The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-01-15

Vac editor u roxas Siftings which had
Alta otrth III q lstin and III which city
~ Knoz ,,lso began his career as one
oi the 'esdiDg lumorists of the Amer.
ican press.--tl city in which he be-
gan ais atSanl to fame, reporter OF
NItR STA1wHwaN hunted him up yes
F&t3ag an a5 Sed him how he liked
th9 looks OF hia old stamping ground.
Eic eald II anpeared to him natural
"a ever.
at doesn't appear long since you
we're il Aueuio?" asked the reporter.
hc. Knox piled:
III ID gtver Years since, resolving TO
tear myseli away from the malarial
influeaces " the Poker legislature,
Dick CGnu,agham and Artist Had
die and had a new life, I escaped
fr1n austin nd went off on an In.
terneti9uai ani Great Northern rail
road train, watch in those days was
always four hours late.
Since then I have infested the
city q New York.
"rh,s ihe day of my return to
Austin, ia The brightest and happiest
day 60 me I'll Che days since l left. |
s.~ays yhink If Austin and refer to it
Is hone.
"t'ron the manner in which your
ord trends i've rallied around you on
the strae,s day it is to be inferred
t'at roJ Ger ainly seem to feel at
hone"
Feel At home? VIII, should say
4 do, NE'Eilg VI Dagress avenue
thla @9rg.uS l met many old
haaros al., t cir cordial welcome and
hearty lettings were very gratifying
10 me.
"'Tert YOU not surprised at the
changes ,5i' nave taken place since
goa leiJi"
Yes vas surprised to think
%i,at the good Lord had allowed some
% .aY excellent friends-young in
years Sod iuti OF promise-to die, and
yet, ,or some inscrutable reason that
no il-ta mind can fathom, had per-
~ 81 Fu&pf Lubbock and Billy Pitts
ioHye Frank Lubbock has been hon
yred by h,s fellows in elective Offices |
sincc .he January day in 1871, |
wNen he was elected district
clerk, until today, January,
ut, ave decades afterward, he
crDWued wit, houors, and the conf
uaago Of he people of Texas, has
asked 10 5a yetired after serving his
state city years in different capacities,
s.Ju ieutanant governor to treasurer"
From Tie wayyou seem to put it,
one you'd in er that you consider the
Office Of lscasurer higher than that of
lentMang governor"
"ConeJar t? Well / should say l |
d.. WIZ zen l used to have my
ud!oG 0oTu IN Congress avenue, in
i&55 Enh1u < had $3,000,000 in an
0i4 adobe b. lding, up near the Land |
Office, yuayded py old Maj. Warner
pa SO old rHeumatic bull dog. If my
rdtnor yearb before, had not impressed |
2n rle tlie fact that the ten command.
meats we're a mere codicil to the
maxim ghat Honesty is the best
policy, would have taken all
experienced eastern burglar into part
nerehip, ani have opened that ancient
tatec monument with an AK"
'Gid VOC md Austin much changed
since YOU lett"
"a wag prepared for most of the
lhaacos that observe have taken
2laeo here. ior I have received THE
srArEsWAy very day since l left. 1t
comes not to my Office, but to my
.h3ine, sni | have watched the record
of events in its columns, have
noted the dsmise of quite number of
url 4ess,ge and enterprising citizens,
wsll ioFn 10 me in days agone, an1
b4yc ,g.0ei 80 read OF the hanging of
souc o! Cd. friends of my youth, nota
E ny Batter ne brick man, who should
Ha7e heaa lynched long ago"
% you lave any reason to regret !
yc1r oranslGr of the publishing Office
c' Texas sitting from Austin to New
York"
''Yas. 7 have. Of course not in a
duaHe,tl way. We have prospered in
the watsar u cold, brutal dollars and
SCENTS. nGt bullion is not happiness,
neither does affiuence take the place
of tbe warm Western hand grasp, nor
a oes The snld appreciation of well di-
rp,teI atforts come within |
many degrees of the warmth
III friendly greeting that we
received Rhen we were in your midst"
"Da not me pleasures of New York
aud you acquaintance with the lights
o. i. er&luTe in the East and with the
celebrities ~ the world who enter
though Nav York, the gateway OF the
. aij3n, ou}oensate you for what you
foouG de3ira BILE here?"
No, d. the pleasures of New
Work. When 1 used to 60 up to New
YORK. ircm Texas for month in the