Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-11-01


Ike Fort Worth, Copernica, the cap
ital al the. moon, Is struggling over us
water.works, which were built b. a
nrivate CORPORATION headed by a nan
named Tones or Smith, don't remember
which. After running the works ioI
some time, the corporation went INTO
Tho city council and offered to sell ou to
the city. His honor, Mayor Smythe, ana
ali the council members but one favored
| the proposition. The dissenting council
man was named uaudrews, and he de-
nounced the bargain in the council clam
her. but he was voted down and hall the
works were purchased from mythical
personane who lived in the state OF
! illinois. Then there arose a cry from
the chief lawyer OF the city, Frankball,
who printed in a paper called the gazette
of Luna letter stating that the council
| had no right to purchase the bonds. HIS
| legal lore has never been answered. and
| the city council subsequently purchased
the other half of the water-works and
the taxpayers are now discussing the pro-
priety of testing the matter in the courts.
Some are in favor OF holding the works,
while others talk against the trade and
say the whole thing was ultra wires. ]
don't know how it will end but unless
something is done soon the "man In the
moon" will have to do the crying act
with that big left eye of his to supply the
city with water.
big sensation was created here the
other day by a Baker who wantedt to sell
! bread 10 immigrants. He wrote TO Gov.
! Irclandus to assist him In his undertake
/ ing, but the governor waXed very wroth
| and from the gulf OF his gubcrmtorial
! hermitage exclaimed in scpulchraltoncs
/ "Get thee gone, thou vassal of progress I;
Luna has population enough for self
protection, and our descendants will soon
/ be elbowing each other into the sea-
| Then there arose a great cry from the in
| habitants, and they proceeded in q huge
body to CoperniCa and put the governor
| in an oX-cart drawn by Il spavined.lease-
| law-record on and antiimmigration-P ccos-
! ne-captol-contract mule, and babe
| him make the senatorial race with this
unique rig; and they did further place
/ in his hands a pair Of wire nippers on
whose handles were engraved the words
Gland board" and "fruts of administra.
| ton" and told him that if wire fences
did stop immigration they should not re.
tard his race for senator. And as the
governor did start in the race a small
crowd of men stood afar off and clapped
their hands with such vehemcnce and Joy
that the moss on their backs quivered as
their candidate rushed by, drawn by his
magnificent team.
attended ball here the other night
given by the Knights of Labor, and GOT
an insight into the social mysteries OF
Copernica. The light atmosphere placed
me at a decided disadvantage, for as
was waltZing with fair moon-eyed dam.
sci ! attempted the ''Boston dip" and
in the first attempt to make the chop" |
threw the girl so high that she has not
yet descended. / had to fool the excited
dancers by saying she was an angel and
had flown away to heaven, else | might
not have been able to he now writing
this letter. After this little incident ]
Kept my eyes open and danced with great
accuracy and care The ball was an i'm.
mCnSc success, and became quite a hero
through teaching one of the girs the
Sanguinct sChottische. \ man could
dance all over the moon with less exer-
ton than it would take to go around OLD
Godwin's hall. had the honor OF going
home with the belle of the ball, which
was Il short distance of forty-eight miles
The costumes of the dancers reminded
me of ribbon tied around the Joint of
| pair of tongs-- unique, but very pretty
| one fellow Mt the ball attempted to ''arm
clutch" one OF the girls, and her bi.
brother slapped him three miles. w,
closed up with the "Virginia reel, p" anC
after escorting the girls home, returned
and subsequently Billsterett and | were
carried home on II shutter. The las
words heard Bill say were, ''The new
Jerusalem is waist-deep in tears"
w
| | have been troubled about the way
am to get away from here, but my plan /,
as follows: Tell Senter to 80 up into TIN
courthouse tower the first night afte
the denguc disappears and shoot
sky-rocket into the air, after prepar
ing couple of mattresses on The
courthouse roof. ! will be on the look
out from the top of Mount Tycho and vii
| slide down on Galveston News editoria
which | luckily have with me.
Yours, with love,
! LUNA TICK.