The Canadian Crescent. (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 3, 1888 Page: 4 of 8
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Published every Thursday Morning
FREEMAN. E. MILLER, EDITOR
AND PUBLISHER.
Entered at the Post Oftiee «it Canadian
Texas, ;is second class matter.
Tkkms of Subsckiftiox :
One Year, in advance, $1-50.
Six Months
it
$1.00.
Thursday, -
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May 3, 1888.
There (ítp- í>ti Tcxcts^ tyvovb
than 26,000,000 acres of
&vt)P,tíot pitWic laucls fot
y dip- to all' actual settlei s at
from $2-00 to $ Jf -00 an acre
and on fortr/ years' time at
a, low rate of interest•
And now the farmers have or
ganized a trust. 'Tis well; let the
big dog now swallow the little ones
aU.
How much of the present surplus
will the Panhandle receive? Not a
dollar and she would get all her
back hair pulled out if she asked
for an appropriation however small.
When calves were the productions
of the Paohandle one state represen-
tative was enough, but now that
tew-headed children are getting
numerous the Panhandle must soon
be divided and have two or more.
Advocates of a portective tarifl
always fail to observe the distinction
between the fair trade and free
trade.
Texas and Uncle Sam are the
only fellows in the New World that
are the happy possessors of a large
and beautiful surplus.
The bloody shirt still flaunts its
gory folds from the rostrums of
certain states in the North but
sensible people are sick oí the old,,
old sight.
A lamb was recently born in
Indiana with seven legs and two
tails. Wonder if the proposed
reduction in the wool tariff had an^ -
thing to do with it.
The number of fools who put a
bullet in other people's brains and
then one in the place where their
own brain ought to be, is rapidly
and alarmingly on the increase.
President and Mrs. Cleveland
have been invited to attend the
ceremv>nies incident to opening the
state capitol at Austin. £f they
want to breathe some real pure,
genuine Democratic oxygen they
should c:>me to Texas.
The Legislature is still grinding
•j
away and the scramble for appro-
priations is getting desperate. If
a dollar remains of the immense
surplus alter the hungry cormorants
are fed, the people Texas may
throw up their hats with exceeding
great joy.
A coal trust is endeavoring to
obtain a controlling monopoly of all
the coal, oil and gas to be found in
the Indian Territory. Such blood-
sucking institutions should be
choked until black in the face and
then kicked to death by a strong,
healthy mule.
Preside* Cleveland seems always
to do the unexpected thisg in the
matter of appointments. Melville
W. Fuller, an able judge of Chicago
and one of the ablest lawyers of 111-
nois, was on Monday nominated for
Chief Justice. A good apppiont-
mcnt in all respects.
Settlers on the North Fork com-
plain of depredations by the Kiowa
Indians. Kill the blood-thirsty
cusses and your cattle will be safe*
The only good Indians are dead
onc3.
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Greer county though the efforts of
Buckskii Joe is now receiving con-
siderable attention from the Kansas
City press. Boom on brethern; your
name is 'Eli and you will get there
by and by.
A boy defined dust as 4*mud with
the juice squeezed out;" a fan "a
thing to brush warn off with;" and
• o
salt as "something which makes
potatoes taste bad when you forget
to put it on."
The House now wants to attach
No Man's Land to New Mexico and
a bill has been introduced for that
purpose. A little bit of soil some-
time causes our congressional soloas
lots of trouble.
Rains in the Panhandle have
been very general this year and the
reason has opened well. Such is
just what is needed for the develop-
ment of this region in this period of
•transformation.
If half the marauding schemes to
deplete the state treasury were to
be adopted, the surplus would be
knocked so eternally silly that not
even a trace of it could be discovered
with a microscope.
Whew. Ckescext! are you not
shaking in your boots? You have
slurred a public officer of the state
of Texas and you may have McCul-
loch on your back.—Miami Ranger
Not at all, friend Grierson^ not at
all. We wear shoes. But seriously
if a petty constable can make a
handsome editor's face look like a
map of a new territory in three
minutes and a state officer can hit
harder in proportion to his impor-
tance, what would be the result on
one's physiognomy? Our kingdom
for an answer!
THAT MAN.
Do you see that man over in the
field, driving a pair of mules? Who
is he, and what is he doing? He is
a farmer, and is engage J in plowing,
lie is the man that moves the world.
