Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-03-09
TEXAS GATTLEMEN.
The Fifth Annual Meeting Of the
Colorado and Brszos Cattle
mems Association.
A Grand Finale ia the Shape Of a Ban.
qust and Bali attended by Nearly
a thousand People.

The following report was promptly
forwarded 10 Tng GAzETTE, but was
crowded out By the press Of tele'
graphic matter. --ED.l
COLORADO, TEX, March The
Color ado aud Brez 8 Cattl' mems ~
ISOLATION closed lie 9th annual meet
iug In this city to-day AZ noon, after u
session of two days and half, pat
tisl report Of which has already mp
pearcd in TIE GAZETTE.
IA 70 wa strictly cattlemens' con.
vention the 6etaiis Of what was said
aud done would prove OF little interest
10 the general reader. These
will appear In their appropriate jour
nels. Suffice II 10 say, however, that
the members of the convention as well
az the inhabitants OF the Qleu City
OF the West have clothed tuemsslye.
with honor aud credit, as with a man
tie, fur the very handsome manner in
witch the whole yffair from the time
the PRECEDENT called the convention to
order TO It's adjournment, has passed
Ch
The proceedings OF the convention
were Characterized with the utmost
harmony and intense zeal for the live
stock Interests Of the state at large ~
wt IS for their local Interests. There
was 10 selfi-lilFss manifested on any
part OF the ground.
The banquet aid ball were COM
plete success. The banquet was spread
la the dining room Of the 81 james
hotel 10y the proprietora Mr. aud M 90
Wil.Ou. For wisdom Of design, skill
In management, and liberglity in pro-
viding for So large q cOucourse of peo-
pie, your correspondent has never
seen this banquet exCelled in this Oh
any other country. Perhaps | can
not better convey an idea of'its ex
tent than 10y giving actual figures. The
tables were spread to seat aiXty.fivt
couples, and no gen,len.sin was III
| lowed 10 enter the room without 8
Indy until all tho ladies had beer
served There were Ave tables o.
couples which would make 100 per-ous
| bali tho number being ladies'
and 1t W luld seem not uureAson ,ble 20
suppose that there were ~ least three
ar four hundred more gentlemen thar
ladies present, and yet Mr.. and Mira
Wilson seeuaed to manage the who'll
crowd with as much ease and grace a,
they would have done an ordinary
| dining The banquet-hali and thl
! opera hall were both artistically dec
Grated and brilliantly illuminated
The ball was given at the opera.hall
and IL ian open question whether tn,
inauguration ball in the city of Wack
ington on the same night presented
any greater array Of beauty, fpshiol
and refinement than WAS NANTES
here on the banks OF the Colorado OIL
that OCCASION When YOU con
slider that only five shoI
years ago tho rank thistl
nodded in the wind and the wild fa
dug bis huie unsecured In this yer
spot' IL Is truly marvellous. On
writer in the Galveston News demon
mates these Western cattleu ca 's,
! VI Arabs" Where shull we 90 10 fin
mOfe progressive people or high,
, type OF dviizstion Chicago, =
Louis and great many other Easter
. cities were repre- scented here by some
their beat business men ana they ga
that the progress and development
Z this western country within the la
few years Is marvellous, and we y
know that the cattlemen have been Il
, prime facters in bringing about ther
/. grand results, The press ought n,
Q 10 tolerate such calumniatlon.
The success of the whole entertain
nent Ia probably due TO the fact tia
the business men of Colorado put sic
r and shoulder to the wheel to help Il
}. thiug along, the moral OF which Is
you want u thing half done send
. hand, but II you want II well done
q yourself
Cattlemen's association holds its a
: nual meeting In sherman next wee
: and IL Is tn be hoped that on whoms
{ ever the lot may fall TO give an accuu
ofits proceedings To the world he IN,
be able to give as good or even beit