Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-11
BUCOLIC PILGRIMAGE.

a aaz.tte Mans Report of the Drop and
Oatsle Outlook In Erath and CONAN che
counties.
DUBLIN, TEX May ], lsss.
To the Editor Of tine Gazette.
Your reporter having Just returned
from trip through Erath and Comanche
counties, and thinking probably your
readers might like to know how crops,
etc., are in this section, concluded TO
write short letter descriptive of the
trip, etc.
We got into buggy behind good pair
OF horses and started out in company with
| q machine man.
At Fleming, some twenty-four miles
distant in Comanche county,
and on the road, we found
everybody that could be in the field at
work even 10 the women and children,
the prospects Tor crops never being finer,
corn everywhere looking splendid end
we'll worked. Dark overlook US in the
woods about two miles from our destina-
ton and we could get no stopping place
until we got to the house OF that sociaole,
whole -souled old Texan, John Pettet,
who, although all were gone to bed,
made us comfortable for the night. The
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the country generally, viewing the fine
prospect and admiring the large fields OF
ersin, which will soon be ready for the
harvest.
After roaming around over the country
generally that day we found our
selves some four miles below New
burg. We hung up for the night
at the hospitable residence Of
P. R Clark, better known as Bud Clark,
who owns a ranch of 5000 acres under
fence. Here we saw the largest field Of
grain on our trip, upwards Of 100 acres
of pretty, level land in the South Leor
, bottom. Mr.. Clark is crest admirer Of
fine stock, and visits your city yearly tc
buy blooded stock to improve his owl
with. He has ever 1000 head of cattle
! and among them 400 fat calves, besides I
number of horses. We saw In one bunch
five fine young Hereford and one Jerse!
bulls, elso pedigreed stock. He has also
hne stallion Henry Clark Jr.) OF pure
blood, whose pedigree can be found II
the American Stud Book.
MIR. Clark has q very fine place and IL
well fixed except one thing lacking aoou
the place to keep it in good fix, and this
is the refining influence of the female sex
8 MI. Clark being q widower he proposed
7 giving your re porter fine pair OF ponie!
j il he could f1ud him congenial partner
= viz 3 wife, which partially contracted +
y do il he would come to Dublin this week
Mr., Clark ia q man who keeps himsel
well posted on the issues Of the day ant
5 shows his good sense by taking the For
Worth GAzKTTE. He is worth from fit.
to sixty thousand dollars, and II thi
should catch the eye Of some good lady c
intellect who Is looking for 8 congo ME
partner there Is 5 good opportunity TO
l. her, Mr.. Clark is about thirty-fVe year
!. old.
% After viewing his place, ETC., we starte
. back home. visiting the towns OF New
. burg, Fleming, Hazel Dell and Wilson
y our return trip, aud l must say l haV
never, since I nave been in Texas, see
q finer crops of wheat and oats, and
;, nothing hsppens to blast the preseI
=, prospects wheat will average thirty
y thirty five and oats seyenty-tive bushe
to the acre.
These crops, with good corn and col
= ton crop will put this section in preti
% good shape by the end Of this year. as tt
~ farmers are only spending or going
- debt for such things as they are CON
4 elIed to have. =
" A great deal of cotton is up and
"a looking we'll.
~ The range Is finer than have ever SEE
II In this part Of the country and eattle q,
- beginning to look slick and fat.
. The question was asked great NAL
:. times when the FortWorth and Rio Crane
- Road would be built and we were glad
~ be able to tell them the report was tn
=, sixty miles was contracted for and wol
" WAS to commence soon. The idea Is tn
there il going to be such fac crops rails
that the people want more direct tran
portstion for it this fail. Whoop 1t I
and rush it along Is the cry Of