The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-01-23
OUR TEXAS LETTER.
A Trip Through the Northwestern Por-
tion of the state.

~ ~ 10 tANAA ~ 49,
%ferson, Marshall, Longyiew, Terrell
and MinneOla. The distance from Tex
arkana to Dallas Is near three hundred
miles, and the most miserable Rail
Road and the poorest accommodations
we have ever seen anywhere. The line
Of road is the great Texas and Pacific
that Is trying to gOuge the government
for a few billion dollars TO extend itself
further west. Had We a say-s0 In 1t,
that road would never get any help, for
ii Is a huge fraud and a grand swim
die. Arriving at Dallas on Sunday
morning VIC put up at the Windsor
Hotel, where they have more style and
less TO eat than any place in Dallas.
This didn't suit two mountain chaps
such as Turley and myself, consequent
ly We moved to the Lamar where they
had less style and more GRUB" After
resting a few minutes We concluded TO
see Dallas. The first fellow we struck
up with wa Jim Eblin late of Charles
lon. Jim is a capital fellow and Is
known as about the best Lawyer in
Dallas. lie has the largest practice and
the best reputation of any lawyer In
the city. On meeting lis lie at once or
dered out his carriage and took us over
the city and helped us look for Tennes-
seeans. We had pretty good luck in
finding the boys. The first were Bet
tcrton, Son d Co., late of Knoxville,
and who are in Dallas doing a
large wholesale Drug business. We
also met Mr.. j. w. Roberts of Sanford,
Chamberlain & Albers, Knoxville, who
was out in the interest of his house.
That firm has a large trade in Texas
and we are informed it is increasing
rapidly. Dallas is bound to be sooner
or later the Queen city Of Texas. 1t is
4 natural trade centre and is to Texas
AS Atlanta is to Georgia. 1t has all the
Rail Road connections it can desire.
There is the Texas Pacific bringing in
different connections such AZ Shreve-
port, st. Louis, while the Texas central
bring in all the connections from Den
ison to Houston. Then there is now
under construction the Dallas and
Wichita r. r., which is now within
2lo miles of Lewisville, and which will
be finished to Decatur at a not far dist
ant day. The Texas Pacific runs now
as far as TT. Worth, which by the way,
has caused Il small back set TO Dallas
until the road is finished AS far rs
Weatherford. One more word about
Dallas, and that is this: 1t is the live
lest town, the prettiest town, the mud
dist town, the fastest town, short of
New York. Everybody sings the
"Sweet By and BY" in Dallas. We
heard it on the train, on the hand Or
gans, on the pianos, in the Church and
in the Theatre. They have it on the
brain.
Leaving Dallas on Tuesday at . a. NJ.
we arrived in the young city Of Lewis
vile in time for a square meal at noon,
passing through As fine \ portion Of
Texas as we have seen yet. The land
from Dallas to the terminus Of the d.
& w. r. r., is of the black sticky Ia
turc and is said to be very rich. The
timber is very shrubby-trces grow
about half as high as in Tennessee.
But enough of that; shortly after ar
irving here we set out to hunt that jolly
soul Doc Ford, better known rs "Bud."
We found him at home attending to
family duties-suCh as nursing the
baby and cutting wood. Bud has done
we'll out here and is perfectly satisfied.
No physician stands higher in this sec
ton than he. The Doctor and his fam
lily are enjoying fine health and have
been ever since their departure from
Tennessee. am now at Ford's writ
irg this letter, but will leave in a few
hours to hunt the Cowan, Cobb, Col
vile and Norwood boys. viii then 90
to Wise county then to Cook if l have
good luck.
would advise Arthur'Traynor and
Greed Bates to come out here where
young lawyers have a chance. no
ticed u Judge, not older than TrSynor,
on the bench in Dallas.
BY the way, | saw the spot to day
where Bill Edwards split rails, and
where Jim Traynor, Ring McNeIly,
10 Hardwick and Ed Gregg dug gin
seng.
viii Turley left me at Dallas. lie
has gone up to Collin county and from
there he will leave for home. | think
William is getting homesick. Have
Woodruff Il Co., to give him a dose Of
Soothing Syrup. As for myself | am
like the fellow that was ordered out Of
the Hotel. 81 didn't come here and |
am not going away"
| had a pleasant dream last night.
| thought all delinquent subscribers
had paid up, but alas l awoke and
found it but 4 dream. W. ). r.
LIwIsvILLE, Jan. 10th, 70.
Tho Pivar and HorhO, I'LL 10 la M