The Democrat. (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 27, 1884 Page: 4 of 4
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TUB DEMOCRAT,
IM'HI.lsHKit IN rill-: MlltsT OK \
THlfIV ISti, KNKIOiKlIt \Mi
I'KtNf ItKHSlX'K I'KOIM.K
A(iiii<ri;nit\L
Two tn«*n. apparently strati
ge|S, IIMM'I Hi t< lul'lll IIIillse, |X«-t
acipiuiiited, arrange t« -tin
over iili.iring III'* ioiig
evening Ih«*y make a bargain
with each other for soiia*
of property. draw writings. and
n*k their liost kindly l« append
lii> iiana* as witness, .lust as
illicit have been ex jieeied. the
fanner's signature lurns out t«•
lw tin* most iiii)iortanl of tin*
three, since tin- document is so |
artfully constructed thai by
rutting it in two pieccs one of
them liecoiues a prouiisory in l«*.
ami under tin- present lmd law •
lias to be paid or "disturb tin*1
whole commercial world."
In conversation, not long
since, with an old and retired
farmer, on*' who lias had a long
experience in tin* Wt'sl. and one
who has been successful ii
t'aruiiu^r. upon the t|ursiion of
chicken cholera. In* said In* fed
cane seeds to his «*hi<*k• *11s and
found it to be a sure preventive
for tin* disease. lie said while
his neighbors all around liini
had ehifkeiis die with cholera,
time and again, he never lost
any by the disease when he fed
the -eed lie said lie made ii a
point, after lie gathered his crop
ofeane, to lake his team and
gather up I he seed for his fow ls
during the winter and spring.
Sugar eane is excellent food for
poultry anyhow, and
preventive of that fatul disease,
ehifken fholera, it would be to
every one's interest to know the
fuel." Ije| it be tested. Klll'lll
er'«! <la/.ette.
Farm Telephones.
The editor of the American
Kaimer desrrilioN a telephone
wire ^ n ^ aids long that he con
Minified at a cosl of 15 cents.
.\ll thai is required is the wire
and two rigar boxes. Select
Oat • Good Buok.
Ttaa Jlabtt of lad—lalon.
I I l W IB I
DEPARTMENT Of EOUCATMM.
J. V. MOOItB,
J. I. UflVOK.
Iledlraled to tb<* OintinuM,"* and Ad- .
"" "J tillOBil IllttlWlH
I would answer as did the man
when another made the asser
tion that lie would as soon eat
place one ill each of tile houses
you wish to connect; then get
j bout live pounds of com mull
stove pipe wire, make a loop in the position of" our' Hocks and
one end and put il through the
hole in vour cigar box, and fas
leu it w ith a nail; Iheu draw it
tight to the other box, support
it w lieu necessary, with a stout
cord. N ou can easily run your
line into your house b> boring
a hole through the glass. Sup
port your boxes with slals null-
i>d across the window and your
telephone is complete. Me SUVS
this telephone will curry music
when the organ is played 30 feet
away in another room. It will
sun.
•s, fil
generally connected
telephone. The benefits
conveniences of its use ill
way would be many, as any
w ill admit on rcHfftion.
We frequently hear men say It must not be forgotten that We would not dispuruge de- Uedieaied to the t on
there is no stock ram worth our poultry need some sort ofi libcrateiiess and thoughtful- if "u sutV of11> * wT'
$looo, $foo or $50; to that class green food at all seasons of the ness wherever necessary. Urent This l>epartmeiit I* orenfor free F4tt-
ywir. Ili Poultry V rd. , und^rl.kiuic *r nut l.', bo on- J"1J^TriT W IT ASi£?3i
A farmer of Kail River, Mas- t,'r,Hl i",° without cousidera- rommunbations i< ti>- Kdltor.
sachuseits, has recently sold a j8 the extremity j
Brahuias °* «*"utioii of which we are
to Auklatid. New th,*' vice of indecision,
* distance nearly i «']>* *rhavlupnough strength
that is just as you have l eeu .itl °f purpose or keenness of mor-
brought up." The whole value J,., , ' ..j „ r • ul perception to determine what!
of a stock sheep depends upon .M,I3 ,!!£ !i!!'. i | tt,,d ^ «n-
your boxes and make a hole a skunk as a Merino, thorough- „ui.. „r f0liJ .lurk
about half an inch in diameter bred or other grade, for mutton; | Sir to iro to \uk
in the center of «utch ami then the answer was, "gentlemen, 'j,)1H (|iHfH
Tllt'KSIIAY. M INCH. VT. |ns4.
