The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-05-11

| tors all Join in most cordial wei come
to our homes and iresides.
Our own local fire department con-
sists of gallant, noble, brave, gener.
Gus lot of boys, who will take a hand
in this business of entertaining you
visitors, no enterprise that they have
been known to take hold of he's ever
been failure. They are equal to any
emergency. IL it was not for them
we could not have city whose
praises could be set fourth today, and
they know how to entertain as well
as to fight the fire fend.
Gentlemen, we are glad to have you
visit us. We will see that you have a
royal good time during your stay with
US. Waco is noted for her hospitality.
Her manner of receiving and enter
tanning strangers and visitors with
generous liberality, is one of her well
known characteristics.
y gu have but to command us and
we will respond. Let us know your
wants and we will supply them.
The keys of the city are at your dis
posal. Our latch strings are hanging
on the outside of our doors for you,
and now we proceed to turn Waco
loose, with all her generosity, with all
her proverbial hospitality, with all
her universal kindness to visitors, and
with all her capacity to serve and en-
terrain you; and we turn the members
of the State Firemens association
loose with her.
Mr.. j. w. Levy, president of the
association, was next introduced and
responded, in an eloquent address, at
considerable length, a synopsis of
which is as follows:
Ladies and gentlemen: | now want
to talk to you from a purely business
standpoint. You have an institution
here from which you derive an meal
cuable benefit and an investment too
that yields healthy and profitable
dividend, and that is your volunteer
fire department, in whose foot steps
follow the standard insurance compa.
MES of the world, perfectly solvent
and whose rates are from one
to TWO per cent All this
rebounds to the sole credit
of your fire volunteers for these car
dinal reasons your business men,
property holders and tax payers should
always bear this in mind. Dispense
with the Fire Department and note
the gloomy faces and depreciation of
property. repeat the words | used
at the Houston convention, that the
cheapest utensil i'll the municipal
kitchen, is the fire department, and
in their behalf appeal to other may
ols when making your statement, that
you appoint as chairman on fire de.
parment, a good practical business
man, in order that the necessary de,
mands be readily granted and that the
entire council travel right along with
them for one common interest.
In the name of the volunteer fire.
men Of Texas allow me to tender our
most porfound and solemn thanks for
the copious shower of beautiful bless.
ings that have Just received from
the lips ofthe eloquent divine, the Rev
Frank Page.
Ladies and gentlemen, of the City
of Waco-On behalf of the State Fire
mems association, in my humble and
simple way, | greatfulIy thank your
good and hospitable people of this
city, through their able representative,
his honor the mayor, Col. McCulloch,
for this grand welcome.
How well do | remember when
the fair aud familiar name of Waco
was placed in nomination for the next
convening point at the Houston con
vention last year, backed by kilograms
from her city council, Board of Trade
end the presence of her fire delegates,
shouts of applause, my manhood fell
back and gave way to my boyish feel.
ing and pride, which brought up the
mirror of the memorable past where
could see myself away back 90 years
ago, in the year 1868, refugee, home
less and penless, amid strangers, fore
ed from my old home, Fort Smith, by !
the ravages of war, but in the great
hearts Of the people of Waco l found
home for some nine months, while
four of these had the honor and dis
tinction of spending the last of my
schooling at your university, at that
time under the able direction of that
distinguished scholar and gentleman,