Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-11-19
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hilhitippia rfrss
I0 tho lAngotge u the street nthefc Is
nothing shall about Texas" Eyey
thing concerning lhe stats par,akes a
iho eypanslVe Il has twice a. many
aorss ~ any Other sta,p Ia Too unial lts
crops afe the argosti the sfouihs which
deyastatN itatc ihemgst widely onieudcd,
| ihe storms oRd iidal waves Which aWteps
| its Cnlf coNat are hn most disastrous.
| aud hnally, whgb it rolls nn Damboratid
majority II Il "huhsllyu Ia i4 ppapor.
tiour These hfing igc CHARACTERISTICS of
| thu state \ cav 0a readllY iniafrfd that
when " undertakes to giV0 an ilustta.
/ tiun Of inyfnAiy b. viii ~ 0n 4 scale
lcummenaulato with the 0thoi natural aud
acquitted iyaturos ~ The n,igHuofhOod.
: II has iuul completed enc task, and the
accounts show that lhp reputation OF the
eiuie he's suffered nu damage
This latesttAsmple az tha huge ia Art
aud nature pfaauctd W. p,SAs came
auont 10 this Way A cunupttrhy arlso
as 90 ihe best location for The annual
STATE fair II waNeu warm bother face
lion WOULD Yield, and me result was n
split aid wo Organizations end Two
iRifs. knuh side determined % Upiayn by
city IT Dallag Within a bhort distance OF
each other Then began such tlyalry an
mas rarely been Witnessed Tao coAtent
for attractions WAS sharp and spirited
aud all Texas wan levied upon Tor freaks
and raritloa, II was recognized at oloa
that such AllmemUnts a. prize nfehmAA,
lIoreilfds, Jerseys, and fvu,nAntna-nld
oAlyce were too commonplace f1r this uc,
eaaipu and that Inducements out oI the
! Ordinary llnV must DO uiiurtd 10 draw
crOWda SO while Que fair displayed the
! fosHil remains " an elephant Of the Tor,
tIafy period, roughly calculated 20 have
been third taller than Jumbo and twice
HIS bulk, the Other fair boRstinly called
/ attention 90 ite iohthyOlogiCal exhibit
1 with Hpt cimens as perfect ~ oit thcS
! wore alive And kicking" Bronze eXOa
2 yatious from rampeh, pens from Tim.
= burtoo, bone up0one from Iceland were
/ there eide by side with fossil said &
7 hayo the ohatacloflstioh Of hiy Rnimnl'
Z and specimen Of q prehistoric maj
/ whom local comparative apptomlsts as
stft must have had tail seven feet Ion
II would be difficult 10 decide who On
. jHyod theao pnrnla efpttr AZ rivalry thi
. nloatt cowh0ye or IA hatt, keepers
z mo cowboy made the circuit Of both fMu
r every NN1 INV NbiNAtHtNN ~ NE NNNsAhil
j. easy style upon tho exhibits, wAile Va,
y hotel keepers were made nappYNY quickly
} reaching the iluriua-fOom and UntH IN
q Jhr.hallway Rrd al meal lime "huat,-of
r gDthipg' stage OtGourae no opportunity
was lihi by u,ther allow tu uaal ridiCuli
e Uu itH rival and tAd climax Va tHla rospeC
eBmr wbun one side called a pyr0tfchui'
u cNnDiuon 90 its AID ~ seems tina
~ Mr, w II LQmon, leadlug eplgit ia 90
Il enterprise, heRlnwcd upon the Rrduhd
occupied by tbe rlval ontrpfsa lua nNm
ui 'hug WblinN pAiric," ard IA order u
d ptjuiiCu some ,thlnitAm nPAiHtCit tool
10 h,m there, ana, as II 10 claimed, puI
y p3heiy fell lutU nud p0dllI ~ opi
X rect any uniyOtahle impfnAsipu thi
mstmuvis might hHvs mHdu, thH ridiCulU
managers prepared piuen " nfrwufksa
+ 8 Corn Of $1,000, which, when exhibited
3 4 presented IN q uust resllsllG lnhnuo
{ Mir "llOR Wall0w Lemon" Sitting dow
= 80 mud puddle
4 The nyary wan kept up for two woohl
'c ard lhefo was prof. ably not gman, wOma
a or child Ia Icxas that did not take hidui
y. O hor cities suddenly eshard tWitting ia
l., lRe AZ q slow town, ANA began 10 c0nRta
II stc " npOn " enterprise nnd tha RI
eoss u achieved IN maintaining Two far
They call II "pluck'' 10 Texas, but ny u
rest ~ she country u viii be taken mo-
~ aa u proof that The people ui that ria
have 40 YET wide margin ~ OIL ~ beio
they outpf0W their 1uyoHilliy,