Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-27
FIREMEN2s DEPARTMENT.
coNvENrIoN NOTES


What a great change and how benefi-
cIal it would be to have less pa 9liamen-
tary points of order debated ana more
solid, ''rock- bottom experienced lire
talk. Give each department in the state
some subject to write on and let that es-
say be read and discussed before the
Paris meeting. The trouble in the past
has been tendency 10 spend too little
time on reports of committee on topics.
Is there not a committee appointed each
year to select these topics and report to
the various departments? Act on this
suggestion for firemen do not cultivate
school of orators, but ought to learn
scientific fire lighting. Hon. H. r.
Early of Fort Worth is chairman. Stir
the boys up, Henry.
IF Chief Burkitt of Palestine will come
to Paris with little .sDenyer grease
off the Panhandle rabbit FOOT he is
solid to carry the convention to Palestine
in 1890. Come, Murphy, Kendall and
the rest of your delegation from the
:" Holy Land - fall in line and come to
work as zealously as you did ut Ell Paso
and you will surely get what you richly
deserve. But leave that eloquent two
hour address by your honored senator
just before supper off the programme
next time The boys were hungry and
wind pudding - sprinkled with elo-
quence untold, is a very thin diet; III
fact, would not agree with the boys out
in that high country around Ell Paso.
Less talk and more banquet caught the
boys there
Waco was ably represented at Ell Paso
by Chief A. NJ. Prescott and Capts. Sills,
Wilkes and Thompson. They are a good
working team. Send such one to Paris.
Waco is the mother of the state associa-
ton, as it was there the first meeting was
held, and a glorious record Of her hospi-
tally still fingers with all who have
known in the past her hospitable
citizens and noble fremen. Zim Law
horn, Chief Smith and Ed R. Kone
OF San Marcos should come every year,
as it is such thorough able gentlemen as
these which make the state association
the peer of any convention.
Corsicana, come again. We like Chief
StPupper, and your department could not
have done better. Such experienced fire
fighters need a little good, old-fashioned
swapping of experience like they have in
the national convention, strictly on fire
fighting, from Chief Strupper would put
the state association on a more solid basis.
Come again, Corsicana delegation, and
we will promise more business and less
wind at Paris in May. Leave those prai-
RE dogs with Bob Hamilton to keep for
you.
The boys all want to know if George
Hefey and Capt. Ed Furgeson OF the
Bolton delegation still have ''prairie
dogs for pets. They say that Furge-
son is a fine physician on cramp collie.
Come and bring Chief Methain and his
baby mot forgetting Mrs. NJ, to Paris.
Chiefs and delegates try to. get as many
of your lady friends, wives and daughters
to yearly attend your meetings as they
do in the national convention. Woman s
refined masterhand of gentle influence is
silently, but firmly best in all our de-
alterations. Come and be welcome kind
ladies, yearly, for your presence alone
viii cause them to be more appreciated
than ever in their humble efforts and
with your aid they viii become a power
in the land. The tide of success is surely
turning in their favor when ladies honor
them? Come to Paris and the boys viii
CALAMITY do the agreeable in every way
To the Volunteer Firemea Of Texas.
Kindly send all petitions on the tex
emption bill' relief from read law, or
any other matter you wish to your repre-
sentative at Austin. Our claims have
been, properly brought before them in
proper shape and the rest we leave
with them, who win do all in
their power for you. All petitions
already sent me will be at once for
warded to your representative ex-senator.
This is proper and right, which should
have been done ut first. Doing this no
one has a right to kick on account
of any.. seeming discourteSy on the
part of your chairman on memorials. Any
information or CORES ondence on this
matter win be promptly answered from
my Office No. 1853 Elm street, Dallas ).
Tex Ny duty has been faithfully per-
formed, and feel gratifed in the con-
sciousness of knowing that 1 have
slightly aided you in my feeble
way trying to show some appre-
ciation fer your noble kindness shown me
in days long gone by.
To my business strictly go now and at
some future dag 1 hope to meet You
again. Say not goodnight nor good
bye, hut at some happier day bid me
welcome good-noFning Yours fra
ternally, CLfRENoE ". LITTLEPtGE,
1858 Elm street, Dallas, Tex.
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