The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 18, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 5, 1900 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME 4H.
frke hearts, kkke minos, kkkk people, auk the material, anh thk only material, out of which free oovernments are constructed.—jefkermon.
BASTROP, BASTBOP COUNTY, TKXAS, SATURDAY, MAY VMM.
NUMBER IK.
HELPING HAM).
■SStO C <EP<C3H*
W. J. MILEY,. .
^ druggist.
Bastkoi*,
tkzas. ..
Special and careful attention
given to the Prescription l>e- ,
purtioent. and patrwna wilted
on eltliei day or night.. A tall
line of I'atknt MkiucinkS,
l'KKKt'MKKV. TOII.KT AKTH -
i.km, Stationkky, Etc., Etc.
PR OFESS/ONAL CA RDS
Lawyers.
Pearl Beer.
MANUKACTI HEII ItY
SAN ANTONIO
BREWING
ASSOCIATION
Han taken the Lead In Texa* on account of
Its Nourishing qualities. Once Tried Always
Used. For hale In Haxtrop by
V. SCHILL, Manager.
119Q0.
*
• •■■ESTABLISHED lHiiti.
■^lgoa
H. D. OKOA1N.
W K. MAYNAIiD.
QRGAIN & MAYNAKI),
Attorney s-at-Law.
j'lMtrop, Texts.
Will | r* lice lu nil the Uixhor au't lu-
ffior coii *t«
PAUL 1). PAGK
Conn!)' . Ittorncv and
Attonuy-at Low.
iiamtn*!), texu
CoHi' Holme.
E. Bastian, Sr.,
:DEALER IX:
stoves. hardware & tinware.
All kinds of
TXXT ~ WORK
A SPECIALTY.
REPAIRS
Promptly and
*** Neatly Done.
HK* N.
JON A . .IAN I *SK, H M G ABWliOl)
BROWN, LANK t; AKW OOD,...
Lawyers.
l.atiranKi' aiil Houston
Poimt'in ofBoe - K«m>uim 7 •>. I'ainp HM
I'rwtUe in 'l 1
I * O MAKK ROOM .'or Now Orders, I will sell my present stock at
Greatly Reduced Prices. It shall lie my study, in the kuture. as in
past, to please my friends and customers, both in quality and price
1 hanking one and ?\lI for their very liberal patronage during the il'J year*
I have done business here, I auk a contiuance of same al the "old stand."
E. BASTIAN, Sr.
. i>. okoain, Pres.
no 4093
If 1 should see
A brother languishing in sore distross,
And I should turn and leave him com-
fortless,
When I might be
A menHcnger of hope and happiness
How could 1 ask what 1 denied
In my own houj of bitterness supplied?
If I might sintr
A little hoiik to cheer a fainting heart
Ami I should seal my lips and sit apart,
When 1 might bring
A bit of sunshine for life's ache and
smart—
How could 1 hope to have my grief re-
lieved
If 1 kept silent when my brother grieved?
And so 1 know
That day is lost wherein 1 fail to Ion.I
A helping hand unto some wayward
friend;
But if it show
A burden lightened by the cheer I sent
Then do 1 hold the golden hours well
spent,
And lay me down to rest in sweet
content.
Edith V. Brandt.
G< >YKRNOR BOH TAVLOR.
WRITES A LETTER TO FIDDLERS.
T. A. masi.kk, Vlev-Pres.
chkstkk ekiiakii, Cashier.
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.j j ks kin"
j 11 mil. k Y
JKNK1NS &. MILKY.
Attorney s-at- Law
bastk0i'
TKXAH
Only compK'lo "<■' "r A1 >■ (rmo' lt.K kn In lliu
t irst National Bank,
of bastrop. texas.
CAPITAL STOCK PaID UP, $50,000.
AU'TIfORIZnD, $250,000.
aS
county
Notary in oltlro.
OrriO -Over lot National Hunt
o. w. JOMKS
JUNKS & JUNKS,.
