Fort Griffin Echo (Fort Griffin, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 22, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 11, 1881 Page: 1 of 4
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VOL. 3.
FORT GRIFFIN ECHO.
Orpicie of Publication : North Hihk Ukikkin A vkmvb. Kkterbu at tub I'ostofkick as Second Clam Matter.
. FORT GRIFFIN, SHACKELFORD COUNTY, TEXAS, SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 1881.
NO. 22.
S THE ECHO JOB OFFICE
i« supplied with new lype and cUinic. t
have
The Best Press inthe Country.
Our urlws for Job Work arc as low us
any country olllcc oan work for ami live.
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mofessiosa/..
J. N. BROWNING,
Attorney at Lawy
Mobeetie, Wheeler County, Texas.
Ru ine*s lu auy purt of the Panhandle
of Texas < tr*i te(l to inc, will receive
prompt attention.
J. I. ITEEL,
Justice of the Peace
—AN —
EX-OFFICIO NOTARY PUBLIC!.
Fort flrlflta. " ' - Tew*.
A.A.CLARKE,
lawyer and land agent
Albany, Texas.
Has for sale oyer a quarter of a million
of acrcs of fine land belonging to the
Franco-Texan Land Company.
SEBASTIAN & WEBB,
Attorneys at Law,
AND . '
REAL ESTATE AGENTS,
Breckenrldge, Stephens Co., Texas. .
Will practice In all the courts of Ste-
pbini, Shackelford and adjoining counties,
and In the Supreme and Appellate courts.
Special attention given to land and col-
lections.
W.H.POWEI.I,
Physician, and Surgeon.
FORT GRIFFIN, TEXAS.
Will respond to professional calls from
town or oountry, day or night n 2
OEO. W. KOBMN.
tf. S. COMMISSIONER,
IX'AMDrOBTHK
MMrmmtir district of .texas.
f^Frlffln, Shackelford Co., Te*.
JOSEPH H BROWN,
Wholesale Grocer*
Fort Worth, Texas.
/. M. BR ANN AH, Traveling Salesman.
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KBBCHAKT8 EX€H*S«E
SALOON AND RESTAURANT,
(First Street, bet. Main and Houston.)
FORT WORTH, - K-, .TEXAS.
The very best of everything can be
^JOHN'HOFFMAN,
Proprietor.
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J. G. KENAN & CO.
DRUCCISTS,
FORT GRIFFIN. - * TEXAS.
Keep constantly on hand a complete
iSuGl^AND PATENT MEDICINES.
Faints.
Oils,
Brushes.
Toilet
Articles, ete.
.Ihfescriptiops carefully compounded at
all hours, day or ntfflit. v3nl
CKARLET'*
RESTAURANT.
East Side Main Street.
EVERYTHING NEW, NEAT AND
■ .J ■ ■ . CLEAN.
MEALS TWENTY-FIVE CTS.
The table supplied wltf the best the
market affords.
tint CHARLEY IIARTFIELD.
CHANGED HANDS.
The well known Blacksmith and Wag-
on Shop of J. M Cupp & Bro., wHl from
date be conducted by J. L. i )|<'rPIa"?
Allen Cupp, under the style ot J. i.
Thorp* Co. u—
This is the only *hop in Orlflln keep-
ing a full supply of Iron and Wagon
Timber*. Tire Slinnker. Csreftil atun-
tlAp will be given to all work entrusted
nl7mJ J. L. THORP * CO.
LUMBER
AT
■ASTLAND, TEX.
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All k«nd« and plenty ef It.
Aleo SHINGLES.
KOOlto, WINDOWS.
' MOULDING, PAINTS,
: *"LIME, FENCE WIRE, «<"•
t/ST< all or send y ur order*.
.r H. AVimfum.VN
BRING YOUR
JOB WORK
TO THE
EOHO OFFICE.
MO
'JIM CROW"
WORK
AT THIS SBQP.
OS1"
HACK LINE
TO
GRAHAM.
BENT KBAMER
Is mnning a Mall and Hack Una be-
tween Fort Griffin and Graham, arriving
at Fort Griffin Friday evening and leaving
Saturday morning. Close connections u
Graham for Jacksboro and the east.
