The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 21, 1912 Page: 4 of 6
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The grasshopper, of Jumbo as
they are called, has four small
legs and two long legs or spring
poles, which enable him to jump
50 feet more or less, down, as
one jumped to the bottom of the
well, which is 50 feet deep, and
help him get away when some
uncivilized farmer tries to kill
him. Thev have large eves and
can see a stalk of cotton a mile
or less, when sitting on the fence
post or tree. They will eat most
anything that is green, but are
partial to cotton, and if you strike
one when he has been eating cot-
ton, it makes him mad and he
will spit and slobber like a 14-
year old boy trying to master his
first square of Battle Ax or Brown
Mule.
As I was returning from As-
permont one day last summer, I
stopped at Jim Rogers' and not
expecting to stay long, did not
hitch my horse; but Will Ruther-
ford came along with a cream
freezer and a block of ice, so I
stayed for some cream. When I
finally started for home and got
to mi' buggv I found a hopper sit-
ting on the seat holding the lines,
another crawling up the dash-
board to get the whip, so I asked
what they meant to do, and they
said they had been thinning cot-
ton for Jim, but had finished the
job and wanted to move. So I
let them ride up to Mr. Evans'
farm and put them out. But
when they looked at his cotton
thev wanted to go further, as
they said his was already worked,
but I drove on and left them, as I
did not want them any nearer
my Johnson grass. When I was
plowing cotton one evening I saw
so many hoppers eating the cot-
ton I decided to kill a few of
them. So I crossed the road to
get a stick and 1 saw a hopper
sitting on a limb of the tree and
pointing his finger or leg toward
my cotton. So 1 knocked him
down and was in the act of stamp-
ing him, when he said* "Why do
you want to kill me? You are
interfering with mv business,
besides, you have no idea how it
hurts m3r feelings." I said: "It is
a matter of self protection with
me, as you havcbeen eating and
destroiMng my crop for years,
and that is interfering with my
husiness."
"You ought to stand it, if I
can," said the hopper; "you are a
great deal larger than I am."
"Yes," I said, "that is whv I
am able to do such a good job."
"But it is cowardly in such a
big fellow as you striking one as
small as I am."
"Maybe so," I said, "but it's
business," and I struck him good
and plenty.
After the hoppers ate about 15
acres of my cotton, I decided to
starve them, so I plowed up all
the grass and weeds between the
cotton that was left and the prai-
rie, and waited for results. But
one day, as I passed by a bush in
the plowed ground, I found a
hopper sitting on top of the bush
with his hands or front feet up
over his eyes, and I asked him
why these weeps, and he said he
was weeping over his prospects
of a living. Being of a sympa-
thetic nature, and considering
my own prospects of a living
raising cotton, I decided not to
kill the poor hopper, so I knock-
ed it off the bush and put my No.
10 down on it and walked off and
left it, thinking it would make
such an impression on his mind
that if he survived the shock, he
would not bother my cotton
again.
On one occasion, as I was pass-
ing near Mount Pleasant school
house, I noticed a peculiarly
striped animal of many colors.
After surveying it carefully and
counting its legs, I decided it
must be a hopper and was going
to stamp it, when it said: "If vou
knew who I am, you would not
hurt me;" so I said, "who are
you?"
He said: "I am Joseph, the son
of Jacob; don't you see my coat
of many colors?"
So I took him in (in a tin buck-
et) to the house, and when I in-
troduced him to the boys, George
said:
"Papa, he is an impostor, and
is only a speckled hopper."
So I threw it out to a chicken
and he did not fool the ckicken,
as the chicken knew it was a hop-
per; it was a little humiliating
to see that the chicken knew
more than I did, and it only fry-
ing size.
But in that respect chickens
are like some boys: When only
frying size, they know mo*-;- .han
old folks.
FARMER.
He Saw Aspermont and She
Looked Good to Him.
Eggs trom Black Minorcas of
quality, the large kind, excellent
laying strain. $2 for setting of
15. Orders filled promptly. L.
B. Hiner, Granburv, Texas, or
see T. L. Hiner, Aspermont.
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TEXAS LIGNITE
Cheap and Abundant Fuel.—
30,000,000,000 tons on
Deposit. *
In a report issued by Prof. W, B.
