The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-10-12

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wanted to, some ridiculous rascal turned
the bulls eye of locomotive headlight
suddenly upon the stage and there Was At
once an alarm of fire. Everybody rushed
To the stairway aud there was a terrible
squeeze and shrieks and fearful up
roar. Nobody was hurt, but when they
catch the fellow that scared the women
they'll make him ride for months on the
cow-catcher or go through the press once
q week at Round Rock.
lit Is q proper tribute to the worth of
Gus Signisigo rendered by the Acalanehe
which says, that 'he was a gentleman of
fine education and splendid literary abili-
ties" As newspaper editor he made his
m urk years ago as a furcible, vigorous wri-
ter. Every SoutherE jruroai, aud IN any IN
the North, have printed his poetry, and
not few of his contributions will live
many years even after the name of their
author has been forgotten. A man more
upright and honorable, truer to his friends
and his convictions of duty, Drawer Ut mort
chivalrous in the highest sens. of those
terms than Gus Siginaigo, it would be
difficult to find. He had not An acquaint-
ance who WAS not his friend, aud everyone
who knew him in life will sincerely mourn
his death.
E. C Jones, who lives in the mountains
Among the catamounts and Mexican lions,
was in town Saturday selling wood. He
asked: wal, who tue thuuder is up for
President p Sam Tilden," was the re-
ply. SAN TIldtn, he, Well, aow,
don't mind me tibet Pm ekuented with
S.m-if l ever wuz I've forgot i'm, by
snakesl' ''Oh. he's an old slageI :" re.
piled the informant. HE is, hahl Whar
did he ever driv stage2 Twarn't up in
Tarrant county, er I'll be dad blamed r.
II didn't mean that, but" We'll, now,
see hysr, stranger, l dent keer a konti-
mental darn bout whar he staged-wh hat
regiment wuz he kurnel uv2" H
wasn't in the war" THE geewhilhkins,
stranger! hain't you kinder got them
wrong 2" "No, sir, that is true" Then,
bully fer ole Sam, by snakes! Ell we've
backed inter old times fur enuf to run sum-
body fer "ftis that warn'C a kernel, yer kin
take my hide fer sole lether eff me an my
whole settlement don't vote fer him till
the cows 60 dry agin!" And he meant
every word of it.
Hon. T. J. McCulloch, the brilliantly
eloquent member of the late Legislature
from Leon county, is doing the Centennial
He opens, and always wide, by telling his
readers in his modest, simple, unpretending
McCull' ch was looking at the fly wheel
of the big COrliss engine we reckon I'm its
annual revolution has brought the people
of the nations cold snap. Warm, genial
breezeg which, laden with the perfumery
| emitted from the petals of ten thousand
flowers, caused the heart to throb with
emotions of youthful freshness and vigor,
have surrendered, and are floating white
fig" fits to be preferred to the bloody
shirt Ito the hleaky blasts that precede
the hoisy and laundering gales of the
autumn season. The plumed chorlsters of
the forests that awhile since hailed with
songs of joy the phyrs of spring and the
glorious advent of the sun, as he lifted him.
} self from the bed of the eastern hori zon,
bathed bis face, comhed his golden locks
and donned his si'very gown for journey
| through the heavens" We have seen moth
subject. Donald G. Mitchell's effort III
.Scribner is wholly unequal to this inimita-
bic etfusion. l. viii appear in the STATES
NAN in slices.
i The following description of grasshop-
pers' d.noation In Kansas can have no
counterpart in anything written or wit
messed in Texas. A correspondent, from
Saline county, in that State, says tina,
''about 10 O'clock this morning noticed q
heavy smoke in the west. said to myself,
that IS strengthening smoke. What
; causes it2' satHon my wheat drill aud
watched it. Rapidly it arose-smoke ris-
ing to the south, to the north, tothe north
east. In a few minutes the Column of
,, smoke extended from the south around by
the west to the northeast-to the extreme
limit Of vision. While was saying to nay
, self, Yes, l understand you now, my heart
slowly sank. Unhitching nay team, put
MY full wheat sacks IN the wagon, hitcheG
, to it, drove to the granary, ualuaded, drove
% the honae, go my gun, and wenr prairie
I chicken shooting. My wife looked at m,
in mild surprise. Quitting work on beauti
full day to go shooting was queer thing,
she thought. l did not have The heart t.
T tell her that in less than four hours her mic,
garden would be cleaned out, and that al
E our wheat would he gore. Soon the low
hum. as of a distant threshing machine
filled the air-lhe adVarce OF the locusts
Louder, louder, ever louder the hum, till il
E roar the countless billions of devourer
. were on US, all around US. The air wa!
stiff with them. ! could look at the SUI
/ without blinking They settled constantly
, The earth was covered with them, yet no
one in a thousand stopped. To the cas-
! they went in vast cloud. A west wind,
1 gale, blew them. For six houIs they flew
a solid cloud and tonight there is not o
: wheat plant lett in any of the counties
about here. l sat on u hill and watched
them, and smiled as ! saw some hpndredi
tackle a sun flower, and laughed rs saw
that su fower vanish. How thick they
were! H,w harmless they looked; but
great Jove, how they ate! All! what appe
:, titles they have. 1t would make dysp,p
TIC turn green with envy to see the way
they hasten to anything and everything edi
BILE. the CHARACTERISTIC of grasshopper',
appetite is that all he eats runs to appetite
: Sixty acres of my wheat was up. Now il
Is down-the outlets of the locusts. | sup
pose they will take the residue as 1t come!
, through the ground. Well, shall have t.
4 reseed, tina. is all. But the loss of seed sn6
labor is pretty sore on me This year. ! hav,
Joy in saying that ! have eighty acres o.
: ,ru that will try their teeth somewhat. i
is as hard as corn can be. l walked dowI
= this afternoon to ace how they were making
out with it. They had the stalks al
! stripped of leaves, and were saving at thu
corn. But l uid see that it was no GO
Their teeth slipped over the bright-yellov
surface. have gone to haying again, anc
e will hay until the lncusts leave. / still
, keep three plows running, and will reseeC
{ as soon as possible. Our garien is perfect!
cleared beans, cabbages. tomatoes, melon
z every hing utterly gone. The vines to thu
:, potatoes are gone, and ! rm expecting
! boss hopper up here at any minute to reqHes
i the loan Of spade to dig up my potatoe
l with. l shall Iefuse his request Will
Y sco:n."
Editorial Notes.