San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-08-24

| er IN the Grange movement IN his locaiity'
Capt Gullett called on us the other day
He is here because OF q temporary suspen-
| cion of work on the /. & G.. N. In Mexico. IL
is expected il will be resumed in short
time.
Chas. Hartwig, who stole horse Of VIII
hanson a. Faris and sold II ut Austin some
time since, rs noticed in the FREE Pass,
has been arrested and is in jul at San Anto-
MO.
| The county commissioners last week paid
a visit to the Poor Farm, and expressed
themselves much pleased with the admins
tration Of w. II. Thompson, the present
manager.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richardson, after actual
trial. are of the opinion that peaches grown
in Texas are sweeter and better than those
of Virginia, and that the former is the bet
ter place for peach-growing
Uncle Tommy McGehee has been domes-
ticated in this county for some months. He is
looking well, and We suspect is putting
himself in training for new matrimonial
campaign.
Mrs. Danforth, wife of j. W. Danforth,
the blacksmith, died on Sunday night She
leaves family of small children who should
be looked after by the good ladies of our
town.
Mr.. Black has removed to the country,
Mrs. B., Mr.. Iglehart says, having made him
overseer of her fine farm near Prairie Lea
Not bad position for young man. Mr..
Gum, of the new grocery store, will occupy
the place vacated by Mr.. Black.
Rev. Mr. Kennedy and family, also Mrs.
Jordan and family, left on Monday for Mis-
sissippi We heartily wish them good luck
and prosperity. Mr.. KS successor here
will probably not be named till the meeting
of the synod, which takes place in October.
We notice that handsome headstones have
been placed at the graves of the late Major
Rogers and his sister, Mrs. Echols. The
former was the first person inferred in the
New Cemetery, in 1876, we believe.
We asked Uncle Tommy McGehee to de-
scribe to us the lone star flag of the Repub-
lie of Texas He said the star was located
in it about where the stars are on our ma.
tional flag, the rest of it being white. We
wonder it is not used on public occasions 1t
would be curiosity even to the present
| generation of Texans.
We saw plenty of delicious pears in
the Austin market, raised as we were told
in that vicinity. Why don't we have them
here? Mr. Onderdork the nursery man,
says there is no better country for them than
this. We learn that Maj. Hutchinson, of
our town has trees loaded with this delicious
fruit in demonstration of this statement.
We made pleasant call on Prof. Rich
ardson Sunday evening. His school will
open again on Monday next. He has add
ed room for the accommodation of
Miss Katie McGehee's Art Department.
The Professor is much gratifed at the
working of this department of his school
thus far. We saw some paintings by his
daughter, Miss Sallie, which were indeed
quite creditable.
Mr.. and Mrs, Richardson state that on
their recent visit to Virginia they found the
mo fence" system the order of the day. and
that it is working admirably. We learn the
same system prevails very satisfactorily in
Iowa. We "guess" it will ere long be
adopted in some portions of Texas. 1t
would be most sensible change.
Sometime since, in giving an anecdote of
Col Swisher and Uncle Billy Moon, we
mistakenly styled Col. S. the first merchant
of San Marcos When at Austin he handed
us letter from DR.. Erhard claiming priority.
Col. S. was not to blame for the statement,
and we hasten to make the amende to our
distinguished correspondent.
| Squire Heaton was somewhat astonished
the other day to get letter from his native
Yankee land written on a piece of birch
bark. 1t was signed 'Old Grizzly" the
favorite nom de plume of our handsome
friend j. H. Horn, and proved to have
been written by that gentleman, who it APP
pears had strayed back to his old home in
Connecticut. He said he had become SO re-
duced in his circumstances that he had to
use birch bark in carrying on his correspon-
dence.
| Apropos of our Sunday calls, recorded in
our last, sprightly young lady took us to
task for making calls on that day. We in
| formed her that from our observation of
church members, including even the disci-
| pies of John Calvin, we in our innocence
had inferred that Sunday visiting was one
of the orthodox" institutions of our town.
She said that she did not indulge in it much,
and that she had heard that young ladies de-
clined to go buggy riding on Sunday. In
reply to an inquiry on the subject however,
she said she did not believe she would have
grace sufficient to decline an invitation to
take ride, if the company were agreeable
Being at Austin on Friday evening last
we found the south bound. train six hours
late. so 10 while away the tedious hours we
called at the residence of our friends Col.
and Mrs. Swisher They have rented out
the large old Swisher mansion, and now live
near the depot Here We found our fair
friend and fellow citizen" Miss Russell,
lin the same boat, and properly indignant
at railroad shortcomings so upon the whole
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