Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1884-02-07
CORRESPONDENCE.
Indendence Locals.

INDEPENDENCE Feb. 5.-This is a
glorious day. Nero existence is a
pleasure. Only now and then the
sun hides for n space behind a thin
cloud as if ashamed of its long alb
sencc.
| must write you few lines al
though have nothing to say. But
that is the time you know when a
woman says the most. l must not
forget, however, that you are
married man and must know the
peculiarities Oft sex-if we have
any.
Yesterday was Sunday in indie
pendence. We spent the day in
church going, visiting the sick and
recruiting by recreation and rest
for the duties of the week. 1 no.
ticed that some of our fellow Chris
tians were not at church, l can't
guess what they were doing. L
have heard some of the College
girls have a predisposition to. get
rich on Sunday and some of the
University boys take to the woods
to study ornithology. I may as
well add that some of our citizens,
black and white, are if we are to
judge from appearances, studying
Hebrew. 1t must be, for they |
meet on the gallery of our Israe-
litish merchants-not in the store |
for our Hebrew brethren will not
open their stores on the Sabbath |
except for the sick.
l hear of another railroad bub-
bic. They say it is coming this
time sure-pass right through In
dependence, a little east of Major
residence. Should this
turn out to be true, what will
Brennan do? Already some of
our landholders are fixing on a
price for their acres, while others
are ready to attend church and APP
point day of fasting and prayer
Tor fear the railroad will touch the
morals of the community. We
ire a conservative, town., but some
hing must happen here soon or
he comet is a sham.
You should see the excitement
IN College Hill. l passed there
his afternoon and the yard was I
live with girls; their ribbons and
bangs dallYing in the breeze, and
heir gloved hands contending
With earth and rocks. / noticed
iome of the gallant University
,oys among them working like
heroes. Your two nursery men !
ave given the girls more than q
hundred dollars worth of trees and
hrubs. Those gentlemen are s
princes. They must have angels {
or wives. @
1 paid visit the other day to
our new school house. 1t made
ny heart beat with joy to see the
and the ample facil-
ties you have provided for the in
truction of the young. Old Wash.
ngton is looking up. You mayl
e sure that the more perfect you
make your free system of educa-
ion the more complete will be
he private institutions oflearning.
here needs to be no conflict be- =
ween the two systems of educa- b
ion. In all time, the rich and the q
DOR will patronize both. n
made voyage to Brennan a q
ew days since, but had to avoid "
he church road for fear of the
epth. If our Tcutonic brethren
'ould only haul off some two f.
lilies of mud we could have a
cry east Of the church. Il :
Three stores will soon open here
nd competition in fancy goods a
i'll run high. as
Mr.. Hairston is making great al
improvements on the place no re- g
entity bought of Mr.. Forman. q
There is no serious sickness in &C
i this country. Everybody how m
yer has a cold. =. 10
We hear that the mite sociable
ven by the Woman's Missionary
ociety last Friday night was Sc
UGH enjoyed, pr
From preparations making for he
Irdens one would think spring 81 81
as rapidly approaching. Let it -
me. he
P. 81 have just heard it whis- ST
red that there will be q broom S Se
i'll on the green in front of Col m,
&c Home next Friday afternoon. MI
ell be there. NANCY. Is