The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-02-15

eyes of Galveston. We infer that
McGary is for prohibition or he would
puff himself with whisky and his adj
vertisers with words. Such Is the con-
duct of most journalists.
The refrigerator car, Brueggerhof,
from st. Louis, will be here at an early
day. The defect in the liquor laws of
Texas consists in the fact that they do
not respect refrigerator cars. Lager in
such car only 'cools off a fellow,
over-hested with whisky, and it's
whisky, and not lager, that the
STATESMAN does not like.
Grand Rancho postoffice is in the
center of an area of about so, 600 acres
of arabic land, in the southern part OF
Palo Pinto county. 1t is kept at Joel
D. T. Bearden's residence, on the bank
of Pslo Pinto creek. There is no town,
mill, store, cotton gin or doctor near
it, yet it is the only postoffice besides
Palo Pinto town in the county.
The papers that have been abb S ng
A. B. Norton, of Dallas, should re-
tract and apologize. His postoffice
matters are all straight, so far as he is
personally involved; he did not make
the villainous speeches ascribed to him
by the Inter Ocean, and gross wrong,
it seems, has been done the venerable
gentleman.
Paddock wishes us to understand
that he doesn't take morning cock
tails that he doesn't take tanglefoo'
in any shape. We give him the bene'
fit of his denial, but he must stop the
Democrat or quit talking about The
growth of Fort Worth, or people will
still think him drunken than Martins
inimitable legs.
The Gatesville Sun contains hand
some wood cut, by Mast, q friend Of
Atkinson, in which Fields, of the Co.
manche CHIEF, appears tickling Local
| option. He stands on the fence ano
don't seem to know which end of the
bottle to apply to his lips. Was Field;
neutral We were never neutral or
any question.
San Saba is going to try on local op
lion. The county court must order al
election next Monday, and then thing
will be lively over there. The Neac
has not stated which side of thu
whisky question it is on, and at tn;
distance we find some difficulty il
smelling its breath, and then, too, i
is addicted to onions, and we may
never find out.
The eloquent and ingenious Mr.
Caskey, of Sherman, in private note
says: 81 thank you very kindly 70
the only respectful notice with whlci
the secular press has honored me sine
this controversy began. 1t would at
ford Brother Caskey great pleasure t.
be heard in Austin in reply to Rabb
Browne, and on local option, but I'm
fortunately has not the greenbacks t.
defray expenses"
The demand for the STATESMAN
especially among the best people of tn
country, grows with velocity constant
ly accelerated. If the fellow VIII,
drinks be fast, the other fellow tina
doesn't and breaches against it is inf
nitely faster, and then, too, the spec
of the first is downward; that of tn
second is ever upward and onward.
One Citron-he must have toug
rind-lives in a cistern in Shreveport
but here at the capital we have a sal
fron-colored citizen who dwells AM
smokes and sleeps and stores away HI
victuals in hole in the bank of tn
| Colorado. He has smoke vent tina
his pipe and cigarettes may not suffC
cate HIM, and he seems to be content
When the Neaos:Ecbo says that tn
editor of the Argus lied" he shoul
have said that the Argus man had nc
read carefully the Neoos Echo exceller
description of Caldwell county. 1
fact, the m stake is in the name of tn
Argus. 1t has not 100 eyes, and Cal
not see two sides of a newspaper all Q
once.
The Ne,os- Echo says it is a heav
liver that excites the drunkard's thirst
We do know a lop-sided, blear-eyeC
old snakers whose liver, if the quantit
he drinks determines the dimensions {
this organ, weighs half ton. Such
liUer should never die, aud therefor
; the ancient maxim of -bibbers-
dun viginlus Ui0dmus--while we live W
will be livers.
, A young man named Boyles,
Milan county, was jealous and kille
, Williams who loved his girl. Boyle
{ fled and young fellow in the Wyon
ing penitentiary pretended to be Boyle
and had himself brought to Milan
by the sheriff of that county. II
easily proved that he was not Boyle
and was turned loose to prey upo
.. society.
Mr.. Brazil, a small slice of Afric
and not of South America, and anotht
promontory of that same continent O
legs, named Henderson, had fight {
LAGRANGE about coon dogs, and til
nominally Brazilian biped shot Hell
derson, perhaps fatally, in the Shin
Henderson danced Juba for three houl
before the doctors could soothe hin
The Dallas Herald says that "report
from the wheat crop, according to tn
acreage, were never more favorat Il
The condition of the crop is simpl
first class. The rain and snow bent
flied it greatly. There will be tn
largest cotton crop "pitched" ia Nortl
ern Texas that was ever known. TIN
farmers everywhere are busy preparin
their land"
The Fort Worth Democrat advise
Rev. J. S. ,Bostock, who is lecturing j
Waco on the characteristics of ind
viduals," to make us the single subjeC
of his dispositions. Rev. Bostlc
will then have big theme, and ca
sfford to spread himself Moreover
full houses would always greet til
eloquent lecturer. The STATESMAN q
ways captures the many.
Whisky was triumphant in the la;
contest in Lampasas, but as crime lift
its awful front the people, contempt;
ting blood and murder and violenc
and assassinations already deplor
their blunder, and if the question {
prohibition were again submitted Ian
: pasas would reverse its recent deere
and there would never be q reta
dramshop in the county.
The ''city" of Terrell has its "sut
urbs." They are worth seeing-i
the Star. This Star is of the fir
magnitude, and would sell its HAND
! presses that it may buy cylinder. 1t
: this necessity that makes Terrell
} city" and no longer a village {
town. Local, like personal vanit!
may be harmless, but still inyeste
with a share of righteousness tina
amuses strangers.