Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-14
ELLIS COUNTY.
:. y useaot11nl aud Thriving City of
axo&a clie-Its Schools and
Churches.
|, W md Products Of the Surround
Eng 0ountry-0 Contemplated
s Improvements.
4 Of It's Business Men and Enter
'ffising Citizens-Railroad
Prospects.

d thors co1fifully located on Waxa-
BE- .h, o11k and roundabout are
a ,,s 49, rings and small tributary
g ~ |)ch make the county and
les q BULLY supplied with timber
, , J. ~ ,eqQ wholesome water. The
ouniI \ Picturesque, and the locs-
CT. ~ pparontly n very healthy one.
, anudast, one is impressed with the
iniSS Why is Waxahachie not
's1 Il city, Look in any direction
'1 Or. ;snAy, one beholds cultivated
led sss wheat In shock. fields of grow
,o o.. ~ ton and corn. Peach orchards,
idIs' n not numerous. are to he found,
N uprct one dwells more enthusiastic
ed, ssn Whist Waxahachie will be L.
WIN hture Man what she is now. A
n all .'oIumo Of business has centered
ssiud the interests outside of the
,sM Y are Al agricultural. But the
semss,.' cate but very little of what he
n d. He ID obliged to sell his wheat.
ues n,en the merchant sells him -four
ne Be- I'D from Kansas. This devel-
be resthe fact that Waxahachie
q and must have a good Touring
at ss,and one, too. with all modern
aced ,vements, so that the best brands
,nppssr can be made ut home The
ON a sssrs seem to he working adversely
.r best interests. They all have
ponsmoke-houses. but they are To-
Woo fhr Rom the farm, most of
~ 4, being IN Kansas CITY, Chicago
'aanflcinnnti, and the merchants of
ii anlhaxchie, because of this great
CO. have to go and get their ba-
,lv i, and ham for them and
~ icourre charge for such
naokss. This system of course drains
q otxfner Of what might be his sur
Of tsh, and thus home improvement
lipv 0BsibIe. AS | have said. many
: Ar,,each trees, but the peaches are
lads. Onesbudded tree hearing some
emf luscious and finely favored fruit
r fns be worth a whole orchard of
M lge. Apricots. too, might be
mann Grapes, blackberries, raspber-
\ ind even Strawberries could be
gooi, and in this warm
Sor;e such food would add
in " to the home comforts,
and a. the health of farm life.
la ,the diet which many are forced
essn because Of the lack of these ne
] n. es (which many regard as luyu-
j - only fit for the Esquimaux. |
2nn.'s grease and whale blubber are fit |
! - ,r the arctic regions only, espe-
= when one is compelled to use
~; God as an exclusive diet.
tptt fho he tha Cn,rit Of
y. ~. !. enIuetimes moves men and
-. u. SuI!ities almost without their
~ edge, this state of things is
Y to change. WaXahachie is
"sg up to u sense of what
! nv be rs we'll IA what she is. and
Mof her leading men are deter
css thnt she shall take her place
~ the thriving towns Of Texas.
nj ! ke J.G. Williams, II. w. Ora.
, y Gibson, Arson Rsiney and
a.,.d & Atkinson are bound to
~ the best of the many material
h, lagos, hence the
NEW RAILROAD
,-dlnthian. This new road will
WRIT Waxahachie with Fort Worth.
'S5htle not rs direct as might be
yet IL will be far in advance of
B~s.esent state of affairs. Fort
Slt. too. will gain a new impetus
out he trade her wholesale houses
rive and our people can well
A',ato give cordial and substantial Ii
Int to this measure. THE GA
ioyll too will also be taken by all
i !. lsiness firms who now take
lailies, because the Daily GA
huIcannOt reach them soon enough.
iolA unite with Waxahachie and
other tributary to the growth
n,l, Hveliest and best city i'm
1g Following are among the
ds srENrLATED IMPROVEMENTS
an Naxahacbie business men are
giLto have, viz: A good Touring
iss4u oat-meal factory, (tbis may {
odd to some), and a cot, n fac {
!, me all places I Lnow /
enrin oat-meal factory would
ssve!l here. Where the +,
Meoil produces from sixty to sew Q
In,ushels of the heaviest and !
rHtlunined oats to the acre, in /
cnshr!d, why should not an oat- 1
be the thing? The de- 9
por oatr meal is becoming almost G
zeal and when its health, giving s
essaH are better known, farmers
% sclasses will use it. a
vH!e9, oats are raised so easily and l
II tQK d market they are sold very t
ieptere: 1t is manufacturing in 2
az pfQ4ucing home markets, nv a
II " oonsumers to the farmers /
g3qG makes him prosperous and IA
y pAtN happy. WaXahacbie a
~ supported purely v
~. PCS interests by agricul- p
oar pine with this thriving G
~ 1ng Interests and you ina p
~ pubie ne, population, vol. :,
'apF pess and giawth in every n
% t.1ll'f THE SOCIETY 81
kiN1 chic is first class. SLe hos N
a,fp ut schools and churc. es for b
~ NARvIN COLLEGE
"a RpOd work in her midst. I'd
: q tion presents front of 100 h
! y! lin portion Is 50x70, two C
~ of brick and cut stone cor 8
o addition Of stone, three G.
jo5l b, 2Gx72, making ample a
" e accommodation of large n
& ttudents. Several boarding q
b nple dimensions have been q
NJ The grounds are spacious p
" over ten acres, and orna- +
h h gras S plots, walks, shrub h
~ trees and evergreens, un. q!
4 school system. The city, II
III is about to purchase this Il
" pd inangurate system of
q schools. d
FORMAL INSTITUTE al
I left Of teachers conducted o
Instructor Is now in session. g,
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