Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-01

aoc,oi,ted with these Texas pioneers
..,Lfon, we found delightful company
MA day after Thanksgiving we re-
,nrn al ~ Fort Worth through aioVely
cn,ntrv that would afford a landscape
n.inter ABUNDANT material for WORK.
Thirty miles west of that Guy -
ntherford. one of the older setlleu
towns. with population OF four 'nous-
and. In its vicinity are SONY VI ". f,r
most curious geological formations, .oi
which portions Of Texas are renia, Ny
ble. In one direction natural shei
road extends for several mics, Wy
mich like the famous drive along MO,
bile Bay, only this one was iouiiu
ready made. Another phenomenon ~
"A large hill of oyster shells intersperseu
with little earth. o,
A genuine Southern welcome was
accorded us mt Weatherford. a meet
ing was called mt the court mousse
where speeches Of welcome were maue
and responded to, in which all pollti-
ral differences were ignored, as they
seem to be throughout Texas, which Is
a fortunate condition, for II is such
rosmopolitan state that great variety
of views must Of necessity exist.
Our visit here convinced us that the
society was not in any degree inferior
to that of Mort hern towns. The ad-
va, .tsges offered by the schools here
nre particularly good, though. ike
Sort Worth, the place seems to de-
mauda church school the clergyman
considers the need of "Churchly Edu-
cationn one of the most Imperative de-
mands of the time.
The Rev. w. w. Patrick, rector OF
"All Saints,n presides over parish
large enough for diocese. His min
istrations are extended to the church
of the Heavenly Rest, Abilene, Grace
church, Colorado, Good samaritan,
Eagle Cove and Holy Spirit at Ora
ham. This territory extends for two
hundred miles along the line OF the
railroad, field that could furnish
work for u dozen missionaries. Mr.,
| Patrick edits the North Texas Church
man. an excellent public ton, though
how he can accomplish all these tasks
! is problem.
The Weatherford church stands on a
high hill surrounded by forest trees, a
lovely site for the sub
stantial stone structure, semi
| Gothic in architecture. 1t is unlin-
| ished yet for the sufficient reason that
hlndefs so much good work-lack OF
| sufficient means.
The journey from Weatherford to
! Abilene was made in the night, 50 the
scenery is left for future consideration.
! The latter place Is a three-year-old
town that boasts a population OF 4,O0O
| A beautiful place to look at and de-
| sirable one to emigrate to, according To
an incident related by one of our edito
rial corps. He made the acquaintance
of family from Pittsburg who were mi
grating to this new country with only
money enough to carry them to their
destination, and he felt very desolatt
for them when we left them on the
platform at Abilene. On our return
Journey he met the head of the famil y
and learned of their welfare. Accord
ing to his account "the people had re-
ceived him most kindly, bad assisted
HIM to find cottage, where they
were comfortably located, and they
were indebted to many citizens fol
kindness Several had offered pecuniary
assistance, one of them went to
! furniture dealer and introduced him
| with the remark that 'if this man has
not money enough to buy what fIIrni
ture he needs. I have Two different
propositions had been made by wealthy
citizens to furnish the necessary CAPT
tai, form partnership, and start him
in business. The old mans eyes flied
with tears as he recounted TO me tn,
friendly demonstrations of the people. ,
| This is said not TO be al
isolated case, but one of many
showing the disposition to wei.
come all settlers, even the poorest
who come with n disposition to worl
diligently.
Colorado City, the next largest town
west of Abilene, is another instance O
phenomenal growth. 1t has a larger
population, boasts of an opera house,
telephones, a park, street railway
and like Abilene, many handsome
dwellings chiefly residences OF
wealty ranchmen.