The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-02-12
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bright MONIES OF anuehce ana TASTE,
BY elegance and culture graced,
Repla c the hu's and hove Is crude.
Used by the frontier hunters rude.
The frontier tragedy Of gore,
The border drama, is no more
But on the stage grand tragic plays
Sad stories tell of olden days,
And great shakespear.an kings and
queens,
Live DER again their famous scenes.
In temple to the muse of song.
Refinement, wealth and beauty throng,
10 hear the prina donna's thrills,
Her roulodes and Staccato Tills,
The chorus grand, the ballet bright,
All clad in sea-fJam mist and light!
The Lone star is not far behind,
In work OF science, art and mind;
And to It's bright, progressive press,
Its rapid march we proud confess.
Sweet Galveston, our Venice bright,
AccordS the Press welcome light,
Her gult-rimmed shores a peau ring,
And foam bells of glad welcome rlngi
And ms her azure, bllowN ,nrs
Are iuug upon her sandy 't.gS,
A glad voice comes from out ne bay
THE stately ships viii come one day,
From every port of Europe great,
Tnthe New York of the Empire state!
And peer of any port at sea,
our Galveston will one day bel!
The future of our glorious state,
The encil-pushcTs graceful skill,
Can all our mammoth prairieS til
With thriftN farms and thriving towns, b.
And all our streams with factories crown.
The magnet steel of progress turns,
To where the Prcss--lhe North star burns F.!
Our country's corner stone firm rests,
Upon mammoth printing press
And our country banner floating free,
Defiant ON the land and sea,
Has all its naughty orious stars.
Emblazoned on the COLUMN bars
OF paper-grand, colossal vast,
To freedoms winds eternal cast.
1T WAS SWEETNESS ITSELF.
Upon the conclusion of the poem,
which was received with much an.
plause, the Rev. g. w. Briggs, of the
Christian Advocate, Galveston, pre-
scented Miss Guillot with a very hand
some cake, on behalf of the ladies'
of Galveston, rs an appreciation
of her talents ard AS token of welcome
and gratitude. The presentation was
accepted on behalf of Miss Guillot bv
Mr.. Elgin, of Waco, in few well
chosen remarks.
THE oRATORY.
Judge Davis, of the Mount Vernon
Herald, the orator of the association,
was next Introduced, and delivered the
annual Grafton.
After the exercises, considerable dis
cussion followed upon the report of the
committee to suggest amendments to
the constitution.
The question of honorary member
ship seemed to be bone 4
contention, aud after lengthy bubble
over the subject, the entire report of the
committee was relegated TO the com
mittee, with instructions 20 report AT
the next annual meeting,
WILL THEY ENCURr?
The subject of the excursion to New
Orleans, was suggested by President
Hall, but action upon this was deferred
to-day. No arrangement has vet been
definitely effected, the difficulty beinI
with the Huntington system, as re
ported by Mr.. Hall.
ON THE BEECH AND AT THE BALL,
The meeting then adjourned at
o'clock and proceeded TO the beach
where the oyster roast aud chowde
was i'm waiting which was enioye,
| hugely. This was followed by gran,
pyrotecnic display in front of the Beacl
| hotel, after which the editors were re
called by Manager Felt with skatin
and music till 10 O'Clock
when the grand ball VIZ
inaugurated and kent up until lai
hour in the morning.
THE RECEPTION
rendered the association to-nigl
by Mr.. and Mrs. j. r. Wallis, at the
palatial residence, from to II o'clocl
was largely attended, aud was a princel
affair in every particular.