The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-08-05


he words From the Aust,n STA FEsNA.S =
standing as ias for some luekIess typo
grspher, and this fatness OF the doe is all
dawn from the STATEsM MS ssFacts and
Fancies."
The Houston Ags calls the chairman OF
the city councilmen the Boss OF the De-
That will be cold comfort Tor
the poor devils SslssIl. 1t ySilIebe translated
: DEFENDERS bv two-thirds of the ige's
readers.
Jasper does nothing row but contemplate
its sweet face in the psIlucid water of the
sulphur spnng recently discovered there
They say it is the fountain of life for W hich
DR.. soto sought when he lett Arkansas and
entered Texas.
Most newspapers Of the interior give
paper for one year to the donor of the larC-'
est watermelon. Competition keeps the edi-
tor supplied through the season, but this
does not account for the watery editorials
of the Ne'cs Echo
Governor Richard Hubbard has been MAX
ing a grand literary speech at Sulphur
Springs College, He does those things
well, and the Springs is the proper place
wheIeat he should make speeches this fear
fully hot weather.
The Montague Ne5cS says that the corn
crop of Clay and Montague counties is all
that the imagination could have predicted,
and that it will not be worth more than
twenty-five cents per bushel. That's the
country for immigrants.
Joe Lilly, near Tyler, coming home with
his gun, about dusk last week, fred at his
sisters hand lifted among the twigs of
bush by the roadside. He thought a
squirrel was shaking the bush. The sister
lived less than half an hour.
The Goliad Guard says cotton is begin
ming to open and the worms have not APP
peared. Then the Guard need no longer
be dosed with vermifuge and small squills,
and mother Winslow's soothing syrup might
allay its feverIsh excitement.
Horses worth, two months ago, $40 can
now be bought at San Marcos for So
Won't the Free Press man ship one to these
parts ! The inditer of these lustrous para
graphs has been after one worth $50, with
| a $40 greenback, for several weeks.
The great wheat crop of Denton pays all
the farmers out of debt and gives them a
surplus, and every man in the county will
!
should take it and the Reoiean, wheat OF nc
wheat. Either's as good as wheat
A small, round-faced printer named Mar
tin diddled the proprietor of the Dallas
| Commercial out of suit of clothes, and the
Commercial, instead of growing angry about
the depreciation, commends the rascal to
the tender sensibilities of the church.
Mrs. NJ. Josephine Williams, the Dalla.
Commercial says, will lecture during tho
winter. We read of a lady once who lee
tured alike summer and winter Her name
WAS Caudle. But Mrs. Williams is said t
be an admirable writer and declaimer
The Rusk Observer is always fair ant
bright and fresh and attractive, but since tn,
delightful shower that endued it with re
newed life, and made the town and country
smile, the ObSercer is absolutely charming
We hope it will never be q dry" again.
! The Waco Reporter is capital newspape
now, but the paper mill from which it buy
the raw material has yellow iaundice, ant
its liver is out of fix; but the Reporter keep
in good humor, and is lively and fascinat
ing and captivates the people nightly.
The honor of the editor of the 1ecan
still safe. He only took Que drink while a
Hearne. He says dreamily, after his retur
to his own home, and contemplating hi
moral condition, that ''any man who take
a second drink in Hearne would steal"
The Salado NeaoS-Letter says Bob He
man has been down in Austin cOntTdeti1l
bad habits" We thought, when we sa'
Bob, that he was expanding them. /
any event Bob was spreading himself
J and didn't give durn for anybody's habits
Lipan is the newest town. 1t is in tn
northwest corner of Hood county, an
equi-distant from Weatherford, Palo Pint
| and Stephenvllle. What does the nam
''Lpan" signify? The people are nearl
crazy for somebody to build a Touring mi
there. .-
t The Free Press is electrified with deligh
] by indulgence in native Wolcken wine
! This delicious beverage is made from ''mus
tang grapes. Perhaps it was this tina
set the Free Press to ''bucking" vigorous
ly whenever John I. makes a speech at Sa
Marcos.
w. j. Dwriting from Jamestown, say
that the whole country has undergone tn
process of cremation. The drouth ha
been of ten weeks duration, and w. j. L
is much depressed, and so with his CON
bustible neighbors. They are natural
anxious. -
The thermometer butts the top of itse
against 100 . in the shade at Denison an
the breezes that bless us in Austin keep
down to 80 . and 95 >, and at night-wel
a fellow can manage comfortably to kee
his shirt Oh. In fact, the nights are simpl
delightful.
Japhet is keeping tavern in Gray's blocl
in Houston, but the Age doesn't say VIII;
became of his two brothers. Hams pril
cipal business, we reckon, is voting, an
Shem, in these parts, takes whisky straigl
for a living. We don't charge Japhet fl
5 this notice.
zermack and zapp, of Fayette; Gambi
of san AntorIo, and Zadek, of Corsican
are curious names Radical leaders ha,
taken in Texas. We wonder whether the
names were taken to please the daIkies
/ whether the fellows had them Origin
f down East2 G
Major Burgess, most liberal and tast
3 full citizen, and the chief magistrate
( Seguin, has presented the editor of ii
: Guadalupe Times with his picture, tclliu
the editor to take it home to his wife.
left about the 1Tmes office it could on
serve to scare t.raLs."
: Major p. I'll. SweariDgcn, brother of ii
G eloquent and learned physician of Austin
7 Hon. ID. &. Giddings, II. Hoffman and
E. Lockett, of BRENNAN, have been desi
o mated by that blessed town to devise pla
for the establishment even there Of CO
! lege or excellent academy.
: Thirty g;E accompany as many wsgol
81 immigrants, of whom the Chief h
heard. coming on to the frontier. 1t car
contain itself, and says it will WELDON
: every one of them with hospitable arms
hospitable resting places after their weal
ride fron the old States.
It was DUR who stabbed one Smith tive
ty-five times, killing him instantly, la
week, at Farmersviile, not far from McKi
ney. A girl caused the bloody deed. Bo
; men loved her, and she pretended to To-
both. They quarreled, and the end cam
n DUR has not been captured.