The Watchman (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 48, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 1, 1871 Page: 1 of 6
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W. K. FOSTER,
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"PROPRIETOR
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QE®RGETOWN,
APRIL 1, M871. NO. 48.
The Georgetown Watchman,
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ihoh office has the largest variety of NEW STVlit^S
of type in any interior town in Texas—-material all
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out work in city stylej and invite all in need of
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lb Printing executed at this office on shortest
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Irfgttl Advertising.
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to pay the printer.
Thus, sappose the number of lines to be 65, atid
the number of publications 4 ; one-eight of 65 is
8 l-8th. Multiply 8 l-8th by 4, and the result is
$32|. the printer's fee.
Amounts must accompany copy except in case
of Sheriff sale?,- for Which amounts an account
Will bo opened with them fof payment after sale
is made.
Important Notice.
We call the attention of sheriffs, constable^ dis-
trict julges, district clerks* justices of the peace, ali
eoioiy officers aad administrators/ of parties making
either public or priVaM sale Under otder of Coflft* to
the clause in seefiofl 13, of the law, which says:
Kvmj advertisement aad publication in any other
paper than the one selected/ shall dating the term of
each legal selection be null and void for any legal
purpose.
Also to section 14 and 19 of wffl# law, which feSd.
BcotUa 14< That before any public or private sale,
lifci order of aay eouft, shall he had,- due notice of
mk Mb, with a full account Of description of the
piupcity to be sold, shaH be published ia the legal
advertising medium of the judicial district in Which
•aeh property shall be sold, for a period of four weeks,
one insertion «%ch week, immediately preceding snch
sale; and any offieer selling property of any kind
whatever* without advertising the same as required by
this section, shall t responsible for ail damages that
any party may sustain.
See. 15. That whenever it shall be established be:
fore any court of competent jurisdiction, that the
provisions of section 14, of this act, have not been
complied with, the party, or parties, purchasing the
property not properly advertised, shall forfeit the
•mount paid for snch property, and such property
shall revert to its former position as whan no 3 lc had
beca made.
Breeding Horses.
From the American S • ck Journal:
A friend asks our advice through the Journal in re-
gard to breeding horses tor different purposes. Now,
the question naturally arises What breed is beet calcu*
lated to serve All purposes'! I answer; a combi-
nation of different breeds, not too large nor too small
medium sized horses are capable of adopting them-
selves to such various purposes as farming, goiDg un-
der the saddle, or traveling on the road to carriage or
light wagon, better that large ones;
If you wish to breed £ne road or carriage horses
use trotting stallionGj on thorough-bred mares or thor«
ough-bred l oree3, or trotting mares. You need net
import stock from England, because as good blood can
be found in the State of Kentucky and in the counties
of Orange, Westchebter, New Yorkj as the Old World
can produce, and can be bought for much less. On
the Celebrated Woodburn farm ib Woodland county
Ky., owned by Mr. Alexander, and on other farms in
the same locality, can be seen some of the finest thor
ough-bred and trotting stoefc in the world. I ftould
go to Kentucky and purchase the thoroughbred and
some of the trotting stock,—the Mambrini) Chiefs ; to
Iowa and purchase other trotters—the Bashaws; to
Orange or Westchister county N. Y., to find still an-
other breed of trotters—the Hamiltonians. These are
the great trotting families of the world, and from
tbem have sprung Lady Thorn, American Girl and
Dexter.
I would get some god common mares of fine bone
and good size. The Membrano Chiefs are large, six-
teeb«hand houses, rather coarse in the head and neck,
but active and eat-like in their movements, limbs clean
and blood like, but with plenty of bone. The Hamib
tomans are smaller—abottt fifteen and ofte^half hand
horses—and finer bened. Both of these families are
descendants of Messenger's great son Mambrino. The
Bashaws are about the size of the Ilamiltonians, but
coarser and more " stocky." Take stallions from these
three families and cross them with thoroughbred and
common mares Shd you have three kinds of trotting
horses, all first-class, which will suit every purchaser.
Those that are very fast, can be sold for large prices,
others with less speed for gentlemen's road and car-
riage horses: While those out of common mates, will
make very extra farm, riding and driving 1 a see. Ma«
ny persons think the idea of getting a team suited
to ali purposes/ perfect nonsense. 1 do not think so,
provided you get the right class of horsee. A farmer
living ten or fiifteen miles from market can deliver
more grain with a medium-sized team ia three or six
months than he can With a very heavy team. A me-
dium-sised teem will be able to go every dny that the
roads are passible. On your return with ;tu empty
wagon over the frozen ground iu the winter season, a
distance of 15 miles; you can get home, feed your
team, eat your supper, and get ready for bed, by the
time the heavy team arrives. If you drive a hea^y
team fast over the hard ground for three months, they
will be pretty well " stove upand after the roads
get mnddy, you cannot haul a single day longer with
the heavy team than with the medium-sized teaft.
