Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-15
BONNY BOWMAN.
The Music Of the TrOvel and the Chimes
Ofthe Iron Horse.
speelal oor.lspondenee of lhe anreltn

special Correspondence fihe Gazette.
BoNHAN, TEX, Sept. 10. - ''Dust
thou art' has entirely too personal An
application here just now. In more
ways than one booming Bonham can
raise the 'dust,n but that most sep-
orally in circulation is far removed in |
value from that Of the First National
and Faunin county banks. II ia
penetrating, adhering, has STAYING
qualities. SO II is pleasant TO remem-
Der the exceeding dampness hereabout
last spring.
Whatever Dame Nature is doing on
her own account you may be sure
THESE Bon hamites Ia French expires.
sion) are never found throwing dust
IN your eyes,tby no means. You have
simply TO look about you and rapidly
rehl1e tnat not little OF this
same dust IL OF artificial make; so much
building going on, with the hewing Of
stone and unloading of brick and
mixing of mortar. They nronose
building q city here They will tear
down their barns and build them
greater ones, and one by one these cit
izens will gaze abroad and say 10
themselves, "S0ul, take thine ease.
Just such =" prosperity sSs ro'u This Y
yesrg Oh, no; crops too bad: had al
business; bad business.n And SO by
good finaneiering they will enlarge
their barns, but not their ease
The steady improvement OF Bonham
is noticeable to a visitor. The town
recently wrested from sherman the
advantage Of being one of the division
ends Of the Transeontinental
road, and now the noisy switch
engine hobs back and forth and
pulls out car from this track and
shoots another on that, and is always
busy or at least making business APP
pearance. 1t adds to the Importance
of the town the division OF the road
here adds to the population they CON
tribute TO the bulk Of trade, and Bon
ham is benefited.
There are several good reasons for
people locating here. Primarily, Ii is q
healthy place, physically and morally,
The place is good socially, very good.
There exists private schools said 10 be
, among the best and well patronized
In this connection 1t is perhaps TO l.,
regretted that there exists no public
school system aud such arrangement
as there is with the private institu
lions which In some measure are sup
posed TO make good the absenoi
of public system, is MOI
generally understood by tn,
citizens, or newer Corners. Said on
who has long sent his children TO on,
of the private schools: ~ understand
that the free school money is appor
toned out among our private schools
. but / have noticed no benefit tome, 70
; l am always charged and pay for tn
/ full term OF the private school TO whiol
my children gO.n
A splendid country surrounds Bor
! ham; productive ana with large POI
r ulation, yet capable of sustaining yer
many more The commercial intel
ests of Fannin county divide betwee
I, Bonham and Honey Grove. But tn
former has the prestige OF being tn
county seat and has an establishe
trade which Honey Grove believe
: herself rapidly approaching Ia vo
: ume, The truth is that Fannin is 5
I rich county, as are so man
OF the Red liver counties, tha
= two large towns in the one count
{ hnd ample patronage and sustenane'
Y While in common with nearly a
parts of the state Bonham yet fee
q the stringency in financial circles, sh
!. has good prospect for the winle
. trade, and the moving of the co
, tou crop will relieve her pressure,
OF course 1t is not courteous 10 enl
merate religious matters last; that vi
= unintentional. What is here
u be found in that eonnectio
. commends the people and gives q
u assurance that must be gratifying
those who antrnst the education
q daughters aud sons away from HON
If SO Bonham has all the elemen
" which ge to form a healthy, stron
10 foundation upon which prosperit
l. rears her handsome superstTuctur
and such portion Of the fabric as
4. built is gratifying earnest Of wit
ID may yet be hoped for.
m Capt. w. n. McKamy recent
A. brought his family here because
q educational ADVANTAGES and lac res
a. for short while before returning
Ne his successful work as superintendent
of the eight gold and silver min
belonging to the GaleanA company
. Chihuahua, Mexico. These are min
Y discovered as far back as 1873
y but the Me1lcans, lacking prop
u, machinery, simply enriched ther
" selves without nearly exhauf
p, ing the deposits and misnanagemei
~ destroyed the value OF the mines uni
u wide-awake Texans got posse sion
them. The captain speaks enthusiasts
be cally Of the mines, their adyantag
- in the way of wood and water and Il
ig magnificent climate there preyaiiin
st The evidence OF the value of the 0
d. Is such as leads to the conviction th
lg Capt. McKamy and his associates a
at soon TO increase their material veal
lie very largely. The Galesna seems
It. be a success. l.. X.
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