Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-08-26
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be interesting to note little incident !
in which the editor of the Vernont
guard played principal illustrative of
JouRNALIsTIc ETHICS.
In the undeveloped West. Vernon is
iifty-five miles northwest of Wichita
Falls and is the capitol of Wilbarger
county. Until recently it contained
an editor and a sheriff who conceived
and fondled violent antipathy tol
each other 1t probably grew out of
the reckless and burning English
which always glanced from tue tip of
the Bohemian's pencil when referring
to the official. Such phrases US "cow
thief villain" ''ringleader of
thieves and similar d 'siguations, are
not exactly the kind OF tatly on which
the greater portion of mankind like to
he fed. Even In as staid and orderly
Il town as Fort Worth the GAZETTE
might procure disordered liver by
such indulgences. The Wilbarger
sheriff. like Uncle Renus, wasn't
saVin nuthin', . but didn't preserve
| his memory vacant. AT last the faber-
shower of the Guard received noe
/ turnal visit from some parties who
/ hadn't been favored with printed In
vitatation to enjoy his Inequalities.
| With the caution born Of experience,
4 however, he was LOADED for baarn
and, conc, aling himself be-
! hind barrel, which probably
! served as waste-basket, awaited
results with his heart making q 2:40
| record and his fingers keeping up q
! lively tattoo on the triggers. Acct
dentally both barrels went off, which
so alarmed the belligerents Of both
parties that they fled precipitately
! The editor concluded that a southern
breeze would be more conducive to his
health. and emigrated to Henrietta.
The policy of the Gudyd lIas been re-
adjusted and the sheriff has resumed
his original standing.
THE cowMEN's BooMERANG.
Just now the principal mania
of the "ncster' seems to
be for whiting up wire
fences enclosing the property Of his
ancient enemy, the stockman. In this
sanguinary undertaking he receives
no inconsiderable assistance from the
cowboy, who with the cattle behind
the wife finds himself IN the desolate
condition of Othello. The one mourns
an occupation; the other an occupa-
ton gone. There is scarcely q large
pasture IN this entire country that has
not been summarily opened aud in
some instances many miles OF wire
have been cut, literally shaved
to pieces. And to complete
the wreck often times the posts
are pulled u2 and burned. IT'S sale
that one company was damaged to The
extent of $50 900 in one night. JUS
D xtiii rafr1tra
prophetic gifts to determine, though
many predict bloodshed. The West
ern granger finds himself fenced in by
|, the wealthier stockman, who purchase.
land all around him and If he is not
pleased with the limit to the number
OF cattle which he Is permitted to pa
ture there proceeds to cut hi
way out It Is not to be denied tina
gross abuses exist on the part Of th
stockmen, and Il correction of these /
r, the only way to alleviate the trouble
D The fencing in Of enormous tracts Q
land which they do not own, the oil
structions to travel and the mOnopol.
. of water are placed among these. !
prominent -tockman, the manager q
u large company, frankly confessed &
me that his associates had Target
brought their troubles upon them
selves. Said he: 1--WE intend to max
it to the interest of every man we fenc
e in to protect the wire, and wi
o Accommodate the travelling public b
d placing gates nj regular and short il
If tervals.n This policy is no don't
IS good, but 1t is the birthright of eXper
d ence. The stockmen are swallow in
> the pound of cure when they NIGH
V have survived with an ounce of pr,
IS vention. The wire cutting has brougL
them around to conciliatory m0oC
Whether this will prove effective II
l. mains to be seen. The only cry whicl
d can now be distinguished aIon
:. the outposts OF civilizatio
M is 'the wire fence mus
~ go.n The people say the legislator
"a hasn't got the backbone to tackle til
"a question, and vent upon it tn ei
:. hearty and unanimous curses.
~ member of that body doesn't stand il
>, as high repute III this country as
II third-rate bootblack. The gener,
"a opinion obtaining ground among II
ii mercantile element Is that the stoc
4 business will be finally releeoted [
regions further west; that as the agr
N cultural possibilities of the country b
q. come developed land will appreciai
A. in value until the stockmln viii
pa realize better dividend BY closing on
y and moving on. They say that IA
ID land commanding 1--WE dollars per acg
se is-a poor Investment for the stockmer
n. BE this theory false or true ii is safe [
n. assert that barbed wire will take n tun
h. BILE; it is bnycotted and boy-cu
~ Lettering around Wichita Ful
~ may be often observed n squad of
CoNtNNcHE INDIANS.
" Their reservation Is distant only aho'
fifteen mil,s, and ii Is n lavorite lon
q ing place with them. This is an ocel
- patton which completely harmonic,
~ with the dissipation of I'll
u average "huck.n II he ever philos
/. pixies 1t would be to humble:
- 81 must be e., rled 10 the skies
" On tloNety beds of ease'
,e The only occasion on which the
~ have ever been observed to mantle,
= any sembance of activity. is whe
- some saloon-keepcr, with great,
greed for filthy lucre than Respect IA
the law, supplies them with "fr
cs water a little liquid fuel tosse
e down their throats knocks the stear
as indicator up To the top notch, and uu
d fortunately in their construction III
q safety valve was omitted. Accordln
Z. Is an old citizens phraseolog
; "Fhey Just raise h--l and wouldn
Il mind much 10 lift our scalpsn Th
4 toilet of the red man hears strlkin
Il similarity to that execnted by Ga
"A fou,sb stony kparlnr V-h..n Aha fin