The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-12-09

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Ansttn and what RheT Saw = The
First COnVert---A Mighty man OF
VaIor---Gra1t a Peaaxaeue.
SAN MARCOS, December 1, 1875.
Last Monday was an awful day, but as We
had been advertised TO sails by your as
tute local, We mounted our good steed AZ
Borak and did scud southwark before the
northern blast Like Aicipkroa. we swung
in air and darkness, and knew not whittier
the wind would blow us. A cald rain was
falling, tie road was in a terrific fix, and
some Of the creeks almost impassabie.
About the only thing that gets along with
ease through this black ground, whether II
raiOs or shines, is one ef Stoae 4 keating's
Clipper plows. Bot the STATESMAN is like
prairie match, it strikes fire in all sorts Of
weather, and can't be put OUT, and, not
withstandlng the Wind and rain, we added
tn our list that day six more names of such
as would be saved. We metone man gong
northward, with his head so mufiied up
that no part of his face was visible, except
his eyes and tue tip of his nose, which were
both very red and wategy. Ws stopped
him in lane, where the mud was about
knee deep, and ''boneam him for a sub
scription. We rather expected to be '.run
through, and thrown into the mud, but the
merriment that presently twinkled from,
those mutiled eyes oa1't we'll be portrayed.
His receipt may rot be very legible, as
we wrote it while shivering like wet
puppy, but such an Introduction to
William Raben, the noted smith of
Onion creek, cannot soon be forgotten.
At length we stabbed Al Borak nt Judge
Breedlove's, and sitting down to a savory
supper before good hre, we enjoyed that
repose, consolation, and sweet satisfaction
that only an agent of the STATESMAN cam
feel. ~ sssg
a. A TAvRRN-KEEPER WANTED.
About half way between the city OF
GOldenville aud Manchac Spring, and stand
ing upon a lovely cminence, is the resi-
dence and store OF Capt. Geo. w. Waters.
Capt Waters does a thriving, trade. and
proposes to build up town around him.
next year. Sam Piper has established him
self a little way tins side OF Manchac, and
thinks he can run Waters lively race on
tho town question: At Mountain City is
the store of Mr.. ID. A. Young, who does
perhaps u better business than any city
merchant with the same amount Of capital.
Four miles from Sun Marcos, ON the Rio
Blanco, is the Blapco House, an inn cele-
brated for nearly thirty years as the most
comfortable stopping place between Austin
and San Antonio and which has been the
stage stand" for all that length of time.
The house rs now kept by Mas. Nance, q
most excellent landlady, who has not only
maint ained, but has enhanced its reputa-
ton. For hcalthfulness and beauty OF loca-
tion this place is not surpassed in Texas,
and we understand that il is for sale, at q
low figure, by its owner, Major 9, r. lahps :
of Austin.
THEM HooFs GOING TO coNFEEs
Before reaching San Marcos we osS
a colored gentleman riding horse SOS
that its bones seemed pushing through ~
hide. The gentleman's dress was httle res
markable. He wore a ruffled shirt with
stand-up collar; his hat was a "two-story,v
which bore that peculiar appearance that
| two-story hat always does when softened by
the hand of time; his coat had been, at some
remote period, blue cloth swallow-tail;
his pantaloons were new black cloth, and
the lower ends reached within about five
inches Of his ankles, which were set in the
middle OF feet covered by number eleven
brogans. The tout ensemble was so much out
of the ordinary that we interviewed the
cuss. He proved to be a preacher of the
M. +. Church North, ON his way TO confer
ence at San Antonio. lie had been, he
said, during the past year ION the Austin
circuit.'' He thinks Grant suits the darkies
well enough for next President, and said a
white man told hm that jeff. DAVIS would :
be the candidate against Grant. The third
term influences have already been set TO
work among the negroes, but we unsettled
this fellow for a while by telling him that
the convention at Austin had already made
MIR. Davis President, and that Grant was
teaching colored school.
WHY FELLOW GOES INTo THE SEWING MA
CHINE BUSINESS. .e
A thing OF beauty is a Joy for ever, but
the beauty and material prosperity of San
Marcos and surrounding country has been
SO often the theme of pens more potent
than ours that anything We might add
would sound stale, fiat and unproftable.
AS evidence that Hays county affairs are in
a healthy condition, 1t Is Sufficient 20 state
that its paperis nearly at par. The county
officials are all strictly honest, OF course,
and the noble army OF new candidates have
nothing to say OF reform. As Irving says
of the creoles the almighty dollar seems
to have no genuine deyotees In this pecu.
liar village. We have fine school here,
but Capt. Pass. Turner says there Is a
teacher somewhere who tells his pupils TO
skip all the hard words (Which he can't
pronounce bimselD, as they are "no count,
no how" San Marcos Is the home Of Major 9
w. o. Hutchinson, whose legal and forensic
reputation is co-extenslve with the State.
The Major is one OF the most prominent
men whose names are mentioned IN e0nnec-
lion with the next judgeship Of this dis
trict. Messrs. Manlove e. Martin arc law
yers of high repute, and have a large
practice. Mr.. Manloye is q candidate for
county attorney ut the next election, and
his abilities would indicate him as the com
ing man. Ed. X. Kone, ESQ.,, the present
presiding justice OF the county, will not be
permitted TO retire 10 private life II he will
consent again 10 be immolated upon the altar
Of his country. The sams may be said OF Ed.
Green, the district clerk, and Capt. J. A. 3
Wren, the sheriff. Both Of these public
servants have performed their duties so
much to the satisfaction OF their masters,
the people, that the said masters are dis
posed to hire them over again. Col. II. B.
Frazer and his delightful wife keep the
iicest house in San Marcos. Col. Frazer
Is also a sewing machine agent--ope Of the
best in the world. He knows exactly how
70 come it over the fair sex, and has con-
trscted such habit Of selling sewing ma
chimes that he can't eat bis breakfast with
any appetite until he has first made Il sale
or trade. San Marcos boasts q newspaper
Il is called the Free Press, and its proprie-
tor, Mr.. Julian, deserves credit for its ud-
mirable typographical appearance and wise
editorial Conduct. ~
People do not seem 20 be at all satisfied
with the work Of the Convention, and are,
very generally, indisppsed TO accept the
Constitution or trust 70 future amendments.
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