The McKinney Advocate. (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 1, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 3, 1880 Page: 4 of 4
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Till? A TlA^Of1 A TP* ator unt'1 1S61, when he was elee
** A a i ted to the secession conventior,
Is published in the mid.-t ot the which convened at Austin in that
GREAT WHEAT, CORN and COTTON year. It was in the body when lie
Growing Section, was hissed for voting against seces-
. . „ • , ,i „ It,ri„4,it \orth sioii, that he used the expresssion
Circulate!* extensively throughout Nortn- * 1
eni Texas, and will be found a i "When the rabble hiss patriots
GOOD ADVEBTISING KEDIUM- j tremble." After Texas seceded,
—————^^lie joiued the confederate ser\ ice,
and served is captain and major
(< ..i.tiniH i from iiit, until November, 1863, when he was
seventy-five feel high and cost ^ retnrned to the seimte. Iu
*100,000. 1864, he was appointed Brigader
McKinney's general merchandise Geneai 0£JJtate troops by the gov-
sales are of the usual character ernor In ^j;ly i§c4, he concluded
known to agricultural commerce. a treaty w|th all the Indian tribes
Her gross sales for the year in all Qn the border of Texas, under au-
lines ainmounted to *6ij0,000. Of |thority ofhis lState ana (Joufeder-
tliis amount thirty-five per cent j|te governmcnt. After the sur-
was purchased in New York, twen- render^ he wa8 eiected as a dele-
ty-seven and a half per cent in Gal- ^ tQ the congtitutiouai conveu
veston, five per cent in New Ol-L.^ niuler presijeut Johnson's
leans, and twenty-five per cent at proclamation; 0f which body he
other points throughout the , was cliosen ,residing officer. In
try. Her shipments of state pro- l%0 hc was elected governor of
ducts during the year wen*: cotton ! Tl and was inaugurated, An-
5100 bales: 10,000 pounds of wool; j ^ th(j eighth of that year? frolll
.'>0,000 pounds ot hides; 19,000 btiali- , w|1|e|1 position he was removed by
els of oats; 21,000 busnels of dam- on|er General Sheridan,
fged wheat; 890 head of cattle; j August ninth, 1867. He was elec-
"0 nogs: and 110 head of mules. te(j°trt the forty.f0rth congress,and
f her cotton six hundred and for- 1(M.,ecto(l to \hc forty-fifth con
y bales went to New York and in w,nch poBitioil i,e did
ii til Ik east, three thousand bales to ^ valuablc 8ervice for the be-
alveston, tour hundred and fatty- loyed gute of Texas
nine to New Orleans, and one Sirce his retirement from public
hat this oiight be made a profita-
ble crop to raise, we would only
refer to the enormous yield pro-
cured during the above mentioned
period, which ran from 50 to 80
other such droughty period come
upon the farming community.
The prices of this grain is gov-
erned by the northern and eastern
and butter ball ducks, which in the 000. Our farmers produce wheat,
fall and winter can be found in the corn, oats, beef and pork, more
creeks, lakes and artificial tanks, than enough forour own consump-
On the prairies in the spring can tion. One half the amount re-;
be found the curlew, the golden ceived for cotton, should pay for
bushels per acre, it would naturally | plover and grass polver; also in all goods, groceries, luxuries and
become the alternative should an- the low lands we often meet with taxes, as d keep the balance sheetj
the jack snipe, the Knglish snipe stjunre. 1 he other $0i«. ,000 maj
aud'Wilsonsnipe. be considered an annual increase!
Of our native game birds the in wealth, and may be invested in
quail or Virginia partridge and implements and improvements,;
supply and demand, therefore j ruffed grouse or prairie chicken j houses, barns, &c., or in addition-,
nothing definitely can be said of deserve particular mention. The al land lor the rapidly incieasing,
the future prospects. j prairie chicken can be killed dur- coming generation. The whole ;
• CORN. ifg the fall and winter months in eotton and wheat belt of Northern j
This great necessity has been con- tTe prairies where the cover is Texas, trom Ued River county, to
sidered an uncertain crop until re- j good, and m the fields where there tlie llrazos, ot which Collin eount\ .
cent (1870) experiments have prov-1 is wheat stubble and corn, they of- if* near the centre, and taken as a
en that corn can be produced, af- ten lay well to the setter or point- whole, is the fairest sample, pos-
NEW GOODS
ter a stand is secured, without
rain, to the amount of 30 bushels
or more per acre by deep and of-
ten plowing, thus bringing the
moisture from beneath in sueh
regular quantities and in a manner
that in connection with the damp
air of nights the corn is supplied ;
by continuing the same, until silk-
ing and forming time is past. Let
no one despair who owns a farm
on the black soil, when a drought
thousand and one to St. Louis.
The cattle and hogs went to St.
Louis and Chicago, wool and hides
to Sherman and Dallas, mules to
points south, damaged wheat to
"^t. Louis, corn and oats to halves-
life, Gov. Throckmorton has re-
* _' * ' 7, lucre is one particular n
corn, ?6,000; oats, >1-,—>0; dam (ru]y history
aged wheat, *12,.-,00; cattle, *17,- , thc fatthfuj i,istoi ia
as the largest in the state.
Gov. Throckmorton is a man ol
fine social qualities, and whose dis-
>n, Houston and different points intereste(1 tindeess has kept him
in the State, and cotton-seed to poormanj notwithstanding he has
the mills at Dallas. The value ot bcen counected, iu a professional
McKinney's exports amount to: capacity> witll SOUie of the wealth-
cotton, £304,000; wool, '*-000; corporations in the land,
hides, *3000; cotton seeds, *7,100; Ther<) .g Qne particuiar trait of this
which we
hope the faithful historian of the
0 ; hogs, £0,160 ; mules, >S,—j0. jtljnre wjjj noj f.,jj record—that
'al ?- « ,''WO. The trade of Mc- ganantry toward the fair sex.
nj is divided principally from Nothjn(f wi„ arousc his irc q„jcU.
own county of Collin, with por- er t)|,m to h{,ar n wonlan 8pok(.„
of in a disrespectfclm anner.and he
;!?r* I makes no hesitation in calling a
chasing merchandise at Mclvm- attention to the littleness of
ne> s aggregate. I such conduct.
