Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-01
Mary Sue third, Molena fourth. Time,


2:l0.
When the Spring Palace burned Mrs.
John Howard lost her pocketbook which
had been left with some of her things at
the Withita county exhibit Oh the night
of the fire. The next day while hunting
through the ashes Mr.. Howard found the
silver that was IN the purse and It had
been so covered up in some wh4AS that
the money was yet y tact. On tlfopen-
ing of the fe!r ny. Howard esd this
money aud somey other relics of the
Wichita county that had gone through
the fire, placed in a box and covered
with garze. Someone. broke into the
box and took the money, and this MORN
ing the box has the following notice %
it: eff the thief that stole the pocket
book out of this tox last night will return
the same, we Sill pay them So for each
81 taken and ssk no questions.
lS,gued1 JOHN HOWARD
The Wichita county exhibit will be
disposed 81 for the benefit of the
Orphans home of Dallas and San An
| tonic on Saturday evening, November /,
at the music hall on the far grounds.
Hon. Henry Exall has kindly volun-
teered to superintend the disposal of the
exhibit, which Is a guarantee that every
one will be satisfied.
Tomorrow Saturday will be "MIs-
eissppi day. and the Mississippians are
making great preparations for the proper
observance of the day. This will also be
"Ex-Confpderate day A great num-
Der of the old veterans will be present
and make the day one Of pleasant mem
cries and q generally good time. A
large attendance is expected to be pres
emit.
In addition to the splendid exhibit,
full account of which appeared in yes
terday's GAZETTE, ths P. c. c. country
was represented on P. c. C. day by in
ter sting addresses delivered By Messrs.
c. Fl. Jenkins OF Brentwood and F. L.
SDodgrass of Coleman.
Mr.. Jenkins referred to the eYposit ion
as an example OF the progress Of the
South. In speaking of the South, said
he, Ii is not as against the North, but as
q part of our common country. l hail
her star-spangled banner as the emblem
of her sovereignty.
"Long may il wave DER the home of the free
And the land OF the brave
and standing beneath its folds may we
feel that it is our flag and that ~e are
Americans, but brightest among those
stars is the Lone Star of Texas. The ex-
tent of our domain, the healthfulness of
our climate and the fertility of our soil is
not fully understood by the people of
other states, nor indeed by the people of
our own state. There are doubtless many
citizens of Texas here to-day who have
never heard of tina. section of which |
have the honor TO speak to-day, and yet
there is no better portion OF this great
state than the Pecan Colorado COncho
country. You who have heard of this
country at all have perhaps heard OF it
as Stock country. And SO it was, aud
SO it Is, but it has changed from the
days of the big herds AMI longhorns TO
smaller herds and better stock. 1t is
now farming country. l. produces
cotton, wheat, corn, oats millet, rye,
barley, alfalfa, fruit and vegetables.
It Will produce wheat equal TO Mime
sofa, cotton equal to Mississippi, fruit
equal to California, in oats it has taken
the premium over all contestants in the
United States, and in pecans it can beat
the world. We can raise our hogs and
hominy, sit under our own vine and zig
tree, offer incense to peace in the smoke
OF our own tobacco, and sacrifice TO
plenty in the fat of our own lambs.
Because this county is new many think
that its society is rude, but the most
of these people are among the most en-
terprising farmers from other states and
other parts of this state, attracted by
the fertility of the soil. Mechanics who
End demand for their labor, professional
men am Ditious and educated, school
teachers, graduates of colleges and nor
mai institutions, and ministers of the
gospel, who are not only able in word