Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-12-30

The stream 10 fairly alive with apeoiiied
and mounleln trout. nad besides The ladlen
have had an artificial lake built, which they
have stocked With black bass, brought At
considerable trouble frnm Tho state hatoh-
cries NJ ncrkley This wlli bat comfortable
Eden han, besides, mineral hprlngs OF coul
siderable interest a. we'll IA a hot air
ppflng, Hence Tho laditA cAl their homo
Anderson HpfinRq. The great Ecytcfs %
California ore hut a dozen miles away, on
the opposite niae Ok tho mountain, Rude
baroAs may hold hsh fosti on tho mountain
topa and f4ar through ihe trees hat only
Gontlo lephsra rgalh lha romantic dali.
II IL an Interesting story nov Afr. An.
defaon and huF danRhlota came 10 DO io-
Gated hog alone IN u,iA far away aud. FOR
some. lonesome gnat. 10 1880. Thomas Anl
defaon. a scotchmao, waa an oeirtr In the
carpa OF Royal Military surveyors and
DNughnmen in the pfoylncp Of Nova 500
IA, when, alcag ia 1903. he was retired on
halt pay, be ,hJushl be woald spend The
rest Of lla days 10 balmy California. A!nne
he iourneyad 10 lhe Golden stait and after
travelling nblut tor fome weeks, no was
told Of this l6yciy canon lie Jlurncyai
there, II ID tlx miles from Middictown
by stage, aud thu latter place. composed Of q
halt dozen houses, y tHenty odd nlles over
Tho mountain 10 cailtlcfn whore the rall.
road which pnikns through the famsnia Nnpa
valley terminates, The Scolchilan wah
charmed With lba scenery. tho Wonderful
hOl aud cold springs. the fOaming ind rush.
Ina brook and The rrea, stately forsRl tf,os
lie had tho lana fniafnd n the u0sernmpnt
Lana ONCE, ard made haste 70 fsuirn Tor
bis family Int. alhHl Tor tho mana hapnl-
ness no died on me return journsy Noih-
ing dsnnied. tho coufegoous WIS DID not
turn back. but came on 10 make home for
herself and hsf daughters
Only thoge Nho have travelled through
i know What a Wild. yot beautiful, place
Lake County r. There IN not 4 fool of
railroad 10 ths county. The stage coach.
windlng np and Gown ana around noun.
tainf, II tha only mcaiu OF EettiaN ahout
Arriving At last AZ hcr destination, Mrs..
Anderson Att about 10 build hernclf hons
This pha vas abs % accomplish only aflor
very conAliarahla troDhlo-ths absence of
towns lumber ysris and other cohycnlenccs
Of civilization made houao-hnlldinE IN those
vida most dliicult undertaking And
twenty odd YEARS hEo Lexis County was q
much wilder placo than II IA to-day II
was nothing for The starr 70 be held up
elnioat every day and travellers stripped o.
thelr aii. nut nobody bothered inc kndsr-
acn family. Living m the county AZ that
tine wAn ono "aueh, Engiifh--fnmous
Az 40 uutiAw. The Andrrsons had heard
Of and fahrrd him. This hrsl summer In
thflf now nefic tntf needed h1ihfho1y 10
make soma much nosdod improvements,
Thufs was llgirs ronie lew niles away 4
quiet old fnimnf, and 10 him Nm. hndor-
sou woUt 10, lAai1iancf. The 0id farmer
tod her that his fon might help them
a. aciiYa fsiipw no. yot as. A hkfpsln
was mrnBk, sfi 'or several weskA tas
young tnan Wna araiinpus IN bis Aanrthnce
ia tod ihr AodermnH. learning Of their
fcara. that p1Dody Would hsrin them. md
be woilld RiAfantse tanir prfact Gafey
While he was around. The Job Enlehed.
tiis young mEl wa paid, Mfl. Anderson
fbsoksd him fcr biz saeient 1srsitq, and
asked him his nin-
''Ai2 name. na'ain." with 4 curias. "ls
muck Enrlab."
ginco inst occurrence, "nucll'' hah astsfa
Ma term 10 Feisoin Tor hoidlnk up 1Iaes.
ana 4 now faid - Be yoiugkhcrc 10 tho
fouth esA Islands Anyway. ie shipped on
a South Sea trader. and haH retei beon
heard Of slnce. FL. w