The Texas Countryman. (Hempstead, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, March 5, 1869 Page: 4 of 4
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HEMPSTEAD.
The following
for "The
persona «re i
Countryman,"
ns and advert
are authoriep
and to
adjertiaing,for
dae this office:
Jame* Stevens', Travis.
J. J. Josey, Pan Felipe.
Dr. Tofein, New Uhn.
Capt A~ J. Bell, Industry.
J. £. Bailey & Co., Tremont
street, Galveston, are our authorized
agents for Galveston and Houston.
"DON'T LEAVE THE FABM."
Come, boy's I have something to tell you;
Come near, I would whisper it low;
Yon are thinking of leaving the homestead-
Don't be in a hairy to go.
fhe city has many attractions.
But think of the vices and sins;
When once in the vortex of fiubion,
How soon the coarse downward begins!
Yea talk of the mines of Australia—
They've wealth in gold without doubt;
But, ah.' there's gold on the farm, boys,
If } ou'll only shovel it out:
The mercantile life is a hazard,
The goods are first high and then low;
Better risk the old farm a while longer—
Don'tl e in a hurry to go!
The great bisy West has inducements,
And «i-has the busiest mart.
But wealth is not made in a day, boys,
Don't be in a hurry to start.'
The bankers and brokers are wealthy,
They take in their thousands or so!
Ah! think of the frauds and deceptions—
Don't be in,a hurry to go!
The form is the safest and surest,
The orchards are loaded to-dar;
You're free as the air of the mountains,
And monarch of all you survey.
Better stay on the form a while longer:
Though profit comes in rather slow,
Remember you've nothing to risk, boys—
Don't be in a hurry to go!
Rplb8 in Cattle Raising.—In
a paper before the Newcastle Farm-
er's Club, Mr. Tbrockley said i A
few things strike me which ought al-
ways to be remembered in the man-
agement of cattle: First; never
bay a bad bred beast. Second ; buy
them cheap, and they are hall sold*
Third; feed them on the best food.
Fourth; give them their food regu-
larly, and let it be clean and whole-
some ; Fifth, keep them Mrarm and
comfortable. And lastly; sell as
soon as they are good beef, as that
is the time the farmer gets the most
profit out of them.
Derp Plowing.—The Commis-
sioner of the Agricultural' Bureau at
the city of Washington, lately an-
nounced experiments made by that
institution have demonstrated the
great importance of deep plowing.^—
The commissioner says that an in-
crease ef one inch in the depth of
cultivated soil, throughout the Uni-
ted States, would add one-sixth to
the total agricultural products of the
country, which would be equal to
many millions of dollars.
To Rkmovb the Taste op New
Wood.—A. new keg, churn, bucket,
or other wooden vessel, will general-
ly communicate a disagreeable taste
to anything that is put into it. To
prevent this inconvenience, first
scald the vessel well with boiling
water, letting the water remain in it
till cold; then dissolve some pearlash
or soda in lukewarm wafer, adding a
little lime to it, and wash the inside
of the vessel well with this solution.
Afterwards scald it well with plain
hot water, and rinse it with cold wa-
ter before you use it.
Death to the Cotton Worm.
A meeting of the planters was held
at Opelousas, La., to hear reports of
committees previously appointed, and
to concert further measures for the
destruction of the caterpillar fly.—
The plan reported was, that fires
should be made twice a week, on ev-
ery Wednesday and Saturday, and
oftener if practicable, by everybody
and everywhere. The fires are to be
small, so made as to create as mach
blaze and as little heat as possible—
on an elevated position, if practicable
and at a distance of 250 yards. Old
shingles, branches, tallow and cotton
and weeds were the combustible ma-
terial recommended.
The report also recommended, as
the iarvae of insects are found in the
fields, the ground should be ploughed
•s early as practicable, so as to sub-
mit it to the frosts of winter, and that
corn and cotton stalks, and all vege-
tation capable of sheltering the larvae,
should be burned.
