Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-08-31
,.,r,rArIyE TEXAS.

!, ne Gazette;
/ 81 Gif" ,,y spent some months
'r "a If Nebraska, and hav-
~ ~ me pulse of the opinion of
sssulsu rcople OF both with re-
s.fonc star state serves as
Np nv present undertaking.
'p, !, profession an agent or rep
" mai vast and fertile terri
su' .,,rdld lands called Texas, yet
.nent whole decade OF
w., her energetic and well-de-
''' .ole and having enjoyed ample
NJ for observing the nature Of
Ter atmosphere, seasons, en-
~ ne hospitality and Intelligence
inq w. and last, though not least,
4 OTeicd resources for acquiring
s,,l impelled with an irresista-
ID y. u rslly all OF my knowledge
40 T.. ..suI W. liNi FNhNFAs
H.s '"nle Of this and of contiguous
srl ts .lfrrItories are to-day laboring
y " and most unfavorable I'M
W CONCERNING Texas, acquired
'es ,,ossly exaggerated reports set
y s,lon Nv parties, some of whom,
~ have never seen her soil,
N =. ~ waters, felt her atmosphere,
n nor borders, but feeling an UNI
S,.,erest elsewhere and enyious
" ssompetitlon, bocs not scruple to
~ tongue and pen TO her eternal
neui. 49,, T. hol;oroa h..
~. Texas is the refuge of thou
~ u ontlaws from other states. 1t
,n.t vine and whisky flow as
| 4, ronr midst as water does in
III y /, 4 said that civil government
81 n ,estriction, while personal lib
.',-n.A petted usurpcr, and that she
NJ NJ. vast acers of waterless prairie,
nrsts OF useless oak, ut whose
I'd amidst whose craggy limbs
No reuomous insect and poisonous
~ IN fact it is difficult to narrate
a, hqs been told and all that is proba-
lelleved. 1t Is also doubtful whether
her having learned what her true
X itIons are, they are willing to disa-
A mil minds and accept them as such.
"A J, sre thousands of good and intelli-
+ people who, not in the possession of
\ nyestlgating turn of mind, adhere
y, ,eously to those principles inculcated
iag early youth or childhood, not
b,andlng they may be wrong and
n nsly serve to effect their everlast-
ruin.
AZ 50 with the belief that Texas is the
somn Of America. People will go
M all day, toss in hopeless agony
f pisht, and almost curse their,Maker
a 10 pitiable an existence as
= h, which through poverty has
Hm to be almost intolerable,
\ he within a few hundred miles lies an
u ,ire state, stretching out her broad
Is, eager as j, were, to rescue him
H. 50 humble position. She offers
n good and productive soil, excellent
d., abundant fuel, mild and balmy
FO,phere, and splendid people with
Nom to associate. He turns his back
b 50 formidable foe, shuddering
9hdrest fear, at the thought of the
snons reptiles and blood-thirsty out
d. lie has not investigated, nor is he
eias to do so. He has been told by
'am be deemed responsible parties that
9msls the last place upon the face of
Eah0n that poor, honest, and married
n should make his home. He is told
hiiherc are no immediate facilities for
ping start in life, that the outlaw
'rld soon influence him to Join their
'ng, and that libertine would steal
\ ancctiOns of his wife. The conse-
|tnces Of such belief is, that he fasts
Fay losses in u delcrium of anxiety to-
Fly, and searches tomorrow in vain,
HoIS with which to support Il re-
|NlaDe sustenencc. Where rents and
pay are high, the poor man cannot yet
Iof labor and want. Floods wash
'NeYclones blow down, hail cuts down,
IlarOughts burn up the products of the
Wa well as the rich, and the rents
wv Oe paid though the laborer's table
n empty.
iMNe IN the past, and shall continue
nr iaIure to correct such reports, as |
wv through personal experience to
nl,e and OF an injurious nature,
.aVsrnlng Texas, knowing that she is
US s'ale, highly adapted to the various
Y s.s.lies and withal in Il fine and flour
.lls condition; cheerfully recommend
Y we poor, the intermediate and
Heii-lo-do, as a desirable coun-
I !, Nv nillch to grow up and live.
Z 1 aau oeeii requested on several occa-
" y explain if Texas affords good
X III & why is il that the "Texas water
NY swings like a hammock meath the
Y "a !. TOOLS to undergo cooling pro-
n M wals called into service as tolcr-
N M,nlSlhg water. MY answer is that
" ". ~ portions of Texas does not af-
!, !. 4 " oest quality of drinking water,
,s.S.lni water Is not to be despiscd
NJ ia tae ndivipual who values water
N. my, can easily afford one or both
N, wafer, where it is not difficult to
,iM nc well water.
y, s's travelled over portions of Texas
n 4 boring the depth of four feet
in NJ ordinary post augur, good, soft
d na,9Ya,e,rately cool water, was found
IN, ai salts, or minerals, that are fire.
I'M 'ouhd IN certain localities. If
,o@' y prejudice would only reflect for
/ ~ mat Texas is no dwarf state,
~ ~ POSSESSES the same kinds of tim
!, I, s.' same Kinds OF grasses, and that
4 .S ,vlal times larger than any other
elton must necessarily possess in that
hi bolG S,eI r,.. times disadvantages, they
See a' ~ different feeling toward her.
snd a,e me countries in their line of
s ul atmosphere. The crops are
soou, and never saw mora lrxu-