Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1890-01-21
Lcttcr From Texas.


correspondence Of tho REPUBLICAN,
GALVESTON, Texas, Jan. Is. 1T seems
iike dream that I have been home.
spent my holiday vacation and am back
again in the land of the sLone STAR
but there Is nothing dreamy or visionary
about 1t. lam here; arrived last SUNDAY
morning. There was nothing worthy Of
note on the trip. We had the usual
cargo OF passengers In the sleeper. The
man with ono lung going TO the Hot
cprings OF Arkansas TO renew hie fortune
OF health which he squandered SO reck-
lessly In youth. The lady who calls the
conductor TO ask how much the train is
iate and i he doesn't think there Is more
danger Of collision VIII n running behind
iime. Tie man who asks the conductor
nat Ia tho name Of that place where
change cara aud when suswered for
,he nth time says, ''If should get
af,cep nov don't forget to waken me, !"
aud the lady with two children that
want drink every iiiteea minutes
alternately. They wcro all on board
.hi9 time as usual aud provoked many
stnilc among the other passengers.
confess was feeling blue--a dark,
navy bue--when, on the morning Of
January sth, bid my wife and babies
goodbye, swallowed tho lump In nv
throat aud stepped on the 7.50 a. NJ. train
for Philadelphia, where | took the lilo
=. IN. train for this place, making the
trip bad connections---in
nbpn. % hours. made some genial ac-
qusintauces on the train, however, ard
the journey III all was rather 3 pleasant
one. but tonight, when / know thar
eighteon hundred miles OF railroad track
separet. me from my little ones and all ]
hold most dear, the feeling VI buoness
returrs-a sort OF baby blue this time
and wish for evening to flee away and
b. ia tue land of the dashipg Brandy
wine. But .lis sayors somewhat Of sen
timenf, and travelling man doesn't need
any continent In his business. No, none
lie needs nothing but grit, Rrog aud gall
Of the tirst, my stock In trade Is some-
what low at this time Of the year, though
have picked up considerable oil II In tile
past eighteen months. The secoud--well,
I've picked up considerable of that, too,
ia ths meantime. Ths last PANIED com-
modify, having had special rates quoted
me over the trunk lines, | am now pre-
pared to furnish In ca load lots at way
down ilgucs, with 2 per cent oil Tor
spot; don't wish to 'besr" the market,
but would like to unload. Tried to sell
u
people of Wilmington were all we'll Sup
Piled.
One who has never wandered out of
little Delaware, where you have that con
slant dread OF crowding your fellow
man or woman, as the ease may be, and
OF hearing some one yell, down 'front.'"
into the largest State In the Uuion--a
state that Is larger than the whole OF tho
German finpiIe-clnnot imsIine what
dou 't-eare.ish, wild sangy feeling tak,s o
posse sion OF you, you seem as 1t were to
be imbued with that characteristic rest
lessness peculiar to the native steer and
are seized with An indescribable longing
10 tess up your head. shake your horns,
stampede across the plains aud bawl,
tramplng down the beautiful cactus and
frightening sll the little innocent taran
tulas within mile OF you. But Ne
desistei out OF respect for the tarantu,a.
and vented our wildness on the veranda
OF the Hotel fremont, drinking In the
soft balmy air from the gul! and mcdi-
tating on the irrecoverable past, the gilt
tering hopefulness of the future and the
happy s,atus Of things in general.
This CITY is about the size of Whining
ton, as noar as | can Judge. 1t Is situ-
atei on an island between the Gulf OF
Mexico and Galveston Bay, Is the metro.
palls Of the State, contains some hand.
some buildings and 10 said to be the
greatest cotton market in the United
States.
II is lighted by electricity and Ia not
behind Ia anything that our northern
cities boast oil. There are about as many
colored people here as in Whining ton,
though the percentage Of mulsttoes ia
much greater, which argues badly for
a state that was ths incubator OF the
M Lis Bill and Is the vert ibe foster
mother OF democracy.
There are some beautiful octoroon
girls, whose com plexions are 20 daintily
touched with the hue OF night thit they
will rival In facial beauty, yes, or graes
OF form, any Of our Wilmington brun.
cites. II may be that | am preiniieed In
favor Of the ladies OF my own city CHOW
don't mention this to my wlte), hut
nearly all the pretty faces OF the South
seem wanting In expression, seem utterly
lacking In that dreamy loyellness OF eA.
preston born of purity and clasiencss
which is so suggestive of things angelic
and which the Wilmington girl has COW
cred hy letters patent. trade mark regis.
tered. Ask for pink wrapper and take
no other. Beware OF limitations.
They don't have as much respect for
the Sabbath here as IN my own city. The
theatres are running on double tlme.
Many OF the stores are open. Bands OF
music promenade this streets. All the
Saloons are open, and when you want to
change the odor Of your breath you
don't have to 20 around to the back,
knock at the bottom OF the doar and
whistle through the keyhole as one does
In puritanical Wilmington. leave for
Fort Worth in w days. You will
probably hear from me again when get
there. j. II. NJ.
"You ont to-day, my friend, in this
cold winii ! thought you were eick in
he'd with n cold - He said noihit1y htit