Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-07-23
CAUGHT ON THE FLY.
OF THRIVING TOWNS
as IN NORTH TEXAS.
Fsbeffsn Flashes From Denison, Bcnham
Parisaud Daily Springs--A Consume
ing Droath Beyond tho Tim
49, Der Limo.

From our Travelling Correspond nt..
What East Texas most urgently
needs ut present Is some mUdern Eli
jah whose invocations will scale the
walls OF heaven and rend the clouds
asunder. List he Immediately APP
pear the farmers must Involuntary
repeat the offering Of Cain and upon
the altar of a wrathful sun sacrifice
their all--at least as far rs the corn
crop IL concerned. 1t is doubtful II
even the most copious showers would
materially benefit this now. The line
ern Texas proper indicates the West
its circles the dropping stalk, the
which is woeiully suggestive of lard
corners and high hominy; yet this
deficit will be amply made up in the
prairie country west OF this. The
East Texan is now fully persuaded
that "it rains on the Unjust veuer
than the just.n There is no occasion
to be disheartened, however; cotton is
coming, and it yet is king, if the
sceptre Is somewhat hacked.
DENIsoN. 4t'
ran into the city of the Irish pat
ronymic, Denis-on, the other day.
The border city of the northern boun-
Diary looked lively and prosperous. /
Sundayed there, and at the morn
ing service R the Episcopal
church listened to music as sweet as
ever pealed forth from Texas choir. 1t
was divine, swelling up to mingle with
the angelic anthems and forming II
"crcuito to transmit the magnificent
blessings of the King of Kings to
his earthly subjects. Make music;
earth knows no sweeter joy; twill fill
eternity.
In the evening that prince Of good
fellows, A. w. Watson, who bosses
electricity at the telephone central
office, placed Il carriage
at my service and
we took in the town. Denison is even
more extensive than / thought 1t
covers II large area and Is spreading al
most as rapidly as the "young giant"
An improvement company Is engaged
in opening up streets and
miles from the square, and the lots are
being eagerly gobbled up by the CAPT
talist and others who desire to adorn a
CoiilioItaote uoibe, giving SAplcSsiou
to the confidence in the future Of Den
ison felt by its citizens. Ills the peo-
pie that make the town, and enough of
the right sort could bloom a desert into
II perpetual oasis.
at
BONHAM,
The beautiful city of beauties. Who
could pass by Bonham ?
Not /. Here the minute
hand of progress continues to revolve
around the disc of time. A brick bust
ness block in course of construction on
the street leading to the depot is evil
dence that this solid city is
forging fast the links of pros
perity. And she deserves it; If /
hadn't exhausted my vocabulary of
adjectives in praise of the Open-hauded
hospitality of her people, their indus
try and consequent. prosperity
heretofore they are topics
on which / sIight debate
at length. The theme is an mex
haustible one.
Mr.. James, the livery stable man,
had just received u handsome new car
rage, and of course to initiate it
two such experts as my
friend Class, OF the
Adoocdte and ''this yere scribbler"
could not have been accumulated for
miles. We can always do up such
jobs as that to perfection, and our SER
vices in this line may at any time be
secured for the asking. Circling
around the city, we seemed to be in .
magnificent park. The drives ar
beautiful, lined with elegant residen
ces aud lovely parks adorned as only n
hap Y combination of taste and
wealth can produce. Thoughts
struggle for utterance The scene was
just exquisitely, entrancingly lovely.
/ regretted to part but shadow sue
ceeds sunshine always. There is a
very large cavity in the very
small blood propeller of at
least one struggling Bohemian for
beautiful Bonham and her kind citi-
Zens.
is pulling for the persimmons
pretty persistently. Everything
betokens prosperity here. Go
ing up from the depot one
notices mammoth brick under con-
struction, which covers almost, If not
entirely, whole block. 1t is de-
signed for cotton warehouse and
will cost something near $780,
900. This is n splendid
cotton market and there are many
wealthy firms who deal in the fleecy
staple. They have combined TO erect
this large building and will use
it in concert. The people are
still sanguine of obtaining the
st. Louis and San Francisco, and il so
in a year one would have to travel to
the Fort to find its rival in business
matters. 1t is stylish little city,
tubs itself the "Athens of Texas"
and is justly entitled to its
re, ,utation for beauty, social excellence
ana business superiority. May it
have an hundred thousand inhabitants
ere tn e next centennial.
There Is certain amount OF
satisfac ton to be gained by
being tn first at fire. but whether
this Is oy, srcome bv the disadvantages
| am at a 'oss TO determine. At
TEXARKANA
On Monda y morning at four o'clock
| drowsiIy r, ,bbed my eyes with a
yague reniizat on that AN unusual hub
bub was going N ia the street. When
the cry "lire!p D 'netfaiel my hearing
one rebound Ian. ed rae by the win
In ,r thi'd story of the
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