Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-08-14
TBzAN ABROAD.
- in the Past, 0blivious
e D,si.ut, Hopeful for the
Future
h. House Where Andrew
| n,sd- His Last Rest
ing Place

uho calleu
r,aken country was a Sian,
nsyer spent a summer amid
u,,,utains of this delight
,ry Some day the
progression will de,
,oo this country, and
ass,ee will be one of the
I'D spots on earth; memo
aItSred wears old, now the
u urt of all, will be buried
y under the footsteps of
4 ,rogress, and the now lone
y valleys and mountains
!! by the hum of machinery !
q mankind. ,..,,.., |
hton nestles in a beautiful
Garter county on the banks
,sncs river, where AT least
~ the sunlight are hidden
the surrounding noun
Nv population lives a life of
,snt nent in q sphere whose
srtend scarcely beyond the
Nuntain peaks on every
4 me the people are
CURIOUS STUDY.
: .s unlike the average Tex
It,on as the people of two diff
ions. Their talk and great
: ~ the past, and every per.
he history ofeverybody else
III circle which circumscribes
sdoe. hopes and ambitions of
Vance. In the streets, In the
courthouse q stranger will
the memory of those he Is
to. This people can
ldnr their section from
~ state it has fallen
the next generation can
bsbIy will do so. Already
maintains being singled out
IOilalists and the iron ore
ea,utless value-in them Is
ne ewes of capital, and not
enwill elapss before u cornu.
prosperity will be turned
valleys which will trans
b from what they are--almost
gildernesses-into the bright
habitations OF men. :,
buntiy is moi" God forsaken,"
! Creator smiled upon II with
HEST countenance, and Eliza
|'l,as a history which will al
1brn that of the South. With
ereen valley
fHOMAs A. h. NELSON,
rest jurist and lawyer that
be ever produced, first hung
|fhiDgle as an attorney-at-law
Nose and assiduous study laid
ndation for the great fame
1 SO honestly earned In the de-
Fears of his life. In 1867 he
Id upon to assist the defense
tudrew johnson impeachment
here he made a speech
tltutional law which placed
in the front rank of
minds of the day. There
here now who knew him and
led his entire failure where he
hmenced the law, but who
AZ In almost reverential tones
featness. Nelson was at one
the supreme bench of Tonnes
rsigned to meet the require
hslarge practice. He died
willie in 1873.
L0uDON c. HAYNES,
the greatest orator In the
ring his era, once lived here
was moderately successful In
tice of law. From the small
dsome courthouse in this town
10 the senate of the Southern
facy and to the head of his
pm in this state.
AhoON bhoN SIoN
ted a paper here called the
htOn Wing and he probably
ch TO de with planting the
loyalty in this strong Repub-
|hnty which has, to use a pecu-
1,n, ever been loyal, and which
LAY is overwhelmingly Repub'
politics.
nnorningI left the little town
the rays of the
ilrst fell athwart the
4 roofs in the valley and drove
bank of the Watanga river, a
that murmured in musical
rs over countless miniature
II visited the homestead made
by the death of the
|dent of the United
1t lies on the
Iide of the Watanga river,
pied by mountains and valleys
as beautiful as they are i'm.
and sublime. The west side
|alley was bathed in the morn
hnlieht, while the mountain
the east were clothed in the
pr green shadows. l entered q
|rway after passing through q
grove of sycamores, locusts
+; a single pine tree, venerable
and appearance. stood like q
black proved sentinel
me front yard and
lout the only gloomy point in
'rness of foliage, the patter CT
p,s feet aud the music of in.
pices mingled with the sweet
Tue flowing river as we paused
|lhreshhold just beyond which
PREM JOHNSON HAD DIED.
hos. Maloney and Mrs. w. B.
hn' two granddaughter of the
.iehnesseean, welcomed our
'nd gave Us the liberty of the
le midst of this beautiful but
surrounding the great man
!sccumbed 10 a fatal stroke o.
~ while visiting his daughter,
Daniel Slower, who WA
mother of the two
who welcomed us. A little
yrs: Bachman was playing In
! giee In the parlor, and as
~ him and then at the portrait
uead president, / could see q
resemblance between thu
OF the child and thost
: portrait on the wall
ew Johnson was buried In thu
y AZ GIeenville, a village sew
se miles below here, where
tomb marks the last resting
ne and Nelson stamped thu