[Newspaper Clipping: Twenty-Five Years Ago in Hamilton, April 15, 1910] Part: 1 of 2

                                
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS
AGO IN HAMILTON
Items from    the  Herald   of
April 15, 1885.
[At the request of many of our readers
we are resuming the publication of
local and general news items that
appeared in the colums of this paper
over a quarter of a century ago.]
County Directory --District Judge,
Hon. T. L. Nugent; District Clerk T. H.
Deen; District Attorney, Geo. P. Miller,
County Judge. C. W. Cotton; County
Clerk, T. C. Pierson; Sheriff, S. D.
Terry:  Treas.nrer. A. H. Watson;
Assessor, E. T. Gamble; Surveyor, D,
M. Hooks; Cattle and Hide Insp., J. T.
Land. County Commissioners - Dis-
tric No. 1, Simpson Loyd; No. 2, A. J.
Foster; No. 3, R. Stinnett; No. 4, J. P.
Grundy..........The Houston Chron-
icle and the Houston Evening Journal
have consolidated under the name of
the Houston Post..........After July
1st a two cent stamp will carry any
letter not weighing over one ounce, in-
stead of being limited to one-half ounce,
as heretofore..........on. John Steph-
ens, formely of Comanche and senator
from this district, is an applicant for
the office of  "grass commissioner"
under the new    lease law.......
Twenty-six miles of grade from Lam-
pasas towards Brownwood have been
completed by the G. C. & S. F. railway
company and the track-laying will soon
commence......... G. H. Goodson and
H. Douglas returned Monday night from
a trip to Waco.........on. J. P. Key
was in town last Wednesday and paid
the Herald office a pleasant call........
..A. E. Howsworth has new potatoes of
the size of a large marble. He tells us
he will have beans in bloom in a day or
two.........The skating rink craze, it
is to be hoped, has reached its culmi-
nating point. America has gone wild
over it. Isn't it time to change?......
....Last week the Herald stated that
Jeff Taylor was farming on the Cow-
house. We were mistaken. He is en-
gaged in roofing the new buildings now
going up in Hamilton..........Mrs.
Paullin, the mother of our friend and
subscriber, Lewis F. Paullin arrived
about April 5th to make her residence
with her son. She is from Macon, Ga.,
and seems to be pleased with her first
impressions  of Texas.........Ham-
ilton Cornet Band calls attention every
Monday and Wednesday nights to the
fact that it is still a reality, by giving a
general serenade from College Hill to
all the town and surrounding country.
It does this that no one can charge it
with being partial..........The next
session of the Presbytery for this dis-
trict will meet at Hamilton on the 23rd
inst. and remain in session several days.
Dr. Smoot, of Austin, chaplain of the
Senate, and Rev. R. L. Dabney, one of
the leading professors of the State Uni-
versity, together with a host of lesser
lights from all parts of the district,
will be in attendance. .......In the
late election of municipal officers at
Galveston the returns showed that
N. W. Cuney received only 21 votes.
Seventy-five legal voters have testified
under oath that they voted for Cuney.
The same may be said of Fulton, who
was defeated by Atkins, for mayor.
Stupendous frauds have been unearthed
and are being brought to light daily by
the investigation that is neing made.
.......... A pleasant entertainment Was
given by Miss Gard and her music class
at the music hall last Friday night.
We are not in the possession of the pro-
gramme and consequently cannot par-
ticularize without making unjust dis-
criminations, but can say that the
pupils showed much proficiency, both
in vocal and instrumental performance.
Solos and choruses, duets and choruses,
made up the greater part of the pro-
gramme, that was supplemented by a
recitation by Miss Gard of Willis'
poem    of   "Parrhasius  and   the
Captive." This was the first exhibition
of Miss Gard's skill as an elocutionist,
and was highly appreciated. She also
sang the old ballad '"Coming through
the Rye" with fine effect. A half hour
of social enjoyment at the close com-
pleted the  evening's entertainment.
We have just received the program of
the above entertainment, which we
give below: "Stop dat knockin," Song
and chorus by Irvin   Boynton and
others; "Convent Bells," Instrumental
solo by Miss Dellia Douglas; "Mother,
can this the glory be?" Vocal duett by
Misses  Marie   Loubens   and Irene

Gard; "Clochette Galop." Instrumential
duett by Misses Irene Perry and Donella
Crews; "Parrhasius the Captive," Rec-
itation by Miss Gard; "Over the Garden
Wall," Song and chorus by Wessie
Boynton and others; "Put me in my
little bed," Vocal duett by ~Misses Len-
nie Hearne and Lizzie Boynton and
others..........The Dallas Herald Aus-
tin correspondent brings out Col. Swain
as a candidate for governor to succeed
John Ireland.......... Brownwood held
a railroad meeting last week at which
Col. Gresham, the financial agent of the
Santa Fe R. R., proposed to build it
through the town of Brownwood for
a subsidy of $25,000, right of way and
depot grounds. The proposition was
accepted and a committee was appoint-
ed to solicit subscriptions.