The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-05-08
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on this letter you viii see / am at
Tours. Its the place what the foxes
of this country gets thar ne<spa-
per. end letters from their wives
kinfokes. l don't no whether It
vas named after a ga or er boy, !
but CESS it VA; named after er
gal. fur its er nifty pretty place !
went ter the German picnic and bail /
what cum of a: Garmima Hall. |
This is er German country from |
Robinson's school house ter A1tell.
Everything YOU meet IS er German /
except the horses, and l can't un'
derstand them, so they must
be sumething. They had er big
dinner a. the hall and | cum as near |
as er qlart NV black eyed peas er
missin ny dinner because the quar-
ter oughter fal | didn't have.
felt cheap and looked sheepish when
the Old woman what didn't talk
United States aAad me fur my |
ticket. told her l was no ticket
agent. But didn't see no gettln
out place so l looked er round and
thar sot my old stand by Tom
Renfro. l thought ter myself;
"It didn't mater vhar l 60
Thar is my old friend Renfro
Who has got er natural gift
Ter always give me er little lift
So Tom loaned-or give--me er
two bits ter pay fur loaiin NY
stummelk | proceeded at once ter
eat limberger cheese, sour circuit,
winner Hust and er hole
passed. NV things that |
don't know the names. All kinds
Of business wa' represented. Lem
Black and J. S. McLendon war thar
for the bankers; Mr.. Gaines vas the
real estate agent; Oberlander and
Luddy the beer business, and Lewis
Thompson the saloon business.
These Waco bon-tons behave nifty
nice at home, but when they gits
ter German picnic they cuts up
big dog. At night there sa' er
dance at the ha |. George Clark
oughter been thar to zee the Ger.
mans and Bohemians turn Texas
loose" l watched the gals ana
boys "cut the pigeon wing fur a
long time. That very day my Old
German friend took er notion ter
marry, and he d1n it. He marie
ercordiu to "hoil" or the Roman
Catholic formalities, and the
nigh priest married them
at St NJ artinsvill church, and there
all hands and the cooks went ter
woi k ter make Rome houl.
Everything wus free-"witout
money and without price" Its er
strange thing, but its so. that moth
ing free don't taste nor fe. as good
to you when its free-the priest
wus lone Ct the boy'," and talked
ter the gals like he wus used tor it..
This is er ine country, settled by
Germans exclusively. They set.
tied on the school lal ds. They are
an industrious clever people. The
Germims Hall has been lately bilt.
Ten acres Of land has bin donated
ter the hall fur grounds, etc. When
night cum on it looked nifty like l
had to do like Jacob, make er pill
low fur my head out of stones and
cover with the sky. Thar wus sew
eral fellows that noed me and that's
what plaid the devil with my pros.
poets for lodging.
Finally l got er chance ter axe
old man John Norner ter invite me
ter 60 home with him ! made out
! wus er joking ter "get thar Eli"
He untho oghtedy axed me ter &C
home with him and when | accept
ed he wus the wurst locking man
Inside of Waco. II ncle Tom" a.
! called him "fur revenue only" is
deputy tax assessor fur McLennar
and has bin fur six years and whai
lie don't no George Cromer dus
| got up next morning with er full
feeling head, hitched up old Bob
ter the buggy and let out fur Waco
t cum by Geneva but thar want nc
body thar a. Tom kenfro-the bis
merchant Of tina. place-hsd cam t
Waco ter get er can of baking pow
/ ders aud box Ct concenu a.ed y,
aud DR.. Farrar, the big fat doctor
had gone up err bout Gerald tie
bPrgIn er prAVp yard. an nit