The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-05-29

''Thc Prayers Of the Wicked Etc.-
The Political 0uid Nuncs- a AomiIy
on the "Smurt AIecks'' of the Fort
IIaryestins-The city of Railroads
Thc Cattle TraiI-GcneraI Peers En-
dcayOrins 10 Secure an Interest in
! the"DemOcrnt.'
Special Correspondence of the Herald.l
FORT WORTH, May q, 1875.
The all absorbing desire of our peo-
pie Just now is "moisture.n The con-
vocation of our "devout men" for the
purpose of Offering up prayers for rain,
was most uncCremoniously broken up
by suggestion from DR.. Burts that,
in his opinion, il could not amount to
anything until after the moon chang
ed. His suggestion in this regard was,
no doubt, based upon his own personal
experience. Immediately after the
change of the lunar orb, offerings
will be made, and copious rains may
be expected.
Who are to compose the next DEM
ocratic presidential ticket, is a ques-
ton just now being thoroughly dis
cussed on the prominent corners ofour
town. These discussions frequently
fully brilliant ideas expressed and the
erudite conclusions arrived at, and im-
perceptibly lead us to an open avowal
of thanks to the God of the universe
that our lot in this world has teen so
favorably cast.
The expense of printing the biog-
raphies of the great men of this nation
in book form, for the use of the 'com-
mon millioAs," could all be dispensed
with if these "Solonsn could be in
duced to orally scatter to the people of
the nation the vast accumulations of
political knowledge with which they
are freighted. But, alas! they are too
selfish, and will only and very spar
ingly give us the benefit of their
special representations, the verifica-
ton of which will, they say, entirely
depond upon circumstances.
They tell us the nomination of
Tilden and Booth, or Allen
and Eaton, or Hoffman and
Throckmorton will not depend SO
much upon their localities or general
fitness for the position as upon the
number of votes they can control in
the convention. This latter idea re-
minds us very much of Lord Dundrea-
ry's conundrum-thats good.
On the whole, after taking in and di-
gesting the experiences of the past ten
years, coupled with the "Indian
fraudsr, the "revenue steals,n the "civ-
il servicen abortion, the "whisky ringn
and the "third termn idea as polite
al dose, savored with few whifis of
the moral atmosphere engendered by
the Tiiton-Beecher affair, and we find
ourseif wrought to the pitch where we
can truthfully eXclaim in the language
of the Tennessee poet "Sic transit
gloria mundi."
The wheat harvest is going on, the
weather warm (ninety-two degrees in
the shade), ice cooled drinks in de-
mand and business dull.
The Texas and Pacific road is not yet
in sight, and the Lord only knows
when it will be. All is peace and
quiet.
Up to this writing there have passed
this point, for northern markets, 49,
6G7 head of cattle this season, and still
they come.
There seems to be great rivalry eX-
isting between the proprietors of the
Commercial hotel on one side, and the
ns-Continental hotel and Fort
Worth Democrat on the other. They,
the latter, having been so vituperative
against the character of General Peers
as to arouse his anger, and now he
sues for ten thousand dollars damages.
The new and elegant stage coach,
'Dallas,u arrived this evening laden
with passengers. This is her first trip,
and she eclipses anything that we have
ever seen in the shape of stage.