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(It will be remembered that about a month ago there were special
rates offered to the public for a round trip to the City of
Washington. The price of the ticket being exceedingly low, we
secured a loan of twenty dollars from a public-spirited citizen
of Austin, by mortgaging our press and cow, with the additional
security of our brother's name and a slight draught on Major
Hutchinson for $4,000.
We purchased a round trip ticket, two loaves of Vienna bread,
and quite a large piece of cheese, which we handed to a member
of our reportorial staff, with instructions to go to Washington,
interview President Cleveland, and get a scoop, if possible, on
all other Texas papers.
Our reporter came in yesterday morning, via the Manor dirt road,
with a large piece of folded cotton bagging tied under each foot.
It seems that he lost his ticket in Washington, and having
divided the Vienna bread and cheese with some disappointed office
seekers who were coming home by the same route, he arrived home
hungry, desiring food, and with quite an appetite.
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