The Daily soliphone., 1902-04-28

gave alF the details of the reunion aud we shall not write much of it. Dallas was not short, but did all in her power to entertain the enormous number of old soldiers and other visitors. They gave their best rooms and beds over at the low prize Of 50 cents, and meals were very reasonable, as the highest price we paid for any meal was B cents. They could have lodged and fed many more, for where we secured rooms most houses could accommodate more. The state fair ground was turned over to the old vets for their special benefit. The la.ge auditorium ard other buildings were converted into assembly halls, directories and eat- ing houses. In one they had 40 walters, and 15, 900 old soldiers ate dinner free there one day. They had carloads of bread and 40 tons of coffee that were donated by the people of Dallas. The large space inside the race track was a tented city with each states head quarters to its- self. Twas tkere in the Arkansas division that we found Captain Moss "just laying it off to his comrades, telling them how i've drank butter milk, foraged-and expect run.
 In the parade the old vets looked 20 per cent healthier, stouter, .hap- pier and in every way improved over the Memp phis re- union, and the way they kept step would be problem to we young people. Each state was headed by it's respective banner and band, followed by their sponsors and maids of honor in vehicles. Arkansas had inscribed on her banner We are from Ark ansas. Now laugh, darn you. Her gang was the stoutest healthiest looking and her sponsors and maids of honor were the fairest and hand- somest.
 Mississippi's delegation was the tallest, Tenuessee's $ tbe longest and Texas $ the widest. Several funny exoressions were had from the old soldiers as they passed and each state was highly applauded, and pandemonium reigned when the bands. played Dixie, :" "Old John Brown" and other southern airs. One old fagman in a Georgia regi- meut c2rried his pockets full of peanuts that he would throw at the crowd as he passed, creating lots of amusement for the 100, 900 specta- tors. One old fellow from Alabama yelled "Hurrah for the. old Yellow hammerl" til he was so hoarse he could yell no more. l guess the req son they were all so gay was that they were treated so well.
 Wheat is heading ouS, but not good. Corn is being plowed over the third time, and if 1t was not so dry the prospects for a crop would be good, but the farmers say they will not make more than a two- third crop. Last years corn crop. was failure here, being ruined by smoot and some kind of an insect, and in feeding this damaged dusty corn the farmers have lost mum Der of their.horses and now 0 serious problem is staring them in the face -as to how they are to finish their crops, for the dust from the corn gives the horses :. coQqh hat ren- ders them entirely use for work. Now they soak the c,fn in water with little arsenic, but the experi- ment was put off until too late. This 1 is confined 10 the section around Dallas mostly, for in this and the adjoining counties not much corn is raised, but instead wheat and cotton. This is broken country and is de- voted largely to stock raising, and | it is very dry and healthful. tsCApSTTr ''