Col. L. \\. Oglesbj is said to e j rpjierc are inany interesting
the founder of thc enterpaising eycntg .q the Hfe of th|g lioWe son
little town of IMano. The town Gf Texas that would be pleasant to
has five Uundred inhabitants, and , re]ate tQ our rearders> but
it h*ft4MMBrches and two sp en- n|Ug| oinit tjieni for want Gf space.
oth in a flourishing His devotion to the interest of the
lions of Denton and Hunt coun-
ties. Points in the interior
at
dd
condition. Piano is but a short
listance from McKinney, in the
same county of Collin, and as far as
agricultural development is con-
cerned, has appcarently the advan-
tage of any other location iu the
county. The country around Pia-
no is charming in all its respects,
and o^y its proximitj* to other
mnts of trade, consequence prc-
[ents Piano's greater rise as a de-
of commerehal interchange.
rhat aUeud> Ueeu saul ot oili
er and fair sport can be had dur- sesses advantages for the accuma-
ing the open season. The shoot- lation cf wealth, and for perma-
iug during the months of August | nent prosperity, unequaled by al-
and September when the young j most any section in the United
birds are half to three-fourths States. Simply in this—in corn
grown is as good as the most ar- j and small grains—in beef and pork
dent sportsman could wish. Now this section is almost equal to any.
we come to the quail or Virginia From these products alone, this
partridge. These little beauties ! section can make a rich and ample
are the most game of all the game j support. In addition to this we
birds. They are the bird par ex-; have the eotto-.i crop which no
cellence of the sportsman, and the ; Northern State can raise—almost
comes, but plow on and on until most toothsome oi them all. W hen | equal in amount to all the other
the case i.. decided in his favor so the October frosts have killed the crops, and thus makes one halt, at
far as bread is concerned. ! grass and browned the leaves on j least one third, oi all crops ac-
The maximum of corn stands at j the trees, then sport can be had. . cumulat^Mr^^^^^'The « Munate
about 85 bushels, the average 30 In the prairie grass, in the wheat ; makes tliiJ ii.eieaso over l.~> per
bushels and the minimum 15 bush- and oat stubble, in the corn fields j cent on the *1,000,000, the total
sumed the practice of the law, and els per acre. Corn is not such a ami along the branches, the bean-! valuation ot ( ollin county. Can
the business of his firm is as large paying crop as cotton but it occu- ties are to be found. It is then any other State or section do this !
[ ies a place in agriculture that; that the covics are full grown and ! What is the cause ? Cotton, eot-
cannot be supplied by cotton or j strong on the wing. They lay bet- ton is queen. She gives the means
any other crop, satisfactorily. ter to the dog than any other game for sustaining and increasing every
oats. | birds, and he is a good shot who j interest in the country. Her crop
Although not considered a pay-j can stop the quail in his rapid j gives a greatefamount of employ j
ing crop this grain occupies a space flight. When the cool October , nient than any other. Hands to j
on every well arranged farm that mornings come the true sportsman plow, hands to plant and cultivate. I
ultimately results iu profit to the longs for the open fields; his trusty j and extra hands to pick; employ-
produce;, often times much more ' breech loader that has been so ment the year round, and better
so that a casual observer would long idle is cleaned and oiled, his j paid. Pickers avrrage from 75cts
suppose, especially so, since the in-, shells are carefully loaded with to 81.50 per day, from the middle
traduction of the red oats which Orange lightning and No. 8 shot, | of August to Christinas. All chil-
has yielded 65 bushels per acre of two good wads on the powder, one dren from ten to fifteen years of
favorable seasons and seldom less light wad on the shot, then the | age average from 50cts. to £1.00
than 30 bushels. [shells are turned down with the per day. Here, Hiildren instead
This grain is extensively used i crimper to make secure each load of being a tax, support themselves
throughout the state, and no other I in its place, the shells and lunch ! and earn in picking cotton, their
land will produce such exuberant j being in the game belt, Ponto, the i Mipport, their schooling and often
forage growth as this. Thousands 1 the fetter dog who has been anx- j a surplus to help piy for the farm,
of acres of good land would have ! iously watching ever} movement | Her crop scarcely ever fails; its
remained idle this season, but for of his master, and who knows as ; long tap root reaches deep in the
this valuable grain. i well as you do what is on hand, is black waxy soil, defying the
MILLET. i given thc word and the sportsman drouth, and prodicyig rarely less
Every farmer raises of this grass is off for the day's tramp. With than one half, ami often more than
an amount adequate to his wants, i the healthy exercise and cool brae- a bale to the acre.
however last season was auex-jiugair he begins to have bright Her fields are giand and adorned
ceptionally hard one on millet and visions of quail on toast. Old with flowers all tLe dry summer:
its species. It is a great exhauster j Ponto makes game, he stiffens out, in autumn a silver white, which in
of soils, however ours withstands ! he has got them, the sportsman winter calls for tie yellow gold of
its leeching propensities aduiira- steps in ahead when whirr, whirr, i New and Old Ln«land, to support
hly. Even to the extent of many whirr, they get up all around him,! and maintain evciv material int
crops being taken from the same he puts in both barrels in rapid est here.
surface in succession without j succession, but then he is too, Magnifieicnt Qieen! Long n
great injurv, all that is necessary quick, it is the first 11i«iI ot the she icign o\cr all other crops
East India Pile Cure. The
only specific for all iorms of
Piles. In use in foreign coun-
tries for years, lately intro-
duced into America. Warrant-
ed to give instant relief and a
permanent cure guaranteed.
