San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-04-26

Like the buzzlng, there must bc something
back OF It,
Cattle AIRS beginning to look az II the!
were not hatraoks, and II IL reported tina
beef cattle command fair price In Austin
Anyone Wishing to test this has only to TAXI
30 or 100 fat beeyes to Austin, whom he viii
find no market at all Every butcher viii
want mutton or pork, We have "beer
there" aud know whereof We speak. One
Monday butter was worth s5 cents PEI
pound in Austin. On "Wednesday we tool
down lot and were glad to get l2l cents
per pound The break in tho market, and
IL extended TO all produce of the garden
and dairy, had been caused by ~ ''new man
coming into town with two horse wagon
plumb full OF plumber" we were informed
1t is pleasure to watch the Austin market
IL You have nothing that you are anxious to
sell. Itreminds mo of the pantomime, now
You have II aud now you don't. BY the
way, whit picture Of life the pantomime
isl All follow columbines, the hobbies of
each, Honest and simple old pantaloons
IRE being constantly taken IN. The clown
Tor fool) burns his fingers (fguratively) cong
stantly, and makes trouble oil around. And
while each person thinks ho is padding
his own canoe" the clever harlequin (politi-
clan, agitator or pious fraud) leads the
dance and coins his fun from them all. oh,
wise in the man who sets out to acton prin-
ciple; but wiser far is one whom circum-
stances and a harlequin do not lead by the
nose
April 81.
Two deaths are reported to us this week.
Mr.. Henry Hunter and Mr.. Notice.
Mrs. Daniels was SO unfortunate as to
fall and thereby break her shoulder blade,
and is now quite i'll.
We had fine rain on Tuesday night, and
the prospects ore good for more very short
ly.
Messrs, Wallace Chapman, Williams and
others went to the Pedernaos to catch fishi
but caught the rain of Tuesday instead
fisherman's luck
The Wallace Alliance is growing in num-
bers and wisdom.
Messrs. MacKinnoy and Howard are buy
ing horses which they purpose shipping
about May LIST. Both gentlemen are good
Judges of horse and they will take clean
lot of animals to market when they move.
In answer to Thos. j. Davis request, /
beg to state that arsenical poisons, such rs
Paris green, London purple, etc., can be
used to advantage, and without danger to
producer or consumer when handled in m
ordinarily careful manner. So far as IL
known, no plant will take up the poison,
but the planter must 10 careful to keep his
hands from his mouth while handling the
mixture or the plants after it is put on. An
efficient mixture is one pound Paris green,
twenty pounds -four and ten pounds sifted,
wood ashes These ingredients must be
thoroughly mixed, and the preparation can
then be busted lightly on the plants through
fine seive or better with brush The
amount of mixture given above will kill all
the insects likely TO visit one acre of closely
planted ground, as cotton, in two days if
not wastefully applied. One pound of Par
is green may also DO put in forty gallons of
water and applied with sprinkler. But az
the poison does not dissolve, constant agita-
ton of the water is necessary, and, while the
application will kill existing insects, it read
lily washes from the plants and leaves them
exposed to the newcomer. gye the re-
cipe for Paris green in preference to COM
mercial arsenic because it is safer to use,
both rs regards those handling and the
plants, Commercial arsenic and many of
its compounds are liable to scald the plants,
Finally, dust very lightly. If the trouble
some insects are not dead next day, dust
again, When the poison acts, do not re-
apply until the insects make Roadway again
which may not occur. Vouched for by the
U. S. chronological Committee.
ON DIR,