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VOL. XIII. . f SAN MARCOS HAYS COUNTY; TEXAS THURSDAY MARCH 20 1884. - -.0;i5.
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GENERAL DIREOTORY.
OFFICIAL.
ooHoanaaiiAii 8th distbiots
Eon. Jamee P. sillier of Oonaalea County. '
MATOa-lSTB.DISTU0T: . ..
Ion. Geo. Pfcnffar of Comal Oo. J'
aarasiaKTATiras 01st distbioti '-
Hon. Sterling Fluher. of Haya Co .
Bon. J. M. Stagnor of Caldwell Co.
. .. . niSTUOT ooubt 16ra distmot.
Bon. L. W. Moore Presiding Judge LaQrange.
J. M. Bethany. Attorney Austin Co.
Tinas or nouma ooobt.
Hjlys. IJ Hondaya to March and September.
oodmtv orriOBBa.
Bd B. Kone Judge County Court i
Jas O. Burleson Dlst. and County Clerk.
Owen Ford County Altornoy.
H. B. Barber Sheriff. J. M. Turner Deputy. '
C. 8. Cock. Justice of tho Peace Pre. Mo' 1
Darld Lynch " " " " " 1
W. M. Wyatt " 1 " "I
J.O.Bowe " "4
W. W. Black " "6
J. H. Patterson County Treasurer.
R' 8. Fortson Asaeaaor.
Joe. C. Eve Surveyor.
T.J. McCarty Com'r Preclnot Ko. 1
J.B.Batllir. ." " " 1.
J. B. Burleson " 8!
W. R. Wood " " " 1.
J. F. Pitta Constable Precinct Ko.l.
Times or noLoixa Cooktt akd Pbboinct Oooue-r
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month San Marcos.
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" " S 3d " Wlnihcrley'a Mill.
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Town orricaas.
Mayor 0. 8. Cock.
Council W. O. Uulchlson O. W. Donation T. P.
Dalloy.D. A. Glover Wm.Glesen. -Marshal
r. M. Prince.
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at 0 A. M. Arrives Tuesday and Saturday at
7 Y. M. ' -
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ALBERT uKATON P. M.
JIlVKCflEM.. . r i
METHODIST. Preaching jr at . thai llethodlat
Ohnrch eVerv Rabbatb. Kev. Buckner Harris Paster.
Sunday School at 8 o'clock A.M. Class meetlug
or young Men's rrayer Meeting at -a o'eiooc r m.
Prayer Meeting on Wednesday .r .-. i ; .
PROTESTANT KPlSCOPALt-Bervlees lat and
Si Sundays each month at 10X o'clock a.m. and
1 r. m. (at St. Mark's Church) bar the Rev. Mr.
Allen . -j . . -' -
BAPTIST. Preaching at the . Baptist Church
on the first and third Sundays in each month.
Bev. J. H. Hendon pastor.
CATHOLIC aervloea 4th Sunday lnach month
Bev. Father Morandl paator.
CHRISTIAN Services every Ind and 4th Sunday
eaoh month. Bev. J. L. Prltobett paster.
PRESBTTSR1 AN. Services 2nd and 4th Sundays
each month. Rev. J. B. French paator.
SOCIETIES.
San Marcos Lodge No. 342 meets Saturday an or
before full moon. A. TJ. Danforth W. M. Albert
Beaton Secretary. -!;.
Ban Marcos Chapter No. 13t meet Tuesday an or
before full moon. . P. J. C. Bmttb M. 8. H. P.
Albert Beaton. Secratarr.
Haya Lodge K. of H. No. 1608 mfeta 2nd and 4th
Fridays of each month i. V. Butcblna Dictator
T.J. Peel Reporter. :
I-O. O. F. Mountain Lodge No. 154 maeta every
Monday night. J. T. Holland II. O. v. Albert
Beaton- Secretary.
Perkins Encam nraent No. 60 meet! 1st ltd and 6tk
Friday of each month. C. H. Kaa. O. P. Albert
Beaton Secretary.
