Fort Griffin Echo (Fort Griffin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 47, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 22, 1879 Page: 1 of 3
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FOR l\ GRIFFIN, SllACKKLFORD COUNTY, TEXAS, SATURDAY, NOVKMBKR 22, 1 S7J. NO. 17.
ritoPKssiox.il..
WHEELEE & POSEY,
attorneys at law,
Breokenridge, Texas.
Will pflicflw In the Federal Court til
(iralmm. ami In tjte IHstrict i oiii ts of sti*-
l>lirni>. Sliaekelfonlsnd counties.
A. A. CLARKE,
LIWTERAKD L1XD AO EXT
THE ECHO JOB OFFICE
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The Best Press in the Country.
(>iii':|ii'li-(> for.tiiU Work art' as low hs
any country pilltic ran work lot ami live
SPECULATION.
lliuforsale^vcr u qearterof a million
of acres of lino land belonging to tliv
Fnno>-T«xnii {.iiikI Coiuiwiiy.
; FETEB HART,
Attorney at Law A Land Agent,
ULX.33A.3STV, .
Khaokelferd Cennty, -fexas.
J. S. STEEL,
Ill till MII.1T\.
Ill our great |ti*<>xra* «ivt* nalitin.
'Kuril.limn. selects Ids occupation
Convinced. ,bf nHirHvtliiit.lit-waxiitailf
Will) talents for a certain tnule !•
Then III lilit own peculiar way
Kxerts himself to make it: pay :
'rill forced by custom ami ill I Hi Ion.
I-fit by example and tradition,
lit' IliiiU himself compelled iti, imivf
Within tin- old ttitiilliiir grove.
T|w lawyer. brazen ami defiant.
' A French novel is usually a
story with nil im-moral.
of the Peace
-jksu—
A " EX-OFFICIO NOTARY PUBIJC.
FertGrllBn, - - - Tcxhu.
ND,
AT LAW,
Collecting Agent.
a attention given to all
btUlhelS. , . y: ■ :
fmSi
BnffldoOap, Taylor County, Texas
BROWNING,
AT Tj
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Shaokalford County, - - - Texas.
BB,
at Law,
ESTATE AGENT8,
Breckenridgc. Stephens Co., Texn*.
WiUprneHce In all the courts of Stc-
" "Thackelfortfjind atyolnlnjj counties,
be Supreme and Appellate court it.
attention given to luiid and eol-
i given
w.mTpowell
"iwstoirai tervloea to tlie
jrlffln and surrounding
onrud & Bath's,
viw.
I. THOMAS,
anil Jail Builder.
>mns Pntent cnlTiLBD IKON
lids Prisoners. No Guards
th.Texas. P.O. Box,03.
j.
good Clean
eaitbo obtained at the
IER HOUSE/
, Proprietor.
•IX. - - - - TEXAS.
LOUIS W0LF30M,
qbiffin baker
i A.lorgte WAGON YAMD with plenty
Ml^andgrnlnforsnlc.
•IN, - - - - - - TKXA8.
! CnlH have no lixed.. political
I belief. They're usually on the
fence.
The illicit distiller down south
thinks it is the earlj* revenue of-
lifer who c:it4;hes the worm.
Five millions of American
; government bonds have been
Quote* common law ami I'lient* liU t-llt*ni.' disposed of in Loudon within
Or IiisIiom with foreimic ftiry , a fortnight.
Some other knave before a Jury. 1
'1 lie tltwtor wleltU iiin saw ami lant't'l.
ileVgot a traile, uiid niiiHt atlviiilue li,
No iiiatter It' lie elirtw i>r kills.
The i>iitieiit bleedit ami eutt) IiIh (till#.
The merchant eluirgeii wnt per trill.
Ami Hwears he uannot |my hW rent,
A jiprtiprliites our daddy's dollar
And sport* a standing pii|K«r eollar.
The editors, that clever class,
Wlthpens'ofsteel tuid cheeks of br«ss.
(.'Iiamplons of honenty forsooth.
AVili print a lie and cull It truth.
The preachers knead the holy leaven,
A nd tetiuh us how to get to heaven,
Show: instlio Uttle gate, anil te|l .
Opposing sects to go to^—well,
You can Imagine wIm>k they send tlieni.
But ouly when they fidl to mend them.
' New corn is coming forward
j in many of the interjor towns of
i Illinois and Iowa, and the bulk
j is in primn condition.
j "Xo news is good news," says
\ an old proverb, which accounts
[ for the fact that some publica-
j tions are rated as good newspa-
Ipers.
' "What are the best stories
j "That depends. When you are
: telling them the long ones are;
[when you are listening, the
short ones." •
Not a pauper, lunatic or jail
bird in Sau Saba county. .
EXCHANGE,
i, Proprietor,
P le Pinto, Texan.
