The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-12
AN ECHO FROM RONDA.


S5Ronda, Texas. April &. 1870 the man
no wrote under the healing "Watchman.
hat Of the Nlght?"~
What follows may force you to the con-
usion that you have barred yourself TO
e unhridlcd outbreak of & crank. Maybe
am not to pass judgment In the
emises considered. Yet, know this. that
'ateVer opinion the perusal of this letter
ay provoke In your mind, 1t was prompt
purely by your power to picture city
e By lamp light. 1t is therefore intended
a compliment, no matter what impress
pn 1t may create.
Paving at one time spent several years
my life land several thousand dollars
city became pretty fairly acquaint
with all Its various fash-light and dark
ntern phases. AS an enlightener for the
initiated your half serious, half sarcastic
.icle can not be excelled. 1t Is applying
Z \ rays to city's wounds with an eN
krt hand.
sncc left the city and went. SO to
FAX. to the wild bunch. / have seen
toueh OF the outer phases of life to cause
to almost forge, all the curious and
ooSed careers city conceals. l have
vi COW puncher on a ranch, and rode
me round-ups," cuts" day herd and
Hnt herd-havc warbled 1.-TWO Little
ris IN Blue while riding the circle on
-ur-have ra,tlod off Lottic Collins
fs' trouble (and crstwhle the city's
!ea'est woe while cutting n herd: nave
NJ or tried to sing. "A Little Bunch of
{aos and after tho Ball" while day
t,n'ng meath tho parchins suns of the
Pms and have beloved "The Mar5-il-
re- Chat old air that is splashed with
plood OF n revolution) TO restless
III midnight storm; and have seen
vast one poor old puncher. while go
10 the front, ride booted and spurred"
VI me earthly night and storm into
ffin'y's hush and gloom.
am at present doing penal servitude on
l.a,ih al dozen dollars per month and
laig an can eat-one meal per day and
curing the night; yet In spite Of the
changes and varied experience. cal
k"1eu 10 force one to forget the past,
sh returned this morning from fixing
u, renee that had been demolished by
uupstreperous huh and picked up a COPY
.he semi-Weekly Post OF April 2 and
"ten 10 read your pen pictures of
al night. 1t all came back. While 1t
Hot revelation, yet II was certainly
1 could almost hear the
fnn s Jingle OF the scaveneer's bell. !
~ near the Internal. ear-piercng bark
ne al night" restaurant dog. ! could
H. stale beer. bad whisky and escaping
No." as we passed tho "open-d ay-and-
u course. don't know what connection
nave with The Post. You may he a
Ter you may he edltor-in-chief. or
may be ''deNlr -in-mischief, but YOU
certainly, somehow or other. effected
.rance into the bed-chamber of n
ping city, at some period of your ca
.u; perhaps. don't care '"cuss" for
summation, and would doubtless much
my friendly criticism had remained
IN me WIG bunch Should 1t ever reach
= .h put J am lonesome this afternoon-I
I, Due and your half pithy. half pa-
{a,ben picture is In part the cause. 1t
na,,, .hings that were and are not. II
SUI 10 the surface scenes and sounds.
a aJnss OF other days. 1t made me feel
I, Y WI IN Tact ! am almost a boy. with
yours etc, B.P.
Is \ JEFFERSON DEMOCRAT?
ne Editor of The Post:
80 a number OF persons and parties
-" ~ lie the expopcn.a -