The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-11-30
sosDAs,lsovEMsER so. 1855.
THE DALLAS HERALp'S FARE
WELL.

cause for sorrow, even with the young;
the severance of relationship from an
institution that one has cared for in
adversIty and in prosperity and
through long years of chance and
changes, is to those passing life's me-
ridisn peculiarly cause for acutest
feeling. Since 1910, through peace
times, civil war, aad peace again,
this HERALD has been tho
most faithful reporter OF the
births, marriages. and deaths of thou
sands OF these citizens, Of tho kaleido'
scopic events, political, commercial,
social, domestic, criminal and others,
that have TRANSFERRED in all their varied
shapes for the past SO years. It first
came to Dallas us "A weekly weskling,
on little ox-csrt from Paris, Lamar
county, with the popular, able and
beloved MARK LATIMER. In 1874, after
q quarter OF o century of honorable
existence, 1t bloBsomed into daily,
under that esteemed citizen, JOHN W..
HwINDELLs. Those good and true
mon have gone before, AID the crea.
ture of their efforts has chantsd their
requiems. After checkered career, it
passed into the possession Of these,
Its last proprielors, 10 1870. And they,
nearly Through the proyerbial seven
years of faithful devotion, uDceasing
labor through the days and through
the nights. with heavy expenditures Of
moneys--its total annual earnings--
carried it through the grading and
grubbing period, by self-sacridcing
processes into tho broad, rich field Of
such usefulness and harveats for these
citizens ~ the latter may Beo fit to
estimate for 1t. That we have left
undone much, very much that We
might Shave done, and done some
things we should not, let us frankly
and freely concedo. But that
We have cousoientiously and per-
sisEantly pursued q course That had
its anlmue, It's inspiring sentiment
in the dsop-roDtad love for Dallas, and
all this section OF the State, Whose tru-
est welfare we diligently studied, lel
us ask this generous public to believe
even while we refer to the record.
What If there were an ocoasiona
crack or crevlce in the walls of GU,
structure? What II there were
few slight scratches on the glass tina
protected the morning light? Or
what II q little dust had settled on th
cornice? Yet, the lighthouse w
sought to tend never flickored IN i.
flame nor flashed false signal 10 mil
lead a Dallasite or g Texan.
This paper has witnessed the grow;
Of Dallas from few hundred souls I
its present populousness aud grandeu
and glory. While boyhood's blac
beard was growing gray, il has see
the place transformed from a lit
wagon-yard headquarters into the 10
portsnt railway center It now is. Fro
the ephemersl one-story, rough fran
house, II has recounted with delig
tho progress toward It's now substa
tial status with splendid investltur
OF stone and brick and marble. Fro
an almost unknown village two I
ca6es since, 1t has rejolced in {
echoes from sounds that syltabled 4
fame OF this marvellous metropolis,
Aladdin.likc phenom
In allthoae gathering glorles, tho
pleasing, and 10 others profiiab
transformations, THE DALLAS He
AID hasstrugslod and striven throu
all the ssasoas. In etormy wealth
and smooth, TO be AZ potent fac
and contributor IA 1t could, howe,
far in fact Il may have fallen short
its exalted aim.
And now, TO iurthor eviuce tho
atty OF Its proprietors, aud to exle
tho fame and fortune Of this city a
section, they to-day enter into CO
bination and hearty co-operai
with tho newcomer In our mid
With 1t they trust their own I
under tho conviction that u harmc
OF feeling and tho general effort in
direction named can the better DO
cured throughout this commun
than by possible antagonisms Il
might snsue with two Richmonds
tho fleld. And We now prefer tho
peal that the friends Of tho old III
AID will come, ike ourselves, "
shelr good will and aid 10 the II
Move. extending to II the courtes
ana tho patronage in the past 90 gen
ously accorded 70 ~.