Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-03-06
MIDLAND.
The Last Doctor Quits the Town in
Disgust Preparations for the
Spring ouDd-Ups.
How the Midlandits Bear Themselves
on Being Placed Under Separate
County Organizat
Special.

f1Ibclbls
MIDLAND, Ten, March Tho
past eight months have done much for
az, and we no longer live upon the
llceting, evanescent fame that cometh
from hltteTlng mention IN THE GA
zErTE In other words, we are no
spring chickens, squads, hot house
plants nor any OF those fragile, tender
things that need constan. care aud
nursing. Our business men stan d
firmly upon their legs, and are pre-
pared to mslie their own independent
announcements to the public. Our
little daily happenings must take their
place among those Of older towns.
We have no crimes to punish nor
chronicle, and the occasional INSIDE
meauors. due to tho general hilarious
ness Of our atmosphere, do not seem
TO require any special mention. Our
only doctor has left us in disgust. He
patiently watched for patients who
never came. An occasional China
man, who got "too muchee belle from
Mclean man" gave the good doctor u
chance to plaster him up, and n ranger
was badly hurt by the bursting of
cannon. but two accidents would not
keep doctor In opulence, and moth
ing was left 20 do but TO abandon n
people who would not fight aud kill
esch other, and who obstinately 70.
fused to sicken and die.
Immense preparations are making
for the annual roundup. Bunches oil
horses fifty or q hundred In mum.
Der and horsemen by the score
have been vending their
way westward for several DAYS
The gathering Of tho grand army at
the general rendezvous on the Pecos
will be sight worth going far to see.
Midland Will send up great sigh of
relief when all these wandering cattle
have been gathered up and placed un-
der the discipline Of the range, for
they have been an unmitigRted nuis-
anoe.
County OF Midland, SIS; how does
that sound? a great swelling, tumul.
tuous JOY pervades this community.
some OF us give vent to our enthuai-
asm by exploding fireorackers In a
barrel, but most OF US rush out upon the
high prairles and shout. It reminds
me of poor Smith, who wns elected
militia captain and went home fun as
"A goose. lie live upon hillside, and
below him WAS vast, dense foy,rt.
Calling his wife TO come out he cad.
THAR, Hammer, yer list stand thar and
listen while / hollern
Opening his immense mouth, he
shouted with all his might, Captain
George Smith Thare hell, Hammer,
how does that sound cif in the
woods ?''
have talked with several gentle.
men who helped to win tho victory,
but they bore their honors with a
quiet, reserved dignity, and few details
OF the battle could be CLEANED frcn
them. a writer OF chronicles at San
Angelo holds us oil up to ridicule but
ma sarcasm does not trouble US, for
like the immortal Barnum, we only
dread the day when people Will stop
talking about ia. Absolutely the only
thing hurting us now IL the ecoun-
drelly, STAINLESS lying of alien property
owners. In the papers throughout the
country there Is q surfeit OF articles on
Midland, most OF them dated did.
land, many of them written by per-
sons who have never been here, and
who know nothing more of Midland
than the English know NJ the Soudan.
Any villainous story is told to induce
people 10 buy tickets or sections
OF land. In the Galveston
News, n. a. r., to whom THE GA
lETTE has already paid its respects,
gives Midland population OF 500 to
600, and when an honest man comes
here to make home aud finds we
have Only 100 people he shakes of the
dust OF his feet against us and departs,
refusing to believe anything we can
tell him.