The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-05-29
DENrON'S DOGNGS.


Especial Correspondence of Dallas llcrald,l
DESTON, Texas, May %, 1870.
\ hloodrd youth, sporting the re-
marlanlc palronymic of "Jones," took
lodgings in the county Jail here last
week, under The charge of violating
the person ola younS lady, six miles
from Denton. Jones is said to he much
addicted to siX-shootcrs and give linn
self up to the weakness of attempting
to use one on Deputy Sheriff Green,
when that officer proposed to arrest
him. Jones says that it was not the
bullet he caug through the points OF
both his shoulder blades that got him,
but that his saddle turned and emptied
him into the arms Of the law. The
state of Texas is very mad at Jones.
A Hind Tiger
il playing some very fantastic tricks at
Pilot Point, IN utter contempt of the
peace and dignity of the state, and to
the ustOnlshmcnt of the district attor-
ney and the confusion of the grand iu-
ry. 1t is thusly: The las Legislature
enacted II law prohibiting the sale of
Intoxicating liquors within Il radius OF
five miles of Pilot Point institute,
much to the discontinue of that in e.
teresting class of American freemen
who adhere to the honored principle of
..Frce Trade and Sailors Rights"
On the day the law took effect, Old
Bacchus goI On ii "high'-or, to drop
the figure, the friends of John Barley
corn INDUCED in u farewell drunk.
Soon after this, the blind tigar a!ore-
said made his appearance. Here is a
description of him: \ drawer runs
into II wall of what appears to be bill
lard saloon. You pull out the drawer,
drop in your change, shove the drawer
back, call for what you want and then
pull Out the drawer again and there
it is,
.'s;raigI,t" or "SpiISed,''
just rs you'd have it! Nobody is heard
or seen, and the blind tiger, apparently
without any keeper, works like II
charm. The grand jury tormcnted
their flesh and befuddled their minds
over him, but alas the blind tiger was
to them II stumbling block, and TO the
district attorney foolishness.
a Rain
has fallen in Denton, and the prospect
is good for more. The season was not
what might be distinguished us a "new
ground soaller," but pretty clever
shower. Plenty for the wheat, which
is now an accomplished fact. Corn
looks very fresh and happy. Oats
seem encouraged, and general broad
green grin of joy is Oh the face of ma
ture.
The hopprrs have pretty well kicked
out, and are doubtless victimizing the
poor farmers of Kansas, etc. May the
Lord have mercy on the people where
those pests travel.
a New Industry
il about to be started in our county by
II company of enterprising youths,
which is nothing more or less than q
hornet .ti'og rdRchc. This enterprise is
by the immense, unsatislied
and apparently Unsuitable demand for
horned frogs by the heather world, by
which / mean all countries outside of
Texas They propose to furnish frogs
ready boxed and stamped, and fed for
a journey of any distance, through the
mails or otherwise, for five cents per
capita. a process has been invented
the
Frog can be Pressed
10 the thinness of n sheet of foOlscap
the least injury. In this con-
lition all that will he necessary to
send one to any address will be to label
.he frog with the address and stick II
pne-cent stamp on the back of his
head, and send him q Ia postal card.
The rancho will be u unique establish
meat. The company expect to have
our hundred COW frogs ready for bust
ness hy the last of August proXimo,
md by The opening of the spring mar
let of 1876, no less than five thousand
'alves will, II is promised, be ready for
lie mails. 1t mny not be amiss here
% state that the pressed or attenuated
postal frog resumes his normal shape
'eadily OH being soaked in tepid water
Ialf an hour
The Herald in "a Tight Place.
$ the last (which / wish to remark"
N this letter. A subscriber of THE
HERALD, and one who nearly swears
W it, because it is his only dependence
or mental pabulum of Sundays, got
his paper from the office Saturday
light last, and carried it home to read
next day. Next morning come, and
lis good lady prevailed upon him To
itay at home with the children and let
ler go to Sabbath school and church.
\ II right. He saw his paper on the
ahle that morning, hut thought he
would wait until his wife got oil and
hings quieted down, 50 that he could
.njoy the feast undisturbed. When
he had gone and he had sung sue
.essful lullaby to the little one, he be-
ran To look for THE HERALD, but could
lot find il. lie was vexed and aston
shed to think it was out of place. He
lad seen IL on the table not fifteen
minutes before. Had seen the head /
ngs and was particularly hungry to
cad
Dallas Reception fJen. Davis.
$ well rs other items that his eye had
lanced over. Well, he could not find
l.. lie looked in every nook and
nrner in the house. He was mad
With Disappointment, and nearly swOre |
D himself over liis bad luck. What /
nuld have become OF that paper he |
uld not imagine. lie LAID down and |
rieved himself to sleep, aud was only |
10y his kind better half at /
So o'clock returning from church As 4
SON ~ lac walked. the harden OF his
iul WAS poured uul to her. "Who in
Ie thunder. my dear, could have
ken THE HERALD this morning?
ever was so annoyed about anything"
"Why, darling, why I-l-can'ttell
lie. You know ] can'ttell a lie. I've
Of il i'm my hustle :" And out she
rev it, all twisted and 1.-THE shape Of
crescent, but uniform. He carefully
nfo ded it and proceeded to read as 10
ow Dallas welcomed the southern
iief. PETER GIT.
+. S.-Since writing the above n regu-
IT "new ground soaSern and gully
idencr'' has visited Denton. 1fyour
,aders do not understand my mean-
" IT is high time they were visiting
le N-timbers, aud becoming cnlight-
jed in the latest Improvement or
phraseologv.
The secretary Of war has granted !
emission to the southern memorial .
sociaiion with their friends II enter
rlingian cemetery the first of June
r the purpose Of decorating the
avt-s Of the confederate dead, with |
e liberty TO use the grand stand for
e exercises, including addresses THAT
nallv. lake l,lace. Originally there Z