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GRAHAM, YOUNG ( OUNTY, TEXAS,. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1870.
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TWO PICTURES.
Senator J. B. Gordon, of Georgia,
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i. r A Mother’s Words.
A mother, on the green Kills of Ver
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Actors
mvr anti
man.”
■ PlaBe^^tnostiQyl
T iu thereat. Old farm
Mi^r^Briteile» with a 1<
Elevator man with pe
ear auHT^VTn TTabil
writes a long letter to the editor of the moot, was holding by the right hand a
Tribune to correct a number of misstate- son of 16 Jrears, mad with love of the
luenta—this isa mild te#m, but it means sea. iij m fie|t6^d.'by the garden
THf^ofaeorrespondent of that journal gate oue morn ing, eh# said: , ~rr"'r*"-
hi1 South Carolina. In eoUCftidiug thin — warilrthey tell we ’for I Bexar
draws the following picture of *%K-lbfi ocean—the great temptation <»f
„ _________a eraman*s life fe drink- Promise me
of Georgia anKTiPSoTirii ('SMlfam ^factor* you 'qott^ w^herT^any niliar
I^Riecfaaeahfa lattec, w\\hjthogeo• you will >'~\______________
eral remark that po-people fjKffilHI,. Id Id hv, (for be totdmw*W wh«t’«wheat to-day?”
ahV^rW’wKeirr;
—1eiiiwahii.i.1 I a
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bfrivjr
)urpose, mo
•'averse to their aeqliraeut*7n!>.r more’
conflict with their interest, t&au toe op,
pmeion of the clorcd race, upViu whose
gpoA behavioran.l labonhetrpeaOo.ud
" „ , 1‘io.pem, ilcpeud. Ui,lo*Wt,o.ti
strange that they artAifharged with so
’ suicidal a policy, even if they wer* **
- Republican leaders "affect to believe,
lost U> every impulse of humauity. It
le(io them most strange th^t the respee
five conditio** of Georgia and South
Carolina, ftitn nothing but the narrow
Savannah between them, should be no
vindication rtf the Southern people, and
no evideuce of the unwisdom of forcing
a—gir..r upon State* by Federal intervention,
rulers who have no hrtat interests out-
*i<U of the offices they held. The credit
of South Carolina is ruined, her taxes
ace confiscatory,, bef institutions s .^>f
—r learning a by word and a reproach, her
population ia never ceasing broil; while'
the bonds of Geoigia are nearly on a
Scenes From Life.
+**r-*r'—......."* rrr .i i1 ? a
Tbs Cuban Ann! versarj.
seeks r.
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f leasaut Thoiflts.
Eight years ago, the people of the I - Sweet-Wiercy »• truA robili^y’s inie
—A weather beaten old far- Spanish colonyjf Cuba declared their badge.
a sprightly yohng “elevator impendence a^d .pp<aled to arms as Aoy man can bot^r hia principle-
the omy possible way of obtaining thej whtfn no one oppoei
The more"wd do tot otHerCl^e #ore
we dh for ourselves* ^
el having
,load ofwl
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of whAat.
hind his
~ZT.
taxes ecarcely apprcciftblc; her colored
institutions of learning supported; by
p State contjributionaaiHl tu a most flour-
ishing condition, with absolute peace,
l»^3f AI}d.Ewd,-will between the
racca reigning undisturbed throughout
her borders. There is not one right
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fconferttd upon (he white man by the
State of Georgia which is not equally
^ .secured to the black man. The annu-
al appropriation made to the colored
college in tho city of Atlanta, the fifty
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thousand colored children in onr pub-
lic schools, while. that rate t ays but
one fiftieth of tho taxation; the rapidly
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increasing property, both real and pfff poeeeesmeot warrint, efyer pleexq, eah!’’