Moore & Gough,
WhutaMle A Krtall Dwlw la
not at all be suriirisiug if. with
few years, farm houses are
by
anil
this
o||«'
in a
i|uiti
our ability to make it pay
sheep that costs $10(10 for
with grade ewes would b
but for a person w ho has TiO to
loo thoroughbreds ewes, utid
has a reputation ami trade to
warrant it, if it In* a good stock
sheen, it is the cheapest ram lie
can nave; while men with the
different grades of grade llocks,
can gel a suitable ram at from
1W0, tftOor $?r>, and make it pay.
While in conversation with a
{reiitleman u few days ago, who
ins, for tin
bought his
n.I'^omMl3i■ ,nsBislmhei/T FARM * MIU- MACHINKRY,
I 1 1 ' . 1',. P. j HITKIi'YI' PI AVVllMU
Douglas gave laud for the in- wi 'lVKiK, rbalrOKM
stitution, on condition that it A KLKVATOK CORD
. never b«* sold or alienated, but B1N1IKR8. BUCK-
nance or doing any ef- tbe cor)>orutioii uiorigaged the EYK MOWKH8
.. \ layers, luit tliey are small in r,.(.tivu WoPk has foreverohm^iI • 1 # aTiwiT.7i . «.IK MOWKKS.
• Ki7.e Tl.ev are excellent for 55 • . ', premises for ^IflO.OiHl, and now ,
'I.T" broiling wlnn vervvoung, and ,lHe « OM«. HVwry 11. who paid $1000 each r We Rukes, Can ton Moni^r,
i #>'1 nossess but little "offal. 'i .lut r.etlw'r,,M octant j fur scholarships ask the courts ^ Hter Town & Eclipse Kn
s 3o to j 1 j decision and as iustuut action. | fo declare the moitgages void, tfiiuw ku k.^k.i j. i>.
Copperas is a splendid medi- j I here is no time for delibera-1 on f|u. grounds that it was not
cine hi keep on fiand for poul-, tion. A man must be equal U j warranted l v the terms of the
try. When 1 hey have the roup I such occasions or prove nimself1 that the title was iu the
..... . 1. kl...!. Mtl*!. 4....1.. . .t fMllitu.. i* 2At .1 s .1 ^ ' . •
wash their heads with a tonic.
It provides them with solute
iron, which is necessary.
All kinds of spice dust are
good to mix with tile soft food
for poultry, such as pepper,
... . . , mace,cinnamon, cloves, allspice,
past nine ^ ears. j a||(j ^||, PVi Such refuse dust
.' ^ . "U* ! can easily be jirocured at any
4pice factory.
About Churuing.
dairy man writes that
, care of thcm.'aml sold them at
h,? three years old, w hen they are
lias been "advised to use a jUH| ||*t their prime, nml bought
year old, paying from $H0, $7f
ami *loo each, lie said to me:
"My rams for that length of Mercedes, the celebrated llol-
tinie have cost me but $80." stein cow,owtied by T. 11. Wales,
The key-note to lliis is. he has! « f b wa City, Secretary of the
bought' good ones ami taken N. H. _B. ^A., dh'd recently
a failure,
man who
It is the decisive
tills his days and
' trustees and not iu the copora-
1 tion; umi that the mortgaging
gilies, New Model i in
vincible vibrator
THKK811KK8.
Itienlx rottua 01ml IVmI««• Vom-
ili'iiBrra, KmnI«t A l*Ui>i«n pnaaM, Vie-
tor «ralM, Hhaftlng, PuU*j> sod Beit 1
years with fruitful labor. It is . was a fraud iijmui the petitioners A—I. ♦. >
often a source of wonder how j Hiul t!i«* |>ul*li«* mill*. Untl rd ewltWitew, MetlAa
certain men, moving under the
heavy burdens of reS|K>usiJ>ili
ty, can give their personal at
ten tion to a great multiplicity^
of affairs, and discharge every
duty satisfactorily. Ft is be-
cause they waste no time iuuu
due deliberation.
ltural World.