B Keq>« none but tlio best of Wines,
Liqtiora nml Clffnn
y FETE HAVERTT,
tunpitiisTon or Trite oki.r
^ Livery, Feed mid Stage Stable
f -in-
FOftT ORIFFIN, s • : ; TEXAS.
^ 'v. opfomtk
PLANTE1W 1IOTEL,
Hon Olin Welborn went to
Washington last week.
One hundred and iHfty tele-
phones are in use in .Galveston.
Lake St. Groix, in Minnesota,
was frozen over and boats ceased
to run two weeks ago.
Texas cattle are being driven
across the Rio Grande at Edin-
burg by thieves.
The acorn crop in • Comanche
county is very large and hogs
will soon be fat t here.
Thirteen saloonists in Dallas
were arrested Monday for vio-.
lating the Sunday, law.
A tire last Wednesday nitrht
destroyed the Clark House, Dal-
las. Loss about 88,000.
A Vermont man claims to
have Been a rainbow at night,
and the temperance people de-
spair of him.
Tony Johnson, colorw?, loaded
an escaped negro con viot whom
he had just arrested, with bird
shot at Houston last wnek.
President Hayes is credited
with being a sly joker because
of his idea of civil service re-
form and his having issued his
thanksgiving proclamation on
election day.
"I can't get coin for green-
backs !'' yelled a Stuiup orator,
while denouncing John SUer
man, "I know the reason," said
a small boy. uWhy ?" asked
the orator. • "Beknse ye havn't
got the greenbacks'" wus the
answer.
The smallest tea-set in the
world belongs to Mr. W. Ii. Ri-
land, of Reading, Pennsy 1 vartia.
While he was a prisoner during
the war he • whittled out a com-
plete set ot tea things from
peach kernels. lie lias refused
forty dollars for the set.
the young men at
honw.— New York Mail. Oh,
fudge, give the girls a chance.
Keep the old men at home,<t hat's
more to the pnrpoeev~jSds/<>
Transcript.
"Pardon me," suid Bob, when
he stepped on the girl's foot in
the dance. "Dont apologise,"
said she; "beaux on the shoes
are fashionable,, and we can
stand anything for style."
When Douglas Jerrold heard
a society bore Speaking of a
song that "always carried hiui
away," when lie heard it, Jer-
rold simply asked if some one
present would please to sing it."
Calling each hog three feet
long, that Wus packed in the
West the past year, and put
them in single; tile, they would
reach 0,835 miles, or from New
York across the continent and
Pacific Ocean into China.
Tlie Irish local govt'iiiincnt! bet ween sixteen and eighteen, quite distinvtlv. Tlie Joy which;
board have made ii special te- or- often t'.veiily iwn, ami lliev the young lintv felt at this tlis-
port to the .imperial goveMim«Mil J aru iiioro than inditi'ereiu ot re t-<ive.ry can be inmgined belief
respecting the state of allails in i.pellaut to her—tliVv are ritlifit than it can be described. Rich?
Ireland. The report says the j Ions, and in some, sort she, ns :nnl S. Rhodes, the inventof.
potato crop' is everywhere jlrll- slie then was, is 'ridiculous to Was juvsent t«< superintend I lie
cient and inferior, and this, herself. She cannot but be test. : _... •
grateful to her destiny that her
combined with the absence of
peat fuel, owing to rain, is re.-
syuipa(ldes ami alfections have
garded as thtf leading causes ;oi been reseveil for a worthy ob-
dislress, which is expected to ject and "a higher end. At
twenty-live, if ever, u \yom:iii
knows and estimates herself.
culminate during tlie winter and
spring, and pauperism is greatly
increasing, especially in Ulster.
Undesirable Information.
Scene — Passenger depot.
Characters—-Atlanta negro aud
Country darkey. Colloquy
opened by Atlanta negro.
"Wker' you goin', buddy ?"
"Dtiss you owu dis shed ?"
."No."
"Ner none ei dese kyars Y"
"No."
"Ner none ei- dese yer rail-
roads?"
"No."
"Ner no tavern V '■
"Well, den, yer don't wanter
come buddyin' me, an' you
don'c want no infamaShun. De
kinder infamashuu w'at. you'd
git out'n me'd be mighty apt
ter sour on yer."
An Orphan'* Works.
The other morning an orphan
was abroad on Cass avenue.