Dr. Boagin delivered an address,
In which he said that planters had the
policy of Becming exemption from the
ravages of the worm, in the simple
fact that the fly produces the cater-
pillar; and that the fly is attracted by
light, and- that fire destroys it. A
more phorphonic system of illumina-
tion, he said, might be suggested,
with reflectact lights and receptacles,
but the pecuniary condition of plan-
ters places such a system beyond
their means. He recommends that
fhe fires be made an amnsement to the
young folks, and that thny should
not be continued too Jate at night.
Commencing at dark, they might
be kept up until nine or ten o'clock.
Also, that a person might usefully go
about on horseback with a lighted
torch, to start the flies towards the
fires. As long as th« cotton fly does
not appear in force, the fires should
be lighted twice a week; otherwise,
it would be well to light them every
night. Failure will be almost certain,
it was thought, if the fires were too
large. In that case the flies will be
started, but would fail to reach the
fire on account of the surrounding
heatedair.
A friend of Dr/Boagin's, during
the prevalence of fevers last fall, light-
ed numeron8 fires. He had planted
cane and tobacco. All sorts of in-
sects were burnt, and at this date,
althongh he has gathered one crop of
tobacco and the second is shoulder
high, he has not seen a worm in it.—
Years ago a Louisiana farmer tried
fires to destroy the cotton fly, but he
made bis fires too large, and they at-
tracted flies from all quarters, which
failed to reach the fires on account of
the heated air, and they took refuge
in his field and generated caterpillars
in untold numbers, and his crcp was
most thoroughly destroyed.
The importance of destroying the
fly is thus calculated: One fly to-day
will be reproduced by 2S0.000 on the
J 3th of August; then by 125,000,000
on 13;h of September; then by 62,-
500,000,000 on the 13th of October.
It was believed by intelligent plan-
ters tl.st the fire system of destruc-
tion would succeed, and that the orig-
inators of it would be regarded before
long as the regenerators of the for-
tunes of the South.
Smut in Wheat.—How to prevent
—In a late number of the Prairie
Farmer some inquiry was made as to
whether lime is a preventative against
smut in Wheat. My experience tells
me that lime of itself would be of lit-
tle use were it not combined with the
solution of salt. I will give my me-
thod of preventing smut, which has
never fared.
Save as much chamber-lye as will
thoroughly saturate the quantity of
wheat you may wish to sow, then for
every ten bushels of wheat add two-
ounces of arsenic dissolved in rain wa-
ter, spread the wheat on a level floor,
then take a broom and dip it in the
mixture, shaking it over the wheat
nntil there is sufficient to wet the
whole. Shovel it over once or twice,
nntil you are satisfied that it is all
soaked alike, then sift over it a thin
coat of fine slacked lime; shovel over
until the lime adheres to all ¿he wheat
alike. When it íb ready for sowing,
should there be occasion to wash the
wheat in salt brino for the purpos# of
cleaning it, the dissolved arsenic may
be added to a email quantity of cham-
ber-lye and applied as above, after
the salt brine has been thoroughly
drained. Do not let the pickled wheat
remain in the bags over night. I
have tried this several times and have
found it to accomplish the desired ef-
fect in all cases.
M. L. Ccrtis, in Prairie Fanner.
Clay loam.—A correspondent of (lie
Journal of Agriculture says he finds
his clay loam grounds increase more
in productiveness by the use of eight
bushels of salt to one bushel of pias-
ter p^r acre, than from the application
of barnyard manure.
