The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-07-24

Tn0 bi0t ksmnh >hNp At CARA crossing.
Garza's Crossipg boasts Of, is inflated with.
and sometimes nearly smoked out by, black
smith shop. 1t is run by two men, we'll
known, of fair reputation, and possessing I'M
doubted skill at their trade. Next to the
vicinity of the empty beer key, that black
smiths shop is one Of the institutions, or
rather curiosities, of Texas. That man Kay,
the senior member of the frm--to say moth
ing Of the magnetism of Lagrange possesses
in remarkable degree, like all blacksmiths,
the power Of giving humanity chance to
show of. 1t is really a pleasure to squat
down, Texas fashion, in that shop, have
good loahng spell, and quiz the aforesaid hu-
mainly. Cross roads meet here from various
Points-the travel is really heavy-and the
company in that shop numerous and rare.
All sorts and sizes of men congregate in this
vulcanized spot-the portly and good-looking;
the thin and elongated; the erudite and litter
ate; the fiery and the phlegmatc; constant
takers and mute water melon eat
ers; sharp reasoners and serious
mysti6ers; the humorous who like laughter.
and the rigid who look as sad az second hand
oysters; the keen working and the mildly i, :
different; the courteous and the blunt straight
forward; the hard-headed, the clever.headed
and the rough-headed; men of strong com
mon sense, and beautiful representatives of
obtusity; the purple colored, the dusty hued.
the salmon tinted, aid the etiolated; the diff .
dent and the placid; the pushia-head and tn.
stormy; the frank, the round about and the
candle-holding; the jewelled in-six-holes, and
the man with a. snuff-,ticky old woman: the
plainly apparelled mutual scratchers and the
distinctly candid; those who can and those
who can't; thase who won't and those who are
afraid of talking; the grammar slaughtering
and the exact speaking; ad rers of cart
lonpes and lager, and determined teetotaler. ;
the explicit whom you can understand at once,
aud those who beat about the bush, never
catch the bird, and blame you for missing IT,;
the generous minded, the sociable, the un-
assuming, and those who consider that hauling
water-meions to San Antonio places them in
the category of gods, and that they are only
No bigot can exist at Garza's Crossing;
there are no bigots in that blacksmith shop.
The smiths are free, liberal and independent,
willing to help in the cause of humanity, t.,
protect the weak and to tighten every loos: ;.
screw in every watermelon wagon they come
across.
uiRHt aSo wagon was upset anu
Kay was dets lied to assist to upright it. 1t
seems that Kirkwood's mine had fallen in
again. A young man by the name of Johnnie
Masters had been extricated from the debri!
with broken limbs, and they were taking him
into town to be operated on The night was
dark, an inexperienced youth was driving, an
obstacle was in the way, and upsde-turvy
they went. A man just extricated from the
jaws of death, in a mu,ilated form, from a
mis- managed, unpropped and unsafe NINE
and being thrown out like an unripe water
melon in a dirty road, on an unpropitiou
might, seems more cruel than even Texan
cruelty. The black smith, Kay, however, was
eqnal to the local emergency, and at midnigb,
they went on their way. The working of that
coal mine Of kirkwood's ought to be looked
into by somebody On Elm creek an inspec-
tor of mines would be Of more use than an in
spector of hides, or Justice Of the peace.
For PHYS sake let the affair be investigated by
somebody. That coal mine Of Kirkwood' 5
falls in too often, and hurts too many good
people