The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-06-20
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intho Journey " life wo have occo.
slonally met folks wlo tried to walk f.
Oh stills Nv order 10 appear taller Than
nature made thon-Othcra nrc content
with high.hccled boots aud bce-gnm
hats ~ n sufficient decOy.
Tho reccut lnlermarriogc between /
delegation from the great hull pen,
known ~ Kansas CITY, aud the people
down on Lnllttcs old stamping ground
now the Island city, reminds Us Ol
these stilt-loving people. with heads
erect, nostrils distcnded and "eyeS
right" they pascal intermediate local
tiles rs II they, the high contracting
parties resident respectively on sahd
bar in the gulf, and on the dividing
line between "Bleedlng Kansas" and
the old haunts ofthe "Border Ruillan")
carried all Texas, the Choctaws, Chick
asaws, Creeks, Semlnoles, Osages, Qua
paws, Kicllapoos ana Cherokees IN
their breeches pocket. They are stuck
up us much and strut about as grandly
as fop-eared youngster from the SAND
hills, when he sports his first cigar. II
is amusing to witness the self-satislied
complacency with which they strut
and spread under the weighty conVic-
ton that mighty issues rest upon their
shoulders. An inward illumination
whispers to them-"look wise! be
dignified! speak rs oracles! ana
thereby convince mankind that Kan
sas City and Galveston are the great
emporiums of the sea on the one side
and the mighty valley of the kaw,
where aforetime Jim Lane reigned as
second Rob Roy, on the other. DO
thusly and imigine all the intervening
and surrounding tribes will pay tribute
and render lege service to them as
self-appointed sovereigns. Hence the
pork-eating Kansasians pass along the
highways on their visit to the iisly
Galvestonians-(the people once SO
POLITICALLY described by three-legged
Willie)-without turning to the right
or left, but cockney-lille, assuming to
be deeply absorbed in the mental up
heayings of their internal reveries, as
to be unconscious of every other por-
ton of the Lords heritage. They step
as high and look as lofty as ever did
the eagle of the Blue Ridge, Collin de
Bland, when surcharged with tangle
foot. Nor Denison, nor Sherman, nor
Mckinney, nor Dallas, with its buck
horn corner and grand hotel behind
the market, nor any wayside sister, re-
ceived grunt from the porkassian
ambassadors of Kaw river. They were
after oysters in season when sold
salts" don't use them, but are willing
'land-lubbers" should. And now the
Islanders, the inhabitants of the mod
ern Venice, where every time you
sneeze on the dock, you pay five, ten,
twenty or thirty cents, the tariff de-
pending on whether you sneeze at
box of crackers, barrel Of flour, a pipe
of whiskey or bale of cotton-these
Islanders repay the visit. They de-
cline all intermediate association and
strike bee-line in search of pork and
trade. They don't go as Texas folk
by no means-but as Islanders bent OH
gathering tribute from vast domains.
Well, let them go. AS they betray
an evident desire to labor for their mu-
tual ACCOMPLISHMENT, without caring
for the eight hundred miles of inter-
rvening country, the occupants thereof
will intervene on their own account BY
fostering, strengthening and expand
D ing their already large and profitable
trade with Saint Louis and the cities
on the lakes. They have no special
interest in Kansas City, which has
grown saucy by shipping their cattle,
and between Saint Louis and New Or
leans they can live and prosper with
out sneezing for Galveston. They are
not mad, but only feel like taking the
starch out of the successors of Lafitte,
the pirate, and Jim Lane, the jay
hawker, that they may see themselves
as others see them. Moreover, they
intend to send full array of ambassa-
doris, representing the interest of the
country, and not couple of monopoly
towns, to the great cities of Saint Louis
and Chicago, there to commune with
men..of business on these things which
go to benefit the country. SaintLouis,
standing square in shoe leather, ignor-
Z ing stills, high heels and bee-gums,
with outstretched arms, says, "come!'
She never does ANYTHING stealthily or
by halves. Her hcart is big and warm,
and she likes Texas, not any one spot,
hill or dale, island or mainland, but all
of our broad limits. She is a great
burg, and "totes fair" and that's the
reason Texas likes her.
go. OF course our people and authorities
will take a jolly run there to squeeze
her hand and talk over matters of mu-
tual interest to all.
.a DALLAS, June II, 1874.