The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-01-25

Jones l. ont In the cold. Even the or
binary family Of Henderson rI.e-
above him, for We have Henderson, OF
Kendall, aud Henderson, Of smith
Even stewart leave, Junc- IN the
shade. There are oar ancient lricnd
d. Charles y. stewart Of MonIgome'
~, one Of he palriarch' Of 'roNas' and
one of Scotch decent, enrolled ~ stew
ant, at FALL. - the Jonc- family
must arise and, II moi already AZ work,
cyey mothers son of them ought to
follow the late example of our esteem
ed friend, Captain Ben. f. of Dallas
Il viii never do Tor that family 10 fall
In the race Tor honor in Texas
At one time the Jones family
furnished for the Republic Of Texas
"a President, In Arson Jonrs--Ihrre
District and cX.olllcio Supreme Judgcs'
William L. Jones, of Gonzales, VII
liam jefferson Jones, commonly called
Jeil.I of Columbus, and John u. Jones
widely known u, Big Foot, of Gall
weston. Besides President and three
Supreme Judges, az one and the same
timc the Jones family also furnished
John Rice Jones, rs Postmaster Cen
cral of the Republic, and simon j"
Jones, Representative IN Congress,
who bore the distinctive cognonen OF
the Hill Roaring Jones' At that
day one could scarcely turn round aud
sncelc without squirting saliva In the
face of some member Of the Jones
family. Ifno one else was nj hand,
there was thousand chances Ia one
that the celebrated and ubiquitous Or.
Levi Jones would he on hand. Turn
where YOU would, in those old days Of
our youth in Texas, there stood Jones
We rode once from reXana fortweniy-
one miles, to McHenry'-, ON the La
vacca, without Having met u single
Jones. We became alarmed and
were about to retrace orr steps
from Frank Keller's farm, when, cs-
corted by about twenty-seven dogs,
old Bears Oil Jones rode up, leading n
pack horse, on which were dashed II
bear, deer, a gobbler, and about five
gallons of honey in the bears skim
Sclf-reproached for our temporary in
fidelity, we accompanied old Bears OIL
to his cabin, and Toasted luNuriantly on
bears meat and honey. Old Bears
Oil was fond of the Jones family; said
they were great people; never robbed
or murdered, and always reared hon
est men and pretty women. But two
wears later we reminded him that the
first man iudicially hung in Texas for
murder, to-wit, in Houston, Ammo
DOmini 1887, was named Jones. Old
Bears Oil became furious, and vowed
that that fellow was born and bred
under the name of Smith, and only
assumed the name of Jones after cont
ing TO Texas and finding so many great
men of that name. He said that the
woman who ever crossed the
Sabine river was his sister, Artemesia
Jones, who shot and skinned three
buflaloes in one day and the next
lasooed and led into camp a beautiful
four years old. Then, said
he, there was my cousin Molina AIDE |
line Jones, whew. what II gal
she was. Why, she horse-whipped a
fellow in Indiana afore she came here
for wearing her shoes 10 dancing
party on the Wabash, and reiusing to
pay the shoemaker for mending them. |
Oh, she was great gala regular
Jones-and when she walked into the
house everybody whispered
'Jes look at Melvina Adeline Jones'
amt she 4 qucen?'" And so old |
Bears Oil continued for about three |
days to cxpatiatc on the virtues, talent !
and geneology of the Jones family.
But alas how have the might fallen!
Not n Jones in the Senate or House.
not Jones on the bencA-while we
behold three Browns, four Smiths, two
and two Stewards in the
House alone.