J. 8. JON K-
I'rafts drawn on the Principal Hanks m the United States in amounts of l ive
Dollars and upward. Mmiey received on deposit in larif.' or small amounts
suhjeet to check. I his bank Is fully equipped and prepared and will he
falihful correspondent il you intrust m,y part of your business with It.
KKKK I SK OF Ol'K FIRK-PKOOh VAULT TO CUSTOMERS TO STORK
Til KIR VALUABLE PAPERS.
HAST KOI*.
OKKICK
Attorneys-at Law.
TKXAS
I'lmtaim lii Krliunt Buikuiik
W. U
directors :•..'..
r o ki.znkk. w. j. hii.i.. b. t> oroain, t. a. has'.eb
W.C I'OWKl.L, It. I'. LUCKKTT. a. KKll a BD, CHKSTKR EKHARD
! <4$t
J. p. kowlkr
Attorney at Law,
1 •* a*
Will practice In all tlic UlKlier
ferloM i>url , .
okkii K ovut Hint National Uitnk
C. C. IHGIISii
Attorney-at -Law.
UAHTROr, • TKXAS
Will practice in nil III'' IliKhor mill Inferior
^UiHlra' 1* "I Illlr furnUli'"! i 'laii" neKOtla
aiki « ui1 h«uouh t rt>i:k|'ll> illt« ii'lc'i t« ;
Old I .nil' I Claims liivuHilnate'I m i*" parts of
thu Slalf
1893. 1900.
COTTON SEED
w; will pay the Higliest Price, in
Cash, £ive Honest Weights, and
buy at any time, winter or summer,
all Cotton Seed offered to us at our
mill.
j . b.
County Jud^e and
Attorney-at-Laxo.
Hafttrop. Tcian.
Will praotleo In all tlis Ululit-r court*.
Physicians and Surgeons.
h. p luckkrr, m. d
Physician cr" Surgeon.
Bagging and Ties
To exchange
for Seed only
m
We buy and sell
everything for
cash.
Pocuell Oil jVIill Co.
w.
OKKH'K-AI W j
llanlrop, Tf*a*.
Miluy's Urujr store.
JJ. B. COMBS, M. I)
County Physician
and Surgeon.
ft a strop ■ tkxas.
orrir* <■ frliar<1 A Son's Druit Suiru.
hksii)«*ob— Haitian Cottage.
V \
Dentists.
T.fl. Hasler&Co.
WANTS YOU TO PRICE THEIR
Furniture, Carpets,
.... and JXEatting,
Before you luiv elsewhere. They will stive you
Fifteen to Twenty Five Per Cent.
Mv I>i:ar Fkllow-Sawyers:
I'ixperienct' toadies us 1 hat.first
impressions are the more lasting.
.Next to the impressions which I
rocei\ ed from a dug-wood sprout
or twi<r of a weeping willow, when
I was a barefoot buy, are the im-
pressions which were made upon
my young mind and heart by the
fiddlers. The tunes they used to
play trot tangled in my memory
and they are just as vivid there
to-dry as are the faces 1 used to
know and the incidents and hap-
penings of the happy days gone
I >y.
I can see Polk Scott and Sam
Rovve just, as plainly u« w as I
actually saw them when I was
ten-year-old lad at the old log
schoolhouse that stood by the
bubbling spring. They played tit
the "exhibition" at the <*|oso of
iur
R. N. U.
KOWLKR
Dentist.
OFFtnt—Orer Plr«t National Bank.
the river bridge
LIYERY. FEED 4 SALE STABLES.
V'
4
Union Hotel,
v KI.01N, - - TKXAS.
* IF The llcHt In the City, and respectfully
solicits the patronage of Itastrop county.
•t'ftNe supplied with the best the mar-
ket aftords. Terms reasonahle.
C1IAS. UlLLKsl'lli. PnorT.
>
a. T. MORRIS, Piioi'Rtktoii.
.... Near River Bridge.
Solicit share of public patronage.
Horses will be taken care of at low
rates. Buggied, hacks antl goot1
stftck kept on hand. Kvcry effort
will be made to accommodate those
favoring me with their custom.
