Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-03-07

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Fifty odd members OF the Texas legis-
lature have actually succeeded in be-
/ having that well in strange land that
| they are now returning joyfully home
| without one broken head or a single
registration on the Monterey police
blotter. think that at the present
writing they feel their bosoms swell at
the proud fact. A Texas legislature Is
always breaking some reoord-always
ambitious-but | think the only record
broken on this occasion was in the
snoring line, and done on these sleepers
last night. when the party came In.
largely bankrupt In purse. rich In Gu
rios and dead, dead tired. This Is a
narrow auged road. this splendidly-
ballasted smooth-fiying Mexican Ma
tlonal. but, il you'll believe me, such
huge men az Colonel Tom Smith-"Mr.
Sp9Hker'-and General Lindsey slept In
opposite upper berths and did not
Jaw once at each other. General
Lindsey was heard to observe as they
mounted into these small upper berths,
| "Tom-goshl These berths are broader
than we thought for" and Tom was
about to assent with "Um-hum," but
got no further than "Um." and made
up the second syllable with snore that
made the tamale vendors outside look
up at the car with wonder; and pretty
soon there was a perfect chorus in the
coaches. Tom and the general snored
the base, Brlgance Il strldent tenor,
McLemore a sort of kettle-drum ac-
compartment while your heavyweight
Uncle Martin of Coryell expressed
wide range Of versatility by now saw
ing n fiddle. now a gourd and again
giving you an Imitation of a sawmill
striking a lusty knot. | think the la
dies lent their aid also. but on that
point l won't be certain. as l never saw
a lady in my life who did not refute
with scorn the imputation that she
snore1. And they are right. Certainly
Colonel Tom Jennings gave the porter
reason for awakening him as he did
with the request that he snore less
loudly The colonel was sorter over
doing the thing.
But as result Of this sound sleep
the somewhat raveled spirits Of the
crowd Is as fresh and eNuberant as the
magnificent sunlight and atmosphere
here this morning, and there Is de-
cided tendency to horse-plly and
school-boy hilarity
1t was my deliberate intention to give
q resume Of facts and impressions
when ! sat down here this morning,
but / labor under many rasplng disad-
yan'ages. In the first place. Captain
T1rNer is making speech and louder
than the roar of ten trains Is the con-
slant shout for him to speak louder"
IL makes the captain somewhat angry.
Then again, there is a tendency on the
part OF obese men like my friend Mar
tin of Coryell to sit down opposite me
and try to regulate the policy Of the
press by offering suggestions which, IL
| utilized, might be supplemented by
subsequent jokes entirely too interest
Ing to me personally. In other words.
there arc but few small men in the
crowd Then again. there Is such a
mass Of chaotic curos scattered over
and under the seats that one is afraid
II move lest he break the choicest piece
Of bric-a-brac 10 be found In Monte
rey. It's all choicest, YOU know. I've
yet TO fnd piece without n history or
seme correl1tiye beauty. Tn told that
That's the aim and mission OF bric-a-
brac' though I haye strong and full
Grown conviction that II succeeds be-
ter at being forever I'm the way.
Whereas, sixty members OF the
Twenty-fourth legislature. headed by
SpeHker Smith and Sergeant-at-Arms
pouBhie, have by special courtesy of
the Mexican National Railway com
nany, been afforded a trip Of unusual
enjoyment from Laredo to Monterey
and return; and
Whereas, due not only to the excel
lent infringement of the road, but 10
The special endeavors Of It's officers
sail members have enjoyed a thor
oughly delightful trip; therefore. be II
Resolved, by the said members of
the Twenty-fourth Texas Legislature
that they hereby extend to the courte-
Gus superintendent and officers OF the
said company their thorough apprecia-
ton and well wishes"
These resolutions have iust hoo,
adopted by the house-that norton ~
Il on the train-and IT'S a genuine and
Just compliment. The railroads IN
Mexico are very much like ours in re- |
spect to cleverness in playing the host
To begin at the beginning: This body
of solons arrived in Monterey at ?
O'CLOCK sunday morning That IL IN
say we are reliably informed we dld |
We know nothing about IL. We were |
not husying ourselves with the matter |
when 1t happened. The first intlna- |
Ton we had OF our arrival was yvhen |
peeping out of our berths. we behei5 |
the golden-helmeted crests of the moun-
tains surrounding Monterey on nil |
sides, glorious in the sunlight OF a new
born day No more beautiful trumnet-
call ever summoned TO be up ana aho,,,
than the sight No champagne ever
sparkled in more crystal effervescenca
than the atmosphere of this Ideal nooIs
Famous alike in history and for beattv
without any pause and as hastily Ss
the party could dress. they trooreI
,ortn IN couples alone. IN partles-heed-
less OF who was with us in the intoNi-
cation OF the atmosphere of the earlv
morning beauties. '''
Graded In the lap of Nature,s s,,n
rounding muniflcence, in STARK CO.,,
trast with It's grandeur. is the storv -,
apparently as boundless human 90
lentment as ever man enjoyed ,rbo
railway station is long way from tbe
leart OF Monterey and is oonnac,nS
Herewith by street cars hauinS ~ ~,
very tiny excuses for mules. I'M a.
.rical street car has not penetrated
INTO this mountain fastness Vet bvt
what the mules lack in size is made So
~ speed. so to speak, and the trin
lildalgo Plaza and the hotels frnnt, W
thereon Is quickly made.
curiosity was responsible for sevaroi
MEMBERS attending religious ser,,IaeI
sho mad not seen the inside of church
n so long that they had forgotten ,,,,, W.