San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-03-02
LONG STOPS.
[BY No FLIES ON HIM. J

When the swallows homeward ny, he
feels good on Brady's rye.
Brine has vaccinated the fire depart
ment with Aztec virus.
1t will be a sight to see the King, with
yellow flag, az the head OF his alien hfe
department celebrating the Fourth OF
July, followed by the steam roller,
tamale cart, two ghost dancers and an
alderman t-smal.
Brine found some emphatic English in
Chief Duerler'S interview in Saturdays
Express. He also found some damaging
charges against him, over which he can't
climb with ten mile ladder. Brine was
| scorched, and hasn't feathers enough on
him to go through five minutes nor
| Their.
The alcalde says that he isn't worth
| s., 600 per year. For once. he is right.
Briefly, the purposes OF the charter
| amendments are to validate an invalidity,
and to increase the mayors pay and
power. That is the whole thing in
| tamale.
The council toddy- mixer, Lockwood,
has avenged himself, but his tenure Of
office is short. The longest worm will find
enough OF obivion's dirt to cover it.
The bartenderS in the vicinity OF the
council chamber ought to make fine
| statesmen, as they have mixed enough
| toddies to entitle them to seats long ago.
| PeelerS tDdG are DOTN III hHltIlCd dlt VI
| few days, and short OF badges.
The grave-diggers are all said to be
| administration men. No wonder few
more indications and they would be mill
| lionaireS.
| Tom, of the tribe of Conner, would make
a magnificent chief of the fire department;
| with few blades of johnson grass twined
1 around his equator he would make a fine
L nf q
| donkey.
| The administration hack driver has
been rewarded, after all. There's tone
| of "reminiscences musting in that fellows
| head.
| Officer Ziegler, one of the oldest and
best ,unfOrtunately speaks German instead
| of Mexican and of course he had to 60
| the way of the fire department. There's
no such word as Dutch in the Kings
| dictionary.
l. BRINE's REFRAIN.
Great and high,
The world knows but two,
That's Mick and /,
High roofs receive me not
On Dutch i tread,
And at each step
feel my dizzy head
| Knock out glass at Brady'S!
A hack was seen hurry ing across the
| San Pedro last night, and some one said
| the king was rafting inside OF it.
] The council gives notice to the legisla-
| ture that il has, $500 to lobby the amend
ments through. Who will handle the
Doodle? Some one must bring it over there
| and dispense IL. IT'S thought. however,
| that the legislature won't touch it. 1t
hasn't been vaccinated.
| Green Fireman: What's this funn oil
L doinp herpp'
Old Timer: That's no funnel-that's
| bugle."
Green Fireman: whats it for?''
| Old Timer: ITO blow on when you want
| TO praise yourself.
Green Fireman: Then III give il to
| Brine-he needs it,"
| The present one will drift down between
| the black walls Of damnationas the small
! pox administration.
The fellow who draws all of Mayor
| Schramm's salary intimates that he has
'had IL in" for the volunteer tiremen for
| some time Why didn't he let il out be-
| fore election? II he had, he would be
| now shystering around the chicken courts.
| We can expect something like the fol-
lowing under the operation of paid fire
| department.:
| Applicant: would like to get posi-
| ton in the fire department..
| Brine: Yes? Well, I've a few questions
| to ask; you see, I'm running this thing,
myself. First. do you speak Mexican?
| Applicant: No sir, but speak English,
| French and German.
| Brine: Too bad-have you had any eX-
| pericnce as fireman.
| Applicant: Yes, sir; | have served in
| the old department the best years of my
| life, without pay or reward, and paid my
| taxes too.
Brine: But you can't speak our lingo
nor make cigarette?
| Applicant: No, sir, but l can speak the
| language of my country and perform the
| duties OF an American citizen.
Brine: That's not what / want, at all.
| Who would you vote for, in case of an
| election?
| Applicant: For the man best fitted for
| the office, of course.
Brine: | don't want You. Take a
! walk.
| Another applicant lin Mexican: Iwant
| job as fireman; hear you are paying big
wages.
Brine: You speak my tongue, see.
Applicant: 81, Senior.
Brine: How long have you been here?
Applicant:Not long enough TO wear
out this blanket, "a you see, but I'll wear
| it out here il you give mea job.
Brine: Have you ever been a fireman
| in Mexico, or any place?
Applicant: No, except to throw a buck
ct OF water on burning match, or some-
thing like that.
Brine: You don't own any property
here yet, do your
Applcant:No, only this hat and
blanket, but I'll make the first
payment on burro after my first pay
day.
Brine: That's commendable who would
yon vote for If an election was going on?
ApplieaDt:For uyou, or any other OF our
countrymen, every time. In fact / came