San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-12-14
Personal.


Personal.
We were glad to meet our friend Aug.
Giesen in town yesterday.
J.H. Patterson has gone to San Antonio
to be married. "Good bye john"
Mrs. DR.. Harrison, of Dripping Springs,
called On us yesterday to pay the Doctors
subscription to the FREE PRESS.
Young Joe Kyle informs our reporter that
he is now engaged in the cattle business
on "deviPs river"
We met at San Antonio, Mr.. j. w. G..
Love and his bride, formerly Miss Gillian
of Galveston. She is very .preposessing
young lady, and we congratulate Mr.. Love
on his good fortune.
Miss Nellie r. Julian accompanied the ed
itor of the FREE PRESS to San Antonio on
Sunday, and spent two days and nights
there. It was her first visit to rye ancient
city of the plain" the metropolis of West
Texas, and she was charmed alike with the
place and the frank, warm hospitality of the
acquaintances she made there.
We recently made the acquaintance of
Lee Richardson, a prominent colored citizen
of this vicinity. We found him to be q man
of considerable natural intelligence and force
of character. He informed us he had bought
soon after freedom" 80 acres of land and
since nearly 80 acres more, owes only $40 On
on the same raised twelve bales of cotton
this year, all his living besides, had some
stock; and in short finds himself quite indie
pendent. Many others of his color made q
dreadful miss in not following his example
at time when it was easy to have done SO.
e A representative of the FREE PRESS was
present by invitation at masculine party at
Ned Kyle's and Mr.. Ford's on Friday night
of week before last The better halves of
these gentlemen were absent, and the ''pow-
er behind the throne" being thus away, the
ruder elements would play. Our dnsophis-
tcated reporter lad previously no idea that
any 'such carvings on" were ever had in
this community, especially by its more
prominent members, such as were present
on this occasion Under the circumstances
he is not inclined to divulge the transac-
tons of the assemblage. Suffice it to say
that the reported marriage of ''Old
Loomis' was repeatedly toasted in libations
ALD6TlCdu WAuc. IIlhO lnC iothlh
ers of ''Witlaf King of the Saxons," cele-
brated by Longfellow, who undertook to
drink to the health of all the saints in the
calendar, and still remembered one saint
more" SO "Old LOOMS" continued to loom
up on the present occasion. Another gen.
tleman. who we believe is a total abstainer,
and our reporter, we regret to say, were
the only members Of the party who escaped
''dndisguised" this trying ordeal They
however did their full part at the handsome
collation. which followed. AL this was at
Mr.. Kyle's The company then repaired
to Nr. Fori's for some music" Some
rather boisterous songs and choruses
followed, between drinks" The favorite
one seemed aimed at at limb of the law
who presided at the piano, and to reflect on
some passage in his recent biog raphy, the
nature OF which We could only conjecture.
We quote . stanzs:
Wen ali be OF for Pearsall,
So early in the morning,
Wei al be of for Pearsal
Before the break Of day"
Our reporter left before ten, leaving the eX-
ercises in full blast-the Emusic" still IN
progress. and the marriage Of '-Oid LOOMS
stil being frequently celebrated IL was
indeed merry occssiJn to the participants