The Russellville Democrat., 1876-11-09

every station. These aad much {; to the convenience of their pat rons, as well as manifest en- terprise of the company. Why do we, on the Fort Smith road, suffer at our stations for want of thesef On the railroad of which I have just spoken, each station is the counterpart of every other, i. e. they are all alike. How very diff ferent on our road. They also have first rate section houses; tley too, are all alike. How much I like uniformity.
 TExARKANA,
 on the line, is last young town. Already the finest of resi- dences and business houses have been erected. How these speak for town asking for immigration thereto? Our people are Lot alive to sense of the importance of building good houses. Build for comfort and according to your purse, but do show some taste in
  your building. A house repre- sents several things, chief of which is, the extent of man s cash, his taste, and his sense of his family's convenience. There ought to be reformation in house building; 1 mean, reform the style.
 A hearty breackfast and change of cars and All aboard. for
 DALLAS, TEXAS.
 A few miles out We cross Sul- phur, tributary of Red River. This stream is decidedly Texan in appearance. It is here that one gets his first impression of aliigators. It is alligatorian in look; oh my, how snaky and sli- my chilly and shaky. TT is here  that everything, from a biped to milliped shakes with ague; and no wonder. But little change in the face of the country until we get on near Jefferson, a fine city at the head of the lake. Here we receive large numbers into our overcrowded coach, on their way to masquerade bal lat Marshall, which is fast young city of five thousand or more inhabitants.
 The next town of any note is Long View. From hence the va- rious railways take their course across this great State. Hereto fore we see the interminable pine forests. ones eyes grow weary. From hence we pass to Sabine river, over what seems to be sa, line lands, which are very poor, as every one knows. Between Little Rock and the Sabine is as peer q country as one ever sees, 1 recon. 1t IS now dark. Let me relate a joke that was perpetrated on an old Texan.
 Old T. (To inquisitive passen. ger,) Do you know that all who would be welded to Texas must get drink from the Sabineg'
 Inquisitive. "Yes, I have heard that the water has a peculiar eff 1 feet. Alter having swallowed a draught of it, if one has bridle, he wants horse immediately, so greatly do the waters arouse his stealing propensities-thcy put STEAL in himr'
 At , o'clock, a. m, four hours l late, we are in Dallas. I nrec hours for sleep, good breakfast at the San Jacinto, and we are out to do the city. Here is a l city of no mean pretensions. l visited the ilouring mills, several 1 in number. These mill structures are an ornament to the city. One especially, standing on the banks of the Trinity river, deserves at tention. The building is of hewn or dressed stone, from the quaries on the site, three stories high. l There are also, in the city, ma chine shops, wagon and blow fac tories. But your correspondent must be off to Waxahachie, thirty five miles distant. Itake a com l fortable seat in the hack, am driy | en over the magnificent iron bridge, through Trinity bottom the ''bottom" is not found Tn the | rainy season-out upon the eleva- ted plateau or prairie, of Western Texas. The first thlng that at tracts attention is the quantity of