Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-09-09

Z W.
Der dealers are all Christian gentlemen
who remember the sabbath day 10 keen
II holy.n 1t only shows that the work
went on till late hour Saturday pirbt
and the teamster must have slept IN The
yard that night.
Now let one figure how many
houses that 100000 feet of lumber
will build. II will build at
least eighty very neat, comfortable houses.
so that you may say that the lumber
which went out of the Abilene wards last
week represents eighty new buildings for
Abilene and the contiguous territory
The most gratifying feature of this biz
lumber business Is that much the greater
portion of it, nine-tenths probably, went
to the grangers.
They are now marketing their splendjl
crop OF wheat, oats, barley, rye and co, :,
and they are using the proceeds to IN
large and beautify their homes. MANY n
granger around us begun his good work
with no better than an humble shanty to
cover his family, who will soon be living
in neat, substantial, cosy residence. In
fact, these pretty evidences of thrift are
shooting up all over this country.
While this is going on we need not give
!
thrifty population of grangers will make
a city great, whether she would be or not.
Look at those splendid cities scattered all
over Ohio and Western New York, so
close together that the railroad trains
pass through them every ten minutes or
less. They are all the work of the blessed
granger, without whom they never would
have been. With him comes the pros
\ N
chanlc and the prosperous manufacturer
He is the chap who does all the good
things. Ohio and Western New York are
fine countries, bountifully gifted by ma
ture, but where she has given them one
gift she has given this country ten gifts.
We excel them in soil and climate, and
in point of number and rarity of products
of the field, they are not to be compared
to us. If, therefore, the grangers OF
| Ohio and New York can build such fine
cities, why may not our grangers build
cities ten times finer and more numerous?
As for Abilene, while ii has very
agreeable and healthy growth 1t is not,
| Just now, keeping pace with the growth
of the country around it, This is due to
the feeling of uncertainty aS TO what the
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fc railroad may
/ do. Had IL not been for this feeling,
/ there would have been many splendid
/ brick stores built here this summer. How
ever, this condition cannot last long, and
I IL is better for the country to outgrow the
I city than for the city TO outgrow the coun.
/ lry. If we have an assurance of the rail-
I road, we shall have such building boom
here as few cities in Texas have wit
/ messed.
On the contrary, If we get the assurance
I that the railroad viii not come hereof
which there is not much danger-it may
cast damper upon Abilene for awhile,
but she will soon recover and 20 ahead,
Whether the railroad comes or not, the
granger will come, and he will assure the
/ future.
/ From two of our citizens who derive n
pleasant revenue from driving over the
/ country with threshing machines. thrcsh.
+ Ing out the grain OF the farmers, we oh.
tain exact figures regarding Yields PEI
acre, A few taken ut random will suffice
/ RIA. Sea Oats, 90 bushels per acre.
!. r.. Fletch, Oats. 30; wheat. %
Burn& Sandell, Oats, IO5; wheat, 20;
rye, 82b.
( Ford & Percy: Wheat, ~.
I Thomas Cross Oats, 20; rye, -
( wheat. u
/ Frank Heller: Oats, 10; rye, 20
I Rev. Mr.. stone; Wheat, ~.
/ Anderson; oats, So; rye, IS; wheat, 10.
/ l.. Bowman: rive. rs.
/ II. Henderson; Oats, 40; millct, 85.
Ridel: Wheat. 10: oats, 40; miilet,
40.
/ James Thomas: Wheat, 10; rye, 20;
oats, G5.
/ Torrey Oats. So.
smith Wheat, "a.
Moore; Oats, 60; wheat, 20.
II A. Miller. oats. S., barley. 80; rye,
10. u,hoat Is