Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-09
An Afternoon in Dublin.


After dinner the eXcursionists scattered
for the purpose Of viewing the pretty little
city and enjoying the afternoon accord
ing to their own sweet will. The
Fencibles, Ault's military band,
the officials of the Railway en-
polyes' club, were taken hand by
a special committee consisting Of Mayor
Mccain and J. l.. Brady, while the other
members of the reception committee looked
after the entertainment OF the remainder
OF the eXcurSionistS. After pleasant visit
with Mayor Mccain, Mr.. Brady and other
gentlemen of the city, and thorough dis
cussion of the merits Of ''pruneS, apples,
potatoes and pumpkins" Ault' 5 band and the
tcncibleS drew up in line in front of Mr..
McCain's store where the militia stacked
arms and the band played Dixie At its
conclusion j. Van Rensselaer,, treasurer of
the Fort Worth and Rio Grande and
treasurer of the Railway employees club
was called on for a speech, which he
delivered substantially as follows:
Gentlemen, ii gives me great pleasure to
have this opportunity of addressing so
large an audience and to pay u
weak tribute TO the energy and enterprise
OF Dublin, one of the most thriving little
cities on the line of the Fort Worth and
Rio Grandc road. / am not in the habit of
making speeches, and hope you will pardon
me if l say something |, perhaps. ought not
to say. Out of the fullness of the heart the
mouth speaketh, but i'll this case the
heart is pretty near the stomach. !
have seen this town grow FROM the
time the Fort Worth and Rio Graude road
reached it, less than Two years ago, from
nothing to a thriving, busting, energetic lit
tie city with its cotton compress, its electric
lights, ITS street railway, is ice factory in
course of construction, and its waterworks,
the contract for which understand, is to be
let soon. Dublin has live, wide-awake, pro-
grcsSlve men engineering her future. Cen
tlemen, am proud of Dublin, the Fort Worth
and Rio Grande railway is proud of Dublin,
and our own city of Fort Worth is proud
OF Dublin. The interest of one is the in
terest Of all. The Dublin you see to-day is
the child of the Fort Worth and Rio
Grande railway, and the interests of the
city ana th2 railway are SO closely inter
twined that what benefits one must benefit
the u5hcr. Gentlemen, thank you"
At conclusion of his address he was pre-
scented by Mr.. Brady with lovely and fra
grant bouquet. The party then took convey
ances and followed the band and the E'enci-
bleS 10 the fang grounds, where the Fenci-
bicS put up" one If the finest drills vet
given by them. After the drill, foot racing
and baseball occupied the remainder of the
afternoon.
Upon returning to town it was near
The hour for the departure of the
train. and after an old-fashioned love feast
in Mayor NIcCain'S store, participated in by
the band and the FencibleS, the line of
march was taken up for the depot. Nc
Hale's brigade acted as escort for the band,
which in turn escorted the Fencibes. A
noted feature Of the marching Of this
brigade was the cross-eyed route step
of Privates Doherty and BurbridSe
and of Cot. McHale's commands,
come over on this side in fours," which
evolution was always promptly and cor
rectly executed. Upon arriving at the
depot the band and the Eencibles took their
places in the special coach reserved for
them, and speeches were made by Mayor
Mccain. who on behalf of the citizens of
Dublin extended thanks to the club, the
Fencibles, the bard and the excursionists
for their visit, and cordially invit-
ing them to come again. This speech
was greeted with q salvo of cheers
Capt. EUrd of the F'eneibleS responded in
peat speech, in which he spoke of the fel-
low-feeling that should animate the people
of both Dublin and Fort Worth, bound to-
gether as they now are by iudissoluble
bands of steel, rendering easy such visits
as the ore in question, and cementing more
firmly the bonds of friendship. Speeches
We're also made by Messrs. Mobley, McHale,
Bell and others. At the conclusion Capt.
Ford suggested three cheers and q tiger fer
the Fort Worth GAZETTE, and the cheers
went up with will that caused the lamps
In the car to shake, the Windows to rattle,
and bring people running to sae what was
the matter At 5:25 the train spulled out
Tor Fort Worth with happN but tired