The Alamo Star (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 20, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 26, 1854 Page: 3 of 4
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PLAZA «W#K BALL. S¿3¿ Antoisío, Aug. 23,1
*• Wi«t t# life wuWi 11.4 n v<" i To the Editors pfthe Alamo Star:
0o itflttftttliNI we M tb* ptokittl? oí being Sirs-^The following piece of poetry attract*
present at a balr given at the Ptszíi House by ed.roy attention some few day* since anc kuow-
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HUMOROUS.
iTii* proprietor*; it w;?sr irspKud>d ami w t ¡!" ¡ n g~Tts~a ppTTea !>i) ityto á certa i a Mr7
«■midu 'ed «tía i r J/n':.; f relit t > tne Loiawl the eTi*e,"( wiioB a subscriber l« the Siar,-)--! *en4
Manor." ; it to you. and 1 would respectfully request you
A band oí German musician were in attend* t0 publish it tor his benefit and that of
mice, who, although their rorUlum music was j
do! the best in the worl.J, yet it was of such a ;
east at to *ou#« the latent feelings o' man's
nature. -;
Th* mother and the maüen, the warior and
the merchant, alt joined in one general jubilee, |
alt ended with ail the peculiarities* of faohion
and wealth. Smiling fac^s were general and ,
ever and anon we heard the ringing laugh of j
some fair beauty who was Wing tea*<\l by j
her ruitorv On wet t the dance until abetit
twelve o'clock the company were requested to
mare! up stairs until supper was served tip;
which was certainly a happy announcement.
Your friend, Luta.
P. S,—I do not claim it a* original.
A PREDICAMENT*
I would tell you I lov e you
Did I but know the way,
Could my lips but discover
What a lover should say.
Though I *wear to adore you
Every morning I rise,
Yet when once 1 am before you
All my eloquence í'ies.
Oh, ye Cioi.U ! did ye ever
Such a simpleton ktmw,
I'm in love, and yet never
Have the heart to say so.
•A littlenoaseftse n*w and ihe ,
Is relished Hy the wisest men V*
A gMitb man beinff ^al^'d - upon after dinner
fop a speech said,"I am too full for utterance."
In an half hour, supper was announced ready, j
when accompanied by the band we marched to ¡
the table which was bountifully spread with 1 {Seene in a fashion a lit poilor on Solidad street.]
all the dainties and luxuries oí a city; it was
a banquet worthy of a king, ami we luti^t say
that the present proprietors of the Plaza House
cannot be equaled in hospitality and libe i aiii\\
which will crowned theiredbits with success.
After supper feeling satisfied, we departed,
leaving the revelers stí}{ dancing.
San Antonio is no longer a frontier town but
a city in every sense of the word.
Rain.—We had a ^freshing shower this
morning. Good, very good. •
44 Lift hijrh 5 our
We advise everybody to Hit high their feet
when they wal k on the pa ve men t. We sa w a
poor fellow get a awful lail, la^t evening, by
neglecting to do so.
A lhavtifi.il Thought.—Margaret
Fuller
somewhere beautifully says; ,!lt is a marvel
whence the perfect flower (water lily) derives
j its loveliness and perfume, springing as it does
£<5^0 cot ge N. Williamson, an old citizen oí ¡ front 111 ♦; black mud over which the river sleeps,
GTS an Antonio in very healthy at present.
Gonzales, died at that place on the 13th inst.
EMUHA.
I am composed of twelve letters.
My 1,5Í, 3, 4, 8, 11, 9, is a man's name.
Mf..fryMff i* a street in New York.
My 4i* a boy.
My 8,5/%, 7, i, is used with soap.
My si, 3, 8, 4, is a small mountain.
My 10, 7,5, 6, is a part of the body.
My 2, 7, 4, 8, is a very bad place.
My 5, 1,9,8, 7 , is a common fruit.
My whole is a city in the United States.
Ansr next week.
married,
In this city on the Ckh inst,, Mr, JOSEPH
M. BENNETT, to Miss JULIA COTTON,
both of this city.
