Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-30
CORRIDOR TALK.

W. T. Sebastian from Stevens county
md representative in the lower house
10 the last legislature was registered at
the Mansion yesterday. Mr. Sebastian
in speaking of the condition Of things
In his county, said: IAN abundance of
rain has fallen in my county and the
farmers are all in good spirits and are
prrparing the ground for the fall crops.
The cotton crop was short on account of
tle drouth, but this will be offset to a
great extent by the large Increase in
the wheat acreage, which Will be at
lelst 80 per cent more than last year.
Oie very great advantage which Stevens
bounty has over many other Western
Dnnties, Is that very few large tracts OF
iild are under fence aud these are -hea
III cut up into small farms and sold ut
ID reasonable price to men who are not
h condition to buy larger tracts OF land.
Dur farmers are hardy and upright
people, and the great majority of them
own their own farms, and this fact alone
Enables them to withstHnd a drouth or
a bad crop year much better than If
they We're paying rent. breckenridge,
Tie town in which live is growing, but
the country surrounding it Is filling up
with new Comers much faster than any
Of the towns. We have coal in large
quantities, and ii an abundance of this
product will bring railroads, II is only
q matter of very short time when the
stage coach will be 4 thing OF The past
In Stevens county, POliticsg Well, yes,
there is some little talk in my county,
bnt you Just say that it is all of har-
iuotI', and when the proper time roiis
around, YOU will iiid all Democrats
d Aanding shoulder to shoulder Tor the
+ common cn'lae. A few men can not Keep
K ihe. two factions apart, as the Fopnlists
viii find out when the next campaign
4 y over"
Mr.. Sebastian is en- route to Austin
On business and will return to his home
= within the next few days.
"Everything tends to cheapness,'
sghe.! drummer at the Pickwiek yes
A hrlay- Hard times are not to be
sharged with this tendency either. 1t
aas been going on for several years, and
think every drummer in the land will
Honour with me il this, too. About the
FIRST words I'm greeted with when !
"A Inter the store of my customer Is, Wen,
Nave you got anything cheaper this year
HAan you had lastF | must say yes, else
Warn around and leave the store without
N r. ah .,n, moI III While eyen at
NM s 49,, .i,.ie .o ~, of q hetter auality,
nS s-iihe prlce, VIZ ~ /" bn listened
n ~ rs, 80 ehe.il,er-unis w" ;s choonness In
my tley M"he e,,an,t gof II Won
n W M u Wv WI - u Il I don,t know.
n ,a,,,s ~, Vu I'm s n ynnlJ seem TO
+iinsh Ut nrst si,'nvS , - And Ills
'ncate a sGlrei'S VI i ~ ,,osent hard
suppose ~ ~ pus "a I, ahort4-it has
aAles nave no. oIousilIi -, 1870 49,.
~ coming ior seNulAi
Il ..;.- - ike all
'esi me iufhlture - -,
ilers, has been affected by hnrd UNITS
iNkdgH. q. Sehaefer. 4 travelling repre-
y Aetat,yc os i, ar.e GRIND Rapids fur
II 'Nse o. =. ~, ,,;,l,t
'.qre factory at Ne Arlington .As' ',1''''
n " 1t is recovering rapidly. ! have been
III nras now tvo weeks and know
NEak ~" a, an compar-
III "a ,1e mas nor suiie, wan Texns ever
MIMI other states, tsar,isnre? oh.