San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-11-17
COUNTY CHATTER.
OVERHEARD FOR THE LIGHT BY
ACUTE OPTIC.

| OVERHEARD FOR THE LIGHT BY
ACUTE OPTIC.
Mack-Our little may'r is hopping
around like small dog in high grass to
see a way out of the book dilemma. He
wants to drag it to the supreme court.
Don't blame him to get it as far out Of
! sight as possible. 1t must be an eye sore
to him. It's foul book that has a string
tied to it. l hear that a certain city Of
| fetal Is trying to commit suicide.
Dire How is thai?
Mack BY keeping sober.
| Dire-YeS; | saw nose today that
showed a paleneSs that portended some
thing sad in the future. Twas whittier
than Weber after the grand jury hit him
yesterday. They pumped him dryer than
an Express editorial, and he had to get II
in corner and fan himself with tamale
shuck. If l had a dime | would ha, .
struggled a schooner into him.. as he
| looked like the town was onto him with a
buShel of feet, or rather onto the cornS Of
his toes.
Mack-He had a sad phiz, but say, that
motion OF yours to dismiss Stanteld was
cruel, when one remembers how fond of
office you are yourself.
| Dire-He's anti CalIaghan and that's
| the reason. Besides | want the schools
turned over to the church. He's too
American anyhow. He can't even talk
| Mexican.
Mack-I heard you talking against
Brine the other day, hOw's that?
Dire-AmOng the people | am against
him, of course, but with the gang" | am
| for him.
Mack-So am |, but he doesn't recipro-
cate worth a cancelled postage stamp.
would shed tears any time for him-after
eating onions.
| Dire-It you only knew it, he has no
more use for you than be has for the stars
and stripes on Mexican day. And when
he needs an emetic all he has to do is to
| glance at the starry banner. It's great
| medicine to him. He'll never get crick
| in thu neck looking at the flag, you bet.
| Mack know Jhat-there he goes now
| and the doctor is with him; he looks sick
! too.
Dire-He is in the first stages of book
deirium and liable to collapse any time
and has to be watched. He won't taken no
pills, though. He wants everything in
| solution.
Mack-So | observe. Wonder why
Jonas voted against Stanfield's dismissal?
Dire-Peter is a square Dutchman and
believes in the English language; |
don't.
Mack-It looks like an attack on the
| free scholastic biggest county school
aStically in the state without superin-
| tendent. I'm ashamed of it!
| Dire-SO am | when | look a school boy
In the face, but Brine's enemies must be
suppressed, even if we have to burn
school houses to do it. | was sent abroad
| for my learnin' anyhow.
| Mack-It wouldn't leave a great hole
| in the town ifyOu was sent Off again. I've
| seen kids like you before, and not in pic
! ture books, either. You worked the &C.
ment racket well. didn't you?
Dire-Cheese it! There goes NcwcOmb
and he knows too much already. He Is
| looking at that mine hole" too, and seems
to think it'll be our burying ground. And
| | am afraid it will be. | can't look at it
any more without thinking of prayers and
headStones and all that. Even last night
| thought | saw dozen little slabs with
"here lies" scrubbed all over 'em. And
worse than all they were made Of cement.
| Ma kidd any Of them have letters OF
gold on them?
| Dire-In one corner | saw in brass the
letters B-r-i-n, but don't know yet what
they spell. They must stand for some
thing, though.
Mack-They must be the initials of Bad
Rum Induces Nervousness.
Dire-Maybe SO.-never was good at
riddles no way. That's the sixth time
they've come out of there.
Mack-Who?
=, Dire-The doctor and his patient. The
medicine must be bitter-he uses his
handkerchief a good deal. 1t wasn't
sugar cOarrd probably.
Mack-I'll bet there was sugar in it
all the same. At least it used to be a
favOrite ingredient with him months ago.
Dire-YeS; he's fumbled many a 20, I
around these corners. the sick one has
Even this one in my hand bears traces o
his handling.
Mack-I was amused at the king before
Judge N0Onan that time.
! DIRE wasn't amused but was aSham
ed and so were the few friends he haC
there. Even little Oscar had to crawl FRI n
under his coat tail and make u diStin
QuiShed chump of himself. The kinl
could do no harm he said, and the figur
of Justice on the court house seemed Il
blush down to her heels: and | felt my
self like hiding my face in some OvercOa
: pocket. A misrepresentation creatur
Safeguarding body of representative
citizens was enough to make corpse turf
over to have its back scratched When
comes to blackguardiSm the king is in
like the flavor in a bad egg He ca
any day. That's what!
: MaIk-There'S NewcOmb with all tn
books.
Diro-Then they've explored Cohen
whSkeTS.
Mack--They must have shaved hir
first.
Dire-No the wind blowing throug
h his whskerS blew out the books: Ia ia!
> DR.. w. NETTER'S OFFICE
Ia now at his resjdence go Garda