Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-10-20
IN WINTERS CHAINS
A FORT WORTHLESS ExPERl-
ERCE IN COLORADO


To the Editor Of The Gazette.
We arrived in Fort Worth over the
Fort worth and Denver road Monday
evening. having left Denver FRIDAY
morning. We had an experience all
| tho ,yav from The dead OF winter TO the
middIs NJ summer, For three days no
train had broken over the hlgh Divlue
Of 1000 feet, separating Denver from
Colorado Springs. On Iuesaay evening"
| preceding commenced one Oh inc nlosS
| violent storms OF rain, snow ana Wihu
| that has visited the Rocky mountains
for twenty years. In Montana wy
oming and neighboring territories
some five feet Of snow had fallen WIN
Accommodations Of drifts fifteen ieet
high. in Denver there was TWO
feet OF snow. The wind was
very strong and everything loose or
not well anchored was set TO flying, and
some weak walls and buildings had TO
succumb. The street cars in many
cases were called to halt on Wednes-
day and business In general brought TO
a stand-still. On the divide between
Ebert and Falcon, distance OF twenty
three miles, the drifts were from ilVe
TO nine feet high. The snow was heavy
and wet and the snow pillow could not
push through, and the only resort was
the primitive shovel. We were from
1880 p. m. till 1880 the next morning in
making this distance Of twenty-five
miles. This, 10 most Of the passengers,
meant the loss of both din ner
aud supper. At Falcon was an
accumulation Of passenger and freight
trains both ways for three days.
To while away the time two smart
representatives OF the two great poll
teal parties commenced a discussion
OF the tariff and free trade questions.
A fine, intellectual looking man who
had fallen asleep in on uncomfortable
position, all at once gave u terrific
shrek and went of in dead faint.
The passengers rushed to his assis-
tauce, raised him up shook and rubbed
him and finally, after a long time,
brought him back to life, but IL was In
much and extreme weakness. Some
were for giving him brandy or whisky
but to all persuasion he shook his
head. To the last no was true total
abstinence man. He is a railroad man
on leave Of absence and an honored
resident OF Fort Worth.
When we strike the Texline and
the broad and beautiful plains of the
Texas Panhandle, QUE interest in
creases. We pass some forty miles
through the lands Of the Capitol syndi-
cate, who for 100000 of the acres,
built one of the grandest capitols Of
these United States, falling very little
short of the great national capitol at
Washington.
Since my trip over this line two
years ago, notwithstanding the drouth
OF the last season, find many improve
ments both in town and country. As
the lands are cultivated rain will In
crease and the crops will be more
assured, as is the experience of Kansas
farmers.
Here are cheap lands for thousands of
farmers; school lands at 81 an acre on
forty years time, interest per cont.
Steady, hard working men with cattle
and variety Of crops must succeed.
BY recommendation Of Hon. A. L.
Matlock | stopped OF a day at Good
night and visited his collection Of wild
animals. have seen Barnum's
greatest show ON earth" but in point
OF interest l must say that prefer
Goodnight's free show TO that of Bar
closed by barbed wire fence of eleven
wires, six feet high, he has a herd of
twenty buifalOes from six months old
up to four years and fourteen elks from
calf to the full grown and the
buck with his full spreading horns IN
scratch his back or tn bunt an
adversary. Mr.. Goodnight with his
horses and buggy drove around among
them and stirred them up lively with
perfect safety, but IL would be at "A
great risk to walk around among them
or to attempt much familiarity.
In another pasture of eighty acres l
found ten deer of three varieties and
TWO moose imported from Manitoba at
an expense of $3.50, including heavy
duty. They are tall, good-natured,
awkward animals. with long legs and
short necks, compelling them TO fall
upon their knees to eat grass. They
do not thrive away from their native
browse Mr.. Goodnight has already
lost Two and will also probably lose
these He is trying cross between
the lPolled Angus and his buffa-
,9es' Two yearlings, resem.
bling their black Scotch mother favor
me theory of success. In his noble eff
Tort TO save the buffalo from extinotion
Mr.. Goodnight deserves, and has thu
tnanks OF the American people. And
nus experiments with the deer, elk and
moose will be watched with unabated
interest and expectation. He had some
beautiful antelope but they fell prey
10 the great gray wolf, which found a
way into his enclosure.
ISAAC Il. GoopNow.
Fort Worth Ootnhov 1e rguo W