Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1873-03-01
o Letter From Kentucky.
LrxrxerOs, Kya.Feb' Ill., 1878

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Editor Of the Dallas Herald
A sojourner from your lovely city, and
faithful reader and subscriber or your
neat and fiourishing paper, we feel a.
liberty to ask the favor Of small space
in your columns; although we can best
deiract from its nircndy prnamented pa
ges. Tuesday, the day We receive the
HERALD, is always looked for with the
grentest patience and pleasure.
We are at present roos,ing on frost
bitten tol acco plant, the only ornamental
shrub used in these parts OF hen'ucky'-
The noise OF mad distilerics manufactur-
ing the fluid, is eohoing in our auditory
nerves. We are embraced in the pleasant
arms OF winter, and amused by the hail
storms roar. 191WHm q 6.
Chus strangely located, naturally you
would INQUIRE, in what we are engaged 7
We are not exactly teaching the young
idea how Hto shoot" "bpthammering little
Latin and Greek into our Uranium, thus
preparing ourselves for the wrath that Is
to come iprovided that Grant and Wilson
do not die) H,...t ...a,,,
We left your city on the eventful even
ing of August 20th, 1872. 1t was wrap
ped in devouring flames. Inded, many
were the reasons which we had ior not
leaving, but conscience ~ was correct
moral guido. Leaving in company win
one of the most staunch and honorable
ci izens, Chpt. Peak, that grace the streets
of your city, we enjoyed ourselves hnely'
Our tour through the towns on the Hous'
ton and Texas Central Railroad, only mads
us realize the fact that Dallas was the
foremost. Indeed, the "City of the Three
Forks, is not only surrounded by the best
country, but is overfowing with enter
prising merchants and citizens. Ii Dai-
las should continue 10 encourage such en-
terprises as the Dallas FIGURING Company,
such railroads as the Dallas aud Wichita,
the Southern Pacific, and the Houston and
Texas Central, we predict for her bright
and glorious future. 1t has superior ad-
vantag es to any town orcity in Northern
Texas, as regards erecting water works.
A City Hall also mot alchohol) would not
injure the place. Be assured before long
the people may be prepared for work, be-
causa Dallas is determined TO become q
city, as sure as Edmund j. Davis The L
will be kicked out of the Capitol within,
the next three months. We are confident
7 If the people should pay all their
taxes, they will only have money
to provide themselves with the "stah
s'staif Of life" and w'-.ky But as tho peo-
pie Of Texas, especially those of Dallas,
are exceedingly temperate, the latter
named article may be dispensed with, per-
haps without injury to the natives ". we
attribute the fact of there being so much
intemperance in Dallas to Messrs. Fenu-
lev & Miller, who, according to the evi-
d ence of experienced hands, keep always
the BEST and give you the same Tor cash. J
Perhaps the latter is one Of the reasons
for our leaving Dallas, but the projecting
reason for our dreading to leave the
"three-for city" was, it is running over
with some Of Madam Ewes fairest and
lovelicst daughters. This is not exactly
or even precisely the case here in Lex'ng-
ten. Here, there is q preponderAnce OF
the radicals together with the colored pop
ulatiou, causing, when there is the slight
est breeze, IA - not pleasant to the oil
fnctory nerve. We fear nm 6meute in Dai-
las, TOR lately we have been noticing IN
the HERALD some kind of pieces of poetry
generally headed "Marrioges." This looks
as if old Adams sons and perhaps mcles
were becoming enamOred with Dallas
ma:dens. Lexington is not behind Dallas
in the number OF her daughters, but per-
haps it is in the quality
Lexington it is true, was the home OF
Henry Clay. His towering monument
pierces the angry clouds, and seems TO
beckon us to Heaven In contemplating
such spectacle, it fills ones heart wlth
awe, and serves to show how uncertain is
life! Not many years ago his fHlltoned voice
shook the wallis of Congress, and now he
lies beneath the, cold, unfriendly dust
Near The siatesman's side sleeps the form
of the "pridc of the South" General John
Morgan. When n monument shall be
erected 10 his memory that shall vie with
that of Clay, then we shall be content and
not until then. More anon r.1 p, .t
Yours truly,
-fEf ltN'i5f HH y itfr-i 8 g.