San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1889-07-11
Chautauqua Notes.


lecture OF DR.. Denton on the progress q
reform In the treatment Of the insane. w
were pleased to see goodly number of GU
people present, which was tribute fairl,
duo TO former worthy citizen of this place
After paying one Of the abandonment tribute
to Ban Marcos and her people she has ere
received, tho Doctor proceeded with hi
subject. II most important and inter
esting one, and to which no has given spe.
cial attention. II was full of facts ant
suggestions Of interest," which We regre
our space will not permit us to give ever
In outline. Ho referred to the horrors sur
fered by some Of the insane In Texas who
are confined In Jails and poor houses, and
instanced one oase Of the sort in this coun.
~. He expressed his qualification at the
enactment Of the law for another asylum
In tho west as q prevention of such out.
RACES. He closed with few pertinent and
appropriate words Of vindication Of his
stewardship as superintendent of the asy.
lum at Austin. His course then and since
has demonstrated that no is thoroughly
imbued with the spirit Of progress and 70.
form In the interest Of humanity.
The next most notable day was the lth.
For the first time in our sixteen years In
Texas our ears were greeted with the Ma.
tional Hymn, America" Better yet, II
was actually encored. There was q large
attendance. Mr.. DuBose made q happy
patriotic talk. Miss Hardy attracted the
pleased attention Of the audience BY reel.
tation.
But the feature Of the day ives the pres
ence Of Mrs. Mollie E. Moore Davis, and
her reading Of an original poem on Texas.
Her early association with this place, and
her poem ITO the River San Marcos"
long ago endeared her to our people, many
OF whom remembered her personally and
hastened to remind her Of the fact She Is
lady Of middle age, rather tall and slender,
Of attractive appearance and unaffected
manners. Her poem is Withheld from the
newspapers for the present for revision.
She made very short stay, promising to
.'oome agsin." :
The rain having set In again nothing Of
marked interest occurred, so we skip over
till Sunday. At the morning service Rev.
Mr.. Dean, baptist, preached one of the
best sermons we have heard for long time.
From the orthodox standpoint it was logi-
col and forciblo.
Alamo day, Monday, was, as had been
the great day Of the session.
There was considerable delegation from
San Antonio, and visitors from Lockhart,
Austin. etc. The San Antonio Alamo AS
ISOLATION was conspicuously represented by
Zen. Bee, Sam Maverick, the liberal man
If money and and others. Mr.. DuBose,
n few happy remarks. turned over the
pavilion to them for the occasion. Hon. |
seth Shepard, of Dallas, then made the
peech Of the day, carefully prepared
7ritten address, repeating the story Of the
llamo. There were about 1000 people on
he grounds-the largest number ever
ssembled there. The night services were
receded by fireworks, and there was an
Their very large crowd.
Hon. L. w. Moore spoke on Tuesday
light, but owing to the bad weather the
udience was not so large as was to have
con desired.
Yesterday was W. @. 7. U. day. Owing
bad weather the attendance was not
rye. We were unable to account for the
,senoe of Mrs. Briggs, Mrs. Code and
her leading spirits. Mrs. Fry, Of San
ntonio. improved the occasion In an earn
t address, in which she boldly and ably
lvocated the cause of woman suffrage as
sential to the suppression of the saloons.
he told great deal of truth, and we could
u but honor her for the manifestation of
at rare trait in man or woman-the cour-
70 to declare her convictions.