New-York tribune., 1901-04-23
a GREETING IN RHYME.

Dallas Tex April % (SpeciaD.-The following
poem" from the pen of Larry Chittenden, New
Yorker, who has a large ranch in Jones County.
will appear tomorrow in The Galveston-Dallas
News:
WELCOME TO THE NEWCOMERS.
On Their Visit TO Texas, in April. 1901
Dedicated to Governor Savers. by Larry Chitten-
den. Poet-Ranchman)
Thrice welcome 10 all the Newly orkers. thrice well
come. thrice welcome, say
Old Texas is proud to receive you. She hopes you
have come here stay.
We have heard of your wonderful city. We know
she is noble and grand.
We have not forgotten your kindness 10 Gal
veston's grief-srricken strand.
When storm winds and waters were raging and
our seaport caught in the crash,
And the world stood aghast at the horrors. the
New-Yorkers sent us the cash."
And all Of our majors and keyrnals. and people
who went through the storm,
Thanked God for the gifts Of TIE Yankees. Their
hearts like their blankets. were warm.
That idea that Texans are wicked and bitter, and
still full of hate
Toward folks of the North, is pure nonsense All
Texas is UP to date.
She is kindly and smart and progressive Observe
he- wherever you 60
Believe me because I'm Yankee, ana "eii' san!
by CAD, sah-I know!
And the thought that great Texas is STRIVING 10
keep foreign capital out
Ts false as a rainbow of hades. Our builders know
what they're about.
The gold gates of Texas are opeh-her pahiiefs "a
thrift are unfurled-
And her fair flags Of freedom are waving proud
welcomes 10 all Of the world.
There's throngs Of New-Yorkers investing IN some
Of our wealth earning towns
The Rockefellers, Goulds and the Morgans' the
swensons Morans and the Browns,
And Clafin and Sweetser and Tef1t' san r. Leg
eett and Walter A. Woods,
he bankers
the State with their goods
Tao g T,,is merchants must hustle. Old Gotham
is rgwine" unload.
She is making low prices for texas anu putting
@ tba. fair Galveston's rising from out the
hurricanes roar. ,.,
And commerce Of all the great nations Is KNOCK
ing again at her door,
And MalIory's building more FeSSeis ~ s'e -
swift low ocean freights
rs res +o-dav is advancing to be, sah the
greatest Of States =. z -,
Her empire which is north bounded around by
the Red Rivers FORK.
Is four times the size of New-hlslaHo' anu siA
times the size Of New-fork!
t5s- rie.or,-wel it's a romance story which
you perhaps know xu .. .b
of na,riofs statesmen and heroes, VINO fei at the
old Alamo. ,.u. .o,d,s y,orv
But the Lone Star eraits ne" lus'ie eoN 3-0''
makes everything smile
Ard ~ Won look close in your travels you VIII see
that all hands have struck lie
- merchants the stockr1en, the
farmers. the lover, the lass,
H., to.-a.d the Fullmans OF plenty-aH Iexas Is
riding first class. s. o..
And even that "Larryat poet WHO oie"'' ~
away in the West.
Where the Jack rabbits curhns ms "iS' "
riding along with the rest . =.
Or tell Won all Texas is moving -he'iiii'A' -
is good 10 be here, -, 49, .,o
Where the city of Stamford Is pooe' 49, ~
urair.e dog gets on his ear
Sab stamfords a magical city-a Seafihs' " s"'
sah that's great .,, .,a "+b.
She has two thousa I'd people a-hus'Hiis' anu
finest hotel In the State
An aone On tvelve months by Newly
Workers as you may suppose.
Are the hustlers TO build up rich 1e@aS eii ~
her lust bloom like the rose
But the wealth gates of Texas are opeii
ners Of thrift are unfurled
And her fair flags OF freedom are "o''H7 F
welcomes TO all Of the worio! ..,,o
furrah for the generous Sew-a ofhei0 VIM
10 US all through the storm
And hyar's 10 all other good fanaees-'He W
like their blankets are warm
Hence welcome 70 all the New hei''
come thrice welcome, we say
Did Texas is proud TO receive you ""e
have come here TO stay
chittenden's Ranch. Ansoh' ieN-