“What do you ' Want to poeaesa on,
“I>e off bin leg ob (lis ibeali white
man's mule up dyar at de cole-yahU.”
tonal, in,the bands of black meu^ the
^ them in
contests with white men before our
* G - , courU; the freedom from disturbance,
of eel^gov^rnmcnC
The Cuban revolution, iu R(fobject
ae well as in the valor ami pertinacity
of its adherents, is deserving of pecuiipj
admiration. Its object included at
odee the securing of the right of self,
grtfjernment, the emancipation of th«
slaves, add the equal Ur of al I men be*
fore tbs law. The spirit of thle Cubans
is beat proved by the fact that they
dabal^^L,»ni:ix^ baTe carried on their struggle not-oni;
team, g^d, rent and. cull. * against the apathy of a^l vcivihxtKHra
“: L E. M.—“Cau't help that, only 85 in tiona, but unaided peeuniatiJyror othcr-
Chicago. Freights', storage; insurance;
commisaions eaL.up all Abe rest. , Ud
lai there*,
If some man would only die when
there ia no use for their living! »
Js there one person in all tfee world
who always dsQW tell all be thinks? ^
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more tbi
Education is an ornament in pros
perlty and a refuge in adversity.
Let' no man talk ofj bravery or of
^ O, F.—Returning: “How rauchf
E. M “40 bu&nels, A22; here is your
Bojth. I saw them all iu forty £e
and 1 never saw a glass filled with
■parltITng liquor that my mother's form
b/.the gate did-pot rise up before me;
sod to-day I am innocent of the taste
of liquor.”
Was not that a sweet evideneeiofthe
power of a single wordf Yet that is jmoney. Good day ” -
„ .... . ...
For, fMitCrday came to my counjliug-
room a man Of forty years.
■ “Do you know me?” —
-No.”
esty till he dare'stand, to-day by her, and ■ they we*i» afiores. wou.u^r
Actojs—Same ohlfar®«f and a dap-
per merchant.
wine, having, neither raised a -loan
abroad nor received the aid of any for-
eign continent. Under these circum-
stances, the success which has attended
the Cuban arms compares very favora-
bly with that of Ahe wars wagged in
this hemisphere by other Sanieh cofo
.AL.'' ■»-*-■ - - I ■' »*=£#*
Tbs sweet-eet^Qiagneiism is that of
the love-laid band ou the ^brobbing
Umpl. or „,or.tUe -«oy h™iu. ^pBg h„ ^
The most precious possession, that the midnight air ring with her raeloi
Place—Any store you please toeiitar
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D, M.—“5.50.”
V
, y°MI» It the garden gftU» *ud to day
par with United State* securities; her I am master of ope of the packets ia
amil*
_nf . ^ r . Old farmer* carefully tying his horses
Well, said he, *I.|raeonce brought ftn(j entering, call* for sundry supplies
drunk into youi*presence:pn ship-hoard; Q p\-_^\Vhat’s nails by the kegT^
you were a passenger; they kioke<l the
aside; yott toak me to your berth, and
kept me there until I had slept of mjr
intoxication; then asked me if I had a
mother. H niid l bad uever known a
word from her lipi. ' You told me of
me»# . the successful termination of
which was largely due to the assistance
rendered by Lord Cochrane.
That the Cubans are'rapidly and
steadily advautiug to their final tri-
ever comes to a man iu this world is a
woman e heart.
We sometimes congratulate ourselves
i£tke iSement '>f waking from a "troubl-
ed dream;* it may be so the mo meat
after death.
New Y«rk
O. F.—“5.50?' .Whyl ’twaa only 5,
25 last week.”
D. M —“YW, but the nail makers
met and added 25 rents.” _
O. F.^“Ad.l«d 05 cents? What’s
that fort Does it coat auy mure to
.... *»ake them?” ]
game te ask y,m-Vo j well we can't MpUT
they have all combine«l together and
set the price up.** »; - - - —--:~-
“O. F. “How many in a keg?”
ting to their final tri- each one hegios to rpar, yet death alone
nmph, -present' "v^^vaspietc. Theffner the arch i tec-
relative status o£~ the belligerents.
8inee the 10th of October,'‘4868, Spain
has buried in Cuba more than
come and sec mft.1
How far that little dandle throws iu
beaml The mother’s words in the
The mother’s words
green hills of VenueaM 1 O, G<*d be
thanked for the mighty power of #,aiu»
*TH. lOOJh^l^.
soldiers, and has heaped up a debt of
over two hundred millioos of dolbre.
ohe may yet be able to forward more
men, but fiuao^lly .k. i. «the end j Lg" roo^to tkeLLil.
of her tether. The Royal Com mis- H _______ ; ,
sinner Rubi stated in Marclr fast that
the estimates for war alone were fifty
milUpne of dollars for the fiscal year.
