The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-07-18
TOWN TALK.
HIS RAMBLES THROUGHOUT
THE CITY.
Facts and Fancies and a Miscel-
laneous Melange of Current
Thought.

will take up his quarters In the jail OF
Of Bexar county in a few days, and from
thence travel to the penitentiary, proves
that ''honesty is the best policy" and Is
n warning to young men. Theft, forg-
cry and fraud never fail TO bring men
down to grief, shame and infamy, while
honesty will do to ''tie TO" in any sort OF
a storm.
The girls are crazy to get hold OF our
column Of "Town Talk" and after they
have read it they proceed to open
guessing school. But look sharp, and
mind your stops. young ladies. there is
spy In the camp"
|. One ofthe dudes poses on Commerce
street on purpose TO look Mt the fancy
hose Of the girls. lie says hardly any
two pair are alike, and that now and
then he sees some OF them with holes in
them.
1t Is impossible for a stranger to pass
Paul wagner's without stopping to feast
his eyes on the ouriosities In his win
dows. San Antonio could not get along
without Paul Wagner.
One of the best places to pick up news
in the city is the ice cream saloon,
where the ''belles and beaux" most do
congregate. We would be In danger Of
being mobbed were we TO publish half OF
the remarks we hear there. Counting
never goes on lively without free use
Office cream-it's the royal road to the
heart of great many girls.
Our Town Talk man goes all over the
city and has dozen deputies fishing for
news for him besides his sweetheart.
Everybody In the city Is asking what
office Bryan Callaghan intends to run
for, and saying he will be hard one to
beat. - W. rtFi fc.tl
When people talk love on the tele-
phone they are very apt to be engaged.
It's nice way to court a girl, and II
she happens to "kiok' you, it's at "long
tow" and is softened by the distance.
Our Town Talk man is going to take
in the churches next Sunday, by the
help Of his deputies and his sweetheart,
who Is "host within herself" and re-
port some Of the remarks which he over
hears during the sermon. ~
Much regret is expressed for a lawyer
Of fair promise who practices at the
wrong "bar,r and is tipsy for business
and sober for recreation. He would
lease Off In case he only knew how
many friends he has In the city-no; he
would have done that for the sake Of his
wife, had he not 'lost his grip" some
time ago. Drunkenness is vulgar and
ungentlemanly except where 1t has
| grown to be disease and become I'M
controllable
People say they don't exactly see how
| 1t comes about, but the LIGHT Is the best
paper for local news Of what goes on in
San Antonio, and that Is what we prize
1t so highly for.
A man from the country saw such a
crowd In at Wolfson's that he mistook
his store for the court house.
The Democrats are asking, "What do
you suppose Ben Bntler will do ?" "What
do you think John Kelly will do 2" show
ing that they are In peck OF trouble
and In big sweat. They "sat down"
on Ben and John at Chicago and
ohuckled and crowed and oackled like q
pullet over her first egg, but now II Ben
and John 'set down" on Cleveland, II
you will listen you will hear something
drop, loud. The Democrats always
elect their President before the election,
the Republicans elect theirs only after
the ballots are counted and passed. The
oorksorew tariff plank will prove dead
fall to them. @
The filming OF the drivers of vehicles
for leaving their teams unhitched and
unattended on the streets meets with
general approval. Runaway teams along
crowded street is not the safest thing
In the world for pedestrians, and gene
rally result from their being left alone
by their drivers. The people say fine
every one who leaves his team to itseli
on the street.
Peter Shields will run ''like streak Of
creased lightning down slant" fol-
County Judge Is the general talk.
Aspirants for county Offices are busy
and active with their hands and jaws.
The watermelon supply continues
good, but the rinds In the back yard and
on the street are not promotivs of health