Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-10-06
MIDLAND.
The Hunting Season opened-Ante-
lopes in MISUNDERSTANDING.
tons to Novices.
A Carload Of Fat Sheep for the Chi
cage Market Establishing tho
Section Corners.

Correspondence otthe Gazette.
MIDLAND, Ten, Oct. AS most
states have game laws more or less
strict, Il is usual and natural to speak
of the beginning and Intending OF the
shooting season, and came very near
being caught myself. Mrs. Felicia
Hemans Of amiable memory, SAYS:
Leaves have their time to fall, and
flowers to wither at the north winds
breath" but down here In central Tom
Green we have "a sweet, merry 20.
round with the seasons, and mot to
put too fine q point upon it,n
when we want an antelope we 20 out
and get him, IL we can. Among our
abundan. nutritious grasses the bucks
are very fine in summer, though the
mothers OF the herd, owing to exhaust
ing family cares, are somewhat lean.
In our perfect climate we hang the
meat in the open air during the hottest
weather, of course under gallery or
veranda, and the last bit cut X as
sweet as the first. But In Difference To
the notions OF our distant frienda who
are coming to see us, will
say the hunting season has now
commenced. A suggestion or two
will facilitate matters very much.
Many OF our Northern friends, who
have shot woodpeol,ers In the orchard,
and robins In the garden, and skunk
or woodchuck In the hedge, come
down here and get mad and red In
the face, and 70 away cursing the
country because they could not kill an
antelope before breakfast. When you
come try TO learn the ways of the
country, As the dear old cat said TO
the kitten, Don't try TO teach
your grandmother to suck eggs.n
Don't disdain TO use rest.
The best hunters and scouts In this
country use rests and are not ashamed.
You want to bring the animal down,
not fill him with lead After you hit
him he may die greatly lamented fifty
miles away, but IL will not help YOU
any. Never fear that we will not
show you plenty OF antelope. II You
wear some loud, bright color Il will be
quite help TO YOU; or better still,
bring your red-headed girl along with
her hair down her back. The silly
old bucks will walk to-
wards her and stare, with
tears In their eyes, and you can get rs
good shot as need be, although 1t "
taking mean advantage. Hard
working, appreeiative friends who
cai.not come can have nicely cased
and boxed antelope hams sent them
by communicating with me. jack
rabbits2 Yes, thousands OF them. If
you want TO shoot them, 20 out into
the brush without II dog. If you want
TO have the fun of a chase, bring your
hounds and you will have It.. only the
dogs will commit suicide af-
ter the chase Is over. Flowers
and curlews are here In great abund-
ance, but rather too fat for use. When
the little lakes I'll with water countless
ducks will come. Red deer and black,
tailed deer have their feeding grounds
n short journey from Midland. The
mighty hunter, the genuine Nimrod,
II he Insist upon 1t can find an occa-
Bional bear, or beautiful mountain
lion, nine feet long from tip of nose TO
tip of tail, and, adopting the show
mans measurement, nine feet back
again, making eighteen feet In all.
This must end the game discussion.
We are greatly elated over the first
shipment from our new and still un-
finished stock yards. Last night Mr..
j. Il. Green shipped n car load OF fat
sheep 10 Chicago. There would have
been two cars hut one gentle shepherd
WAS too stiff in his prices. THE GA
zETTE gave voice TO the excellence of
Tom Green county mutton and beef
and Chicago has already made ar
rangements 10 take all the grass fat
tened sheep and cattle we will sell.
Mr.. Murray Harris, chief
surveyor OF the Texas d
Pacific railway, has just completed
very important work for this part of
the county, by establishing section
corners for many miles around. Sur
veyors have differed widely although
no serious conflict has arleen but now
the work of Mr.. Harris and his party
IL acknowledged TO be absolutely cor
rect, all conflicting corners to be de-
stroyed, and land owners about Mid
land will henceforth know precisely
where TO place their improvements.