Round trip ticket $0.
HUNTER, EVANS & CO..
live stock
COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
NATIONAL 8T0GK YARDS,
East St. Louis. Illinois.
Cash advances made on consignments.
Correspondence solicited and market re-
ports furnished on application to
WM. HUNTER, Gen'lAftt.
Fort Worth.
Texas.
GRAHAM CITY
Steam Flouring Mill and Cot'
ton Gin.
A. B. McLOUD. Proprietor,
FLOUR, MEAL, FEED., ETC.
FOR HALE.
grinds every day
ash paid for Grain
The Looal Value ef Fame.
1 I>AVT!> T.AFTiTtrnr * sow*, rMM-'ptiU, r<
TVIcksburg, (Miss.) Herald.]
A young friend of ours, who
is tl © duly accredited agent for
the sale of Jefferson Davis'
book in one of tbe northern
counties of the State, reports
the following dialogue between
himself and a "hard customer"
that he tackled while canvas-
ing the aforesaid county :
Agent—Good morning Mr.
Jones. You have been recora
mended to me as an enlighten-
ed citizen of this great and
prosperous country—as one
likely to subscribe for a copy
of this elegently bound book,
containing a large number of
steel plate engravings, giving a
history of our great struggle to
throw off the yoke of oppress
ion—in which struggle you no
doubt took a very active and
conspicuous part. Every word
of it is written or dictated by
our much beloved and venerat-
ed chieftain—the great and
good man, Jefferson Davis. The
price, sir, is only——
Hard Cu^toitoer—Why, how
could he write a book t I thot
he was kilt Juring the wah t
It is ^unnecessary to Say that
the highly enlightened citizen
failed to subscribe.—Jackson
Comet.
• This reminds us of a good
story Judge Wily P. Harris
used to tell on himself. When
in Congress he wad the only
member from Mississippi who
voted against the Kansas-Ne-
braska bill. He came home,
and believing like most Con-
gressmen, that the eyes of
the whole £ country were
on him and his votes, he was a
little uneasy, as to how he would
be received by his constituents.
He returned on circuit court
day and the first man he met
was a prominent local politi-
cian and a leader in his beat.
The Judge approached him
timidly and shook hands. The
local leader was delighted to
meet him. "Why, I'm power-
ful glad to see you; where have
you been ail this time!" I'm
in Congress, you know, and I
have been in Washington,"said
the Judge. "Why, have you?"
replied the local; "I missed
you from here, but I thought
you had gone to Texas and was
on the Guadalupe along o' your
Uncle Buck."
Why It Paye te Read.
One's physical frame—his
body, his jmuscles, 'his feet, his
bands—is only a living machine.
It is his mind, controlling and
directing that machine, that
gives it .power and efficacy.
The successful use of the body
depends wholly upon the mind
—upon Its ability to direct the
will. If one ties his arm in a
sling it becomes weak, and fi-
nally powerless. Keep it in
active exercise and it acquires
vigor and strength, and is disci-
plined to use this strength an
desired, just as one's mind by
active exercise in thinking,
reasoning, studying, observing,
acquiies vigor, strungtb, power
of concentration and direction.
Plainly, then, the man who ex-
ercises his mind in reading and
thinking gives it greater power
and; efficiency, and greater abil-
ity to direct the efforts of the
physical frame, bis work, to
better results than he can who
merely or mainly uses his mus-
cles.
• A Cleveland Presbyterian
pastor Jhas been arraigned be-
fore his presbytery for sending
his fnniilv f. tli* nt.-rs ;iri<l bulls.
I cot 'Huff Mlt Suoh Feellehneee.
It is pleasant to become a
parent; twice as pleasant, per-
haps, to be blessed with twins;
but when it comes to triplets,
we are a little dubious. Now,
there dwells in Jefferson coun-
ty, Wisconsin, a worthy Ger-
man, who a few years ago was
presented by his wife with
a son. Hans said to her :
"Katrine, dot is goot."
