The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-02-08

the summit of the Sherman court house,
and he is always poking fun at the ar
chitec;s. He absolutely calls the dome |
oA Its summit chicken coop, and con-
ueues, every day, to say funny things !
about II until the people, preferring |
the silent stone to the noisy editor, are !
taINing about having pSir of tongs !
Gu, out OF limestone, to be set nm ON
.o9 OF the pile of bricks, to be called !
Martin: The legs will be beautifully |
crossed and twisted ,Sround among one !
another, significant OF the genius of |
"tanSlefoot" now shaping the policy
of the Register.
Rev. Alfred Toihunter, we'll known |
in this city, he having soiourned with
ms friend, Rev. Mr.. Lee, was married |
few days ago in San Francisco. His !
purpose in taking wife was suggested /
ny the discussion of "local option"
anu he would no longer be an unmiNod
tui-huater, ana therefore it was that
on The day of his marriage he preached
from l. Cor. iii, 13: THE ire shall
try every mans work" That Mr..
TodhUnter Intended 10 abide the terms
OF the contract WAS shown by the ser
mon of the evening, when his text was,
"Tha. which We have already hold
fast Till l come"
The Castroville Era says tina. Next
cans are not the only cause of
trouble upon our borders. Despern-
does and horse-thieves hold high car
uiyal all along the line and openly defy
the officers of the law. This same
state of affairs existed in Dewitt,
karnes, Goliad ana other counties not
OF the border, but since the organize
ton Of McNelly's uen we have heard
little of these characters, except when
we heard they were arrested, or, better
still, that they were killed. We are
sorry to hear that the appropriation Is
exhausted. Rather than see them dis
banded, we hope that Governor Hub
bard will call special session of the
Legislature to supply the deficiency"
The day after the passage of the To-
cal option law in Hunt county, all the
male inhabitants OF the little town Of
White Rock tried to drink up all the
whisky, and the result was grand
''old drunk" 1t is said that u happier
| day was never seen in the village.
During their spree the old ggsy-headed
magistrate, the drunkest of the party,
mounted goods box and called the
crowd together. For a moment all was
hushed, aud the aged conservator of
the peace and dignity of the State
said: Boys, you may (hicD have
! your fun (hIC0 to-day, but (hIcO I'll
(hicD give you (hicD ell tomorrow"
To morrow came, and the constable,
armed with a writ for each of the Of
Tenders of the new law, brought them
into court by the dozen. Sadly and
sorrowfully each plead guilty, ana paid
his s. and costs. When he had gone
through with the whole list, the mag
iStrate grandly arose and said: at
appearing to the court that the court
was drunk also, the court will consider
himself fined So and costs" and pulled
out the money and handed it to the
constable. The town it now SAID to
be quite sober.
job. Bledsoe, the broom manuiac-
turer of the eastern suburb, is some
what of a temperance advocate. He
would ''sweep" whisky off the face of
the earth and can't keep quiet. While
making brooms he is always talking
about the big "besom of desolation"
that sweeps cObwebs out of the throats
of thirsty bibulous populations and the
people themselves tito perdiiion. job
was making rousing speech in his
jerking, nervous, peculiar infamma-
tory way yesterday morning and in his
per0ratien said: Here's this internal
city government. 1t licenses and es-
tablishes whisky shops and then when
fellow takes it and gets his legs and
ideas tangled that same government
chucks the victim of its wiles into the
ca!aboose and fines him. Us IL
roaring violation of constitutional lit
erty !" exclaimed job. "The city takes
advantage of its own wrong, which
the law and Constitution forbid, and
the whole system must be broken up"
And then job sa. down on his pile of
brooms and sang the song,
I'm gin the local option"
that appeared in last. Sundays STATES.
MAX. His excitement thus exhausted
itself in the dlvinest melody, and he
was again calm and happy.
We noticed the fact that the Guada-
lupe Times man had been here and
bought press and gone hack perfectly
blest. He had just funds enough tn
pay for the press and none to invest in
tavcrns or transportation and he in
ducod the county court TO gobble a
boy, whom he declared to he crazy,
and order the helpless youth to the
Lunatic Asylum. No court will go
back" when a question of insanity is
involved on an average editors asser'
ton, and the court furnished the wagon
and horses and supplies and mileage
The editor drove TO the asylum here at
the capital. The superintendent eX-
amined the boy and the editor and was
about to consign the latter to q cell and
straight JACKET when he fled. The boy
drove the wagon to Msther's, where the
press WAS deposited. and soon the edi,
tor appeared. The wagon was
freiGhtcd with the machinery and went
laundering back across the plains into
the jungles Of the Guadalupe. The
editor wears wig now. His head was
shaved at the asylum; but he is very
happy. His paper, before us, tells his
readers to come in with their jobs. H6
can do fancy work at Austin prices or
an Austin press. We can't help ap
proving the devotion of the Seguir
. court 10 the interests of the newspapers
press when it furnishes mad man with
wagon and team to Transport
the materials of a printing Office
at the countys cost. We suppose
this Seguin court, after having
been ropcd in this insldious and
ingenious manner, will not hesitate
to enforce the local option act. Theil
"Honors" must have beea stupendous
ly drunk. A correspondent Of the Sar
Antonio Herald tells this story.
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