The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-01-16
OUR CnROMO FOR OUR GALVESTON
ADVERTISERS. .l'
"The Wharf Rats Home, or The Tom
Cats Prey"

A dispatch from Mr.. Bierstadt, our
special artist, who has been engaged
for some time on a great historical
landscape entitled "The Wharf Rats
Home, or The Tom Cats Prey" says
it is now in the hands of Messrs. l..
Prang & Co., of Boston, who have pur-
chased the original for the purpose Of
supplying the enormous demand soon
to be created by US. Nothing but the
immense list of Galveston ADVERTISE
ments which will SOON appear, could
have tempted US to make the great out
lays the supplying OF each Galveston
advertiser with copy of this beautiful
work of art will entail.
So muniticent a special inducemen5
rs such chrome as "The Wharf Rats
Home, or The Tom Cats Prey" offers,
cannot but produce u revolution in Gal
weston among advertisers, and elevate
standard of taste.
'neir ry Galveston advertiser will re-
ceive copy of the chrome, ana in
case of pay meni in advance, IA lovely
black cat, warranted To howl all winter
OH top of the house aud make things
cheerful, will accompany the chrome,
post pnid None genuine unless brand :
ed with our trade mark No family
should be without these cats. The
medical faculty and the clergy en-
dorse them.
Our limited space will not permit of
our giving but a few of the many testi-
moniais as to the merits of our great
chrome. A few, however, will satisfy
the most exacting that "rhe Wharf
Rats Home, or Tie Tom Cats Prey"
is the grandest work of art ever offered
an enlightened and discriminating bu-
siness public.
From Richardson, Belo& co:
Your chrome fills Il void long felt.
Dave Richardson took one, and has
never smiled since. IT Is not dye.
The name blown in the cat proves
this"
From Strickland & Clarke: awe
planted the black cat, which accom-
panies THE HERALD chrome, and hung
that magnificent work Of art up In our
collectors office. Everybo now
pays promptly on the first Of the
month. We would not part with 1t for
| q thousand head of CATTLE"
From Mayor Hurley: "Next
to the wharf monopoly, this is the
work of the age"
From Lieutenant Governor Hub
bard "The Wharf Rats Home, or The
Tom Cats Prey" is in my opinion san
generis. The color of the cat is partic-
ularly life-like the hump of its back
suggests war. The Legislature will
doubtless make the necessary appro-
priation to purchase the original and
present it to the city of Galveston.
Send me fifty copies for distribution
among the bar"
From the President of the Cotton
Exchanges: "There is a simple marine
beauty about "The Wharf Rats Home,
or The Tom Cats Prey" which stamps
it as the most spirited and previous
picture of the day. The members eau
hardly restrain their tears when look.
ing upon it. There is weird some
thing about the expression Of the cats
eyes and tail which is very startling
From Charles Morgan, Esq: "Send
me one for each of my steamers. This
chrome reduces the wharf rates one
half, and saves Gaveston millions
Send me the cat which sat for the orig
inal in the chrome; want to present
it to the News "a testimonial Of my
appreciation Of Its efforts to throttle
monopoly and strrangle corruption
From Tom Ochiltree; "The delir
ium tremens look out of the cats ey,
is wonderfully beanteous ard true Il
nature. Methinks ] hear 1t squa,
now. have Sent my copy TO Gran
to see ifit win move him-p