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MRS. SKINFLINT EXCITED.
«@=.Mrs. Quitman, widow of Gen. John
A. Quitman, died on the 29th iflt.
The Arkansas correspondent of the St.
Louis Herald is responsible for the follow-
ing story :
Early this morning there was added to
our company of travelers a pair who looked
ship of the squadron, with the sloops-of-war
Portsmouth, Marion, and Vincennes.
These vessels have been assigned to this
duty because of their light draught, which
enables them to go farther up the country
and nearer the coast.
Although the joint treaty with England
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“OLD HOSS, YOU’RE TOO LATE.”
imen (mem-
bers of this ancient and honorable fraterni-
ty) assembled at the Club-Room, on Wedn-
esday, the 27th instant.
Alexander Womankiller was called to
the Chair, and J. A. Hoop and Anthony 0.
Let us enumerate:
From the servitude of your base passions:
If your home is a happy one, you will not
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‘ four persons spend less than one 1
oprts the two children besides.
When the marriage is judicious, entered
into with forethought, when the family
does not increase too rapidly, the wife, far
from being a hindrance to liberty of action,
is, on the contrary, its natural and essen-
tial element. "Why is it that the “English-
coast of Africa, the Administration proposes
to increase \he number of guns to one hun-
dred and sixteen.
The naval depot is to be removed from
Port Praza to San Paul de Lander.
In addition to this increase on the Afri-
can coast, the L'nited States war-steamer
Crusader, Mowhawk, Wyandotte and Ful-
ton are to cruise in the neighborhood of!
Cuba, for the purpose of capturing such
slavers as may escape the vigilance of the
African squadron.
self. New York, thought he wotfld step ashore,
Ir this mutual deliverance man must, of take a tramp around, incog:, & course, and
course, take Jhe initiative. He is stronger,
world. It may startle your scientific read- in better health (especially in not having
“ Are you aware, Mr. Skinflint, that you
rocked on the baby’s fingers ? Have you
the audacity, you inconsiderate brute, to
call my child a squalling brat because she
is crying ? I’ll let you know, sir, that I am
not to be insulted by any such epithets, for
an insult to my babe is an
mother ! You don’t deserve to have any
j children, Mr. Skinflint; you should ha/e
The roll being called, several gentlemen
failed to respond to their names, and upon
enquiry the startling and alarming an-
nouncement was made, that they had de-
serted our ranks and entered the state of
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9gb.The renowned Clown and Showman,
Dan Rice, has established a colportage in gust]e appointed Secretaries.
B@uA new steam propeller, called the
Richard .myler, built for the New York
a” ' Lvannah line, was launched at Green
Point, N. Y., last week.
Major Edmond French, Pay Clerk of
the Bureau of Construction, in the Treasury
Department, has been arrested for exten-
sive forgeries of certificates, etc., on the
Department.
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ggp-The new war steamer Pensacola, just given to epicurean pleasures than admira-
launched at the Warrington Navy Yard,
{Fla.) will cost about $100,000; less than
any one of the other five vessels of her been called, a number of gentle
class, and ordered at the same time, but
which were built at the North.
connection with his Circus, by which he is
doing an immense amount of good in scat-
tering religious tracts over the country.
Dan is not going to be eclipsed by Bonner
and Barnum.
g@“Ex-President Pierce and wife came
passengers on the Cunard steamship Am-
erica, which arrived at Boston on the 26th
and immunities incident to membership in
this body.
Touching and feeling tributes were paid
to the memories of our lamented friends,
I earnest were the feelings of
sorrow inspired by their sad and untimely
fate.
On motion, the following preamble and
resolutions unanimously adopted :
Whereas, It is befitting that we should
give expression to our feelings of sympathy
and sorrow at the terrible and sudden ca-
lamity which has befallen several members
of our fraternity. Therefore, be it
Resolved, That we extend to our friends—
now bereft of the joys and conditions of
single blessedness—our heartfelt and sin-
cere sympathies, hoping that the memory of
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We learn from the New Orleans
papers that Gen. Walker is getting up an-
other .expedition to invade Nicaragua.
i@"Lieutenant Maury will not be trans
ferred to sea service, as was reported, but
will remain at Washington Observatory.
the action to the word.
