The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1878-05-11
CEDAR HILL PICNIC.
The Sunday school Children Have y
Nice Time of ft-A City Granger
Takes the stump for Lang and Re.
ceiSes the Cold shoulder.

eeiSes the Cold shoulder.
MANSFIELD. TExAs, May 18th, 1873.
To the Editor OF The Herald:
We had the pleasure of attending
the Sunday school pic>nic at Cedar Hill
last Saturday, the Ash instant At ten
clock the school, with uniurled BAN
uers and badges, headed by the May
Queen and cortege. came tripping Ter
the lawn, rank OF as bright, light,
hearted little pedestriues as ! ever saw.
Nor were all OF them small, many large
Cnes were in rank. making, | suppose,
about one hundred and fifty in ali.
The coronation ceremonies were beau.
itul an i well executed The speeches
and essays of the little folks were ex
ceilent. Then came the speakers, Rev
Messrs Andrews, Lerrelland Davis in
the order their names are mentioned.
Their speeches were interesting, as the
large audience testified by their att
tention.
At one O'Clock dinIst was called,
which Was the good time tor all Ii was
real pie-nlc dinner, spread plump on
the ground, the work being done by
their own hands. Every thing paiatable
and inviting to the appetite was spread
III great abundance 10Y all, of which,
alter the multitude had partaken,
many baskets full were taken up.
Every one present will agree with me
that the ladies of Cedar Hill know lust
how to get up good dinner,
After noon the audience was dis
missed by the marshal to spend the
time as they should see proper. The
usual amount of laughter, conversation,
lemonade, promenade and swinging
was INDUCED in by the young folks.
But the sturdy farmer would like
something that smacked of things more
substantial. So to please his class" a
long. slick, though not fat fellow
from Dallas consented to address them.
OF course his being there was all hap>
pen so, and he had no axe TO grind -
He was little sick and could not talk
long. he said. But before he was done
many thought he measured speech
rather by stature than health, and
would not care to sit and hear him
when he was we'll. His subject was the
grange, and his speech would have
made Diogenes believe be had found
his honest man, or Ponce de Leon be-
lieve he bad found his pure fountain of
perennial waters, which would again
resere and keep his life in perpetual
youth. ali found IN the grange. why,
sir, he said. the grange has opened up
the mouth of the Mississippi to the
commercial world. end brought your one
hundred and fifty to two hundred
dollar sewing machines down to
twenty dollars, yes, seventeen and a
halt The chamber of commerce had
always dictated to you the value of your
produce, and were nov looking for the
great eastern war, which would bring to
them the golden millennium. At
present they would give millions to stay
IL sixty days, bat then would give mil
lions to bring it on. This is their only
hope. But, brother grangers," he said
| "the facts are that the grange has caught
the bull by the horns, and they now lay
crouehipg at your feet, pleading for
! terms"
He then proceeded TO speak of the
governorship CAKE TO grind" The
first thing he struck was the lying. ras-
cally editors, who, for ten dollars. would
puff to the skies the veriest scoundrel
in all the land ALI but Major Downs
the sweet singer Of the Examiner" he
WAS 8 gentleman and q nice fellow. But
all other editors were rascaIs, which
seemed to me very much like the tail
trying to wag the dog
| But he wanted farmer for COVER
nor Thinking men said. why don'l
you want an honest, competent man
whether farmer, lawyer. doctor, or any
other class. man, and not try TO bal,
graugers with farmer"
I wish it understood that I am 8
granger, in principle, SO long as it de.
votes itself to the avowed principles a
published to the world. But when
they put candidate in tho field. if moi
syowedly as grange candidate, yet BY
| innusndo, calling him farmer"
disown and condemn any such proceed
ings When they do this they tacitly
proclaim to the world their ail.a6ce K
agrArianism, the very thing Master
Lang 10 strenuopsiy denied on th.
stamp al over the state last ysar.
youu truly.