Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-08-13
Our Couuir, Its Pursuits and Plea.

Our Conntry--Its Pursuits and Plea
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San Antonio Correspondence Texns Lave
Stock journal.
Young men from the overcrowded
ind unhealthy cities, particularly OF
the North, have Ia recent years had
their attention directed 10 stock raising,
not only as u means Of profit, but for
the recovery ofthe greatest Of all bless
ings, the boon IT health. Many have
come WI h the dollars in their pockets
with winch 10 Invest and pernIaneut-
is locate, willie others have brought
but mere pittnnce upon which 10 sub
sist for a lew weeks, aud an awfully
bad cough. We have seen them car
ried from the passenger coach to the
omnibus and from the omnibus 10 the
hotel and from the hotel to the ada
cent country where they have builded
IN their shattered constitutions and
inadc Of themselves vigorous and ne
tive men aud useful aud respected
citizens. The pure DIR and health
giving exercise incident TO the
life ofWestern Texas stockmap renders
the occupation one that the feeble
young men of the overcrowd,d cities
should long for. Over the bills, dash
ing, and tearing through aud along
expansive valleys, where the long
grass waves. aud innunierable flowers
smile At sou and east their sweet odors
upon the air, you return 10 your meal
with the appetite Of 4 gluten and the
digestion OF an ostrich. The lungs
drink in the air thut Is as pure as the
driven sil Nv, and the muscles expand
and lhrutn aud the feeble man gath
crs flesh, lost his weakness and devel-
ops hi- bower While health comes,
prosperity follows IL, and happiness Is
but the natural consequence. There
are opportunities for any honest, faith
full man. 10 build up his fortune as well
as his health and the cases that suggest
themselves 10 Us for mention are nu-
nleroua. Cattle can be purchased all the
way from twelve dollars up To twenty
five per head, and horses at about the
same prices. The PROFITS are wonder
ful and the worry Is rather of the
nature of lra-uie, All the wealthy
stockmen in Western Texas, men who
are worth millions Lave crawled upor
the very bottom round of the ladder.
We have known them to brcak-to be
called pcnniless--nnd still within q
year or So from their knowledge OF the
business recover themselves, meet their
obligations and be enabled To cash q
fifty thousand dollar cleck. This IS
not "talk,p but the truth as many of
the readers Of the JOURNAL know.
The room for speculation In stock is
most extensive and there Is no
business attended by greater safety
and assurance Of success where
common dgment aud common sense
az Az. of ar lttai-
ness attended by greater profit and
whose followers enjoy better health
and larger share of the good thing.
OF this world. Many years ago, we
wondered what would ever be done
with our vast idle domain, but the
stockmen are taking 1t up rapidly and
will soon own and use II all. The
foolish and senseless idea of the Texas
cowboy has also about gone. Some
people are in the habit of calling al.
most every one who shoots or gets
drunk in the wild west n cowboy, and
also a Texan. Texans respect the laws
and punish criminals just the same as
they DO everywhere, aud 1t Is "A re-
marlsabe fact that iuries in this coun-
try these times. particularly In thinly
populated counties are generally con"
stilutcd OF new corners. The law dis
qualities the older settlers on the plea
OF having formed an opinion, or they
are not wanted by the prosecuting
counsel for the reason that they are no.
ted for tightening the screws whenever
they have a chance ut Il criminal.
There is the amplest protection here OF
life and property. We have often won
dered Why the young men Of the large
cities, who have means, do not pack
their grips and migrate in clubs and
by the chartered carload to our region,
and escape the rigors of winter in the
far north, enjoy the sports of the plains
chasing the deer the antelope and the
bear, and practicing on the turkey and
quail and prairie chickens and numer-
Gus other small game that abound up
on our praires and in the gulches and
canyons Of our hills. Let all come ana
see rs, learn TO know Us, enjoy our
healthy climate, par,ake OF our
prosperity and our pleasures.