Order of Choaen Friends Basil Dalley. C. 0
Albert Heaton Secretarr.
JPrin ting' Outfit.
FOR SALE
C?5 Tho Champoat Y.t I
The subscriber hns for sale the gif atr
portion of a NEWSPAPER - AND JOB
PRINTING OUTFIT (exoept Newwpaper
Press. ) It oonsiBts of J 50 to 200 lbs of Bour-
geois; about lOO lbs of Nonpareil (both sec-
ond hand but good and very complete and
well sorted ;) some FIFTY FONTS more
or lens as may bo vantedof OOOD
HANDSOME DISPMY AND JOB TYPE
"of all aorta and sizes a pair of chaaea for
a six seven or eiht column paper with
Column and Head Ruleat and an abaixlAix
of Leads and Dashea all complete and good:
Brajw. Galleys; Canes; Job Cliaura Coan-
posing Sticks Ac c AIho a (rood
NOVELTY JOBBER!
lOxM inchn insid. of rhauae. AH of which
will be ld AT A BARGAIN FOB CASH
bing entirely iKirphu to my office. Inarareav j
nons of type aod other larticnlasa will be
atnt on apiicetion. Dou't fail to write ane
fr I am rarrrwrr-d to oflr the jerywfraf aWr.
g-ti ia 1'n'tMiif ilidirinl U aV f d in
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
BANKERS.
ED. J. L. GREEN Southeast Corner
- Flaza at Malone'k old stand.''
D.
A. GLOVER North aide Plrtza.
LA WYER8.
WOOD A FOBD Wood'a Now Building
Upstairs.
Q T. BROWN Offioe In Mitchell Build-
.Z tag upstairs.. ;.-
FISHER ft ROPE Offlca in Wood'a New
' Building Upstairs. . ;
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H. JULIAN Judge Wood'a New Build-
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R3. WOODS & BURLESON Office at
Uaynolds & Daniel's drugstore.
R. WM. MYERS Office at . Fromme'a
Drugstore Southeast Corner . Plaza
DENTISTS.''
Duiid?ug?
DR. N. B. MoLEAN Office in .Judge
Wood's Building with Dr. Combs.
DRUGGISTS.
RFROMME South side Plaza.
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RAYNOLDS
Plaza.
& DANIEL North aide
DRY GOODS.
BEEN & PRICE atMalone'a old stand
VJT Southeast Corner Plaza. . ...
DRY GOODS ils GROCERIES.
JOHNSON & JOHNSON Mitchell Build-
U - ing worth side plaza.
T J. DAILEY; West Side of Main Plaza.
DAILEY &
Plaza.
BRO.
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EI IGLEHART East side of Plaza.
. ' Opposite Court House "f
BOOTS f "SHOES. 11
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HANKLA Manufacturer and Deal
er-North aide Plaza.- I'
ERH. LAUMEN East aide Plazo.
WHOLESALE GROCER
"ATARTIN HINZIE
Southeast
Corner
Plnza.'
GROCERIES.
rpAYLOR
BRO.
East
Side Public
X Square.
A-.-1;
8WASEY.
South side Plaza.
GROCERIES & HARD WARE.
GW. DONAES0N ; CO. North aide
. Plaza; v i Jl - a . a
H-riFURNITURE.
T WARD East sida Plaza. .
tf j- t : I
JW. NANCE .nearly opposite Hinzie'a
. Grocery Store i 1 1 J . i
WA TCITMAKER8 & JEWELERS.
AV.
H. ROBBINS North; sido Plaza.
STOVES it TINWARE
M
ARTIN HINZIE Southeast Cor Plaza.
HENNE. East Side Plaza.
SADDLES A HARNESS.
S. COCK Southwest Corner Plaza.
K. McMULLEN East aide Plaza at
-Iglehart'a Store.
LIVERY & SALE STABLES.
B
ALES A SON Ban Antonio Street
MEAT MARKET.
s.
