The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-09
WITH THE PASSING THRONG

! There Is one thing with which people
Will never be satisfied" declared a former
North Texan. now residing in Hous-
ton, yesterday and that is the weather.
1t matters not whether 1t Is hot. cold or
pleasant, wet or dry. windy or STILL they
will complain just the same. | don't
know--it must be our nature, or we have
made practice of kicking about 1t so
long that we now do 1t unconaciously.
Take me, for instance. II hasn't been
a half dozen years since | left North Tex
as to escape the drouths which had
commenced 10 prevail In that seetioa
every year. and now, during this little
wet spell, fad myself bowling Just the
same as other people. OF course when l.
stop and consider, | have no kick COM
ing, but I--just the same as others,
suppose-find fault with any sort of
weather we have. In hot weather we sigh
for cold and think we wouldn't care how
cold 1t got, but just let the cold weather
come and see how quickly we will put
ourselves on the side of hot weather The
same disposition exists regarding all
other conditions Of weather. When it
rains we vow we never saw such mud,
and when it is dry we say the dust IS
awful, sitting, suffocatng, and We long
for good rain. II the wind happens TO
blow 1t annoys us and we sigh for il
to stop. and when We are becalmed. so to
speak, we lose a great deal of religion
applying strong inyectives because the
breezes do not come to cool us, ana we
declare we can't possibly live In such
oppressive weather-wthout so much as
a stir of leaf TO indicate to us that the
breezes Will come again"
One of the happiest persons in Hous-
ton is Lorenzo Dow, "the blind mascot"
at Krupp & TufHy's corner. The Post ar
tlst9sketched the old negro as one of
the city's odd characters few days ago,
and reporter wrote his history. TIE
picture and matter concerning the old ne
gro's life were printed in The Post. 1t was
stated in tie write-up that the old fell
low had broken the accordion which he
had used for so many years to remind
charltably disposed pedestrians of his
presence. In consequence of that mis-
fortune the old dsrkey was compelled
to rattle coin in his can until he could
save sufficient money to buy new In
strument. A kind hearted lady was eyi-
'the nascot's" life and the loss o, his
cherished squeak box and has SUP
piled a nice, new accordion at an ex
penss of several dollars. The lady left
the instrument at Krupp & Tuftiy's shoe
store. but did not leave her name. Lc-
renzo does not know TO whom he Is in.
debted for the present, but Is truly
thankful to whoever 1t was. He says
he will have to learn to play 1t. though,
as the keys are arranged differently from
those on the old one.
J II have been too busy auditing ac-
counts this trip to look about very much,
remarked Mr.. A. r. Adams of Lutte
Rock, auditor of Southwestern Telegraph
and Telephone company, at the Capt oil
yesterday But from what have seen
since / have been in the State, | believe
you will have good trade this fall. Your
orcrs are rather drowned out here Ia
South Texas but in the rest of the STATE
they are good
: we farmers can't leave our crops long
Just now, so my stay here is short" said
Mr. A. Faulkner of Ellis county at the
Lawlor yesterday. I'VE expect good
trade this fall, for crops are good all
through North Texas; but everything Is
pretty quiet at present"
=, Mr.. Sim Lewis OF South Bend who was
t at the Capitol yesterday, is an enthusi-
astc supported of Mr., Bailey. He said;
Il too am by birth a Mississippian, ant
Mississippians must stand by Joe Bai'ey
am going to whoop my loudest for him.