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Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-07-22

SiX-yoar old barley malt and
BIakomoro Bourbon Whlskey on
tap ut MEYER & SoNNENBERG's
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-07-22


A WEDDING. = Tuesday VIM.
Johnson, an 1S-year old negro, was
arraigned in .he Justices court
charged with seducing Lucy Evans,
a buxom black girl Is or 90 years
of age, and who was apparently in
an interesting condition. The girls
mother was present and agreed to
dismiss the charge provided Will
liam would marry the "gal." Will
liam said he would do it if she
would buy tho marriage license.
This sho refused to do whereupon
the Justice dismissed the case.
Forthwith another complaint was
made in the county court and John
son was re-arrested. The wedding
question was again sprung, this
time the girl agreeing to marry
him if he would buy the license.
He was "busted," and asked time,
a small quantity of which-about
halt an hour was granted. A sub
scription was raised and the license
was issued. The high contracting
parties assembled in tho county
court room and Judge Kirk, speed
lily tied the silkcn knot; the knot
securely tied Bill asked, "can go
uow?" The Judge said Eyes," and
Bill without stopping to solute the
bride slid out of the room like shot
out of shovel. There was no
wedding ring, cards or bridal pres
ents.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-07-22

Six-year old barley malt and
Blakemore Bourbon Whislkey on
tap at
MEYER & SoNEENBERG's.
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y Connecticut peddler who has
been selling clocks "like hot cakes"
in Kentucky, the terms being So
down and the buyers own time for
the remaining So, explained to an
Eastern drummer that he had had
a profit of dollar Il piece out OF
tic first payment, and the rush OF
business was to be explained by
the fact that the purchasers thought
they were beating him out of So.
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ParsOn Gowns Is either q most
unfortunate victim of malicious
persecution or one of the verest
scoundrcls cXtant. In either case
his usefulness as a minister of the
gospel is gone, and whether he be
a hypocrit or 4 sincere Christian,
he would do tho Christian cause
more good by retiring from tho
pulpit than by remaining III it,
Chicago News.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-02-27
Potato ROf-Best Varieties.

On. Kern, of Shimersville, Penn, says:
Thirty years ago my father raised one
If the largest potato crops it was ever his
sortune to possess; but unhappily tine
whole crop rotted, which SO discouraged
aim he would plant only small plots OF
one-eighth or on~e-fourth of an acre. He
| also avoided the use of manure. When
| [ began farming, sixteen years ago, |
sried the following plan with potatoes
early in April / plowed my soil about
eight inches deep and narrowed it very
fne. Next | drew burrows three and
,ne-haif feet apart. laid the potatoes
about eighteen inches apart, and then
followed with wood ashes, scattering "A
small handful around each potato and
covered with a hoe. Some years | mixed
plaster with the ashes. One year | mixed
ground limestone with the ashes.
Another year | mixed bran to the wood
ashes and this gave the best result, and
[ do not believe that I got a dozen rot
t5eh potatoes in the sixteen years.
Some of my neighbors- talked about
potato rot. Oftentimes some would put
the potatoes in a corn crib. Others had
bIem Ill open SIRIUS "a oa tlIC Uaih HUI
for a week or ten days before they put
them into the cellar. There were others
who sprinkled Stacked lime on the pota-
toes when they put them into the cellar.
| always store my potatoes in a dark
cellar, in barrels and boxes, as fast as |
dig them. For the last ten years ] dug
my potatoes with a potato fork. Last
year | used a shovel pillow in n of my
patches, but according to my ideas it did
not work satisfactorily.
The kinds of potatoes I raised are as
follows: Early rose, BROWNIES beauty,
early Vermont, early Ohio, peaehblues,
Peerless, Blue mountain yellow and Lees
favorite. This last is my favorite also.
It is a very early potato, and in rich soil
you can obtain potatoes in sixty days
from planting. This potato is very
good right out of the field, also in fall
and spring. | raised them at the rate of
900 bushels per acre. In the spring of
1884 / got $1.75 per bushel for them, or
IS per barrel.
Last year was a very poor season toT
potatoes through Lehigh county, Penn.
/ planted five kinds, and Lees favorite
was the only kind that yielded a fair
crop. I made a contract with a mar for
a lot of wood ashes next spring, and then
| will mix ashes, ground limestone and
bran together and try my best to raise a
wonderful big crop of Lees f~ayorite
potatoes. / would advise all those who
are troubled with potato rot to avoid
hanure and use wood ashes.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-02-27
whisk thoroughly three minutes. set
the saucepan in cold water and WhlSk
until the sauce is cooled.
Hints.


