Wichita eagle., 1888-05-05

all the natural qualities for a fine
citizenship. but the threshing machine
will have TO come in and clean out some
of the tareS first.
| Loredo, Texas, or the last place on
earth. We will have to take the back
trail here or jump off. We find there
| are large number of representative
men and officials here who have married
into the native families and are trying
to civiliZe the Mexican ladies. The ma
jor says he thinks the lineage of the
wives is straight, but there is great room
to doubt the pedigree of the officials. We
met one Mccoy, a refugee groceryman
of East Douglas avenue. here on the
streets. He and his folks are doing the
grand" here in this fairy land. where
| liberty is SO plenty. Laredo is not a
/ good place to live in, the major says,
/ but is a grand place to die in if you want
to die quick and not linger.
| Signor ToreIls and Gondarssas had a
little tip last night at the Palace Galvano
and today their friends are gathering
magnolias and wine-favored roses 10
keep green the memories of the heroes
who died to perpetuate personal liberty,
martyrs to sin-gifted, vice-freighted,
ruin-reaking rum. Look on this pic
ture, then on this Kansas, Texas
This is a nice state to bring up children
in; they learn quick-very early. They
commence to gamble. l understand by
good authority here, at the age of 3 and
stop when death by natural causes,
such as an explosion in fandango. or a
free-for-all, or while taking ride on a
borrowed horse. Then. too. this Is a
thrifty -prolitic-and entitled to
great consideration for the variety and
rich color and flavor of its products: in
fact, it is the only country | ever
saw where single plant brings forth a
quartette of different fruits in their
prestine perfection. For instance, on
the train yesterday the major mot u
talked with the nineteen-year-oldm mother
of four children: the oldest, four years,
was Indian and Texan; the next, three
years, was Rabaz Gonzales, Mexican and
Texan; the third was spotted sort of
duck, nitro-glycerine and iodide of potas-
ium, 1.reckon, and the fourth. babe,
was query. The mother said she had
been very fortunate in losing her men by
the previously mentioned epidemics ex-
cept one, who slipped up on ham
rind and caught his chin under
clothes line and strangled to
death, but now she was on her
way IS marry man who had steady
business and was responsible. He ran a
''brace bridy" ON the Rio Grande |
can't see what anyone wants to run
joint in Wichita for and be under the
ban of disrespect and. Imprisonment
when he can come here and go in splen-
did company; be popular and get rich
and do his whisky business in the middle
of the street if he wants to. He would
not be under the necessity of speaking
to a sober man once week if he did not
choose to.
Yes, this is productive 10
cality; the grass is almost an
inch high and the mosquitoes
look like grashoppers. The sand flies
and heel flies are so thick you can kill
them with a club Ny family would
like it here. One gets acquainted SO
easy. The ladies all speak to you the
first time they meet you. We noticed a
young girl on horseback today with
Winchester rifle and belt full of cart
ridges. She rode up to the hotel de tum-
BILE down, and thinking she may have
been employed by the landlord to pick
the guests teeth we excused ourselves,
but learned that the rifle was a common
protector against gallynippers and other
pests.
We just read a notice in window of
a wholesale liquor establishment:
''Wanted-A reliable salesman to
travel for whisky. No drinking man
need apply" Ha, ha! they will have to
post that notice outside the state, or hold |
their noses when the applicants come. |
We expect to see a notice next where |
they want an honest man TO steal herd |
of horses for them. No bad characters |
need apply.
Texas VS.. Kansas.
Birthstone VS.. bread and butter.
HALE COwLEY.