Fort Griffin Echo (Fort Griffin, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 4, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 5, 1881 Page: 1 of 4
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THE FORT GRIFFIN ECHO.I
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VOL. 3.
PORT GRIFFIN, SHACKELFORD COUNTY, TEXAS, SATURDAY, FEB. 5, 1881.
Nd. 4'.
' THE ECHO JOE OFKGIi
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The Best Press in the Country.
Our prices for Job Work arc ns Iot.- vt
any wiuntry offltv can work lor uiid Ii\ e
6
■ PROFESSIONAL..
J. W. BBOWSISG,
ATTQHHET AT LAW.
FOBT ttRIFFlX,
* Justics of the P&acG
—AND— ^ ;V
XX-OFFICIO NOTARY PUBLIC.
r«H 0rifla^ / " . *«*• •
A. A. CLARKE,
Bu for ttli oV# arqpartero'r a'mUlion
^ of aeres of fin* land belonging to the
n ,^,1 comply.
Franoo-Te
Attw#attiw
ahMk«if«rd «*u<r. *•*«
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A TERRIBLE CHRISTMAS.
How
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the Confederates Passed
Christmas Day, 1804.
Stephen* Co., Taxaa
Pi
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In all tl"
•nil'
mvvr.l.
<iiifflnkccp4
.and 'Wajron-
Carelul Utten-
wurk entnptwl
W: *. L.
H.BROWN,
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Christmas day, 1864, was the
Confederate Christinas par ex-
cellence. Outside supplies of
all kinds had disappeared, and
whatever comforts were provid-
ed were/of home manufacture.
The Contederate dollar was
now worth jifst two' cents in
gold, and-flour was worth just
$600 a barrel ; sugar $30 a
pound ; eatlt $1; butter $40;
and beef $40. Wood sold at
$100 a cord, aftd coal was not to
be bad save in a few of. the,
cities, owing to 'scorcity of
transportation.' The day was
Sunday, which of. itself was
enough to have tempered the
osaai merriment. At a country
below Richmond,
ia, and not very far from
:.^f the contending
,V*pajctF of seven ladies
¥ ..^j|[entlenlen all the
rictest Southern sense of the
.were attsembledat dinner,
mansion had,been proverb-
'Or its hospitality during the
now the .welcome was as
•cordial as. ever, ;, but the board
was spreatTin accordance with
the necessities' of the time. At
the head of the table was'placed
# large linmj wprtb $800, afcibe
-.. , ^ worth $175.
The' vegetables consisted ot a
potatoes
at the least calculation
$100.; Corn bread was served,
n in
se for months.
bushe
none.
.de.*as
eSert,
la in its'
.hostess provided^
"" Molasses, wc
treat for)*?* go
brbu^ht oat. a; glo
pride, a steaming urn' of t*
not sus3afras-r worth ' $lf
oand.Ut the same time
Col. Burigstartor*s Crlef.
'I never,', said Colonel Bung-/
starter, of;,y$rgiuia, 'realised
the mournful change which lial
come over ohj^ national politics
until now.' y ,
^ Arm in arm with Major Cot-
tonbottom, he was* leaving the
Secretary's reception room,
wheie his roving eye had con-
centrated itself for many min-
utes on the Secretary's tightly
closed sideboard, while his
nostt, stiU keen on. such a sceuty ja$ion, and very n^any sensible
The Temperance Question.
< 1 . *
Now that our legislature i«
in session and grappling with
the liquor, law, we think the
following communication from
a saloon man to the Indianapo-
lis L'eviey) worthy the attention
of our law makers:
"The temperance question
just now seems to be giving our
politicians and whiskey men a
great deal \of anxiety; both
agree that no piactical good
can.be accomplished by legis
sniffed the bouquet quaffed by
the foreign embassador as'it.
lingered in the air.; - r , f-A
'In (he good oJ,d times before
the wax,' continued. Col. Bung-
starter, 'the hospitable open
bottle on New Yeatfs .was to be
found in eveiy cabiaet member's
reception room. It was alway
open.. It was: always All
With the delicacy which eh^
acterized the: a&Qlal hospit
of those days; ttoy did not
an occasion, like this even ,
the *isk of conveying < an «
tentional hint by pntting in,
cork. - No, the New Ye
whiskey bottle of Bachanan'i
administration was oOrkless. tIt
was free alike to repablican'or
democrat, friend or foe.
