Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1869-09-04
FFsa ne kauflan STAR
Letter from Daiiai.
CiTT OF DALLAS,
August 10, 1869.

Angus, 10, 1869, !
t. ,hs EllioF q the Haaf.asu slsE
The railroad meeting spoken a
ia my last was preliminary 10 lh,
great barbeeho 10 coma OF in ia,
tall, when the l.Onisvillians and
others signify that they, will b,
readS for table service. That wllI
DO n grand affair. Get ready aus
como up aud see il aud eat all you
can, for ], will bs a free ELI all
round. Tho other great meeting il
10 DO held iof the purpose Of con
sltering tho various processes foI
tho culture and rapid dissemination
Of tho jimpson weed. All tho oiti,
xens of Dallas will be on hand
The names Of Judge Burford, Col
Mccoy, Capt Mclean, Maj Barklsy
DIR. James y. Scott and other dis
,inguished citizens of tho city mp
pear connected with tho call for the
meeting IN the HERALD, and il bids
fair TO be one Of tho grandest meet
ings ever held in tho Three Forks
DIR. Charles II, Pryor, pr. A. NJ
Cochran, DR., j, Jeiriies and Frank
sayre have been appointed n com
mit,eo 10 apalyzo u good thrifty
limpson weed and TO report thereon,
Perhaps they will consult with Drs
Pyle, Snow aud Ilallonquist OF
kaufman 10 10 their Knowledge OF
roots aud "yarbs." Tho meeting
will take such action as il deems
tho best calculated TO disseminate
knowledge among the people in ro.
gard TO the medical properties and
many virtues of tho weed. Recent
discoveries lead tho Editors or the
HERALD to believe that this will
prove the most valuable crop in the
Trinity country. Those who have,
heretofore, given their attention to
the castor bean concodo that this is
n more handy and thrifty herb or
"yarb" than that, and its cultivation
is attended with less labor and risk.
Sifee Baron Storck, of ViSnna, dis
covered its advantages in mania
and epilepsy, thcre has been no
such seiisation caused by. this weed
as at Dallas at tho present time
The prevalence of diseases which
require this weed, render il certain
that its production will increase in
this country, For all neuralgia and
rheumatic affections ,dysmcnorrhGa,
pains, spasmodic asthma,
it is q sovereign panacea. AS II
it is magnanimous, and the
inspissatcd juice of tho fresh leaves
is highly beatific. In swelling Of
the mamm@ and painful hemor-
rhcidal affections it is highly cffica-
uious. Tho celebrated Dorch pro-
t6tihced it useful in tnca capitis!
The natives of the South Indies are
in the habit of smoking the dried
root and lower part Of the stem
The gentlemen composing the
Dallas Analysing Committee arc
experimenting with the dried leaves
with the view of introducing them
as n "sub." for smoking tobacco
They think that they can manufac-
ture it much cheaper, and thereby
avoid the Internal Revenue tax
whith is on tobacco. If this be so,
Texas generally will smoke it.
Wlion the practice Of smoking it
was introduced into England, it
took like wildfro, but after General
Gent, who introduced it there, fell a
victim to its too copious use, it was
discontinued for a while. ] under
stand that II is Contemplated to
send a specimen to Gen. Grant, the
smoker, and also to Bis
marc, in, order to get their opinions
of it. ffuit could be used III a
spoon as well as a pipe, some of it
would be sent to General Butler
The Editors of the HERALD regard
it us highly soihhiferous aid as
having translucent virtues since
they often speak Of it. You will
chat Shakespeare, in the
character Of Ophelia, says:
There's rosemary; that's for remembrance,
And there are pansies (peenseed Fra ld-
That's for thought rras d. a' 'sf 3
And there is gympsum-- s.ss.-gt.fV
That's for salve-whence comes "balmy
sleep and pleasant dreams" sod Cd
ORC thing is certain, the Dallas
ands can beat all creation in grow
ng this aristocratic, aromatic, mar
,otic, which is better than any
exotic. In this opinion 1
I'm corroborated by the quaint He
iogabalas, as also by various foreign
porn amongst us. q The Messrs.
vangcnderbcck as well as Becker
,mithers have counted thirty-seyen
and ninety-twos and ]
healthy stalks upon one city lot.-r
As an article of export it will rise
.apidly in favor after our meeting
zones off, and it will be we'll for
rotf people to turn their attention
o it. Flatboats could be constructed
o carry down the East Fork many
ons of gympson, jimpson or James
own or Jeemstown weed, together
With a goodly supply of bois dare
cedl At the new warehouse to be
,rected at the Month of East Fork
t can be stored for our regular
Trinity steamers on their downward
rips. --;fslss9 ads SC nsI .lll1s -faaI
BY the way, the prospects for
navigation of the Trinity clear mp
@. our. city are. improved nightly.
fbat old salt Capt. y-H. Nee arvey !
writes from Rochester, Pa, that he !
las contracted for building two
lew steamboats for The upper Trim
ty, and that be viii be ready for /
he trade by the 1st Of. October |
Ie has met with great encouragn
nent and assistance among thebusi-
ress men Of Pennsylyania, and I
aSs that his boats viii have full |
Dads of through freishts from Pitts
,urg TO ibe head of the hollow /
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