Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 August 1883 — Great Self Denial. [ARTICLE]

Great Self Denial.

“Where can I buy a pair of cuffs ?” inquired a late riser of an Austin hotel proprietor one Sunday morning. “Don’t believe you can anywhere,” replied the hotel man, “clothing stores are all closed up until 4 o’clock in the evening.” L “Well, where can I get a cocktail? I am as dry as a puff bail.” “Gan’t. Saloons are closed up until ■afteM o’clock,” “Ji,suppose I can get a glass of sweet cidet“at some corner grocery, can’t I?” “Not much; groceries are all closed up until after 4 o’clock.” Are, eh ? Then I guess I’ll have to go down'to some 'drug Storenhd get * glass df plain soda.” e -31 ‘ “Qpn’t do that, either. Drug stores are-pot allowed,fo sell until after 4 o'clock.”... 'the man 1 moved mournfully over to the water cooler and had about half filled a tumbler, when a policeman in, front of the hotel commenced shooting at a suspicious-looking dog. The hotel guest dropped the glass, jumped about fourteen feet, and, running behind the office desk, shouted: “Don’t shoot again, cap! I won’t touch a drop of your blamed old ice water until after 4 o’clock! If you think it’s too rich for my blood, I’ll practice self-denial and spit cotton till sundown.”— Texas Siftings.