The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-07-25

him if he would bore the trunks
OF the trees through with an augur about \
foot from the ground, an before the sap be.
gan to rise in the spring, they would bear
He did SO, and we were rewarded that year,
and for many happy years atterward by
splendid crops OF most delicious pears, but
the apples did not do so well.
No doubt some Of my readers have noticed
the pecan trees growing on the same fair
grounds. My father and planted the pecans
in lS4S the nuts, not young trees-anc they
have been bearing about twelve years.. l
mention this as an encouragement to people
to plant these most beautiful shade trees in
their yards.
Last week party of US tried to explore
John Browns cave 1t is very narrow and
very crooked underground ditch as far as we
went My experience of caves has not been
very large, but it has been muddy and disa-
greeabe enough to make up. Everybody
tells me don't go far enough, which is very
likely.
The Democrats fondly hoped the "bloody
shirt" would have to be sent out to wash, but
we SEQ their hope was vain. The fact is, the
Radical party is like thu confederate soldier
who was found in bed in the daytime by his
comrade.
"Hello, Bill, you sick?'
"Sck mo"
"Well what err yer dom in bed this time
er day"
"Why, Pm havin my shirt washed"
"Havin' yer shirt washed Well, why
don't yer put on another ~
The man in the bed regarded his friend
with great disgust, and said:
ado you expect Teller to have thousand
shirts %
The Radicals have only one. 1t is tattered
and worn to shreds, but it is all they have,
and the present generation of Radical editors
and leaders don't know how to use any other
weapon. Let us hope for the good of man.
kind that they will swear out the frazzels'
this time.
What fine letter is that of Judge Jere
Black to Hancock, congratulatng the Dem
ocratic party and the country on his nomina-
ton Judge Black drinks at the swell
of English undefled," and it is
delicious in this age of superla-
tIves and slang, 10 read his strong, terse,
forcible sentences. l hope Hancock will
make him secretary of state. l admire him
next to Jefferson Davis, and just as much as
do Bayard, which must be great comfort
to them when they find it out.
Garfield doesn't alude to the charges
against him in his letter. Well, perhaps that
is about the best way to treat them, if he cant
answer them. They are not newspaper
charges, and cannot be regarded as campaign
lies, or even campaign reports, they have the
solemn sanction of Republican committee
of investigation. Republicans say, ''well,
whoever is elected, we will have o good man
for president which must be very comfort
ing. | only wish could feel sure
oft. But although Judge Black says Gar
field is a good man who gets into bad
scrapes." can't feel at all safe with presi.
dent whom l heard state positive falsehood
on the floor of the house.
Says an English exchange; "Americans,
when Bernhard visits your shores an actress
without parallel greets you" Bah when
Soldene comes lots of actresses without
apparePll greet u.s. Boston Post. Why is
this old joke renude p Sunday Capital.
All why indeed? 1t barely stands renewal.
Lam not consumed with admiration for Sec
Rotary Thompson, butt cannot withhold my
tribute ofgratitude to him tor refusing to
tear down the old gateway Of the navy-yard
built in lS20-to have new one erected
but has ordered the new entrance to be so
constructed as to preserve the old pillars in
tact. The architect had drawn entirely new
plans in florid modern style, but he will have
to make them all over to suit the older, and
in my opinion, grander style,
A. II. MoHL.