The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-03-20

which YOU, on nttlllN Ilt wv Wv Wv
pot were, aud which wns then nj u
loss to account for, was nothing
more or less than savage delight III
the mlscries you knew | was so lnno-
Gently bringing on my devoted hean
/ by going ON II trip on the Texas and
Pacific .ilr"0d, !f IL il rs good ~ any
of the other roads. We'll, met NJ the
depot my frie I'd, our fellow townsmah
that prominent merchant, Mr.. W. j.
Clark, who was delighted ut having II
holiday which Is with him so rare II
luxury. He was with his little son, OF
some seven summers, en- route lor u
visit to Jefferson aud his parents near
there, where he proposes remaining II
few days, on we went at the pace of
fifteen miles per hour, less stOppages,
passing Mesquite, spelling various
and immateriall, Forney and Clark,
high rolling, beautiful, prairieS, to
Lawrence that town of magnificent
distances from any other point, or
wood or water,) and with its magn:li-
cent public square, elegant private
residences and public institutions, in
the midst of II denSely settled farm
ing country, all fenced in with
neat white fences and wagon
gates of most artistic design as to arch
itecture, aud the greatest show of solid
comfort and plenty rs to all their sur
roundings.
. What pity almost all this is rs yet,
let me say, on paper, i. e., the prospect
us of that grandloquent land compa-
ny, which is yet to build the southwes-
tern metropolis. But ii is getting
few houses aud Rome itself was start
ed with single underground house.
Well, over very good road-bed we
still flew lat the rate of ten miles per
hour onward behind the steam Titan,
who relentlessly beat Il little lamb,
which gave us chase, aflera hot!y con-
tested race of some half mile, to the
town of Terrell. This does really de-
serve the name of II town, AZ it has
some twenty business houses, among
them some which would compare well
with any interior town. Among these
! will name the principa! ones which
struck my eye and on which found the
names of some painted, and by inquiry
discovered who the occupants of some
others were, of course, forgetting the
names Of some of the least familiar to
my ear. | will note the three brick
stores of Webb, Jones and Edwards
and Waters, all connected and
quite business like in appearance,
and further on the nice frame building
of Colonel j. S. Griffith, whose large
glass doors and neat front lends quite
u "tony" appearance to that side OF
the town, and, with one or two others,
comprise most of the buildings on the
south side OF the railroad. Turning
my ear towards the north, whence Is
sued certain sounds suggestive OF the
summons of "auld lang syne" to my
vesper meal, shuddered and drew
back, having before me the sudden
horrible picture Of my noble self in the
grippe of the tavern demon, in which l
thought he was forcing, with AN eight
horse power engine, down my throat
what he would have denOminated-
oh! horrible -"beefsteak."
This sudden vivid apparitinn
made me recoil with such force
that must have materially reminded
some one in rear of me, III some very
unpleasant way, for he shouted both
loud and deep, -- well, what, is
not in the catechism, unless put there
since | was carried to Sunday school
in two horse wagon, tied with raw
hide thongs, when boy. should
certainly have gone back into my Pull
man palace berth had not just then
cuught sight of the sign of my old-time
friends, Hawkins 4 Self general mer-
chants, just beyond the hotel, and start
ing there and seeing the crowd going
into their meals, forgot my terrors,
and after my friend Abs cordially
greeting me in friendly way and Civ
ing me few items, | concluded
to 90 to supper. thinking | could
avoid the pitfalls of such un-
wholesome dishes. But, oh
vain confidence in myself. it cost me
an absolutely slecpless night, as Was
tempted hy some eggs, SO nice ana
rich looking in contrast with the beef
steak, which an irreverent railroad
man remarked, should have been
ground to order before eaten, and he
should after that, carry with him con-
s.antly pocket sausage machine FOR
the purpose, that l did partake and
added cup of not bad coffee, all dis
pensed 10y the hands of the good
landlady" and her comely curly headed
daughter, and hence my fate. But the
steamer La Belle j. of. to-day for New
Orleans and | make for her and will
give you line as TO Shreveport, in my
next. w.
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There IL but one Charlotte Cush-
man, and soon there will lie none. AS
IL. n..I