Sold by all druggists cr mailed
free on receipt of price, 50
cents, by [the American agents,
Kichardson A: Co., Wholesale
Druggists, Saint Louis, Mo.
ZARA'S BILIOUS PILLS,
guaranteed to give immediate
relief in all cases of Bilious
and Liver Complaints, Cos-
tiveness, Sick Headache, In-
digestion, and cleansing the
system of all impurities. Prico
2*5 cents. All druggists sell
them.
H. L. EMERY'S UNIVERSAL
COTTON GIN, CONDENSER AND FEEDER.
Warranted the Bent, Cheapestnml most
profitable ginning and cleaning outfits la
"widely introduced durinsr tho prist twenty years i
into every cotton growing section of the South. 1 • i
Mnny'thousanda in n*e. nn<i iheir general 1P1'P(1 Jl T
excellence anil superiority oi out-turn and i v vi it. v
yield ot'lint, Dotli in qual.tv and >;uamitj, fully
established.
Illustrated Cntnlogne nml Trier List, de-
scribing const ruction, operat i< in, capacity .etc., and
oilier valuable iniormaiiou toall ititereM- !
ed in mining and market inir cotton niaiU-d
free an 1 poHt-piiid. on application withcare-
fully written 1'. *. . address of applicant, l>y ad-
dressing
THE H. L. EMERY UNIVERSAL COTTON GIN COL
A live an<! fimvasser 4 ltavr!:iiui. (I«
wanted to cauvais this anil adjuiulug oouutici®
Largest Assortment,
Best Quality & Low-
est Prices, always of-
TI1E MeKlKNEY
ADVOCATE
—IS A—
WILKINSON i HARRISON
d 1 them. Pamphlat
e. • rr>r- r.jt of SLauip for post-
c;il:.:gi;c, shu ii ^ co.
- • ■ - ./ at*.
aw r-t fr«*kiuatou.. / . t.
ADVESITiSlNGi
k Uon*t do any
piwero:
I paper4, until
lytni>{e:ouriig'
• you ttiid u;Il fcurcly y^u
;rit V ;
Ai..vcrti3*^ tz rubl'jCo., St Louis. Mo.
MfKlXXE V.TEXAS.
Ayer's
1>KAI.KUS IN
Cherry Pectoral
DRY GOODS,
U33 FORTY YSARS.
i?. Storm's
oelebhaux- scotch
n
peple of Texas will long be reinein-
bered, aiul liis name revered by fu-
ture generosity, for whom lie lias,
by his wise acts, prepared the
means of an education.—American
Sketch Boook.
Letter Vili.
PRODUCTION OF THE BLACK WAXY
SOIL.
This peculiar soil of which Col- inch or two deeper
tin connty's fmrfaee wholly cousti-1 the surface virgin soil
p. tlie world, outside, of silluviiil ! ami promises himselt
i"" '•■■"i" -"V ft u* Uiu i LL''V V'"' {itjio.
luted, is a compact black c^ty like
We chal-1 them down in the stubble or grass
lie will <lo
Ponto is
of P/an<
I(s Irjilc i(4
aioiK' MlratJt, flie «I«*|>th ot wfhich is
a . only objectionable
I WHO,
mcipa.'^
k.«all portions of Dallas, llockwall Qualities of the black land is its
«nd Ddnton counties transact some adhesiveness, and possibly if this
I Jbusiness at this place. There are \ was extracted the excellent and
Mo flouring mills at Piano, with a drouth-resisting qualities of the
combined capacity of fortv barrels same would be endangered,
per day, but outside of these there j adaptability to a variety of
no material industries worthy crops.
The principal cause of which is
Piano's gross sales of merchan- {its powers to resist the penetra-
[dise during the year aminounted to : tion of tho sun's rays and the
^105,000. This includes all j scorching effect of the summer
pinds known to her trade. Of j winds, when under a good state
President Collin County Fair
Associati
Then
A Sr-fo and Pleasant Remedy fo:
C0U3K8, S0LD8- ASTHMA,
COARSENESS and Strengthen-
ing the Lungs.
SOLD EVERYWHERE.
Price only 10 Gents.
1
For Iji
uses' <-i i*>*
Throat and Lungs,
such as Coughs, Colds,
Whooping Cough,
Bronchitis, Aathiua,
—AMI-
SOLI) IJV FOOTE & HHliXDON
$1500;
To Si;: II \ 'i l. A i; to a
it? vii'ir own 1«:<•:« 1:?> No
ri-\ Woiiu'ii II
Manx make m> s*« ■ iliau I I«c*
aiitoitni • ial<'«l alxivi*. Xnniicon fail to make
iiioiH'.v fa-;!. \ny niiti rail «lo l!i * work. "*i ii
*an 111itK•' fromr ofeni ^ io^^ati lii'iirl';
\our vwjiiiijjs ati«l s|>:nv tii•;♦ to ilii' l usiiif->.
it fo-ts not It in^r to iry iiic liiisiiii-^s. Naihir.jj
liki- it for iiioncy niakiiiLC i'vcr oii -ri'd litforc.
I'.usiiicss jih-asant ami striftly honoralilf.
i'cadcr, il yon want to l.:n.u about tln->t
j>a> iijr lnisiw«s iiciorf llic |>uMif. si*ml ns your
aMri-s ami we will si-nil \«.• i full |>aitM-iilar.
