The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-05-05

before you blessed garden OF the Lord witt
Nil liz grandeur, wealth and beauty one nj
more than half century known, b,
name among the civilized people of tn
world, and to-day already true May
month in the geography Of these United
States-large enough to place into one o
ita corners all Germany, rich enough to sup
ply the world with is precious products, big
hearted and liberal enough 10 bestoV
upon all its present and future inhabitants
comfortable home. am proud of il. tC
be able to say that my German copatrots
who prove everywhere such excellent pioneer
in national Developments, in ststecrafl, II
agriculture, in erecting churches, academic;
and school-bouses, in the pursuit of com
MERGE aud the ars, were also the brilllan
factors in the past and present history o
Texas, and that as far MS their influence i
concerned our future is safe in their hands
Ii it does not exhaust your patenc., let mt
read 10 you an extract from tue Chicago
Tribune. and you will learn what the people
| think of vs. in the far West:
"Whlr travelling in Texas soon W. came
to villages Of unmistakable Teutpnir nnln-..
such rs Weimar. Scbulenburg Weoller etc
and the German names on the signs of shop
| in towns Of Mexican or American cognomer
show that we are passing through
A sTRING or GERMAN COLONIES,
From the Braz,s river to San Antonio, {
distance Of perhaps $50 miles German
! farmers and villagers are strung along the
road. The superior tillage of the land, the
variety OF crops, the quantity Of fruit-trees
the number ef horses, cattle and sheep, the
general thrift and prosperity, attest the pres
! ence of Teutonic us distinguished from q
Southern population. These people are not
clad either in butternut or gray. They ride
more on wagons and SIS on mules than the
natives to the manor born They pillow
deeper and manure better. They have
barns for their crops. They are more given
10 grain, grass and root crops than to cotton,
and to short-horn than TO long cattle
Thci" farms are enclosed with good fences
much of it the barbed wire strung on
posts. They cut more wheat and less corn
bread than the natives; more fruit and vege-
bles and less smoked bacon and ierked beef
They ask about four tim MS much for Their
improved farms rs the natives do for their
WORKOUT cotton plantations. They have
built school-housrs, and send their children
To them. and are not afraid to tax the rich to
educate the children of the poor, and in this
respect they differ widely from their native
neighbors. Foaming beer is their popular
beverage, while the drink imbbed by the ma
tves is highwincs made by moonshine-it
possible; but am glad to learn that
MALT Is GRADUALLY BENZ SUBSTITUTED
FOR ALCOHOL
by the population, II is said there i. now
one-third less whisky consumed per capita
than half n dozen wears agr, while the de-
mand for beer mas immensely increased.
This fortunate change of beverage is ascribe |
to the beer trains from Milwaukee and St.
Louis, which carry down tens of thousands
Of barrels Of the best of beverage, kept cool
with ice, md which Is served fresh and cool
to the public Of Texas, trayersed by railroads
A whole freight train loaded with the beers
of those cities is consumed in Texas, and re-
tailed Mt a mic ell glass in all parts of the
Lone Star State. All this part of Texas
Is largely populated with Germans,
Temperance, frugaIity, domestic felicity,
concord, industry and enjoyment of limo
cent pleasures in the scenes of nature--those
are the true characteristics of the Teu.onic
race. With this blends happily the passion
ate love for poetry, song and music, verify
ing the words of the ballad
"Where neolle sing, there you may safely
dwell
Rogues cannot on tune from the other tell"
Ard now finally few words concerning
this assembly, our German, American friends
and their dear guests from all abroad
Blessed be your coming and blessed be your
going Here | am, surrounded by all
classes of society. Rich and poor, high and
low, all have come to celebrate these DAYS.
Here are the representatives of all political
parties, blended AS never before in most har.
monizing union. Here YOU behold the sub.
lime drama of the most complete tolerance
Of all religious opinions. jew and Gentle
Catholic and Reformers, believers and unbe-
levers, all are decked in the toga of human
ity. Here is not cavil, contention and anath-
ema. We all stand here upon the broad
basis of freedom, equality and brotherly love.
In my mind, with the fullest,
warmest heart. do |, representative and
teacher of Judaism, reach to YOU all, without
consideration of clan, class or creed, my
hands to the great covenant which is indeed
the true, ideaistic meaning of this our MAY
Fest; Moral men associated with moral men
10 breathe in God free ma
ture the breath Of liberty-awav from
the turmoil Of business. cares, anxieties and
all the i'll, that humsn flesh is heir to-away
from all our petty, snive'ing prciudices aud
social distinctions away from the oppres-
sive walls and boards of house and church
here under the blue canopy Of heaven. ind r
the old German-oved oaks of this
grove, t. ce citrate in this Coos first
temple, mah's most tervent devotion.
Thanks to our noble song society, Froshinn ;
thanks to our benevolent brave Swiss broth
ers of the "Grutli." thanks to the noble
descendants OF Father john" to the Tur-
ncrs-these three pillars of Germany in Dal
las who have by their efforts ard exertinus
gathered all their masses for their HOLIDAYS
successful and satisfactory in all their ap-
pointments to the authorities and to the brave
soldiers, tiremen and all the associations that
participate so generously with us. and pray
give me leave to include your humble speaker
in that category. Thanks to you all fair
ladies, good men and Joyous children, that
you all are here this day to do honor to the
memory of our old, dear loved fatherland.
Thanks to you indeed for the
patience and forbearance with which YOU
have listened to my effort to express to you
my thoughts and feelings.
Like unto the free men Of the free Swift
zerland-our brothers-when they, centuries
ago, stood upon the promontorv, the Rut
and, with their arms and eyes raised on high
made their world-renowed oath, So will
here at this day. and at this solemn moment,
the central point of our great feast, swear
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