The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-09-05
mRs. moHL's LETTER.
HAapna's Ferry. August 81 lSSo
correspondence of the Herald.

correspondence of the Herald.
,.rbe melancholy day s are come
The sadest of the year .,
Oh yes, know some OF my feaue,S W.,
exclaim, "But autumn is not melancno'y'
and will doubtless allude to the "gorgeou
Glory Of autumnar dyes" the sweet dreaming
Of the Indian summer, and the witching o
tbobarvest moon. Don't I know all about it
wonders But where is the glory of autumn
in these first cold, cloudy, dreary days?
Above me the sky is Of that leaden nut
which Charlotte Bronte loved so well to TN
ish of her weird pictures with, around me
fine drizzle is nsinuating itself into ever.
fibre of my body, penetrating the mysterious
habitat Of the soul, and filling my nerve
with dread of neuralgia. Now, some ladie
have had this abominable disease until they
seem quite fond of 1t and allude to 1t will
pride, as 10 an heirloom, but as have only
had It once have not yet learned to pet 1t
or TO take care Of myself. -,
And there is my pretty Shenandoah rllls OF
crystal water changed TO clayey red, ana IN
pleasant, merry song, into an angry war
Maryland Heights are capped with sombrt
Clouds and heavy grey mists creep up olo
Loudoun's shaggy sides;" hne zweiful, a.
the Germans say; thisis a"melencholy day.
The shrewdest and longest -headed hopper
of this day and generation has once more re-
turned to the Democratic party via the
Greenback route. / reler, of course, to Ben
Butler. whose public recantation took place
at old Fsneuil hall last week in powerful
speech of two hours length. Although l
cannot passively have any sympathy
or admiration for D. bntier'
l hail his departure from the hadi'
cal ranks as a favorable sign for The Democ-
racy. And he Is not the only rat who has
left the ship. Political trimmers are leaving
the Republican party continually on the ad-
mirable pretext Of voting for. the "union
soldier" Hancock, end while they are no
gain, in q moral point of view, to tho party
they attach themselves to, yet they are straws
that show which way the breeze of popularity
| 8 setting, and, as such, welcome u our ranks.
New York is to have grand Masonic dis.
play at the setting up Of old Thothmes'
obelisk in the new world. San Francisco
ought now to buy the Sphinx and
move it to the Golden Gate,
where it could ponder over the
riddle of human nature at
leisure.
A.C Buell. is disgruntled about some-
thing. suspect the national Democratic
committee differed with him as to the editor
ship of the Democratic org in Washing.
ton, and he is easily influenced by personal
arguments. l am sorry, for he is one Of the
very best writers in the country.
The Radicals OF old Jefferson county have
been greatly strengthened in their faith lately
" speeches from their various nominees
Judge Hoke addressed the faithful few last
Wednesday. Judge Hoke is candidate for
ongress in this district. He claims to be a
yirginian by birth, but he talks and looks
Ike western yankee. Harper's Ferry J.
.adical stronghold, yet their candle. y
,und it necessary, even here, to warn his
friends and fellow citizens" to stick to the
Id party" in quite pathetic style, which led
10 TO believe there were some rats hereabout
lso. /
Dare tell an anecdote about Pinafore
VI course know the penalty for even men.
ioning that much sung and much played
public favorite, but my story isa good one,
md the hero of it now lives in Dallas, though
40 did live in Houston at the time the thing
occurred.
A young lady related nearly to some dear
friends Of my youth was in Wash
ington last winter, and ! called
on her. Among other interesting
items she spoke of a correspondence with a
bow cousin in Houston. She said she left
Texas 90 young she had very little recollec-
ton of it, and, in common with many others,
had an idea that nothing ever reached Texas
until IL was forgotten elsewhere, except GRIM
inals. So in one Of her letters. she quoted
from Pinafore, and explained to her Texas
cousin what Pinafore was, adding, as a sort
of compliment to her cousin superior lnfor'
nation, "But perhaps you have heard Of Pin
afore." Now, this was when the Pfnafore fu
Tor was at its heighth in New York
In reply to her letter the Texas boy wrote
that he had heard of the opera, that 1t hat
been performed in Houston some time agt
and he believed it was still heard Of on tn,
stages Of little country towns in Texas, bu
1t had been 80 long since he heard it that h
had almost forgotten all about i'll The youn,
lady said she had never since presumed Texa
people behind New York In anything.
The recent Democratic ratification meetin,
and torchlight procession was giganti
success in every respect. hope the contras
between II and its Republican predecessor i
an augury Of success in November.
By the way have an item to add to whs
the Philadelphia Times calls "the campaig
idiots literature" Yesterday we had
terrific thunder storm and the lightning mad
all sorts Of fantastic scroll-work over GU
heads. A lady who is a Jealous admirer Q
Garfield was watching the lightning with tn
rest, and suddenly cried out; ooh there wa
aperfect e. that's sign Garfield will b
elected Garfield and glory" congratu
ated her but suggested 1t might mean aGar
field, GIT" Candor compels me to say | ga,
no III" written in characters Of ere In III
heavens, and yet believe Hancock will b
our next president.
Texas iastanding by her delegati On nobly-
Mills, Culberson, Upson; all have been e.
dorsed. / hope the others will be ais,
especially Colonel Wellborn, who richl
deserves II from his constituents. Trul
yours, A. II. MoHL.
Tanners "Performance" in Ne,
York city.