La Vernia As Featured In 19^th Century
Newspaper Accounts
Collected by Regina & Allen R. Kosub

San Antonio Daily Express, August 19, 1879

OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT – Sends us an interesting budget of News Items for Yesterday – Lavernia, 13 August 1879.

The rain that fell a few days since has wreath the farmer’s and stockmen’s faces with radiant smiles – and even the cows, like their owners, anticipate better times. With the thermometer at from 93 to 99 in the shade, short grass, scarcity of water for stock in many localities, squares dropping from cotton, do you wonder at the elongated condition of the granger’s faces, or the look of gloom . . .

Gardening has been carried on diligently during the past week. Seeds of almost every kind, from cucumber to the most hardy winter vegetables have been planted, with every prospect of abundant yields; for it frequently happens in fall seasons, with abundant rains, that no frost comes until January. Ripe tomatoes have been gathered from gardens here as late as January 4^th. Diligent and intelligent labor will accomplish much, and most of the farmer’s . . .

People in this locality believe the Sunday law to be a good one, but many doubt its practical efficacy in some localities. Much as may be said pro and con in the case, as our civilization advances we must gradually fall into the European or early Christian style, rendering . . .

Despite the long dry spell, our farmers will have a small surplus of corn. Fodder has been saved – gathered in great abundance. We have hopes for . . .