JOftY country editor having received two
gold dollars inftdvance for his paper, says
that he still allows his children to play
with other children, as usual.
gg§"“What does a man think of when he.
thinks of nothing?” said a young lady to a
gentleman with whom she had broken an
engagement. “ He thinks,. Miss, of a wo-
man’s promise,” was the ready reply.
$gV‘Please take this medicine, wife, and
I’ll be hanged if it doesn’t cure you.” “Oh,
I will take it, then, by all means, for it is
sure to do good one way or the other.”
M§=A poet whose lodgings are pretty
well up towards the top of Parnassus com-
plains that his Muse is cramped by her
room-atic affections.
IlgftA young man who received a blowing
up from his sweetheart, retorted by calling
her a wind-lass.
g^How comforting to many must be
the conviction that they are constitutionally
ADVANTAGES OF MATRIMONY.
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Fortunate is he who rescues a woman,
who frees her from the physical fatalism in
which she is held by nature, from the weak-
ness imposed upon her by seclusion, from like feeling was stirred up to the highest
so much misery, so many drawbacks !—
i Happy he who instructs her, elevates her,
situated strengthens her, and makes her his own !
to endure the great malady of maternity.) finally found himself in Boston, where he
He has a solid education. He is favored
by the laws. He has the best occupations one, had they known and nabbed his royal
to himself, and earns much more than wo-
man, is his own master ; if not suited in
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Andromeda, alas ! must die on her rock; if although the dramatis persona have all made
she was clever enough to free herself and
get away from it, we would say : “She is metropolitans. The barber
an adventurer.”
But one delivered by you, dear Perseus,
in quest of love ; nor to the street of in-
toxication.
The servitude of weakness : You Will
not drag yourself freely along, like your
pitiful comrade—that young old man, so
pale, debased, and broken down, whom the
women ridicule. True love 1
you from this, and concentrate your
strength.
The servitude of melancholyHe who
tribe will esteem it infamy not to have on | -roung clerk of some pretensions
a hat was labelled in the shop window $50 ” jng to an 0;q one<
How grateful we ought to be to the Broad-- fPe] » ■ - • - - - ■
way dandy for taking so much trouble, and i stead7yftft'~0““ fte"half'closed,
going to so much expense to amuse his . . . J
fellow-women.
vantage for England herself?” Because
his wife follows him. Except in sickly
climates (like India) the Englishwomen,
we may say, have sown the whole earth
with solid English colonies. It is the
strength of the family which with 'them
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Christian name with two Rs, so th^HnH
—“ Marry Ann Smith,” and the pqJB
took tiie hint, and did marry Annft-mitl
B^ftTf there is anybody under
ister of heaven that I have an utt^raHBR
cence for,” says the amiable Mrs.
ton, “it is the slanderer going abofl^HB
boy constructor, circulating his qH
like honest folks.”
l^»“You think you are a great
said an impertinent fellow to a gentlemH
whom he had offended. “Yes, I am a real
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We must not say “two persons,” but
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new silk (I have worn my faded one for
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four-handed 1 By doubling his two fists.
mittee” of Matagorda would not do well to
note this calamity ? There could be no
harm, at least, in overhauling the members
and noting their standing and attention to
“duty.” No use in having a “Committe,”
if it is not strictly “charitable.”
But here are the “doings” as we find them
recorded in the Oxford (Miss.) Mercury, the
editor of which is a crusty fellow, more
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the Mammoth and other caves, besides
some very peculiar and unique formation
found only in Wyandotte cave.
will preserve The woman, of course, blushed and resisted,
lentrate your and looked wery awkward and wrathy.
“Oh, never mind that, my pretty shaver,” ]
said the royal customer, “and when your
husband returns, tell him you’ve been kissed.J
by the Prince of Wales.
But the embryo king, upon facing thq-|
door to make his exit, was met by the bai?*'
ber himself, who, hearing what the Prind@_:
s^id, ^ised his plebian foot, and gave MB
retreating highness a most formidable kick,.;
exclaiming :
“Yes, sir, and now, when you get hom^(
again, please to say that you were dece^Bf
kicked by a Boston Barber /”
Ax Artful Creature.—She got
He was a timid
man, and did not come up to the scraiclq •
as my brother Jack calls it. So after J
or three letters had passed between
she showed me a letter she had wrijUi
A great many y^ars ago, or somewhere
thereabouts, when the people of this country
were at loggerbead with England, and war-
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notch against the British, by some means
or other, it so fell put that the Prince of
Wales (afterwards- William the Fourth, it
is probable) being in the English fleet off
New York, thought he worhd step ashore,
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the usual way, pronounced them “husband
and wife.”
