El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-27

their good manners in q time IKE tnls
Everybody helps every body along anc
the heat and duet and crowdinR are
accepted philosophicalIy for the fun
that lie in it all.
The chamber OF commerc has paved
tie way to its doors with pine 6oughs
aud at the entrance there is the ira
GRANGE Of deep forests. Streams OF the
balmy odor drift out iuto the streets
and one is reminiscent Of the cool
and green of the mountain forests.
The court house lawn has been trim
med and tidied until it Ia as firm and
even as q carpet, and with the tree
shadows fitting OF er it night and day,
up plenty of comforts table seats and has
invited the visitors to make themselves
a. home there as every where else.
G. Jordan and Lloyd Thompson,
young educators from Carthage, Tex,
expressed their high appreciation of
the treatment they were receiving,
saying that no matter which way they
turned they ran against new favors
toward them, new places to go, new
sights to see. They also spoke OF the
manner in W hich q sleeping place was
provided for them and said they had
an excellent room and bed.
Sci Paso is doing herself 1or this
week." said Prof. Griffin, principal OF
Maria public schools, yesterday. He
said he was grateful to Ell Paso for the
many kind acts toward him and the
other teachers. Maria Is on the S. P.
and Prot. Griffin ssys it Is tn. best sown
between Ell Paso and San Antonio. The
professor was i'm oppressed by the act of
the committee in providing q bed for
b N before he was within hundred
miles of Ell Paso.
The visitors, luckily, have come in .
season when fruits are at their best.
The fragrance of berries, cherries,
peaches. and apricots hovers in the
streets and stalls are piled high with
masses vi color, fragrance, and flavor
The fru..s, from the dull green ovals
OF the big melons to the brilliant
scarlet of the cherry heaps, contribute
their good portion to the gayety OF the
days.
1das Wood, teacher from Quite.
mai, Wood Co.. Tex, said 81 endured
a thirty hot, dusty ride
to come to this convention but I do OF
regret having done so. and am 60
we'll pleased with the town, the people
say the limit" which is July ID.
With Prof. Wood WAS his friend e.
Good win AS the two left Cloudcroft
headquarters, Mr.. Wood said, 'Rest
assured that whatever we say about
Ell Paso will be in high commentator
of the town. the people. and the warm
hearted reception we have received"
c. L Fair. young pedagogue from
Omen, Tex. was Interrupted by a
HERALD man this morning while in
the act of audibly aamtring the Cloud
croft Headquarters. I'VE were met
away back east by committee" he
said, ''aud each teacher was given q
ticket directing him to good lodging |
Us splendidly." He seemed greatly i'm
pressed with scenes from Cloudcroft |!
and said he intended to 60 and see the !
real thing before he left for home. |
With him was his friend J, S. Ian |
ham, of Ssnto, who also spoke In prais- |
ing terms about the treatment he had |
so far received in Ell Paso and on his !
way here.
A well-named teacher or a we'll |
chosen profession is the happy state |
of affairs with Prof. J. V. Cyphers, that
is, if there is anything in a name.
Prot. Cyphers came In last night from !
Pamela county, away back east. To
q HERALD man, this morning, be said, )
''Ttis is the third annual convention |
of the State Teachers Association that !
/ have attended and right now 1 see !
that El Paso IL going to the eclipse the !
other places in handling of the crowds" !
He said his train was met at Toyah by |
II committee from FL Psso and hence !
the visitors knew long before they ar
rived that they we're going to be we'll |
pro vided for. He was on the secoad |
special having failed to find room on |
the first one at Fr Worth but he only ,
had to wait an hour and half for the |
second.
The Pecos Pickings pays a pretty tri.
butte to Ell Pase's hospitality, for which !
We drop courtesy. Says Pickinge:
The teachers of the state will meet in ,
general oonclave at Ell Paso next week. !,
There will be perhaps two Thousand
and no doubt El Paso will |
treat them with oriental sple ndor and !
genuine western courtesy and chivalry.
The teachers will have the pleasure of
seeing and viewing a most beautiful
and business-like city. Ell Paso Is
destined to be the pearl of Texas, and
the entertainment of the teachers and
their friends will do q great deal to aid
the already good reputation of Ell Paso.
The teachers will find as liberal aud
kind hearted lot of people in the Ell
Pasoans as inhabit this Terrestrial
and Fluctuations to Ell Paso and the
teachers. 4
One Who sat within one of the build
lngs near the plaza last night
was reminded of the opening words
Of the Tale of Two Cities, those Il
that describe 30 graphic
Ally the sound of the passing footsteps.
One heard the beat of many feet, the
patter of the little feet of children,
some bare DOT, some shod; the trot of
The small boy trying to accomplish