Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-04
HILL COUNTY.
The Steady and Rapid Growth OF HIS.
boro-Its Prosperous Trade
A Oniet Sunday.
Correspondence ofthc Gazette.

quiet Sunday.
Correspondence of the Gazette
Hillsboro, DecemberI. -You alreadv
have such an able local correspopde,,,
In this place that IL looks almost lils a
| presumption on our part To attempt Ia
steal his thunder; but | may be able to
think up some few things connected
with this locality that have hitherto
escaped his observation.
| 1T Is now Just one year since our last
visit to Hillsboro, and if asked what
town In the course of our rambles had
improved most in the same space of
time, my answer would be IIillsboro or
course, except the great commercial
centers such as Fort Worth, Dallas.
Austin, San Antonio, Galveston and
Houston, which enjoy superior adj
vantages for development, but for an
ordinary country town, with but one
railroad, Hillsboro is long WAYS
ahead. Since our last visit she has had
two disastrous fires, which have de-
stroyed thousands of dollars worth of
| active business property, yet. she has
| risen from all these Phoenix like, and
converted her calamities into blessings
in disguise.
Surely she must have great recuper-
alive energies o recover from her mis-
fortunes so speedily. l count at least
| a dozen large brick edifices around the
public square that have been built
within the past year, several of which
accommodate from two To four bust
ness firms. And yet Hillsboro has
never had what is commonly called "a
boom. Her growth and prosperity are
but the natural outgrowth OF the sur
rounding country, hence she has
nothing to fear from relapse. SO
long rs the surrounding country con-
tinues to improve (Which we hope will
be for many years yeti so long will
Hillsboro continue to grow in wealth
and commercial Importance. Her bus
mess firms appear to be doing steady,
everyday business, which If properly
managed is sure to foot up a good bal
ance sheet at the close of the year.
Hillsboro has what few towns in
Texas can boast of, and that is two
first-class notes.-the Gould house,
owned and controlled by Col. j. |.
Kirksey, and the Ewel house,
under the management of Colonel
strictly first. class sure in all their APP
pendages. | mean for the price they
charge-two dollars per day-of course.
| am not at all afraid of any travelling
man who has patroniZed either house
calling NE to task for my assertion.
One popularity of the Ewell house is
its coffee. You do not have to stop
and taste and determine whether il is
coffee or "yarb tea.n You can decide
that point by the smell, for it is both
fragrant to smell and delicious to
taste, and IL is at your service as soon
rs you come down out of your room in
the morning. do not mention this
fact to draw u distinction between the
Ewell and Gould houses, but between
them and Texas hotels in general.
Hillsboro will have very nice OBJ
era house when il is completed. The
Eunice Goodrich troupe gave an en-
tertainment in it last night, which |
was well received. The play was.
"Wanted-A HUSBAND and ii laugh
ter has tendency to an increase of
avoirdupoise, | am sure each person
present must have left the hall at least
ten pounds heavier than when he EN-
tered it. Such swapping of corset
strings | never heard before under the
same or similar circumstances.
the entire troop are stopping at the
Ewell house, and more gentlemanly |
and lady-like company, | have never |
met on the road. They will perform
here again Monday night and expect
to be in Fort Worth Friday night. /
bespeak for them n full house. Their
orchestra music is splendid. Miss
Eunice is certainly the most innocent
and artless being on the stage your
correspondent has ever seen, and she
Is well sustained.
Why is it that there is such differ
ence in Texas towns in the way our
holy Sabbath is observed, since all live
under the same code of laws? Is it be-
cause one town has a more efficient set
of officers than another, or is it because
II higher tone of moral and religious
sentiment pervades one community
than another? / venture to say there
is not town in New England where
this Sabbath day has been reverenced
with more soul-inspiring awe than il
has been right here in Hillsboro. The
churches were all crowded with wor-
shippers this morning, and solemn
stiffness has pervaded the city the en-
tire day. | reyret that / cannot say
the same for every town i'm Texas
where 1t has been my lot to be cast on
the Sabbath day.
A Liberal Discount,