Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-04-19


Alliance OF Kansas on the north with
the romantic yet peppery Quixote Of the
south Here the sad and solemn lubri-
Gator. yuigariy called the greaser. spends
has patrlmony on an 5-pound hat, and
with whas be has left hs buys a horse.
1 never tire Of looking at the deliuous
cLothes of a prosperous greaser. They
are wildly beautiful 20 one who loves,
"a do, ~ see hand 20 hand contst 10
a finish between strong colors.
On Sunday | attended divine worship
at the Mexican cathedral in San Antonio.
Is afforded me grand opportunity 20
look At the clothes OF the congregation
as We DO at home. also 10 study the
faces Of tho people as they came out
Religion DOES not seem 10 afford the
Mexican much JOY or comfort He
goes through IL, however, ~ one gets
his teeth repaired-1ot for tho delrrious
thrill OF JOY he finds lurking in the job
itsif. but as a precautionary measure
and ~ an evidence OF his powers Of en-
durance.
Tho ladies Of the congregation, it
seemed u me. showed BETTER taste in
pxUportion To their means than the gen
tiesnen. They dressed plsiuly and seemed
10 favor deep mourning wherever there
was al excuse for it. Some Of them,
judge. were mourning on very slight
pro~ocatiop-that is, IL they were mourn
ing tine loss OF such husbands rs | was
permitted 10 SEQ samples Of.
The men wore large hats, heavily en-
hrosl-re.i. and whatever else they could
get IN tho way of clothes. never saw
peuxls run Sd much 10 hats or seem so
indifferent 70 outer clothes. | saw one
man at church who wore a massive Mex
silver braid on it. and n leather cinch
with two silver buckles for band. He
also wore q beautiful paix OF lilac trou-
sers. One Inaa In the amen corner Of the
cathedral wore no coat or vest, bat had
a shirt made OF buff calico. with grim
figures On 1t. and il was made with
puf-i sleeves and Stewart collar. He
had also socked his Inheritance into a
hat. and wors heliotropa trousers OF tho
time Of Queen Elizabeth.
Dallas Is probably the most prosperous
Of Texas critics. SoTne well known
wrftsr-up OF towns possibly Charles
Dudley Warner states that If you draw
a circle. using rsha s OF too miles, with
Dallas as the center. You viii have there
in thirty-four counties. l WAS too tired
- try IL while at Dallas. and could not
get TOO mile radius at any of the places
where / looked. Some of the stores
didn't seem to have any radius at all.
These thirty four counties produce
nearly half tho cotton Of Texas, also
more shaa half tho oats and wheat. It
IL a very fertile district INDEED. The soil
il rich and deep. and cotton Just natu-
rally grows here with the very slight
estensouuagsmenk I never saw 80 much
cotton anywhere hssfore as have SEEN on
this trip. Down near Wsco-prorouncod
Wayco-thers IL an old time cotton
planter who runs his plantation Just "a
they used to before the war. only. 70
eourse. he CAM show ~ gooi AN shstrscs
Of title % his help. but he has thc largo
hisck negro with thewhite eye. and that
negro knows bis pisce. Hs is fed, wa
tered and looked out for every day. The
mules are locked MP also. 50 that there is
no fruIicking over Tire country at night
with the stock. Severe system is the
rule and Sn,r0 a year u the cotton
crop. while the rsnK-oes themselves are
any II them fat enough - Kill. and their
happy sonEs IN the cottonfel,is show
that hszlsssfai dt~-igsip~. regular hours
and rsvuhar meals agree with rsenl.
In tins var they have sls9 very iisffs
hrmptsthm 70 rrsrkey with tlss awning
bowl RIM 5 highly iHjurions b thu
negruS While rnnasssstionahly beneficial
b. the vhite urn. making him bright
su1 htgIay ecnsersssinuai. n ~ notr-rp-
en- tDr the ncoro. Il duiis hrs sursioah-
49, and rsains him sisxsxzf csnrss>
sn<kor~ % tlrsm hers IN rexsswhohsd
o<cnmp ssux.sshafsa sts ,csssi 81 fhe~zsss Of
trnor for rrsiicsl prrp~~-e He sal
f,rat Ne host his ssfe ~Eversf ysrsrs ago.
AMI had Es<never <nse trying to>druwn
his susrrpzss ssslzef SLOWING bowl. Tie si
vr,ss.~I. tlaae5A. lf1h,s f<x>snoes swvs.ss.
Il. sad m szs<f sir~~ns-i several Of he
core sseAfy ard f'@hte -rruws IN that
xav. nsxr ha sd tls~y always sv~~Sls~i ~
AMI css,e ~ ti>e Snrfsre an The fsshsw-
ing izy s<exsr sad nars as~gr]~hs
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