Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1858-10-27
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Letter n ON Austin

AUsrE, Oct, 10Th 1863.
Calculations indicate that bis Hairy Moi.
esly, the Comet, u making tracks away from
", aud all fears Ofa collision between lie and
this hall Of dit Of ours being at an end for this
visit, our folks may again with confidence re.
sumo their w0nled avOcaiions, for what boots
il to be raeking our brains with cares for the
future, aud allowing the little veSatlOns Of life
to annoy US IL we ATE 10 be- knocked into a
cooked hat by this fiery tailed messenger, En-
pansHi, is the comet IN the east before day the
identical Institution with the one in the west
after nighlalll Monkeys look so like men
sometimes, that even our sayans cannot tell the
difference. Strange world this, isn't il, Some
folks think that live railroads are some, and the
fiery horse leaves things behind in a hurry, but
guess il they could he aboard ol one Of those
''skippers about through space, with the
means Of approaching time aud distance, a
locomotive railroad ear would be a mere cir.
cumsance, It makes one dizzy to think Of IL,
/ But us no use talking, old uncle Laban said
/ he wOudn't believe the world was round II
one hundred Baptist preachers were TO swear
il, because he kRel5 We would all slide of, aud
the idea OF there being mountains in the moon
was all humbug, because they would fall out,
Vet, uncle Laban was wise, for he married
Young, joined the Baptist church, raised twen'
Iy-IwO children ia "nurlure aud ndmonition oI
tie Lord" and provided well for his family
lie hated mustaehios, monkeys aud handles
loved his neghbors aud gave aims on all fit
ting occasions, could trail a bee 10 his hive
with MS much system as John (HerScheD would
pursue 10 determine the course OF the Heaven
| ly bodies, anil rob him too; take the life Of a
deer or buffalo, without a thought of trans.
crossing the sixth commandment In short
uncle Laban was eminently practical, did not
believe in anything he couldn't see except the
spirit OF the Lord in the form of a dove aight.
ing and setting upon newly baptised convert.
This is great country of ours, and we are
decidedly fast people. Amid the excitement
occasioned by the comet, Judicial elections,
religious revivals, and the gathering in" OF
tn filthy lucre," ones thoughts are so brom-
foozed, 1--we got as much right to coin word
as Webster had) that we was not after what
we are really about doing. Just the fix of
your servant while pennng these lines, and If
they are not readable, charge the defect to the
weakness of human nature, for in the absence
Of news in these parts it is no small matter to
give interest to a newspaper communication
As remarked however by the old lady who was
gathering polk green's for dinner, said she didn't
like em but they would help to fill up, this
may serve in place of something better.
The railroad from Brennan to this place is
progressing rapidly ION paper and no doub,
some OF these frosty mornings that are in the
future will reveal TO the gaze Of delighted
people, a real live railroad freighted to the
guards with oysters, crackers and cheese. and
all other growth of the tropical cline. Then
we will have a chance too, to get clear of some
few Of our surplus rocks, cedar, and other veg.
eable productions Then capital and enter
prise can 90 hand in hand towards the devel.
opment of the resources Of this Heoven ia.
vored and grasshopper.cursed country. Hith-
erto there has always been slight difference
| of opinion between these two personages
consequently most of our bacon, -four &C., has
been brought from other parts of Uncle Sam,
patch. But now, being as we are in the mids
of acorns, pecans and corn enough to do US
through, we begin to feel greasy, and no little
anxiety seems to pervade, for Defenders bleal
and chilling winds, that we may feast or
spare.ribs, back-bones and ley hominy; (per
hups too, touch occasionally of the cholera
morbus, as It's said there is no rose without Q
thorn, no pleasure without a pain.) In view
therefore of these good times just ahead, we
aye awakening to the importance of an early
connection by railroad with the coast, and as
the extension of the BRENNAN branch of the
Central road seems to offer the earliest practi'
cable connection we are pitching in IN eztea,so:
ut least so far as talking goes.
Times here were never better, not dollar
in the Treasury, and if we may credit even
half of what has been SAID by the Intelligent
Ger and Gazette much dissatisfaction prevails
about the money that has once been there
Oh that almighty dollar-thy spirit haunts u;
all along the journey of life-if we stake the
wings Of the morning and flee 10 the uttermos
parts of the sea. thou art there" this last quo
tation is from Shakespeare, the governor says
The newly elected Comptroller and Treasu
rer take their respective positions on the frs
of November. Old women say that new
broom sweeps clean. Perhaps the sentimen
map not be as applicable to change of officers
as it is to matters of domestic economy: quei,
|, save-better men than Johns and Randolph
are not made anywhere, and it is safe to as
sert that there is nothing lost in the change
r nor is there anything gained except an endorse
ment of the Democratic principle of rotation ir
office. ****~
Who Projected the Ocean Telegraph?
There have already been somewhere abou
score of claimants for the honor of having
invented-that is, suggested-the Ocean Tele
graph. 1t strikes US that the real invento
,,,e he ,ybo fret fro ittad tho electric on,