The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-03-04


sck, and be Is willing to let it stand.
a Mrs. Scan,ling OF Denison, had boy,
nd one Brown ialcied the youth, and took
lin 10 his country home. Ms. Scantlng
lidu't like the timber IF which Brown was
luIlti and wishing Ia have her son grow up
'eneath. her Own. roof, Mrs. Scar lng sent
constable, and had TIE boy safely weather
loarded in Mrs- ScantliRg may not be
prick, but has done Brown.
TheexctIlent LaGfange Rooora was never
misrepresented. In coming
yer tity exchanges, and synopsizing ex-
presslons OF opinion from each, it has hap
pened that interruptions occur. and what
has been written by one psper is ascribed
TO smother. Very certainly the Rsc0rd has
consistently opposed The concession 20 the
International with rare moderation and
g"oe sense. We do 1t justice as it does not
/, go - western paper with fearful eyes, re-
counting ITS woes, Sobs ont. .sOur people
~ say that they are not only exposed 70
ls s,ie leoaslons Of the savage Indians, TO
wy i Ou1Iages done by Ireland, but also TO
~ ~. PP'0Ss'onS OF no less savage soldier.
W ~ S' bpSll Is disgrace To the army,
uue sleui " nave the epaulels be diseraces
stripped from his shoulders. and cons3gned
s In Austin the -people,say they ,.il boro-
after elect men to Office Win vsS,t -, 49,
80 the place, and not those who must be en-.
debted for honor 10 The office. A man NAV
do honor to any Office; but no Office can do
honor to any man. Practically, of recent
years, people do not believe this, and vet
| Epaminondas CssertG d the proposition " hen
III his old age he was employed in sweeping
che streets of Thebes.
They have driven 5000 cows through
| the San Antonio cemetery his $, ason, and il
is deemed an unusually bad year for driving
! cattle through graveyards Cheerful goats
leap from one to another gravestune in tho
resting place Of the dead, giving il a very
pleasing and attractive aspect. People love
TO die down there because of the animated
scenes in the midst of which their bones
must repose. Tidi San Antonio mort.
They are prosecuting people down at San
Antonio under the baby registration act
But the judge holds that home production
should be encouraged 10 the greatest posi-
BILE extent, and he will impose no fines save
where the fellow ought to have badly aud
has not. he says that since the Legislature
won't let them have the international, he
will not restrict the only rival route to
Western Texas and San Antonio.
The Georgetown Democrat says of the
International subsidy bill: at is time to
cease trifling, and if the bill Is to be passed
to proceed at once to the work and not de-
lay and waste valuable time and the peoples
money. If they keep on in this dallying
way, the per diem of the members OF the
Legislature will soon aggregate sufficient to
build good portion of the road in ques-
tion."
81 Tba napicOt, Noero kxuo c.oI1 tho
twenty-frst, and its neighbor, over the way,
tried to spank it. Ye gods and little
fishes We heard it yeowl away down here
in Austin. It's the jolliest and iercest aid
liveliest newspaper brat in all Texas. 1t
, isn't swollen or potbellied, but solid and
lively, and will soon divest itself of pima
fores, and then it will raise the -. about
the streets of DenisOn.
Miss Mary Reed of the San Antonio OPP
era Comique-the plays are ''localsn of the
Herald-has disappeared and the step
father through the HterateiT of the Herald
prolfers reward of twenty-five dollars for
the restoration of the pretty actress TO heI
home. She has brown HAIR, gray eyes,
, green dress and is supposed TO be in Aus
tin. Some of the good people from down
about San Antonio might possibly discover
her whereabouts.
, Several delinquent subscribers of the
Mexia Ledger have been entangled in fnan
cial and other troubles by tangefoot and
, neglected to pay their subscriptions. Re-
Gently they have been dreaming that ST.
Peter was after them, and the delinquent
!, advertisers and subscribers are pouring into
the Ledger office. 1t deserves to be rich
and Peter is we'll and periodically EN-
ployed, though the Ledger sometimes serves
another master.
San Saba county Is oneo the most fertile
and best watered in the State. Bounded
on the east and north by the Color ado river,
with the San Saba river running through
Its centre, with its numerous tributaries
branching out in every direction it affords
an abundance of fine water The beautiful
and fertile valleys on these streams, many
of which can be irrigated, makes this one OF
the most desirable localities.
Printers should beware. In correcting
supposed errors they sometimes fall into
egregiOus blunders. They have substituted
''suspicioned" for ''suspected,n and the
verb ito teach" is ''transitive" and not thu
; equivalent of the verb ito learn" when II
ntransitive. One may ''teach" but cam
LEARN" another, as we have taught Sen
ator Ireland infinitely more than we or tn,
rest of our race have ever 'Iearneon from
) MIN.
The prison at San Antonio is said to b,
as foul and disgraceful to Texan civiIiza
ton as the internal pest house that stink
in Austin. We notice that a Texan CRANE
jury in a county not far away reports
The Jail Is as comfortable as could be ex
pected." The accoucheur to that "re
j port" should be incafceraied and bored TO
slnlples. Guiltless citizens are consigned
20 felon's cells and yet II they may onl,
live and breathe, grand jury is wei
pleased and thinks them .'as comfortable
] as could be expected"
: The maternal instincts of newspapers ar,
sometimes puzzled when their offsprinl
stare at them from the columns OF ex
! ! changes with familiar faces but strano
concomitants. The STATEssIAN is fatterei
of course, when il sees it's fnnocen. httl
D fancies copied rerbatim Ct hte7utin. though
!. IL gets no credit; but Il does make on
e newsman say bad words when, after DIG
: ging at some familiaT-looking paragraph
s for some occult meaning to discover wbei
the light flashes on his puzzled brain III
own bantling grinning at him, and tn
2 lrown gives way TO q smile of recognition
That's how be felt when he read the FOL
: owing in the Trans Continental Iron Aqe
galveston Is identifying 4 central SQUIRE
Why can't Austin follow the good example
We forgot. Ours is made charming b
!. breezes and bowls from the hidcous calls
bOose and jail Do they have all thes
things around their public square in Maj
. shall