A. T. MORRIS, Pop'rt.
I'hool; and I have never
heard any sweeter music since.
Sam's liiir brown whiskers rolled
and tumbled in ocstacy u>. his
fiddle, as he rocked to and fro,
\vitn halt'-ciosed eyes, and, with
v«'!d/./.hig bow, reveled in the third
heaven of "Arkansas Tra\eler."
i'olk's black mustache swayed
ami flopped like a raven's wings,
a> he soared amid the grandeurs
of "Natchez Under the Hill."
They were the "I'aganinis" of
the mountains; they were the
'< >le Hulls' of our humble society;
they were the royal "Remenyis"
of our rural, rollicking festivities;
they were big-hearted and genial:
they were noble follows, and so
are all fiddlers to this o-ood day.
" ' I
Their melodies were the echoes of
nature's sweet voices. In every
sweep of the how there was the
drumming of a pheasant or the
cackle of a hen or the call of Bob
White or the trill of a thrush.
Sometimes I could hear a whip-
poor-will sing; sometimes a wild
goose quack, and a panther yell;
now and then the cats would
fiyht, and the music was always
mellow with "moonshine."
When I grew a little larger I
used to slip out from under the
smiling roof of "home, sweet
home," and cut the pigeon wing
with the rosy-cheeked mountain
girls, until it seemed that my very
smil was in my heels. I still have
fond recollections of every fiddler
who played at the old-time coun-
try dance: and when I hear those
sweet old tunes, even now it is
difficult for me to keep my soul
above my socks.
So fa." as I am concerned, I am
a worshipper at the shrine of
music. The classics of Mo/art
and Mendelssohn are grand and
persuaded to turn my back on the
classics of the plain country fid-
dlers. The old country tunes
were handed down from the days
of the Revolution, and every one
of them breathes the spirit of
liberty; every old ji^ in an echo
from tho flintlock rifles and shrill
fifesof Bunker Hill; every "horn-
pipe'- is a refrain from King's
Mountain; "Old Granny Rattle-
trap" is a Declaration of Inde-
pendence; ".Jennie, I'utthe Kittle
On," boils over with freedom;
".Jaybird Settin' on a Swingin'
Limb" was George Washington's
"favoright;" and "Gray Kagle"
wiis Thomas Jefferson's master*
paece; "Leather Breeches" was
the Marseilles hymn of the old
heroes who lived in the days of
I )avy ('roekett.
No wonder the fiddlers are so
patriotic and brave. 1 never saw
a real, genuine fiddler who would
not fight; but, mind you, 1 have
quit fiddling.
When 1 grew largo enough to
cast sheep's eyes at the girls,
when love began to tickie my
heart and the blood of the violets
got into my veins, 1 began to draw
the bow across the vibrant strings
of the fiddle to give vent to my
feelings, ami I poured my spirit
out through my fingers by the
bucketful. I swapped spirit for
smiles at the ratio of sixteen to
one; I exchanged clogs for com-
pliments, and jigs for sighs and
sentimental exclamations. No
ordinary mortal ever felt the rap-
tures of a fiddler; the fiddle is his
bride, and the honeymoon lasts
for ever.
I fiddled and 1 fiddled and 1
fiddled, until youth blossomed
into manhood, and still I fiddled
and I fiddled. I'olitii iatissneered
at me as a fiddler; but the girls
said il was no harm, and the boys
voted while I fiddled, and the fid-
dle won. There is always some
old sour tuneless hypocrite abus-
ing and denouncing'its fiddlers.'
I have heard them say that they
never saw a fiddler who was "any
aecyiunt," and I have known good
men who sincerely believed that
fiddler" were dangerous to com-
munities. There never was a
greater error of opinion. There
is no more harm in wiggling the
fingers than there is in wagging
the tongue, and there is a great
deal more religion in a good, law-
abiding fiddle than there is in
some folks who outlaw that divine
instrument. There is infinitely
more music in it than there is in
some hymns I have heard sung
by old dyspeptics who denounce
it. Music is music, whether it be
the laughter and song of the fid-
dle or the melodies of the human
voice; music is the hallelujah of
the soul, whether it comes through
fiddlestrings or vocal chords.