:iiiiI |irivatt* terms frci*. samjilcs worth $." also
I'tvr; \ <-ii ran tlu-a n.akt- iiji vour miml f« r vour-
-.11 Aildri-ssiiKo. vi iN.-uN ,v.« ( . I'ortiaii'l,
II a inc. ." -il
Ladies' Furnishing
Goods, Gents' And
Boys Clothing-, Boots
and Shoes, Hats and
Caps, etc.
STATU
m-;3iocitA'
MIXTION
COX-
The County Ajiptu tioii« fi t.
The following will ! <• the vote <>! the
•oiiiitics in the ••uiniuii- State i ii'inoeratii*
prisoner i:i
1 v
d with
lis amount, Piano bought in New
'ork five per cent, in Galveston
of cultivation.
For the last ten years Collin has
production of diversified and pro- again sent forward and we leave niere^nappt a tnr^U
litable crops, especially on what is ! them with the beauties of nature t'10 Creenville jiil chai
here termed hog wallow and thisk-: all around them. Such is our felony.
et lands and dog wood and rosin quail shooting in autumn and win- The artesion will they are boat
weed prairies. iter. The game of our state is ing in Hreckridge has readied tlu
sorgho. (greatly in want of the proper pro- depth of four hundred feet.
This plant grows so luxuriantly | the breeding and
here that a smaller variety is r*^s'nSs<?asoi,j aild it is to be hoped
sought than the Chinese or Hon- oai^ luture legislation will
duras cane, certainly every farmer tl,at certain protec-
ean raise as much sugar cane asi ^'on so much needs and
he may need, and should the mak- W0l,ld so greatly benefit our
ing of sugar from the Amber cane I ^,li meis 1UU^ sportsmen. Be it
prove remunerative, this section sa'^ to our ^®,e game
for 1S7S.
PRECIXC"
.MfKiiuiey
Karmi-rsvilli'
WvMins's Mill
Wilton
I'laao
•:o. k inn
I: .1 - Ilam- Nor-
crts. man. ton.
and soil cannot be excelled in this
^ _ . . , „ - industry for it has been proven , ..,.,-atur
tteen per cent, in bt. Louis sixty- taken the front rank in agriculture, tjlat groWs well here and that a statc iUH eve!l 1,1 tl,at I,ortion ^;h i1'; Mi
large per cent, of the syrup can be ''s as a (^ea^ better tor want of en-
. . Jillwood
laws that we have on our statute M *'-tin i;
. . lilui' Ki'tifc'..
i books onlr extend to a portion of i.«-i ai:on
1 I <•(• a tur
ill
l:,i
:;^.i
•ji".
i.;<i
Ive per cent, and fifteen per cent. not for a certain cereal, but for
at other points. There were ship- profitable and diversified farming,
•petl during the year from Piano
1230 bales of cotton; 10,000 pounds
of hides; 4o0 head of cattle; 40,000
tbnshels of cotton seeds; 10,250
ishels of damaged and nndam-
Igcd oats; GG50 bushels of corn; and
*J3,000 bushels
rheat. Of her
as the following enumeration will
indicate.
COTTON.
It was the opinion previous to
1870 that cotton could not be pro
crystalized and thus be used in a
new sphere that would otherwise
have been unsalable, therefore un-
profitable.
The next ten years may usher in
forecmeut. Our sportsmen as j
well as farmers are looking for-
ward to future legislation, for such j
enactments as will protect our
game during the breeding and rais-
ing season, so that all may have a
Sl
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19
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.)
11
lid
17
IS
11
Total
l 7;i
t<7
150
III
i
tr.ii
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iiV'
I.VJ
tin
•jl.-}
12
■_'i:7
>tal
I«K; 4ist>
J
'
of damaged Texas, especially on our soil, but
cotton Gal- j to the reverse, it has been proven
Veston received six hundred and that it produces a species of liut
eighty-nine bales, St. Louis three ] not to be surpassed eveu on the
hundred and eight bales, New Or- j South Sea Islands for smoothness
leans one hundred and thirty-four ! Gf texture and fineness of quality,
bales,eastern mills sixty-nine bales. This crop has been the monied
fi. . * ■ and thrust upon us something very . . . , *,
fitably raised on the uplands of! in- 4l - 41 . . I chance to eujoy it during the open
1 remarkable in this line, as the last ^ * ,7
. , ..' . . . season. G. A. Foote,
ten years have the cotton industry. „ ., . e,. . „ ' ,
. .e .. .. .. . President State Sportsmen Assti.
and if so, the situation should be
Her oats and coin went to southern
joints, damaged wheat to St Louis
Ittlo to Chicago
I cotton
I'H. The
crop for the decade, it has been the
tYladin's lamp to many merchants,
accepted, and made the most of,
regardless of previous opinion or
j "pet theories." W. N. Wallis,
Experimental Farm, Collin Co.
Game.
The large game once so plenti-
Hood's Great Book
OF THE WAR.
Cotton.
In the early settlement of Collin
county, the culture of cotton was j
scarcely attempted; the distance | A(lV<lllCC till<1 Rctl'Cilt,
Chicago and St. Louis, the lever by which many mortgages f.il, such as buffaloes, antelopes,
11 SOOtlS to tllO Dallas li'ivf* hoon lifted Hill flip noil tliaf at • 1* i
uttn liiitu, anil me pen tnat cougars or Mexican lions and nms-
; value ot 1 lano s exports jns written the deeds to inanv I hinnr nr wilil liArcoc liavii
s *11,000. Total, J?vS0,915.
prairies
built. Since then tliey have been gradu-
.ceoantmg for the d.scroprncy be-1 Tllis crop is pro,Jnce.l, I.anclle.i a„y ,lrivon before thc settlements
udes the value of gross exports; and marke,ed safely by wUite, la „mv thev arP 8eldom fonn.l
of hauling to market was too great;
the call for corn and wheat for
bread was too pressing, and the
profit from the great abundance of
the rich prairie grass in laising
cattle and horses, was so great that
cotton was scarcely thought of.