And now a
tile compost
several limes
lliis paper,
there should
few word'n about
heap mentioned
in the eollise o|
In every garden
Vie some col'ller
rectangular box, ami to rotate j^nim
it without *hn\ apparatus in- j
side," and asks, "is this the j Hog cholera has broken out,
bestf Would not beuters with in the Western ]>art of Iowa, Chicago last fall,
in the box do more execution to and in several localities it litis
the cream, andehurw the butter broken out in a very'violent
quicker ami more exhaustive- j form. Farmers living on the
lyf" Reply: "As the twig is j Missouri River are very much
lieiit the tree is inclined." It is i alarmed, fearing the possibility
if il i- a Mil her difficult for most of us to! of an epidemic similar to that
get over our early impression iu 1877. Many fine breeds of
iu regard to agitating cream swine have already succumbcd
| while churning, but experience . to the disease. What with a
plows thai the more agi tat ion j poor corn crop and trouble with
the less yield, and the poorer | their stoek the farmer's lots b
the butter. What is wauled iu no happier than that of the
fhuruiug is to aft upon all the j business man with poor trade
fleam at onec ami with coiuil f and numerous bills to meet.
I'oi'fc, Healers never do that.; Davenport Democrat.
Their force i-- distributed 1111 — ■ -———
equally. The advice lo use a I There is a remarkable sinu-
* • " That
from milk fever. The cow and
her calf, which also died, were
valued at $10,000. Mercedes
hud the greatest mjlk-and-but-j an irresolute man would do in
ler record in the world,and took , a month, and do it better, too.
the Breeders' Otwette cup at j They will attack 1111 enterprise
ller last calf 1 and overcome it while the irres-
olute are skirmishing with the
outposts.
Much has been said about
candidates for various st_
ticca*, but littte, however, has
been said in regard to candi-
dates for Superintendent of
Education. All will admit the ,
Tliey do one ! overshadowing importance of
tliiug at a time and do it quick- f the subject of public education,
ly. Such men are worth a host and yet no one has dared to say
of fearful, timid, overcautious 1 that we need a man of fine au- j
souls for the execution of any i ministrntive ability, a thorough
undertaking. They will crowd scholar and practical educator j
more work into one day than j at the head of the soliool depart-1
il do ill i incut. Matters seem to be urift-
kvy A Broking (lews; Brown
Stiovrln, Newton A JidMUMl
11 Hi«ii NdMii*. iwojitianBrwiii;
_iw itsek-
oud wild «t lowvai priuM, and
on «uy If rnia.
Mr South Krntuck>- Ktrvet.
MOOltE A CJOt'Oll,
MoKlnner. Texas.-
SCB8C1UBE
where all ref'j>e from ilie house i reftaiigular box was good.
and garden and other places fan
be thrown together; all the
grease and swill, the Headings
of water elosefs, le.'l\ es and I'll I
bish of all kinds, should be put
together, and every two or three
months a ijuuiility of animal
manure from the stables added,
ami tin1 whole mixed with a lit
tie air slaKed lime, ami thor
oiighly turned over, the soil'the
raked up with the weeds and a , and
little aoded. Sulphuric acid
"i.i| fix Hr * -fftitmouia and other
valuable nalts. Add all the
leaves that can be got together
in ihiM ThlWii ili m tn • more man
ami you will have a great
heap of valuable fertkliziJiy-nla
terial for any crop, but inva111
able for small fruits. N ick's
Monthly.
larity iu protectionist inaneii-
k ind of churn is good as any, 1 vt-rs < « both sides of the ocean,
and is the one most used in the Minister Lowell has written a
districts where fancy butter is note to Secretary Kiel iugliuy sen
made. It is cheap and durable, saying thai the protectionists in
to operate and easy to Kngland are nuiki
eas\
clean. Irs diameter should In
great enough to cause a thud
hen the cream drops from side
lo side. It w ill then operate on
all the cream alike ami bring
butter in good condition.
in a short time, ami very
•oiii pletely.
Ca?tr fond T
As there is frequent enquiry
made iu regard to carp ponds.
Knglaml are making usv* of the
sold for $4<mN>.
Those who want to make u
success in the Dairy and Cream-
ery business, should subscribe
for Col man's Rurul World, the
organ of the Mississippi Valley
Dairy mid Creamery Associa
tion. It devotes a special de-
partment to the Dairy industry,
tells how Creameries are built
and operated, and gives tin*
fullest information on the sub-
ject, as well as treats of all
brunches of farming, stock rais-
ing, etc. Published every week
at only $1.<h> per year, ('thirty-
seventh yean, by Normun *.!.
