The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-05
buT THE pRoor COMES.


From another source. however in l)es
Moints Iowa. the paoers were obtaiaed
| and are now on hand, and the balance OF
his letter could not be better used than
by making certain extracts from them,
which the general might explain 10 the
people OF Athens.
In the issue OF the Representative or
June %, 1897, appears a letter from Bailey.
Of West poini, Miss date devoted to
Texas, In which he says THE Texas rp-
resentative don't have much sense, and
whsn they get together they make cir
Gus o. themselves" Then follows lot OF
stun which some Texan newspapers might
do well to obtain and publish.
In the nfxi letter, published June 3d.
the general" devotes himself to Missis-
sppi. in which he hugs the darby" de-
fusion to his bosom. The poor creatures
should rot come South. In fact. the SKY il
painted indigo generally.
ATTACK ON CONFEDERATE VETERANS
Under Yazoo date Of Juue %, published
July %, occurs this.
BY about the time this letter is pub
lished vaseiine will be in demand AMI hun
2ry people wiz be asking Ia VAIN fca trans
Rcrtauon from cities that have blown in
thousands OF dollars for the glorious
fSuiNh.' | au an American TO was my
mother and all her family. lut here in va
40 City am compelled to write II down
that this govtrnmtnt OF the people, for the
people and by the people is condemned
humbug. The democratic Republic Ct ST.
Louis notes that III the great parade OF the
ex-Contederate veterans al Nashville thera
were 10000 veterans VINO had fought
ogainst the uni-n parading under the flag
OF the Confedclacy TO the cheers OF q mall
utude; and It adds tina. the men who
marched and revived memories OF The Lost
Cause are loyal to the Union and would
march under the Tag to lis defsnse as
quickly IS the Union veterans. Now ! ven
tuIs 40 say that not Gre Of these loyal men
believes IN free ballet
LECTURER AND NEGRO CHEATED.
From Columbus, Miss, dated August ?.
published August II; Jackson is dead.
alive town and hears a kind Of come aud
kill me cut Of my paia look. It's newspa-
pers are disgi ace to 1t. ! left there fer
Crystal Springs Chauiauqua, where there is
a pond CT s,agnant water aad where you
sleep il trunk and fight mosquitoes.
There was large crowd there The wealth
er MAS hot, and Of eourse. as al all chau-
tauqu2s, the lecturer IL cheated. | made
break for liberty and Columbus. The
country ! passed through was so poor that
II did not seem worth cult,yating, ami il Is
no wonder they want negro labor in The
State where the niger can live on nothing
and the white nan can cheat him out o,
that
The whites OF Columbus are 4 bedbur
bitten aristccracy and are so poor they cant
even be sociable. Talk aboit bedbuyk,
saul slew his thousands and David his tens
OF thousands. bur the first five nights i
was hcre ! slew them By families and
tritSs. was sick. oh. SO sick. and had To
be heircd up to my room. had my sum
psr sent mp, tIt bs itug fen into TIC cot
Zee AMI another walled over tha alleged
heefstesk; so, as ! did not sat corn bread
went hungry.
Il understand that boom agents are eo.
ing North from this State. ana esna-i,lIv
into Iowa, 10 induce emigration Sou,h
Don't listen TO them. II you have a trade
remembe- the negroes here have the same
trade and can work for less wages. II Won
are merchant. you will be b5yrotted 4,
you are farmer. you can't afford 10 come
NOT ONE GOOD LOOKING FEMALE
From McCornb City. August Is. prlntsa
August s5.-Thess leop,e claim 10 BE- Ina
nravest people on earth. and viii shoe. a
niEgsr or yank as dead as ,soor nail.
The Journey from Columbus To This n,ao,
was long ard ted,.rs one, and sole,r-,iv
esferi thai dad Lot sse one reasonably
eooa looking female during the entire tour-
ney' and ! kept my eyes opsu. Tie paperw