L. TOWNSEND Southwest Plaaa.
BA KER 7 A CONFECTIONER T.
-JJIRITZ LANGE Sooth wide Plaaa.'
LANDA
T . ' .. Whoksale
GRAIN FLOUR. MEAL
wanvirniTfiRfi nt Xew Braunftls. San Antonio and.
AT W aV.JL A V W aw av w -
Laredo.
WE QUOTE PRICES FOR CASH ONLY.
AT RETAIL . . '
VmlMBt Ifiannnrl Pkar. in LexrrU. per
- Extra Mou - awrka " hnodnrd
F-itraFa? " " " "
Fawry - " " 1'
CW-. Family -IVMNKwraaa
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Sw4 On. lT hcjiuVl
Ftmff drlto p hrnehri
W Lite Com "
f-Vvkw wtri lat-e ta aarka per erfwdrvej
Earty aV- feed.
W All GooJi Gwrtt4
Th Fre' Pr'SS offct does
this
ninun.
Central Hotel
. 1 Hill PLAZA.
: SAN ANTONIO TEX.
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Situated m tbe Vein Plus In the eery eaaler of
tb city between the uopole wllb Blreet Oere In
front rannlng to all Public Pleeee and Pleeenra Re-
aorta. 'Bonn all Trains end Daily ataiea to all
pelnte. Telephone connections wllb every pert ef
tbe city and various pointa itorta.aoa wool. sieo
trio Llbl. Semi-daily Mall Delivery la tbe most con
veulent to baalaeaa and pleaaore and being nnder
me oldetl management la toe peat piece to ooiaia
Information abent tbe aoaatr. Ownlnn anr ewn
Improvements we can turnlib flrel'-elaaa aoeommo-
dellonr at 11.60 per day thus savins to our patreni
at least pi. 00 par day. Kngll.n uermaa rreaea
and apaniah apokea.. Oneat will receive tbe beat
attention. dell 6m
I. N. BAKER. . Prepv.'
Y. H. BOBBINS
THE 0Ut RELIABLE" '
watchmaker
JBWXSIijCR.
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OPTIOIAN
and dealer In all gradea of
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CLOCKS WATCHES JEWEL-
RY SILVERWARE FANCY
Hi SILVERWARE f ANOY
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GOODS AND NOTIONS.
NORTH SIDE OP TBI PLAZA.
1
AU flood warranted a represent
ed all work to give satisfaction or
money refunded.
(9 All goods sold as low if not lower than
can be bought elsewhere in Texas.
THE DIRECT LINE
.moil
WESTERN TEXAS AND
' ' MEXICO
to all rontra is tbb
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International & great Jfortiiero
RAILWAY I
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Can Take Their Choice of Routes
- . Either via Taylor aad the new
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Or via tha Sr. Loots laon Moubtaib t 8outhc
Railway... Close connections at Little Rack for all
Principal Cities in the Southeast.
In the Union Depot at St. Loola with Eapress
train. In all dlreotlous.
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars
between BAN ANTONIO AUSTIN HOUSTON
and OALVBSTON and elegant Hotel Cars between
SAN ANTONIO and ST. LOUIS Without Change.
Kf For Ticket.. Rates. Ac apply to any of tho
Ticket Agenta or to . .
' . H. P. BU0HKI PasieBger Agent Houston.
.0 wy ' B. W. McCtLLOUGH ;
i ? '..1 Aas't Oen. Paas. Agt. Marshal Texae
B 6. TOWNSEND Oen. Paai. Agt. It. Louie Mo
i H. M. HOXII 2d Vloe Pres. St. Louis Mo.
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Bookseller
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! SAN ANTONIO TEX.
M Alt bRDKKt PROMPTLY. ATTBSDED TO.
in am - ' .
WESTERN
NURSERIES!
Tha nnderslgaed weald annennew to all whom It
may eooeern that they have now oa band at tbalr
groundaaear VIBEI41.KV HAYS) UU.
