Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-03-15
MITCHELL COUNTY.
Orr Correspondents Visit TO st. Louis
aud Chicag0-The Two Diyas
-L0cal Notes.
Correspondent &c of the Gazette.


legations to some unknown friend for
Keeping up the correspondence to the
GAZETTE during my recent absence of
three weeks. lie will please accept
my thanks and assurance of my will
ingness TO tip my hat should j ever
meet him.
When left Colorado on the 17th of
February ii was too warm tor fires, and
the grass beginning to grow Imagine
the change in temperature on reach
ing st. Louis to tiud the "Father of
Waters" covered with ice, and a deep
covering of snow on the earth. To say
| soon became solicited and found
fires decidedly comfortable, yea, al
most essential TO existence, tells only
half the truth. My friend, Mr. o. w.
Crawford of the Loving Publishing
company was with me. We
registered at the Southern hotel,
a. magnificent ire-prcof building
of grand proportions, elegantly finish
ed aud teemlng with evidences of
prosperity. 1T did not take us long to
find the dining.room, being hungry
and anxious to exhaust the most eiab-
crate bill of fare. Whe" we began to
give our orders the look of astOnish-
nlent depicted on the cOuntenance of
the waiter was simply laughable. We
felt it 10 be our bounden duty to eat
not only for ourselves, but AS Il tribute
of respect to the memory of less FORUM
ate friends at home. That we did so
with credit TO the capacities of all con-
cerned, you can well believe. The
next thing in order was to take i'm
the city by Daylight, which we did very
th thoroughly in spite of the cold and
snow. Business was combined with
pleasure to such an extent as to make
us satisfied with ourselves and the rest
of the world. Very soon we learned of
a most unexpected treat in store for us,
calculated 10 make us bless the luck
that landed us in st Louis on this par
ticular time and day. Our eyes
caught the list of amuse-
ments for the evening, first
among which We're the words, "Great
combination night-Patti and Gerster
both to sing" We approached an
agent who advertised tickets for sale,
and inquired price for same. His re-
ply came prompt and terse, ISIS for
two.' This was Il sumner, and made
us shiver more than all the snow out
of doors bad been able to do. Zero was
nothing compared with it, The smile
on our fnces faded perceptibly away.
y fhintnesS came over our frames, as
in our hearts we set that particular
agent down as Il verltable monster.
To think of such an opportunity, so
near and yet so tar, when we began To
consider the absurdity of expecting
81. 80 each from an editor and Il cor
respondent simply to hear two ladies
slng. Here was one place into which
plv of check cnuIa nat dasd Shanb III
way. The next agent wanted 500 far
two tickets ard had Tho hnnrtlassnass
to say they were cheap AT those fir-
ures. Sometime m,.r ha done ana
that 0uirkiv picl,ets w. I'm,
taken rapidly Inv opr more fortu,,ota
or at Iaast yen,thier ra,Inn.s
Craw ford and retired tn hold ,.nn.
suitation az cot,rsa u,a d;iatad ,.a,.,,
emphaticsllv man III" ,dvamtaaas IF
wealth and the abominabIe eviJs Of
poverty. The couclusioi arrived nt
was Ia take orr cb.nnas c,r 81 i, t,u ~"
room when the doors wera nnnnad
We bought standing ronmli Mt Sl nor
chance. which. in most nlnces in T,ev.u
could be Justly reoardad nratty unnd |
pay. Up flight after fjpht Of Stairs
we rushed franticaIlv re claim orr
standing room.u Tfis we found to
be far too chean at even 81 each |
Chances for a seat were held at 50 |
elch. Another consultation RasuIt
investment in .t.ittinw noon, }, rrhis
we got after hard scutjlinr On the ion.
most bench. NOT choirs If ,ha to ,,v ,op
gallery. The lam was fearful hnt we
held on to inst what W. were siron@
enough IN 9 %a, n ~ we WIZ suons
versation with soms Iaaias WIG had
invested in oslnndins rnon, y mud
really stood behind ms Nevsrt houwht
to offer them our seots and far Latino
them peep over orr he,ds ,rara d,aliami
enough 10 borrow thsir nnar. las
es to get n Io,iI =, op tSa tiwas
Fortunately our. seats unra diroo,i,, IN
front of the staaa and enah I'lIo uS 70
have a good yiew of sipca,s and ntbsr
Wa n,,t,,saiI,, Nv nactad
to be ANNOYED wifi taii,;ns II pshnf.
fling of feel on ihe n ' If fh "na ssa n
ing, but were mol W. e 49, Sisan.
pointed. Wbiln ei,,,as az ~ liz" divas
was on the sin@a mn VI .'ie Twas an
that of their SEC, nov vs,;aa, S"unu sah hs
heard. Silence and s,tllnos "'r ro; !.
Ia the immense ondion o.,'ivs. ~, io,s ,noi,
Ia even the f,intsst 800 as w. as so ,uoA