Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-08-12

man on GnS Hill SUE, calling Ou'
loudly every few seconds, "more
rope!' "more rope!" Their first
thought was that evidently a
lynching "bee" was being held
on the hillside, and forthwith
they decided to investigate.
They saw on the top of the hill a
woman at windlas, which she
was turning in response to the
calls for ''more rope" One end
of the rope was attached to the
windlas, and the other was
fastened around the body Of her
husband down the hill side, who,
with a large bundle of shingles
on his back, was engaged in
planting corn; and each time a
grain of corn was deposited in
the soil, a single was placed
beneath it to keep the rain from
washing the grain away
I then asked my railroad
friend, what allowance was made
for crows. He replied, 'none,
that the hill was so steep the
crows could not get a sufficient
purchase to pull up the corn. -
We cannot blame farmers for
outwitting crows in an honest
and legitimate way, but when
such methods are adopted as was
done by this Ohio farmer, we
commend the crows for coming
to Texas where life is free and
easy.
CINCINNATI was the next point
of interest reached. Here we
stopped six hours, ate dinner,
and visited the "Zoo," ''saw the
animals without the usual cir
Gus attachment. AS the twilight
gathered we entered our sleepers
for the last nights ride. Morn
ing came, and with it the never
to- be- forgotten vision of the
great and only Niagara Falls.
But as yet this piece of Natures
marvellous scenic grandeur was
to be only a dream. In the
distance we saw for a moment
the great sheet of water, falling
as a mighty apron from the
bosom of Lake Erie upon the
rivers surface below. But on
ward we sped; and, as the voice
of the angry waters died upon
our ears, we found ourselves at
Lewiston along side of the huge
steamer Chippewa" that was to
bear US across the blue Ontario.
The boat was already freighted
with about twenty-fiv hundred
select pieces of. animated
millinery" and "gents furnish
ing goods" But the Texas
contingent helped things might
ly, ! thought.
Lest the strangers aboard
might mistake US for royal per-
sonages and feel embarrassed, we
had taken the precaution to put
on Texas badges. The strangers
stared at US, and were no doubt
surprised that each of the ladies
were not provided with a bowie
knife, and that each of the
gentlemen, were minus a brace
of pistols. AS we were borne
across the placid surface of Lake
Ontario some of the young ladies
aboard tried to conjure them
selves into the belief that they
were sea sick, but our Texas
girls evidently thought it would
not be good form for those who
were accustomed to the hurrican-
deck of a Texas "broncho" to get
sick, and hence very wisely
desisted.
At2p. M, Thursday, July 18th,
we landed, and our feet for the
first time pressed the soil of the
Queens own dominions," for
we were now in the great econ
vention" City of Toronto. AS we
beheld the vast throngs of hui
manity threading the streets
everywhere, our first impression
was, that the whole United States
had swarmed; our second impress
sion was, that Toronto was good
place in which to swarm.
Toronto shows conclusively
what Protestant Christianity will
do for a city if given free sway.
1t is a city of churches and church
going people. It is city of two
hundred and fifty thousand popu-
lation, and has an average church
attendance on the Sabbath of
over thirty thousand. 1t has one
hundred and eighty-fou church
es, and only one-hundred and
fifty saloons; and these are run
in connection with hotels. These
saloons are required by law to
close every Saturday evening at
five o'clock and remain closed
till Monday morning. Every
night through the week they have