* 'I was never before so treated
ton a Washington New Year's
day,* continued the ^ Colonel.
'Treated ? Wi^ak a; mockeiy l
Yreated t >t is a reBnlt I have
tpng foreseen—long expected.
It's this cold,Northern influence,
Yes, it's the politico-social cold
wave down on us, Below serp f
dered. ^Lemonade ar the White
House table. But we oonld
stand that. We- knew what to
We were prepared for,
Hayes is a humane
a She. would not tantal-
^ipwtog A scentof
^ )Dt>s'flfi to ban«i tt^0tt the gti.
ut this man, sir! This, flg-
of a man! This pieioe of
parchmept!—opens his
pggne to the bedizened
lissarifs from foreign courts,
company tha
pect but.onedapapieci
was the larft of her and denies plain whiskey to us,
this. .there was ^ "Sj sir t to us !—the representatives
nn . vt. tm
$AU)0N AND RESTAURANT,
, bet. Main and lIoi|sfonN.)
TEXAS.
miJ:
can be
CHABLET'H
RESTAURANT.
KVEEYTH1NO. N^W, NEAT
CtiKAN. .
The'table «np[>lled with the bait the
market affords." '
vl^iv CHAltLEY HARTFIELP.
FOBT GRHPPUT, TEXAS.
Kmp constantly en hand a complete
nBDortment «f v \
DRUOS AND PATENT JBEDICINK8,
tJ ■ /;■
•' - v on*,
Brunlioe.
Toilet
• Article*,etc.
• Prescriptions carefully compounded it.
nil hours, day or nlglit. vjnl
MULHALL & SCAtlNG,,-
L1VE STOCK p
COMMISSION MERCltAl
For the sale of faille, llogs and
NATIONAL STOCK YABD'S. «?
East St IyOiils, ill. , ( ' y
Pircc t communication by .tck^rnpli 'n
tiu> yards.
was
weet potatoes
its Such yv |
Christmas
| .*ew of .the
s'siyinrb tepast.
m
tions-4s 1)16 of ^alt porkj
bread a d vwept Jpotato
without sugar. ^Phe oomp,
Consisted of (three ladies
four gentlemen. The * lai
, the writer cannot venture*
ti>3^^Scribei , -but,, they were
largely made, ifp of "home
madH, articles in the fash:
prevailing at the com me
ment of the #dr. The tr<
of one Wefe fastened with
federate hair-pins, made
long black thorns, with
heads tipped with sealing
and the dresS was Of simple
homeBpnn. ^
■j A newspaper commenting on
the fact that- A' farmer nearly
3 K.
do no snbscnbe. for a paper.
must expect to
now and then."1
be sucked ii
There aro mean men in the
A while ago a "liytng
world.
skeleton" in a«ircus—the thin-
^nest one ever known, he w0i|K-
got religion. And a society
educat«<l him fer'^a n.inister
and sent him as a mipaiotiury
to the Cannibal Islatnis. Iai-
agitiH (he disgust, of the Can
liibals.
standard- bearers of free-
ughout the world!
much!—too. much,
WVaWatWlHwd^
it." Cottonbottom; have iyouj
uarter iabout you! X on
wait'the decision on toy Wj
olaim to —to—; but there is
necessity for, m to speak
Ah Azteo Dwelling-
I Ailzopa Silver Bclt.l
Cave^tfeek, about
aboji^jffltfadsBki's fa
re is one of the fittest
least known ot the Aztec rui
■Originally, ic was three s
high, but only twa of them
main. It Is bnilt tinder ^thi
otflT, and of rock.'" The adpb<
ifiliify of the country was
for mortar, and it has ,bec<
exceedingly hard. There tfif
lost hi. lt by .WWng l .g?yDi.toi. briek "ow.lj.
