The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-11-03
DaIias-The Capital Of North Texas
DALLAS, October 26, 1877.
To the Editors Houston Telegram:

To the Editors Houston Telegram:
Dallas, as compared with any other
city have visited this year, is stirring.
lively place indeed / doubt If there il
another city 10 the south or west of is
size, that shows as much hustle upon its
streets Twenty years ago, when towns
and cities were not developed as they
have been since, this was still the seat
of strong political aud social influence.
The men of Dallas of that day were
men of character and worth Some of
them, as General Good, Colonel Mccoy,
Governor Crockett, still survive while
others have passed away. Among the
latter, few old citizens will fail to re-
member Judge J. W Latimer. familiar
" known as WEEK" Latimer all over
the state, the founder of the DALI As
HERALD, and the friend Of every true
man he came across. +" WEEK used
sometimes in those days to visit Hous-
ton He enjoyed his visits a good deal. |
but after two or three days he once
came to me and said he must go out Of |
town. lie wanted TO know the nearest |
way to the woods. Said be: 81 am
tired or this want to get out in the |
woods where / can yeil~ D.sllas was |
then quieter than it is now, and Hous- /
ton was somewhat more lively than |
now The same feeling came over Inc |
in the crowd and hustle of to-day. 1t /
is more than am used TO- The north |
Texas fair is in full blast, and stranger |
might suppose the activity is due to |
that, but citIz, MS assert that the streets 1
to-day are fair sample of what they |
are during the busy seesou
A visit to the fair has OF course been /
in order. The display is III some re-
spects superior to the state fair at Hous
ton. This has especially been the case |
in agricultural machinery, The plows |
and grain drills. the cultivators, the |
harvesting machinery, are all here in
full force, and show to what wonder,
full extent farm work has been simpli.
fed by their combinations and com
plexities. With this machinery the |
farmer sits upon his sulky seat and |
plows, harrows and sows the seed |
When the grain lie ripe he drives out
another machine that reaps, gathers |
and binds into bundles the grain al |
most as fast as a horse can trot. The |
wagon is loaded by machine, it is |
driven to the thresher, and from that |
on there is no work but the machine |
does it.
The finest display at the fair is that |
Of Mr.. Whitaker, of Houston, in his |
shrubbery, etc. He has taken quite a |
number of premiums, and viii dispose
of all the stock he has brought up. |
Many citizens and strangers have COM |
inen,ed with praise upon his taste and |
enterprise in the display In -four
there has also been a good display, and |
the Houston Mills have again carried |
off the first premium, and fully estab- |
lished their reputation tor making the
best -four in Texas. Mr.. Shepherd and
Mr.. Bsst.an appear to understand sheir
business.
The snow of stock is quite meag.,f,
and this is surprise to me. In The
midst of what is pre-eminently the
farming country OF Texas, looked for
fine cows and great many Of them,
But If here, they are not on exhibition,
and either the people in this sect ION 1
have overlooked the most important
part OF their business. or they don't
think il worth while to show what they
are doing IL 10 possible that the bad
weather Of the past two weeks has in-
tertered with the moving OF the cattle
from the farms to the fair grounds
There are some good horses. but most
oftbem are racing studs from distance
l saw no good roads.ers, nor farm horses
that could walk in farm work their four
miles an hour.
The best feature of the fair to me vas
the thousands Of the best looking peo-
pie. in face and physique, | have ever
seen assembled in rexas Governor
Hubbard has been here to day and eiv>
en- the people one of his stirring, splen-
did speeches. His popularity here SCENE
to be great He has certainly as gey-
error grown in the estimation Of the
public with every days discharge Of the
duties OF the Office, and | have heard
many speak OF him as the best Cove rnor
Texas has ever had
don't feel like disputinE it, though
II Governor Pease had in 1886 the sup
port of the federal government that
now seems to be extended to Governor
Hubbard. don't think the present
Mexican complication would have oeen
left 10 occur.
But this is mol Dallas. There IS in
the business OF this city still a good
deal of the froth and unreaiiiy that
pertains to rapid growth. Some OF i,
has gone TO Fort Worth, more will 60
to Weatherford. But when il is gone
think see substantial founds tons
hero for great city. and the seat Of
the commercial capital OF nosthe
Texas II 10 centrally located. IL has
genuine enterprise. IL has prestige.
II has capital, and there ia no reason