The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-12-24

The AIineola, Texas, Cifisea saws good
square meal there costs fifty cents. II
the meal were an ellipse or parallelopram.
and the hungry fellow took whisky straight
would the square of the h5pothenuse equal
the sum of the squares, of the other two
sides, and weuldnst the fellow bust Some
descriptive epithets are very awkward.
The Times thinks taxation too high in
Texas. The Times would 60 mad in any Of
the States east of the Mississippi. Radical
ism and negroes dealt most ien'ently with
Texas. In fact, TO rob the State p poverty
was too big job, and then Da as wasn't
the equal OF WarmOth, or of Kellogg, or
of the amiable little shadow of Ben Butler. J
which blackens the fortunes of Mississippi,
ave are going to have, the Commercial
says, "a grand paper muslin ball at Dailas,
! Isn't this story too thins And then the
| Commercial goes on to say: "And the ladies
lare making every necessary preparation,
and the boys will see, " etc. 1t will be
good thing, and we hope the benign pur-
/ pose of the entertainment will be achieved.
Every banker in the country viii hereafter
/ keen six-shooters mixed with coin and
greenhacks, and q special drawer beneath
| the cash box at the paying teller's night
will always be prepared for those gay cav 3
alters who robbed the innoceht little bank.
/ At Corinth in broad daylight, to ride away
/ in the face Of hundreds Of people with six
or eight thousand dollars. Win not the free
hooters try it on with Texas banke
! Gen. Robertson, in his report to the Leg
islature, confesses the invaluable service
rendered him by the press of the State which
published gratuitouslY vast deal of matter
| in which the whole people wele uterested,
and the cost OF diffusion OF which should
not have fallen as it did upon newspaper
publishers alone. The General is one man
/ in public position who entertains correct
apprehensions of the duties aud necessities
OF the press.
| By law, no whisky can be sold after Jan
nary within three miles of Ludlow, and
one or two good old fellows there want to-
stretch the corporate 1limitH and another
wants street railroad to Austin md whis-
XIV, and another wants water works to pump
/ thunder at So. so per gallon out of branch
Cincinnati chain-lightning distillery, to be
located Just beyond the black line drawn
by the Legislature. A Chineee wall won't
keep it out.
One Farden has been speaking in the Ala
bama Senate ever since that body was or
eanized He just keeps on Farden-dOes.
And then some bored Senator proposes TO
pay Farden's expenses to Texas, where he
may Just catch breath, if only for half
minute, on Texan prairie. 1t would take
whole prairie to give Farden breathing
room. Farden consumes all the breath of
the Senate Chamber, and, therefore, he is
listened to with bteeth jess ATTENTION. There
was never such an orator as Fardeh.
One Bob Smith, bigamist, shot and
killed DR.. ]. r. Cody, near Palestine, Sat
urday. Smith escaped, and was pursued
| by DR.. Hallum and others. They followed
him. to house where they supposed he was
concealed, and a man named Knight, seeing
them, fed from the place. He was pursued
and shot BY pr. Hal omf whgsppposed he
i was shooting Smith. Knight - \ dead from
his horse. he eEidentls had Thought the !
sheriff's posse were pursuing him for
offenses, of which his guilt was confessed.
His death saved the State and county,
j juries and lawyers, deal of trouble, it is
thought. R .,..- <-.,Fs
.The csaaa5 Taldn pdblishes this para
graph: Is it-not remarkably strange that
almost every paper published ct any place
on or near the line of the international Rail-
way is in favor of that road outright, or of
some compromise betw eenthelS tate md the
said road 10 Say the least OF the matter,
it would seem rather strange. "AMeria
Ledger. Then EtheE Team says q We do
that the officers Of that company Nave done
more for the promotion of Texas immigra-
ton than any corporation in the State.
When this road is finished to San Antonio,
it will have become one of the most useful
in the State.
General Robertson, in his report to the
Legislature, says: When it is remembered
that the State of Texas, in her extent and
varied resources, is yet unknown sealed
book, so to speak-to the great mass of the
people of the States Of our Union as well as
to the people of the Old World and, when
it is further considered, that among those
who are seeking information at the great
centres of population, agents Of other
States and countries are not only actively
engaged in circulating the. advantages of
their own States, bat equally as active in
traducing and misrepresenting Texas; and
when it is further considered that the de
mand for information regarding the charec-
ter of our State, its people, climate and
products Is now coming from practical,
intelligent farmers, capitalists, miners,
stockraisers and manufacturers, some cor
rect idea may be formed of the benefits
} resulting from properly organized and
sustained bureau Of immigration. -.