Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-23
A TEXAN PHOENIX.
THE Spring Palace to be Rebuilt.
Grander than Ever.
, hartford Man Advises New England People
to Visit Texas and Make Themselves
at Home.
Hartford Conn, Post. June ID.

Hartford Conn Post, June 10.
Mr.. John Nj. Woodfin, the treasurer of
che Thorne type setting machine COM
,sny, has Just returned from Fort
worth, Tex. where one of the Thorne
machines was feature of the Spring
palace, burned to the ground during the
rrogress of the exposition.
Mr.. Woodfin in conversation with q
Post reporter this morning, regarding
the impression made by his machine on
The Texans said: "Previous TO the adj
rsnt of the Thorne machine, type-settin&
he machinery had been viewed withA4
arsat deal of incredulity by the news
narer men of that section. After watch
ing it working a while, however, their
incredulity was displaced by admiration
and they became very en- thusiastio on the
subject. Our Texas Thorne company
organized to have the exclusive right to
sell in that state, have taken good
MANY orders and claim they can keep US
busy awhile filling what orders they
send in.
tThe Palace at Fort Worth, - con-
,inued Mr. Woodhn, was certainly very
uuioue. The building itself was of wood,
hut was beautifully trimmed outside and
IN with the natural produts of Texas.
Heroic figures on the top of the building
were made entirely of ears of corn. The
interior of the Palace was one large hall
with uuueXes, sub-divided into sections,
each county having a section of Its own,
and making an exhibit of its special pro-
ducts. Some counties exceeding in corn :,
10 ath
cislly rich in minerals. In decorating
interior of the hail, the ladies of Fort
Worth united, and for sixty days did
nothing else but devote their time to
this work. One thing struck me very
forcibly, the unanimity with which any
publc enterprise is taken hold of in these
southern and Western places. All seem
tounite for the best interests of the CITY
and state. 1t would seem almost impos-
sble TO get Northern city, the same
size as Fort Worth, where all would
work in unison for the benefit of one
common object. Here there would be q
dozen men with dozen different ideas,
and each trying 10 have his own carried
out. All must deplore the loss of this
beautiful structure, but the Texans,
with their usual pluck and energy, met
while the ruins were smoking and voted
10 rebuild, and that the new structure
should be not only larger and better, but
fire proof, also. The exposition was
open about twenty days, il beng the
original intention to keep it open only
about week longer. This fact was for
tunate for the financial success of the
affair. In fact, part of the closing ex-
ercses were being held at the time of the
fire. Our machine was in an annex and
by extraordinary effort was saved with
out mourning any injury
To query regarding the climate of
Texas, Mr. Woodfin replied: L.
II was very Agreeably disappoinsed.
expected to suffer great deal from the
heat. But every day ! was IN TeXtn
there was a strong wind blowing ffklsn
the southeast, which they claim edsaFew
right up from the gulf of Mexico Ind it
seemed as if it might be so, there being
nothing 10 obstruct 1t. Fort Worth and
the land about there is at an elevation of
about 700 feet. This wind tenn
pered the hot rays of the suns
Then the air seemed so dry there
that the heat is not felt so much
as in the North where there is more hu-
nudity. / noticed in Fort Worth the
market men hung their quarters of fresh
beef right out of doors instead of putting
them in ice boxes as we do here. They
claim that nothing of this kind decays
there, and il seems a wise provision of
nature where ice is so scarce that they
have so little use for It. / notice by the
side of the railroads in Texas, where the
trains had killed cattle, which they do
every day, that no attempt was made to
bury them, and 1 was told that they
dried up and there was no disagreeable
odOr.
'In travelling through Texas, our
party were given unusual facilities for
noticing the condition of the crops. The
manager of the Denver road took our
car through the Panhandle region, where
il is claimed the greatest crops in the
world are raised, and we might well be-
licve it to be a fact, for it seems as
though we saw wheat enough to feed the
world. 1t was in splendid condition /,
Just turning yellow. , The harvesting was
70 begin then in q few days.
From the hearty welcome which was
accorded to all of US from the North and
the number of New England people we
met i'll Texas, il really did not seem as
though we were in the state, where for
years past we have been led to believe
every man carried one or two revolvers,
and it was unsafe 10 be out after dark.
would advise any person who would
make really enjoyable trip, and ex-
pect 10 be cordially received to go TO
Texas and say they are from New Eng
land. -