TEXAS) a Urge and well aseertes
ICamry Stock mainly of Home Growth
and kenee more likely ta da well la this aail and
ellaiate than tbaaw pradsMwd In aabar ellaiatM and
set I.. Their aback consuls la parte Peach Plata.
Apricot Abnend. and Apple Trees Orape Vlnea a
epeeialty. Ala Oreenheaw and aVeddlof Planta
Reeea a ad Ornamental ahrabbevy aad Powers la
r.rtety. AUarders preeaplly Oiled. Addreea
' -. BOZABTH & WIMBERLYa;
; Wimberiy Hays Oo. Texae.
eplO So.
& BRO.
Dealers in
PRODUCE AND HAY.
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barrel.
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SnTIULT saw.
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BE TRUE.
BT BOBATICS BONA.
Thoo must be true thyself
If thou the truth wouldst teach;
Thy soul must overflow If thou
Another's soul wouldst roach.
It needa the overflow of heart
To give tha Hps full apoeoh.
Think truly and thy thoughts
Shall the world's famine food;
Speak truly and each word of thine
Shall be a fruitful aeod;
Live truly and thy life shall be
A great and noble oreed. .
PrlmtttX in MM pnpr Oy aneod
ial rrangtmnt
v M asnar.
SEALED UNTO HIM.
A STORY OF THE EARLY DAYS
: : OF MORMONISM.
. Bi JOAQUIN MILLER
ADTBOB OP "SOXOS OF TQK 8XXBBA8 "TBI
PANiTaa" "mbmoru and bimb" xto
CHAPTER HV
BY THE DEAD Bit
It was called tbe dead soa in the
old Java by those who passed that way.
The Kver Jordan Btm hold8 ite bib-
linn.1 nnrhfl. nn rlo mnnw of the nnnsnfl.
j a- i
Bpnngn valleys and mountain peaks
surrounding Salt Lake.
My father was more puzzlod bb to
who this strange man might be after
ItoHnrr Vi'a' Vinn1 nnA lianrinrr Mm
talk in his quiet unselfish and learn-
ed fashion than ever before. Was
he indeed aDanite or only some poor
Mormon a sort of insane man doing
penance as he professed t
It is a great mistake to say that
only dishonest ignorant and impure
men are fanatics in religion. I fre-
quently recall when thinking of those
things the gaunt lean figure of the
uiu luamuu vttiipu wuu uati uu 1110 i cu
camel ontside the pates of Jerusalem
demanding the keys of the doomed
city. I see him dine as he sits
there on two dried figs and a drink
of water from the leathern bottle at
his belt. I see him die at last after
all the wealth of the East has passed
untouched through his hands with
face lifted radiant in hope to the
gates of heaven. That his followers
were ignorant bad at heart is true.
They could not even plead redeeming
industry.
Pardon this digression. One is
tempted into noting parallels of re-
lious fanaticism folly and madness
by the singular similarity of the phy
sical characteristics of the two lands
Syria and this Mormon region now
I known as Utah. ; . .
It was a tired dusty disheartened
little party that touched the salt-
white shore of the dead sea in the
greafc desert and wilder.
. a : ai
ness oi luia coaunoai mure iuuu
thirty years ago.
. The silent and melancholy man in
the long black barrow was quite well
enough ofter the night's rest which
followed my father's visit to creep on
after his coffin the next morning; and
he kept up hovering on our border
keeping only a little way in the rear
camping only a ljttlo way off living
his singular life all by himself as be-
fore till we reached the shores of the
inland sea. .
It is to be confessed that there was
not one of our little train that did
not hope expect almost pray that
here this man would leave us this
nightmare shadow and cloud ; this
bird of evil omen rise at last and fly
Jaway. JNot so.
The coffin took up position not
five hundred yards away on the bonk
of the brawling little stream which
swept into the great black lake with
its gleaming border of crystal white
Bait The gross was long and strong
here. Some willows cast a cooling
shade. Here the tall and hideous
giant with the hollow eyes eat and
read all day alone. But where was
he at night T We children did not
fish in that stream once daring the
whole week of rest here while pur
chasing fresh supplies from Salt Lake
Gty only a few miles away to
the
u-iitb W Etonrtf! hirrh ami hnr.
