The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-07-11
TIE GREAT DAY.

TIE GREAT DAY.
The Fourth of July was very gener-
ally, though diversely, observed in this
town and county.
AT Mesquite station, twelve miles
east of Dallas, Il grand barbecue was
given, at which about two thousand
people from Dallas and Kaufman par
took of overlooking refreshments, and
the young people heartily enjoyed mu-
sic and dancing. Messrs. John J.
Good and Il. G.. Bower made addresses
which were appropriate to the occasion,
and very happily received by the peo-
pie. Judge Goods speech, from re-
port we have heard oft, was such as to
command the respect of all thoughtful
men. 1t was his first participation on
such an occasion, and his utterances
We're such as to wound none, but re-
vive the spirit of true patriotism in the
breasts of all.
AT the fair grounds of Dallas, our
two base ball clubs played with their
visiting brethren from Shreveport and
Denison. Their exercises are else
where referred to.
Various parties and social gatherings
took place in the city and suburbs, OF
which we have no special report, but
general good feeling prevailed through
our community, and one feeling was
manifest very generally: that since
Texas is restored to her rights, Arkan-
sas is on the high road to the same fe-
licity, and faint ray of light has ap-
peared even over poor Louisiana,
southern men assert their inherited
right to full share of the glories
which encircle the Fourth of July.
But we yet have to chronicle one OF
the most pleasant incidents of the day
Upon the invitation of Messrs. Grove
& Watt, quite a number of ladies and
gentlemen assembled at their new fac.
tory to examine their splendid ma.
chinery, and witness the "christening'
of their new engine. Every part of the
machinery was successfully put in mo.
ton, and enough work done to illus.
trate the grand benefits to grow out Of
such an establishment. This being
done, the party assembled in the en-
gine room, when Miss Matte Bnrforo
made the following speech:
LADIES AND q GENTLEMEN-By request
of Messrs. GroveS& Watt, prOprietors
of this establishment, 1 name this
beautiful engine "Horatio III. Adams
And thereupon, in accordance with
time-honored custom, Miss Matte
broke the historic bottle of wine ovel
the object of dedication.
Then followed lemonade, refresh
ments, toasts, approving remarks
many compliments to the worthy pro
prietors, and the acknowledgements O
Captain Adams for the honor conferred
on his child in the name bestowed
upon which Captain Grove modestly
referred to the aid they had received
from Messrs. Adams & Leonard il
starting their enterprise last fall
Messrs. Burford, Cabell, Gay, Mellersh
Obenchain, II. B. Mcconnell, DIR. Sizer
Brown, and others added their approx
ing voices to the noble enterprise
which we come together to celebrate
and the ladies manifested their pleas
ure by encouraging words and approx
ing smiles.
At more convenient season W.
will describe the works and their ca
pacity for dispatching business.
Since writing the above, we learn o
another observance of the day in a pic
mic of several hundred ladies and gen
tlemen on the place of Captain Jame
Horton, six miles west of town, wher'
everything went of in manner worth.
of the day which gave liberty t.
America.
In conclusion, we would remind oul
friends of Mesquite that we never heart
of their intended barbecue nor of thei
invitation to us to be present till II
o'clock A. NJ. on the day. Next tim
they must advertise their intentions
and give their friends notice. We (tha
is, the writer would have been happy
to have been one of the pleasant as
sembly.