The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-07-10


Messrs. a. " T, rrrii 400 : n
Shet srd will speak nj The coming L4n
,,asas fair.
Ttey have turkey g"htl~r ~ Tyler
that lays three eggs daily. IL is reg
lIlsr Hod r'"mp'.
God TrXas sugar. m4de nn Ih-
N-v"IAd, w. solh lasI wrrk III CurTo
a. fifteen pounds Ia Iht' dollar.
The negro lawyer Fremont. al San
AOronio. sav- he owes sli hIs success
and assistance received to ID m0crstic
lawyers. g al
The hardest IKE ever petpetrat.d
upon Fields ( TIE Sri ate is the fsc
nat "N4t O." after seeing himself,
calls Fields ugly. -,- 80 .,,.--
They bsTbecned their pork and pa
trioiism on the Fourth of J uly at Lock-
hart, and bad bran dance, and the
day was delightful. " I'D 's
Denison gathered in eight or ten
thousand people 10y celebrating the
Fourth and manv onsequeRt nickels
were pocketed. Murray did it. -.
j. II. Brown, big Waco grocer,
has busted, handed in his checks and
incontiDebtly quit. The people liked
him and are sorry. Hard-pyn did 1T.
President Pierce of the Sunset road
will give the people OF San Autonio
free ride to Galveston, and there is
much happiness over in the old town.
R.ce imitstiveness was illustrated
beautifully in FL ,pkins county Thurs
day when Tom TINS shot and killed
Morris Taylor, both blacker than Ere
bus. .-s-... ,t-8
People have quit work and gone to
hunting pearls in mussei shells in the
Llano river. II were wiser to go min
ing in Brownwood or boring for water
in Dallas. re
"Nst @" calls Fields's nose the
most ludicrous scene i'm the Sat, SEN
ate. The fun in this joke consists in
the fact that Nat had not the remotest
idea of being funny. . 70 ssI.a
Miss Jennie Smothers who won the
foot race at the Hallettsville Schutzen
fest will attend the worlds fair at Aus
tin in November. Miss SmOthers runs
the boys to sutfOcstion.
The Polk county Banner contains a
solemn homi.y addressed to the Legisls-
ture in its long advertisement describ-
ing a large portion of the county and
profferiDg it for sale for taxes. gr
Elm Grove neighborhood, IN Cald-
well county, Is flush with fine fruit
crops, and everywhere about Austin
the production will be much greater
than was anticipated month ago. o.
They have knock-kneed, bow-legged,
bandy-shsnked, gizzsrd-footed, hump
backed, blesr-eyed ehimpanzee Oh the
police force in San Antonio. The Her.
aid man stsres at him in holy horror.
The Herald tells of the finding of the
os 'humerus" of a mastodon.i We
reckon it ID the ''funny bone" which
DR.. Ashbel Smith kicked az so furi-
ously in the House. But then he didn't
find 1t. .a ... D..
| The negro murderer killed on the
Fourth in Denison owes his early train
ing and public and private virtues to
the true inwsrdness and blessedness of
Sherman, and Murray feels good
about it,. ... .gsrau-y.,.
John Hsncock's old two-story clock,
made in 1T45, which used to strike on
4 Beacon street, in Boston. is said to fill
a corner of Bolton tavern in this
State. But isn't the Bolton Courier
mistaken about it. -o-@L
G. Brook Hollingshead Of Bee
county huns sweetly about his mother
IN England in the pages of the Tran
script. The next to the last staDz. is
sadly detective, but there is wide
difference between HollIngshead and
hollowhead. ..- ,..'...-.tE III
There is a man named Campbell at
Pittsburg whose heel is so long and
crooked that he fishes with it. In any
event the Magnet says that a turtle bit
his heel while he was fishing near that
town last week and Campbell decamp-
cd and beloved. 10 a---- .'a
The Denison Ne'cs never forgets to
mention the arrival of the railroad pay
car. Is 1t in the service of the COM
pany2 By the way, what Company
owns or manages the Missouri, Kansas
and Texas9 1t has had as many own
ers as cat lives. --s ...-r. o. n
The coal taken from the surface at
Fort Griffin is the only fuel used in
those part, and that's the reason we
wanted to run narrow gauge road IN
| Int 40 trc
love the oder of cedar and delight in
seeing greenbacks burned. -4.
The squires along the Sunset route
are mighty mad because the company
has authoriz I'd Its depot agents to adj
just losses and pay for cattle killed.
No more suits, no more. litigation, no
more costs, and nobody to treat all
round. The j. Pc. talk of resigning.
The L ockhart NeaOs- Echo says ''we ere
unusually dry" Why don't it drink
Has the bell punch frightened oui
neighbour We predicted falling off OF
revenues from whisky, and here we
have it. II the Neos Echo refers to
soil and crops 1t tells very common
place story. Gs ss9a
One thousand people from Sherman
were entertained sumptuously st Deni-
son on the Fourth. Martin is going te
give Denison big dinner the next
Fourth, and have q niger or two
killed and some poor white devil.
Sherman will never let Denison gel
ahead of her anyhow. ~. =
Mrs. Ssry Camp, q female tramp,
travels extensively In Texas as ''Pool
Lone Widder," and she rskes in many
Aickels. She has taken the Good Sa.
maritsn degree. and her husband was
Royal Arch. She is slightly bent but
still stands no bravely under an al,
mighty load of sin. taI @ :,
The Texas Patron says: nOur ex,
changes generally are commencing the
policy of the Governor in the manage.
ment of State affairs. Occasionally ".
observe some little abortive efforts al
sarcastic wit. and sometimes some
mud. But the Cid Hero is all serene,
aud will come out all right"
Gen. Frank C. Armstrong lie running
line of stage coaches from Collins "a
Rio Grande City. He was in Corpui
Christi SUNDAY. H's . good man in {
good pwn. He will have to stay /
week in San Antonio, whittier he il
going to q up an equilibrium of good
ness between himself and the fellows
along the river and ditch. g 4 "a
Jim helms, q constable. was sho,
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