..- -:-rt- -o-
riavl in Ui tall rmuat if hv chjtnAfi anvonwaru vrvi luo wiuwj iwiuci ui uu
of the cattle went too dose to that
j monstrous shape and we had to go
there to drive them back and nearer
camp.
! Mt father had been very anxious
) all the journey to hear from the Lane. ;
: Ha often aked men who had alow
men WbO nad fclOW
iteams Lie our own if they had sen i"i Uree green trees on it iLf-re
this party pa. They had been aa a rock jnat viaible above the
n ofUm. At the atttkmett of bVk heavy waters here close to
!s:t Lake Le aed for tbea in TAin.;tLi. Wl
.ten
One day be vebture-1 to approach
the watchfal aad sCent riaot b
cn7tM I C. n. MZt il .
rested by his coffin as he read in the
shade of the willows and asked if be
had any information about the Lanes.
The man only liftod the lids of his
hollow eyes looked a moment at my
father let them fall and again went
on reading. But seeing that my
father still stood respectfully by nd
was disposed neither to ask again nor
even to grow angry and pass on in
silence he again lifted his eyes for
second and looking at my father
said in a deep solemn and never-to-
be-forgotten tone : - I
'Maybe they have been judged
and are not!" '. -
And again he went on reading and
said no word more while my fathor
with pale lips silently took my hand
and returned to camp. He knew
what that awful sentence meant very
well . .
But the beautiful black-eyed girl
so full of youth health affection de
votion what monstrous creature in
all this world eonld be found miser
able enough to murder her t Surely
her purity her sweetness should be
as ten . thousand swords to defend
her. Her beauty should have been
as an army with banners. What had
happened t We shall see.
One morning before sunriBO two
long-haired men on horseback bear-
insrlong rifles before them dashed
up to the grim black shape half hid
den in the rank rye grass there by
the bank of the little trout stream
and the giant was seen to sit sudden
ly bolt upright in his coffin.
The conference did not last long.
Only a few words passed orders
mainly brief short sharp andmost-
v mode up of. monosyllables and
gestures ; and then the long haired
men on horseback with their long
rifles before themt wheeled suddenly
and disappeared in and behind
grove of the cool loaning willows
up the stream.
Then it was that a certain con
viction settled down upon us as to
who this . monster was. Men and
women too in the many camps scat
tered here and there up and down
thn willow lined stream began to
question themselves if they had aught
to answer for to these sudden swift
and merciless "judges" of the tribe
of Dan. ' . ' '
; The terror that now possessed us
and lay steadily and ' still over all
was painful pitiful. No one dared
to speak to his neighbor. No one
knew who his neighbor was. There
was somewhat of that awful stillness
and sad pity over the face of nature
which is to be observed when ' an
earthquake is about to break the
heart of our mother earth.
On the next day four other men
similarly mounted equally abrupt
sudden and swift swept up the little
stream from the shores of the white-
lined sea and looked up and down
and right and left ns if for some one
who was lost or had escaped. They
did not spak to any one or even
come near to the silent man up the
stream above our camp. But they
beckoned him and he answered back.
They then dashed on up the mountain-side
which sloped to the stream
and climbing at a steady gallop to
the high gray summit sat there in a
group a long time looking to the
east to the west everywhere long
and eagerly. Then they rode on
down the grassy hill toward the head
of the stream and we saw them no
more. But a darker shadow than
aver was over us now; a snauow jay
behind them like the shadow of death.
We could not endure the strain
any longer. And then in fact we
were almost ready to set out once
more on the long long journey still
before ns. Father made excuse that
he wanted to catch the cool of the
evening. And this gave him
some j
pretence of reason to haste. And so
he set out as the sun went down toiment of the saint was brought fairly
'mora his IitLla train On. On. on.
u.j.i.:.I
i i
blsx sea ol deaui any wnere maooo.
to get rid of this nightmare that hov-
over sulWtcd us.