There was a good deal of fun afterwards,
and when it was over I left the cabin, and
so did the “preacher,” who remarked to me
that he liked to see the young folks enjoy
themselves, and took a good ddal of pleas-
ure in contributing to their fun, but he did
not understand why they should select him
to act the preaoheb.
Just then some one called me aside, and
the old gentleman stepped into his state
room, which was next to mine. When I
returned, the door stood open, and the she spends almost nothing. She reduces
preacher stood just inside, with his coat
and vest off, and one boot in his hand, talk
ing with the gentleman who had played
the attendant, and who as I came up, re-
marked :
“Well, if that’s the case, it is a good
joke, for they are in dead earnest, and have
retired to theftame state room.”
“Good Heavens 1 you don’t tell me sol”
and rushing as he was, boot in hand, to
the state room indicated, commenced an
assault on the door as if he would batter
it down, exclaiming at each lick : “ For
Heaven’s sake don’t 1 I ain’t a preacher !”
The whole cabin was aroused, every
state room flying open with a slam, when
the door opened, and the ‘Arkansas Trav-
eler,’ poking out his head, coolly remarked:
“ Old boss, you’re too late I”
A preacher out West while endeav-
oring to impress the gosprn upon his hear-
ers, pointed to a corner in which an editor
was quietly taking a nap, and remarked :
“There are some in the corner who shed
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The Mammoth cave is distinguished more But one delivered by you, dear Perseus,
for its vastness than its beauty ; the Wy- from what will she not rescue you in return?
andotte for its great extent, its mammoth
hall, its lofty ceilings reaching frequently
to the height of 267 feet, and especially for
its numerous and natural fountains, which
almost continually meet the eye in every
direction. A portion of this cave has been
known and visited for over forty years.—
This portion is about three miles in length,-
and is termed the Old Cave. In 1850 a
new door from within the old cave was dis-
covered, which extended the cave united
to about twelve miles in extent. In 1853,
a still newer discovery of ingress was ac-
cidently made, which has added eight or
ten miles thereto, and disclosed a plan of
formation more extensive and more beauti-
ful than heretofore known. The cave con-
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our body as are suspected of harboring yOU whine about poverty ; if I mention a
similar treasonable designs.
Resolved, That we will ever prefer but-
mvasion of tpnless shirts, ventilat’d pants, ragged coats
and unhemmed handkerchiefs, to the many
~ __ annoyances, troubles, vexations, and other
■GREAT EXCITEMENT !
GRAND RALLY OF THE BACHELORS’ CLUB 1
It appears that the following extraordin-
ary proceedings were occasioned by a cac-
oethes among the bachelors, which swamped
four of their number in a very short time.
Crinoline made a successful attack upon
the “ club’s ” very ramparts, and though
some of their bravest fell victims to the
terrible havoc, the determined few who
were allowed to escape, are not to be iu-i ,. , , n n
timidated by the iquath/ condition of their *ed1. “ oH’W jK ’ T "ft36171-'
c . , i i bachelor. You are not worthy of such an
unfortunate comrades. Wonder if the “Com-!
i affectionate wife I”
“ Me angry,'Mr. Skinflint ? Me angry ?
I never was calmer in all my life ; it is you
who are excited, and yet you sit there as
unmoved as if the poor, darling baby was
not ruining her lungs by her agonizing
screams.
“ You will leave the house, will you, if I
don’t hush ? You are afraid to leave it, sir;
ArOLUME II,
ult. They have been absent from America ^eeP ar)d
about two years, during which time they
visited most of the prominent places on the
European Continent. Mrs. Pierce’s health
has not been improved.
Costa Rica.—A commissioner to Costa
Rica will be appointed by our Goyern.meftt,
shortly after the arrival of Mr, Dimitry, our
new Minister at San Jose, to settle, in con-
junction with a Costa Rican commissioner,
the claims of our citizens against that Re-
public.
Kansas History Revived.—A man named
McRea, who killed Clark, a pro-slavery
man, in the reign of political excitement
and terror in 1854, was arrested a few
.days ago and confined in jail, but has since
made his escape. Clark was the first man
killed in the Territory for the expression of
political opinions.
