Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-09-19
VERY WATERY.
JOHN HowARp's OPINION OF
MINERAL WELLS.


''By tho way, Howard, speaking oil
water, what do you think Of the Miner
al Wells waterYh was the question put
to John Howard by u GAZETTE mar
yesterday.
81 don't think / would be considered
authority You know that land is my
hobby. Yes sirl Big pastures cut az
for small farmers. And when ii comes
70 passing Judgment on land, big
pumpkins cabbage, wheat, good stock
and such, am slightly in 1t.
However, water is good thing,
continued Howard, land we could
hardly keep house without IL; and
when It comes 10 mineral water, there
Is good, better and best. From obser-
walton and some little experience, also
from what experts ION waterl have told
that the Texas mineral wells
OF Palo Pinto county, which place Is
only few hours ride from your city
Yes sir, you can leave the Fort after a
late breakfast atd reach Mineral Wells
for an early dinner-is entitled TO be
clh sod among the best mineral waters OF
the United States to-day.
"SOmc people will no doubt think this
INthNAllE ~ "a AAhNAI HtIbNE anu 80 4 HsAANA
In the start, / don't claim to be author
lty on water but while spending few
days lately NJ Mineral Wells [ met gem
tldmcn there from all over Texas-irom
tho different cities Of the state also
Men Of experience and travel from many
other states, and tho general opinion
expressed was that Mineral Wells
b the Carlsbad Of America
"rha water from different wells,
when boiled down, make or form crys-
tails similar 10 that Of the celebrated
Carlsbad Of Germany. There is but
one place in the United States THAT /
know of outside Of Mineral Wells,
Texas, whore the water boiled down
will mako crystals or salts; that place
or water 10 Crab Orchard Springs,
Kentucky. You will lind the Crab
Orchard salts on sale all over the United
States.
"You won't find Mineral Wells crys-
tails or even water on sale in but very
Iew places IN our own state, 10 say moth
lug OF finding II outside OF the state
Hot Springs, Arkansas, did you say?
Yes sir; / have known Of and visited
thut place nearly every year ever since
lsid, when We used 10 go there by stage
from Malvern. have seen IL
whom II was not as large as Mineral
Wells is to-day, Now it Us o city, The
waters There are good, and wonderful
cures haVo been effected aud are still
being made, but II You win go to
Mineral Wells, Texas, you will see and
hear some things ia the way Of cures
that will 0pcn wide your eyes and cause
you 10 wonder why 10 iByuu have not
heard more 0t the place and It's wonder
full watcr5. You will 500 people there
who when they came but few
weeks ago; some OF them say
not over twomonths ago could not read
the letters on railroad box car; these
same poOplo can be seen now, after the
arrival of the passenger trains, reading
IHE GAZETTE, aud that too without
the aid Of spCcks, Others who Came
ON crutchos and canes are now as lively
nA crlokots, and have thrown their
cruiches and canes aside aud are sing.
ing the praises OF the wltors TO those
who drop in from day 10 day.
III h, ] think, with IMMORAL wells as
u Is with many other good things we
have In Texas continued John. I'VE
don't 5com TO appreciate our own state
and what We huvo In 10. n this miner
al VOLS water ! am talking toyouahout
was bottled mp aud a "Manitou,n "Wau-
kesha, "ApOlnaris,h Grab Orohard,n
anything but Texas label pasted
ON the bottle, we Texans would all buy,
drink and pronounce II o. X. Same
way with us II We decide 10 takO u va
cation. We give other states the prof
'rpuCc over our own. Just MS We do
when wa decide 10 send our children
Ia college, wo overlook our own
line institutions OF learning and send
our children To other states where tho
&, h IDls aud colleges are no better and
often not us good as We have at home.
~ iovl like kicking this cvening, and
while am in that humor viii give YOU
a good dose OF 'croakiug' have IA fresh
weed lit won't hurt you;n and Howard
Of and for Texas, took q pull al his
cigar and remarked;
Yves, speaking OF this Mineral Wells
water and othor good things with
which ltiud providence has favored
leNasi II our people would brace up u
little ON homemade goods and ON home
Institutions generally, we would soon
become more independent Of the east
etn manufacture and capitalist, The
sooner we work up our raw material
and use IT. the quicker we win become
a great state, not only in priority, but
IN population, intelligence aud wealth;
Why. just think OF it, Mer-
chants and millors In Texas
have often found it neoes-
sary TO place Texas made flour
In sacks which we're branded Kansas
or Missouri before they could disnose