The Canadian Crescent. (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 3, 1888 Page: 8 of 8
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A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY.
Last Thursday morning in com-
pany with Mr. C. H. Shaller, a rep
resentative of the Cuescext entrust
cd himself to the tender mercies 01
a typical Texas team and drove out
over the county for an airing and a
voyage of discovery. Down the
river to tbe east we guided our
pranciag and, at, times, kicking
steeds, by road and hills and valleys
of sand on all sides, the green grass
alone preventing us from thinking
we were in some African Sahara and
we half expected to sec an Arab ol
a camel rounding some gentle swell.
We first came to the home of J. D.
Baily who has a gool dug out, and
stable built and qu ite a little patch
fenced in and plowed for cultivation.
Then on past the home of Mr. J. O
Shaw who has a sod house, stable,
corréis and garden and all things
in prosperous shap3. Then farther
east we passed the old place former
ly owned by Doc Akins and thou
turned our course up Needmure
creek, passing by the home o f
William Mosier. Mr. Mosier has a
tine half section of land beautifully
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located and far along in improve-
ments. Then we passed ou up the
flats to the home of T. S. Patterson
whom we found engaged in the
primitive employment of grangering.
He has a fine level section of land
with good soil and resources. He
has a picket house and quite a good
deal of land lenced and in cul-
tivation. He has just put out a
-goodly number of fruit trees and
smaller varieties and intends to try
what the Panhandle can produce in
that line. Thence north and east
to the Horseshoe ranch we passed
over some beautiful land whose soil
is of the best. An abandoned house
or two along the road shows where
some ambitious fellow allowed his
ambition to wane or his funds to
fail before he won his claim from
the state. About this time tbe
windows of Heaven were opened and
all the cooks and chamber-maids
began throwing dish-water out of
the back-windows at us until we
learned just how hard it could rain
in the Panhandle when in a good
notion. Aniving at the Horseshoe
ranch we pulled up and accepting
the cordial invitation to alight, we
did so without any unnecessary
urging. We spent a very pleasant
evening with Mr. W, H. Hopkins,
the efficient manager and his inter-
esting family. The ranch is well
situated in a small valley and the
half dozon or more buildings rang-
ing from log to frame and the corréis
sheds and stables present the ac-
cumulations since the place was
established in 1880. It is the prop-
erty of the Texas Land & Cattle
company, that owns a very large
tract of land i a this county upon
which are now about 7,000 cattle to
wtiich 9,000 more will shortly be
added from the company's lower
range near San Antonio. Here we
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found Mr. George Ford installed as
book keeper during the temporary
absence of 4;Scotty*' and also our
old friend Sig Seligsberger who
does the honors as cook of the es-
tablishment,
After a sumptuous breakfast we
a<rain pursued our course do«v:t tiie
w I
river until we came to the home of
Mr. C. II. Ellar and adjoining him
the farm at* Mr. George W. Little.
Both of these men have fine pieces
of land that are far along toward
cultivation. We found Mr. E lar
engaged in breaking the prairie 30d
with a six-ox team. He has 51
acres already broken, quite a field
sowed with oats and will plant a
large acreage of sod «oru. He is
an old nursery-man ?nd is setting
out a large number of trees, 31 r.
Little also has a# excellent farm
which he is rapidly improving.
After an excellent dinner at Mr
EUar's we turned our horses south
and west toward the far famed
▼alley of the Washita, passing oyer
some as rich and beautiful land as
ever a long-horned steer fad upon.
A great deal of land not half so good
is cow selling in Kansas at $15 and
p2Q per acre and in the older states
it three times that amount. The
(rass was larga and rank, water
vas plenty in the old búllalo wal-
ows and in the valiej's and at an
early day this portion of the county
will teem with fruits and farms.
