The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-01-29
Ing TEXAS EXHIBITION.
US MAoNruDg AND VARIETY
Ia the worlds Industrial ana Cotton Cen
tenaiai Exposition Al Oniriai iic.
port from state Commis-
si0ner John .. IlllOtt,

sioner John " llllott'
Rev Orleans, Jan, 4, lsSi.-To Ills Excel
lcOoy John Ireland, Governor oi Texas
siI-The eighteenth legislature, which
convened last January, passed law
providing "lor tho appointment OF ono
commissioner TO the Worlds Industrial
and Cotton Centennial exposition aud
eleven assistant commissioners, ono
from each congressional district, aud
also twenty or more honorary commits
sioneTs." The law further provides that
"said commissioner should at once
enter upon the discharge of his duty,
which shall DO TO collect specimens OF
all the products OF the state, natural,
artificial, manufactured, agricultural
and mechanical, aud also 10 collect data
pertaining 10 tho several industries of
Texas, ANA To effect the best possible ar
rangemenis with railroad and other
transportation companies for the con-
veyanCe OF same TO said exposition and
back, and 10 arrange Tor ample
space and grounds Tor tho
Texas exhibit, and at the expir-
alton thereof TO have returned 10 tho
city of Austin all articles OF whatever
nature donated TO or purchased by the
state, and 10 make tull and detailed
report 10 the governor OF the services by
him periOrmcd,N
In conformity with these require
menis l now beg to submit my report
OF the work thus far done. Upon re-
ceipt OF my commission ON tho 9Th of
last Nav, ! entered vigorously tho field
with fixed resolve TO achieve success
for Texas II continuous effort in all the
"A 4 i
appreciated fully the paramount i'm
portanco OF the great, The unequallpd
opportunity To our state in her exhibit
before the assembled world, and from
which She had becu soliciting capital
and immigration, while ] koeuly felt
the inadeuuacv OF the appropriation for
the due presentation OF our enormous
and attractive possession, resources
and possibilities. Other states had been
happy habitues at previous eXpositions
and would come with an accumulated
FUND cf offerings collected through tho
s4t bureaus, and with their lich eN.
perfumes, and assisted by individual OK.
HUlJrs while TeNa. had to start with not
ono 0I these advantages, her people
made TO feel Tor the first time the yaiuo
81 the rare advertisement, their anbi-
son aroused, their energies enlisted in
NUsi niEht seem to many as only re-
mule cr Indirect benefits. The time, too.
was iiiauspic!Ous, las the season has been
81 ms one of remarkable drouth with Its
attendant evil of distrossingly short
erolFi ihere was financial panic and
scr nsrcial depression prevailing that
discouraged whole communities; be-
vide, tho public mind was absorbed
with he great national and
a#.e politics and positions
81 issue. 1t was, therefore, no easy
matter tu excite thedesired interest and
Nus recure contributions for the expo
HbQn. Jndiscouraged, | labored day
aDf night IL all the cities and towns
That hma and transportation facilities
enuplcu me TO reach, and by addresses,
4otlefs, Crculars,etc. | concluded under
81 these circumstances that the organi-
Sciipn OF 1Sposition societies wasthe most
eNpodieul agency of obtaining required
results, and accordingly L urged the
piln which L can now say worked to
Euoh superior success.
ESPosITIoN SOCIETIES.
j. Jane last | appointed Mrs. C.. M,
Wlnhier, OF Corslcana, to the duty of or
fuhl4!uS ladies' associations, we'll
knowing it il most generally through
the zeal and patriotism of the fair sex
shat sil such enterprises are advanced
10 tho highest possible point, and pur-
posing, 100, that The world should be
made 70 observe, through their handi-
work, that TeXas, besides being nara
disc Of 3lenty for the poor man and the
fioh hsn, was at the same time the
home Of domestic comfort, skilled in
seliieeLce and educated elegance, How
pbiy Mrs. Winkler acted her role the
press bag frequently announced, and
the two mans work" on the Texas
space, now presided over by Mrs. Ter
rel and Mrs. Foster, of Houston, at
Iesis' while the wonder and admiration
~ our alsplay therein by citizens from
an the states and the old countries is
bhe highest encomium upon those Tex
2nWomen who have thus told to the
sohtlnonts that Texas OF to-day is the
Gusutpass ed abode of peace and pros
periiy, where is best recognized the law
ttbe Liberty of all, limited by the lib
cry Of each.
TaF rIMBER AND GRASS EXHIBIT.
Anxious Tor the more material pro-
auots display, / appointed DR.. j. F.
door, OF Houston, to collect the various
woods nd grasses of the state, and to
Rus end he has been indefatipable
4inoe 4ast July. ably aided by j. +.
Kegs, esq, OF Marshall. Under their
saperv sion, we now display some 12S
ysrietjc, of timber, which, so far as
oan leatn, is the largest bons-fide list
~ " e~AiDited by a state at any of these
sxposlI ons' AS consequence of this
axliibil, two wealthy capitalists-one
H0ln England and one from Michigan
wlll shortly visit the walnut region of
Washington and neighboring counties,
with the view of there establishing a |
11rnlt9fe factory. or grasses we have |
exceeding $50 varieties. To best |
display these, | ordered number of
hranes "a by Sc inches, protected by |
giasa fronts, wherein the same will be |
mounted and attractively hung on |
eight Greens 10 by II feet in size. can |
learn u no collection of grasses either |
here, at Atlanta, or at Philadelphia that |
5sgals this.
THE MINERAL ExpIB1T.
The rGineral exhibit is excellent. The |
graniGo (the peer of the New England |
vatiely In composition and in crushing |
aEenRth, and possessing in addition,
Aosnblende, making it, when polished,
suscephble ola handsomer appearance),
sands mes, limestones, and other build
snB etones are exhibited, both in the
Fouah md the dressed conditions. These
are fSainly from Burnet, San Saba
Texas sends us coal, gypsum,
soppsri lead, ETC., forwarded by Prof.
w. 4. umminss, of Dallas; while from
ID Pasp q magnificent display of the
more precic-is stones is made by Mr..
Jay y. lelley. From eastern Texas
We nave iron, kaolin, etc., although the
latter article from Robertson and Lime
:tone counties is particularly noticeable.
A lump OF kaolin from the last named
sounty has much interested a New Jer-
sey gentleman from that high Parnas.
s9s OF pottery, whose now fine porcelain
rivals the cele brated "Egg-shelln of the
Uhinese in delicacy and lightness, and
whose numerous factories make that
!sate'r capital the Staffordshire of
america. He states that if this kaolin
! equal IN purity to anything to be
IN, cuff