Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 July 1884 — A Singular Coincidence. [ARTICLE]

A Singular Coincidence.

A gentleman from tho North was spending a few dais in Austin. He was stopping with a leading citizen, whose acquaintance he had made. Ar they entered the house, the stranger asked: “Haven’t you got any old relios as curiosities of the Texas revolution?” “Allow me to introduce yon to my mother-in-law,” responded the Austin man, as that old lady the widow of a Texas veteran, stepped up to meet them. —Texas Siftings. Aptle blossoms are now worn by Boston brides. Whisky blossoms have long been worn by many Boston bridegrooms. ' Down in Now Jersey they are palming off canned mosquitoes for potted lobsters.