A bag for soiled linen is made OF me
crash and has a hoAct' nest embroidered
upon it in outline stitch in the natural
colors.
The holes around a lamp-burncr should
be kept open to admit air, and entirely
free from dust and grease. The wick
should be trimmed very evenly.
Avoid the cheap tricks of hotels and
restaurants in the arrangements Of nap
kins and table utensils. Simplicity IS
never ridiculous, while pretensicn usually
is.
Lay a piece of thick canton fam el I'M
der your tablecloth. Even coarse napery
will look a much better quality with Il
sub-cover than if spread directly ovcrthe
table top.
Easily made portieres of peacock blue,
double faced canton flannel have nine
inch braids of cream-colored felt, with a
design of conventionalized pomegranatcs
in applique.
A few drops of ammonia in hard water
will not only soften it but will remove
dirt better than soap. It is always a
good article to use when bathing the per
son. and the water in which it is diluted
makes an excellent stimulant to house
and other plants. 1t is the slight trace
of ammonia absorbed by summer rains
which makes these showers so helpful to
all kinds of vegetables.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-02-27
He Missed Eighteen.

Disfgured coins bought by the brokers
are never returned to circulation, but
there is a field in which the same sort of
money goes to and fro between the two
sides of the counters unfortunately, writes
a New York correspondent of the Gin
cinnati Enquirer. | mean thesbar-rooms.
The general rule with rum-sellers is to
take whatever is offered by regular Gus
toners, and to pass it out again to tipsy
drinkers. Daze. and exhilaration make
the c~onvivialist reckless. In one of the
fashionable cafes, the other night, a scion
of wealth had drank considerably more
than was good for him. He denurred at
taking a silver dollar, declaring that it
was too heavy to carry In his pocket.
You're too tight to tell whether there
is one dollar or two on the BAR said a
comrade. Here's a game that Ill play
with you: Each of us shall lay down ten
silver dollars, making twenty in a row.
You shall hold your forefinger a foot
above each in succession, and bring it
from that height unhesitatingly down,
~endeavoring to put your finger on the
particular dollar underneath. Every one
you hit shall be yours, and every one you
miss shall be NINE
1t was so agreed, and all the inmates
of the place crowded around to see the
novel experiment. The inebriate missed
eighteen of the twenty dollars.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-02-27
DOGS that Weigh q Pound.

Every Mexican own at least one
Chihuahua chiquita dog, writes a CORE
spondent of the Philadelphia Times.
They are beautiful little creatures and OF
two varieties-one with long, silky hair,
the other with a short, smooth coat that
is soft as velvet to the touch, | have
seen full grown specimens that weighed
a trife over a pound and young puppies
about the size of field mice. They have
large, expressive eyes and the best of dis
positions. A fashionable Philadelphia
lady, with one of these diminutive crea-
lures as her companion on a promenade
down Chestnut street, would attract as
much attention as did Barnum,.s Jumbo.
NV first introduction to the chihuahua
chiouita was in Presidio del Norte, Texas,
a little town on the bank of the Rio
| Grande. I reached there late in the af-
ternoon, with a letter of introduction to
the principal merchant, an American
named Russell. He received me very
cordially and gave mt the keys to his
corral and feed box.
"Put up your horse" he said, ''but
look out for the dog. I'd send one Of
the Mexicans around, but they're all busy
now"
was bitten by a dog once and have a
wholesome respect for the smallest and
most inoffensive of the race. AS | led
my horse around to the corral gate [ ex-
amined my six-shooter to see if it was
properly loaded, and when / entered the
enclosure my %trepidation was not dimin-
ished when% saw staring me in the face
an enormous sign with the legend, "Be,
ware of the dog!" painted on it in great
black characters. A cold perspiration
began to ooze from every pore of my
body, and if the sombrero that I wore
hadn't been SO heavy / believe that my
rising hair would have lifted it off my
head. / walked on the lee side of my
horse, my cooked six-shooter in my hand,
with every sense alert to warn me of the
approach of the ferocious monster, who
was no doubt sleeping in one corner
of the corral. With trembling fin
gers / unsaddled my horse and my
knees knocked together as | meas
ured out his feed. So far had escaped
the notice of the dog, and | was backing
toward the corral gate, inwardly con-
graduating myself on my fortunate
escape, when I heard a yelping bark,
about as loud as the>chirp of an English
sparrow, and n of these chihuahua
chiquitas came bounding across the yard,
making leaps that measured at least SIX
inches in length. He looked so ridiculous
that I burst out laughing, whereat he
stopped barking and began to wag his
liliputian tail and frisk about like a rat.
I learned afterward hat he was the only
canine about the place and his owner has
the reputation all along the frontier OF
being a confirmed practical joker.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-02-27
Leaves asa Fertilizer.

