The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-07-28

Inn Ia New Vorlt nt one dollnr per hun.
dred nounds NJ nre three hundred
miles nearer New York. and should
have ms cheap rnlps
The trndo ,vitlr us. pputlemeu. IA
many things nnd ESPECIALLY In western
produce. N nov almost exclusively
confined To your city We hope this
may continue and Increase. As 10
frelgbta, orr interests are Identical, aud
we should puard them we'll We ARE
dependent upon the railroads, but they
are equally dependent upon w, ana
the promotion of one II The promotion
of The other Returns III goods now
come back ~ the same channel
through when tho products OF our sou
90. Are You now prepared To say you
VIII complete with the east IN hand
Ing this cotton and lheie1y sell Texas
her goods? ! have confined my re-
marks entirely to Texas ana Dallas,
my own section. we hre accompanied
ny representatives rom shreveport
and Jefferson, the eastern outlets OF
Texas, ana between whom ana our
selves there II no petty rivalry Ihey
speak for their own cltics-we ARE CO.
workers In the same cause J commend
them to YOU and now III behalf OF the
entire delegation, ] thank you very
cordially for the very friendly greeting
we have received ut your hands.
Ourroceptlon was very llRtterlng, ana
the many courtcslcS extended usWill
long be remembered.
Alter dinner mt 3 O'Clock II line or
carriages Were waiting for rs Mt the
door, which we entered and were rap
idly driven Off for an afternoons drive.
THE DRIVE.
We were driven through Washing
ton avenue. Fourteenth street, Lucas
Place and out Grand avenue TO the fair
grounds. Here those of the party who
had never visited st. Louis were loud
in their praises of the beauty and com
pleteness of the grounds.
The fair grounds are composed of
about eighty acres, full of native trees,
and kcpL In beautiful state of cultiVn-
ton.
The grounds are filed with buildings
for different purposes, giving to each
department ample room, while the
an,phltheater il capnble of seating UNI
der cover Twenty-Five thousand people.
some idea may be formed of its size
from the fact that the circumference
of the inside ring Is one-third of n
mile.
From thence we drove n distance of
some three miles across the country 10
the celebrated Shaw's gardens. Lam
punpe fails To describe the beauty and
tastefulness of the scene that met our
ewes on entering the gates of the GAR
den. To see this alone has amply re-
paired us for our trip. Flowers of all
hues and colors and from every cline
greeted us on every side, while the
beautiful arrangement of the walks and
the perfect order and neatness obsery-
ohlc added interest TO The whole.
We were met by Mr.. Shaw himself
i, fine lookinU. we'll preserved old Eng
lish gentleman, who invited us into
the house to partake of some refresh
ments.
Mr.. Pike, Of Shreveport, proposed u
very neat and sentimental toast.
Mr. Shaw was evidently highly graft
fled and bowed his thanks.
After an hours delay three hours
would have been too short, had time
permittedD we We're driven through
Tower Grove park, II gift to the city
from Mr.. Shaw, and from thence to
Lafayette .park, beautiful shady re-
treat, where we met hundreds of la
dies and gentlemen, children and nur-
scs, all enjoying the cool mir and the
excellent music of II fine brass band.
1t was now getting late, and we were
compelled to hurry ofl--not before,
however aUiOuruiuU To Sphupilpr'S