The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-07-11

when her means attracted the attention OF
tho vessel rs it passed out of Galveston har-
Dor bound for Brazilian port.
This ignorance of the geography Of our
coast does not surprise me. In "Guyon's
Intermediate Geography" published by
Scribner, Armstrong x Co., in 1875, find
the following paragraph concerning Texas
"Texas raises more corn than any other OF
the south Atlantic or gulf states. Consider
able sugar is grown in the low lands, and
coffee indigo and tropical fruits are cultivs-
te dto some extent"
Not word is said about cotton in the en-
tire article on Texas The only fact worth
mentioning about San Antonio is that it
contains United States arsenal" Calves
ton is slightingly mentioned AS "the chief
seaport" and Houston. as ian important
railroad centre, and cotton, grain and
cattle market" Though where the
cotton Is grown we are not told.
Brownsville receives honorable mention.
Jefferson is called the "chief market of north.
east Texas, and at the very end of the list by
u sort of second thought, Austin ia alluded
to as the state capital. Dallas, poor little
Dallas, ia not worth mentioning in this ella
BILE school book.
West Virginia is connected with Maryland
and "Old Virginia" rs it is called here, by
mean, of two bridges. The bridge e4ding to
Maryland is the Gretna Green Of all this part
Of the country, being neutral ground. On
this bridge the destinies of many couples
have been decided By the law of Virginia q
marriage of minors is not valid
unless the parents of both
parties consent. Negro marriages
are all Illegal. Consequently all respectable
negroes contemplating marriage have the
ceremony performed on the bridge, while all
white people under age who want to marry
and YET don't desire to run away, quietly get
a license at Charlestown, engage sympa-
thizing parson or j. p, and go to the bridge
to be married. think it is necessary to pass
the toll house, however, to make marriage
legal. About two years ago a Lutheran
preacher Friday by name, was drowned in
the canal, by violence, it was supposed, after
performing one of these unique cerem MES.
| have hitherto failed to mention that
the picturesque ferryman, who used to
make such fine feature in the view
artisticalIy consi iered, from my windows
height" plies his vocation no more, but
prosaicaly sits at this end of bridge across
the Shenandoah, and takes toll. He is ms
picturesque AS ever himself, but his accesso-
rles are of the tamest. His lerry.boat is tied
up to the Virginia shore; the rope still
stretches across the turbulent waters, bu. the
right to all public crossings of the Shenan-
dosh river" long ago bestowed upon his
faithful retainer Harper" by Lord Fairfax, is
no longer confined to nthe ferry-boat The
bridge company pay the present descendant
OF the faithful retainer, royalty for the
privilege of building the bridge, and the
descendant keeps the toll house.
His descendants will no doubt
shun such clumsy things as bridges and
float lightly from height to height in mir
carriages, taking their masticated food in
small packages like prize candy boxes, ana
lunching on London hill in tootbless content.
The Hancock boom has received fresh
impetus from the election of Jewell to the
Republican executive committee. Gsrdeld's
first choice was Cameron, his second
was Foster, and his thru have forgotten,
but 1t was not Jewett. Accessions from the
Republican army corps continue to come
into the Hancock ranks. The Philadelphi,
Times has already made up Hancock's cab.
met of his fellow candidates for the nomina-
ton. a grand cabinet 1t is, too, only |
would like to see Texan in the place given
to Randall, Don't forget to put the ticket
over my column,
HANCOCK AND ENGLISH
Truly yours, A. II. MoHL.