The Managing Woman.—To be
a good housekeeper is one of the
most essential and useful accomplish-
ments; and the man who secures for
his wife one whose'education in this
respect has not been neglected com-
bined with a mild, confiding and
loving disposition has a most valuable
treasure, and if his home is not agree-
able and pleasant he may he assured
that the fault is with himself, and he
does not possess the manly and gen-
tlemanly attributes necessary for
Buch a partner for life. We com-
mend the following just and truthful
remarks to the attention of our
readers:
The managing woman is a pearl
among women ;she is one of the prizes
in the great lottery of life, and bg
who draws her may rejoicc for the
rest of his days. Better than riches
she is a fortune in herself—a gold
mind never failing in its yield—a
spring of pleasant water, whose banks
are fringed with moss flowers when
all around is bleached white with
sterile sand. The managing woman
can do any thing; and she dose every
thing well.
Perceptive and executive, of quick
sight and steady hand, she always
knows exactly what is wanting, and
supplies the deficiency with a tact
and cleverness peculiar to herself.
She knows the capabilities of persons
as well as things, for she has an in-
tuitive knowledge of character, The
managing woman, if not always pa-
tient, is always energetic and can
never be disappointed into inaction.
Though she has to teach the same
thing over and over again, still she
is never weary of her vocation of
arranging and ordering, and never
less than hopeful of favorable resalís.
— Ihe Household.
HOUSTON & GALVESTON.
wm. christian j. c. baldwin
WM. CHRISTIAN & CO.,
§rflcfrs
COTTON & WOOL FACTOBS,
and
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
No. 55 Main Street,
HOUSTON TEXAS,
Liberal Cash Advances made on all
Produce in hand,
Special attention given to the sale and
shipment of Cotton and Wool.
ADOLP1I HARRIS HENUY FOX.
A. HARRIS & FOX,
Dealers in
Stí&SlLSS &S.Í3 a&SfvSTJr
©©•*?«€©©©$
BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, &c,
Cor. Main & CongressTSts.,
Van Alstyne'a Building, HOUSTON
h256m
«Saa&S
To Housekeepers and the Trade-
Crockery, China, Glassware,
AND
AT LOW RATES.
Double thick Granite for Hotels,
Steamboats, Sfc.,
FINE CHINA TEA SETS,
ELEGANT TOILET SETS,
And a great variety of Fancy and Use-
ful Articles, many of them new and Im-
proved patterns and designs.
WM. BÜRTON,
TREMONT S T., Next door to Sauter's,
GALVESTOX. TEXAS.
Sole Agent in Texas tor'Jolin Edwards
Chine and Granite, Staffordshire, Eng.
h25Cm
j. iv. moody" f. m. ukauely, i.. f. moody
MOODY, BRADLEY & CO.,
iff ¿KB® 3 Si 3
for the sale of
COTTOS, WOOL, HIDES, Sfc,
179 Strand, Galveston.
PERSONAL ATTENTION given to
filling orders for Merchandise aud
Receiving and Forwarding Goods.
hll tf
R. SPENCE,
—dealer in—
S'ttü.jpaa s&sr<B'X
DRY-GOODS,
BOOTS,
SHOES,
HATS,
CROCKERY,
I am constantly receiving FRESH
SUPPLIES, which I will sell at
exceedingly low prices for
Z. H. HAMMOND,
Assistant.
Hempstead, Texas, Jan* 29,1869-tf.
is S .
JUST RECEIVED!
A SPLENDID LOT OF COOKING
STOVES, at prices to suit the times.
Also, a large assortment of Hollow-ware,
«11 kinds of Tin-ware, and kitchen furn-
ishiug goods, at C L. ABBOTT'S
¡Stove aud Tin Store, North Side Square,
Feb. 5th, 1869-tf, Hempstead.
F. W. ZADOW,
Boot and Shoe Maker
HEMPSTEAD, TEXAS.
WORK done with neatness and
dispatch, and guaranteed jy
as represented. Give me a call. g24-t
AND
NEWS DEALER.
HKid!STEAD, TliXAS.
Has constantly on hand a large and con
stantly increasing stock of
Stationery,
Books,
Magazines,
Periodicals,
Illustrated Papers,
Novelettes,
Fancy Articles,
Perfumery,
Toilet Articles,
Notions.