Column, <KXt Olive street, St.
Louis, Mo.
ing along us though the spoils
were to lie turned over lo some
body as a kind of political re-
ward, without any regard to the
public interest. The gentlemen ,
Decision ill action is a culti-jwiio have heretofore held the
vatublc habit. It conies from 1 position of Secretary of the
Board of Education are clever,
politicians,good men.a ml withal
of very good ability, but what
do they know about the niau-
-rOH rUK-
comes
having an aim to accomplish
and a method for accomplish-
ing. and then pursuing that
method resolutely, bravely, de-
terminedly, to tbe end. Kirst
DEMOCRAT!
agfiiieutof a school system that
people? About the same we pre
siiiue, that "a hog knows about
holiday." Stmposcu man should
be nominate!) and elected who
The Ohio Fanner says:
"Farmers should study grass
more. Ascertain what "species
grow naturally on the frrm and
study their character. Observe
which stands drouth best, which
prevailing cattle disease to stir
up political discontent. They
cmkuivor to persuade the fann-
ing interests thai the spread of
the disease is due to tile neglect
of the Coveruiuenl to prohibit
the importation of cattle from
the ('lilted States. Should the.
protectionists secure the pass year by neglecting to cultivate
age of laws restraining the im- I those grasses naturally d ipt-
portation of cattle the result j *d to our soils. Over two liun-
would cause a Ftve in the cost i dr,,d secies are cultivated
know you are right and then go j should bless two millions ofi
ahead, is a good motto, but it 1 1 11
is not best to s|N nd all your
time iu trying to find out what
is right ami never going ahet'wd.
Neither should you be fright-; would give the office dignity,
cited into a retreat by every 1 infuse life in the public schools,
cloud of danger, or hn'ltcd by | and inspire confidence iu the
every wliisperofdistrust. There ! People that our schools are to
is u heavenly monitor in every j be nrogressive ami vigorous, j
man's breast on which, if he j would it not be a new departure
will but listen, he may always ; pregnant with grand results?
rely. The trouble is "with the vVe have iu our mind several
victims of indecision, that they men w ho would be adequate to
listen to every other voice but! the task. For instance. Dr. Jim. j
of conscience. They listen to Collier, president of the Mans-
droad suspense to every whis Held College in Tarrant county,!
pered warning, but hear not; would be the right man in the
the "still, small voice" that will! right place as superintendent of
He 1ms de-!
e time in the ,
ONLY
prefers a dry or wet soil, which
stock like best and which they . .... ... „„ ...,1.1:/. *.... *s :
Univ. l..-sr Th.w iH '"Kv ttuulo tlu-m iinglit.-1 ! ■ nil'! <• ...
Clint «.• let, rrm 1 tnU'n""' " !,VI
■be-
cause of education, he is a prac-, -
tical teacher; the presitleut of -
the state teachers convention, f --
one of the finest orators in the
state, a man who has human na-
ture down to a fine point, llior-1
Farmers, Make Homo Attractive.
The fact has long been deplor
ed that children on the farms
scarcely reach their majority
before lhc\ seek employ lliellt
elsewhere, ill the cities ami
manufacturing villages, it i*
well to ascertain, if possible, j bring
win this is si . ami the available t small
remedy, as it is certain that the
intelligent and industrious
farmer is the most independent
citixen of our country. It is well,
also, for every mother lo renieiii
ber that her children are what
their >urroiiuiliugs her iullu-
nice, mainly make them.
When smart children \isit the
cities ami \ illages as lhe\ will
in ihese railroad tiiues m'tie
ing how others live, tlu\\ will
not be satisfied with bare walls,
pictutelcss. or with a mere hut
for a residence, with not >ulliri
• •tit furniture to make it teuatii
able. If they lime the usual
thirst I'm knowledge, a love for
useful informal ion, t hey will
not love the home where no
books or new spapcrs arc found,
especially when as much is
wasted, annually, as would put
Every Saturday puts the mat-
ter In this shape: jt'The vast
. . in | amount of lauds lielu in Texas
Ihe fojlxitt'iuy -7lef«rTi«l4««--ffnni-+nf^w,' at to Kiiglish coiisuniers , Kngland, while we confine our by landed corporations, and the
the report of the fish connnis and this, in the opinion of Mini wives to a dozen at most. Red daily acquisitions they urcmak j ,,,..,1.,.. ti„. ,|(.
