Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-09-02
COLEMAN COUNTY.
Tho Long Drought Broken by Oopinus
Rains-An Entirely New Aspect of

The Long Drought Broken by Oopiou,
Rains-An Entirely New Aspect OF
| Things.
From our Travelling Correspondent.
COLEMAN, Tex, Aug. 29.-The drought
which was terminated few DAYS ago by
a copious and refreshing rain was the
most prolonged one ever known in the
annals Of this country. For long and
weary months the eye was greeted each
| occurring day by the same brassy look
from the heavens, while occasionally n
cloud Heated by, as il In derislon of the
yearning earth, which failing of moisture
each day became more parChed and dry
Vegetation and crops stretched out their
arms to the weather clerk, implorlng his
aid to relieve them from the burning thirst
which daily preyed with increasing power
upon their vitality until, falling to move
his compassion, they curled up their At
tenuated leaves and vel .ed up the ghost.
wrecking the hopes of many, who, de-
pending upon Mother Earth's proyerbial
yield to sustain life, found themselves
lace to face with life's sternest problems.
Inc drought Is in the past now, for
oounteous rains have fallen la ely, and
the lace OF nature wears vernal smiles. at
once pregnant with good times to come.
as well as oblivion of the past with it's
wet blanket Of gloom. few more DAYS
win helpful showers, and the grass on
the hitherto barren plains will be as fine
as could be wished, and the animated
coWhldes That for months past have per
shoulateu over them, eking out misera-
ole existence, will be displaced by
Ine lat cattle and jolly COWBOYS.
HoWheh thlnk that If the season con-
tihues anything like propitious, cattle will
pass tnrough the winter In better fix than
time past.
vailed here for year past conid not
occur anywhere without more or leSs
restitution following 1t, especlalIv In
new country. Yet 1t is not as had as
one might think, nor anything like what
mas been pictured in the public prints
Ihere are three classes OF people here ~
Whom only one class really need helm
ana 1t constitutes the smallest pronortinp |
OF the population now here. Stockmen
VINO handle sheep and cows have hal |
nara time OF 1t, as they had no surplus 10 |
dispose OF that WAS In a marketabie cor,
ultion, out their prospects are now es
orlght as can be. Cattle are getting lot
ana VIII soon be thronging the markers
anu Tue money arising from their sale
VIII make things easy for this class
while they made com
parauvely little on their farms. are NOT
oy any means destitute They have tbaJr
iano, ana many have plenty of surnlns
lahu outside OF their homesteads u,bich
nnu ready market at from to so ~ 80
per acre Besides nearly all of them have
more OF less cattle on the range. from
when they can realize sometime With
whlch TO keep the wolf from the door
mere Is class, however, Calthouph thaI
are put small proportion of the 6resan;
popuiatlon, many OF them having movaS
~ 49," voa .pto otner counties, whe re they are
AZ az oN, that need help, and unless tSev
receive 1t, VIII perhaps suffer some
aliuue 10 the class known as renters ana
,hose VINO put their all into the nrIce ot
arm, ana dependent upon this yesr,s
crop 10 nelp them out, As NOTHING yos
na,iseui these people who remain here ora
T %,onoIs the necessaries OF life, and mnst
aspenu upon the charities OF others or /
slse move away 90 other counties ubo W
S |, blessings have been NOV :
everything is at standstill in th;s
.ou1y Just now, but it cannot he ,on !
lnNi Cusltess will be booming. ana th
,res.a distress forgotten In the renewed
'r1sperity brought about by vernaI nj ~ !
And blooming fields. N piains