An attempted loan of forty millions,
on tl|e bps! sepurity Rphtn aould offer,
Character is the eternal temple that *l w*# ■ ghoet->-a rAaJ ghost—others
that it was a trick played by some evil-
disposed persons, aud others recognize
ill the lady a beautiful lady who tfied
here Iasi spring, and wbor before her
death was in the/habit of vlslttug from
house to holism,in the night time sere*
nading. For more than an hour this
strange ghost-tike phantom 'was to be
ture the more fit for the indwelling of
angels. 1
5,0O0(. e ucver f0UnJ m grief, a pain, a sor-
row or trouble half so great; as we
thought it would be, and at £last have
learned not to bother with or give stay-
The presence q£ those Whom WB love
gie ward l
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O. F. Lugging out nails. “Those has ibnfcflil| ^*8
is a a double; life;,abaence, r:lnw its ana-
ions longing and sense of vacancy, is
aa a foretaste Of death.—Mrt. Jamztow.
We areatoys dgsrer with tho^gj^q
iue we ihkk. as they do«>. In bs
He Wasted Full Weight ^
—
A sharp nosed darkey.entered an of-
fice iu the James’ Block' and inquired:
“Is die heali one obade magietratiou
courts? 1
“Yes,” replied the occupHTE"
“Dea I likes fur tor git me out a
nail makers are rascals, up the
price and run down the qdntityjust at
their own pleasured^ Charge it.” v
scene Ilf:
The old farmer jogging home alone
fiead down, tbiuking.
O. F, Who weighed my wheat?
Ifte elevaCor man. jWho weighed my
filrllst The merchant.“TI(»w db^ know
restraint or intimidation at elections, “How is thatf’_"^
id
are facts, which can be established ofi
testimony of fair-minded black and
white Republicans in this Bute, verified
by way unprejudiced Republican from
the North who will v*pfit us, and should
•be potential in ‘ silencing the partisan
appeals to the North for Qnnecessary
protection to the colored, and unnatuftl
animosity to tho white race.
Sir, if you will come into our midst
‘ j you will be convinced, and you will
"“Regain place your powerful journal
“f;
“Well, sah, you know. I bought a
toad of coni up dnr
B?Yes.” .
Well dey loads up .de c«»al and
weighs hR on dese hyar ondergroun’k
steelyards?” ■&: '
“Yes. of course.”
“Well, a puesoti buys de fall weight,
don’t he?” .jM
“Certainly.” u|
“Den, dat ’cide de case.
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the aide of justice to yoor appreastd
L * countrymen. Conscious of the great
wrong which sueh writers ss your cor-
Respondent is doing the whole South,
£« aswollasthe cause of reconciliation
and good government for the whole
country, we will aot do onr fellow-citi-
MogL?t Ahl. Kottlt JthAJnjust
lievs that they are in sympathy with
the spirit of intolerance exhibited by a
few extreme prmm and political lead-
•re. J. B. GORDON.
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Atlanta, Ga., October 24, 1876.
•r ■
on" weigh dat cole far me de ofThiee teg oh
iw*eU$r.^
I don’t know. What di.l my wheat
grade? I don't wa8
worth in Chicago? «* I douT know.
What docs the freight coat? I don’t
know, nor what the necessary comnria-
sina and storage. 'What does it <njsi
tiwJw wxHs^^douVAuiow. How
much does the merchant get for setting
those nails? 1 don’t know. Who' did
the lifting and lugging? I did.1 What
did the elevator man and merchant dot
They handled the money. It seems to
me I s m a—*-to let these pretty fellows
walk Smund and grow rich at my ex'
pense. I think its time for us farmers
to join together and try at leAat to know
thousand dollars, and ia rot ltkel_
pan. luce one mill mu all told.
i J The Cuban* meanwhile hxve steadiiv
advanced westward, and to-day hold
possession of over two-thirds of the ia-.
laud. Within the past fbqr months, in
a season when military operations^ are
impeded bythe almost impassable cen-
dittoi^ofAhe roads, the Ctroans hare
captured the town of VRta Clam, a
fortified place of over 30<000 inhabi
tant>: Las Minas,a strongly intrenched
position; the
northern extremity of the celebrated
trovdia designed to retard the advance
westward from C^magney; *nd lastly
on the 22d ulu, the important city ot
Las Ttrtra», which has been the Spanish
cen 1 r.- of .operatUtt^s aud nase of sup
plies for all the coentry lying between
Puerto Principe and Santiago de Cuba.