^©“Sidney Herbert has introduced a bill
jn the English Parliament, which provides
for the enrollment and maintenance of a re-
serve force of 20,000 men, consisting of
soldiers who have previously served in the appointed to overlook and report such of this house. If I ask for a ginghams apron,
and requiring them to serve twelve
days in each year in time of peace, and
permanently in case of an
England.
The Jaurez Treaty.—The London Times crying evils connected writh the connubial
says that upon the ratification of the treaty,
said to have been recently concluded be-
tween the American Minister, Mr. McLane,
■and the Mexican Government, at Vera Cruz,
Mexico, will virtually pass under American
Sway to the advantage of Mexico and the
•world, but apprehends danger therefrom to
the claims of private parties, and that our
Government is urged to protect the inter-
ests of foreign bondholders.
MATAGORDA, TEXAS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1859.
MOPE WONDERFUL THAN THE MAM-
MOTH CAVE.
Dr. D. L. Talbot, in commencing a series
of articles for the Fort Wayne Times, in
regard to the Wyandotte cave, makes the
following comparison between Wyandotte
and Mammoth caves :
Wyandotte cave, one of the most remark-;
insult to its able and extensive in the world, is j
in Crawford cr .mty,- Indiana, about twenty i For in delivering her he also delivers him-
fiye miles below New Albany, on Blue river.
I have called it a remarkable cave.’ The
Mammoth cave of Kentucky has hitherto
been designated as the greatest cave in the
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E. J. LIPSEY, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
raw-boned specimen of the half-horse, half matrimony, and yet spend infinitely
alligator class, and the lady a full match
for him. Among the passengers from Na-
polean is a solemn looking gentleman, who
had all along been taken for a preacher.—-
About nine o’clock last night I was con-
versing with the “Reverend” individual,
when a young man stepped up, and ad-
dressing him, remarked: “We are going to
have a wedding, and would like to have
you officiate.” “All right, sir,” he replied
laughingly, and we stepped into the ladies’
cabin, when, sure enough, the couple
stood waiting.
There had been some “kissing games,”
and several mock marriages gone through
with during the evening, and I supposed
that this was merely a continuation *of the
sport ; and so thought the “preacher,” who
I could see had a good’ deal of humor in
him, and was inclined to promote general
five years,) you have a spasmodic collapse good feeling and merriment. The couple
stood before him a great deal more solemn
than was necessary in a mock marriage,
I thought, and the preacher asked the nec-
may alleviate the gloom and sorrow of their
present fallen condition.
Resolved, That in the domestic troubles
inevitably attached to the matrimonial
state—such as “Curtain Lectures,” “Broom-
handle Castigations,” &c.,—the use of our
Rooms is offered them as an asylum and
place of refuge.
Resolved, That as a further mark of con-
dolence, the usual badge of mourning be
worn for thirty days.
Resolved, That the sad fate of our unfor-
tunate friends be held up as a warning—
solemn and terrible in its character—to this
brotherhood.
Resolved, That a Vigilance-Committee be
tl^At a trial, recently, the jury returned
the following verdict :—“Guilty, with some
little doubt as to whether he is the man.
B@«,Why is a lover like a whale ? Be-
jkftise he is a sea “creetur” of size, (a se
state.
Resolved, That the Oxford Mercury, and
other papers friendly to the cause, be re-
quested to copy these proceedings ; and
that a copy ol the same be transmitted to
James Buchanan, the “Bachelor” President
A. WOMANKILLER, President.
J. A. Hoop, ) o . .
Anthony O. BustlhJ SocretaneB-
see what was going on. The Prince was
a “high lark,” fond of fun and fashions, and
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Prohibition of the Slave Trade.—A Tel-
egraphic dispatch says that the Adminis-
A tration is arranging measures for the more
. ■ efficient prohibition of the foreign slave
trade.
The squadron on the coast of Africa is
to be largely increased, and to consist of
the United States war steamers Mystic,
Sumpter, San Jacinto, and Mohecan—also
tains every kind of formation peculiar to js strong, and does a man’s work—he who
i i gOing out ys daily toil, leaves at home
a beloved creature who loves and thinks of
him alone, is by that very fact inspired
with cheerfulness, and he is happy all the
day.
The servitude of money : Receive for a
truth this exact mathematical maxim— Two
persons spend less than one.
