Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-01-09
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Correspondence of the C;RHette.
WICHITA FAILS, January :.
What the Danube does your proof
reader mean by making me say thing
1 did not indite? II thcre Is one thing
above another pride myself on, II j.
the legihility of my chirography. TIE
only time was ever lei to mistrust IL,
was on one occasion In serving notice
upon a refractory tenant Of a client to
yield possession OF certain premises,
and which he rendered AZ o compile
mentary invitation To a hop, when. in
fact. IL was perempiory order 10 skip.
\ Mark how my muse is robbed of her
lays Ia that moral appended to
I Saniaon.s clegy. For draw
read drew and you have
I complete sense and preserve the
I Jingle. Then | was made to commence
the names Of eminent counsel with
lower case NJ, and IN my quotation
from Watts. 10 say 'hie," for lie. =
Hinc iGchrBmde.
Sheriff Davis, who has been confined
10 his he'd for some days with q pain
fnl illness, reappeared upon the street
yesterday, and received the congratu-
lations of numerous friends.
The building mania continues, and
several pretentious houses are being
erected, noticeable among Others two
story frame hotel near the depot
Merchants complain of dull times,
and physicians report a clean bill of
health.
The bone business continues brisk,
and bones have become valuable
enough TO tempt the cupidity of one
man, who stands charged by informa-
ton with pnrloining portions of the
osseous remains of the defunct bison.
Just imagine the sublime possibilities
Of such genius with proper opportu-
mites TO employ his talent. Talk of
Robson stealing a navy why this
neophyte, his talent properly devel-
oped. would play chuck -a-luck with
old Neptune, cheat his marine majesty
out of his trident with loaded dice,
aud set his attendant tritons to pearl
diving for profit.
Beyond cavil Wichita Falls is grows
ing. AS | compare this beautiful val
ley, thickly dotted with houses, with
six months ago when nearly
the entire population of the city
used to assemble in the cleaning in
UNIV W astNlfbn ~ w illldliiN NllIt anu
canvass the future Of the place, it seems
rs II the magiclan's wand had been
waved over the valley.
| suppose my emotions are simila
to those of the New York poet who
sang the praises of Oswego bass:
Here the red Indian once took his delight;
Elshed, ~ and bled
Now most of the Inhabitants Is white,
And nary red
w. +. Waggoner bought the right of
Newton's post and pile driver and
wire stfetcher for the counties of
Archer and Wilbarger. w.
A. Newton, the patentee, after "A So
iourn of several weeks in our midst,
has gone to Waco. Whoever deals
with him will find him high-minded
honorable gentleman, richly entitled
to all the success he may achieve.
our citizens who have had job work
done at the GAZETTE office, are highly
pleased with the price and execution
Our old fellow citizen, f. NJ. Wat
tenbarger, hGs sold out all his posses
sions, and VIII get him To far country,
to-wit; Missouri. He was here first,
aud underwent all the hnrdships Of the
pioneer. "Where'er he be, the Lord
be near him.
Mr. Lewis, editor of the Herald, has
returned, after a protracted trip, look
ing much improved.
Peters & Kinkaid, on last Thursday,
purchased one hundred pigs, many OF
which dressed over 200 pounds. Eou
may well imagine we are all grateful
and greasy.
shall visit the panther's resting
place next week, please God, and cir
cumstanees fnvoring, shall drop into
your sanctum
TO beard the lion In his den,
The Douglas in his ham,
mean by this figure of speech that
shall ask that proof reader aforesaid
wv hath We take?n
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