Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 July 1884 — A Singular Coincidence. [ARTICLE]

A Singular Coincidence.

1 A gentleman from the North was spending a few days in Austin. He was stopping with a leading citizen, whose acquaintance he had made. As they entered the house, the stranger asked: “Haven’t you got any old relics as curiosities of the Texas revolution ?” “Allow me to introduce you to my mot responded the'Austin . man, as that old lady, the widow of a Texas veteran, stepped up to meet them. —Texas Siftings, Apple blossoms are now worn by Boston brides. Whisky blossoms have * long been worn by many Boston bridegrooms. . ■ . ■ ■*’.■ Down in New Jersey they are palming off canned mosauitoos for potted lobsters.