Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-09-16
AN omoLE on THE WING.
racIdcnts OF Trip 10 baltimore a
Glimpse ~ the Festival.

Baltimore, September 10. - Denison,
$40 Saturday morning. Mild, pleas
opt Texas night. a scream OF the
whistle. clang Df the bell, call aboardf
and we are eli. About five O'Clock In
the morning we awake and fluid our
selves Swimming over the boundlcss
nrairies OF the far-famed II. |. r.
breakfast at l.nfaula, with the genial
Td Morris. who, by the way, Is now
prospecting for an establishment at
The Fort, lii which to open n first-class
hotel; aud none know better
how to conduct such an
establishment than Mr. Morris. a
few miles further north and we notice
the skv becomes overcast with dull
GRAY robe, the prairie reeds bend their
heads to the ground, aud all nature
seems 10 feel a change. We step off
the coach at Che ko-tah, n telegraph
station, and are greeted by full
grown healthy norther, the first of the
season, and only one .overcoat en- the
train busters, which moment be-
fore were thought both useful and or
naulentAl. became nHisances in the
sight as well as to the feeling.
The Indian territory, while not pos
sessing any advantage over Us ~ 10
soil has one disideratum that we
lack: and that Is water, and oceans NJ
IL. She is Scared from limit to limit
with with water courses, all wen
filed with clear runuiug water. When
we left the Fort, the water carts were
spriukling the ted Of h Trinity 10
keep down tle dust, and at Dallas, the
cows were Just consuming the last
few drops remaining in the gllch.
The corn, as far as THE eye could see,
was of a bright golden hue from root to
tassel. the cotton squares were rapidly
falling, and all nature seemed 20 have
given up To the God Of the day. In
the Nation, every growing thing was
as green ~ the Diety intended II
should ever be; albeit, the growing
things were mostly thoec which pro-
duce nought for mans benefit. For
miles and miles, where u few white
men wouid haze made the face of the
earth smile with beautiful crops, could
be seen nothing but yeilow-howeFed
weeds, or the seeds left by gigantic
prairie Flowers. How long must We
the people, submit 70 this waste OF
useful material, .denled to us, by. our
servants, the government.
We arrived ut st. Louis thirty-iive
minutes behind time, hastily gobbed
II miserable lunch for which we pay
an exorbHant fee, and take our seafs
In an O. ~ NJ. coach The union
depot seemed 20 have been selected
that raw Sunday morning as n rendez-
vous by all the homely women and
fine haired dudes Of the country. We
never saw more Of both classes together
nj once, and hope we viii not again
see another such collection.
over the great bridge we go and out
again into the open country. We are
making good time now, although we
have - the captain tells
MS, I'M unusually large train.
Somewhere in Illinois we pick up
Hebrew dramatic company the mem.
bers oil which endeavor, and with inn
mensc SUCCESS, 10 render themselves
obnoxious 10 their fellow voyagers.
One OF them, mere youth, passes
about pnning on the backs of his fell
lows. u card bearing the legend II am
dude lf 1t had been written, II
am trying 10 become dude,n and
been worn conspicuously by all, both |
women and men, IL would have been
more appropriate DO not understand
me US being at swords points with the
Jews, for some of my hest friends an
swer 10 thut title, but only to this par
ticuar galaxy.
Immediately in front Of rs sat
party OF four. one OF them wears a
checked tblncs and white suit, coat
and vest, as lar ~ ! can see. 'rhe head !
is covered by small silk travelling
cap. The black curly locks aie cut J
short, aud when the cap is lifted we
ses tho hair ~ parted ioN dowp ON
as..s .tae. Rae ijAgers are covered with {
diamond rings. Tho voice Is coarse |
and loud aud Aetoe one calls our al. {
tention 70 the Observation-Disclosures of the I
party. Al Seymour. when we dine |
we i'ho the party isa lady Returning 4
70 the coach sue throws herself beck [
IN her seat, puts her feet over the \
bnck of the seat IN fran, 4
ana colhposes herself for sleep we +,
tnink o. an exoelleut comparison no. ;
tween the modest, refined manners of )
our Texas girls and the specimens of {
Eastern ladies' we see before us. aud
already Tel that we are In country
we would not care to live in. She l.
only smaller eXaggeratim in her con.
duetof the majority OF those we meet.
Tor they all seemingly possess the same
chaiaaseristtcs IN n smaller or worse
aeEroe, tut the veil falls from oureves
and we iind Che lady before us is: Ella
,Weanef, the luoteau comic vocalist.
the fsst time we saw her was at De |
N'''Nf NitTh Siit SilS 1lOnlnlHnt
Charley Ten Thousand Miles
Away, and other old long forgotten
mclodies, She WINS then the right
bawcr af Tony pastor who was war
bling "Mollie Darlingn for the first
season. The Wesner Is now with the
Davcne combination, and lett US AT
North Vernon FOR Louisville.
about the only crops the region
through which We are passing pndu-
ces, are hay, watefmelons aud stone.
The latter Il the only crop the drouth
tfor they arc having one here tool
seems not 10 affect; and quarries can
be seen NJ short intervals. 4 sight ut
the soil would make happy the heart
of The worst grunbler at home. A
bright yellow in color, and seemingly
made upof equal parts OF clay and |
sand, bearing Immense crops, and eV-
cry inch of Ii upto the very rails un-
der cultivation. What would they
not do with ourrlch black waXy? Isv- |
cry inch OF this SOIL is covered deep
with manure. Further when we get
into the IGountains We find acre after
acre of corn and hay on hills
whose sides are so steep
ms 10 make us wonder how men eonld
find footing, much less guide piow
or swing q scythe,
BEFORE reaching Cincinnati, our ten
der takes fire and a stop IS made until
the fire Is eNtinguished. Then we
take on more coaches aud lose more
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