qnagmlM.v rfd. i -'Men j,h ^° ^
mdo, who are in neither the
whiskey .or political business,
a^ree with ihem. Well, I am
making my living out of the
whiskey traffic, and yet I be-
lieve onr legislature can* do
practical good to the temper-
anctr cause by enacting a ten
line amendment prohibiting,
sales' of liqnoris behind
in ted windows or screens of
kihd, behind wbioh boys
pionsv frauds can hide and
e, Mgki obtaining entrance
convenient side or
:dl * '
jkey selling, under cer-
restrictiotta is legal, and if
it is also honorable, why should
it not be conducted as1 openly
as Celling dry goods, and gro-
ceries f If our Solon^ will take
trouble to consult our police
authorities they will learn that
the < pointed windows and
screens of the saloons, sample
rodms, billiard parlors, and va-
riety theaters furnish just qo
many places for thieves, gamb-
lers, burglars, and
men to'hidA; and o<^
'plans for fresh asaaaimipou
society. ' I do not wlsft Jt'o be
understood as saying\that Bil
whiskey sellsrs are in league
witb that' class of men, for I
know' many Who are upright,
reputable men, t^ut their houses
are c^e.n to the V public, and
0 qnestions when a
patty of toen potne in, occupy a
table, call for drinks and pay
for them. Take down, i
screens, rub pff the paio^ le^
the light, and. scatter the'
pin, for in proportion nsf
essen the number of reso;
Cattle, society reaps
■.benefit." 1 ' 'f.
Kissing and Tellina of It.
XPIillnrielphia Times. | - ~
When the wrong man kisses
the right woman or the right
man kisses the wroug woman—
and both sometimes happens—
it does not always follow that
there is a disturbance about it.
The world can never know how
much unauthorized kissing has
been done, and forgotten and
forgiven. In the naturally wild
and audacious career 6f the
human kind there is a great
deal of thut sort of busiuee^
and it is just as well that it is
not dragged before the public
on every occasion. If that were
always done it would be very
discouraging to a reasonably
delightful pastime, Which more
or less concerns everybody!
Many of the cares and trials of
this world find relief in a kiss ;
it.ii* a very little thi^g, uncom-
monly sweet for its - size, and
one of the few luxuries of this
world which well organised
people never get too much of.
Nobody tyho. understands even
the^ rudiments of kissing dis-
dains, its practice, and those
;who have beeu so fortunate as
to reach Something of the sci-
ence of the tiling are not easily
restrained in ''their pursuit of
supreme liappiness. A kiss
doesn't cost anything,1 and it's B
pretty small matter u> mak.e a
disturbance about, and caost^
people will, endure a ipreat deall
of kissing without getting , an-
gry aboqtit and regarding it as
a misfortune to make public
oomplaipt. Now and then,how-
eT«r;-haman nature is put to an
awful test in this way, and hu
man nature breaks down, A-
man tnay not. be so partieuiar
about pit (ting his^ kisses where
they will do the most good;
tiie '<%ief aim' of man is to get
1 the, kiss, and he is irequently
too haSty and reckleBS about it.
But a woman is apt tft.be a lit
tie; ibore considerate in' her
' eqces. -
k '!
_„-_softhe primitive masons
are as ulainly visible as if the
work had been done a few days
ago. ^Digging down thrd;trgb
the debris on the floor, sRiall
ears of corn were found, hitving]
kernels about the saitie j$ji*
and shape as Egyptian oorn.
No part of the world outside of
those countries which hgve re-
ligious or classical associations
connected with them, present
bo interesting a Held for arch®1
ogiral research ns Arizona^:
raetitlsh Live Stock Del
}■ -, i Tib '• ■ ' . ' \
fPitsbiir^li, Pa., Stockman j
he Jew is the live stock deat
f the day, especially in the'
'tie traffic. ' His operations in
b and sjieep are qui te e:
slve, but ih handling cat)
Is perfectly at home. Ff
side of the trade haye an
of the magnitude of t!
elitish element in thegr$$f|
Te industry. Jews are jwe'
easiest cattle men in the c^ttn
, and far outstrip any d|ner
ionaltty in what seems to'.-be.
ir favorite field. Ther
paratively few of theffi>lp
gloving business, 'but from
wholesale market through
ery subsequent branch of the
ide their powei Is felt every
Where. As wholesale shippers,
retailers, as exporters, their
operations cover the widest
rangeB known in the traffic.
Their proverbial sagacity.-their
tireless industry, and their
thoroughness in evefy detail of
th« tiusiness everywhere give
them the ascendancy, and the
Entile dealer who would <Hftpe
Vitli them successfully has no
task in hand. V. -
■r' m
>, Jhrftes . grows greenest o*er
the grave of the man who al-
ways subscribed and paid' tor
his home newspaper.
sago, In PeKaibcounty,
r.m n / who, on election
ng, was undecided wheth-
go to mill or ,the |ioHs,
ally lie decided fooiieJ|ht-
He voted the ileinocratic.
and a democratic tneiu-
of tlie legislature in his
puict was elected i y one uia?
