The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-01-28
ORR PROSPECT.
sYhar Dull Times AT
Anger for the f"t"re'

For weeks past merchants, profess
.;o,,al mon farmers and nearly all per-
80, bava each had a deep-seated case
- +ba hines. induced by bad weather,
l,,,,rassion in trade and general eXhaus-
.ioI, If all source of revenue. These, of
..onrse. will be admitted as pretty good
.ouse for feeling dowucast and lndulglng
m nroIoured complaint, not to speak of
.,r,i,y;;,,, into the habit of look
mo al the gloomy side OF every
H. Evidently while surrounded 10y
ali tbis mud and slush, which Is the
.ar.a of complaint, We forget that IN
In. mast winters, when extremely dry, we
complained almost as much because our
cisterns were dry, the weather WAS hit
terly cold, expense bills for fuel very
heavy, and farmers unwilling to spend
their money because it had not rained
and they were in grave doubt about the
prospect for next seasons crop. The
farmer is always delicate about spending
ms money when there Is no prospect
ahead and We are really not
49, bad of now as in the
.l.asauf winters of the past.
vhnsa who have observed closely know
-baf there Is more money among the
.,Iral folks now than there was year
.,n ~ tIis season OF the year. They
nZra less. and those with whom
they have been trading, when
NO. came to town, have noticed
,iaf they All have more or less money.
The only trouble has been that before
New Years, the country people We're
h,lsy in their fields and gins up to CHRIST
mas. and during the holiday week they
were. elioyiug themselves at home and
come TO town only for such goods as are
hourht during that season. Since
then the condition of the roads
ha, been such that no sensible amer
u.,,l}l m-urr his teams and vehicles by
irving to travel ON them except in $50
lated cases of extreme necessity.
Rasuon,ihle and Obseryant farmers and
merchants with whom we have spoken
II, the last few days, say the ground Is
now in better condition for the coming
crop than If has been for years. Wheat
and oats never looked better, cattle,
horses aud sheep are IN excellent con
iltlon, the majority of country people
have plenty to carry them over to
next crop, and looking at matters in
their true light there Is really cause
for rejoicing at the outlook rather
than getting besct with the blues. Rail
roads are building across the country
into the city, putting thousands Of dol
lars into circulation that the state would
never have seen otherwise, and soon VT
viii be enjoying the benefits Of the trade
and travel which they will bring from
the north, south, east and west, and,witl
this view of things, which is neither i'm
aginary or overdrawn, where is the rea
cause for complaint? 1t is quite natu
raj for as 10 look at the present only
and if surroundings are in Themselves
little barren and unpleasant for the
time being, we augment the unlnvltlna
look Of things by brooding over the sit
alton when in reality If we would loob
ahead little we n.ight see in the TEN
porary loss and discontinue permanent
future benefits. II we viii but pierce
the gloom of the present, we can see III
the beyond what those who have studied
the situation and its indications care
fully, viii admit is one of the best ont
looks with which Texas has been favored
FOR long time.