The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-12-03
MoNpAF. sovEMnrn so. 1888.
THE DALLAS HI RALp'S FARE
WELL

respects, a sad sentence for us to writei
Il will DO ssdder ssntenco for many
20 read. Tho permanent dissolution
of pleasant associations is always IA
cause for SORROW, evsn with the yonngi
the severance of relationship from M
institution that ono has cared for N
adversely and In prosperity and
through long years Of chance and
changes, Is to th1so passing i'e's mo
ridian peculiarly cAuse for aeutest
feeling. Since 1910, through peafo-
times, civil war, and pesoo Hgaia,
this HERALD has been tl'e
most faithful reporter of the
births, marriages and deaths Of thou
sands OF these citizens, Of the kslaido'
soopic evonts, political, commercial,
social, domestic, criminal and othors,
that have transplred in oil thair varied
shapes for tho pms. 80 years. II drs'
came 10 Dallas as weekly weakling'
on little ox-cart from Paris, Lamar
county, with tho popular, nblo and
beloved MARK IiATIMER. In 1874, aittr
a quarter of = century OF honorable
existence, IL blossomed into a daily,
under that esteemed citizen, JOHN w.
SwrNDELLs. ThOso good and true
men have gone before, and tho crea'
ture Of their efforts has chsntad their
requiams. After scheckered career, IL
passed into the POSSESSION of these,
it's last proprietors, in 1879. And they,
nearly through this proyerbial seven
years of faithful devotion, uncessing
labor through the days and through
She nights, with heavy expenditures Of
moneys-its total annual earnings
carried 10 through tho grading and
grubbing period, by seli-sacsifioing
processes into the broad, rich field OF
such usefulness end hsrvests for thsse
citizens as the latter may see III to
estimate for 1t. That we have leit
undone much, very much that we
might have done, and done some
thinps we should not, let us frankly
and freely conoedc. But that
we have conscientiously and per-
sistently pursued q course thai had
it's animus, it's inspiring sentiment
ia ,hs deep-rooted love for Dallas, ana
oil this section OF the State, whose tru-
est welfare we diligently studied, let
M ask this generous public TO believe
even while we refer to the record.
What ii there were an occasional
crack or crevice ia the walls OF our
structure? WhaS If thare We're
few slight scratches on the glass that
protected the morning light? Or,
what II n little dust had settled on The
cornice? Yet, the lighthouse we
SOUGHT to tend never f1ickered In Us
flame nor flashed false signal to mis-
lead Dallasite or Texan.
This paper has witnessed the growth
of Dallas from few hundred souls to
isu present populousness and grandeur
and glory. While boyhood's blaci
beard was growing gray, it has seer
tho place transformed from htti'
wagon-yard headquarters into the in
portant railway center 1t now Is. From
the ephemeraI one-story, rough frame
honse, il has recounted with deiigh
tho progress toward its now substan
tial status with splendid investiture
of stone and brick and marble. From
an almost unknown village two DC
cades since, 1t has rejoiced in tn
echoes ffcm sounds that syllabled tn
fame OF this marvellous metropolis, a.
Alad din-Iko phenomenon.
In all those gathering glorles, those
pleasing, and to others prohsapit
transformations, The DALLAS HER
AID hasstruggled and striven throug
all the SEASONS. in stormy weathe
and smooth, to be as potent fecto
and contributor as it could, howeve
farin factit may have fallen short
itsexslbad aim.
Anti to further evince the 'e
atty of:ts proprietors, ard to e1ten
tbe fame and fortune of this ely an
section, they to-day enter INTO CON
bination and hearty cooperate
with tho newcomer in our midst
with it they trust their own ia'
under the conviction that harmon
OF feeling and the general effort In u
d,rsction named can the better DC 81
cured throughout this communi'
than by possible antagonisns TN
might snsus with two Testimonies
the field. And we now prefer the AZ
nsa, that the friends of the old BET
AID will come, like ourselves, wit
their good will aud aid to the ne
News. extending to 1T tho courtesit
and tho patronage in the past SO gene
a..r1r1jed Il, us,