The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-10-12

thu river towns were almost literally
"dcscrted Villages" You might stand
on any street corner from san rise TO
sun set and ofthc thousand ofoJnYey-
ances Of nll kinds that would pass yon
the whole day scarcely one dozen could
DO counted that had not 't'or the
Fair labeled on them, and " bound
for the Exposition were In every IN
stance overcrowdcd, We heard one
Hcoachyn declare he "footcd up" one
hundred and twenty-elght dollars In II
single day, while some hafdozen
Johus, autocrnts Of less stylish equi-
p0gcs, chuckled ut their "luckn Of fifty
aud seventy-fiyc dollars within the
same time,
or course this vast multitude must
spend money, and II Is computed that
not less than eight hundred thousand
dollars was spent in various ways in
this city during the days Of the fair.
a toy dealer on Fifth street sold three
hundred and sixty odd dollars worth
Of such trumpery as pop guns, jumping
jacks, toys, etc, etc. In twelve hours,
while the majority Of the magn ilccnt
dry goods stores which are the marvel
of the northwest in the extent, variety
and splendor OF their stocks, deposited
daily from three thousand to us high ~
eight thousand dollars for fabrics pur-
chased In their retail department
alone.
To speak of the fair in detail would
occupy every column in our paper We
can only say that in the adaptablity
of It's location for the purposes for
which ii was employed in the magnl-
tude, richness and novelty Of It's scpa.
rate parts, and in the vigor, massive
ness aud absolute loveiness Of It's dis
play Of hlooded stock (Which for its
very uniqueness we class by itself and
the perfection of It's management, 1t
has never been cqualel, save by New
York, in the whole United States,
The address of Colonel j. G. Mccoy
on Thursday, the great stock exhibit
day, was II gigantic array of stubborn,
towering and most gratifying facts.
Its historical passages, upon the cattle
business IN Texas, werelistened to with
zest, and his elegant and eloquent
tribute to this mighty state was
received by the thousands of Texans
present with soulful appreciation.
Some very appropriate remarks were
also made by our friends, the leading
stock dealers and packers in the west,
Messrs. Kitchener, Green, Gillespie,
Rogers and Bigger,
Mr.. w. III. Winants, chief clerk of
the First National Bank; Henry Mil
lett, Esq, of the prosperous job print
ing, engraving and book-binding es-
tablshment of Ramsey, Millett n
Hudson; Kcrsey Coates, president of
the Fort Scott md Gulf road; Major
Henning, general superinte, dent of the
same road. General Superintendent
Bowen, of the Kansas Pacific, and The
HERALD's mcthodical and handsome |
agent, Woodson, were unrenittng
and sumptuously liberal in their
thoughtlulness and active care of our
comfort, and their courtcsies in many
ways will not be forgotten. With |
these acknowledgements we leave n
subject neglected perhaps too long
and treated of perhaps, too briefly, |
but one which we are certain we have
never been called on to write upon,
which spoke brighter words or pic
tured to our vision future of such
nameless majesty and radiance us this
great Industrial Exposition speaks for
n great-hearted people, and the SOW
creign elements of their Respondent
city.