If he would go on a strike and re-
fuse to raise a crop for a single year
it would produce a more disastrous
effect than would result from a
universal strike of all the brother-
hoods of railway employes and
trade unions combined, lie, with
his glittering share, furnishes sub-
sistance for all the brotherhoods
and everybody else, and if he should
"go out" for some real or imaginary
wrong he would paralyze the com.
merce of the world on sea and land,
every locomotive would rust in its
stall, the cars would rot on th<? side
track, the song of the spindle and
J the hum of the factory wonld be
hushed and silent, the goods of the
merchant would be moth-eaten on
his shelves, and even the government
would be powerless to interfere.
That share, though bright, glitters
onlj* when ii is idle. It hides its
polish unber a six-inch layer of
The business man who docs not usefulness. That man, though iu—
advertise is like the boy that went I telligent, dresses in homespun, and
to town with a sack of rabbits and
came home without selling any be-
patiently toils on, year by year,
bearing the ills he cannot shun, and
-cause ''nobody asked him if,1? at he 'because he does not strike the
had in -is sack." world moves uz and the people have
: Ópttfcd1 U) e L -1^1- ■ :' ;;,
And jwaar efcop a moment and
consider how mo&b WQfP 0 r pros
MISUSÉ O? FIRE-ARMS.
Why Something Should n. Done to Stoj
• Reckless Shooting.
1 Two successive items of news pub-
lished in a New York paper suggesl
the reflection, which must have oc-
curred at time3 to most people, that
the proud privilege of bearing arms
possessed by all American citizens is
by no means an ilnmixed blessing.
C- In one instance, which occurred at
a village in the State of New York, a
hired man was sent by his employer,
a market gardener named Monk-
meyer, to drive some goats out of s
garden patch. For this purpose, one
might suppose, no more formidable
.weapon would be needed than a stick
or a handful of pebbles.
Goats arc not very dangerous
animals. Nevertheless, the hired
man was armed with a pistol, which
he let drive at the goats. The result,
so far as these animals were concerned,
was nil; but the ball lodged in the foot
of a girl, who was sitting on a cot-
tage porch two hundred yards away.
It appears from the report that the
people of that neighborhood are in the
habit of resorting to lethal weapons
for the purpose of scaring goats and
other depredators, and that the man
Monknieyer is especially fond of that
kind of sport. According to the fath-
er of the wounded girl, "lie goes after
boys with a gun sometimes when they
try to steal apples." Evidently Mr.
Monkmcyers idea of the proper use
of fire-arms needs a strong corrective.
The other case was a much more
serious one. Two boys, who were
picking berries near Elizabeth port, N.
Y., were shot and mortally wounded
"by unknown sportsmen gunning in the
neighborhood." The lads declare that
the men deliberately fired at them and
then iled. Both were riddled with
buckshot and are probably dead by
this time. Of course, it is difficult to
believe that the "sportsmen" deliber-
ately shot two inoffensive boys, and
impossible to ascertain the truth unless
the men are apprehended. But even
if the shooting was purely accidental
it shows the folly of allowing any man,
no matter how ignorant he may be oi
firearms and of game, to wander about
the country at his own sweet will with
a gun in his hands. A great deal toe
much reckless shooting goes on, and
something should be done to check it.
Any crank, criminal or lunatic may
keep guns and pistols, and except
within certain very narrow specified
limits may use them with perfect dis-
regard to the lives and limbs of his
neighbors, and with perfect impunity.
If anybody is hurt or killed it is merely
a case of accidental shooting. Most
people, if they had to be shot at all,
would prefer being shot deliberately
than accidentally. The former is the
less ignominious of the two, and ihcro
is some chance of the law punishing
the shooter. But from the wild dis-
charges of so-called sportsmen there is
no means of protection, nor any re-
dress for the damage they do. — X O.
Times- Dc m ocr at.
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FOREIGN SUBSTANCES.
The Great West will produce
such an abundance of crops this
year as will make her the richest
section of the nation and place her
people on the solid grounds of com*
fort and prosperity.
perity depends on the waft w&fc ¿fye
mules than on the dude with the
cane and the waxed mustache.—Ex-
change,
How They May Travel Through the S a-
man Body For a Long Tluie.
