The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-03-14
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Herald
SHREVEPORT, La, March IT. 1875,
The question arising IN my mind w
TO whether II were better TO bear the
continuous questioning Of quondnm
friends, and real friends also, M 20
whether had taken that much talked
Of trip 80 soon, or when II was to Inc
taken, If ut all, or TO awake 10 the fact
that Dallas, ~ well as England, eX-
peCtcd every man 10 do his duty, and
10 go and take II nj once, was finally
decided by my rushing on frantically
10 catch the $3.50 T.. NJ. Texas and Pacific
train of yesterday for Jefferson, Mem
phis or this point. ! only felt that my
course lay "anywherer anywhere out
orthe Dallasl world, rs II had become
suddenly unbcaroblc from an accumu-
lation of-ennui, we will call il for
want Of better name
Well, my dear major, | may he
wrong, but subsequent events led me
to conclude that your expression,
which you, on meeting me at the de-
pot were, and which was then Mt II
loss to account for, was nothing
more or less than II savage delight In
the miseries you knew / was so inno-
Gently bringing on my devoted head
10y going on u trip on the Texas and
Pacific railroad, Il it Is as good as any
Of the other roads, Well, met nv the
depot my ire d, our fellow townsman
that prominent merchant; Mr.. w. j.
Clark, who was delighted Mt having II
holiday which Is with him 80 rare n
luxury. lie was with his little son, Of
some seven summers, en- route for n
visit to Jefferson aud his parents near
there, where he proposes remaining n
few days. On we went at the pace Of
fifteen miles per hour, less stoppages,
passing Mesquite, spelling various
and immaterial, F0rney and Clark,
high rolling, beautiful, prairies, to
Lawrence, that town of magnificent
distances from any other point or
wood or water,) and with its magniii-
cent public square, elegant private
residences and public institutions, in
the midst of u densely settled farm
ing country, all fenced in with
neat white fences and wagon
gates of most artistic design AS to arch
itecture, and the greatest show OF solid
comfort and plenty as to all their sur
r0undings.
What pity almost all this is as yet,
let me say, on paper, l. e., the prospect
us of that grandiloquent land compa-
ny, which is yet to build the southwest
tern metropolis. But it is getting n
few houses and Rome itself was start
ell with n single underground house.
Well, over very good road-bed we
still flew TAT the rate of ten miles per
hour onward behind the steam Titan,
who relentlessly beat little lamb,
which gave us chase, after hotly con
tested race of some half mile, to the
town of Terrell This does really de-
serve the name of town, MS it has
some twenty business houses, among
them some which would compare well
with any interior town. Among these
viii name the principal ones which
struck my eye and on which found the
names of some painted, and by inquiry
discovered who the occupants ofsome
Others We're, 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 OH the nice frame building
OF Colonel J. s. Griffith, whose large
glass doors and neat front lends quite
"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
vcsper 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
Thought he was forcing, with an eight
morse power engine, down my throat
what he would have denOminaied-I
oh !horribleprofanation-"beefsteak.p
THIS sudden vivid apparitlnn
made me rccoil with such force
that | must have materially reminded
some one In rear of me, IN some very
unpleasant way, for he shouted both
loud and deep, - well. what. ia
not IN the eatechism, unless nut there
since was carried TO Sunday school
in two horse wagon, tied Will, raw
hide thongs, when a boy. | should
certainly have gone back into my PUN.
man palace berth had not Just then
cGughl sight vi thesign of my I'D time
friends Hawkins IL Self ,rpnpral MGR.