Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-18

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ISS-EZI@%a.A arc n the
H(eSa, ss@ASC> schoolho uss In
~T5tZzgS the clearing
rza.H9I .Gjs-gp broken Only By
40 occasional
warning pistol shot in the direction OF
the Harrison NICK nstry boundaries, the
more business part OF Indian S1!lng was
overtskan by one OF the Sc spssns OF en-
terpTige peculiar 10 all Californian min-
ing settlements. The opening Of Eureka
ditch and the extension Of s.age-cosch
communication from Big Blui were
events Of no small importance, and were
celebrated On the came dsy. The double
occasion oVertsxipg even the fluent lheto-
ric Of tae editor OF the "SEas" left MIN
struggling IN the uetsphor!cal
d.fi iulties CT Pactolial spring,
which ne hSd rsshly turaed
into the Ditch, etd obliged him to tIaaE-
fer the o1erous duty of writing the ed
torial OF the Big BlaS Extension 10 the
hands OF the Hon. A6ner Dea1r Assem- 1ly-
man fro n Angels. Tle los: Of the Hon.
Mr.. Dea IS right eye 20 an eaziy pioneer
frGcas, G!1 cot prevent him from looking
into tie din vista CT the future and dis
covering With that si2ele unstded optic
enough 20 three columns OF the "StaE p"
81! is not TOO extrsvagsat 20 say" be re-
marked with chsfuicg depEecation, "that
indian Spring, through It's own perfectly
organized system OF inland trsnspnrts-
ticn, the c0Lhusnce OF lis North
Fork wlsh the Sacramento riV
er, and their combined tiIl fence
inso the illiniisble Pacific, IS
sluz pus not Only iato direct communal
cation Will tAr C2thay, bat eYen remoser
Anupodea1 markets. T1e cit.zsn OF
TGd!ta Spring taking the Z. u. Pioneer
co2ca and arriving ct 3 G Bluff 1t 40 Ia
casOted 70 conGec5 with the taTGugl ex-
press 70 Sacrament the same evening,
rssca!2g San Francisco per the SIC: N
Mitigation Compsny's pslstial steamers
Il tina - tsze t1e P=C'tiS Mail s:es mGr
20 Eeh1mI II the 70 LGW!29 day a.
$3.50 p n - Although nc ci.iz=2 OF Ia.
dlsG Sprlng ap .3esc5d - ,EgAli him3eif CT
"a & 2iliGs3s5 Cp1 lEtu2itT, 1GI did /,
appear (. al likely that say would,
eFe-g9ocy ysg7e,y felt that 81 In
estima6.s boon l.Y Ia fire suggestion,
2nt sven the master professionally en-
trusting the reading sloud Of the editorial
20 Rupert ElgRs With Interior designs OF
practice Ia the pronunciation Of five
syllable TCrds, W6S come VIA. aiScted
By il. JOHNNY Fiigee snd Jimmy Snyder
accepting II as q mysterious something
tina! made Desert Islands accessible at
moments notice and Q tr;h!n5 outlay,
were round.eyed and attentive. AID the
culGinsting Information from the master
thai this event would be comms5nora.ed
~ & half holiday, combined to make the
occasion as exciting to the simple school
house in the clearing se It Wss to the
giided saloon in the main street
And 80 the momentous day arrived,
Tl.h It's two new coaches from Big Bluff
containing tie especially invited speak
sr5--.lRRys specially invited to those &C.
c,sions, and yet strangely enough nsvsr
before feeling the extreme "tmportsncs
and privilege" Of II eS they did then
Then there were the firing OF tWo 3aTils,
the strsirs OF BRASS band, the h0Iettpg
otnleH fIg On the liberty pole, and
later the ceremony CT the Ditch oD9ning,
wAsn S distinguished speaker IN most
uaT1:kWEnlke tall h.t, black 4rock coat
and wEi:a crays', which gave MIN she
general sir of festive grave cigger, tcok
s spade !:om the hslAs os 81 apparently
hilarious chief mouESer and threw
out the fsst eots. There were an
Wis, brass bxGiF, and "cclla-
tioG" s! the hotel. But everywhere
overriding the most extraTagaus CI
ptcs1:!on and evsa t1o laughter Is pro
yJxsd-the split CT indomits5le youth
and resl6tless enterprise intoxicated the
air. Il WAS the spirit that had made Cal
itornis possible; thRs had eoWn thou
sand such ventures broadcast through lis
wilderness; that had enabled the sower
TO stand hsi humorously among his scant
or ruined hsIyssts without fesr and with.
ont repi1ing, sGd turn his undsul.ed and
evez-hopeful face to further fields. What
mI;tered 1t that Indian Spring had always
before rs eyes the abandoned trenches
and ruined outToIks CT lis early pioneers?
WIS. mkt:ered inst the elo-
Quent eulcgist OF the Eureka Ditch
had bat few years before ss
prodIgslly scattered his &C jectivas and his
fortune on the useless tunnel that cor /.
ironted him on the opposite side Of the
river? The sublime forge!tulness Ct Tou
Ignored It's warning or recognized 1t as 8
ilke. The master, fresh from his little
focSsna, premstureiy sged by their ems
tact, felt stirring CT something like envy
rs be wandered among these tcNcely
older enthusiasts.
L Especially memo rsole WAS the exciting
Day to Johnny FUgae, not only for the
delightfully."- bewIldering ciamor OF the
brass bszd, In which, between the from
bone and the bsss drum he had got
iuexNricab!y mixed; not only for
the hslt-tEightenIng explosions Of
the Glvils and the me6daning
smell Ct the gunpowder which had exalt-
ed his infant soul to sudden and irrsle-
want whoopiugs, but for single occur
renee that Whe.ted his slwiys keen par.
cepnous. H.viug been easmelsssly
abandoned on tie verandah Of the EurekR
hotel while his brother Rupert psid
bksh.sl court to the pretty proprietress
oy assisting her IN her duties, Johnny
gave himself up to Unlimited observation:
!he rosettes Of the six horses, the rev
hsrness, the length OF the drivers whip
lash, his enormous buck:kin gloves,
snd the way he held his |
reios; the fascinating odor CT shin- !
ing vanish on the coach, |
the go!d-headed csIs Of the Honorable |
A5peE Dean; all these were storsd aIay
in tue secret recessss OF Johnny's meu-
DRY, even IS the ulccnsidered trifes hs