The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-05-20
DENiSON DOING3.


Correspondence Of the Herald.
DENIsoN, May 10Th, lSS2,-Your cores
pondent paid flying visit, overland, to the
thrifty little city near the northern bound
airy OF Texas yesterday. On either side OF
the road between Sherman and DenisOn, as
far as the eve can reach can be seen the
yellow stubble of wheat fields, already har-
vested and liz the shock, or the waving
grain Just beginning to take on the golden
tint and rapidly ripening for the reapes,
Corn locks splendid, and from present APP
pearances will produce an immense crop.
Cotton is rather backward, owing
to the continued GOODNESS that has been
waited to us from up north, many fields
have been replanted.
During the afternoon enjoyed pleasant
spin through the mammoth orchard OF Ed.
Perry, esq, adjoining the city limits on the
east, ieasting my eyes on the thousands of
peach trees whose limbs are bending to the
ground with the very choicest early fruit,
on which the blush of juicy rpeness is
already beginning to appear. Only few
days more and the picking boxing and
shipping will begin, and very large army
OF men will move about these heavily
ladened trees to gather luscious fruit for
the lastidious palate of the northern
epicure, who is able to fill his
"bread basket" with peaches at a nickel
apiece, and bless sunny Texas as he puts
down a dollar for one square meal OF the
delicious, blushing and juicy fruit There is
a ACKNOWLEDGMENT packing establishment
almost in the midst of his orchard, The
boxes are shipped by the carload from
Memphis in what is known rs the knock
down state, and are put together IN his
packing establishment by expert workmen.
The strawberry crop is nearly all gathered
nh
the vines. His vineyard is fairly loaded
down with fruit and great clusters
in the very thckest proIusion
seem to play bopeep with you as
the wind sways the heavy green foliage
back and forth. He will ship some of the
earliest of this fruit, but expects to make
about 1000 gallons of wine this year from
the remainder OF the crop did not have
time to visit the mammoth strawberry
patch of MeSsrs. Tone Il Bush--the largest,
undoubtedly, in the south southwest. or
west a perfect swarm of pickers is still to
be seen there every morning gathering the
luscious berry for Shipment but the pick
ing will last but u few days longer. OF
course it wouldn't do for every farmer to go
extensively into the strawberry raising bus
mess but, With clean profit of from
three to four hundred dollars per acre,
where does King GU Cotton come in, and
does not his crown look little shabby?
| was informed that II gentleman was
| figuring for site and lumber for the pur-
pose of starting an axe handle factory. |
couldn't find the gentleman to axe him in
regard TO it, so will simply chop on this
| item.
A vein oi'coal has recently been discover
ed at Martin Springs. neighborhood,
hNt short distance west of Deni-
son. A wagon load of the choppings
was used by blacksmith in tina,
ncighborhood, who pronounced 1t equal to
any stone coal he had ever used. Several
| specimens were brought to town and exam.
ined by competent critics, who are of opiu
| ion II will turn out valuable discovery
Mr.. Munson says the same vein OF coal Is
found at McAlister and Savanna, in the
!. b. |. 7. extending southwest and passing
under Red river not far west of Denison
that in his opinion it extends ms far south
west AS Laredo, aud probably into the guilt
Your correspondent is requested
by several citizens to refut'
the ialsehood which appearet
in Denison dispatch to the Globe.Demo
crat of recent date, stating that james
Massey had recently been arrested in tn,
territory. Massey was one of a posse wht
pursued and killed a desperate in the Il, |
L. about three years ago. Mr.. Massey Il
not under arrest as the Globe-Democra
has IL.
A number of Denison's philanthropi
and humane citizens are still with tn,
wounded at the McAliStcr mines.
There is talk of some important change
and improvements in the pretty McDouga
opera-house.
The Missouri Pacific has uniformed al
its passenger crews. Conductors have blue
suits with brass buttons, and baggage.mer
have blue suits with nickel buttons, Does
this difference signify that there must be q
contrast between the checks and the but
tons of the baggage men, or by giving then
the prettiest buttons, does II mean tina
they are the greatest "mashers?"
Peacefully Yours,
| JINEs