The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-12-17
WEEKLY STATESMAN

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PUBLISHED By
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1UURsDAY. :. DEcE5iBER. II. 1874
R.R7p Doos.-At best, dogs are use
less Injury; still, people always have, and
ALWAYS viii. indulge in them, even though
tbev IN their houses with feas disturb
their rest Of night, and make things lively
and disaQreeablc in the neighbolhood gen
orally. Some people seem to think that
they have the right TO keep biting, rabid
dog. a hooking COW, or vicious swine
all for their own pleasure, and at the peril
Of other peoples lives. How many people
are there in the city now who can call to
memory the death or serious injury OF sweet
little children, who have been tossed up
into the air by a vicious COW, craunehed to
pieces by hog, or bitten by a TAbid dog
We are Jed to these remarks from Learning
Of an incident that happened in tins city
quite recently A gentleman had q very
rabid and dangerous dog, which was the
terror of the whole neighborhood, and
1though friends. insisted TO fthe owner
OtIiAt their ehildFen's lives were endangered
by its presence, yet the man refused to part
with il or keep It confined The other day
the dog attacked some children in the street,
when the mother rushed out to protect
fhopn ond x.,oa l,o-..If I,adI,, I,tto,, a,d bod
: her clothes nearly torn from her. The dog
did not live long, but the owner was not
tho one who dispatched it. It is not a
pleasant rsfeetion,, when hearing Iof cases
Of hydrophobia, to be bitten oneself by d
dog, either mad or terribly ont OF .humor.
People have no right to. keep dangerous
dogsJjum 6lJ Il oJli011
STOCKING THE CoLoRkDo wiTIE SALMON.
We had the pleasure of call Friday even
ing from Prof. Fred Mathers and Charles
Bell, Esq, of the United States Fish Com
mission, just from Chicago, bringing with
them 12, 900 young salmon from the Pacific,
1000 of,which tfIsy steft7at Hampstead, TO
be put in the Braz6s river; The remaining
10000 they deposited in the Colorado river
at thee f6fd 9 at shoal creek Friday
morning. These fish were Matched at
Miles, Michigan, under the superinteh4
dence of Mr.. George II. Jerome, from
eggs taken from the McLoud river, in Cali
fornia, and they are known as the 'Quinnat
salmon, and are adapted to streams in
warm climates, where the Maine or Kenpe-
bee salmon will not thriTd They remain
the first year after Matching in fresh water,
when they gOlto sea, and rapidly mature,
after which, from breeding instinct, they
return again to fresh EwateF.-= They
mature in about three years. and their
weight islfrom fifteen to thirty pounds.
We are truly glad to be able to
chronicle the fact that the colorado is
being stocked with both salmon and shad
by the United States Fish Commission, and
we trust that this winter our Legislature
will give Us some necessary Legislation for
the prevention of SEEMING inthe river. We
wish Prof Mathey and Mr.. Beii q pleasant
sojourn In our>eity, and q safe refdfn to
NACA huulSo III ANCN 4Olhs Nf IL
8 InrIoRATfoN. - Again this} week the
stream OF Immigrants by rail POufing into
this section is as steady, and strong as here
tofore. On Monday morning about seventy
Ave men,. women and children arrived,
aud yesterday morning some twenty-five
more arrived, several families Of whom were
destined for the vicinity Of Round Rock.
II all the immigrants pouring into Western
Texas this season turn their. attention to
agricultural pursuits, rs no doubt most of
them will, it will tell wonderfully in the
development and productions of the couns
try the coming year, as also in the number
Of small farms that will ere long dot miles
and miles of country that now lie barren
waste. ia Ifaii ult 500 .iii lliff
It is too bad that Austin has no place that
immigrants can get sheiterin this city, on
their arrival in such weather as the present,
without having to submit to heavy hotel or
boarding house. expenses. Many of them
no doubt are poor people, and they should
receive some attention on their arrival in a
strange land, which would make them feel
at home, and then stay here ia the midst Of
hospitable people. There are buildings in
the city that perhaps could be- rented at a
moderate rate which would give shelter to
Immigrants until they could look about
and secure 81 shelter fQF !As@.sselYesia.,sas ..
Dun friend E. s. Berry, who lives six and
~ nffr rrfr~ rac
the following account OF the products OF his
farm, this year, With his own labor aud
that of his son, aged fifteen years; they
raised, gathered and have securely cribbed
twelve hundred aud eighty bushels Of corn,
gathered from thirty.fve acres from ten
acres in cotton, they picked four. bales
from ten acres in oats and millet, he sold
the crop for two hundred aud seveuty-6ve
dollars. Hesaved 10, 600 pounds Of fodder.
He planted one barrel Of potatoes, and sold
from his crop forty dollars, and aas enough
left for family use until next crop. From
one acre,planted in sweet potatoes he raised
one hundred and sixty-fve bushels HIS
osnrnip crop yielded ihirh 'shreo hundred
bushels. His crop at present prices, yielded
him $l7Os. In rcaping and binding his oats
and millet crops, he paid out eighty-seven
dollars. Mr.. Berry is an experienced
farmer, and is satisfied that lands in Travis
cOunty.sre IS good and prOduesive as can be
found in any portion q our STATE STATE, auT
THr RASsHRs. I'VE yesterday had the
pleasure of meetlns Mr. c. Bartholomew,