About the year 1852 and 1S5.S, Win. j
McKinney, having many negroes,:
raised crops of cotton which
showed that the black waxy land
Iml amount ot gross merchandise bor; therefore the farmer is not • within anv sel
kuvs at PI<mo, il is explained the j at the mercy of a transient class \ state and tli
freight tarriffs were against Piano for secnrilJg but a self-reliant would wish fair sport at buffalo
Wing the year, and tuo-thirds ot and industrous class find employ- hunting must go to the head waters
ment the year around. The maxi- of the Big Wichita river or on to
...i ii.<,.,m,,i-«inin« ^ i ' mum croP 8tands at two bales per the stake plains. The bears were
" i - h i l)rooe,,(ls ' acre, the average at three-fourths also once numerous in this countv,
which, towever, was more or | of a bale and the niiiiiinnm at one- and good sport twenty-five or thi'r-
4 1 ^
liiU
l'cnomil Experiences in the United
Ai'tatest ami Confederate
States Armies :
IIV (lEXEliAI. .1. li. IIOOI),
F.ali' I.ieiit.-(Ji-m nil < niiietlerati' Stales
Arinv, iMil.h-ln -! for
The Hood Orphan Memorial Fund.
BY
(IKXKI'AL T. HE VI UIXJAIIO,
\ru ' ii;i I:.\\s, 1SS0.
convent 1 >n «.u
del" 1 lie
in-.-, appointment:
Anileisou
. 1
Kimble
... 1
Angelina
.)
Kt rr
... 1
Aransas
r
Kinney
2
Atascosa
*)
I.amar
... <)
Austin
...... j
Lampasas
0
Handera
1
Lava a
... 1
Hastroji
1
Lee
•
Uee
1
L on
... ~\
Itell
;i
Liberty
•
Bexar.
11
Limestone....
.1
Itlaileo
1
Live < >ak
.. I
l o>ijitc
...... •
LS-ino
... I
. Howii'
;;
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and Consuiuptiou.
The ro^illation i: has attained, in consequence ol
;!>c niarv llou.s cures il lias ]irodtical tlut iiig tlie
la.-'t ti.iif fcntury. i- a sntlicient a-iUtance to thc
imiihc that it will coniinuc to realize the ha^jiiest
results that can he tlcsircil. In almost every
tcciioti of country there arc jiersoiis, pal.hcly
known ,u iiohavf lieeti t« ?liirol Irotii alarinitio anil
even desjterate «li~caces of the litn^s, l.y it - it-re. |
All wiiohavetiietl it,ar knowledge it ssttperioritj-; !
and where it-virltu- are known, no one he-itates
as ti> u hat nidi, itie to cinjiloy to relicVf the dis- i
j
tress and .-utTeritu' ocfuhar to puhnonary a (Tec- j
tions. <i!i ititv l'n ri'i:.\i. always a (funis in- i
Mant relief, rtii'l |ierforiiH rai id cures < f the i
tnilder varieties of bronchial disorder, as well as I
the more formidable di-eascs « f the hintrs.
A.-< a safeguard to fhildreu, amid the distress-
iuv diseases whifii be.-ct the Throat :tnd < hest of '
Childhood, it i> invaluable: for, tiy its timely it.-e, !
multitudes are rescued and restored to health.
This medicine gains friends at every trial, as
the cures it is cou-tantly producing are too re-
markable to be forgotten. No family should be
without it, and those who have onccm-cd it
never will.
Eminent I'hvsirians throughout the country
prescribe it, and (,'lergynien often recommend it
from their knowledge of its effects.
rarPAnnn by j grM . in lols to suit. PartieP httving ear
Dr. J. C. AVER & CO., Lowe!!, Mass., 10:1,1 loU vvi11 ,M* f«rn!siieii at rcdiiced
' _ ' ' rater=.
Practical ami Analytical CmMiiists.
SOLI) BY ALL IiUUGGISTS KVIHtYWIIEilE
Faithful and Fearless Dene
oeratic Newspaper,
Publit litHl at McKinucy, Collin County,
Texas, by
J O W BAINE8,
Editor ami rropriftor.
Bein>f deteriuiiittl to keep up with the
tunes, the proprietor hits made many iua*
provei.tents in the utli«*e and colmuttn of
tlie |>a(K'r, and to aocouiplisb IbU lie has
not s|>ared money or labor. It i* now
THE LARGEST PAPER
pi.Mislied in this Tutorial diatriot, and
its many patrons appn>eiatt> the y.ealwns
elVorts to make it a most uelcome visitor
to every household and continue tboir
generous patronage.
FARM Kits will find in its columns
tile elioieest seieetious from stan.lard ag-
ricultural journals, ih well as many valua-
bje articles from thc |K'iis of our own
|>rtelf'al ainK'V|HTiiiienta! farmer*.
STOCK MEX
ill be pleased with our clipping* froin
the best of Stock Journals. Our As-
tray Column, which include* all
the est raye of this and approx-
imate comities, will be In-
valuable to those who
lose stock. Beside*
we will advertise in
tlie est ray column
any lost stock
At One Dollar per head lor four weeks.
This lieinir the commencement of tin
Xevv Year, we be«r to tender onr thanks
to our patrons ot Collin county tor their
very liberal trade during our lirst years
business in McKinney, and in soliciting
your further favors, we assure you we
we will do our best to provide
you with the best goods for tlie least
inottey, we shall continue as far as practi-
cable* to reciprocate your favors to us by
buying all the grain.cotton, etc.. that you
may be able to offer us. We will aleo
i guarantee to our friends who are so un-
fortunate as to h ive to buy corn that they
shall be supplied with best Kansas corn
! at lowest prices, and we are now prepared
| to take contracts for any amount ot corn
CITY PROPERTY TO f.ENT.