Few people are aware how far for-
eign substances may travel in the
human body or how long they may
remain there without their presence
being suspected. Hundreds of casca
are known to every physician where a
sharp bit of metal, such as th e point
of a needle, a slim sliver of iron or
some such thing, has entered the less
sensitive tissues, remained unsus-
pected for months, and even years,
and then pushed its way through the*
skin at some point far distant from
where it entered. Fortunately all for-
eign substances move toward the sur-
face, and if they do not become en-
cysted will sooner or later make their
appearance. They may occasion no
pain for a long time and at last strike
or cross a muscle, where they may
cause great local irritation and inflam?
mation, sometimes involving neighs
boring organs. One of the most
remarkable cases on record is
where a little girl swallowed a paper
of needles. Emetics were administered,
and it was thought that all trouble
had been avoided. But iu the course
of a few weeks she began to complain
ol sharp pains all over her body; alJ
movement was painful and her health
rapidly declined. No one knew what
was the trouble, and she was treated
for all manner of obscure diseases.
Finally two or three pimples appeared
upon her back, and from one of these
a needle was extracted. This caused
search to be made, and soon other
pimples appeared, from all of which
needles were extracted, some being in
the thighs, some in the back, and ont
was found in the left arm. The needle
had penetrated the stomach and
. 0radually worked their way to the
| surface, no less than eleven being
found. As soon as the causes of irri-
tation were removed the child recov-
ered at once.—SL Louis Qlobc-Dc no-
a recent christening l¡&
m>re a robe of lace one Hundred rfo.j
thirty years older than itseft.
ADVERTISED LETTERS,
List of Advertised Letters in the
Canadian Post Ol£co, April 1, 1888
AdaH.8, W A j Hyertstedt, K W
Ancnatine, AL • Jameson, JarretA
' " Lear, F C 2
Lahav\ Patr'k T 2
Lard, S W
Lor.is, Mr
Archer. W H
Belm, Wm
Collins, C T
Datin. C E 4
Dean. Mrs Lou 3 j Mathis, Earnist
Dongflnss, K II : Polk,AS
Guthroy, W II : Sniley, W J
Williams, Clark 2
M. A. Locke, F. M.
CITY BARBER SHOP.
JAKE Y2EGEK, Piop'r.
For a clean Shave,
A smooth Hair c« t,
A Nice Shampoo.
HOT and COLD BATHS.
Canadian, 2nd Strtet, Icxr.s.
Q 0a HALL
Attorney at Law,
Office in Fkke Press Building.
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MENTION THIS PAPER?
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We are Now Prepared
TO BUY OR SELL
for You on Commission.
List Your Lands With Me
A A D THE Y WILL BE PROP EEL YADT ERTISFD.
LANDS FORSALE!
I have the following pieces of choice Land for
sale. {Terms furnished on request.
Seven sections in Hansford County at $1.75 per acre. Kesr the center of
the county and good land.
Forty-twojsections in Hansford County at $2.00 per acre. In the North
and West part of the courty and excellent land.
Two Half Sections in Hansford County ai $1.75 per acre. Situated in
in the southern pait and good land.
Twenty-three sections in Ochiltree county at $2.CO per acre. In the
Western part and excellent land.
Twelve sections in Ochiltree county at $3.50 per acre by single sections
or $2.25 per acre for the lot. Good land, in northern pait of county.
One tract of 1920 .*nd one of 12S0 in the southern part of Ochiltree coun-
ty at $1.76 per acre. Nice stock farms.
Eleven sections in tje northern part of Lipscomb county at $3 50 per acre
IN HEMPHILL COUNTY.
Tract of 1280 acies 10 miles from Canadian. Good land; $1.50 per acre
Tract of 1500 acres north of the Canadian River. $2.00 per acre.
Tract of 320 acres in southern part. Good land; $2.00 per acre.
Awarded claim on half section, well improved and watred with fences and
buildings, Residence and stable. $550 cash.
Awarded claim on half section on Gageby creek. Unimproved but fine
land; running v ater most of the year; price $250 cash.
Awarded claim on a section 12 miles fiom town; has two dug-outs, a well
and 12 acres plowed and fenced. A bargain at $550 caah.
The above claims are under the law of '83 and ready for final proof now.
APPLICATIONS
\10 PURCHASE SCHOOL LANDS
Written in Legal Form andt at the Cheapest
Rates.
LAND OFFICE MAPS OF HEMPHILL, LIPSCOMB, OCHILTREE
AXD HANSFORD COUNTIES JUST RECEIVED.
Call ;;nd See me and save Money.
CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED.
Freeman e. mrr.m,
ORESCENT OFFICE, Canadian, [Texas
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Miller, Freeman E. The Canadian Crescent. (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 3, 1888, newspaper, May 3, 1888; Canadian, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183559/m1/4/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hemphill County Library.