Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-12-22
MIDLAND.
Cattle to Right Of Them, Sheep to
Left Of Them and Beef and
Mutton Inside Of Them.
Every Train Brings its Quota Of Immi-
grants Better Shipping Facilities
and Freight House Needed,
orresnondenee of ne oazette.


reas has drawn in his distended
cheeks, the norther has ceased to
blow, the ground has again been well
saturated with water, the prairies are
covered with peacefully-grazlng flocks
and herds, and we are again enjoying
the soft, clear, semi-lropical winter,
that properly belongs to central Tom
Green when our roaring, tempestu-
Gus, northern neighboB will leave us
in peace.
told you some time ago that all the
early predictions had been fulfilled,
and
81 cannot sing the old songs"
but would like to remark that the pro-
cession is still moving, and the man
who sits down like the fellow in
Broadway, New York, until the last
Of the procession goes by, Will have a
long time 10 wait.
The old orientals, fond of exaggera-
ton, spoke of great blessings as
measures filed, pressed down, and
running over, and the great wealth
that has flowed into central Tom
Green since / wrote my FIRST letter 10
THE GAZETTE stripssuch comparison
of It's hyperbole and renders II appro-
pirate. At all hours, by day and by
night by train and by trail, the bovine
wealth has come to us, but not even to
close and crown the year can | give
you our cattle census. The cowmen
are not much given to statistics and l
have not found time to number the
cattle.
On the subject OF sheep am a little
more fortunate. SO great has been the
number of sheep coming into this
country that the sheepmen here have
been Obliged TO organize for mutual
protection, I can. II necessary. furnish
unimpeachable atiidavils that one year
ago there were not 5000 sheep within
radius Of fifteen milesl around Mid
land, and that there are now 100000
| within the same limits.
The readers OF THE GAZETTE
will begin TO understand by this time
| why we are calling for larger cattle
| yards, better watering and feeding ia
/ Cilities, the prompt building of wool
warehouse of not less than a million
| pounds capacity, and last, bat not least
in Importance, the erection OF n capa-
ciOus freight-house AT Midland. I'm
household goods, stocks of dry-goods,
boots aud shoes, groceries, wagons and
Implements. to say nothing of coal and
wood and a hundred miscellaneous
articles, must be exposed TO the ele
ments and the Expectations of tramps
or remain In the cars until the some
times distant owner can be notified
and can come for his goods. We hav,
faith like whole sack OF mustard
seeds that all these good things viii
come when there Is no one to STAY,
them oifany longer.
As the sentimental shoemaker said
we may also remark rs the old year i;
waxing to an end that there has beer
n great Improvement In the variety
quality aud quantity of our provision
since last spring. Then our only ant
best hotel was kept by big, coars
woman who fed us on sour corn, thil
bean SOM and hot tongue, the latte
being the Internal member tina
wagged ceaselessly between the jaw
Of the landlady herself, Now our Ia
bles are spread In the manner usuE
among the higher forms of Civilization
and our hideous old termagant la
faded away
"Like the baseless fabric OF a dream"
D The information that train No. SO
Is coming in two sections to-day, r,
calls an incident of the last excursion
The rotund, genial Griffith wa
= standing behind the counter of III
Illnno Estac0do when little GRIMM
I. old man rushed In and said, "How d
}. du-he-he-he-my name IL Scraps. III
: from 0scanloway Ioer.r
!. "Ah,n said Griliith, "how's Mr.
a. Scraps and all the little Scrappsesg
l. The little old man grinned deligh
eddy and chuckled, "I'm the fatht
of this town, he-he-he-W
MY God!p said Griffith, show di
ii happen2n
"Yes,n said the happy little soul, 9
a nfa responsible for IL, he-he.he, goo'
bye, just called TO introduce myself
and he shutlied out, bought a nickel
worth Of crackers at the grocer
store aud went back TO his lmmigral
car.
Foolish as all this seems, II is a san
/ pie of what takes place every time {
excursion train stops here. This lit
Punch and Judy and others like hi
have had no more TO do with buildiI
Midland than building the New Jer
salem We are tired OF their imp
3
/ and eheeAc-pATing meanness. Dalls
Fort Worth, Baird, Abilene and Col
4 RADIO had TO cry out against these sh
q locks, and we must do 1
= same. The unanimous demand
= Midland is, let every home-seek
: come In his own manly, free, iudepe
= dent way, and let us see no more
, the swarm Of penuTious Dozler-We
III cTacker-eaters
= The Midland Building associate
u has two cottageB under constructlt
!. and a third will be let In u few da,
a They cannot be built as fast as Ia
= are wanted.
Capitalists are here from the vioin
y Of Plttsburg, studying up cent
y Tom Green. Parties owning lal
4 tracts OF land near Midland sho,
q furnish information TO parties here.
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