The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-08-23

To the Editor of The Dallas Herald:
The barbecue ut Shreveport so en-
crossed the minds of our great one
that Lancaster was forgotten. III,
barbecue at the latter place on the litl
inst, though not hcralded 10y lengthy
kilograms, extended notices, and un0s
sisted by special trains, was decide
success. Weary Of business, and de
string to escape for ut least one day
from the routine of labor, that in thcst
long, hot days becomes irlSsome, | dc
termined to 20 to the Lancaster barbc'
cue. Bidding adieu to Dallas, ! Went
down, the night of the 18th inst, tt
Hutchins-also of barbecue memory
and was forced to remain there nj
night, though thanks. to Mr.. Il. Raw
Inns and his excellent wife ! was pro
vided with comfortable bed, and, in
due time, n good country breakfast
Embracing next morning on one o.
Mr.. Carrol's hacks, soon arrived al
Lancaster Although early, | soor
found that many hundreds had already
arrived. The town was literally full
OF people. Major w. II. Thurmond
the marshall of the day, formed a pro.
cession- in the town, headed by the
band wagon containing the WaXa-
hachie Brass Band, and at 10 \. NJ took
up the line of march for the scene oi
action. The place selected for the bar
becue was Il beautiful grove of large 0al;
trees, about one mile from Lancaster,
near the residence of Mr.. n. Ellis.
Ample accommodation had been pro-
vided for the large crowd expected,
and a good rostrum erected for the
benefit OF the band and the invited
orators.
can safely say that there were OH
the grounds fully thirty-iive hundred
persons; great many from ELLIS
county, and though well entertained
by the delicious music discolirsed by
the band, all were anxious for the tx
ercises of the day to begin. Many
anxious inquiries were made for Cen
eral J. j. Good and Honorable y. b.
Norton, who had been selected and
requested to act as orators of the day.
All! gentlemen, you lost prestige by
your failure to appear before the large
audience assembled there that day, and
you will, perhaps, regret having disap-
pointed SO many friends, and some, too
who had come from a distance expect
ing TO hear you. Come, make the
amende honorable, and appoint an
rl .tnx Il, M
Being disappointed in the n0n.ap-
pcarance of the orators of the III :.
S. Guy, Esq, was called uponl
speech. Taking the stand he bfMhy
excused himself, saying that it was
due the friends, who had come there
from distance, that they be allowed
the privilege of speaking, and that it
would be wrong for "hometDllIs'' to
monopolize the talking time' allowed
before dinner. DR.. III. j. Mollct, OF
Lancaster, and Messrs. John ii. C0cl-
ran and G. II. Jenkins We're success
sively called upon, and entertained the
audience with sensible and appropriate
addresses. They were followed by Mr..
Guy i'm II short speech, after which dim
ner wasunnounced.
the tables and there partooll of Il splcn-
did collation. so bountiluily provided
for them by the good people Of Lancas-
ter and vicinity Afier satisfying their
hunger the audience were again assem-
bled in front of the stand and the af-
ternoon was pleasantly spent in LISTEN
ing to speeches from Messrs }. w.
Jackson, j. $. Davis, Il. j. Mathis and
Frank Smith, upon the educational III
terests of the county. The two former
spoke particularly of the "l.ancastcr
Masonic lnstitute," urging its claims
upon tile people. Mr.. Davis, the agent
by the Masonic Lodge at
Lancaster to present the claims of the
institution to the public and solicit
to it, favored the audi
encc with an eloquent address with
regard to the Institute, and yply forci-
bly, presented its claims to their atten-
ton.
The exercises of the day were much
enliyened by the cheering music OF che
"Brass Band", and contehtment and
general satisfaction prevailed. The
very best of order prevailed throughout
the day.
/ would gladly give you more of the
particulars but suffice it to say for
the present, that the Lancaster barbe-
cue was o success, and that il will be
long remembered by those who attend
ed ii on account of the many beautiful
who graced the occasion by
their pre- enceaud heightened the en-
joyment of all by their "sweet smiles
and winning ways
n conclusion, would like TO hear
from Dallas. What has become Ofthe
barbecue so much talked of at that
Place II ID tine that the Dallasites
wake up and give us n specimen 81
their Cooking, etc, In a grand harbe-
cue. Invite the surrounding country /;
let the people come in and get nc
quainted with our city and its inhabi-
tar.s. Tie benefits will be mutual,
and great good, think, viii I've accom-
plished in bringing the people nearer
together on all questions that interest
US AZ people.
Stir UP that committee, Mr.. Editor,
ana ier Us iiasp the bqrhestis,
Yours, ETC., YORK.
Dallas, AUGUST 10, lST3,
TIE following letter, receiyed by a
gentleman of this city, will, we hope,
nlace n successful alijetus to fhe COM