Toys,
ífe. Sfc. fye.
Revenue Stamps, Note, Letter and
Foolscap Paper, Bill Paper, <Vr\
éraí psfrilnttwu
—BY THE—
METROPOLITAN
GIFT COMPANY!!
121 Strand,
Respectfully c*h attention to
the above list of articles, and will of-
fer every inducement in the way of low
prices and frcMi goods to purchasers, liav
ing a large and well selected stock always
on hand.
h31-tf B. & A. KING.
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ALL persons indebted to us by account
or otherwise, will please cali at our
office and settle without further delay.—
We wish to close all accounts due us and
must di so. We have extended some
credit to our customers during the past
year, and we think it is time for those
whom we have thus favored, to come up
and settle.
jan 15-tf J. W. NOONER & Co.
E STRAYED OR STOLEN FROM
my plantation, near San Felepe about
last of July, lSGrt a Bay Stallion 3 years
old. gear and collar worked, branded"IXL
on left shoulder. The undersigned will
pay ten dollars reward, for his delivery
to me at San Felepe, or for such infor-
mation as will enable me to get her:
35-41 T. J. KERR
All accounts for sh jseription, advertis-
ing or job work dr.e the Texas Country-
man previous to the first day of January,
1568, belong exclusively to the undersign-
ed. B. F Elliott is authorized to collect
and receipt for the same.
J. P. OSTERHOUT.
I Hempstead, August Jlth, 1868.
Cash Gifts to the Amount of §250,000
EVERY TICKET DRAWS A PRIZE.
5 Cash Gifts Each §¡10,000
10 ' " " 5,000
20 •' " " 1,000
40 " " " 500
200 " " " 100
300 " " " 50
450 " " «• 25
61)0 " " " 25
30 Elegant Rosewood ^Pianos Each
[$300 to §500
35 " " Melodeons ea. 75 150
150 Sawing Machines..Each §60 to §175
250 Musical Boxes " 25 to 200
3U0 Fine Gold Watches " 75 to 300
750 Fine Silver Watches'* 30 to 50
.Fine Oil Paintings, Framed Engravings,
Silver Ware, Photolfraph Albums, and a
large assortment of Fine Gold Jewelry,
in all valued at
1,009.000 DOLLARS
A Chance to Draw any of the abore Prizes
by Purchasing a Scaled Ticket
for 25 Cents.
Tickets describing each Prize are sealed
in Envelopes and throughly mixed. On
receipt of 25 Cents, a Sealed Ticket will
be drawn, without choice, and delivered
at our office, or sent by mail to any ad-
dress.- The prize named upon it .will be
delivered to the ticket-holder on payment
of ONE DOLLAR. Prizes w ill be im-
mediately sent to any address, as request-
ed by express or return mail.
You will know tchat your prize is
before you fay for it. Any Prize
may be exchanged for another of the
same value. Of" No Blanks.
?"3p Our Patrons can depend on fair
dealing.
Rkferexoes.—We select the few
following from the many who have lately
drawn Valuable Prizes and kindly per-
mitted us to publish them:
S. T. Wilkins, Buffalo, New York, §1.000
Mrs- E. Stnart, 70 Nelson Place. N.Y..
§500; Miss A. Monroe. Chicago, 111. Piano
valued at §650; W. Curtis, New Haven.
Gold Watch, $200; Robert Jackson, Du-
buque, Sewing Machine, §100; Philip Me
Cartv, Louisville, Ky., §500; Jas. Roge.s
Washington, D. C*, Musical Box, $150;
Miss Emma Walworth, Milwai kee, Wis.,
Piano, §500; S. T. Ferris, New Orleans,
Gold Watch, §250.
We publish no names without permission
Opinions of the Press*
"They are doing the lar^o^t business: the firm is
reliable, and deserve their success." —Weekly Tri
bvnc, Feb- 8.
