Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-11
PILOT POINT.
origin OF the Name Scraps Of Earl,
History aud Tradition.


az, NOiresPohuence OF the Gazette
,b,i,Tt,, an I'M, April How and why ,hts
49,, ,ins liltlc city received lis sus,;o.,t,
nhnle can readily be accounted a. 'SSss estlNe
ss tlunce NJ lis location and tnrrn,,, q, WI
out Wnth the Infant baptism was me- rt1r,!e
OK, s ,,i,u whether tue ceremonies were
h.,,' iHeu ID! atentlc sprinkIinp of stiii~
houte hysSop, untaSed save "t'rs W sli,l-
WY, OF ny Total Immersion i'm Tho hlnnJ "v We
Ia',n ,a'iy bi"neets Is matter OF mere sheen.
Iatlon' the "poinr' from which tha 'i ,,r
ue!lNed us name is a strin nj ,r,,,,, ~, p',Se
~ IIoIil tne main booy of tlmberel la,,i
anu p'eTclhS the prairie like the hiIi ~ ~
IRENE sIny,, ~ was conspicuous from Its ex-
,,c eleNatloh, and an infallibjo nnilnti,
w. ,ne wanderers ofthe prairi,S who trarv,ira
"ei"ss w" u oad eNpanss as mariners M hy
H., snau u ny INC sun and stars aud taking
80, pesi ies ana proving the accuracy NJ
tner reckonings by. any ,uch y. ~, ~
ieta,ures as This, III the physical nnnea I,',,,a
~ ~, me country. ] con vors.d with lie oidas,
formed IN Z ~ H. ,ns , Heb ana BY him was In
l. liot loht before his or his fathers ti,ne n mi
ne was the IA her OF Two rhiiii-an
Deio S ,he Mex can war. Where the square
Is iocatcu was formerly n dense wood A
couple OF large post oak trees sim remain To
Mstiiy 20 the IN. Jestlc proportions OF the i'm.
pc pc N ms neighboi hood, and under lis UNI
eraSss,ro shuu" youthful clerks, now hoaly
t, ,uuluslIes, were wont to pitch heads mud
Ialls Tor leagues OF land. / was holnevyhat
amused TO hear three venerable snges q iscasss
~ w shriy uays ihey Were the fathers OF
uhucr me influence off social meeting. mel
lowed, dare say, by n glass or two, recon nj.
iue mary an incident which would furnish a
ground work N AN interesting Indian novel
we boys, us they still emil Themselves. had
many battle with the redskins, being fre-
lueuuy called upon AT night by these
i,naurSuers They hada few ,nrkiesi III those
uhy., ana tevery outbreak the first thing the
man anu urptltr would do would be to iiii Il
Wag with provisions and then hide uudpr
IT, FROM the age and wcllprcservdd appear.
lhnEE u04g
that the clio ate IL conducive To reusrkab .
longevity. People seem 10 live Us long ms
lheS GeSire anu knock tn ofthelr own
The land around The city &c like The land
through Ut this sect ion, uf the richest cuAli-
iy, From the street you can see for "A distance
OF thlrty mites aud The county being suu-ai.
Nlutd INTO farms, ,nafCd oil by fences and
hedges, presents ihe nnpe rance of n huge
ch.cker-board ifinceu il some places with a
nag OF woodland uoRg the borJ' rs Of
Dtanches. Travellers have compared the
place with the most favorable portlous of
ihe sacramento valley without injurng 1t by
the comparison.
a number or fine orchards have been
planted. some OF them are already paying
their owners well ON their Investments, aud
DINERS are eN pc ted 10 as soon ms The tree,
commence bearing, ms the county IL pecul.
/ riy ndapted for irult raising. There's n line
nursery one mile from town, ana stIll nearer
or perhaps within the corporation, u gentle
man has engaged extensively IN Fredericksburg
gardening, a. the tastefully laid-of grounds
and iresh-turncd earth around the Lrowing
vegetables testify.
Several beautiful residences have lately
been erected, which without betrj,S ing in the
remoe est degree. "vepeering' proclivities,
manifest the proI ress the town is making
The slrcetsare dry and sandy, but ST. anue to
say, water pure aud soft can be had in abuud
ance AZ depth of en- 10 twenty feet, while
below In the valley the railroad has sunk "A
well one hundred leet without Striking the
stream
The schools ire ilourlshing. u. Franllin's
university. with IN enrolment of ~ pupils,
is attracting favorable ettention. The genial
doctor 4. a gentleman of the old scnoOi vi no
Aiued by an able corps of assistants, and fur.
nished with all the modern IA pnances Tor
facilitating the requirement of kuow edge,
not only Pilot PointbptTeXas may feel proud
of the success whica his institution has
achieved: conspicuous among the many at
traciive features of this sch'o oil is metallic
map of the United STATES, each state be ng in
a separate piece by the aid 81 this map the
student can firm an accurate Idea OF the
physical appearance of The country. the
length of river, the location aud Size OF The
various states ana the comparative height of
mountains He can demonstrate to his sat
isfaction by actual measul eineDt that from
ID lham county, in the Panhandle region te
Sabine Pas, Is nearly as far as from Chicago
u New ORLEANS: also that California is longer
from antithetical extremities than IL Texas
Who knew this before?
by Prof. StraughD. From small beginning
and opposed by various Obstacles, this iusti-
tuition has grown In favor until IL now has
an enrolment of 222 pupils. This, If nothing
else, speaks volumes for 1t. In this, as In the
other school, was struck 10y the proficiency
of the pupils and the lhoroughness Of their
training. While in the school room, young
lady was making and cut impossible
capers on The black board. These hit war
riors wereplaced III b tttle array with a few
figures stationed AT out posts doing picket
.l.,tx las. tn. Ia 90
gwen, and her dextrous fingers
flew gracefully over the blackboard with as
tonish,ng rapidity until IL had the appear
ance ola Creedmoro target, when presto! n
whisk of an eraser blotied out everything
excepting the result, which made a home
run Ia lis position with X y. The term
school boy may be one reproach, but GER
tainiy the probe ency of the school girl Is 10
be ADM ed.
Prof. King. who was exercising class OF
elocution, display Cd n perfect mastery over
the subject The boys, at his command ,
could breathe an audible requiem over An
mabel Lee, soft as the sig h of an Italian maid
en-, or changing their ynces, bawl MS hDarsely
as ever did "COarse Fitzgerald" singing his
doggerel in London pot houses. The exer-
ctses nrc not conducted on the "Give-me-lib-
riy-or-give-me-death" style, but the voice
IL /, aimed and cultivated scientifically with
the same care as II the pupil were studying
to become v, caiist
Another school, presided over by Mr.. Da-
vilson, am told, though recen ly opened.
Is doing we'll and n large number OF pupils
are receiving instruction within lis walls
Altogether, Pilot Pointmust feel proud OF her
schools.
People are too much absorbed in other du-
ties think much aoont pollics. iIthere y
any boom for an opposition TO Gov. Ireland,
IL would require acrefully adjusted topo-
phone TO locate II wher' abouts.
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