Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-01-16
ILADE ON HIS RAMBLES.


Ia people of Birdville have Sc
fthe services of Prof. Harley,
|a,nan whose fame as an educator
Il confined TO this state, but is
an. and that we now have one of
Most fiourishing schools in the
In. We will soon build an ele-
md commodious school house,
Hrdville will yet be the Athens of
IN county. Already people,
lnr of Prof. Harley's fame, are
I'M to this place to secure board
= In children, in order that they
III under his tuition.
IA have weighed anchor, / have
nv cable and am now adrift on
Irds of the public, with no par
~ mort in view. yet with the in
of touching at all landings
Xthere are people who can read.
I'm landing place on this cruise was
BEDFORD,
IN first place i visited there was
sle,rant new school house wherein
'sssor j. II. Smithers has large
shpr of traditional young ideas col
Maud is teaching them how to
'f, He is assisted in the intellect
sa,nnery by Miss Lolita Bulge,
9ceompiished young lady from
SnsIri. and Mrs. Henry Wright, an
e. heed educatress. The school is
{ %ery prosperous condition and
/ An TO become permanent honor
IL county.
7hI|e at Bedford i reaped long
|{2bed revenge. This is how it
u Some of your readers will per-
! remember that it has been some
nr|three years since | was tied up
wholly bonds of wedlock. While
~ Visiting the lady | afterward
the altar, and while we were ne
Ring on the matter and trying to
{sss is for a trade that would not be
NOUS to one or both of us, the
lchanced to come in contact with
Alice Wright, and having great
ltIence in Mrs. Wright's judgment,
Ell as feeling a little shally about
hing onto Il newspaper man, she
dthat lady's opinion of me.
Ven, !" said Mrs. Wright, ~
sn't known Slade very long, ana /
i Know but what he goes by the
j name here that he used to be
Ia In Arkansaw-I'm not certain
il That, however. But there is one
q i wish to remark, and That Is
what ] know of the man may
" SAY that he's the durndest liar in
bis great land of ours"
lese may not be her exact words,
I've given the substance of her re-
ks. I've noticed also that since
marriage my wife has always had
Richest respect for Mrs. Wright's
.ment. When she wishes to
an opinion of any
She invariably goes to
/. Wright, asks her opinion and
i cp-incides with her. | don't
w Row this is. I've worried over
mat ter some. I've also been clay
forn Mrs. Wright in order to get
d with her for slandering my char
Il, at such n critical period of my
ural existence. My character
4 veracity, virtue, ETC., is about
Ith6 fortune | have, and when peo-
attack my character they are
wing shells on the inside of my
kB8and it is but natural that l
aId1eel like striking back and that
want to hit where it was tender.
ded my time with patience, but
4rday the fullnes Of time arove
i scooped down on my defamer
an avenging Nemesis. ! got Mr..
ght to invite me to his house for
Ter. ] went-such dinner. Mrs.
WASN'T expecting me and 50 she'd
got IL sumptuous repast.
en- entered the door she
e near tainting. She could
that | looked dangerous. | told
thai ! was Il poor orphan boy, and
Il I'd got to have some dinner.
soon seated at the table. | en-
yed the first half hour in secreting
dchuck, and then / opened up on
berry pie-its good, you ought to
you some. | destroyed at least Il
4 of this provinder, and then | pun
ed iellies, preserves, etc. Oh! my
enge was complete, and | went to
GRAPEVINE.
he only thing of interest I've heard
> Vet is that Zach Wall is suffering
ria very severe cold. Jack splits up
10 bad is his cold. He ought to
s. himself out for refrigerator.
lr8 d be millions in it. I'd like to
him IA while. Zach caught cold
II4 washing his feet. 1t always
S6him cold to wash his feet, and
M cold every spring regularly.
III corns on his pedal eXtremities,
his wife told him if he'd soak
N1lthe feet and corns, too, in hot
lQt'a couple or so hours, the corns
ala disappear. He wanted to get
corns, so he immersed his
farms in hot water and cooked
fntome. This loosed the soil on
mil came Off and he took cold.
a cake anything most. I've known
nc take-but never mind about
y, Il was with him. His corns are
ION hands-or foot, | should say
nAs wife accomplished her object.
2 got him TO wash his feet two
nuns before the time for the regular
lual spring washing. Women are
ting smart these days. My wife
Ilned numerous schemes to get my
= washed; she has failed in her in
yu& so far, but we can't tell what a
may bring forth. "In the midst
iite we are in death. "
. yesterday Iach's feet would have
SEQ an epidemic if the weather had
y warm, and he could have sold
nydrugs, but now-my tears blind
ANOTHER DAY
passed and | am still at Grapevine
8 incidents of the day have been
M nm i'm otin,r