The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-09-15

land and the yearly crop of calves pro.
| duced by half dozen Mexican COWS.
Buzzard appeared TO be q very clev,r
man, who was as proud OF his fine we'll
of water as if it were worth a million.
He never failed to tell travellers that he
found the well dug and walled and full
OF pure water when he settled there
many years before. This would cause
people to take a second look at the we'll
and wonder who dug it and where the
brick came from with which It was
walled. Later some earth works were
found in the vicinity of the well, and
| people concluded that the old Spaniards
had come up the Brazos river and esta b.
| lished tort there.
| About twenty years ago a man who had
frequently travelled the old San Angus
tine road WAS very much surprised while
| stopping to get drink of water to find
his old acquaintance, Mr.. Buzzard, hilar-
| iously drunk and in a very hospitable
| humor. The traveller was invited to stake
out his horse and come in and take some
/ thing. The man was tired aud little
| curious and he accepted the invitation.
| Here is some old Bourbon ten years old
ting out a fat bottle, sugar bowl and
some very pretty glasses. There was new
furniture in the little cabin and carpet ON
the floor. Mrs. Buzzard and the two
| children came in dressed in store clothes
and eating store candy. The traveller was
astonished. but this mental condition
was transfer ned into utter amazement
| when Mrs. Buzzard threw open a piano
and ran her fingers over the keys. Her
| ideas of music were about on par with
those of an Indian squaw, bus she evil
IDENTIFY thought she was paralyzing the
| visitor when she ratified away at the KEYS
and sang 'Old hay boss, won't YOU get
out of the wilderness" There was more
| in store for the traveller. He found a
| $500 carriage behind the house and pair
of fine Kentucky horses htched to the
yard fence. Urgently solicited by Mr..
| Buzzard, the traveller stayed for dinner
and was surprised to md the table loaded
| with fancy candy, bakers pies and
cakes, jars of iellles and preserves and
| half dozen bottles of wine. The aston
ished traveller tried to ascertain from his
old acquaintanc e the source of so much
| luxury, but Buzzard brought his fist
down on the table with so much violence
| that the dishes and bottles danced. ac-
! companying the belligerent action with
a freezing stare that closed the conversa-
| tion as with an iron door. The traveller
| went on down TO BRENNAN and told the
| people that John Buzzar6 had plund OF ed
a cavern, murdered a rich traveller or
| robbed railroad train.
A few days afterward Buzzard dove
| into Houston, hauling his wife and two
children in the fine carriage, while he,
| mounted on the drivers seat. held the
lines. Buzzard wore a silk hat, and that,
with his claw hammer coat" and his
breeches legs in his boots, made him cut
ridiculous figure. He wore two gold
| watches. The big chain attached to oae
passed around his neck, while an i'm
IN snse fob chain dangled from the other.
Mrs. Buzzard was still m ore astonlshingly
arrayed She wore a silk dress covered
with wild flowers, which she had evil
IDENTIFY sewed to the garment very recent
| ly. A dozen big roses were fastened in
| her hat and hair. A tiara OF sparkling
| diamonds encircled her forehead, and a
| string OF pearls two or three feet long
was wound about her neck. She also had
| two watches in her belt. The two chill
dren, boy and girl. the former 5 or
| years of age, and the latter looking little
| more than half as old. were barefooted
| and stability dressed; nevertheless, each
| Of them carried a gold watch, and the
girl had big gold chain wound about
| her waist.
When Buzzard descended from the car