Just how valuable leaves are as afertil-
ling agent it might be difficult to say,
as the few books that mention the sub
ject,seem to differ considerably, but that
they are valuable for specific and man
uriaI purposes there is no question.
Their special value lies in the fact that
they combine in themselves all the min
eral constituents Of plants in proper pro-
portion. Through the laws OF adaptation
they nourish growing plants without the
disadvantages arising from an excess or
deficiency of n or more ingredients.
Every particle that is found in a leaf is
capable, when decayed, of entering into
new combinations, and of again rising
into a tree for the purpose of contribut-
ing to the production of more leaves and
flowers and fruit. It is patent that the
less we rob the soil of the perishing mem
bers of vegetation which furnish the
means of annually renewing its fertility,
the better it viii be for future groWths.
Leaves contain the carbon or humus,
together with the alkaline substances es-
sential to the support of growing plants.
When dry=they are said to contain about
six pounds of inorganic matter, suited for
plant food, in every one hundred pounds.
This is inclosed in a vegetable tissue,
which rapidly decays, and during decom-
position various gases are evolved which
further supply the want of growing plants.
All other manures are more expensive.
Leaves cost only the gathering, usually a
light and pleasant work. They consti-
tnte d perfectly safe manure. They may
be applied to plants, or when decomposed
may be brought into contact with seeds
without any danger Of injury. Applied
to the roots of trees or growing plants in
the form of q mulch leaves are valuable
in preventing the rapid evaporation of
the moisture in the soil, holding it in re-
serve for the use of trees OF plants, while
by their slow decay they are constantly
supplying their fertilizing elements.
The greatest value of leaves is probably
found IN their use and mechanical infu-
n 6 when incorporated with tenacious or
stiff, clayey soils, in rendering them por-
GUS, holding them open to the air and
the showers, keeping them in q more fit
ting state for the free admission of mois-
ture to the roots of the plants, as well rs
to the general promotion of various crops.
In Scotland leaves are allowed three to
four years to perfectly .decompese, occa-
~sionally being turned. Here this would
be regarded as impraetieable. But
though bulky in proportion to their
weight, leaves should be utilized where
ever they are available, for the reasons
indicated. Even their very bulk and
lightness, IN certain cases and for some
purposes, give them . special value
NeN Hnglaad Farmer
The Opelousas courier., 1886-02-27
The Two Lands.

There is a land of bitter tears and wailine-
A land most like that drear one Dantt.
knew,
Where wan-faced Niobe, with dark robes
trailing,
In sad procession moves, brows bound with
rue,
1t is a land peopled by witless mortals-
Compared with them the virgins five wer4
wise
And it is writ above it's gloomy portals:
"We did not think it paid to advertise"
There is a land that flows with milk and
honey
Not the condensed, nor yet the sorghum
strains
Each dweller bears a gripsack fat with
money,
Bonds, coupons, stock and various other
gains;
Happy are these as, at high tide, ths. fishes;
No tear doth drown the laughter in their
For better luck they have no sort of wishes;
The cake is t~heirs-they learned to advsr-
Printers Circular.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-02-27
Singular Deception by Butterflies.

It is well known that birds do not es.
pecially care for hairy butterflies. So in
Central America Belt found a curious
beetle that was a tidbit for the birds,
clothed in a coat of long brown hairs,
closely resembling the thick hairy cater.
pillars. In the same localities spiders
have been found that looked exactly like
ants, and were thus enabled to Greer
upon their prey, the real ants. Wallace
observed a butterfly that, though an &C,
ceptable morsel to the birds, deceived
them by mimicking the fight of apoi.
sonous butterfly. If a bird chased it, il
at one assumed the curious and labor.
u flight of its poisonous model, and
the bird, noticing its evident mistake,
would always give up the pursuit.-saa
Francisco Call.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-02-27
ABSOLVED.

