The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-05-05
STATE PRESS REVIEW.

ing press association al Houston, ard the
Volk,fest that comes of at the same time:
On the llth and 18th insts. Houston will
have the honor of entertaining the state press
association of having the annual meeting of
the sheriffs Of the state, and at the same
time will be the scene of the most elaborate
Volksfest yet attempted in 1exas These
combined attractions will draw large crowd
lto the city from vi portions of the stste, and
the occasion. aside from its specific business
relations and the general good time" will
also afford valuable opportunities for the
transaction Of personal business Of every
description.
The Gresneville Independent greatly favors
cotton manufactures and wants the peopls
of Hunt county 10 establish one. 1t pro-
ceeds to argue the case in this wise:
Why should not our county establish a
cotton factory MS other counties are doing?
This county can siIori to take stock to the
amount Of 100000 and make hsudso'ro
dividend on tne investment. Two thous,
shares of $50 each, will raise that smouu
and we believe there are enough men
the county that can and will take tho nee -
sary stock if they are properly informed on
the subject. Say this county ships annually
10, 600 bales of cotton, and that it costs $40
per bale to ship to the factory, the cost of
shipping one crop would amount " $780,
600, enough to pay for the factory here,
s,ved on shipping one crop. Who would
get this pro6ti The men who make the
cotton by the sweat of their brow. Think
of each farmer who raises bale of cotton,
h. wing that increased in value $40 each
year. The stock can be raised, with little
effort. While there may not be two thous-
and men that will take $50 stock we believe
there can be enough men, If properly in
formed, that will take the necessary stock.
The Georgetown Record, at whose helm
the well-known Nat. Q. stands skillfully
guiding his bark over the tempestuous sea Of
journalism, is good paper, just as Nat. @.
is a good fellow with pleasant
word and cordial greeting for everyone
In its last issue Nat. Q. gives his readers
short sermon, pithily said and containing
moral, which cannot be said of all sermons.
Wo lave noticed however that when editors
moralize, and indite homilies of the nature
Of this one, it is always when they IRE on the
STOOL of some kind Of repentance. When
the hair pulls, the head feels swollen, and
the nerves tingle, and there is music in tho
tinkle of the ice against the brim of the
goblet filed with water, tho editor muses. and
with tho sacred poet says all is vanity, and
straightway he pens some bit Of pathos, some
tender elfusion that comes from his SOU.
The Record saysl
Tonight, as wesi. and ponder on life, we
hear the FACTORING Of the rain on the house;
on the outside Ill looks dark and gloomy, save
when broad lightnings flash darts athw4rt
the heavens and lights up tbs earth W tn
weird-like glare. 1t reminds US forcibly that
into each life some rain must fall" Sorrow
is common lot among mortals. We strive
! dig and delve, sicken aud die. Friends are
torn from us; poverty, sickness and sorrow
meet us at every step in life. And yet we
are not disposed TO complain and murmur,
and while we write thi article we are in
cozy, comfortable room, protected from
the weather, with no hunger gnawing at our
visls and good bed to rest our limbs on so
rs to prepare Us for the duties of to-mor.
row, while hundreds are shvering in the
cold, and will 20 to bed Ur huddle down in
some miserable corner supperless. Did you
ever think of these things, dear reader p?
Thousands and thousands have nc house, but
are wanderers on the face of the earth, with
cut friends or kindred to assist them. To-
night there are hundreds of innocent, starv-
ing children 10 all our crowded Cities Some
of them lying on beds of sickness, their little
limbs racked with pain, and their psle and
emaciated forms wasting..awsy day by day
for the proper food and nourishment. AT
but few know or imagine the suffering there
is in the world. When we arc disposed to
grumble nj the hardness of our lot, let III
think how much bet or off we are than many
others and DO contented and thankful. II
place of growing let US feel devoutly thank.
| full for the many blessings we enjoy.
0 The San Antonio Express referring to tht
o fact that lot of vermonters had arrived nj
> Austin for the purpose of making a contract
: Ipcssible to furnish Green Mountain ston,
n Tor the new state capitol, says:
s We do not consider the action of the Yer
o monters at all strange or peculiar, and would
rot even If they knew We had an abundance
OF the finest marble within the reach of tn
' State capitol. We have soil and climst
It that will produce all the cereals and fruit
f No have iron, and wood, and cotton, ant
wool, and hides-yet people come Thousands
- of mules and cell us breadstuGs, canned fruits
Is clothing, boots and shoes, all kinds OF ma
}. chinery aud farming implements, etc. Their
o would DO nothing surprising in tho Vernon
, querrymen getting contract. 1t 10 doubt
y hes because they are posted regarding Texa
IS hat they are here,
1t What the Express says Is rather rough O.
II Texas, but II Is every word true. A mario,
u minded, penny wise aud found foolist
d policy seems to obtain al over tho stat,
81 Tho people can Just rs well ~ not raise an
l. m nufscture everything they need. bu
% fr IN either lack Of energy or lack Of con
81 mvn sense they won't do it.
70 The Waco Examiner publishes Ion
d editorial on the Homestead law" but tn
x folio wing extract Is all Of II that ought eve
x to have been published:
rs So far as pertains to n homestead law, cor
IN sidered In the abstract, II Is mark Of civil
"a zsticn, standing 10 marked and purposefl
~ contradistinc,ion TO that old, cruel and mis-
y taken legislation, which permitted imprison
es mint for debt and otherwise put in th
"a hands Of the creditor bill to harrass, tol
tu-e and murder tho debtor. Not only 10
" homestead law civilization. but II 10 jus,ic,
n. mercy, gospel and wisdom, Equally 40 mr.