That legislature elected
UnitedfStates.Senator, and by
vote
one member, from
t district, Mr. Hanagan °w|«
ps'en. Mr. Hanagan took his
and was president of the
pte pro tein when the vote
S;taketi on the annexation of
TexniT\tjC>,t tile fio«r theyoie
was A'tie, and Mr. HanaganfS
Wting vote ~decid*5 the qnes-
o'n 'in favor of annexation,
floh-brought on the Mexican
war. Which shaped the aubae-
quent'hlstot-y of our country.—
Be.
.... "All thingH in time to love
surrender," says the Philadel-
phia Item. And still armies
will probably keep right on
fighting with powder and ball,
whereas if each soldier were
supplied with a ]>eck of love
the ■enemy could perhaps be
scooped with very little trouble.
—Rome Sent inel.
fr^Slii American climate is fav-
Orable to longevity. It. is llf
teen years since the war closed,
and then- nie more Colonels
alive today that there were
then.
And now again it is said "on
the best authority"that Garlield
does not himself yet know who
will constitute his cabinet, but
that he has able views as to
who will not.
~ Little Jimmy is laid up with
the measles and suffers a great
deal; but when he was aspect
how he liked the measles, he
brightened up and exclaimed :
•.♦'Bile doctor says I can't go to
School for a week. That's how
I like it.1'
>• • —•yw -em m — • <- :
A young wife lately lost her
jhnsband, who was about seven-
ty yeara old. "But how did
you ever happen to marry a
mau of that agel" asked one of
her friends. "Why," said the
widow, "you see I only had the
choice between two old i&ui,
and of course I took ther«ldeOT.
• y'V* ')-
Some fellow has discovered
that there are 33,5^.5. ways of
'spelling pci^sors. If he had1
been correcting manuscript for
oj .newspaper he« would'jbave
discovered that there were
about 099,000 toys of spelilug
every word iii (the English
language.;'&eybm*iUeJ?eraXd.
- -rr-—
The Nevada legislatare has
eleoted Miss '^ittnell a xl^rk of
that .body. Thr. Judge before
administering^he oath, assuredv
lier that she not "bold the
Office if she -1^/id since the
adoption of the constitution of
Nevada, fought^a dnel, acted as
secondfora diiel^or carried a
challenge to fig^bt a duel. She
WgnMiM^fttJ^il^t viola-
ted ' these provisions, Ana was
then swojru ^/anppqrt the con-
stitotion |in^ laws, net to bear
arms, agkinjfcber conn try and'
to pay no «ten t ion to the Jaws
Of ,erher Sj^tes when be^>fctop-
pened to conflictt with Aese of
herefws .S^ite.
Certain UQscrnpnlons Havana
cigar maters,'fan?*;for some
ii giving l^rge
paper factory Hi "
late for a peculiar
r paper. The Ha:
xughly soak this
Elation of refuse
years past
orders to-
New York S
kind of eUfajj
vane8e thor<
pji|wr it? a
tobacco boiled in water, and
then press it 4li .'i stamp con1
'Sreucted to give H the exact aD-
^arance of the finest,. tobacce
feaf. .Millions of cigars are
made of this bogus tobacco and
exported to America': and Uu-
rope. It is stated that'ihis to-
bacco leaf is so good an Imita-
tion of the real artiijie'as to defy
detection. The only- way oC
discovering the fraud is by
Weighing the cigars, the spuri-
ous being somewhat loghter
than the real. Tbe^profits made
by the rascally Havana mer- *
chants are enormous, as the
first cost of these paper cigars
is next to nothing.
^ They Know Him.
The halves ton darkies read
the papers a great deal more
than one would suppose. Yes-
terday Tom Bnckner. who keeps
a colored saloon, applied to the
county clerk for a marriage
license. That-official, thinkiug
tojoko the applicant, said he
could not issue the license un-
less Tom gave a $500 bond not
to apply for a divorce for a
whole year.
Tom hiughed and said:
'•I kin gib de bond, bnturn
jTou must ^ib a bond to k. ^
diii Reaicue Conklin off Galves-
ton island, or dar will beti' u
ble, Huah."— Galveston Kcmr.
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