Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1873-05-03

PhAso, Tess, April 2sih, isTA
DsiR 1IsmAtDi In oempssy wllh sevs
sfL friends, 40 isf, Dallas on the North
bound train Saturday afternoon, and ~.
Tor short ride The shriIl clarion whistle
announced . station, which proTsd 10 bo
Richardson. Hero several Of our party
left he, o. they had started 10 search
OF relatives In that Vicinity. Boon we
were bounding on al . fearful speed, and
/ expected soon 10 reach Plano, our point
Of dsstinstion; but by special Providence
the train wrs forced TO cheek speed In the
Immediate vicinity Of the residences Of
two Of our best friends, and, SELLING tho
opportunity, We babe adieu TO our
Sherman companions, rushed frantic
ally for the door, and ventured
10 jump from the platform.
Once more on terra .frmd, the vexed quss-
tion presented itself, upon which Of our
friends shall We infict a visit. From this
dilemma We proceeded TO extrioate our
selves by appealing to the time -honored
oracle Of tossed up niokle (much to the
Amusement o. we'll as the amusement Of
those we had left behind on the train.)
Our nickle favored us with the shortest
l
and hospitable friend, Esq, c., we re-
paired whero we were gladly welcome and
kindly received.
After passing u very pleasant evening
and enjoying a refreshing nights rest,
VIC we're this morning furnished with con-
veyanoe TO Piano, where we arrived in
time TO enjoy chat with our friend, DR..
Butler, and examine that handsome and
well. stocked drug store Of his, before the
opening of the Justices Court. A number
OF attorneys from Mckinney were in at
tendance, and business was dispatched in
most majesterial manner un Ill the hour
for dinner, when we adjourned to the well
furnished eating house Of our friend d. Z.
Ward, where, among others, We met Messrs,
Brown, Kinnebrew aid Gray, attorneys
from Mckinney; and the dinner our
friend Ward served up, satisfied us that
he is the right man In the right place,
and We know that whoever tries him once
will certainly call again. A stroll in the
evening revealed to us the fact that Plano |
10 keeping pace with the improvements
of the times, and the continuous din of
the hammer and saw tells too plainly for
doubt, that the extensive and fast inoreas-
is rapidly making Plano an important
town. There are now more than half a
dozen dry goods stores, three family gro.
ceries, two saloons, two eating houses,
one hotel, o lumber yard, anumbsr Of
shops, = large mill and an extensive first
class drug establishment, all in success
ful operation here. The freight house
and passenger depot are well built, COM
modious buildings. There is also tel
egraph office here, under the management
of an accomm odating and skillful operator.
After dark, Judge Wilcox adjourned
the Honorable Justices of this precinct,
and accepting the kind solicitation Of the
friend who had escaped the day before on
ly by the toss of a nickel, we accompani-
ed him to his residence where a kind re-
ception awaited u.s., In the morning we
attended the Union Sabbath School at
Montvale whore we saw assembled hap
Ply band Of neatly clad children listening
to the instructions Of their
kind teachers. This school presided over
by that estimablo christian gentleman, Mr..
Thomas Shelton, has been prosperously
continued for a number of years, and is
justly SOURCE Of pride as well US great
however, notice here, as in our own pop
ulous city, that but few old persons attend.
From Sunday School we proceeded, not
to Church, but TO preaching, to which we
listened under O newly erected farm shed.
Rev.. Mr.. Hecker delivered very enter
tanning discourse to an audience that
would stretch the capacity Of the largest
church in Dallas. wAfr- cA8 fr,g
After dinner we went TO o sins iBg,
where we found the young ladies and gen.
tlemen ofthe neighborheod gathered to-
gether for the purpose of practicng some
appropriate songs fertilizer approaching
Sunday school celebration. The crowd
dispersed short while before shutdown,
snd'ws " ere told that o prayer meeting
was to be held at night; thinking that too
much for one unused 10 such, we returned
to Plano, fully satisfied that we had en-
joyed ourselves hughly. lgos3 80 l'as
And We venture to say that (notwith-
standing we expect to return to Dallas
soon) We do verify believe we have seen
up here the most lovable little houri that
ever descended to this mundane sphere.
This country, northern Dallas and
southern Collins, We believe to be the
choice neighborhood Of the garden section
of the world. The farmers are not the
least discouraged by the late frosts and
are busily stirring their productive fields,
which are ia n fih. slate of cultivation, and
prospects indicate b"nnI.iul harvest, es-
peoially ef'ybeat. We expect to return
TODAY,