The sun had scarcely risen wlieu
lie rolled a barrel of water lime
not yet ttuheaded from in front
She is less liable to emotional Lf u „ew building down li e
or mentni mistakes ^ slio^' is far street lo a iarg^ pile of leaves,
surer Vf her fortune, bet a use ; ,vnd jn ten minutes the barrel
she feels that her fate is, lo a w-as deftly" ami neatly hidden
nto'tnfii MVt*j>Tit ' wifititi liui* mumi x'. 'lit\ r.^s.tn
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BACK LINE TO 0RAHAM
BENT KBAUEB
Is running a Mail and Hack I.lnr be-
iworn Fort UrilHn and Ornhiiiii. arriving
at Kort (irillin Friday evening nml Ifiivitig
Sutunlay Iiltiriiinjr. ' 'lose eonnecllons al
Orniiam for .Incksboro and. tlie
lluiiii-l trip li' l.fi ji''.
"The only jokes women like
to read are those which reflect
ridicule upon * men." "Yes,!'
says a, contemporary, "on tak-
ing up a pff per a woman inva-
riably turns to the marriage
column."
A Massachusetts paper, com-
menting on the fact that a far-
mer nearly lost his life by sink?
ing in a quagmire, adds: "Men
who ,do hot subscribe for a news-
paper must expect to .be sucked
in every now and then."
Owing to the reduction of the
tobacco tax at the last session
of congress there lias been a
marked falling off in the re-
ceipts from this source, although
the consumption is increased;
It is estimated the loss from
this source will reach fully #9,-
000,000 during the fiscal year,
every dollar of Which goes
into the pockets of a few
manufacturers, and the price to
consumers has not been re-
duced.
Ten years ago two men start-
ed out with one thousand dollars
each. ~One of tllem invested in
bonds and has done nothing.
The other invested in a farm,
Hla Politics.
The following story is told of
a Dutch farmer, who ou being
asked if he was a democrat, an-
swered;:'.
; "Nix;. I ish no demograd." .
"Are j'ou a republican ?"
"Nix ; I i"h not a rebublicaii,
ederi"
"Then you have no bolitics ?"
"Hain't got no bolidix, eh?
You bet I got more so much bol-
idix es you don't dare got, eh!"
"Well, what is your politics
then ?" yy-:
"Vat ish my polidix ? I tell
you vat my boiidix ish. Fifdy
cents a bushel for mine korn
und doo glasses lager beer for
nine cends. Dems better boli-
dix den your tam rebublican or
demograd bolidix. Eh, vat you
got to,say now, py tam ?"
In Hie Wiff'e Name,
A middle aged man, with a
black; eye arid.a skinned nose,
found his way into Justice alley
yesterday and asked for a war-
rant for the arrest of the man
who had pUmmeled him.1 His
Honor made some inquiries and
wrote out the Warrnt, and when
the witness had sworn to it he
asked:. '
"Now, as 1 understand this
thing, the constable will airest
this fiendish defendant ?"
"Yes, sir." .
"And the case Will, be tried C
"DoubtleSs." y '
"And the jury will give me a
verdict?''
"That reiuains to be "en.?'
certain extent, within her own
hands. Not only is she lovely
and more lovable, broader and
stronger than she has been, but
her wedded happiness aud pOW
ers of endurance a"e, in u man-
ner guarauteod.
Really Useful Poetry at Last.
Tlie following is the first verse
of a sonnet recently composed
by a highly respectable but in-
tensely practica I young man on
the Board of Trade, who is en-
gaged to marry one of the most
fancinating twenty-year-oldi but-
terflies. The h. r. but i, p. young
man does not propose to load
himself up with a mere fashion-
plate, however, aud, at the. sug-
gestion of his mother, resolved
to discover whether or not liis
girl would be of any account in
case h« suddenly found himself
several thousand bushels short
in a kiting market. So indited
this: v.v;
' Can my darling wash the dishesy . '
Can she scrub the kltehcii floor t '
Will she keep on'mending stockings
When slic lieiirs tiie baby rour?
Doe's her nose detect biid butter,
•Willi which grocery s'torcK aboiind ?
: Tell ine, darling, do your shoe-strings
Make a half-hitch, or gp riMmd?
If tlie answer is satisfactory
society circles wil 1 soon; be elec-
trified by the announcement of
the approaching tiuptials.—6Vt/-
cago Tribune.
Testing the Audlphone.
At the Indiana institute for
deaf mutes,: at Indianapolis,
there took place a most interest-
ing experiment. This was a
test of the ne w audi phone, con -
veying sounds to the auditory
nerve through the medium of
the teeth. A class of gills from
twelve . to eighteen years old
were provided with, audiphones,
and a cabinet organ was
brought in use for. the. first time
from sight. A Pawnee Indian
out oli the war path might have
suspected "old hat" hidden
there, but no' white man ever
could. When his work was
done the poor orphan walked
away about half a block and pat
down in front of a house. The
frosty air had j ust commenced
to make his teeth click-together
when a milk man drove up a nd
rang his bell. After he had de-
livered the milk lie noticed the
boy and asked :
"Bub, why are yon- sitting
here in the polit ?"
'Tin waiting to See tlie rats
come out from under that pile of
leaves," replied the boy.
