The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-08-22


TO the Editor OF The Dallas Herald
The barbecue at Shreveport so en-
,rossed the minds of our grent ones
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barbecue ut the latter place on me IAN
inst, though not heralded by lengthy
telearams, extended notices, and unns-
80, a,'ao,,l ,ua,ns wo., 1.o,dod
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success. weary OF business, anu oe-
string to escape for at least one day
fran, fla routine nf labor flint in these
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iohg' no, uays pcco''''S n~7o,"o' Wv
tcfmlneu 10 70 10 tnc ianchSlcT p"roV-
cue. Bidding adieu to Dallas, went
down, the night of the 18th inst, to
Hutchins--nlso of barbecue memory
and was forced to remain there all
night, though thanks TO Mr.. Il. Raw
li,s and his excellent wife was pro-
yi,led with n comfortable bed, and, IN
due time, II pood country breaktnat.
Embarking next morning on one of
Mr.. CAROLS hacks, | soon arrived AT
Lancaster. Although early | soon
found that many hundreds had already
arrived. The town was literally full
OF people. Major w. II. Thurmond,
the marshall of the day, formed pro-
cession In the town. headed by the
band wagon containing the Waxa-
hachie Brass Band, and at'lO a. NJ took
up the line OF march for the scene OF
action. The place selected for the bar
becue was bouutiftil grove Of large oak
trees, about one mile from Lancaster,
near the residence of Mr.. y. Ellis.
Ample accommodation had been l,ro.'
yided for the large crowd expected,
and rood rostruln erected for the
benefit OF the band and the invited
orators.
| can safely say that there were on
the grounds fully thirty-five hundred
persons; ~ great many from Ellis
county, and though well entertained
by the delicious music discoursed 10y
the band, all were anxious for the OK.
erciscs of the day to begin. Many
anxious Inquiries were made for Gen
cral j. j. Good and Honorable A. b,
Norton, who had been selected and
requested to net as orators of the day.
An! 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 ONE from distance expect
Ing to hear you. Come, make the
amende honorable, and appoint an
early day for your atonement.
Being disappointed In tile non-ap-
pearance of tie orators of the day, il.
i. GUY, Esq, was called upon for a
speech. Taking the stand he briefly
excused himself, saving that II was
due the friends, who had come there
from distance, that they be allowed
the privilege of speaking, and that il
would be wrong for ''homefolksr to
monopolize the ''talking timeu allowed
before dinner. DR.. III. j. Moflit. of
Lancaster, and Messrs. John ii. Coch-
ran and T.. III. Jenkins were s,Icces-
siyely called upon, and entertained the
auilience with sensible aud appropriate
addresses. They were followed by Mr.
Guy i'm a short speech. after which dim
ner was announced.
The immense crowd proceeded to
the tables and there pnrtook of splen-
did collation. 80 bo,lutifully provided
for them ly the good people Of Lancas-
tor and vicinity. Att,r satisfying their
hunger the audience were apnin ASSEM-
hled In front of the stand md the af-
ternoon was pleasantly spent in LISTEN
inr 10 speeehes from Messrs /. w.
Jackson. J. IS. Davis. Il. j. Mathis and
Frank Smith. upon the educational In