A couple of years later tbe
good woman placed before his
astonished gaze a bouncing
pair of twins.
"Veil," said Hans, "dot vas
better ash de oder time; I
drinks more as den glasses
beer on dot."
But the good woman next
time gave birth to triplets, and
that made him "spoke mit his
mouth shust a liddle."
"Mine Golt, Katrine I vat ish
der matter on yon t Petter
you sthop dis pizness fore der
come more a6h a village full.
I got nuff mit such foolishness."
No later returns have been
received.
That period of woman's exist-
enee when she can take up her
dust pan, scrub brash, insect
powder can; do her head up in
a last year's towel, roll her
sleeves up to the elbow, elevate
the carpets, and give the men
"Rail Columbia" and cold
meals, and clean up tbe house,
is now upon us, and she may
Want to do a job of whitewash-
ing, too, aside from the general
cleaning. If so, the following
recipe for making the wash will
be found valuable: "White
chalk is the best substitute for
lime as a wash. A veiy fine
and brilliant whitewash prep-
aration of chalk is called "Par-
is White." This We buy at the
paint stores for three cents a
pound retail. For each sixteen
ponnds of Paris White we pro-
cure half a pound of the white
transparent glue, costing only
twenty-five cents. The sixteen
pounds of Paris White is about
as much as a person will use in
a day. It is prepared as fol-
lows : The glue is covered with
cold water at night, and in the
morning is carefully heated,
without scorching until dissolv-
ed. The Paris White is stirred
in with hot water, enough to
give it the proper milky con-
sistency for applying to the
walls, and the dissolved glue is
then added and strongly mix-
ed. It is then applied with a
brush like the common lime
whitewash. Except on very
dark and smoky walls and
ceilings, a single coat is suffi-
cient. It is nearly equal in
brilliancy to ^"Zinc White," a
far more expensive article.
Monatroaltlea.
"I object, youi honor, to this
witness' testimony." "Upon
what ground t" said the judge.
"My point is, your honor, that
evidence from a person occupy-
ing the professional position of
the witness is unreliable."
"What did I understand the
witness to say his profession
was ?" asked the judge. "Wash-
ington correspondent of a New
York daily paper," was the re-
ply. "Ah!" said the judge,
"the point is well taken ; the
court sustains your objection,
Mr. Cokestone.— Commercial
Bulletin.
"IIow may Christians stop
intemperance ?" is one of the
chief topics of discussion an-
nounced for the National Tem-
perance Convention which is to
meet at Saratoga on the 21st of
.1 ii it
Two specimens of lusus na-
ture are on exhibition at F.
Fendrich's tobacco house, cor-
ner Maine and Lamar -streets.
One is a kitten with two dis-
tinct bodies, eight legs and one
head. The bodies are joined
together at the head and shoul-
ders. Tbe other is a chicken
with two distinct bodies, four
legs. The double bodies are
united at the neck and breast.
These two specimens are pre-
served by alcohol in bottles,
and can be seen by calling at
Mr. Fendrich's store.—Ballot
Gaxette. *
> > *
A Chicago man who had bro-
ken. down bis constitution by
speculating in grain margins,
concluded to repair his health
by a European trip. He "did"
Europe in a couple of weeks,
then went to the Holy Land.
He came to the sea of Galilee,
and hailed a solitary ferryman
to take him across. He was an
old man. aa Arab sheik, bent
nearly double by the weight of
years, and he pulled a very
slow oar, painfully. "How
long have you been running
this ferry f" inquired the travel-
er. No answer. The old man
was very deaf. The question
was repeated in a shriek like a
calliope.
The old mau answered, "How
long!" Weil, mebbe a 1-e-etle
over fifty year."
"And who had it before you!"
"My father."
"How long did he^ run it!"
"More'n forty year."
"And who before him!"
"My grandfather."
"How long has this dog-goned
monopoly been in your family!"
"More than three thousand
years," replied the venerable
ferryman.
"That accounts for it," said
the Chicago man. Its clear
enough now. I dont wonder
that Jesus walked over."