1 have a mare that 1 have rode 40 or 50 miles in
half a day j and 1 think she can do as much Work io
harness for 12 months, as aay Norman, crossed with a
thoroughbred horse.
The medium>sited horse has to endnre the privations
of settling Ae new portions of the country—working
very hard anwstanding out of doors at night, tied to
the wagon or fence. Large heavy horses taken into the
firsth settling of the country, scon disappear, they
not being able to withstand the fatigue and privations.
Getting over heated, they soon become stiffened up.
You may even take a span of large heavy horses, and
start out on a visit With them for a week or mote, not
driving more than five ot tea miles a day, and they
will come home considerably guanted np, for the rea-
son that they nrttst have theif regular feed and a good
wide stable in which to lie doWnv
The theory, that the stallion ean transmit to bis pro-
geny the exact quantities of speed and bottom that he
himself possesses, doubtlcs is a very pleasant, if not
a hopeful one, but the truth of it is auothar question.
The very fret that our horses are constantly chaoging
is somewhat damaging to the theory. The practical phi'
losophy of the matter is that each horse transmits un-
Ij the stiougcit and most perfect parts ol hu fuim to
his progeny. The thoroughbred i9 most certain to
transmit good points because he is nearer th'e standard
of perfection than the cold blooded horse. The get
of & dun or white horse are not always of the same
color as the sire, for the reason that the dun and white
are imperfect colers, and thefefore, as far as the rule of
" Like begets like " is concerned, they are classed
among the weak qualities of the ancestor. Hftmilto-
nians invariably g< t bajs, browns, or chestnut no
matter what the color of the dam, because Color in
him is perfect and one of his strongest points. We
have never heard of a son or daughter of a Hamilto-
nian ot a white dun or gray color, notwithstanding
&ai*es of these colors have been bred to him time and
again. When a gray stallion is bred to a bay or
bit)Wn inare the prOgfehy generally colors after the
dam; becalise this quality in her is stronger and more
perfect than in the sire. Notwithstanding this well re-
cognized law of breeding, we are of the opinion that
a good horse cannot be of a bad colof^-that is a horse
may have fine action, good bottom, and great speed,
and yet be gray or white, as well as bay or brown.
Democratic Ratification Meeting.
Although the above meeting was repeatedly signal-
ized by our neighbor a long time in advance of its oc-
currence; and although it was prudebtly fixed to occur
co-incident with the coming of Charley Noyes' cele-
brated circus; and although distinguished speakers
from abroad tfere announced to be expected there ;
and although happening upon market-day, (Saturday)
strange to say, it Was mote distinguished for the pau-
city of 'IS numbers th&U for the eloqttence and wisdom
of its deliberations.
The calm, profound and philosophic Judge Coke,
did not make it in his way to be there, and likewise
the eloquent, witty and versatile Col. Anderson failed
to illtiuiinate it with his ever-Cheerful face. Again,
the busy and ever-stirring Captain Herring failedgto
close up his legal volumes and arrest his inquiries into
the causes of his numerous clients; and go.- Again,
we looked in vain for the graceful form and lofty mein
of General Speight, and the senate and noble General
Thos. Harrison, and also for numerous other influen-
tial men. Very few were present, and we ha?6 no
reason te say they were not good ShtJ conscientious
men. Our neighbor says they were people contradis
tin^uished to creaturtt. Whether he means by that
they were self produced and co-existent with Deity, and
therefore that the relaiion ship of creature to Creator,
docs not maintain in their base's, we are unable to infer.
Had a stranger passed stlong and been requested to
give his opinion as to the origin of the auditors
through the evidences displayed in the effusions of the
the occasion and the resolutions of the meeting he j
would doubtless hate come to the conclusion that they
were personages of a very ancient period. But.!
enough; a posteriori reasoning in this case misleads, ,
so we pass the whole matter over to the erudite Flake,
who once wrote an interesting history on the " Origin
of Man." The orators Of the occasion directed their :
appeals to the passions, instead of the judgment. As
we listened, the sad memories connected with the
Ushering in of the eventful efa of secession and subse-'
qttent sorrow passed vividly before our mind and sad-
dened our heart.
Where is the peaceful farmer, surrounded with all j
the luxuries and enjoyments of his rural home, who j
wishes ts live over those sad and eventful days '( A j
Where is the merchant, transacting business in nis j
beautiful storehouse, who wishes to see them £g*in and 1
behold the moss gathering upon the sideWdl&s and his |
business house, becoming dingy, tbrodgh unavoidable
neglect ? Let him who hears, in the deep recesses of i
his heart, the answer, " Nay," paUSe and retrace his \
steps when he hears the intollerant note Of passion j
struck. Remember, it is the signal of approaching ,
evils. Wait till the storm has subsided, and the sun*;
light appears, aud then go Off guided by the gentle
rays of reason. We learn from the old adage that ex- I
periei.ee is a harsh school-master, but a good one.—
We have aft fteited OUr lessons to him, during the era
of ps3siotf, which wc fondly hope has passed away j
forever.— ]\aco Jiryister.