Some of our men had made a boat
here out of an old wagon bed. By
the help of a friendly Indian tbeyu particular to aid the OTtdaee
had rowed far out to a little island ' Against and protect thetn from the
Lis iim """
with three green trees on it There
One U U e IaMTi bo ami a iU)
ing on the edge of tie inland a warn
toward this rock. The laJan Was
horrified and with wild jrells beckon
ed him back. : But the man was al
ready ' turning back through the
black heavy wator and making or
the island and the boat with 'all bis
might He had seen a dead body
there with log-chains abont it the
work of the Danites and yet no man
dared say so or even speak of it
' t You must know that the water of
Salt Lake is bo dense and heavy with
salt that you cannot possibly sink" in
it unless great weights are attached
to your body. " " '
I may mention that this rock and
rtbis 'island are no - longor visible.
The shores of Salt Lake are at least
ten feet from their old white line of
thirty years ago. "; :And that island
and rock in the heart of the great
black sea of death are hidden entirely.
The plowed lands have been washed
into the lake and its pores and out
lets have been choked up. - Away to
the south side of . the lake lost year
I rowed my boat over miles and miles
of fences that had. been swallowed
up by the rising waters. uThe Paci-
fio Railroad Company attempted to
build close to the border of Hub lake
on the north side at first The grad
ually rising water drove it to the hills.
As our little train began to stretch
out and start with its creaking wag
ons on down and around : the. white
rim of the great lake to the . west in
the gorgeous moonlight we felt sure
that we should not be followed by
that haunting and horrid specter that
had so long pushed its . black shape
Bilently after us. . We drew out upon
the broad white salt border and be
gan to strike away towards the west
He was not with us not following us
thank heaven! Every one there took
in a Jong breath ana leit Detter
freer than for weeks months.
Othor trains had not broken camp.
And so it began to be hoped that we
would not be missed by the sudden
aad swift horsemen who claimed ju
risdiction here and asserted and main
tained the right of their elders to sit
in judgment on the world. . Word
was passed up and down . the line to
hasten on as fast as possiblo . to put
as much distance between thorn and
us between that hideous black box
that had haunted us so long and per
sistently as possible before dawn.
We had made two miles perhaps
before taking broath. : We had climb-
ed a little bill ; . Here we paused
and looking back there came creep-
ing across the gleaming white road
of salt right on our . track as . before
that frightful leader of . tho Danites
Ho was pushing with all his show
of humility and penanco as before
the long black coffin across the broad
white border of salt in the matchless
moonlight . ..
(TO SB COMTINUBS). . .1 ' .
Remlulseenees of a Texas Yeteran The
Hants Fe Expedition etc. i
' BI O.' KHBABD.
; . ' LXL ; .
IMDAXL'a MABBATIVB 001VTIHDKD.
At different points of the plaza the
procession would halt the bearers of
the car would set down their burden
and all would kneel and cross them-
selves while the old priest read a sen-
tence from an open book before him.
One of the principal stopping places
appeared to be in front of our little
window and solemn as the affair was
intended to be it was impossible for
us to retain our gravity with two such
figures as the old priest and the pat-
ron saint staring us it the face.
Those huge spectacle of the former
alone would have drawn a smile from
the gloomiest misanthrope that ever
lived; and then tbe comical aspect of
the droll figure of San Miguel wag-
gish in more ways than one for while
it wagged its head it also had a quaint
and knowing leer about its eyeti
whenever this counterfoil present-
in cirri. t m Inal rmr crravitw nfirlw.
and were compelled to turn aside to
conceal our laughter.
