Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-03
, last few weeks, NUMBERS of whom h,ve

LOT one cless, which I might have c8ns!d-
cred typical OF Texss editors, hSd | no.
seen s2mpes Of anolher ciGss, .srd
had ! not learned loug sgO that i: is cot
safe 20 generalzs from few e1 III pies.
But OF loese l could sly witGoat tx
captiop, their language was character
lied by strength rather than q regard for
1.-THE orthoepy Of Webster or the grenma
o: Lindley Murray; tie knife was more
convenient and natural implement with
which TO est than the FORK, and according
to rheir own statement, "to call m 81 S
liar With them Implied another call for
pistols and coffee for two" They are all
good Democrats, however. think these
excursions to Colorado will do them good
In more wayg than one The politics Of
the latter state hsve O very cle.r and en-
pha.ic R3puhlicsn ringi the air is full CT
it ard Is wholesome to brea;he.
SCENERY.
While the Denver snd Fort Worth Road
runs, for the most part, through c3m-
psrasively level country, sod for miles
aud miles through the Panhandle, ore
tnds on either hand only vast sess Of
bLioHy green, animated Occasionally BY q
herd OF cattle or horses with two or three
genuine cowboys in attendance, yet the
upper part OF the road passes through
, grand scenery. The familiar outlines Of
the Rocky Mountains remain long in
view ss we pnsR to the left OF the range
coming from Denver 10 Pueblo, end
} gradually the forms change till, as we
anproach Tim dsd. instead of the
Lofty and sometimes snow-croWned
, peakE. the range that skirts the horizon
} could easily bs Imsgined the walls Of
some immense iortif:ltiop, Sc squarelY
t hiss Nature cut on the summit, while
here and there massive crsg rises like 8
? watch tower overlooking the rGmpsrts
Further on upon the Grid plsins great
cones are planted. isolated cad indepent-
: eat CT shy connection with the distant
: Ration range. These singular formations
D may ell be volcanic, ss one NJ. Capulin,
K near whose bsse we pass, Is an tx:irci
D volcano. The rock for soma distsrce
g SloDg this part CT cur route, snow dis
e t!ncs evidences Of the action Of fte, and
much OF those porous or fery-colOred
e masses was Undoubtedly once molten
i lava.
!. AN UNFLEAsANT EPISODE.
, As our train reached one Of the widest
e and most desolata portions OF the New
8 Mexican mountains, we came 70 q hslt
6 and finally learned that there we should
: have to remain all night on sccauns CT Z
8 train some miles ahead OF Us having ruI
I Cn the track. JUST then the worst feature
4 CT our case seemed 10 DE that the dinln!
{ csr, which was 10 have j lined W., YVES Oh
tee trsin which had sloI ped our progress
snd, CT course, literally stranded "ser
miles from lemon" or snyihirg in th'
J, way Of eatSbles; but, fortunately
8 most of us had lunches with III
q which kept US from Starving. The &C,
y counts that reached US Of the wrecked
o train were so vague ths', OF course, W,
IS sll imagined great deal to MI the def
e cit ncy. AS We daslly moved along enc
8 approached the scene OF the accident, vi
It were prepared TO see disabled lCcomo
y tive, wrecked cars and more or les
s "gore," SID looked snxlousl7 for evl
It deEces OF the dire disaster; bus when VI
e reached the scene, not trace Of it wa
b visible. A Car had been CT the track bu
i no one WAS hurt and we breathed
= thankful sigh. thst 8 few hours della,
g was the most serious pe.t OF II
l. When cur dining car was put on at tn
e next station and dinner announced, you
e nsy be sure we were all resdy to respond
|. to the csll, and il q good appetite is th'
', best sauce, that WAS surely well sea
e soned dinner. may as well say here
;, that the trains upon this road are pro
e vided With elegant dining cars, where
r meals are regularly served (save
Q In case OF Academy that would
d do credit TO q frs.-clas hotel. The
I, through Pullman sleeping cars srt
] slso very handsome snd comfortable
g THE TOWNS.
{ AS my quincy thr5usl 10 Fort Worth
w.s made with no othar stop except this
involuntary one in the wilis OF New NJ, x
: leo, l had but brisi view Ct the tosE:
. through which we psseed. 1 could set
8 woile we were In Colorado, that Pueblo
0 vas city OF considerable siz znd impor.
4 tauc3 with s good many fac buildings
q both public ald privste. Smelling is oEc
!: Il lis chlsf incu9tries, and is second onl1
q 20 DaSvsr in thst respect, 1 believe
q TIini1ed seemed al2o t. larger aud bette
i bail. city than l had expected 20 see
d though was told tie streets fCl0wst
S The cid Mexican irregularities OF direc.
\ ticn.
T GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
& Although so great d portion Of SIC
couu.ry th'ou4h which / have come
! seems now wilderness, it ID evident t.
;, sii VINO have had the opportunity 70 CD
j | ESINC VEG stO1 IL W AC SShkSs, lE2t tLkLs
I Will soon be & well populated country
d that the f1e lands or tina PaGhaGGlt
4 Will econ bee me rich ranches and theiI
D owners among the most comforJs
I Die sEd Independent class Of pep
: pie, while thriving towns vii
develop along the route where are
now only section hands and water,
5 tanks. Although Illinois Is grand state
AID her forming Country ID IN passed
Ter beauty, the Paahiudle Ct Texas ctn
furnish opportunities to thoge who havs
= mGze enterprise than money that Illinois
: cannot now provide, ead 10 the ing
!, usn who wishes to becone prosperous
, land owner, l would repeat Horace
) Gyeelel's advice with 3 little variation,
"Young man, go soulhTest"
TIE COMMENSURATE Letter