Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-22
P STORIES OF THE STREET.
|Drssrs AND INCIDENTS OF A
DAY.
4 People in Fort Worth Found
Talk About observation-disclosures
'm Exclusive Circles and Gossip
fhe Pnve.

lib recent presence OF Ex-Governor
lP' Taylor in Fort Worth recalls a
A y experience the genial wit and
So recently hal. Governor Taylor
( red in weatherford the night after
laan here and returned in this diree-
h the next morning, Across the
liiof the car in which Governor Tay-
iaa seated there was a lively widow
had been TO weatherford tbs night
Y 5e and heard Governor Taylor lee
The lady was chatting at a great
with a companion and was talking
1T the lecture. totally unconscious
4 governor TayloTs presence just
ln..s the aisle. After telling her
(, ia all about the lecture, how funny
ilsls. she began commenting on Mr.,
flors personal appearance, "oh.
AZ sho exclaimed. hes the ugliest
' you ever saw; you just ought to
DIS head. why. he's bald clean TO
! 14pack OF his neck" MI. Taylor was
Ilt1iy convulsed with laughter that he
~ tFNAA- WI 9hHlfAH1a NAAAA NAIpa ~
\ isltu9 ton rs much as the people
N sat around him did. The lively
sipw possibly never found out thai
Ks uncomphmenthry criticism OF Mr.
i4or's appearance was heard by ham.
,lsnry r. Early Is responsible for II
Ewing:
X see you have given Bob McNatt
ttle touch, and can gi.e you one
diis chum, John King, OF the same
facter. During the Hogg- Clark
lpaign we told the cCNnty candi-
rs TO strictly eschew state politics.
course chez could have their pre-
'nccs. but AL praise OF any OF the
Iie candidates had to be confined
heir bedchambers. Now. King was
I'D hot Clark man. but he didn't
" aay so outside Fort Worth or
Pine from anywhere IN the county.
! OF Kings best friends and hardest
ikcrB was a nun named Ray. Ray
4 as loyal to Hogg as he was to
w, and finding King alone one day,
feeucd TO discover whose feathers
1, man WAS wearing for governor.
rs very judiciOusly told Ray that the
3mittee had pledged them to keep
.ir preferences iuside-to allow their
CUES TO oleaye 10 their mouths when
n those questions were asked. Ray
IEtcd on having an answer and
1ily John delivered himself In this
"; "Or course. / shouldn't even in
,lte this. and won't call any names.
it you knew how I stood II would
,le you immensely OF course that
, Ray IN a better frame OF mind
|, and that tickling business made
IN King several dozen votes"
'peaiting or cX-Govcrnor Bob Taylor
remind many OF the remarkable
,ticsi campaign IN which he was en-
,od In 1885 when running for COVER
OF Tennessee What made the con-
SO remarkable was the fact that
lie Bob WIS running as the Demo
tic candidate for governor, his op-
.ent on the Republican ticket was
own brother. Ar The contest was
Of the hottest ever known IN Ten
see. but the political excitement did
IA The least interfere with the per-
al ana frnternHl regard OF Bob and
, the rival brothers. They made the
npa1gn OF the state together, put up
the same hotels, and on the stump
r. as fraternany anecuonate az Da-
n and Pythias. They Were both ac-
npiiahad performers ON the harp Of
Tennessee mountains. the fiddle,
took their hddles with them
ough the campaign. After the
ectes were over the brothers Wed
h each other IN musical perform
- TO the unbOundcd delight OF their
nirers. After a very exciting cam
Bn Bob dcfeated Ar Tor governor.
! made one Of the most popular gov
ofs ever elected IN Tennessee.
apt J. n Dichl was thrown from
buggy By Il runaway horse at the
ner OF Third md Houston streets
tefday afternoon. He held on to
reins however and stopped the
'se and was not hurt 80 FAR as OBJ
we'd By a group OF admiring spec
orH, beyond bad shaking UP and
ne alight bru!aoa, The crowd tipped
'ir hats and yelled ~ the gritty old
n got back intJ his buggy and
we on down Houston street as n
lining had Unopened.
asH=--
.peslsing OF buffaloes and buffalo
les, Police Clerk Ferguson Gays he
ians a time about 10 years ago when
bro was u solid masa OF buffsio
ms, twelve feet high and covering
acres, somewhere near the Union
pot The rest VI the force aay Fort
birth mover saw anything to equal
4 save this winters SNOW.