"We have examined their system, and know them
to l e a lair dealing firm."—A. Y.Hcratd, Feb. 28.1¡-'ÜS
Last week a frit nd of ours drew a prize,
wliica w«3 promptly received."—Daily Nac , Mar.
3,1868.
Send for eircular giving many more references
and favo rublo notices from the press. Liberal in-
daecmants to Agents. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Every Package of Sealed Enuelopcs
Co?itains One Cash Gift.
Six Tickets for One Doller, 13 for
Two Dollars. 35 for Five Dollars, 110 for
Fifteen Dollars.
All letters should be addressed to
PARKER, MOORE & CO.
35-8t
195 Broadway, N. Y.
WARE & BROTHER, Cotton
Factors and General Comraics'on
Merchants, No. 133 Gravier Street, i-.ear
Orleans. II. H. Ware, lateof Selma. Alw
Jas. T. Ware laii of Galveston, Tex
JOB PRINTING
Of Erery Description
PROMPTLY,
AND CHEAPLY
EXECUTED AT TEX OFFICE
DON'T READ THIS?
Hempstead, Texas,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils, Dye-stuffs,
Varnish, Window Glass, Putty, Choice Liquor*, forr—>lt()
Toilet Articles and Perfumery. The new patent Cement, warranted to -'~1ibi
thing from a Tea-cup to a broken wagon. Call and see yonnetvea.
Hempstead, Texas, February 19th, 1869-ly.
SAM. STERNE,
BUSINESS CARDS,
WEDDING CARDS,
CARTES DE VISITE
Offers the GREATEST INDUCEMENTS to boyen of
Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes,
SELLS CHEAPER THAN THE CHEAPEST, AT WHOLESALE
OR RETAIL.
all and Examine his stock before pur-
chasing élsewhere.
b226timoa
CONCERT TICKETS,
BALL TICKETS,
PROGRAMMES
BILLS OF FARE,
RECEIPTS,
CHECKS,
BILL HEADS,
DRAFTS,
LABELS,
POSTERS,
HAND BILLS.
Faneral Notices,
Catalogues,
Pamphlets.
irculars,
Dray Receipts,
%
Bills of Lading.
—Also all kiuds of— •
WHOLESALE MANUFACTURER OF
ANDIES
At New York and St. Louis rates.
J. T. GRIFFIN & CO.,
SUCCESSORS TO
W. AHRENBECK & BRO„
Hempstead, Texas,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS I
Dry Goods, Groceries,
hats, boots, shoes, drugs, medicines,
AND PLANTATION SUPPLIES.
Have and keep constantly on hand the largest and best «elected Stock
offered to the trade this side of New Olrleans.
Will also advance liberally on Cotton, Woo and other Prodnce
shipped to our house in New OrleanB, and to our friends In Galveston,
New York, Liverpool, or Bremen,
EF* Call and examine our stock of Dry Goods, Groceries, &c. No
harge for exhibiting them.
J- T. GRIFFIN & CO.
h!9 6m
MASONIC.
MASONS.—Hempstead Lodge No.
281.—Meets on the first Saturday in each
mouth.
OFFICERS:
W. Alircnlieck, AV. 31. II. S. Efnor, S. M.
J. W. Xooui r, J. AV. John Andrews, S. D.
B. J. Abrendeck, J. I). II. L. l'ankin, Scc'y.
1L ScliWurz, Treasurer.
Hempstead Chapter, 1?. A. M.,No.
67—Meets on the second Monday in each
month.
OFFICERS:
H. S. Efnor. II P
F. W. Zadow, S,
H. L. Rankin, Sec'y,
John Andrews, 1' S,
\V M Camplx-li. M 3 V
E P Kcniptr, il 1 V
\V. S. Wright, K
J. W. Noon, r, Trcas
W. Alm nbock, C II
B, J. Ahr* nbi-ck. RAC
J T Browning. M2 V
J lluuscr, G.
