Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-03-31
AN TELOPE.
The Embryo. Summer Resors of North
West Texas.
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ANTELOPE, TEN. March % Winter
is over and spring seems once more to
have burst forth in all her glory. and
the lucky yearling that survived the
rigors OF winter is beginning to curl
his tail and say "shoo fy."
The business-like shout o. the far
mer in the field, the grim smile OF
the cowboy az he sits sidewiss on his
saddle and Aourishes his "qurt," the
ring Of the hammers and saws on the
new hotel and other buildings, all
seem to have taken the
place of the bowling winter SHOWS
All this tends to make us forget, and
will soou dispel the evidences Df hard
times and make us feel that after all
the world Is worth living for. AS our
little town is situated in beautiful
level ond fertile country whereall that
Is necessary to make one prosperous
and contented 10 industry, We have
nothing TO fear from the turmnils and
strifes of life. We have here good
mineral water, pure free-stone water,
q good climate and fertile sdl. We
are not a selfish people, and WE heart
| lily invite others to come ami enjoy
these blessings with us.
| We had lots Of company last sum-
mer, mostly invalids, however when
they come, but they soon got we'll and
then we had a lively time. We eX-
pect large crowd this GUNNER, and
preparations are making accordingly.
Our society Ia good consider
ing the short period of time
the country has been settled.
There are three organized Churches
here, viz: the Methodist, Christian
andBaptist. the term of ! good
school has just expir sd. Another will
commence soon. We also have
an excellent Sabbath schod. We
do not expect any better peo-
Pile, morally, than most f our
citizens, but we want more, good
many more OF the same sort, and we
| would not care If they were 1 little
smarter and had little more
money than most of us here ust 30
they are honest, for money, 1t vii be
admitted by all, .is q good thing; not
withstanding we are told "the owe Of
it IL the root OF all evil"
We have not, as yet, many Injuries,
but we can by industry have plenty OF
Tue buOstdnIHlS NeReldultb, psCulihT
tn the climate, we have in abundance.
Fruit trees grow we'll; snd In another
year or two we shall have plenty, as
there are several young orchards COM
ing on. We can have plenty q game
by putting ourselves to some trouble,
that great many men would call
sport We will soon have plenty OF
fish, az here is n fish lake cYering
several acres, just completed, AID will
soon be stocked with carp Land is
cheap, and range for DO b cattle and
hogsis Tue. All classes of peopledo well
here except doctors. Two havetri.d IL
successfully since last summer After
a sojourn OF two months, each eff for
a more III healthy climate. Another
very good one has come in, and
though there is very little to do in his
line, he likes the country, ano seems
to oe prepared to stand the distress.
ingly healthy season. LAWYERS we
have never tried, but we presume they
would thrive, as they seem to do well
everywhere. We will at lest give
them the benefit of a doubt, as they
do criminals in court, and If they
wish to settle among US, we stall treat
them as well as We know how