San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1885-01-22

One Of our real Yankee friends sends NJ
= note taking US 10 task for saying that We,
a. native Of eastern Indiana. which was
mainly settled by Southern people. are not
a Yankee in the proper sense Of the term.
Our friend from the tenor Of his note. evil
IDENTIFY infsn that We made this statement to
avoid the supposed stigma which at the
South rests upon the name Yankee. How
hs or any one else who knows US could have
reached such conclusion Ia something
wonderful. We made the statement we did
simply because We like TO see things called
by their right names, and We know Of moth
ing more egregiously silly than to style the
people Of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois (saye
the northern portion Of said states). Yam
ksss. But as term Of reproach applied to
everybody who chaneed to be born north Of
MAson's and Dixon's line, wo unhesitating-
ly and unqualihedly accept the name HAv-
ing rested under II here for nearly dozen
years We ought by this time to be pretty
we'll used to il. ....
The truth IL. however, that II Ia high
time for suspension Of sectional preju.
dices of this sort, more especially since the
whole country Is again more united than
ever before since the war, or in fact, as We
believe, for q good while previous. For
our own part We long since learned TO esti-
mate people by their character and merits,
rather than by the place Of their birth or
other adventitious circumstances. You will
find but little Of such prejudices among
educated and travelled people. and as the
people of the North and South advance in
enlightenment and better acquaintance
with each other, We may expect to find them
giving place to mutual respect and fraternal
feeling.
See prospectus of Courier-Journal and
notice of our clubbing rates with IL.
The Kyle News Is out under its new man
agsment. The publication day is changed
TO Saturday.
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Work was begun on the new Court House
fence over week ago, but has been sus'
pended because Of the bad weather. The
material is on the ground.
Quite respectable winter weather has
prevailed ever since our last issue. On
Sunday night the rain became a sleet,
which continued during the next three days.
Our evergreen woods showing through 1t
made quie fairy scene. The weight was
such as to break down large limbs from the
trees. It was scene the like of which we
have never beheld..s save once before In Texas.
The Blanco News, noticing the crying
want of another newspaper here as lately
heralded abroad through leading dailies,
and noticed in our columns. thinks there
may be actually room for two" and adds:
'Blanco supports two newspapers, why
could not San Marcosp" Well, perhaps she
might-about as well. The News further
says:
If any man in this town thinks we need
another paper, let him speak out and we'll
advertise his want at half rates.
There we have left the News in the shade
we advertised our aspirant to fill the
''long-felt want" here, gratis.
John II. Jenkins, ST., recently gave
through the Bastrop Advertiser, some inter-
esting sketches of the early history OF that
and adjacent counties, Indian fights and
adventures, etc. In one of them we find
the following amusing incident involving
the family of former citizen of this place:
An amusing little incident occurred in
this connection, though not very amusing
to those most intimately involved. A man
by the name of Walker Wilson lived in an
upper settlement, on what is called Mayhaw
creek, and owned number of very fine
COWS, in which his wife took special pride
Regularly, at nightfall, one could see Mrs.
Wilson. with her little negro girl, Sock, 60
inc with buckets to milk One evening the
COWS were unusually late coming home, and
they were milking some time after DARK.
ALI had been MIXED but one, favorite-
brOWQl6-duu OOoh WoS ooAe " AAAN~ ~-~
bring her up. Coming back without sue.
cess, Mrs. Wilson concluded to look around
for Brownie little herself. Seeing dark
object moving along near her, and suppos-
ing it to be the missing COW, she called out,
"Why, here's Brownie, Sock, knew you
never half looked" Then stepping round
she said, 'Ho, Browniel" when what was
her surprise and terror, to see the supposed
cow straighten up into an Indian. with
low grunt! Almost crazy, the old lady ran
for the house, screaming, Indians, Wilson!
Jesus!" At the dairy another jumped out
Oh she was passing by. These evidently
only wanted to steal for they ran OF with
out harming anyone.
A Worldwide Traveller and his Work.
Mr.. H. D. Stiles called on us on yester-
day. He is gentleman of very remark
able history. Some twenty Ave years ago
he was a resident of Austin. Since that
time he has travelled round the world via.
San Francisco, the Sandwich Islands.
New Zealand and Australia, where he spent
three years, Japan, China, Ceylon, Africa,
across the Red Sea into Egypt, Malta, Rome,
Naples and by way of France and England
home. He now resides at Vineland, New
Jersey. Mr.. Stiles has resumed his bust
ness of book agent which he successfully
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