I who nave worshiped beauty long
Beheld a woman's face tonight
That thrilled my being into song
And touched my soul with sudden light;
And yet, perchance, had you been there.
You scarcely would have called it fair.
Gray eyes that held a subtle shade
OF sadness that was half expressed,
Lips that for laughter were not made
Perhaps by Pains white finger pressed
To patient silence, All of art
Sank doWYR abashed within my heart
All, life has one high lesson yet
That l have learned of womanhood-
'Tis when we lose and we forget
The beautiful within the good;
'Tis when the senses swoon to see
The souls surprising mystery;
Like moonlight comes a calm content
With larger hope and purer love,
A memery of the form that bent
Thro' nights of fevered pain above
The cot of childhood. Better so
For this brief vision | may go
Once more into the world like him
Who has been %pardoned. Lo! he kneels
And murmurs in the ~cloister dim,
"My father, I nave sinned!" He feels
The craving Of the spirit cease
Soothed by the answer, G in peace!
-Edward F. McPhelim,in Chicago Tribune
The Opelousas courier., 1886-02-27
HER REPRooF.
Underneath q shady tree

Underneath q shady tree
Glanced a youth a maid to see,
To this cool sequestered nook
She had wandered with a book;
But the heat her ans dulled,
Insects, droned to slumber lulled,
And the author was SO deep
She had fallen fast asleep.
Spying her thus slumbering there,
Sweetly innocent and fair,
He stole softly up behind,
Gently Ger the girl inclined,
And, half fearing breath to take,
Lest, perchance, she might awake,
AS the bee sweet honey sips,
Boldly kissed her pouting lips.
Weakened thus, in shy SURPRISE
The maid cast down her lovely eyes,
And the youth began to try
His rash act to justify.
III know" said he, that I did wrong,
But my temptation was too strong;
Such a meltingm mouth as this
Surely was but made to kiss
Deeper still the maiden blushed,
Roster yet her sweet face flushed,
Lower down she dropped her head,
As with modest air she said: q.
sit was wrong, most certainly,
Thus to steal a kiss from me;
/ was sound asleep, and you
Might just as well have taken twoi"-
-SomerUiUe Journal
The Opelousas courier., 1886-02-27
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
The Kohl Rabi.

The Kohl rabi, or the tu~rnip-rooted
cabbage, writes a correspondent of pack's
Magazine, may be properly described as
! vegetable somewhat intermediate be-
tween the turnip and the cabbage. At
irst sight the leaves bear a considerable
! resemblance to the latter vegetable, but
On a closer inspection we find that the
item just above the ground swells into
\ bulb, resembling q turnip in size and
,hape, from which circumstance the pop
liar name of turni N-rooted cabbage has
been derived. Il is a vegetable that is
highly priced in Europe, and as it is fast
becoming popular IN this country a few
marks on its cultivation may not be out
If place. In order to obtain tender and
mcculent bulbs it is essential that the
plants. should be grown quickly, on a
ich, deep soil, for if grown slowly, and
IN poor soil, the bulbs will be tough and
inferior in quality, so, to insure, if pos
,ible,a successful crop, the ground should
De properly and thoroughly prepared by
giving it a good dressing of well-rotted
stable manure and working it in thor
,ughly with either the pillow or fork.
Every care should be taken to incorpor-
tie the manure with the soil as deeply as
possible, when the seed can be
Iown in drills about two or three feet
apart. Sow thinly, and as soon as the
Eoung plants are strong enough to
handle thin them out to about SIX
inches apart. Keep the plants well cul-
tivated at all times; hoe frequently,
jaking care to leave the chief part of
he stem uncovered, and as soon as the
bulbs are from three to five inches
N diameter they are ready for use. A
sowing should be made about the first of
Nay, and again early in June and July,
n order to obtain a succession of tender
'oots.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-02-27
A Few Long Words.

A correspondent has-asked forthe 1eng.
est word in the English language. There
have been a large number of answers,
some of them quite amusing. Here is .
list of words, with the number of letters
in EACH.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-02-27
Salaries i'm the Army.

