Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-01-16
LOVES BLINDNESS.

LONE's bbiNDNEsss
Can see no beauty on this beauteous
earth,
No life. no light no hopetulness no
mirth,
Pleasure nor purpose. when thou art
not nigh.
Thy absence exiies sunshine from the
sky.
Seres Springs maturity. checks sum-
mer's birth.
Leaves linnets pipe as sad as plover's
cry.
And makes me in abundance find but
dearth.
But when thy feet nutter the dark. and
With orient eyes dawnest on my dis
tress,
Suddenly sings bird on every bough.
The heavens expand, the earth grows
less and less,
The ground Is buoyant as the ether
now.
And all looks lovely In thy loveliness.
Alfred Austin. Poet Laureate.
Fred o. Bryson OF Gainesville spent
yesterday In the city.
p. #. Reeves and J. II. Wright OF
Mansfield were among yesterdays WIS.,
itors In town.
Mrs. d. Lawson, who has been visit
ing her son. j. W. Lawson. In Kansas
City. will return home this morn
Ing.
"Thomas Hardy believes In calling a
spade a spade, doesn't he2"
YES. but the trouble Ia he always
wnnts to talk about worse things than
spades"
John r. McCrnw OF the Arlington
Democrat spent yesterday In the city.
W. u. scrimshire. n former Ballin-
ger cattleman, has bought an extensive
hardware stock In this city, and will
make Fort Worth his future home.
w. w. Flood. ]. G. Jones and Fred
Brown OF Wichita Falls were among
the visitors In town yesterday.
s. Edwards was down from Seymour
yesterday.
j. Il. White, Aurora; ]. w. Glenn
Huckaby. and ]. u. ID. Pierce, Keller,
were among the visiting merchants in
town yesterday
Sunday school Teacher-why were
only Noah and his family saved In the
ark7
Small Boy-Cause Noah was good
and didn't ask nnthin. The rest want
ed the earth an they got lt.--New York
Weekly.
Edgar Bird OF Gainesville was In the
city yesterday. He has secured a post
ton with the Rock Island road and viii
make Fort Worth his home. at least
for the present.
Remember that all your orders for
coal for immediate delivery should DO
sent - the Stewart Coal company.
You are certain to get It when you
want 1t Il sent to them.
Considerable complaint has been
made OF the condition OF the street
crossings on Belknap streets. many OF
which are In very bad condition after
rains. The Gazette has been requested
to call attention OF the proper author
tiles to tho matter.
Deputy Clerk Prathcr reported an
active marriage market, with still an
upward tendency. He attributes the in
crense to the fact that this IL Leap
| Year. and then the new woman has
donned her boomers and Is tracking
the young man to his lair Not a single
eligible bachelor In Fort Worth will be
allowed to escape this year.
Mrs Dash hasn't a particle OF
taste"
mo, Indeed; the idea of Inviting red.
headed girls to her pink tea"
II. w. Locke n member OF Sergeant
Sulllvnn's company OF Texas Rangers
Informed the Gazette Inst evening that
Mr.. Sullivan was not hurt. Locke re-
celved telegram from Sergeant Sulll'
van yesterday saying he was all right
Locke did not know whether Doolir
had been captured or not.
John r.. Moore. superintendent OF the
Fort Worth Iron Works company, has
been selected as umpire or referee &c
assist In arriving at the value OF this
machinery damaged by ire in the re-
cent loss sustained by the Fort Worth
Candy and Cracker company.
Mistress-Brldget, everything in the
house ia covered with dust; I can't
stand Il.
Bridget--Do as do. mum; don't pay
any attention TO it.--London Tit-Bits
Pedestrians complained at the muddy
streets yesterday. but Fort Worth is
better off In this respect than many
towns. The excellent drainage carries
the water on hero with a rush. and a