sinner of Massachusetts for 'KM. sfer Lowell, would end in a re-1 t« p. timothy, blue grow,orchard i K to their already accu.uulnt- fJ* ' "{ rV, \
may be of value to niaiiy of action against the Government. > Ki'iisa and clover make the en-i rights in real estate, will stion .
rd. j tire list of grasses cultivated , n 1 ubsorb all the lands in the wes-' ^ 1,MU t,( al '«,?MHlieH._aiid
^ a ^ J nine farms yijjt. ten. While tern ami northweslerii portions
There is iiothiug that has, there are superioi Winds, as a «f the Suite, ami juevent all
more influence upon the family ' general rule, there are soils ami further settlement by the tillers . . .
than the |>ap«>rs and books read conditions where other grasses uf the soil, Thestt soulless cor- 1 (- ',l'
by its members. The farmer j would be more ]irotitabh>. and .pupations have planted tlieiu-
I that would have bright. Intel- j in permanent pastures tliey ! selves there, and there they will
ligent children must minister to | would also increase the amount
and quality, and prolong the
gra/.ing season."
$1.00
your readers:
should be (low *d
land, the deepest
Carp ponds
loam or gra ss
part running
through tlie center, sloping to
the outlet where il need Hot be
over live or six feet deep. The
lest of tile polid should be shal-
low. This would enable the
cultivator to control the water,
and by drawing il off slow ly
all of his lisli into a
i .-in.m compass. Very little
more water is needed tliau will
supply tIn*evaporation. When
streams are dammed for the
purpose of making ponds the
overflow may be taken around
the pond anil the supply from
an inlet at the upjier end or side.
The lisli may be fed on all kinds
of vegetables. When tile poml
large they will obtain a large
pat i of t heir food from the poml.
point.
.vitli tl
fects of our system, ami able to
•<t practical remedies, a .
Curry, agent for the Pea-
body fund, should come around
Dr. Collier would be the man to — a w r-m r
ideas with, and nb PER UM.
sorb ideas from him. He '
:
—
their intellectual wants by pro
i y pre
viding litem good pafiers,which
w ill entertain and instruct them.
Kveu the children should have
such iouruals as tlu-j' can read,
and that they will take an in-
terest in, to start them off right,
uml give, them a taste and love
for reading. And parents
The Mexican Central railroad,
soon to be opened for traffic to
the City of Alexico, follows
route which was
pointed out by m> less
than Humboldt as tne natural
read about to enlist tin* atten
tion of the members of t*he fam-
ily. Newspapers make parents
bright, and they in turn bright-
en the minds of their children
It is a question of pasturage and 1 \ conversing with them. l*a
f I as lo the number kept iu a
should talk of matters they highway along the backbone of
is mil,
lev will a,,<' nev"r wnM }l P°liti<'ian. If
So .juration but th.it tli.w vu t f"' '
prairies are naturally adapted • Au Ingenioua Devioo.
to the raising of cattle, but it' Another ingenious device to
should lie the hojie ami aim of gain an easy livelihood came
every patriotic man to have very nearly costing two Saint
originally these vast domains tilled with a liouis men their lives recently.1
i«ss a man busy ami enterprising populti 1 Kurly in December one of them j
•'tion, and from the fi>rtile soil! conceived the idea that he ttud •
•ed as to
pond of a given size, as their
food is inexpensive, being easi
iv obtained on anjk farm, the
keeping of large numbers iu a
small place may lie often tlesir
able. Water snakes, frogsaml
every kind of lisli that iirey up
on «>ther fish should be kept out
of the breeding pond, or any
other place when
rents who do not
dant
III
gru
it pr
int reading for the family, and ami productive portions of a the detriment of the interests of flesh ben
lat of the best kind, make a country which lias hitherto been ' the many. The instrument urfasw en
ievoits mistake. j practically as foreign to usnsif known as the Constitution of pieces of
irovide abun-
the contim ut. It passes through
four State capitals, ranging in !
number of inhabitants from 20.-;
000 to 70.INMI each, and several
other leading cities, and places
the I'nited States iu commtini- i
cation with the most wealthy
wasted, annually, as would pur other place w here young carp the whole salaries of
chase a good family library!' are kept." Kpwako D. Hicks, ' members of the Supre
The.\ have u right to expect ttud Fish Com. of the I'nited States foi
tliey
will enjoy more than tliev can
eat or drink, simply, with rea
stumble clothing; they have
minds, ami it is just that those
minds should W fed. that they
sluill luivc a reasonable amount
of the higher pleasures, intel-
lectual enjoyments, certainly, if
not the usual recreation* and
amusements. Let tiieiu have
access to good instructive books,
magazines and papers During
the long w inter evenings, and
the few leisure moments in the
rest of the year, which all should
have, a vast amount of useful
information may be obtained,
such as will make them more ac-
tive and useful on the farm, as
well as happier and more con
tented.
