Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-28

N=S a here q Few years
S6G ago It had big
patronage for
one sasson And than fell into Compare
tive ooscoriEs. Tne managers, however,
kep. working away, sdvertisiag the he'll
ing prcptrnes OF tbs water, the neelthinI
location, ths picturesque scenery, and
every other virtue, real or fancied, which
they thought could serve to attract VS.
itoIs. They were successful. Judicious
advertising slwa7s pays, and theirs was
OF that kind. Gradually the attendance
Increased until 'lSs. sunmsr, With no.
Eel c2pscity tar greater than
ever before, there were more
visitors then could be comfortably &C.
commodsted. Tne hotels were all full,
the best boarding hou,es were occuoled,
and demands were made for mora first
class accommodation than could be sup
piled. Next year, however. there will be
more room, increased iacilities, sdded
conveniences and, 1t is f0Edly hopeC, &
greatly increased patronage.
And eeSuiiCl fpot 1t is for summer
ing. The COUNTY, is broken ard some
Whist rugged, the SCORES Of h ls which
hem in The little valleys being covered
with scrub oak, mesquite and other trees
and brushes that form picturesque ffamas
for the levels with their summer gcIb OF
green and gold sad purple and red, which
they put or when the soft rain had Wssm
sunshine Of early sprir G entice the f " az
from the Garth ard cpel IT, Ii petals to
the eye snd spread their ptripme upon
tie air. The watar from the springs has
strong smell Of sulphur srd very per-
CeptiDie taste Of salt, and the residents
here hsvs firm belief in It's power TO cure
any Of the ailments flesh is heir TO-.
Ths baths axe fine, and the scheme Of
physical redemption demands both inter-
nal and external application. OF course,
the Wsters possess many medicinal prop
critics in addition to those mentioned
above, but they must be sought in the
chemical analysis, for they DO not make
themselves known to taste or smell.
l can imsgine nothing more utterly
Gesol2te than ore Of these summer towns,
Ell life and gsyety during the heated term,
whose very life has been taken away by
winters first breath. The closed hotsls,
the unoccupied boarding houses, the ten
Gntlesg cottages. the deserted walks and
drives, sll are pervaded by an sir OF gloom
that numbs the seneIbilities and chills the
heart But L6mpas1s Is not that way
While its sttrkctiveness 8s summer re-
sort ls, perhaps, its chief merit, yet
il has many advantages that would
make it prosperous even IL robbed Of its
health giving waters. Il is the trading
center Of large area CT good farming
country, 1t has TWO railroads, good coll
lege, fine public schools, handsome resi-
dences, cultivated society end an entezs
prising ciizanry.
Blythe wsy, an enterprise is now on
foot to add very useful and interesting
feature to the list OF summer attractions
here. Some three or four years ago the
"TexSs ChIutnuq1S" was established at
San Marcos. This is, as | understand It.,
branch OF the literary assembly or circle
established st Like Cbautiuque 10 New
York, and which hiss done go much to
r&,se the standard Ct literary taste and
scientific cultivation Throughout. the
whole country. a number Of similar az
semblies have been organized at various
plsces-Monteagle Tenn, and Atlanta,
Gs being Of the Iumber-and come Of
them have proved wonderfully success
ful. Well, for some reason or other
the managers OF the "PeXis
Cheu.suqua" want to move Il from
San Marcos, and are casting sbou.
for location. They are looking for SUB
etGltiGl inducements IN the way OF cash
and lands and, other things being equs],
the place with the biggest subsidy will be
chosen. Certain enterprisirg citizsns Of
L.mpEsas became imbued with the idea
that it would be good thing for their
town, and they have been trying to rsise
the money and procure the land. Il suc.
cessfuI q ChsutSIQuR assembly would
be OF great pecuniary value to the city, TO
say nothing OF its other excellent features
Il would be run for two months during
the summer. Say 1t brought 500 people
TO the town. They would spend-put the
average away down - $50 each.
among the boarding house keep
among butchers, grocers, produce
mercial world, is not to be sneezsd at.
l met here an old gentleman named
Beeman who came to Texas in 1871. In
the fall of thst year lie helped to build
Birds Fort, shout & mile north Of the
West Fork, Ct q point some twelve miles
below where Fort Worth non stands. 1t
WAS CCRmauUSu NY Capt6lu JOIAsuAU
Bird, who had with him about thirty men
About that time the Texas congress made
q colony grant which coversd the land
taken u2 by these people. They applied
for relief and congress passed q bill
granting them six miles squsre, but
Houston vetoed 1t. Losing their claim
ct the fort some Of them, including Nj.
Beeman, in the spring Of 1912 went to
where Dallas noW stands, John
Nicely BRYAN having already settled
there. Mr.. Beeman settled cut
on White Rock some four miles. During
that spring, 1912, q relative of Mr.. Bee
mans died, and he went 10 the Bryan
settlement for some Lumbar for cofil.
There was good deal Of timber there in
those dsys, and he chopped out road IS
he went. He finally got in, however, and
the vehicle he then drove made the first
wagon track ever made on the spot where
the city OF Dsllss now stands.
The old gentleman is IS lively and
clipper as you please, and is full efsn-
terestipg reminitc seces of the early dsss.
This county did not taxa much stockan
the election, hs there Was no lccstpoltfi-
cal fight. II is In the district reprssenfed
by joe SayeIs, and gave that rising Yeuog