Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-18
SUNSET COZ.
How the Great Statesman Happened to Get
the Name OF Sunset"

How the Great Statesman Happened to Oet
the Name OF Sunset"
The DrodussttSn which won for Mr.. Cox
the sobrsa9et of Sunset was piece
Of desSsSs5tfve writing which appeared III
the bio Statesman May 10, 1858, and
ssffss entitled 81 Great Old Sunset.
Tie was in the composing room OF the
FStatesman the evening before ana VII
messed a peculiarly beautiful sunset. as
the inspiration seized him he picked up
his pencIl and. using composing STONE
! for a desk ,hurriedly wrote the 1olioWlhg
seWhat a peculiar sunset was that OF
/ last night How glorious the storm ana
! how splendid the setting OF the sun. we
do not remember ever to have seen the
like on our round globe. Inc scene
! opened in the west, with whoIe horizon
! full of golden interpenetratlng lusteL
which colored the foliage and frightened
every object into its own rich dyes. The
colors grew deeper and richer, until the
| golden luster was tTansfused into
! storm cloud, full of finest hght-
ming. which leaped III dazzling zig
zags all around and over the city Inc
wind arose with fury, the slender shrupS
and giant trees made oDelsance 10 lis
majesty. Some even snapped before It's
force. The strawberry beds and grass
Mats turned up their whites to see
Zephyrus march by. As the ram came
and the pools and the cutters hurried
away thunder roared grandly and the nFe
| bells caught the excitement ana rang
with hearty chorus. The south ana the
east received the copious showers, ana
the west all at once frightened up in a
long, polished belt of azure, worthy Oh
Sicilian sky.
presently a cloud appeared in the
azure belt in the form of castellateo
CITY. 1t became more vivid, revealing
strange forms of peerless fanes and ala
baster temples, and glories rare ana
grand in this mundane sphere. IL re-
, minds us of Wordsworth IS splendid verse
: in his 'Excursion:
The appearance instantaneously disclosed
Was mighty city, boldly say
A wilderness of buildings, sinking far,
And self withdrawn into wondrous ueptn,
Far sinking into splendor without emu
skBut the city vanished only to give
place to another isle, where the most
beautiful forms of foliage appeared, IN
eing a paradise in the distant and puFl-
16ed air.
ssThe sun. wearied OF the elemental
NJ commotion, sank behind the green plain!
- of the west. The great eye i'll heaven,
however, went not down without
dark brow hanging over its departln!
light. The rich flush of unearthly llgh
had passed and the rain had ceased
when the solemn church bells pealed
the laughter of children out and Joyou
after the storm is heard with the carol o
birds while the forked and purpl
weaDon of the sky still darted illumina
ton around the Starting college, tryln
to rival its angles and leap into its dar
windows.
In addition to the sobriquet Of ''Sun
set - Mr.. Cox was for a short TIN
known in Washington as "Shoo Fly,
because of a tilt with Gen. BenJamaln
Butler in the house of representatives
Butler had charge of a bill on the floor
the house. He had yielded a part OF n
time to the opponents of the measure
among whom was Mr.. Cox. Before calm
for a vote he rose to reply to his critics
taking them up one after another an
devoting a few words to each. When b
came to Mr.. Cox he spoke about tines
words: land now, Mr.. Speaker, as
u the criticism of the gentleman from Ne
/. York (Mr Cox my answer shall
very brief 1t is sung by the chamber
maids in the hotels; it is whistled by IL
boeEb1acks on the streets; It is IN every
Body S mouth:
II ''Shoo fly, don't bother me-
- Butler, suiting the action to the wori
brhshed his right hand toward his hes
ASST at a flv, and took his seat. II
. house roared with laughter and 1t w
seVefsslz minutes before order was r
stored
Mr.. Cox soon afterward male an a
F.e temDt TO 'Eget even'' with Butler for Il
above He was making a speech and
referred to some gentleman fro
massachusetts - Butler jumped up al
Easked If reference was intended for hir
81 ''No, sir, said Mr.. Cox; 81 said t
honorable gentleman from Massach
sets.