I see many bachelors who remain such
from sheer fright at the expensiveness of
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than a married man after all. They live ^y her cunning,
very dearly at the cafes and restaurants,
and at the theatres. Havana cigars, smoked
all day, are to their solitude an extravagant
necessity.
Why do they smoke ? “To forget,” they him, anq the artful creature sp^
say. Nothing can be more disastrous. We
should never forget. _ Woe to them who forget
evils, for they never seek their antidotes.—
The man, the citizen who forgets, ruins not
only himself but his country. A blessed
thing it is to have by your hearthstone a
reliable and loving woman, to whom you '
can open your heart, with whom you can
suffer. She will prevent you from dreaming
or forgetting. We must all suffer and think.
In that is the true life of man.
Some men call themselves bachelors.—
But are they really so? I have long sought
bnt I have not yet found that mythical thumper,” replied the gentleman, suiting
essary questions, and then proceeding in thing. I have discovered that everybody
is married ; some by temporary marriages
only, it is true—secret and shameful these,
lasting sometimes for months, sometimes
for a week, and often for an hour. These
marriages of hourly duration, which are the
utter degradation of the woman, are not
effected at a less cost’to the man. It is
easier to feed a whale than a Dame aux
Camelids.
If the wife has no female friends whose
rivalry excites her to extravagance in dress,
men emigrate so easily, and to so. much ad- exempt from any disease of the brain.
jg^What is that which every one
divide, but no one can see where it has
been divided ? Water.
MB^Don’t your tents leak, Captain, when
it rains ? Oh, no, madam, we always
them.
has made the power and the grandeur of >^A philosopher, being asked what was
the nation.—Michelet. l-l. a l i • .
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The Latest Conundrum.—How does Queen' die love of a woman, answered: “An
Victoria take her pills? Inside her, (in|opportunity.”
cider.)
BgMTow were Adam and Eve turned
out of Paradise ? They were snaked out.
Gas-bills are, in
(“heavy charges of the Light "
in your pockets. Your fingers are all scar-
red, sir, where the tightly pinched eagles
on the half dollars bit you. You squeeze
a new cent, sir, until you could hear the
Indian yell a mile.
“ Did you call me a liar, Mr. Skinflint ?
To be called a liar by a brute of a husband
in my own room 1 This is intolerable—yes,
sir, abominable 1 I’ll send for my brother
and have him punch you.
“ Don’t call me excited, sir ; it is enough
to arouse any unprotected female I You
think because the law makes me your prop-
erty, that I am to be kicked about as you
please. But I will not suffer it, sir, I’ll re-
sort to the Indiana Legislature ; I’ll have
a divorce ; the children will cling to their
much abused ma ; I’ll---”
At this juncture Mr. S. put on his hat
anjl left the house ; while Mrs. S. quieted
the unweaned cause of all this disturbance
by a resort to the usual remedy.
We cannot look, however imperfect-
ly upon a great man without gaining some-
xi. _ i— L-m -g pvjng light foun-
near;
the light which enlightens, which has en-
lightened the darkness of the world ; and
this not as a kindled lamp only, but rather
as a natural illuminary, shining by the gift
of heaven.; a flowing light-fountain, as I
say, of native, original insight, of manhood
and heroic nobleness in whose radiance
all souls feel that it is well with them.
A Sharp Reply.—“How do you feel with
such a shocking-looking coat on ?” said a
one morn-
er to hear me assert the fact, that there is
one stalagmite alone in Wyandotte cave
more massive than all the stalagmites and
stalactites in Mammoth cave put together.
This cave I have surveyed and mapped a
distance of twenty miles in length, and
there are numerous avenues. I have nevei'
penetrated to their end, although I have
ciuu L HUSH i iuu aio bu icaw it, on , visited the cave for scientific and other pur-
if a friend should meet you and enquire af- Poses> over a dozen different times, spend-
.„ ,, , . . , mg on one visit four days and nights with-
ter your wife or tne angel baby, whom you darksome hal]s. '
have just designated as a brat, you would
the ^oholo^Club having n0^. ja[.e |0 iu the face.
“ Did you say d—n the child, Mr. Skin-
flint ? Oh, you brute ! You ill-defined
semblance of humanity 1 I’ll tell my pa-
rents how their grandchild has been impi-
ously cursed by an inhuman father. They
will see, sir, whether I am to be treated in
this outrageous manner. I’ll have a di-
vorce to-morrow.
