San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-04-07
DALLAS LETTER.
DALLAS, Tex April 5, lS9

daring devilment AMI heinous deeds
committed in cities, il would be as
certained that in the majority Of cases
the perpetrators were country bred.
A philanthropic Dallas writer con-
.,ludes too, that the better part of
'sdowns and drunks,h are country
folks. This Dallasite has no way of
knowing of the doings Of the police
courts except what she sees in the
columns of our daily papers Para
graphs appear in the local column
Of the unfortunate farmer who
comes to town, and imbibes too much,
and is grabbed by the cops" Some
way he seems to fall in the way of
the police, whereas the city man can
have his keg full and be seen to
swagger and stagger along, making
rs on the sidewalk, till he either
fails and is taken in hand by friends,
or stsggers TO his home, unseen and
unmolested by the policeman he
jostles against. We are q country
raised boy and feel inclined to refute
the above statement. especially so
when recalling the words of the author
vi Poems of Passion" when
she says: people living all
their lives in city do not
come in contact with vice and crime,
~ do those from the country whose
desire 1t is "to see life as it is y
We were painfully struck with the
falsity of the above when q Dallas
raised boy, the son of one of our best
and dearest friends, who has just
returned from one OF our most noted
schools, told US be had won S35 play.
ing poker the night before and that
he had invested 1t in such q way that
in few days he would have five to
one. Bet $40 on . base ball game and
twenty five dollars on the Little
Rock races.
"How did you bet on . ball game
when it lie played so far away" we
asked this youth.
"Oh, through Blank )" he answered,
naming saloon keeper, who has by
no means an envie BILE reputation.
"And the races ?" we asked.
We listened while he told us of pool
rooms, of bis escapades at school,
playing cards and mixing drinks,
visiting distilleries and other work OF
. like kind. This city raised boy,
not yet out of his teens, whose every
whim has been humored, knows far
more Of the shady WALKS of life at this
early age than his country cousin.
On the eve of the battle - to-
days election - the local papers
were teeming with the many virtues
Of the multifarious candidates for
the multifarious offices.
We presume the one, who spent the
most money, will be the ones who
"get there" Apropos spend ng money
on election, two of AfrIc0s sons, each
Of whom had received compensation
from q certain of fee seeker to work
for him, were comparing notes, one
Fad to the other, LET me see your
psheck.
lhe check was shown without hest
tatiOn. No sooner was it discovered
that one had received nearly double
the other, than the one who received
the lesser amount became so infur.
AIed that he tore the others check
into shreds. It goes without saying
the check was not duplicated.
A young man said to us, "I earned
five dollars the other evening"" 1t
being the first money we had ever
heard Of his earning, we naturally
asked "how?n
"Oh, I made my first public speech
Mr.. -" naming an Independent
candidate for o certain Office, asked
me to 60 with him to q meeting; he
asked me II would say q word to the
crowd in his behalf. Being my
fathers son be thought my words
would have some weight with the
crowd. And 1t did, you bet; and he
gave me aV. We patted him on the
cheek and laughed at his conceit.
4 \
Since U. 8. Marshal Knights sue
cessor has been appoin ted Mr.. Knight
Ii now free to ''retire to his farm" or
60 to Minneapolis where he will use
his every endeavor to have Mr.. Har-
rison nominated. AS q U. 8. office
holder Mr.. Knight could not erve as
m elector. 1t was found to be uncon-
stitu tional. AtCleburne Mr.. KING hit
was chosen delegate, and now since
his retirement from Office II he does
not 60 to Minneapolis as . delegate,
he can go as q lobbyist and per-
hsps 90 as effectual work.
1t WAS clearly proven on the first
that all the fools were not dead.
some played innocent and laughable
jokes that were received as they were
intended, in kindly spirit, and no
injury done. In some instances the
Joke was too serious to be the least
bit funny. In railroad offices the
boys INDUCED in all sorts of pranks.
Will Gleason, of the Santa Fe, 'tcalledn
Sam Ely, of the M. K. and t., saying.
81 have so cars OF water pipe to ship
from St Louis to Dallas. Make salts
factory rate and I'll give it to your
Gall right, sir; what name?" asked
Mr.. Ely.