Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-09-16
SWEETWArER sIPPlNGs.
sighing for ola Days and Old Ways
Tre-Ili storic Bone-Iard.

signing for ola Days and Old wnys-A
Fre-Iiisioric Bone-Yard.
. Correspondence Of Gazette.
SWeetwater, September 15.-Things
/ have changed uiuhlly since you and |
c | were boys aud used 20 slide down the
J. hin till way past midnight for the
# pleasure OF drawing our sleds back.
r Then there was less formality and
more integrity, and all you had to dc
q in those DAYS was to attend corn
Il husking and sit beside the girl you
v wanted, and the engagement was conf
\ pIete. There was no sliding out Of it,,
i as the young "fellers" do these days
by addressing sweet-scented notes
: saying that they do not love her as
| heartily AS they thought they did, -
& etc, but after the notice was posted on
r the church door the matter was her
medically sealed. The girl of the past
gave herself no further uneasineas af-
/ ter the whole congregation got "A
glimpse of the notice, and the young
man had TO walk the chalk line or
skip the country. There was no alter
nalive--go he must or fulfill his con-
tract. He could not breathe in the
same climate, neither could he couple
on t. some other girl ana flaunt her
around for girl No. | to inspect, and
feel badly about. The young man Of
the present period commences his
advances at very tender and
! Verdaut age, and Is not considered
an expert until he has committed him.
SELF many times, and as many times
broken the golden thread. There is
! no confidence TO be placed in the great
majority. The girls are confused.
stunned, and even mortified at the in-
sincerity of our youthful cavaliers
Sometimes the girls get decidedly the
advantage of these chaps and give
them an awful twist, which sends
them spinning around on their ear.
siag some sweet lullaby over the re-
mains, aud the great world moves on
just AS II nothing OF IA serious nature
mad occurred.
MANS insincerlty to the girls
comes right home to the beaux OF the |
period with crushing effect. They |!
claim to he going in the capacity of !
escorts FOR the pleasure there Is in 1t,
but why do they promise 80 faithfully
and exact such faithful pledges in re-
turn, ii they tlo not mean business
When n true woman is coaxed TO love
some mere apology of II man, and
warns 10 over him, 1t il no easy mat
Ter after the tendrils become located to
suddenly break up housekeeping with
out amy Insurance against accidents.
There Is II great day of RECKONING for
these young Othellos, aIrd when Old
Father Time swings his sickle of
Damascus steel, these young chaps
Xill he gathered home minus their
ascension robes. Then they Will wish
they had u FOOLS advice, when 1T is too
late Tor any very great reformation.
Your correspondent has but one re-
| quest to make, and that is not TO show
| TINS communication To the ''nan In
the tower, as he has enough ON his
Shoulders already IN the way OF
relorinations TO crush any ordinary
man. spare him these unpleasant re-
marks touching the integrity OF our
matrimonial champions, and it Is to be
, hoped they VIII all reform before the
Ancient Mariner hears about it,
SWeetWater, September it.--Iour
\ correspondent started out this morn
ing IN search OF an Item OF news, but
there was nothing new on the Sweet.
water horizon as far as the eve could
reach. Nothing daunted, the search
was prolonged, and enc long a scene
presented itself, which was ghastly 10
say the least. II WAS n bone yard, the
contributors being nothing shorter
than the pioneers of Texas. Your
/ correspondent stopped short, hesitated
advanced "a little farther, aud stood
There wrapped Ia silent meditation,
wondering what The peculiar charac.
teristlcs We're, that animated those
skulls IN life. Width between the eyes
denotes intelligence, these iates ali had
~ badly, aud the majority had very
nigh ioreheads, which could stand an
immense amount of hutting without
INJURY, Search was nmde for any
works OF Violence, but no bullet holes
could he found the only thing that
looked suspicious, was the lact tlm,t
mere WAS Il large vacancy whore the
eyes once resided, bat this was eX,
planned away by a gentleman who
pretehded to know more about such
Things uian your correspondent. The
bones Jay IN all shapes; sometimes the
Skull deserted the legs and then again
} thc leSs would scent Ia have the best
OF II by the large majority OF two To
one, and would be holding hlgh carnl.
val together without any head To
manage them. Ii was pail full in the
sureriative 10 syaad alone and gaze
upon those bones whlclSaro once ami.
mated and held undispated sway over
this domain.
IN iaet there was some doubt about
being able TO stand alone, at Intervals
while y good square retreat was many
times wished for provided il could be
conducted quietly without showing the
While feather plume. While in this
unpleasant dilemma, your correspond.
ent could neither go nor stay with any
/ spef4a comfort, and finally became
! quite bold, even TO The extent of stir
ring up the bones q little with the toe (
OF ms boot, Not receiving any bodily
injury by this maneuver, he continued
ms investigation into the relies of an
tiaul1y, stirring up the old bones al