Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-04
A MEXICAN LETTER.
American POlitics-ImmigratiOn Soci-
etins-An Austin Fire.

AMERICAN IOlllics -lhnlSThtluH oUCl-
eties-An Austin Fire.
Special Correspondence OF the Gazette.
IAnrPAzos, MEN, Aug. 3o,-THE
GAZETTE reaches us very irregularly,
on account of the Mexican mail sys.
tenn, which is little better than none.
We have been reading Democratic
and Republican papers and come to the
conclusion that Cleveland will make
many votes on account of the libel
suit by the opposition candidate. We
have fully come to the conclusion that
10 takes preacher TO get up a first
class scandal. 80. Balls" that Buffalo
divine. was posted, and In consequence
Of his superior knowledge there Is Il
national libel suit now in the courts.
We will wager our ranch that Balls Is
a lease-law man, and there Is
n cloven footed gentleman await
ing him in the pasture.
Lease law and occupation tax will ruin
Texas. We noticed while in Austin
policeman arrest poor little bootblack
and take him in charge because he did
not have his badge out where the pub
lie could gaze on IL. To see him collar
the poor little lad would strike terror
TO the heart of n "fencs-
cutter" but we saw couple
of hard customers ride down Congress
avenue one evening, and before cross
ing the bridge fired of their pistols,
There was no policeman to BE- seen,
aud the law-breakers were allowed To
ride Off unmolested. The only way
we can account for this Is that 10 was
too far from saloon, and the police
men knew nothing of il.
A fire broke out near the Inter
national ~ Great Northern depot while
we were in Austin, and you can safely
wager that the fire department system
is perfect. The first alarm was the
night Waterman firing oil his pistol
and breaking up game of pOker.n
! In very short time every man in
| town that had gun WAS out; and,
/ judging from the noise, there are
more firearms in Austin than any
other town In the state. With all
this noise II was impossible for the
ilremen TO sleep, so they got up and
begun to ring the bells. Alter IA few
minutes ringing they proceeded to the
I fire and got there in time to save few
panel OF an old plank fence.
To come from the East, after seeing
men there working their lives out
va blh lNAAbN NitAg AlAll9 anu Auth ~
see the amount of fine farming land
that lies along the International 4
Great Northern, IL il astonishing On
their present farms East they work all
the year and when the tux collector
calls they have To mortgage their best
property or sell at a sacrifice to gei
money TO pay their taxes, while here
in Western Texas they could coin
money with half the labor, and until
greater inducements are held
out to the farmer the
country will never improve. IL is not
here as in the North. A man does
not have 10 work his best days 10 opcn
upa farm, and If he is energetic ht
can raise two crops per year. We
understand that there are severa
foreign Immigration societies arounC
through the country. Now, ii is moi
necessary togo ont of the United State
to find good people TO take mos
OF this fine land and il Texas depend,
on foreign immigration societies e
build up the country she " Ill be glori
ously left. Where you find town
Z surrounded 10y good farmers there VOL
! find prosperous town. The tiller o
the soil Is the bone and slnew ofwealth
A moments notice OF Mexico will con
vince the most scrupulous. We will
! give brief description of this country
next week for the benefit of those thai
have not had the misfortune TO wish
here. ST. ELMO"
T