After the proeesjarion had knelt in
front of our prison the old priest
would call upon every saint in the
calender in general and San Miguel
agmiB.t auiti prvieci lucu iruiAs aarwi
horde or fcereUcs and brtnAca
tnarctiirAg againet their country. All j
would tbn reftpond by cnDg them-;
jse! and rvinguUr togroanai
vL horde of heretics and Vjahariaca
(Ue tana wcrua u-n su-i tp na
the prooeKoa then nae o-)j to
avma othr joiiAt iWa to r-eat tU
same ceremony. In this way tha
time passed v from the day on which
the ten "J prisoners alluded to arrived
at San; Miguel to .the 9th of October.
.. . At an .early hour on the morning' of
the 9 th our guard gave us the start-
ling information Jhat all the- Texana
had been captured in the vicinity of
the Lagnna Colorado or Red Lake a
body of 'water some thirty or forty
miles south of 1 Angosturas. ' At first
we could not : believe this news but
it was confirmed by the ringing of
bells general congratulations and re
joicings; and by a grand procession
in honor of the victory. "Again" was
the patron saint Of this town mounted
on the car accompanied by the ever-
attendant Virgin borne abont in tri-
umph through the plaza and all the
principal streets. Nothing could ex-
ceed the joy and enthusiasm ..of the
inhabitants. The only gun in tha.
placo the "double-barreled German
affair I have already mentioned ' and
which had been used to guard and
terrify us was now '' brought into
requisition to give greater spirit to
the rejoicing. ' The' fellow who had
charge of this piece followed in the
rear of the ragged rabble which form-
ed the prooes8ion'(and 4aa fast as he
Could load and fire' kept up an inces-
sant cracking and banging much to
the delight in particular of a troop
of graceless urchins' who hovered
abont him on the march. ' At each of
the four cornors and at eaoh of the
four Bides of the plaza did the pro-
cession stop kneel down and public-
ly thank San Miguel for thus keeping
his charge out of the hands of here-
tics and all this while the comical
image now arrayed with an extra load
of' furbelows feathers and finery
bowed his acknowledgments to the
crowd of ragged worshipers in a style
which would have done credit to any
merry-Andrew. i '
Scarcely was this nonsensical mum
mery over before Ueneral McJueod
and Mr. Navarro with some ten or
fifteen Texas officers and servants
were escorted under a strong guard
into the plaza and placed for safe-
keeping in the old quortel we had oc-
cupied on the day when Howland and
his comrados were shot' Mr. Falcon.
er was seen in this little party by all
of us and though grieved to see him
in a plight sb gloomy I Was still re
joiced to notice that he wAsr in good
health. n Some of ' the members of
this small party of prisoners were
continually passing and repassing our
room within twenty yards of us on
their way to the river for water; they
recognized and bowed' to us as they
passed but we were not allowed to
communicate with them in any way
and were completely kept' in igno-
ranoe of the terms of 'their surrender
and the disposition that woe to be
made of them. . ; " ' '
Health Alphabet.
A s soon as you aro up shake 'blank-
ets and sheet;
B etter be without shoes than sit with
wet feet; i -
C hildren if healthy are active not
-Alt
buai;
D amp beds and damp clothes will
- Dotu make you ill;
E at slowly and always chew your
. food well;-j- ; .
F reshen the sir in tho house where
yon dwell;
0 arments must never be made too
-tight;
H omes should be made healthy
airy and light;
1 f you wish to be well as yoq do I
have no doubt
J iu t open the window before you go
ut; . ' '
K eep the rooms always tidy neat
. and clean;
L et dust never on the furniture be
- seen;
M uch illness is caused for want of
pure air
N ow to open the window be ever
your care;
O Id rags and old rubbish should
never be seen
F eople should see that their floors
are well swept;
Q nick movements in children are
healthy and right -R
eeaecabW tbe young eaanot thrive
without light;
S ee that the cistern is clean to the
brim
T ale care that your drees is all ti-
dy and trim; ' -C
ee) tout bom to find if lam be a
drain;
V try aad are the ferers thai eosne
tjwjrj;
tyj aa mix as yoe can without
' feeing f atioe.
Xawxee eoeld wai full akaasy a
U' w lkh
yur mukm csift lp-.
2 kew-p. cd c. acJlL
grjod to ej-a re-p-
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