Vnkiug an accasionai shot at a
•urlew or prairie-chicken, we soon
reichedthe Washita river, which
found much swollen by the
•¿cent rains. Calling for a short
iuie at George Turner's home,
whom we found busy with crops aid
cuttle, on his tine farm, we oassed
by the homes of Mrs. Alexander
and W. L. Harris, the popular
minister, and then crossed Gageby i
creek, greeting Sm'th Riberts in
iris pleasant home. Then up the
Gagiby we pursued our course pass
inu the homes of J. II. Andorson
in 1 '•Grandpa*' Anderson, llaaliy
julling up at the old .SUE ranch for
the night. We found Mr. Cole and
Mr. Purvear in charge as clever a
•' w
couple of boys as ever shook a stran
ger's hand and bade him welcome
Fiiey are both grangering some and
have fine pieces of good land along
Gageby creek. After a pleasant
evening's chat and a night of such
sleep a3 comes only to those who
have a clear conscience, we marched
in the early morning to the creek
und spent the forenoon in enticing
the finny tribes with luscious baits
to try our skill in the angling line.
Alter securing a g^o l catch and
getting our breeches wet, we retrae-
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el our steps, partook once more o I
the boys hospitality and then set
out for home arriving in time to see
the Canadian river on a high lone-
some and jumping up like it was
trying to throw foam at the clouds.
Our impressions of the country
over which we passed were of the
most favorable sort. A large por-
tion of the eouatv in the eastern
part is beautiful, level an 1 fertile in
a hig'i degree. The people who
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have settled there are of the intel
ligent, energetic and determined
sort who are nob a raid of work and
who know the value of the soil.
The Washita valley is the most
thickly settled and the best im-
proved portion In the county and
the people there are wide awake in-',
progressive. They have from the i:
own means reared and equipped a
substantial church among them in
which to worship, their farms ai
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bein^ reducid to cultivation as the-
extensive crops of growing oats ami
corn gave evidence. It 13 perhnp*
unfortunate that Canadian is sit-
uated ;a the poorest part of tiv
county as iar as soil and coum rv
are concerned, but it is some satis
faction that she has good countt \
behind her.
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THE JAPANESE CAPITAL.
An American in Tokio Would Think Hi ra-
self in a European City.
Your readers are all familiar with
the great cities of Europe, either by
actual observation or through the col-
umns of current literature; but less is
known, perhaps, about the great cities
of Asia, and ifc is about the city of
Tokio, the 'capital of Japan, that I
wish to write to-day. It is larger than
any city on the American continent,
with the exception of New York. It
contains fully 1,250.000 people and ex-
tends over an area nine miles long by
eight broad. It is a city of immense
ilistanees. For instance, to go from
the station as you come in from Yoko-
hama to the station you leave to go
into the country you cross a distance
of six miles, or about twice as far as
from the Battery to the Central Depot
in New York. The city is curiously
laid out. In the very center is a large
round tract of land containing the
castle and some other public build-
ing*. This is surrounded by a moat,
or rather a canal, which is in the form
of a spiral. It goes around the castle
twj and a qu arter times. Within the
second ring are the houses of many oi
the noblemen and some more of the
public buildings. Outside of all this
is the city proper, which is intersected
in all directions by canals. Never was
there seen a city in whichJt was easier
to lose one**
_ jtJif than in Tokio, This
spiral canal and the many heavy stone
walls and frequent turnings make one
lose his bearings even on a stluny day.
The history of Tokio has been called a
liistorv of fires, plagues and earth-
quakes. Perhaps no one city can com-
pare with this in the number of its
disastrous accidents. In 1500 it was
nothing lut a little fishing village, but
it was at that time made the capital oí
this section, and from that time its
growth was extremely rapid, as can be
gathered from the fact that
in 1667 a great fire, called the fire oi
Mei R ki, destroyed 107,046 people
and swept away 500 mansions of the
first nobility, 770 of other nobles, 350
temples, and 1,200 streets; again in
1678, only eleven years later, almost
the whole city was burned. In 1708
an earthquake carried away 37,00C
people. In 1773 a pestilence laid it
hand on the city and took the almost
inconceivable number of 190,000 souls.
