The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-09-26
4 LETTER FROM PARIS.
AREruRN AFTER MANY YEARS
AWssaerfsi City--wsr Tines Recalled
General Aaxey-liis Honorable
Record - Soldier. ststesnsn
and Citizen, and What he
HAS Depe for Texas.

ton OF It's then inhsbitsnts. When /
reached there, the other day, it would
surprise 10 one TO know the astOnish-
mont felt and expte seed TO see into
what n splendid city the place had
grown. Then the public square was
surrounded by time-worD and dingy
wooden buildings. The north eide, n
row Of one stored brick .buildings,w was
pointed out aud spoken OF with pride,
- an evidence OF the growing inn
p0rtance Of tho town. The old frame
hotol, known IA the Francis house, on
Inc southeast corner, Was recon. mend
cd as one OF the most com mudous
and desirable hotels In North Texas.
The mail was brought to town in n
hack, when the roads we're dry, once
q day; when the roads were not dry
tho "oidest inhabitant" could not even
surmise when It. would come. well
remember tho difficulty had to get a
$O gold piece changed, among all the
houses doing business In The town,
gold and silver being the only money
IN use. At that time there were but
four or hive houses between PARIS ana
Honey Grove. Nearly the whole
county of Lamar was uuinclosod.
There was no Brookston, 40 town OF
Blossom Prairie-now large and
nourishiug towns-snd no railroad had
then been built. walked into Paris,
and with tho Ninth Texas infantry,
left 1t on foot. Therefore, 1t can
DO well understood my astonishment
at the change i founu In the city and
its surroundings. To those " no we're
thore, and daily saw the ohangs take
place, as one by one the great bilsix ess
houses, manufacturing establish
ments, work shops, palAtial residences
and banks wore built; who saw the
great road Como irom the Atlantic and
pass on to the far Pacific, Gopositng Ia
tts course, az it were, citira aud towns 8,
splendid farm houses and farms, and
psace ard plenty everywhere, the
change could not b. So apparent. Rlp
Van Wnkle, awaklng from his "a
years sleep, could not have been more
surprised than ! was 10 500 how RIP
IDLY our greal State Ia growing In pop
ulati0n and wealth.
The purpose of my visit to Paris,
however, WAS not to soc what changes
time had wrought in tho place, bat TO
beo my friend and old army COM
mander, General Msxey, and tnose
members of the Ninth Texas Infantry
shOuldered q musket nad marched
away 10 do battle for the country they
loved, than they--whOge names have
not yeb been called GU tho final muster
roll Of the great army thai Is passing
oven the river "tO rest under the shau q
OF ths tree" During the time | WAS
there was emily skls ts $50 three or
four OF tho three companies raised in
Lamar county that went to mako no
the complement Of the old regiment
lsnersl Maxey, Captain Gains, "Buckr
Moore and ID. Ridley, fam,larly
known In tho command AZ "Od Bob
Kidley.' They anu | have helped 10
bury many brave fellow that left
Paris the day after Christnas, 1861,
and Eel by tho wayside, or Ia battle, IN
tho long lighting march that
reached SUI through nearly ey-
Try one OF tho States OF tho South,
GENERAL MAXEY.
Wha'ever 1 may say about General
Aaxey, OF the great services no has
rendered ais town, county and State
since then, l will speak only OF that
which know, and shoHld / say sno
word that would be objectionable 10
MIN, u he happens to sec this, | hope
40 Will excuse one who has known
him so long and loved him 30 we'll. n
IL unpt cesssry to say one wn,d ~
these who have KNOWN him an lone
and well IN | have. but the gre.t hYdS
Of the people of his conntv snd sts,yy
have ~ wn to M lnhooJ. or cnma naro
OF late vears' and Cav.
erAl Maxey being so quiet aud uuon-
trusive IN socompishing his WORK.
that though the effect Is seen, hut lew
discern the worker, thereioro a. ia "a
this newer generation / snenk,
1t Ia unnecessary 10 refer IN hi.
efficiency as a soldier. or Tho high as
toem and confidence rs an of,,csr in
which Geueral Hsxey was held hv
every one, from thu president and of,i.
oers of the governInent and srn,m
down tn ough the subalterns 10 III
honest private in the rsnEa' tor hi.
galIantr, as an officer and enduranns
o. soldisr, Is well kpown To ali md
Is not now the question unoar cn,s;d.
Grafton aud l shall only r.ier to ina
work he has done, tho benetiis thai
have been received sby the pe,ple of
Texas since no has boen in th,ir ,.r.
vice In the senate of tho II nited stat.
THE FRONTIER pEpeNsrs
General Maxey on,tred unon The du.
r. i. we'll $500 Mp y, ~ yea.a agn, anu
Of Texsa. NJ ,hat ,ina Hne, ne.ll5n
condi ION ot our tro,, ;ao a htssr"ole
limo of tho Mo Crowd. ons que
der. theft. nrson' and .w Mur
known to tho calcndar hoIS oi.ino
niyal, Mexicana and indion.h u o@a
daily croasing into Ina $4,000 "nost
Uniysa Ststes ran,nrtno. a v, tho
ga ,., ul 'sptuiIuh uur women