The Cubans have done well during
the eight years of their struggle, and
:i-
dat mule was on de Steelyard's flo’ an’
I led’ ’bout forty pouns ob pole ’ccptin’
1 kin hike dat bine leg on de pereess
mint warrintl” . ^ -i > ’
4<You can’t do thatl”
“I can t? Dea what f gwiao ter do?
’£aee, lookee heah, boas, die heah ting
dar aibil
means of gettiug honest weights and
measures.- -Patrons Helper.
rites bill is gotter bee fotch up in Ron*
grins again!” and he went off chock
full of indignation and cusain.
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The testimonial fand for the widow
The London Echo retake that when
Prince Bismarck was iu Versailles, he
met with s man who" was singularly
agreeable. The i-wj? used to walk
about, •wm-ritt- ann; they were like
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of Haywood, the cashier who, lost hi*
life ifi the raid on tha Northfield hafik
recently, has reached the sum of li ft,.
tnttnviblr Up- 077,85, of which the bank, whose vault*,
ofi iwveriag, her^ first words, addres** ha defended with his lifr, contribute
hd tb her sister were: “Marv, did I 6v»4honaapd dollars. r >
have on my etrip«ff yockiager
hmBBUw
A Newport girl had a fall last week,
_ 2K berself so severely that
V
old Meredith
is going oral
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zrz££
_At>« haf»,en
grionin
“I’hsaw! old men. said his
, don't know nothin’! The emter'e got
-a love letter.**
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A young lady, on being asked what
bneuMas her lover wet in, aad not lik-
iqg to say that ha was a e^ala bottler,
replied: “He’s a practicing fixxician.
Northern knaves aad swRidfar* ar? there wi
sitVI peddlmg out fown loU in suppbaT- driitMy
titions places in Texas. There is too
bce as Mineral City, aad oiir
WOr-«. i
Among
to the family
ixtrs frier
It is estimated that the demand for
cotton in Europe next year will exceed
the supply, ■ Xh,ig circumstance assures
fair price* to thi cotton growers, and is
one of the signs whiclt indicate the re-
turn of be/ter timea for yatl industriee.
brothers. Bi.-nmnk found that his
friend eagerly entered ioto all his
Views and schemes as to the politics of
the fatufe. It Is even possible thas
they addressed one another ae “Du.n
The dominant charac*eristic of Bia-v
march’s friend was his bitter detesta-
tion of Roman Catholicism. One day
tftk German Chancellor said to him in
a soothing tone, “Do not vex your*
satf ito much about it; in a few years
there will be no Catholicism. I shall
it Trom tho
fiRf friend smiled grimly amf sadly.
“You wU! havs to be milch more eiever
than I ara,*'said ba; *’&>c eighteen cen-
1 have bs« working
nd cunning, and I
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far from so2Kfai'fa4ajLXs Wtefi
shallow, you must differ with people;
to bo, profoand yoU must agree with
thern.-mBiifa’er. - ^
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fitteil for the rough and thorny walk of
tlie masculine profession* when she has
got a rough bciml, X brazen front, and
•We; aauiHMh
they could only find sunshine and free
air to expand in. I always told ybu
that not^having enough of sunshine
was what ailed the world. Make peo>
Among the things ' which have iit»
«ti>t (bini* ireworib. ond to lb"u*h “ »“
Mr.. CkOd.
■ *a+T**r+
nowise prevent tlWfrriuccem, way be
memmued the disgraceful policy of our
State Department under Don Hamilton
Fish. It has displayed tha ihost ab
iect subserviency to Spain, aniTln do
ibg ao hat tolerated insults to our ua
tionnl honor aad outrages upon our olt-
IfaafMMvhicIi, were they not rtitleif gf
history would he utterly incredible.