The bonded debt of the
Clilted Slates is now $I,hoo,uoo,-!
mm, the precise figure lieing
$I.:)OI.040.hoii. The amount of
payable lsnids is but $9iki,oob,-1
*jho, which at the rate of
An Improvement in Cabbago Oul
ture.
The prevailing custom of mis
cabbage plaiits iu n hot bed
ne, and
ing
or fraim
afterwards trans
K
ilantiug tiieiu. is a mistake.
rate of pay _
meiit now pr«iceediug would Is*(during the whole season,
cancelled bv the end of INM. al* * less likely to head.
Ye have experimented for sev-
eral years, using both modes,
ami invariably get the best re-
sults from planting seeds iu the
hills where we wish them to
grow, planting I four
seeds iu each hill and thinning
them out after they show Ihe
fourth leaves, taking tha poor
est plants out ami leaving oiil\
the strongest plants, ljnst year
cabbages planted iu this way,
several weighed over twenty-
five pounds while those from
plants carefully set out ill the
usual wa\, ami with the same
cultivation wi uld scarcely
weigh ten pounds. Transplant
ing checks the growth at the
most critical time, ami the re
larded plants show the effects
and
The pay of Mr. Bliss for his
services in the Star-route cases
was $57,000. If lie put in six
months of steady worn his pay
was greater for that time thaii
the nine
me Court
of the I'uited States' for the same
time. But probably no lawyer
could lie hired to bungle an im-
1 orlant suit for less money.—
Hill. Record.
The new custom house iu St.
Louis is at last complete. It
has been fourteen years in con-
struction. and has cost the
g< a era men t $*;,< >:« u
The behavior of the metnlsTs
of the choir should be as pru-
dent as their position is con-
spicuous and their functions
important.
■ i ..
A compositor oil the San Fran-
cisco Chronicle recently cele-
brated his fiftieth consecutive
year of labor among the types.
It is estimated that in tin* course
of Ids career he has handled
three hundred and twenty mil
lions separate pieces of metal
twice over, including the pro
cesses of composition and dis-
tribution. The type he has
handled w ould welgli over elgh-
fv nine tons.
draw sustenance to maintain his companion * could be maiiii
the millions of other States ami | factured into Siamese tw ins by
countries. But, should the large' a simple surgical operation, nml
acquisitions of lumls in the • they employed a surgeon to per-
hands of the few continue, there form it. A piece of skin about
will be an end to the further set- four inches wide by three deep
(lenient and development of was cut and raised from one
these sections of the State, to arm of each, exposing the bare'
flesh beneath. Then the two
re brought together, the
practically as foreign to usnsif Known as the Constitution of pieces of skin lapped one over
separated from uc be mi ocean, the State of lexas has ceased the other, ami tins arms band*
The road was built mainly by (to o
Boston capitalists the same of t
men who built and now own the | although
Atchison, Topcku nnd Simla Fe expressed in the plninest and for the two arms togvow Jinn...
