The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-11-26
WALK ABOUT.

Andn was DOrQ more lucky GQaQ
any other man who ever lived. At
the very outset he had full head of
hair; his teeth were all cut; he did
not have to creep before he could
walk, OF say ough-goo, goozy-boozy,
ootsy-tootsy before he could talk; he
was never spanked; he never had to
wear three coTnered What-yOu~call-
ems; he never had to take Mrs. VIM
slows soothing, syrup, or ''ipecac,"
squills, castor Oil, saffron tea, paregor-
ic, or Godfrey's cordial; he never had
the thrush, Group or whooping-cough
when child; he was never licked by
a big brother; he never outgrowed his
clothes; he never lost any marbles,
and he neYer-yGae o =speiliza>fas cel,l1id II
fast yceagg-maD. Such was 4AAaa!lsa af4 IL
when he started in life
W9lkabout crossed over the street,
an seeing several gardeners collected
in front OF the market house, volun-
teered the following suggestions about
gardening: A garden patch and a
coat patch both imply considerable
soil; when vinegar is scarce and dear,
raise picked cucumberS; when your
tomatoes get behind, troUnce them
and they will catch-up; running
vines and creeping vines should not
be planted together, it is so discourage
ing to the creepars; in planting. corn
you Will find it economical to plant
this kind called "5helled corn" Fer you
will then save the expense Of aShelIer;
in raising canned vegetables plant
those cans only that have thin heads,
the other kind being 50 hardto open; in
selecting SEED potatoes choose those
with the greatest number of eyes, then
if a few get bunged by accident OF
otherwise, there will, IN all probabili-
ty, be enough left to see how to grow.
One OF the gardeners present, remarked
that information as valuable as that,
ought not to be soWn broadcast, as 1t
might lead gardeners to become bloat-
ed bondholders.
Last Sunday night, little three
year old, in one OF our families, got
very sleepy and wanted to go to bed.
Her mother told her she must not go
to sleep without saying! her prayers.
80, mama,I am so tired. said the little
one; ''let it say itself this time"
There is some mail snatcher between
Austin and Palestine that had better
try his hand at some other business,
where his laziness or careleSsness
will not be so apparent.
Mrs. Druse will be hanged to-day
in Warren, n. Y. This is simply bar
barouS, nothing more, nothing less.
Walkabout's views on executions at
I the end OF rope may he peculiar.
He believes that there are instances
when men deserve hanging and the
good OF community requires that this
be done, but in his opinion no circum-
stances will justify great brawny
men in hanging a woman, whom they
concede to be the "W eaker vessel"
Her very weakness should protect her.
against the utmost penalty of the law.
Nothing can justify the whipping of
women; why then should they be
brought to the gallows? When aset
of men can find no b9tter business TO
attend to than the hanging of wives,
mothers, daughters or sisters
they had better seek some
cave and hide themselves in it until
they are wanted in some other world.
If women commit great crimes, con-
fine them and render them safe against
further crime, but, heaven Forbid,
that they should be strung up like pir-
ates and assasSins. Either admit that
woman is your equal, lords Of crea-
tion," or else give her lighter punish
ment than you do one of your own
number. So long as you are the judges
and the executioners. you act on the
principle that might makes right,
when you hang helpless women. You,
who do this, enforce brutality, be-
cause you happen to possess it. If
Walkabout were governor of a state,
mighty little hanging of defenceless
women would be done lawfully under
his administration. If women ara to
be hung give them an equal chance.
Let them act as judges and execution
ers and try some of you overpowering
fel ows and then let the hanging bus
mess proceed. Ii their end Of the
rope is not kept as busy as yours it
will not be their fault.
When men hire themselves out as
decoy ducks to perpetuate fraud by
which thousands are ruined and tens
of thousands distressed beyond meas
ure, Walkabout has no further use for
them, be their names Beauregard or