The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-04-24

Hc learned the art when . 1u-caiISt.
The Jiapjecuts snd acu,e WISH Toy
ior will celebrate the completion of
he East aud West Lire Narrow Gauge
10 Sulphur Spnngs on the third prox.
jefferson, with bait TIE wealth oi
Austin. he's built this .cld even while
We hsve been Grnan;1g about hard
times.
81. y. Bentley went to Dallas" the
Telegram says. several weeks ego and
has not since been heard from" How
could q modest, quiet fellow expect to
TO be heard from In the eternal din and
fuss and fury and uproar and CHATTER of
glasses and ''old Tige's" speeches 10
BALLAST
Colonel Mathews sells $3.50 worth az
straw berries this season, from two and
one half acres at Tyler. lie has a fish |
pond, rich IN contritu ors to local |
luxury. AbOut it grows five varieties
of grapes. or fruits, eprir0ts, POM
granates, sPP.es, peectse, fss, pears
and plums abound.
The Guadalupe Times traces about
forty stolen Lo-ses to pasture IN |
charge of liverymen near Austin l, !
adds, three stable keepers have been
arrested. A dealer in horses was ar
rested for having stolen no.se5 on h's
premises. The dealer vgS Ee!eG ed,
and the Times makes II big story OF It,
Dallls, forever more, WI dread
water epouts. It's q great pity too.
It's aversion 20 W+tef vas ai"ays 3
mania. Suppose Dallas, half druHk
should at some tune mistake oue Ct
its fiery, shouting psriy leaders Tor
waterspout, would lie not he destroyed
by whirlwind of popular psssionI
People should beware Names are
things, AS Lisbon, in Portugal, was
enguIfed by au earthquake, even so
Lisbon, in Texas, was taken up by
water spnu'. BIT lhen the latter Lis
bon is herd-5y Dallas, and everything
therea bout ''soes up the spout that
doesn't go down the guzzie.
A lady in the country. or the rail
road, wished her husband 10 provide
for her an Illuminated teZ, for Easter.
l. was deBIgued to Hdorp the Sunday
school room As recsived by telegraph,
| ICdts u BlO tao Niitb 10 D''hI
nine feet long by two ieeJ wide" For
all that, il wasn't half as wide as hls
eyes and mouth when he read Of II.
Whenever the clements wish TO &c on
a big bender, they make Dallas the
scene OF the E,aGdenIDg event. Only
last Tuesday, Dallas YRS supplied with
hailsloues, ready made for mint jQle pa,
, as big as ones fist, arh honsss wnd
barnes were uaro0fed sG1 destroyed
and much properly was hlnv.a Gway
: and broken up by tic GEUbGCn clerk
of The weather.
= the San Antonio Herald says Tayltl
of Fannin Is Ga good fellow, full Of
t talent. bold ant ready debater, per
{ haps the best in the House, hating
e Democracy END controlling the balance
Of power whan'v -r Democracy IL 10
. an unit" 1t is to DC hoped, at least
that the rcduantGn;' Cn!nGs; will lev
: himself to desth.
Captain w. II. Sharp, sheriff 0
: Rrszoria county, has received lette
!, from q band of murGerers Threatening
"a his life if he does not resign the office
A large number of the best citizens o
the county publish card decla"ln!
: their purpose to stand bJ Ciptail
e Sharp, and promising that assassin
it shall not go unpublished hereafter, q
n was the case in the Santee affair.
The Sulphur Springs Gazette invite
$ US to attend the celebration of tn
d completion of the narrow gauge fror
t. Jefferson to Sulphur Springs, caution
e ing us not to go by way of Dallas
We don't see why, if fellow be o.
a his route to that suiphurOus place
= he might not aft ,r3 to stop and spenC
o. few hours in Dallas as a sort of fore
o taste and preparation for the Sulphu
Springs and things.
a, We know that the editor of tn
# Ires~sier1tr Nsaa Eng is a .plqns psa .Hr
mendstion of the Baptist and It's editor
:, This sudden and violent oulburst q
> unaffected goodness constitutes nev
i era IN the history OF the Neo Era an,
:, makes amends for all its shortcomings
1t has faith IN the progress of til
righteous and has captured Bro. Link
+ People travelling on the Central ar
I warned not to get off at Brenharl
g The snti-hog law of the town has bee
i annuled and the Legislature has pro
vlded for the maintenance of two cur
: by each son of Ham, and Brenhan
!. will have two feas for each grain o
9 sand. BRENNAN hsss don't have wings
d but they can leap into the windows o
q sleeping coach and it isn't healthy t,
/ irrifafa than TNharaf~ra ,.a,,. -
, the hog and dog laws.
! Arcola plantation sugar is sold By
( the Dbl. in Houston at seven cents. Il
has never been doctored or bleachec
in o so-called New York refinery
and contains no poisonous acids. AL
: OF it that goes North and comes bach
i will be doctored, and we will give
eight aud one-half cents for pound,
half sugar and half kaolin. Thi:
ksoline is colorless clay that dis.
solves perfectly. 1t is exported from
8 Augusta, Georgia, and Arkansas and
sent back South in sugar and syrups.
: When the editor of the Marshall
Herald eees and hears the buzzipe
humble bee he throws up his hands
and hat IN ecstacy and exclaims
"The winter is ended, frost is no more
and springtime cometb, gentle Annie ~
Ten days ago, when humble bee went
buzzing and cumming through the
Herald Office, the town of Marshall was
aroused by demonstrations of ecstacv
given by the festive, jubilant editor.
Frost is never known after the bum
BILE bee sings in the sunlight.
Roger A. Pryor is coming to Texas
to prosecute the Kansas jlyhawker
who slew the actor at Marshall. We
have lawyers here quite his equals and
thoroughly conversant with Texas law
and XIV. amendment jures. Would it
not be wise for Roger, the fast and
furious Democrat secessiouisi of twenty
years ago, to reform Federal codes
that we may have better lave and
these more certainly enforced. But
lthen We would gladly have the good
and modest Roger come. He, as well
as ourselves, will learn something.
The Dallas Commercial says that
copious rain on Sunday, followed By
heavy showers yesterday, removed
much OF the fear felt for the crops. 1t
is true that it is too late to repsir the
damage already done to the wheat
crop, but it will not now be an entire
/ failnra Ae for nor,