Ilappy is the home in which fid-
dles and fiddlers dwell, and near-
est to heaven is the church where
fiddlers and singers blend their
music in hymns of praise to
Almighty God.
1 have heard cultivated musi-
cians laugh at the country fiddler,
and call his tunes "rag music;"
but the law of compensation
governs in this realm, as well as
in every other, for the country
fiddlers laugh just as heartily at
the subliniest efforts of high class
musicians. Neither can under-
stand the other. To the noteless
and untutored fiddler the grand-
est efforts of the greatest orchestra
are the senseless hieroglyphics of
sound; to the cultured ear tho
simple melodies which dance out
from the bosom of the fiddle and
the soul of the fiddler are but the
fall out. Let the nightingale sing
in his realm, and let the cricket
sing in his. We will all play to-
gether on golden fiddles in tho
"sweet by and by."
Yours truly,
Robert L. Taylor.
MAC ST K WART CASK.
Houston Post of Tuesday: Mr.
('. Heavens, Sr., left again last
night for Mexico in the interest of
Mac Stewart, the Confederate
veteran, who is still incarcerated
in a Mexican prison on charge of
murder. Stewart was originally
condemned and sentenced to be
shot, but finally through tJie in-
of strong influence on
this side of the Rie Grande this
sentence was finally commuted to
twenty years imprisonment. Af-
terwards this sentence was re-
duced to ten years and by still
further commutation and abridge-
ment for good behavior, etc.,
there remains now but two years
for Stewart yet to serve, but his
health is such that it is feared
that he Aill not bo able to serve
out that time, and it is with tho
hope of securing his transfer to
•he hospital thai Mr. Heavens
takes the present trip.
1H >W TO OKT HKR CAPITA.
If the people of Texas would
demand Texas manufactured
sheeting and cotton sacking of
tho same quality and price, this
trade alone would support ten cot-
ton mills in Texas. This money
would stay in circulation in Texas
and make a big difference in the
local market for cotton and for
product to feed the employed
labor on. Sticking together on
this basis will bring more money
to more people than sticking to-
gether on polities. One Texas
merchant now takes about one-
half the out-put of Texas cotton
mills. In two years of good crops
if we can stop the unnecessary
drain on Taxes our people ivill
have more per capita than any
state in the union, and per capita
makes ■ the mare go.—Dallas
Times-1 lerald.
At a late rcnion of veterans,
an old veteran of the battle of San
.Jacinto, N-1 years of age, was
married to a dashing widow of
one of the Mier prisoners. The
grown sons and daughters res-
pectively of the couple gave them
away. The best man was one of
Sam Houston's heroes. What a
pity they did not have Santa
Anna's sword on hand with which
to cut the bride's cake and < >le
Bull to play the fiddle as the gay
couple entered upon the renewed
journey of life. Never, never
will the shadow of these old
heroes fade from the walks of
life. Sixty-four years have added
gray to the heads of some of them
since the Lone Star shone from
the blue sky o'er the field of San
•Jacinto —and stilhhey are marry-
ing and giving in marriage—but
the youthful heroes of our last
war tread close upon their heels
—but he who deems time with
them to be up had better—just
wait a little while. The blood of
a hero is hard to quench in death.
—K:;change.
An Austin telegram says:
Within the past three days the
board of pardons has reported
adversely upon applications for
pardon made by George Wash-
ington and Benjamin Franklin
and advised against granting a
remission of fine prayed for by
Oliver Goldsmith. It litis yet
under consideration petitions for
ridiculous buzzing- of bumble bee' executive clemency from Thomas
discord. | .Jefferson, Andy Jackson, < ieneral
But there is no reason why the Lee, General Grant and Porfirin
glorious to me, but 1 cannot be'virtuoso and the fiddler should Diaz.
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Cain, Thomas C. The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 18, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 5, 1900, newspaper, May 5, 1900; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth205493/m1/1/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bastrop Public Library.