An admiring lather: There
was joy on the farm when Ben,
the oldest boy, came back from
college in his sophomore year,
and the village was proud of
him. "Cheese it cully," he said
when he met an old friend, the
son of a neighbor who joined
farms with his father; "cheese
it cully ; shove us your flipper,
clench daddies, pardy. How's
his nibs, and what's tbe new
racket?" And bis proud old
father said: "It was just worth
more'n twice the money to hear
Ben rattle off the Greek Just
like a livin' language.—Shrete-
port Times.
Don Quixote was the first no-
table book that Simon Cameron
read when a boy. "I remember
very well," says he,'"that J
thought it was either a great
history or a great lie. Of
course I saw the satire in it,
but I was firmly settled on one
point—that had . I been Don
Quixote, Sancho Panza would
have died within a week, and if
An experiment made in tbe
port of Kiel proves that heavy
weights may be readily lifted
from the bottom of the sea by
means of a balloon. The bal-
loon is made of canvas and
metal plates, with an attached
cistern containing carbonic
acid gas comt>ressed to a liquid
state. When made fast to a
sunken object, the communica-
tion between the'cistern an the
balloon is opened; inflation
takes place; the sunken vessel,
or whatever else it may be, is
lifted, and can be towed away
at pleasure. In the experiment
at Kiel, an anchor-stone weigh-
ing fifteen tons was thus lifted
from a depth of thirty-two feet.
The lifting power of a balloon
ten feet in diameter is said to
be more than a hundred tons.
Chowder.
This dish is always made in
a deep iron pot. Cut six ounc-
es of pickled pork into dice.
Put it, with two large onions '
sliced, into the pot; fry till the
onions begin to brown ; remove
the pork and onions. Slice five
or six medium sized potatoes
and three pounds of fresh or
other firm fish. Put into the
pot a layer of potatoes, then
one of fish, seasoning each lay-
eras you proceed with a sprink-
ling of the fried onions and
pork, a few soup herbs, pepper
and salt. Pour on cold water
enough to barely cover the
whole, and boil twenty minutes;
and then add three large ship-
biscuits soaked in milk, also
half a pint of hot milk. As
soon as it boils again remove
it from the fire and serve at
ouce.
A house painter who is at
work on a scaffolding three
stories from the ground falls
from it upon the sidewalk,
where he lies limu and appa-
rently lifeless. A crowd of be-
ne valent folks surround him
till his pulse leturn and his eye-
balls begin to flutter, when a
good Samaritan places a glass
of water to his lips. The suffer-
er (feebly)—How many stories
has a fellow got to fall in this
ward before lie gets brandy,
durn you I— Paris Paper.
Oan You See the "Catoh" In rhie.
The following is a barefaced
story of how a Dublin chamber-
maid got twelve commercial
travelers in eleven bedrooms :
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"Now," says she, "if two of
you gentlemen will go into No.
1 bedroom and wait there a few
minutes, I'll find a spare room
for one of you, as soon as I have
shown the others to their
rooms." Well, now having be-
stowed two gentlemen in No. 1,
she put the third in No. 2, the
fourth in No. 3. the fifth in No.
4. tbe sixth in No. 5, the seventh
in No. 6, the eighth in No. 7,
the niuth in No. 8, the tenth in
No. 9, the eleventh in No. 10.
She then came back to No. 1,
where you will remember she
had left the twelfth gentleman
along with the first, and said :
I had been Sancbo Panza I
would not have Berved sUoh a j "I've now accommodated all th.
fool as Don Quixote." I rest, and still have a louin to
1,1 'spare; so if one of ymi will
Moon In Ecllpae. • please step into No. 11 Von will
A total eclipse of the moon,,find it empty." Tim* (In-
visible in North America and j twelfth man gut hi." Iu'dmnm.
other countries will occur Jnne'of course there'is a hole in Mu-
ll tb, Washington time. Moon j sauce pan somewhere: but we
enters penumbra 11th. 11:7 p. leave the reader to determine
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Fort Griffin Echo (Fort Griffin, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 22, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 11, 1881, newspaper, June 11, 1881; Fort Griffin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth233167/m1/1/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.