Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1873-04-26
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NJ. Locis, AprIl 10. ib7A

asce" In those quarters this morn
Ing At 7 O'Clock sharp. and sf
tor doing tho most ample justice
to the sumptuous breakfast, speci.
ally provided for his comfort by
Capt. BroIaski, Of tho st. James,
than whom no better caterer graces
American soil, he proceeded to do
st. Louis; and here is tho way he
did il. The frst thing was to sec
somebody who had not been sub
jectsd to tho pressure of Major
Braxton's Vaccinations, and if, by
the virtue Of beauteous accomplish
ments the thing could bo done,
your correspondent thought to add
an additional column to tho HER.
AIDS list of advertisers. He had
not long been on tho tramp, how
ever, before he changed his tactics,
and went in earnest quest to find
the poor, lost, undone ignoramus
who had not seen the Major, ire.
spectlve of his solicitations in tho
interests of the HERALD. Failing
in this, at tho goodly hour of 3
o'clock P. NJ, he covered his head
with q cocktail provided by L.
Butterfeld, an old friend whom no
mot on Change, and, in company
with Mr.. o. V. Shearer, a quondam
member Of the Mississippi press,
he again sought comfort under tho
nourishing care Of the st. James
proprietors. This hotel is peouli-
arly . Texas institution, and as it
is the friend and patron Of our
people, they should manifest their
generosity by patronizlng this
place when they have business in
this city-the most remarkable pro-
duct of tho age.
1t is . matter of surprise to your
subscriber, that Texas, with its
millions of undeveloped wealth,
it, countless resources and its ag
ricultural yields, should have SO
long escaped the watchful eyes Of
The keen men who make up the
commercial element of this city.
They are ignorant of our people,
and, worse still, Of the wealth, in
tellectual culture and social refine.
ment which prevails in cur State
the youngest, but biggest and
,randest that figures in the
sovereign association of Amer
ca. The iron horse, and tho
numbering trains of commerce,
which he will bring, even from
Dallas, will ere long teach these
nen, wise in finance and a great
power in the moneyed influence Of
he world, that our little city is no
vaif upon the bosom of the busy
ocean they bound with the, COM
,rehensivs trade they control.
Your correspondent was greatly
Interested in the ideas CLEANED
rom his friend L. Butterfield, who
tated, in substance what he had
.lready predicted through the col.
INNS Of the HERALD, thst the day
will como, when st. Louis mer-
hants will turn their efforts from
he collection of bad debts in tho
states of the South, governed by
egroes and carpet-baggers, to
'exas, where the white man, un.
rammelled and free, makes no en-
that he can't comply
nth. He is alive to this event,
nd ere long our good men Of Dali
IS may expect to see his bright
zee in their midst where his sua.
ito manners, his business tact
nd pleasing address will secure
i'm many correspondents.
Mr.. Leon Tarleton was the re-
ipient of our courtesies, and re-
eiyed the mementoes presented
y the Major with many smiles,
nd pledged that every copy should
Q addressed to the HERALD's ad-
antage.. Ii is i'm possible just
ow to say all that there is to
Ill of this people, their thrift,
nd, as Artemus Ward would say,
their "muchness." But of one
ling we Of Dallas may feel as
lred, that the time is not far dis.
mt when Dallas and st. Louis
ill be twin sisters, joined in the
ommon cause of influencing the
ommerce of the State and the
ne West.
We cannot close without
hitting at the courtesies ex-
ended us by Mr.. Thomas Dorwin
nd w. r. Allen, agents respect
vely Of the II. X. & Il. and Iron
Railroads. If either of
hese gentlemen should knock
tho door of the HERALD
flee during our absence, please
allow out that the string of the
itch is on the outside. To them l
ope this greeting may be as unfad-
,g as our gratitude for kindnesses
70 have received at their hands.
Just intimate-do it gently-to
ANT. Adams and the live men as