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

men 20 90 to that good town Dallas alone
In fact, Saint Paul 81 a, prophelicallv. -
ISN'T wei. for man to be alone, espeeiatlv in
Dallas, and the Grangeresses are right.
Stick TO 'em.
The EeAe's devil weighs seventy I've
pounds and eats a twenty-five pound water.
melon and, the Echo says, his weight is s6ll
nrscisely the same as bsfsre, when he haclast
swallowed une-third OF himself in weight.
The Edo doesn't understand the philoso.
DIV of these curious facts and it becomes
us TO explain that the boy is hollow all the
way down inro his boots. His ordinary
hollowness making him good sounding
board. he should DO the associate editor OF
the -NcoS. Echo. Z
They are cutting down expenses in Dali
! las, and a portion of The police force must
walk the plank. and the folly market-mas-
ter feels of his head every morning to see
whether j, sits safely on his bnrly form, and
dogs begin TO 81 eak around more confident
ly because the police ace kinder eoYed,
and the people are looking INFO that perqui-
site business, and, on the whole, thc fellows
in office begin to feel soary and. shaky and
''oncOmfortahle" like, and. taxpayers glee-
and dream of better DAYS coming.
! Jacksbcro has a new newspaper, and II.
| c. Hamilton has been crowned by it poet
| laureate. He contributes blszisg verses to
the Echo, which will echo forever adown
the corridors of time. We can only repro
duee one verse, and would give another,
but they are three-legged, it will be oh
served, aud get around too slowly for the
| fact and fancy man. The blackstone Ten
nyson says:
score have crossed the river
| Have allied the drunkard's grave,
And many hearts NOW CULVER
| Al the dangers of the main
The Western StOcL Journal invaluable to
cattle dealers, says that g Pleasanton has
been the rendezvous of prominent cattle
men for a number of days, and during that
time some of the cattle kings have bought
out great number of the cattle princes
and smaller fry Is there much differ
ence between cattle men and men cattle!
Amt they both somewhat bull-hoadedi
And If they should get into Wall street,
among the bears and bulls of those p\rts,
wouldn't jag Gould and those other fellows
be speedily cowedl These Texan cattle
dealers are bold operators. - p -s
Miss Nettie Power Houston haseve been,
almost from her childhood, the preferred
protege and correspondent of Mr.. Richard
son, the recently deceased editor and pro-
prietor of the Galveston Noes. Miss uous-
tons father and Mr.. Richardson, on the
contrary, were almost lifelong partisan
foes, and the editor and the politician weru
, wont to abuse one another with The utmost
harshness In the very last note ever writ
ten by Mr.. Richardson TO Miss Hous' rn,
, occur the simple, generous words: Ire
member, any charming child, there is no
a. Il
you"
A thousand owneIless ours will be put to
death this week in Brownsville. The town
was about to hop and flop away entirely,
: and owners of real estate forced the police
to do their duty. The nights will be quieter
' in Brownsville, but the oldest Inhabitants
! can't sleep unless lulled TO repose by the
bowling of dogs. Most Brownsville dogs
have no hair on them, because il has been
D steadily scratched off for several successive
L generations, and it found il was no use to
k grow and has quit. The spots on them are
Y scars caused by bites inflicted ON the same
$ place by hostile tleas through several ages
n OF dogs.
A farmer near the city--his name is
II Bledsoe-has been practicing the art of
grating, and become fascinated with the
cheerful business, and makes roses gro W
10 upon luisllSS, plhcS upon CSuhIsy hid ms
70 brought about many strange alliances in the
Is vegetable kingdom. Some weeks ago we
m are told that Bledsoe, while "his hand was
re Inv told his old woman that be did no,
) like the looks of a. rusty old, one eyed
If Freezeland hen that Topped about the yard,
,r and that be was "going 10 improve the
le breed by grating on her" Theold woman
told John ed better go and graft som,
% orang-outang on himself, and thus elevat,
% the species.n John didn't see the point
II but proceeded early next morning TO cut %
al the Anthony's nose of the hen, and of
). small fowl at the same time, and he ex
" changed the Anthony's noses---sometime,
n called the "nether end of the side bone
J. Each was instantly clapped on the spot
e where the other bad grown, and Bedso,
o says they adhered and grew vigorously, "a,
the doctors would say by the /" first inten
d tion." And John is very proud Of his ex
is plot, and so is the old hen. She strnts anC
sr spreads her splendid tail with great vehe
r. mence and vanity, while the wretched pea
re cock is certainly dying of envy an,
q wounded self-lvve. Bledsoe talks Of bring
a ing the pair of birds to town tor exhibition
D. but fears his peacock, with the Freezelan,
ID tail, viii literally peg out from shee
chagrln, and Bledsoe cannot endure The
II thought Of losing them. n q