< all on
II II NKINS
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DALLAS UAILV
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WILKINSON S HARRISON.
HERRINC'
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TI1K LADIKS
All like the Advocate
Itecause it always d«v
vote's considerable space
to their interests. The
Latest Fashions from the
leading Ladies* Journals
and authorities arc found
in our columns. Our
Domestic Kecipe* aud
Home Circle selections
are cluuiiiiof,
-:o:-
OUH MERCHANTS
Who adver-
tise And the Ad-
vocate the most val-
uable advertising me-
dium in this district; be
cause its circulation is very
large, and its raj idly increasing
popularity with the people ren-
ders it immensely serviceable to all
who are anxious to sell their goods Ac.
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iii.'.l t :.ii vr> on A I «n.pr!rM ou-.u?
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Tenipcranir.,ls. s„ rit.lv. Advice Ii I'.riJe.
i. ,T ■•«. * I'M X VatriTT. r* r 'm|
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i • • ■ W. tVrtr i ..i.^% a l ►!<-.
I* is alvia" Private Medical Advisor "on tlisf-a es re-
sult nj from impure sexual • tationt. and ou seff abute—the
It is >.f tjnite as much ini|xirtaiice to |.rovi«le
i iimtcctioa for valuable books and iiapern by
ftlii.oti j ' rustinjr tin-in to safes ofestablislitil r«*|iutation,
;,iih) "'at may l<e relied on foj-1||<* iuos fcpverc tests,
1,0(1 t" in.ii.-f |u<o|icrty in roni|iunles of
•J.imi known r<'s|ioiisibility that wilt not tail at the
i .imi II'"--t jrreat lire in which they have larjre risks,
x-arcel\ a lire of any extent has occurred for
\ears in which IIKItitlNti's s.VFKs have uot
been tried and proven worthy of their trust.
I heir reputation lias thus been well earned.
AWARDED THE
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f.th .t ^
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linACF. MIARK
An rntirrlr Nt wand i.tively effective
i I'.rm. 'y f. r lh<- s| te.lr and p -m.au> iit
ct^re .'i E:nissionj and lint
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i^sionj and Ixnpotona^- y the c . Iv
trut viz., l'i."t t Aj j ! ?c tl.t puncipalN-at ottl.e Wfiuf. Tl.e
u-c . f tfie rrnjedy , ttr ulitl wdh t.o inj'.jjftiiirticr, M. t a to.t
ikUuste ftitli tLe i.r<ii&%i j pr«u::s if |.ft *|!.ta <4 ilMlQCDt Lu
etoo.. the test in ferj sruti- r.: ij is i._, a j ronuunoed lucvcss. TL«rc
ia no nuns. ab*> .t this |«vp ir u. l'rat ca! cbatrratiwU euat..ti us to
j 'stiveij fuaraot^vt th*t It a ll s:re |*rf -ct satufacU.n. It is ron-
C« l^d bj the Med-, d rr f •- t'j I I ri*i:i..st rata.t.a! u.eans vet discov-
ered of re*' !,inj aa*l .' i.-iti^ tit- r? j rrralent tr«.uMe. ll.r Ketredy 19
|«it Bl'i& wit l-i.-H. '.ft • J . • >ne m (l.ootl . j i No. I.uffir tit
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RR!S REMEDY CO. MF C CHEMISTS,
Murt.et 11 nd Sill Nwl«, ST. I.IH Is. -IjO.
EXPOSITION UNIVERSEllE,
Paris, 1878.
The entire jnwecds arising froin llie
ties of this work are devoted to The
.1
less disbursed at Piano.
halt bale.
ty years ago could be liad hunting
WHEAT. them. There are yet said to be a
The red May wheat succeeded few in the less settled portions of
Hon. J. W. Throckmorton.
Thesubjectof this sketch was
>orn at Sparta, Teuuessee, on the wel1 between the years of 1835 and the county, but they are seldom istiV tii ea 11 enVi on of
, , . „ of Coliiilf \%as lieal' tiiual to
settle, 1 portion ol the ,R>st #f Ki.(| RjV()r couu ,am,s
the sportsman wl.o for |1|c productioll of cotton.
I>ut fiom KS5- to there was Ilootl Oriiltan Memorial Kinul, which i
such a demand in Southern and in, 1 niu'(1 St;,u*s li<*«fisterteii
c, Al , ,,, „ . ! l>on«s tor-the nurture, ear*', support and j
Southeastern lexas tor wheat; etiueation of ihe t -i infants deprived t t |
that cotton received little at ten- !!',ril l>:u-,"n,s -unniier at N**\v()rle.ui<.
1 . (the meianeholv mesdents ol which >ad i
tion. rrom 1860 to 1SG5, tiieariny hereavenitm are -till sail in the public J
j called for corn, wheat, and oats I ln!m . . , , , . 4 . I
| ' ' l he hook is an elegant octavo, contain-;
war, in Of :5<i0 pages. v\ i 111 a line photograph j
likeness and a tine steel enyravin^r. made !
The Great Carriage Manufacturing Mouse of the World.
EHE1S0N,
FISHER & CO.,
ALSO
for its support, After tho
the wheat crops failed, and the
prices of cotton were liiyh.
exptvs-lv fortius work, four large maps
In of battle fields, hound in handsome Gray
t, ...... Knglish Cloth, at tiiuek ddm a us. or in a
tanners was F5ne Sheep Minding, with Marble Kd«
rst day of February, 1825 where >the maximum being 1-4 seen and hard to capture. That . 4. . „ t. ; «nii M.u. ie i.dg«.
