stopping one day and night, they concluded to take the risk. The result was that they received one cent more per pound for their cotton than they had been offered in Sherman. And they were not robbed very badly either, inasmuch as the cotton held out to gin weight. Farmington History Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any of Grayson County TXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |