Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-09-25
NOLAN COUNTY.
The Rains. ana the Outlook for Winter
Neutrality-suspicious. City Election The
lad Nan From bitter Creek

Correspondence OF the Gazette.
Sweetwattr, September %. Beef
gathering will be little late this sea-
son, owing to the postponNg on ac-
count of the drouth of the general
ground up,p which was to have taken
place September 10. OF course there
are private gatherings going on in To-
caitios where there is sufficient water,
but the general ''rouud upsn are what
count. without which it Is hard TO cal
culate anything like clean cut. We
have had general rain in this section
but it fell so gently that it was all alb
sorhed without creating many extra
pools for the stock TO water, besides,
it was accompanied by mild north
err which was decided embargo
upon the expected recuperation of the
grass. There is good feed on the va
rous divides, but owing TO the search
ty Of water it is too far away To lie
available. Many fear that should
there be rain enough later to insure u
general supply of water for stock pur-
poses, the grass would be very mate
rally injured for winter grazing, Had
We been favored with q bouutitul rain
Il month ago, the grass would have
have been benefited greatly, and
would have matured before the early
frosts. As matters now stand it viii
require very late fall, as wei; rs very
favorable weather, 70 place the graz
ing interests where they should be
to successfully carry the stock through
| the winter months.
Elections are OF almost every day
occurrence here in Sweetwater. We
have just passed safely through the
| ordeal again, The ques-
| ton at issue was incorporation,
which was decided most empha,icaliy
/ in the negative by vote of three to
one. Every man who can draw up .
1petttiorf- trfrri--an get a certain numOeI
| Of citizens to sign it, can compel the
county judge to issue call for an
election. Ii it were generally under
stood that every election costs money,
which the taxpayer has to liquidate,
there would be less of this reckless
signing of petitions.
The "bad man from bitter creek
surprised us again this morning, very
agreeably. His manners were less Oh
trusive, and his general bearing bore
no traces of lis former self, while hls
countenance had elongated marvel
ously in u perpendicular dierction.
Your correspondent was not slow III
detecting this wonderful change, ano
at once took him by the ann and made
inuuiiies touching his downfall. i
seems the had man had ordered .
"shearlng' just before this mil(
"norther' came up and the result wa
total wreck of thirty shorn sheep
The winds were not tempered, as tn
good book would have it, to the shorl
lamJ. After patiently listening to Tn
pitifui tale, strenuous efforts Wer
put.forta to revive the bad man, bu
he refused to be comforted, and 70
marked that there was no use for nm
to battle single-handed against IN
elements; that they made most excel
lent servants, but very bad masters
Whereupon he ordered his team
loaded in his supplies, EXCHANGED a ie.'
hasty greetings, folded himself up !
! his wraps, and was soon lost to sign
but held in grateful remembrance u
p. all who witnessed his departure. ~
! Bitter Creek or bustn were his IA
D touching words, which fell like clod
! Of clay upon the sorrowing friends