J. ."«iij, io-o, wucre v ! aroused, a fair crop of cotton was thkkb ooi.i.aus a.m hi rv ckms-Iu
e remained until the vear 1S41 bushels per acre, the average 20 most beautiful of all animals and . . . . i-IMn t iialfib.und Morocco. Librarv.s;vie. i .., ::
•ben bis father and family remov | b-shets an,, the minimum 10 bush- the espeeial pride of the hunter.
*""'M « ColHn «U per aere. The 3i years follow- the prong-horned antelope, is no Then thc ,1!U, (0 bc | o
o 'he State mg 18.0 was noted for the decline, longer to he seen grazing on our )n !llul r„mirsn„. sin,.„ ,i,1!f i,v m-.ii . v,.'.v^. J V.i-
fie
.when
id to Texas, and settl
bounty. At that time
subject to incursion of roving
of hostile Indians, with
young Throckmorton aud
Top £
Best material, gcod
and almost faiiure in wheat raising, prairies. Like the buffalo it must
to Milican and Jefferson,
then the railroads have
gradually
in a registered letter or by a postal order,
bank dratt. or ehoek.a cf pv : 1 i
f'i J1:lg«•
regi-lcn-d
ie unine-
as
conveved and given us three mar- 'hatelv -m >iv,
second class matter
kets, St. Louis, Galveston audi
Xew Orleans, in different
tions. In tact, the agent
cotton spindles of Lowell, Mass., ./'j;!' >iibjV<r, th,- purpos* ru u.alll,HHli:il
* , , , 7 all alike lender it worthv a place in evt rv illinii.. ;. , „
and Manchester England, are here librarv.—on even- desk—or upon the ,UII1UK,«a OI •
About this time Mediterranean be sought after in the far west or
was introduced and proved to be northwest where it is still to be
companions had many a a more eiHain crop than any other seen in large herds. The wild
sely contested engagement, and variety? although it does not yield horse has also left us and is now
which he gained considerable 18 uiuch per acre as the red May to be seen only in the same region
istinction as a leader. In his when it flourishes. The last de- of the buffalo and antelope. The
arly life, he studied aud practiced j cai^e l,as been only a moderate one cougar or Mexican lion is also gone
medicine with his uncle^ind to this *u wheat production, but the pres- from us, and is now only to be seeu
i\y there are old settlers who1 en^ crop bids fair to be the largest in the thinly settled portions of 4 will '•« given to honorably discharged
would prefer his judgment in a se- j yield from the greatest acreage the west. The raccoon, the opos-! co,ul)eIlin£ our "^chants to pay | veterans from the army
vere case of sickness to the more ever sown. Highest price paid Sotn, the sqirrel, the jack rabbit1 thc 1,igbest pricef . „ ...
learned in the medical sciences.*1.331-3 per bushel. Lowest price and the cotton-tail rabbit are vet othcr l""u0;jces' h*ye S1radual,>'; Men.or\sjJ .J'""1?-, *1-^
Later, he entered into the practice received 602-3 cents per bushel. to be tound in fair numbers and as j aml raI)il^v
increased the aCH^e afford an excellent wav ot eoiitributinw
BARLEY. they thrive well and even increase of cotton in the county, uuti! His;
CINCIXXATI, OHIO.
uggies and Phaeton:
workiii:tn>bip. handsome styes. sLiono-;mi
vchiel* s in every respect.*
70,000 CAUEIAGES,
First Premiums
2
I durabh
toil and The volume is pnbii-hed in the best MANLFACTl IJKI> 1 V I'MMICIiSOX, F1SI1EIJ & CO \KK
it direc-;5®1 t>T' KniP,'.v. on elegant jiaper. IX USE IX KVEliY I'AllTOF THE VMFKir W
_ , \Mt.i illu-traiioi!.-, executed as higtiest 171 vi1! vt,**,ii * *
sot the I specimens ot art. >:m • ■ ... tl^hM,
1 \r.*oo The author, the subiect. rlic iiuroose. 1 i:V unladiiig s:i!i>taeiioM All their work is warranted. Thev have
XOW
... up
every season purchasing cotton, !' I!'L'Xi'-V ho"*' in the country.
; ^ J 1 " ' Agent- wanted m everv town and eoun-
dispensing with all middlemen aud ty in the I'liited states,*and apivterenee
1 in v ^ive Uiit'a'iing
ed testimonial.- from all
Inch are 011 tile
tislaetioii. .ill their work i; warranted,
parts id the country ot purport similar
subject to inspection .
ME-siis. KMKIisfiX, I i -lii
I have used one of \ ottr t'i
stalde, ui 'i t!it-\ have ^ri\ en ti:
They have receiv-
to the following.
i':, . . t'ULVA. h.i.s.
• '.lir^i'-- till«'** Vi-ai'K( ii:,i| ttifet-i.t tle-tii l\\'t \
j ft tei-i f-;iti — and are It. cutipttiiit u tf.
OsL'AI
. -I ;!v M. !
'tai'i in tii
: >.M \ I.!. I. V.
li \ er".
These ami l;i<'v. ho teel a desire to ex-
; pre.-s tiion* sympathy with the Hood Or-
MK^Us. 1 Ol'lNM K ,V -Ii ilIXsi iN ;
I>eaa Sir-:—1 Itavel 11 ii-i:iir tii. liai. rs..n and Fi-
siiji| -seiis any one rouM. I h; d a fa.-t liorse «lr..v
irrov.ii huiies and my sell" in tin- !.;i/rv, aiul it is t'o-da\
the l-.iuerson t'i-lier Ltujx.uri.--i will do.
X"!:-.\ i ; 1:1:v. < f . .!,j)v 17. | <7.,
I' Uit.r^v I i.i.u^lil Ii-Min yr>t: a- r..ii_i,|\ |
e Iiim :-.t ltd! -j.t-i-d, s'liui'tiiiifs with two
wartli all tli. moiiev I i>ai<l f-.r ii 1
A. M. i K.V«.I I., farmer.
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World's Fair, London.