The rank and pay Of officers in active
service of the United States are as fol-
lows:
The Opelousas courier., 1886-02-27
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Always brings down the house-A
cyclone.
The self-made man is generally proud
of his job Chicago Ledger.
A snow pillow is like a bad habit-A
good thing to cut adrift.
To an alligator-''Thy sweet smile
! haunts me still. St. Paul Herald.
We may not like hotel-keepers but we
have to put up with them.-Detroit Free
Press.
Because the baby is a little yeller it's
no sign he is a Chinaman.-Palmer
| Journal.
Coffee is said to cause almost as much
heart trouble as cupid. Both have
| grounds for it.-Nep York Journal.
A Southern ~chiropodist is worth
$15, 900. 1t is rare that a man amasses
such a fortune from achers not heTedlt-
ary.-LJe.
A woman has invented a window and
had it painted. Now who will invent a
posthole and get a patent ON it?-AhG
California. !
There are four Taylors in Congress.
There will probably be some new meas
ures introduced about the clothes of the
session concerning breeches of the peace.
Let dogs delight to bark and bite,
For tbs their nature to,
But boys and girls should seek in fight,
Green fields and Pasteurs new.
Atlanta Constitution.
A fashion paper says that women are
going to wear their hair the same as they
did three centuries ago. That was, if
we recollect, on their heads.-LoWeU Citi-
zen.
One of the pitiful sights of the world
is to. see a poor, little, pinched, penniless
fellow staggering along under a great
family name made by some one ahead of
him.-Picayune.
With a population of 800, 900, 900
China has not a single pauper. This is
easily explained by the fact that all the
Chinese paupers come to this country
Mem York Graphic.
1t makes man hysterical
And likewise mean and queer,
When the snow that's squeezed till it's spheri.
Takes him just behind the ear.
Puck.
"Did you get any birthday presents,
George2 eyes, my wife's mother
bless her-gave me a very valuable one"
"What was ito" "Why, she went away
yesterday morning" = Chieago Meas.
Some one advertises in a Philadelphia
paper for IA young man to play a piano
white or colored.n We never saw q
white piano, but it seems there is such a
breed in the market. -N0rristopn
Herald. -.zxaz .
f - .se5s %.s-sNr--- - FF~
HAPPINESS is NOT EoR ALL.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-02-27

Some one is trying to prove that
Shakespeare intended that Hamlet should
be q fat man,
The Opelousas courier., 1886-02-27
8 HAPPINESS is NOT .EoR L
He's aware whohas studied its phases
That life is a turbulent rivery~
Or desert.nnblest with cases,

~ - "a ~---' -
He's aware whohas studied its phases
That life is a turbulent river
Or desert 1lnblest WITH cases,
To the man with an inactive liver.
Boston Courier.
ooh, Arthur, how happy 1 would be
alone with you ON a quiet island in the
distant ocean," s'Have you any other
wish, dearest Ella2' 'sOh, yes, do get
me a season ticket for the opera. File,
gepde Blatter.
A young man, whose girl has red hair,
sang, as he babe her good night, a few
evenings since, Farewell, my love, light
of my life, farewell and he can't i'm.
agine what makes her SO cool now,
Roa5uvy Aduocate.
HAS George ever limited that he i
fond of you," asked the girls mother.
mo" she replied thoughtfully, ''and
doubt if he ever will. He complained
last night that his corns panied him, and
it wasn't 10 o'clock.
A weary world-At the club: De
Jones yawns and stretches himself. Van
Brown-''Tired, dear boy?n De Jones
-"Aw-beastly." Van B.-''Up late,
eh2" 4"De J:-"Naw. Been thinking"
-New York To-day.
NJ. Grevy, the reelected president OF
France, has but little hair on the top OF
his head. The wonder is that a presl;
dent of that excitable country can serys
out his term with any head left on hkf
at all. - Chicago Journal. |
Definition said a littli
Rockland girl, looking up from her book
'swhat does transatlantic mean?" HOh,
across the Atlantic, of course. Don't
bother me, you made me forget my
count" ''Does trans always mes !
~across2" 81 suppose it does. If yol
don't stop bothering me with your ques.
tions you'll go to bed ''Then doe,
transparent mean a cross parenta" Tel
minutes later she was resting in her lit.
tie couch.-Rock3and Courier.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-02-27

Philoprogenitiveness &c
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. &c
Observation-Disclosures
SuticonstitutionaliSt .. q
Honorlhclbllitudinity ............. .....2s
MISREPRESENTATION ....... "a
Observation-Disclosures ...... ...... q
Observation-Disclosures %
Only the first three words. are to be
found In the last edition of Webster's
dictionary, and disportionablenesss IN.
doubtedly is.the longest word in that vol
ume. The correspondent who originated
honoriicibilitudinity defines it as honor
ableness, but it certainly has not honor
ableness enough to entitle it to a nest in
the unabridged. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
likewise lacks age and responsibility, but
it may find its way into Webster in time;
it certainly has good locomotive powers.
Suticonstitutionalist is doubtful, and we
do not believe even a mandamus would
get it into the dictionary. Transubstan-
tionableness might get there if Web
ster wasn't looking. The man who in.
vented OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES saws
it is a good English word derived from
a short and simple Latin root, and means
one who dissents from the doctrine OF
dogma of the so-called real presence
That may all be, but he ought to be con.
demned to pronounce the word twice q
day as long as he lives if he tries to in.
troduce it into the speech of honest
men,
But speaking of long words, what is
the matter with acknowledgements.
liogogogoch, the name of a village in
Wales.-Rochester Post and Express.