Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-04-13
TIE spring EXCURSION.
The Dc pariure Of Two Boats on the
Municipal stream.
FoHr 'onrn, Tx ApriA H. iSs''

as ARE lno iOIhb VI ebS Ai'HaNJ 49,
lust nor a OF the city, 20 Is iho munlc'
ipal ,reau ~ the former liver tbere
IN "a Norih fork and west 70 X; In the
latter we llnvo Property FORK and q
| Bi or or. elk.
THIS municipal river is navigable,
and 40 Property fork IL takes one
! ear 10 make the ,und trip. The
ship Success that plough- this rir' AM,
and which leaves port on the 7th OF
! April each year, Is very desirable, ana
| many struggle To get aboard OF her.
| Bitter creek Is dangerous stream,
aud vrysgers who IRE compelled 10
sail upon berslimy, uuinvlling waters
are mostly lost, idverthele-s m"ny
each year tAse passage on The ohly
ship that floats on her dark and turbu-
| lent bosom This ship ia knO@n ~
Defeat. M ore Il found who Is
willing TO take passage on her. The
pc pie, hoN ever, sull prfeist on
| this creek beiug explored, and on the
7lh Of l,st April sent ut quite crew.
IL In wonderful how men are iu-
weighed into q belief that II they viii
! give publicity To their names aud
pfts- heir claims, they VIII receive sp-
pointments 10 emil up Prospt rlty fork
The more who = announce the better,
a. there will be n large number TO
make Defeat balance well la the
watt ~ OF Bitter creek. Aud 80 1t is,
many are seized with tho rr"duli y
thal they Will get passage on Success
Now 10 ~ happened that the pr, at
ship success hove In sight last Tues
day aud rgn In port, waiting for the
newly elect a crew To Ee, aboard Gu
the day she left, AL the voluu-
tters, who had been making
great dtmonst atoms as to
how thy would man her,
| II they should secure positions, were
running back and rth over the great
city, Aud It seemed ~ If these voluu-
tte,s would O. wild In their end.avor
10 secure the ala of the peOl lie in get.
ting themst Ives on board Old Deiear,
witch pu he'd cut from pnTL on April
7 1884, had not returned. but some Ol
the w unle,rs were fearful that she
might make her appearance, aud the
chances OF their being compelled o
take passage on her we're 80 great
that they all hasiened to get aboard
OF he beautiful chip 5ucc, S.; but for
tunniely or unfortunately there wDs
not TO III enough tor all, and con-
tequenly there WAS great contest
wage as TO who should fit evaftCus
places. SOM who had made the trip
before lett and would not consent to
80 again, lille Others fought tor their
places. = me succeeded In holding
IN IN, Others were thrown overheard.
| he fight was hard aud the struggle
great, tut flually the people decided
he mater mud put sufficient num-
btr la to II the DIFF r.n places.
About this time all eyes were d.
rerttd towatu a. rihalJ NJ eek, III it weie,
far up Bitter creek, aud after few
mone pts It was declared to be- the olu
weather-Deaten tug Defea slowly
rounding disappointment hill She
Kept drifting toward the great IhrOng.
III" crew wuo mad left with her one
year ago had abandoned htr to her
fate, some heiug lost and others takn Y
refuge on Real Estate Lookout, Mount
MeI camille aud Legal Profession
Prom niory, leaving. he old boat 10
GrlIC hs the stream cnOse 10 carry her
when sho came quito near An old
sailor frOm the bsnk hailed her: ship
RhoyV' but no answer came, and she
silently hnat'd Spain-t IN. shin Sue
cess. Then the people decl ned that
ga NhNHN " NV thA WI w kOk hUOhIu ZIG
latter vessel must take passage on the
Defeat. Not one was willing to take
pas ON her, hut the gr, &C
thrUug declared that they must, and
there WAS no alternative but to 30.
The struggle lasted from o'clock In
the morning till precisely in TIVE
evening, aud when the pIeat cl, ok In
the tower pealed forth ak the contest
ended aud the crowd began TO uirperse
to their homes. a pumber, now ever,
we're appointed to ascertain lmmt d.
ately the names OF those who had for
tubately gotten aboard the Success
and those who were forced To board
the Defeat. Tbi, committee had TO do
30 with great care The work was la
borious and not until daS light did
their arduous labor end. The peo.
pie OF the great city wee ex.
oeedtngly anxious tc learn The fate
OF all the vast number OF volunteers,
and arose quito early aud sought ia
their front yards the news dlssemina.
TOR, The GAZETTE, 10 learn the result
OF the great contest. An they read the
announcements, some were ovprjoytd
To learn that their friends had gotten
aboard the Success, others were cast
down and filled with great sorrow as
they read tue list of the Defeats crew.
So there were mingled shou = ~ JOY
and great waiting, which fora ume did
sound so arrange, Men beat the air
aud tore THEFT hair Thoee who were
secure in the old ship Defeat, made
her sides ring wi h their continued
hammering md kicking.
The time having arrived for the
snips to depart the enlite IopulaCe
witness. d their exit, The Success,
manned by the csptain-the
mayor-proudly glided away, while
old Defeat with her wild crew
slowly pulled up Bitter creek The
latter ran against u proiectile In the
stream called Surprise, and II was
with great difficulty that che struggled
over II. The great ,hrong watched
her Az she faded farther and far.
ther away, ana Rs She rounded