The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-05-21
PARLEYING WITH PRIT0HETT.

The reporter found Prof. Pritchet
in a reflective mood when he dropped
into his comfortable quarters. The
little Napoleon Of Texas education wa
gazing with a thoughtful eye upon a
map of the state as the reporter step
ped in and looked over his shoulder.
~ have been marking out the dis
trIcts for the location of the summer
normal schools" he said in explana-
ton glancing up at his visitor, land
I couldn't help studying over that
great piece of land they call Greer
county. We are supplying their
Judges and paying their school teach
ers and some of theEmaps that are
made now actually leave the county
outside of the limits of the state.'
do you think the United States
government will make good its claim
30 the county?' asked the reporter.
Il hope rot" was the reply land |
think not too"
Whats to be done if the decision
goes against the slater" was the next
question.
why the government will take
charge of the territory, | reckon, and it
will become public property"
Cent the fight be carried further?'
Not unless we conclude to try and
hold it by force and don't believe we
wan, any more of that kind of fight
Ing against your Uncle Samuel" was
the reply. "Texas is good fighter
though as Mexico can tell, and the
littla fight she took a hand in after
wards with the assistance of her neigh
bors was no child's play. The battle
of Bull Run, for instance was second
San Jacinto. recollect as plain as if
il was yesterday when we heard the
news of that battle. was only about
eight years old and was working with
the other boys in the field. We lived
about eighty miles from st. Louis, and
hen we heard that Price was com
ing through with his troops to cut thu
state in two, the boys said h,
shouldn't do it. Every old muske
and shotgun in the neighborhood wa
paraded and the crowd went down t.
the railroad, tore up lot of track anC
laid by in the woods. Pretty soon thu
train came along singing. but they
stopped when they saw the break AND
then the boys turned loose their artil
lery, Kidding those old cars with buck
shot and birdshot and squirrelsho
and slugs. The soldiers came pouring
out and then the boys took to thei
heels. The feds were armed will
rifles which carried minnie balls as bii
az your thumb and it was no fun t.
get hit with one.
There was one of our neighbors,
BOY of about fifteen who had borrow
ed from our house an old muske
which had not been used in ten years
He Law in the brush beside the trac
waiting for big game and never fire
until an officer all gold slashed and we
lowed braided, came splurging by an
then he let the old thing off. XII
him2 1t made hole in him you coul
throw your hat through.
No, don't like wars. They are de
moralizing as we'll as distressing.
can remember how the little chap
used to congregate together at schoo
and plot all sorts of diabolical things
and l remember, too, how full scor,
of my friends and elder schoolmate
marched off to fight for the south, an,
of the lot only two ever came back
No, l don't think we will fight TO
Greer county outside of the courts
Wen look out for them as long as w
can, though. Have | any newsH Well
yes; here's list of locations | hav
prepared for summer normal institute
Tor white teachers. 1t shows tn
places where they will be held in tn
several senatorial districts, so far as
have yet decided, and he handed tn
reporter the following list:
Second, Center; third, Marshal
fifth, Sulphur Springs; eighth, Crock
cit; eleventh, Gonzales; thirteenth
Bastrop; fourteenth, Calvert; fifteenth
Groesbeck; seventeenth, McKiuney
eighteenth, Sherman; nineteenth, We
Ion; twentieth, Fort Worth; twenty
second, Waco; tweuty-third, Gate,
vile; twenty-fourth, Austin; twenty
fifth, Boerne; twenty-sixth, Victori
twenty seventh, Corpus Christ
twenty eighth, San Angelo; twent
ninth, Coleman; thirty-frst, Clark
vile.
The department has just receive
the first annual statement of expend
lures of the public free schools of Il
state. 1t comes from J. b. Foot
treasurer of Desdemona county, al
shows the receipts and disbursement
OF the public school funds of the De
demona free school for the scholast
year commencing Sept. 1, 1890, al
ending August 81, 1891. There we
1926 paid to teachers, $50 on the scho
building, $31 20 for miscellaneous pu
poses and 81 for treasurer's commissio
total of $723.20.
Geological.
Prof. Dumble is busily engaged
indexing the report of the geologic
survey on the iron ore district OF ea
Texas. The book is nearly complet
and will a'nlr ONE SN5 na.Gs
interesting AMI instructive na. d
Texas has some decidedly rich deiC
iron ore coyeriug about nineteen ecu
J. ties In east Tex ! and This rarrri Z,