\\ . A. Monger, proprietor of tlie <k31en-
ger Hotel," San Antonio is dead.
Homicide near Cameron.——Arrest of
the Murderer-.
On Saturday last a difficulty occurred near
Cameron, in which a man named Hudson wa§
killed by Joe Walker, Snd a brother of Budsou
seriously wounded. After committing the innr-
dfcr; Walker mounted his horse and rode Off. A
fbw lllilea this side of Cameron lie overtook Mr;
Wi I}. Marshall, a pcacable and quiet citizen of
this county, and informed llim that he had killed
one man that day-, and inteflded to kill another.
He thdrt dft5w a l^dWid knife and made a jiass at
Mr. Marshall, fttiliug; to rdach him, wounded a
uiule. At the tiirit? tjf the attack upon Mr. Mar-
shall, Walker was iiotly pursued by a jlnlicbnian
and a posse of citiz&r*3, who afterwards overtook
hitii, When a ftJgular fusillade commenced, Walker
attempting to shoot the jjblicemati. Tlie posse
fired eleven shots Without effect, wlieti the police-
man, whose name we have not learned, succeeded
in pulling Walker from his horse, wlieti lib Was
secured and taken back to Cameron. The par-
ticular?*, ns here given, are obtained from Mr;
Marshall and Albert Batte of Cameron.—Bdton
Journal.
The Journal has a not a word of praise for the
efficient police; that would not be democratic:
Of the same affair the Milam Telegram says :
Immediately upon receipt of information that
the killing had taken place, Mr. H. L. Wigging
of the Stats Pdlice, and B. F. Homan, Constable
for Predict Ntl. 1, with Gus Batte and Johil
Hbfldy, wild were summoned to assist them, went
in pursuit of Walker, coming up with him netfr
the residdhfce of Mr. J. P. Smith, about eight
miles from Cttffleron. When his surrender tfas
demanded by the Officers, lie refbsed, arid at-
tempted to slidcft both Xir. Wiggins and Mr.
Batte ; failing to do this, he emieavored to outrun
the pdsse and malrc' his escape. A race of about
a mile ensued, iu which setefal shots were fired
at Walker, without striking hiui, and he was only
stopped by the policeman riding in ahead of hiim
He was then brought to town and placed m jail
to await his examination.
This " Chicken Pie" aspirant lias rid praise
titiidr ; alitJ goes flil'tlier to state that 4i informa-"
tion has been received here that David N. White,
who was arrested by the State Police at Bryait
and placed iu jail in Cameron last week,- had
stolen some horses in Colorado county, the de-
scription of which suits that of the found
in White's possession when he was ctrf&ted. It
lias been suspected for years that WMtfe ttelotogcd
to an organized band of horse thifeves depreda-
ting in this and other counties
The young man is a premising candidate for
the honor of a reserved seat in the public board-
ing-house at Huntsvillc.
But, " nary " a wofcl bt Commendation. Just
let a State Policeman dfcviate one jot from their
regular line of dfit<\ Or gifre these discontented
and despairing Ink-slingers tlte merest chance for
fault-finding, and bfchO'ld how eagerly they writo
line npon liue denouncing State Policemen. But
the petfptc hate their cjffa open at last.
J A Disilo'Msf PliiNTBR.—The Fairfield Ledger
i and Corsicana Observer warn fill newspaper
publishers against one J. P. Kelfty. The editor
j of the Ledger says : " This Is to (nit the craft,
and any others interested, oV the look-out for this
' swindler. Pass him around."
! ——-— am m
j Wkaiv Eyes rx Horses.—What will
| cure them ? Axswek. — Make up a
wash of alum and water which reduce to about
blood heat,- arrd with a quill, blow the liquid into
the eye. After trying the abote preparation
three times, take a piece of alutnf, as large as the
ends of Otoe's ftngcrs, and bnrnhig ft ifr the fire,
j'reduce it fo powder, and bkfiv it stoutly by the
I same pVoc'eS.*, into the eye'. Wc have tried burnt
alum on a number Of lrorses that have had sore
and bleary eyes, and always found it a valuable'
remedy. It will remove all scum aud rustoie
, ciOaiucc.: to the c\es.
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Foster, W. K. The Watchman (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 48, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 1, 1871, newspaper, April 1, 1871; Georgetown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth235854/m1/1/: accessed June 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.