The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-12-16

the inertia or the milwaukee, Drew
had been made known at that early
day, II wAs evidently len Tor Adam
Kind, ut the Milwaukee beer depot, to
disseminate this agreeable informa'
ton.
The lumber trade Of Dallas, taking
into considerations The fact that the city
IL far distant from any forests Of mer'
charitable timber, IN enormous. There
are towns In the heart Of the lumber
regions Of Michigan which would re-
Joice over trade that hardly causes q
remark here. A launt among the shaw
Ing. makers .of East Dallas yesterday
afternoon, found them all up to their
eyes In business.
The Statesman appreciates the To-
cal columns of THE HERALD when II
declares It TO he eminently attrac-
tive" We are pleased to note the lead
Ing journal of II sister city taking such
an interest In us, and that our efforts
in locnllZing attract attention In dis
tant parts Of the State. Such agrees
Bile notices will certainly not tend to
relax our efforts in making our depart
ment Interesting, both at home and
abroad.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton said In her
lecture night before last, that Canova,
the great sculptor, had selected five
hundred of the most beautiful women
of Italy from which 10 choose n
model for his statue Of Venus, and
that not one among the whole five
hundred had decent set OF toes. The
lecturer further added that he might
have selected me HOUsdHd American
women, and then not have found one
single one with these appendages OF
decent formation, Quite II sarcastic
commentary on the women of the
present day.
-Godey's Lady's Book for January
has arrived, and Is unusually interest
ing. The frontpiece Is, "The Morn
ing Lesson" Is handsome engraving
and the colored picture Of " Autumn"
il alone worth the price of the book.
The colored fashion plate will be found
peculiarly attractive to the Indies.
The prospectus for the New Year ac-
companies this number and we see by
it that to every subscriber whether SIN
gle or In club, who pays in advance
for 1876 and RENTS direct to the Office,
n copy of the "The Morning Call" pa
beautiful chrome, will DO given.
Late last night while peacefully
engaged in our nightly avocation, we
were rudely startled, first by a disa'
greeable smell of birthstone, and sec.
ondly,by lhe mysterious appearance of
a little old fellow dressed in red tights
and covered with supernatural and
strange looking devices. He had on an
enormous pair of Texas spurs and il it
had not been for this, we would have
sworn that we had met the same queer
old party both in Memphis and New
Orleans, just before .W,rdi Gras
day. In fact, he was the old
and reliable messenger of .NOm-
as, Rec Cu1iir0h. He informed
us that his royal master being much
pleased with the growth, prosperity
and enterprise of the City Of Dallas,
had determined to honor us with
his august presence on Mardi
Gras day, and he desired through
the friendly columns of The HERALD
to warn the people of Dallas of Lis
coming, 50 that they could make prep
arations commensurate with the honor
conferred upon them. His "aucient
nibsn further informed us that already
one society existed in the city, organ
lied for the purpose of showing due re-
spect to his royal master on next lidl-
I'll eros day. The society is known
by the mystic letters, "W. \. b. and
although only organized but short
time have abundant assurance that
their celebration of Mdrtli Grds in this
city will be splendid success. The
sold seneschal" then babe us good
bye, and deliberately opened the stove
door and vanished from our sight up
the stove pipe.