The cake and wine we received was deli-
cious and all we have to say is we wish them
unbounded happiness.
and where lurk the slimy eel and speckled
frog, and the mild-turtle, whom continual
washing cannot cleanse. It is the very same
black mud out of which the yellow lily and
noisom odor spring, Thus we sec, in the
world, that some persons assimilate only what
is ugly and evil from the same moral circum-
stances which.supply good and beautiful results
—the fragrance ofcelestial power—to the daily
lile of others.
Rings.—A ring when used by the church,
signifies, to use the words of the liturgical
writer, inte^ritatum JiJd, the perfetion ot
fidelity. lu form having no beginning, no end,
is the emblem of eternity, constancy, integrity,
fidelity, eel., so thU the wedding ring symbol-
izes the eternal or entire fidelity the wife pledges
to her husband, and she wears the ring as the
badge of.ibis fidelity. Its office, then, is lo
teach and perpetually remind her of the fidelity
•he owes fo her husband, and «wore to him at
tke marriage cctemony, •--- - :;
3/iSs yjiwnHiiht tiomance.—(Looking into the
street, where some ladies were passing wearing
the late fashioned bonnets.J
"( K dear how I do detest those Mki*>$ me
quick" bonnets, they make a lady look so for-
ward and bold."
Miss. Flirt.—Why Mary, (Adjusting her
man-/' HU'rJ 1 did not think you was so foolish
a> all that; why that's the fashion now, and we
tunst keep up twith the fashion. 1 am going
down to Mr. Mock's store, 1 hear that he ha*
jiiM received some new goods and among them*
some t.f these bonnets and they may be of a later
style and 1 want to get one before they all go.
Skipping out the door, shuts it behind her.
President Polk, on meeting a Volunteer who
had lost a limb in the Mexican war,con^attt*
ted him very eloquently upon the g?ory he had
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acquired.
''Glory be banged," said the patriot, 141 only
wish I had my arm."
Mere is a specimen of the poetry thty hav*
out West:
A storm came and blew down our sweep,
Ned went along and put it up again-—sheep.
Sport in Kentucky,—Scene—Suburbs oí
Lawrencelnirgr Young Sportsman—" I say.
friend, i*- there anything to shoot about here 1
Farmer—" Wal. I don't know, Mranger, but
you can go down to the cross-roads and take
a pop at the school master, just to keep your
banjl in.* ;
PE^ALTlia.
The penalty of remaining single is having
no one who " cares a button " for you, as is a-
bundantly proved by the state of your sbirt!
The penalty of thin shoe$ is a cold.
The penalty of a pietfy eocrk, is an empty
larder.
The penalty of tight boots is corns.
The penalty of popularity is envy.
The penalty of a baiw is sleepless nights.
The penally of kissing a baby i* twenty-five
cents, {lifty, ü you are liberal] to the nurse. - -
The gem cannot be polished without friction
norman perfected without adversity.
Sum—J-ulitis, whardid yon getdat coatt
Julius—Down here to Push's.
Stnn—W bar's dat"?
Julius—Little ways down in Main street
wbar it says "Push" on the dour—I pushed and
went in. It said "Pull" on die odder skie—I
pulled dis coat and ran tmt. - .
Stf.aoy .dmnr.— A teetotallar.riding in a
stage-coach with a mixed company, waá des-
canting most eloquently in behalf of the good,
cause. After a while an elderly ína , whósie'
face plainly declared his j^acti^e, remarket!
rather contemptuously. <;l huin^ljBothing to
say agin water. It may !>e ^cr/fócnJ in its
place. But for a steady d nnk, give me
whiskey!" This shows how th¿ natnral taste
may l>e perverted. - . *.
Like Carana.—u(5ive us onlv one trial,"
said the quack to the invalid. "Step into my
parlor- only once," said the spider to the fly.
The Blüeh.—liad roads, cloudy weather,
tight ^ooU, a scolding wife, squaling children,
and «email potatoes, arc apt to give a man the
blue* : r
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Newcomb & Lambert. The Alamo Star (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 20, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 26, 1854, newspaper, August 26, 1854; San Antonio, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth176987/m1/3/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.