LEGAL BLANKS.
yW All Job.work
on delivery, and no
work permitted to
leave the office until
paid for.
Bbllyille Lodge, A F. & A, M., No.
223—Meets on tlie Saturday after or pre-
ceding the full moon in each month-
officers:
E. T, Bonnpy, W. M. F. A. Enpi-Ike, S. W.
C. II. 18ro«siuan, J. W. E. W. Si-alhorst, Treas
L. L. Pronty, Secretary, A. Chcsley, Tyler,
J. P. Ooterliout, S. I). G. \V. Johnson, J. D.
ODD FELLOWS.-IIf.mpstead Lodge
No. 93.---Meets every Friday.
officers:
II. L. Bank in, X. (1. H. S. Efnor. V. O.
J. L. Cunningham, Trcas. R. Mf-linn,Secretary
J. II. Kuttner, D. D. G. SI.
The partnership between Osterhout &
Beman in the publication of the Texas
Countryman li.'s this diy been dissolved.
All accounts and claims due tin- office
since the first day of January, J86«, belong
equally to the late firm, and aré to be used
in settling the debts against the same
Chas. A. lie ma li is authorized to collect
s:¡id accounts ¡tad give receipts thorefor
and is to settle said indebtedness outcf
said accounts.
J. P. OSEEHOUT
Hempstead, An^nst 11th. 16'tfc?.
The Southren Farmer
A Magnificent Agricultural Journal,
Edited by M. W. Philips, Memphis,Tenn.
Assisted by an able corps of our best south*
ren Agricultural and Horticultural writers
Twenty-four pages, beautifully illustrated
ONLY $2 00 FEB YEAH-
This is without doubt, one of the moat
beautiful and valuable agricultural papers
published, and should be taken by every
Southren farmer. It is an honor to, and
should be the pride of the South.
tSr3 Get clnbs for.
The Illustrated Number for Jan. *69
Among other beautiful engravings gotten
up expressly for this number, will be a
Superb Life-size Bust oftht Editor in-Ckuf
Dr. M. W. Philips, accompanied by a
sketch of his life, by Geo. Gift, Esq. Also
an engraving of the Chinese Cling, that
measured 13} inches in •; circumference,
and were sold for ten cento each in the
Memphis market.
Send for
The January Number of the Farmer*
Single copy 25 cents; clubs of ten or more,
20 cents. Any one 'getting up o club of
twenty, shall receive one «copy ol Tub
Farmer for one year as a premium.
We wish to circulate.
25 000 Copies of 3>e January OTtabe,
Four pages of advertisements will be
retened at ¿>0 cents a line cash accom
pain ing the advertisement.
Address, M. W. PHILIPS-
35-ot Memphis, Tenn..
w jshz •
Frequent complaints having been mads
that cotton snipped to Galveston losee
enormously in weight, this is to give notice
to our friends that from and after this
d te, we will pledge ourselve, that ;;11
cottons consighed to us, when sold, that
one ot our firm will be personally present
at the weighing ofthe i anie.
h*33nio A. SESSUMS.
ihe co-partnership heretofore exisiing
in the firm of Louis & Flake, is hereby
dissolved by mutual consent.
Kelsonville, Nov. 27,
ISAAC LEWIS.
S W FLAKE.
WANTED.
I want a man to take the AGENCY fo
Lloyd • great Douple Revolving Maps ot
Europe and America, with the 4,000 coun-
ty colored map ofthe United States on the
back, issued to-day, and needed by every
family, school and library in the land,
with patent reversere, by which either side
may c..n bo thrown front. Each map is
62x64 inehes large, with ribbon binding
and double faced rollers; costf!100,000
and three years" labor. Priee $5, worth
fifty. A m i all capital will do to start
with. §10 a copy can be got for these
«¡reat map*. Send for circular, terms, &o.
Twentv new maps under way. J. T.
LDOYD, (P. O. Box 122) Atfcufe
Georgia ^
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