Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1909-05-20
BACK FROM THE WEST.
Fritter Trees Have All 'Withered and
Honey Springs Dried Up.

Travel stained and weary looking
indeed were X. /. Wilson and George
Mainard formerly OF Tabor, when they
arrived yesterday from the far famed
Golden West" They have had their
dreams Of that wonderful country dis.
illusioned TO a glorious plenty. They
have learned something. They have
seen drohth-the sure enough.
blown in the bottle kind. They have
longed for the sight of water. even as
the traveller along the sandy wastes
Of burning Sahara. They have seen
the sky become as brass and the very
heavens seem to roll mp as scroll
They have longed even for that drop
that Dives wanted Lazarus 10 bring
to cool his parched and burning
tongue. They have seen the tempting,
tantalizing, maddening mirage. where
ships and showds of ships hang mo-
tionless in the air" and the blue, linn.
pid looking lakes mock YOU and fee
from you with a demonical lanugh AT
your confusion. They have felt the
siroccos burning blast and felt the
sting OF the shifting sands. They have
seen the earth parched and vegetation
withered. They have seen the earth
laid waste and desolation run riot.
Verify they have seen that time
while the sun. or the light, or the
moon. or the stars. be not darkened.
nor the clouds return after the rain.
IN the day when the keepers OF The
house shall tremble, and the strong
men shall bow themselves. and the
grinders cease because they are few,
and those that look out OF the win
dows be darkened. and the doors shall
be shut in the streets. when the sound
of the grinding is low, and he shall
rise up at the voice of the bird, and all
the daughters OF music shall be
brought low"
In other words. they have been up
against the real thing and have en-.
ough of the Golden West" Its so
dry in that country that a blue buck
ct of water would look like the sea
OF Gallilee. Mr. Wilson stated to the
Eagle reporter that II had not rained
enough To catch bucket of water
from the caves OF the house since the
ith of last July, and he would make
an affidavit that there was not his
hat full Of green grass in Mitchell
Peolpe are leaving In droves
and on last Sunday night there were
Is families left for Arkansas. There
Is absolutely no crops Of any kind.
The sandy land that was planted Is
now as hard as a rock. as the land.
seed. and everything else are blown
AWAY. leaving the bare. hard, naked
ground. Very little Of the black lands
nave been broken and none planted,
Mr.. Wilson said that he had seen cul'
ivators left standing in the field when
he land got too hard TO pillow. and
now the drifting sands had covered
hem until the tops of the wheels and
he seat are all that can be seen Of
hem.
In Scurry county is was reported the
people We're hauling water Il miles.
md that some families that moved TO
Big Springs from Byazos county. are
water for their families and
heir stock. $ miles. He reported that
Toe Sheppard who settled near Colo
RADIO City. had sold out and intends
moving into New Mexico.
Messrs. Wilson and Mainard say
old Brazos" is good enough for them
and they will be satisfied to make
their homes here In the future, and
eat fritters that are friend on the
stove and honey taken from the old
fashioned bee gam.