• ■ ~ ""ilest of words: "Perpetui j together, and during thnt time
I ties nnd momqiolies are con-! they must remain quiet iu their
trary to the genius of a free J rooms and eat, drink and sleep
government, nml sliull never be together. Their meals were
allowed." Write Ichabod upon brought to them and they ate
Line—and they seem, from all
accounts, to have made a very
handsome thing of it, the sub-
sidies given by the Mexican
Government being put at $fH,-
to operate against the formation aged firm and tightly together,
of these grasping organisations, j '1 he men were told it would take
although its fiat against them l etwcen twenty and thirty din™"
is expressed in tin* plninest and for the two arms togvow jiniily
simplest of words: "Perpetui ! together, and during thnt time
e populu- w,,,v compelled to tnke to
iiniml -il: bed because tine or the tit her
<H0 Set- w'ns too sick to sit up. Fimilly
uite heartily until a bo n't the
day, when the heaUn'Mve
d know that the glory has depart-! cess begjjn, and then they hist
The South furnished 44Nlfli^ the house the fathers their npp^r.es. The ptiiu at
i n r J THtnismu 44.mw|b H j this time liecume very severe
«,l 1 ,;r for tl... IUH.I... thai | „11(| f„r „r ,|iri„. day l~.ll>
went through Mexico in 1H40;
the North gave 5,157, and the
West 17,407. But because more
than half the Mexican vctcrnn*
come from the South, they are
grudged a pension. Not more
ihuii IB,000 of these men lire now
living. Their ]tensions would
j be but two or three million
| dollars a year. To offset this
sum we can point to the spoils
of their warfare—Texas, Cali-
fornia, I'tah, Nevada. Colorado
ami Arizona
M'i.000, while the total cost of the walls of the halls of legisla-1 quite
, the road was only $25,405,000 I tion. that our law makers may fifth <
It is claimed that tlif
tion of Florida has . . ,
since the census of 1880. Ret- J™8 Uto 4 " r "i" tl
tlements are springing up all *'} '* Iwtli of then, and i
over the state with magical the thn toi-s were comp iled |o
rapidity, nml it is believed that . jr"1 ..n
there are now in the state fully their lives. Philadelphia 1 ress
loo.ooo tourists ami pleasure "The death knelT of free grass
seekers. The real estate fiend ! menus nlsmt $2,imk),ooo to the
flourishes in Florida like the scIhhiI children of Texas," savs
green bay tree. Ho hangs out the Galveston News. This will
his shingle in the wilderness be much better for the general
ami ask. "Do not1 w ith as much confidence as he gisul of the state.—Mirror.
tSTirith great con (Id* tie# the thmo-
< hat la MubnilllMl 16 the public. It II
the organ of ihe people and for the peo-
ple. We Miami for Administrative Re-
form and He trench men l aa It ia a para-
mount neceaally for the perpetuity «f
our government. The time la at hand
for overhauling the hooka prior to open-
inn h new net. To ttila end the Demo-
crat will do nil In Ita power— will derote
Ita energiea op|toaing monopolies,cliqui rt
or n favored ft w to the detriment of the
I almrlng tnsaaea.
Every farmer should take It and read
It. Kvery mechanic should read II. Kr-
ery buaineaa man ahould rewl It. Kverv
tradcHinan and prm,,n,H« capitalist
shotii*' t«ho a, because upon the success
of the principles it advocates depends
our prosperity aa a people.
AI DRKM
TIIK DKMOCUAT,
Mc Kinney, Teaaa.
M^Ofllc* over Board'a Store.
—pit. Loria-
Type Foundry
Furnished the material for Tint Htam>
«h*t. Oive ua a trial. Pricea low.
Prompt attention. Iletter bargainsthaa
any w hero alee.
these men deserve to be r< -
wurdiHlf"- Ft. Worth ftnsette.
According t<i r«-eent statistics,
th<> number of ndeiihone sub-
scrilw rs !n the world was 79,-
70«, tif which the I'nited States
had 41.500, and all other conn*
tries fH.WH,
M'lle Daire, a peasant girl of
would feel in the crowded city.
Towns with high sounding France, who drw"w the $*>.000
names are springing up all over }j|t, |||t, ,oft( f(.w vv,,,,kH
the state, and there is nodoub^ ' u; PttHl4 to t
n" VjL # rrmnm:,l(,|, ,llld J,ru" the money, and in the two ditvs
|H rity of these enterprises. renafnMllnthecity r^eivil
Subscribe for the
Clnly $1 oo.
1 K*OCItAT.
Organs.
their Fa
. ... ~ , . --<f m , . uit Biirrn ii i■ inu. i l>U MUI S|
106 ofTers of marriage from lov-, least otto-third cash hy buying fan
ing Prenclunen she had m \er rnr hifonnatlon eajlnn
,1, ai 1*11 iv fes
MAItCTlIAI.
NEW VOKK cm.
Pianos and
will send direct from their Factory,
Olve fifteen days trial. You can sava at
seen.
M«KInner, trxai,
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Robertson, Orrin. The Democrat. (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 27, 1884, newspaper, March 27, 1884; McKinney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth191386/m1/4/?rotate=270: accessed May 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.