World'.* Fair. New York.
( enteniiial, Philadelphia.
American Institute. New York.
S. C. Institute. Charleston.
Mechanic Association. Boston.
Fratiklin Institute. I'hiladel]ihia.
Agricultural Association, New Orleans.
Ya, Mechanic Institute, Kictunond.
Metropolitan Institute, Washington. I).
.. and many others.
EVERYBODY
Who reads the Advocate likes It bceaiioe
It iua clean paper, free froui tlie many
disgusting immoralities, that are
often paraded before the
young, which every tond
parent 'shudders to see
hig children mul.
The Advocate
contains the lat-
est reliable State and general intelligence.
THE LOCAL DEPARTMENT of tU
paper will at all times he tilled with tlw
most interesting local news, pertaining to
Collin county, her people, and their Inter-
ests.
THE JOB OFFICE,
Having been thoroughly equipped with
tine presses, type and stationary, under
tlie excellent manageiueut of Mr.
Boinar, one ot the most artistic
Job Printers in Texas, is now
in complete running order
ami is constantly turn-
ing out as title work
as can be execut-
ed at any other
ottloe in
North Texas, at prices that defy competi-
tion. Our stock of stationary is
full ami has been selected with
great care ami taste and comprint
Cards, *
Note Heads,
llili Heads,
Statements,
Envelopes,
Letter Heads,
Visiting Cards,
Wedding Goods,
And an endless variety of other stationary
to he found.only in a first class job print-
ing/'stablislunent.
Our Premiums. -
WV offer a Iiremtum or one yetr'a mihucriptlua
to the Al.vix at it for the he«t ea«*v upoB eMh
PCl«, vU:
ollin county
15 a v
lof the law, and has been one of the
L most saccssfnl attorneys that Tex.
is has ever had. In 1851, he was
lected to represent his county in
ktore and was contiuously in
ipresntative and sen •
fSrji'Send for "THE CHAMPION KE-
For Terms, llatei to
tires* With lull Particulars"
This grain betoreand during the in the ttick settlements, they are now mucli ^ie crop.
war was largely grown, in fact it likely to remain with 11s. Of the tl,e most reliable estimates, Uiere GrN-, G T Bk.vi*koarp. I'ibiisuek.
became an excellent substitute for1 migratory birds, there could be ! has been shipped trom the crop ot ox BEHALF OF THE HOOD MEMO-
I he ftVoraMe i*eputatioii the Carriages have made in localities where thev have
been used tor several years by Livervinen. Physicians. Farmers and others reo-tiiin-r
tiatd and constant use. has l«'«l t..an increased demand from tin,-, localities, to nice! , COBI>," and Texas Circular to
iiieli the tnanutactunng facilities ot their mammoth establishment ha**e been
lemled. c-unhiifig the;n tti now turn out in good stvle.
ex-
corn daring the' droughty seasons mentioned the swan, the goose, the 1870, 25,000 bales, this at *. «> per
of 1801, 1862 and 1SG3. To show | brant, the mallard, teal, whistler j bale, a low average given £1,250,-
KIAI. FI N D.
NEW ORLEANS. LA.
360 CARRIAGES A WEEK.
Emmerson, Fisher & Co's. Carriages are th
Best.
Herring & Co.,
251 & 252 Broadway, N. Y.
48 tf.
.of the follou'iii^ Htilijecta, viz :
Cotton raihliiKlu (
Wheat
Sorghum •' " •«
Oat " ♦ • «
Horse " «« •«
Cattle " 44 44
Mule •• 44 44
Slog 44 44 ■■
Cattle feeding 44 44
The cheapest aud bust feuce for Collin Coun-
Our county roa<U.
1 he | ro«i| erlty of our county.
Our free achuolM.
Private verr-UH free cbo«ds.
Stock water iu Collin county.
I cal uc * reiMirt.
The early •ettiement of Colj{n pouuty
ludian tfithtu in C'vliiu couuiy.
Indian murder* iu Collin uounty.
The noble dead who jfave up thtdr Uvea la tha
late war.
Munir at homo.
Muaic in rhurrh.
lloine a I'leuMint place.
Krom time t<> time we will add mihjecta to the
alK.ve lint, a* tliey may Ite *u e«te.|
For the lw t emlay written liv a #riri under ten
yearn old, we will fivea l<eautlful Injok, valawl
af tl.00
For the l>e«t esnay written by a lioy uader tea
V| V/w'' Wr M
We alao give one year '* buliauripllou (vf th#
■HfHt <***ay h rittcn liy tlu* i nr(itti;
Young lady under l,r. yeara of aire
4* •• over " 11 44
Young gentleman undwr 13 rears of agw.
'* " over 44 * 44 44 au-.t un-
der 20 yearn
Yoiiu'g lady miLjeet, "n<iva."
Young gentleman auhjei-t .' "GlrU."
Wire aubject, "Huabaiida."
Muabaud auhject, "Wivea."
KKgUIRKMEXTS.
Each esaay to be written in a legible hand,
upon ouly one Hide of the paper, and it la r -
<inented that they lie ao conueuava aa to not <>c-
cupy more thau a half column. None more fb B
three-fourths of a column will be received.
. ' hey must be delivered to this ottce free of
charge to 11a. - i« - ?
We shall claim the right to pubiUb or Ltjeci
iiajy*a<l *1' papirs whivli ftiiy be presaoladT^®
w hen three or more essays upon any one sub-
ject or bv any one class have been ri«(iv >J and
published, we will then announce oooiiulttaa
and time when competition wlU cIom.
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Baines, Joseph W. The McKinney Advocate. (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 1, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 3, 1880, newspaper, April 3, 1880; McKinney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth192210/m1/4/: accessed May 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.