. San Antonio de Bexar; a guide and history. rep-resented here. The Masons are contemplating erecting a fine hall. The OddFellows are already installed in a magnificent building on Houston street. TheKnights of Pythias are extremely strong, and the society comprises some of ourmost active business and professional The Waters of San Antonio and San Pedro. THE DITCHES OR ACEQUIAS. Hell turn vour current in a ditch. -Shakespeare. And now comes a pleasant chapter to narrate, pleasant because it deals withthat which makes San Antonio the naturally charming place that it is, pleasantbecause it
. San Antonio de Bexar; a guide and history. rep-resented here. The Masons are contemplating erecting a fine hall. The OddFellows are already installed in a magnificent building on Houston street. TheKnights of Pythias are extremely strong, and the society comprises some of ourmost active business and professional The Waters of San Antonio and San Pedro. THE DITCHES OR ACEQUIAS. Hell turn vour current in a ditch. -Shakespeare. And now comes a pleasant chapter to narrate, pleasant because it deals withthat which makes San Antonio the naturally charming place that it is, pleasantbecause it deals solelj with the efforts and arts of peace in a history that is onlytoo full of the strivings of war, bloodshed and contention ; pleasant because it hasto do with clear crystal springs rising in volume from unknown, mysteriousdepths, deep translucent pools and bubbling brooks, a .swirling river of pureliving waters and the arborous accompaniments of foliage, high canopies ofgreenery, broad groves, great trunks and tangled vines, and with the plenty offields of waving corn. Let imagination wander back to the time before thewaters were in the least fouled by the contact of civilization, when the firstSpanish Missionaries traveling over the drier western plains happed suddenljupon this valley, knowing little
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