The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-11-02
Daiias- The OapitaI Of Meth TexH-.
DALLAS, October %, 1877,
ro lhs EdIlors HOuslon TelegTam

10 tho Editors Houston Telegrami
Dallas, as compared with any other
city have visited this year astiwing
lively place indeed, ! doubt It there /,
another city in the south or west of il,
size, that shows as much hustle upon IL
streets Twenty years ago, when towns
and cities were not developed as they
have been since this was still the seat
of strong political aad social influence
The men of Dallas of that day were
men of character and worth, Some OF
them, Ms General Good, Colonel Mccoy
Governor Crockett, sti1l survive, while
others have passed away, Among the
latter, few old citizens will fail 10 re-
member Judge j W, Latimer, familiar
" known as WEEK Latimer all over
the state, the founder Of the DALLAS
HERALD, and the friend of every true
man he came across, WEEK used
sometimes in those days TO visit Hous,
ton, lie enjoyed his visits good deal,
but after two or three days he once
came TO me and said he must 80 out of
town. lie wanted TO know the nearest
way to the woods, Said he " | nm
tired or this. ! want TO get out in the
woods where | can yellW Dallas was
then quieter than il is now, and Hous~
ton was somewhat more lively than
now. The same feeling came over me
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 citizens assert that the streets
to-day are fair sample Of what they
are during the busy season,
A visit to the fair has OF course been
in order. The display is in some res
spects superior to the state fair at flous'
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 a wonders
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 is ripe he drives out
another machine that reaps, gathers
and binds into bundles the grain al
most as fast as horse can trot The
wagon is loaded by u 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 will dispose
of all the stock he has brought up,
Many citizens and strangers have CONS
mented with praise upon his taste and
enterprise in the display. In flour
there has also been good display, and
the Houston Mills have again carried
off the first premium, and fully estab-
lished their reputation for making the
best flour in Texas. Mr.. Shepherd and
Mr.. Bastian appear to understand their
business.
The show of stock is quite meager,
and this is a 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 section
have overlooked the most important
part of their business, or they don't
think it worth while to show what they
are doing. 1t is possible that the bad
weather of the past two weeks has in
tnNpnrnl ,,r;th khA ,,,nNyinn of tho nattla
from the farms to the fair grounds.
There are some good horses but most
of them are racing studs from distance.
! saw no good roadsters, nor farm horses
that could walk in farm work their four
miles an hour
The best feature of the fair to me was
the thousands of the best looking peo>
Pile, in face and physique, have ever
seen assembled in Texas. Governor
Hubbard has been here to-day and give
en- the people one of his stirring, splen-
did speeches. His popularity here seems
to be great He has certainly as gov
ernor 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 governor
Texas has ever had.
don't feel like disputing it, though
if Governor Pease had in 1886 the sup
port of the federal government that
now seems to be extended to Governor
Hubbard, l don't think the present
Mexican complication would have been
left to occur.
But this is not Dallas. There is in
the business of this city still good
deal of the froth and unreality that
pertains to rapid growth, Some of it
has gone to Fort Worth, more will go
to Weatherford. But when it is gone
/ think see substantial foundations
here for a great city, and the seat of
the commercial capital of northern.
Texas. 1t is centrally located 1t has
genuine enterprise. 1t has prestige.
1t has capital, and there is no reason
wlv it should not grow into proporN
30 at shall shame them of to-day
A. "a. ach as these do the little of TWEEN.
~ years ago. Yours,
CAPTAIN.