. "Rats utidfcr the leaves ?
Well, I'll fetch'em out mighty
•quick.!"' ■
He seized the reins, gave t'i«
horse a ttrf and Insatleil
him for- the; rats' nest. The
wagon Struck the heap, rose up,
and the next instant lay broad-
side on the pavement, while milk
jumped in all. directions. The
driyer scrambled up, caught the
horse and then looked around
for the orphan. No bile was in
gitflit. If he could have seen
around a comer and down an
alley he woul d have seen a boy
crawling through a hole in the
fence, but lie couldn't have
caught him—not by a jug full.—
Detroit Fi ee Press.
■ An Anti-Fat Spring.
While surveying in tlie moun-
tains northeast of Auah,eini last,
year Major William P. Rey-
nolds encountered a man who
had worked for hiiu in former
years. He failed to recoghise
him,.however, until the stranger
explained who he was. He was
then a man of about 200 pounds.
weight, whereas he.weighed 340
oioug,H use ,or Iiie. iiisx lime 1 ponnd9 when ill the major's em-
in the history of the institution.| ,oy ;rhe 8Ctet of his reduced
A bright pni of ten or twelve jaizy was freely giVertv A short
years was the first to whom the, jj„ianCH Up the mountain was
test was applied. She had not.a tUe waler8 of wbich
heard her own voice or distin-1coutained some mineral anti-fat
guished any sound for a number | )el.tie9> Did the major want
of years, says the'Journul, and t(, lose some of the superfluous
flesh, wljich encumbered him '.
He did. He. drank tlie water,,
and in ten days his weight had
been .reduced .twenty - live
was regarded as stone deaf aud
speechless. She had not listen-
ed. more than a minute when,
her features lighteiied lip with a
"Well, what I was going toifmile t),ut |old "hole story. pOUIl(is> ne contintied drink-
say was this: In case I do getu;l^7^: °^r^Iwul^ until fr(,m 210
verdict I'd like to have tlieni i Wl,jl. e? a ,; he was reduced to 170 pounds,
give it in my wife's naine, us | ,M lStl-hs"18 *"",e .80und' u"f i his present weight. This was
I'm somewhat in debt and don't I '"08t 1 '10NVin= t,ie ',f* i atcomplished without any vio
want to be garnlslieed."-iW;o/7 j 8"l*l|ds of the scale, bev- |eJlt action 0n the part Of the
Fret Press ;eral deaf mutes also noticed the
Professor Tice says we are to j .
have a grand meteoric shower and lias done all lie could toad
on tlie night of the 27th inst,
also on the nights of December
7 arid 8. the first being much
brighter than either of the other
two. He said there would be a
grand display of fireworks in
the upper regions on the night
of the 13th, but only one man in
this neck of woods witnessed it
;ini lie lives at Albany.
vance the wealth and resources
of the nation. To-day, i ho for-,
nier has more than #2.000, and
the latter's farm is sold for
taxes at less than a • bird or
half of '.lie original amount paid
for it. Surely God helps him
who helps himself, and thus are
the deserving rewarded.—Snifi-
ml
. water. Major Reynolds will
difference between letters ot the., wtt,er from the spring
About Women of Twenty-rive, i alphabet. Only one, all adult ■^p^'forwii-rd-U- to tlie Sniithson-
The mail who meets and loves whose auditory nerves seemed' ju|1 ihstitilte at Washington lor
the wom'an . of twenty-five is, to be duiie destroyed, failed to:u|ia|vajs spring is about
truly fortunate, and she is , hear at all. A young huly who | sixte(M1 nii|t,s from Anaheim,
equally as fortunate in meet ing had not tat tered art in telligible j ((J|8j|v yireessible, a t,d if at,ai v-
and loving him, says a writer word since she was qui«e ^^tabiishes the liicL that there
in a feminine journal. At that young, was induced to. speak.(i(J■.•'htitJiiug to be apprehended
age she se) bom deceives. She: She was listening with the aid.. j',.oni using I lie water, niany
may licit have, she is not likejy ! of the audiphoiie, to othei-f talk- uiKiSti j.eis'ui.s will avail tlieni
to have then, her first sentiment- ing, but wIhmi' asked to say t j,.. oppouuiiity t« fy
ill experience; but such expe-, something herself, was very le-
rience at such an age is more luc'.aut. Kventually, Iinvever,
thati sentimental and rarely she Was induced to make the
ever lleeting. She looks back effort, and spoke quile low, be
at the youths she imagin- ing nervous and alVaitl to talk
nature's remedy.
I Cut. I tiilC'.'/ff.
. 1 luthcii,
die was eiraili'T'-l (>t !"ivl, she heard !l"l' HWII' v..iee
(jueen Viettiiia's income last
year was only two million and
15ftv llioiisand dollars.
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