Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-22
Cnpn God
rue DROUGnT SUFFERERS.
a Meeting OF the county Judges Called ut
Albany
TO be had,
PENDERY Bros,

a Meeting OF the County Judges Called ut
Albany
ArBANr,rEN., Dec. 10, 1886
To the Editor OF the Gazette.
/ ask that you do me the favor OF pub
fishing the su1iJined circu ar letter adj
dressed to the county judges OF the
drought district. feel as have never
before the Importance Of the representa-
lives OF The unfortunate sufferers OF this
terrible drought taking united action and
speaking forth To the world with one
voice the absolute need OF relief. Every
instinct Of humanity should impel to an
immediate dellverance from the present
sad STATE Of affairs. have Just investl-
gated 100 miles OF the dry belt, and can
assure you that uuless something Is done
Immediately to help the laborlng and
farming classes Of this country condl-
ton OF things will exist Of which citizen
OF this great slate may well be ashamed
On every side as you pass through these
burned counties you hear the same cry OF
distress. There Is nothing in field,
garden, pen or larder. The cows
are poor and milkless; the women and
children are improperly clothed and fed
WIN AhNO anu NGll-uAtN
farms, and wanted for nothing q couple
OF years ago, ara now on the verge OF
ruin and must leave the country. They
could have tired over another year, but
thoy have given 10 their destitute neigh
bors TO keep them from nerlshing at their
door, till they are now reduced to almost
absolute want. have talked with many
such, and they see no course ahead but
IN liIAUA far nthar Tho e.,
this country OF these good people is i'm.
mense. Can nothing be done to relieve
them of their burden2 Is there not char.
ity enough 10 the state--the more favored
por Ions OF Ito come 10 the rescue I?
A few sides OF bacon and few sacks OF
meal and -four viii not be sum.
client. Something on large and
generous scale must DO done, or
this part OF Texas Will not
get over the present calamity during til :
next twenty years The wheat sown last
fall is fast perlshing, and II II goes en-
tlrely, perhaps not nifty out of every
1000 viii be able TO res wv next spring, or
parchase Il sack OF fjur with ready cash
! | viii not attempt to descfibe here what
/ / have seen ana heard, but will venture
TO say that were the present condition OF
things in Ireland or China, the Christian
| world would be reused 10 action II Is
TO me incomprehensiblo that civilized
people can sit by and take no notice OF 10.
| can only account for IL on the suprosi.
ton that the people are lulled to indlf
ference by the selh h, designing land
agents, who form, as a rule, the great
army Of newspaper correspondents at the
various county seats. Anyhow, the re-
ports that have gone forth TO the
world during the past year
have been scandalouslY false
| am no prophet, or tue son OF prophet,
but II something Is not done, aud that
soon, we will drift into the rapids, and
perhaps 20 head ong 90 ruin. The CORES.
| pondent Of the ID Has News from Graham
accuses me Oi setting one class against
another. Well, the Savior might be &C
ousod OF the same thing when he told OF
the poor man that WAS going down TO Jer.
loo and fell among thieves Methnks /
hear. the villainous robbers OF Palestine
cry out IN indignation against the great
| denonncer OF fraud when he smoke the
parable OF tha good Samaritan. He SAYS
also that committee was appointed il
| Grahsm TO whl,ewash me. This Is Ike
his usual reports. He ID a land agent ant
newspaper reporter 10 one, aud whet
you meet snch combination In pc sol
loading about county-seat, there Is no
lime enough In the state Of Texas 70 CIV,