Phillips, Director of the Bureau of
Economic Geology and Technology,
some interesting data is given on
the fuels of Texas. The lignite
fields of the State probably extend
over 60,000 square miles, so the pam-
phlet states, and original supply
of this fuel lying beneath our sur-
face is estimated at 30,000,000,000
tons. As the amount taken from
the earth so far amounts to only a
small per cent, the supply of this
fuel need occasion no anxiety for the
next thousand years or so. Every
known variety of lignite has been
found in Texas, from a material
carrying but a few per cent of fixed
carbon to nearly 45 per cent ftntf
with from 80 per cent of volatile and
combustible matter to more than 70
per cent. The beds of this fuel fufa
from 15 feet and more in thickness
to depts of 400 to 600 feet. The
counties in which workable bade of
lignite occur are Anderson, Ange-
lina, Atascosa, Bastrop, Bowie, Brew-
ster, Caldwell, Camp, Cass, Chero-
kee, Dimmitt, Fayette, Freestone,
Grimes, Harrison, Henderson,
kins, Houston, Jasper, Jj$e, Leon,
Limestojge1 MoJ^qllen. Marion. Me
Last week we had occasion to
go to Aspermont in connection
with a "wild-cat" trade, and al-
though the trade was not con-
summated we enjoyed the trip
and saw some fine country and a
substantial town.
We have heard much of As-
permont and Stonewall county,<
and notwithstanding the fact
that 'we have been living in this
section of the country a number
of years th.is was the first time
we have had occasion to visit
the town or country.
Aspermont is among the oldest
towns of this western country,
and being surrounded by a rich
agricultural territory its re-
sources from agriculture and
stockraising is sufficient to hand-
somely maintain the town and
its institutions. At present the
new sixty thousand dollar court
house is nearing completion and
when complete it will be one of
the handsomest buildings of the
kind in* all of western Texas.
Aspermont apparently has a
population of about one thousand
people, and in the business part
of town there are a number of
substantial brick houkes, an at-
tractive stucco finish school
building, churches, etc.
While there we called in at the
Aspermont Star office to see Col-
onel Dick McCarty of whom we
have heard much and who is rec-
ognized as one of the ablest writ-
ers and most successful newspa-
per men of all of western Texas,
and our meeting with Dick Mc-
Carty was in no way uisappoint-
ing. We found him enter-
taining and flighty in conversa-
tional ability as in his writings,
soaring far over the heads of the
average man and pencil pusher.
We spent the night at the Sen-
ter House and found Mesdames
Senter charming hostesses, and
should we again nsfre occasion to
visit Aspermont we will stop at
the Senter house.—Texas Spur.
íitus,
Wood and Z avalla.
wo^aM$_Jignite_. is
found in all that part of Texas Tying
east of the 97th meridian of weal
longitude and north of the 31st de-
gree of north latitude, but there
are a few important areas outside
of these boundaries.
The average value of the lignite
mined in Texas in 1910 at the niines
was 9£ pentj, the production haying
been 979,232 tons, the largest in the
history of the State.
It njay be accepted as a fact th$it
there is enough lignite beneath the
surface of Texas to run our engines,
supply our factories and provide fuel
for heating purposes for several cen-
turies to come.
The University of Texas is using
lignite for running the power house
of that institution, a Texas rail-
road is using it for fuel, and Tex-
as lignite bids fair to become uni-
versally used as a fuel during the
next decade.
Good farm 3 miles north of
Aspermont for rent. For fur-
ther information see or write, I.
X. Shadie, Aspermont. Texas.
Program for Workers Meeting
Of Stonewall Baptist Associa-
tion to meet with Johnson Chapel
church, March 28-31, 1912.
Thursday, 7:30 p. m. Sermon
by Rev. A. T. Ford.
Friday, 9:30 a. m. Devotional
services by M. V. Guest.
10 a. m. The Divine Call to
the Ministry—Rex. J. T. Nichol-
son.
I a. m. Sermon by. Rev. S.
Price.
2:30 p. m. What is Meant by
the Kingdom? Dan. 2:44—Rev. P.
Bumgardner and Rev. McCul-
lough.
3:30 p. m. When and Where
was the Kingdom set up?—Revs.
W. H. Ingle and J. T. Nicholson.
4 p. m. How mav people get
into this Kingdom?—Revs. S.
Price and A. T. Ford.
7:30 p. m. Sermon—Rev, Mc-
Cullough.
Saturday, 9:30 a. m. Devo-
tional service—A. B. Duncan.
10 a.m. What is meant by the
keys? Mat. 16:19, and who has
them at this time?—Rev. J. T.
Nicholson.
II a. m. Sermon—Rev. Rollins.
2:30 p. m. Board meeting and
discussion of Associational Mis-
sions by the brethren.
7:30 p.m. Sermon—Bro. Mil-
ler.
Sunday, 10:30 a. m. Sundav
School work—Rev. McCullough.
11a. m. Sermon—Rev. W. H.
Ingle.
7:30 p m Sermon—Rev. Mc-
Cullough.
There will be conveyances to
meet the trains at Aspermont
Thursday eve and Friday morn-
ing.
F. M. Elliott, Pastor.
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McCarty, Richard H. The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 21, 1912, newspaper, March 21, 1912; Aspermont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth168491/m1/4/: accessed May 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stonewall County Library.