Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1855-08-16
Texas in the Dillen Time.

An old inhabitant oi Texas relates the
following episode in his experience during
the early days of that State:
He had once occasion to make a Jour
nev OF some thirty or forty miles. and his
wife having prepared some provisions. lin
case he should have TO camp out. among
which were some nicely baked busr,ilss
she having hv some chance obtained "a
small SUI ,ly of -four ami retained sufficient
recollection OF the lu' ries of former days
to enable her TO 'do them up brown--he
started very early, and the way being lone
some. he rode fast for some time. until he
emerged into large prairie. when he OBJ
served some person on horseback mile OF
two ahead. He spurrcd up his horse 10
over.ake the traveller, keeping his eye on
him all the time. when he saw him go
down into the bottom of Il small creek. at
the crossing. He rode on very quietly.
expecting each moment. to see the travel
er' 5 head appear above the horizon, until
more than Il sufficient time had elapsed inr
him 10 emerge from the bottom. when our
friend became alarmed. lest the Indians
had shot him with an arrow. So he steer
ed Tor a crossing a short distance above,
making his way very cautiously gun in
hand. As he was crossing the creek, he
observed the travellers horse tied to
bush in the bottom, but as he could see
nothing of the owner, he concluded to
make tracks as fast as possible. when,
as he rode up the opposite bank, he was
hailed " th:
'Hello. stranger, hold on for lew min.
utes; am going that way myself, direct
| ly."
Thercupon my friend stopped, and look
ed carefully in the direction of the voice.
discovered its owner laying with his fee
up the slope af the bank at an angle of a.
degrees, while his head was emerscd IN
the water; but small portion of his phi
being perceptible.
''What in the thunder are you doing
there!" enquired our friend. ........
"Why. I'm soaking my headto get this
Internal raw-hide cap off: the sun has
drawn it so tight that it won't come of,
and it makes my head ache dreadful
i, After the stranger had eased his ach-
IHH tCiflplCS ny ICiiIONdi VI HiS io"-H'uS
cap, the two iourneyed on for some miles
together. when the traveller branched of,
and our friend logged on solitary and alone
until he arrived his destination, a short
time before sundown. Being an old ac-
quaintance, every one was glad to see
him. The children came in, and after
shaking hands with them all, he went to
his saddlebags, and taking out some oi
his biscuits, gave them all one apiece;
well knowing that it was seldom they cv-
er saw such luxuries.
After sitting a while in the house, in
conversation with the 'old folks, he heard
the children making considerable noise
over something in the yard, and being
seated near the door where he could look
out and observe them, he turned around tc
see what they were at. One of the chil-
dren was between him aud the object of
their sport; on its moving its position, he
saw that they had one of the biscuits OH
the ground, with coal of FIRE on the top
crust, one of the boys on his knees before
it, and the remainder watching with the
most intense interest for some event which
he could not divine, until one of the boys
exclaimed:
''Blow little harder, jim blast him,
he'll stick his head out directiy!" -
Our friend tainted. He was aware that
biscuits were an article but seldom seen
at that time, but that halEgrown children
should mistake clean, nice, done-b brown
biscuits for highland terrapins, was too
great shock for his nerves to Withstand.
ss.... Mr.. Jones, after having spent an
evening over his bowl, went home little
show come you so.;' He was fortunate
enough 10 find his better-half asleep. He
went to bed, and after moments con-
sideration, he thought ii would be policy
to turn over, lest his breath should betray
him; when Mrs. Jones opened her eyes,
and in the mildest manner in the world,
said: Jones, you needn't turn over, you're
drunk clean through
! LARGE CRoPs ON LARGE FARMs.--'sIf
{ our farmers, instead Of laboring to double
i their acres, would endeavor to double their
: crops, they would find it vast saving OF
I time and toll, and an increase of profits"
This statement needs little argument to
: snstain II. If ten acres of wheat can he