“You would be happy to gratify me,
would you? Then, sir, I will not sue for
matrimony, thereby forfeiting the privileges One, just for spite. I’ll live with you till
my dying day 1
“ Did you say, sir, you hope it will come
soon ? It shall not come soon ! I’ll live
to see you buried, and I’ll plant a burning
bush over your grave. I’ll build a brick
pyramid over you, sir, so you cannot come
up at the resurrection. I never want to
see your villainous face again !
“ Our poor infant is absolutely suffering
for a tooth-ring ; and you won’t buy it ;
you carry a five cent piece in your pocket
until the Goddess of Liberty looks like a
skeleton. The other day you refused John-
ny a cent with which to buy a slate pencil.
‘Let him borrow one,’ says you. Perhaps v©ry^ like runaways—-the gentleman a talh
their former happiness and independence you wouldn’t object to his stealing one? It
is of no importance to you, if the cent is
only saved. Mr. Skinflint, you are the
meanest man alive 1 You would try out
mosquitoes’ eyes to furnish oil for your
lamps 1 You found four oyster-shells in the
slop-bucket, and came into my room awak-
ing the blessed baby^ with your eternal
complaints about extravagance.
“ You havn’t got money ? It’s a lie, Mr.
Skinflint I Where are the $5,000 which
my generous father gave you as my dowry?
“ Out at interest, are they 1 Well, who
gets the interest? It doesn’t come into
highness. aH
The Prince stepped into a barber’s shop —
Poqr the building yet extant on Hanover street,
their exit—to get shaved, justj like other
• was out, but
his buxom and prepossessing wife was on
hand, and took off his royal highness’ beard
in as reacty a manner as could any barber^
or valet in town. The operation over, the
jocular Princ'e-gave the woman a guinea,
and she was about to Hand over
go under the smoky lamps of a ball garden he laughingly said :
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laws I it’s worth twenty guineas to b^S
shaved by a lass, and such a pretty one, too,” |
and throwing his arms about the neck of ■
the barber-ess, his royal highness vouch-
safed her a most natural and comely kiss.
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Picture of a Dandy.—Bonner’s Ledger
thus pictures a Broadway dandy of 1859:
Hat, like an inverted iron pot; hair, crop-
ped like a French soldier’s, or an inhabit-
ant of Blackwell’s Island; moustache, am-
ple and elongated, but no whiskers, or else
beard and no moustache, never both; shirt-
collar, erect, and setting close to the neck;
cravat, a silken string; coat collar, a quar-
ter of an inch high; coat, vest, and trowsers,
all of the same material, light colored,
coarse of texture, loose-ish; shirt extreme-
ly fine and clean, with the wristbands cov-
tne sloop of war Constillation, as the flag- one-third of the, hand; kid gloves,
dark colored and very new, fitting, like a,
glove; shoes'; not of patent leather, but pol- thing by hi)
ished to a miracle. No jewelry of any kind tain which is good and pleasant to be
unless in the form of vest buttons, which..... .......
may be of coral, carbuncle, or garnet; but
this is not obligatory. Gold hunting watch,
as large as a saucer; (the last affectaxion
is, however, to carry a silver watch—gold
being so ,‘doosid common.”) Cane, thin,
requires ug to keep but eighty guns on, the stiff and plain. Thus equipped, the Broad-
~a ------------ wa^ jan(]y thinks he looks like an English
lord. He is now saving his salary with a
view to the purchase of one of those won-
derfully fille Panama hats have lately brok-
en out. The days are at hand when his
hat was labelled in theftbop window $50 ” to an~ okf one ...... the S0SPel like a ^00?e shed-s the rain !”
--------0UKht t0 be t0 the Broad., ,fI (ee],, sa.d t-e oM man> looking at h.m ■
11 aa curved Punch’s displeasure, and is neatly
taking aim at his victim-“I feel as if I had I tonched ,hus ,_„A |iule Wren hss buj|t a
a coat on which I had paid for-a luxury I nest in the Marquis of Westminster’s pocket!
always become feeling winch I think you will never ex-1 It has not been disturbed since it laid its
perience.” # ; first egg.’’
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Lipsey, E. J. The Matagorda Gazette. (Matagorda, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 1, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 17, 1859, newspaper, September 17, 1859; Matagorda, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1329862/m1/1/: accessed May 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Matagorda County Museum & Bay City Public Library.