The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-04-17
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hoberly Mo- Headlight thus dIsoours-
~ Of DaIlaAj ~
Wialiing 10 correct some OF the erro-
neOus IDEAS the good folks Of MOberly
entertain In regard 10 Texas, ! viii
give you as briefly IN possible some few
Of the statistics OF Dallas, u beautiful
aud rapidly growing city, now, num-
berlng fifteen Thousand Inhabitants,
many oftbe older states being well
Represented here, great ana small,
some extensive wht lesale houses, one
foundry, several ilne holels conducted
In good style, two daily newspapers,
niue churches, one convent many be-
neyOlent societies aud orders. Then
we have -four, grlat and planning mills;
and last, but not least o handsome
stone court house. tttN tNMN
The one great desldoratum lacking,
In u good public school. We have quite
u numbe Of ordinary private schools,
but ! find there exists among Che
eoIthe y people prejudice against free
schools, which hope time will Grad
leale, There II truly lnore business
transacted here IN, one day than Ia
Moberly In Six months. IL Wasto me
a novel, M well ~ cheering sight, 10
see, last fall, the great stream of inoom-
Ing teams, loaded With huge bales OF
cotton, day after day, for several
months. The business thorough fares
were SO densely damned aud crowded
us 10 often require che services fpolIce
10 effect q crossing go.
Before leaving Moberly one Of my
friends expressed HIS fears that we
would not have good health here, rs
the climate OF Texas was considered
very deleterlOus. We have now been
living here almost twelve months, and,
with truth, aver that my family new
er enjoyed better health thansince we
came otbIs state. proportion TO
the population. the deaths. are not OF
more frequent occurrence mere than IN
any town orcltyin Missouri. "F y,
! Again, before j left my native soil u
friend remarked TO me, "Why, Mrs.
r., YOU realty do uot intend toltake
your daughters to SO wild and rough u
country as Texas ?n That last sugRes-
ton startled my sense of right aud du-
T more than did the first. However,
NY plans Tor migratlng were all per-
fected with no chance of recall Bat,
since my advent among the people
here, | have happily found that my
fears upon that point were fallacious.
There exists rs much culture, polish
and retinementin 'Dallns society as IN
any of the older states. / find In the
southern people much of that native
pride and hauteurof manner, yet,wlth-
al, they are kinda generous, Inter-
minglfng with the '"Iankees," freely
and friendly without an apparent feel
ing of discord or animosity. The peo.
Pile here do not seem to be in that per-
petual state Of political etlervesoence
us they are in the north.
In regard to the scorching hot sum.
mers which was the expressed cause
that debarred one of my Moberly
friends from coming TO Texas, find
the heat not any more oppressive than
In Missouri, for we are ever, blessed
with a gentle breeze, Willie the nights
and mornings are delightfully."- cool aud
invigorating. In fact, i suffered more
with the cold of the past winterthan
witt. the summers heat the majority
of the houses that are for rent not
being built with view to warmth and
comfort simply box houses, unplas-
tered, entirely too thin for northern
blood. The surrounding country Isl
grandly beautiful. Dallas Is envlroped
by groves of evergreen trees, which
are Tiled with the sweet songs of the
mockiug birdand various other bright
plumaged warblers, making the very
airresonant with enchanting music,
which cannot fail'to charm the sense
of the most stolid, yet there are some
restless, dissatisfied beings amongst us.
met an'eXtreme case,of this kind O
few days ago. | was visiting lady
who had a sick servant girl 7 said to
her "Florence, are you suffering z"
With a piteous moan she answered,
ooh yes, but l don't care if | do die SO
l can get out of Texas don't think,
though, gthattherea are many who would
prefer such an alternative.