Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-08-12

The important question whether
or not there shall be fox chasing
at Newpo.t this year is still un-
settled.
Age Is not all decay; it is the
ripening, the swelling of life with
in, that withcrs and bursts the
huSks.
When doctors give a man up
his chance for life is gone. When
lawyers give one up his meney is
gone.
1t is with certain qualities as
with senses-those who are entire
ly deprived of them can not under
stand them.
1t Is unsafe to turn cattle INTO
pasture in wet clover, as it will
sometimes produce fatal cases of
indigestion.
An exchange truthfully says:
Ignorance is the father of COM
characterization its ex-
ecutloiner.
"Go west and grow up with the
country" has been changed this
year TO ego west and dry up with
the country"
Somebody has compiled SGT of
rules by which to judge of a mans
characteristics from tho way he
smokes cigar.
Often what q man takes for the
dictates of conscience is nothing
more than a Whit OF impulse
caprice, a CROCHET.
Truths arc frst clouds, then rain,
then harvest and food the phllns-
ply of one century is the common
sense of the next.
People hire lawyers in certain
cases for two reasons. One is for
the settlement of disputes and the
other to dispute settlements.
Tho use of paris green on po.a-
toes and other things kills many
bees and insects that are useful,
and also destroy many small birds.
Fred Grant says that be has re-
duced his debts seSG,000 TO $780,
600. He has an impression that
Ferdinand Ward is worth S3,000,-
600.
The plenisphone, an instrument
that unites the tones of the violin,
viola, cello and double bass, is a
recent invention OF o Buffalo must
clan.
Chas. Pope will make a twenty
weeks tour of the country next
season, devoting himself principal
ly 10 Ylrglnians, Othello and Rich
ard Ill.
Wagner composed only seven
operas, but he put noise enough in
those for any and all OF The days
in the year except the Fourth OF
July.
Too many young men believe
that "the world owes every man a
living" and that it requires no eff
fort on mans part TO make the
collection.
John A. kasson has written an
article for the North Amerlcon on
Bismarck, Man and Minister"
John takes this way of getting
even, no doubt,
1t is like sending Goals TO New
crstle to give President Cleveland
horseshoe for "luck." He has
had oceans of it right along Of the
best sort.-Boston Herald.
An Ohio factory turns out ST.
100000 matches S day and yet
many man has banked his shin
on rocking chair because he
didn't have one of them.
Although the French PRINCES
owns large estates in France the
bulk Of their immense fortune is
invested in English cpnsoIS and
United States bonds.
In consequence of the misbe-
haVior of parish priest l2l heads
of families in the Hungarian vii
lagos of Acso have left the Gatho-
lie church and joined the Luther
ans.
Dudo-"You love me then, Miss
Jane" Jane-"Love is somewhat
TOO much to say. At least l have
sympathy for you, because your
face resembles so macl, that Of my
poor dead Fido."
Office Boy Ito editor)-"There
is man outside What says that he
has a bill he wants to present"
Editor-"Say to him that his man,
uscript is respectfully declined.-|
Now York Sun.
The BRENNAN Weekly BANNER
is ii great big. fourph9e, thirty
SIX column paper which booms
Brennan and vicinity. The BAN
NER is q valuable addition TO our
X list.-Dcl Rio Dot.
The Philadelphia Times says;
"Thc surplus is doing no harm IN
the treasury" NO-nor no good.
Hit was to be paid out il you'd do
Il great deal OF benefit in cutting
off ogoF 100000 of annual
interest.