In 1856 30.000buildings were destroyed
by earthquake and 100,000 people per-
ished. These are only the greatei
calamities that havo befallen this city,
and it is a terrible record.
It was in 1878 that the Mikado made
the change of his residence from Kioto
this city. Since that time the two
cities have grown apart, so that it is
hard to believe that they belong tc
the same nation. Kioto is old Japan,
Tokio is new Japan. Through the cen-
ter of Tokio runs a long street, hei
"Broadway," and on either side are
fine buildings in the European style
of architecture. Every thing that a
foreigner would wish to use in furnish-
ing a house or replenishing his ward-
robe can be found on this street. All
the signs are in English, although
often accompanied by the native
language. A thorough system ol
paving, sewerage, illumination and
horse-car transportation make Tokio
more European than some cities in
Europe. Of course I went through
the bazars, and temples, and parks,
all of which were interesting. One
••curio'1 in the museum is worth men-
tioning. It was a stuffed specimen of
a native domestic fowl, now almost
extinct. The peculiarity is its tail,
which by measurement is thirteen
English feet long. The body of the
bird is about the normal size. — Cor.
Newark Advertiser.
THE NUMBER THIRTEEN.
The Important Part Which 11 Played in
Composer Wagner's Ufe.
Wagner was born in 1813, and died
on the 13th day of the month. There
are 13 letters -11 his name, and the sum
of the figures in 1813 equals 13. The
full date of his death was the 13th day
for the second month in 1883; it makes
13 twice, vizs First 13. and again
2x8x3=13. fíe composed just 12
works. His first and determing im-
pression in favor of a dramatic career
was formed on the 13th of the month.
He was infiuenued in his choice em-
phatically by hearing Weber's
••Freischutz" and by Wilhelmine
Schroeder Devrient. The latter went
011 the stage October 13, 1819, and
•♦Freischutz" was completed May 13,
1820, and first performed in Dresden
Wagner's home, 1822 (1x8x2x2=13).
Weber died in Wagner's 13th year.
Wagner's first public appearance as a
musical personage dates from the yeai
he entered the Leipsic University as a
student of music—1813 (1x8x1x3=13).
The stage at Riga, where he became
director, was opened September 13,
1837, and he there began the composi-
tion of "Rienzi." which he completed
in Paris in 1840 (1x8x4—13). April
13, 1845, he completed "Tannhauser,"
and it was performed in Paris Marck
13, 1861, and August 13, 1876, he be*
gan the first of his Bayreuth dramas.
September 13, 1882, was Wagner's last
day at Beyrouth before leaving foi
Venice. He saw Liszt for the last time
in Venice January 13. 18S3. and he
died February 13, in the thirteenth
year of the new German Confederation.
—American Magazine.
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—The machinery has just been re-
moved from the first oil well ever
drilled in Oil City. It was put down
in 1860 by Wood, Macabov, and others,
of Pittsburgh, who drilled with spring
poles, according to the early method.
;It was completed in 1861 and yielded
[forty barrels a day for years. Its pro-
duction fell off gradually, and the
well was abandoned abont a year ago.
Capable of Doing Any Thing.
Smith—Do you know a young man
named Tom Beverly ?
Jones—I do.
••Well, he wants a position in my
office as cashier. Is he a good business
man; is he capable?"
"Capable! I should say so. He is
capable of any thing. He was private
secretary of a New York alderman for
several years. There is nothing lie is
not capable of doing."—Texas Siftings.
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—•Will my angel have a wing?"
asked a young man who was trying tc
serve roast chicken in the presence ol
his sweethearts #fYour angel hopes tc
have in Heaven, but not here," was
the angel's demure reply. She got s
choicc I*; for that. —Fioayune. ^
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Miller, Freeman E. The Canadian Crescent. (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 3, 1888, newspaper, May 3, 1888; Canadian, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183559/m1/8/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hemphill County Library.