* t 11 it,cT*f't“* 1 j . 1
“Tommy, my eon, what are you go
in* to do with that iolnh?” jV “Send it to
the editor of course.’’ “But what are
you gping to seod it to the editor for?”
i he says if- anybody will stud
him a club, he will' seed them a copy
of hie paper. ’ The mother came
fainting, bat reoovored herself eul
ciently te ask, ^But, Tommy, dear,
wlsai you suppose he wants wVtb a
pUtk,!*___[^alt l -kun’t kaow.” fapliad
the urchip, “unless it is td knock down
subacribem as don’t pay for their, pa-
pers, I suppose there are plenty of such
slqpkcducss there is.
There is a Inflf-ack no w ledged melan-
clioly when we staud in the perfect vig
or of out life and feel that Time baa
given us all flowers, and that the next
work of his never idle fingers mutt be
tloateal them one hy one away.
Ttic poon day laborer who earns, with
horny h^nds and sweat of brow, coarse
food lor a wire an j chlMteitwhoW4te
S£
loves, is raised by generous motive to
true dignity; though wanting the re**
fhientetit* of life, isa noller being than
those who think themselves aheolved by
wealth from serving others. It is wor-
thy of note that the men 'and woman
who think most highly of themselves
and moat meanly of others arA those
who render back to ritoiatv. for the
good things they enjoy, the emalleet
rtturil of pnreorml effort. —Charming
Duria^ibe hearfog of A" ease alHthej’
Middlesex Sessions, the following Iris h
bull was perpetrated: .
The Judge (to aitnessl-^Wheii did
mean people.” That hoy Ml»
ss:. ssaierr:'“,~: 3SSfcsSi
devil picked up wbtd efiecalled at mfkAtoae^pd
thing
out.
asked the 1
replieil be “I am th* devil!
-iLii.
A load of hay or ehaar oala Wasted.
Apply at this office.
4*
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” thunderwl tl
about a woman.”
#1 was
(ftottfs of laughter, fn whfofcxit starts from, can
e prisoner heartily joiaad.) .
-Tha r«, '
ter***
JL Wobub la WMtiffi
’ The quiet little village of Bethel Oh-
io, wap thrown into considerable com-
motiou last uight upon the appearauce
otf the main street, about 12 o’clock
midnight, of a lady dretmkin white,
seuteil upon a white ■ knr»rv within* - '
saddle or bridle. She a* it
wer4 from the ground, pnd op one of
the most beautiful <>o«!^ GJ^r rt^ieby
man eg woman, she wended her Way
from house to bouse, stopping before
each one, wbqie for a faw moments xtie
sangthe sweetest songs ever benrd *>v
mortal man. T^ose'wlw
but touch where you wmrid, eotKiw^-
tangjble could be felt, and ye t re
she was plain to be seen before ue all,
■r&
SV" pgw»
dipus voice. A stranger, mor« j|tatt;
ling was never before witue sed »
q iict jieople’of this place. And 1 d
the iltizens are collected in -it * ,
groups about the' town discussing, the
queer soenoe of last night;- Some say
seen— Cincinnati
* • Ac- t
1 rex.
For sow throat and bruises—Mix
equal part* of sweet oIT andspirits of
hartshorn, and rub on the throet, or
on a bruise or scald, and a speedy cure
If the thrqs$ .is very
will be effected.
Aj-.y,- f • . /__ _ "Mm
sore, from bad cold, neuralgia, orahy-
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^ The history of any private family,
however humble, could it be fully re-
lated for five or six generations, would
illustrate the state and progress of so-
ciety-better tbau the TWoal elaborate:
dissertation —Southey, "i. ■>" "■
rr A woman is naturally a* different
from a man as a flower front a tree, pic.' If on limestone all the better;
^Ke has more beadt^ and mote fra
8lir wtttbe
thing of fhat fcbrf^Twb dr three appli-
cations, night and mornlfig, .well rub-
bed iu/ is almost as sure to effect a
pleasant cure.
The Gardener’s Monthly give briefly
the following rules for selecting the beat
soils for the different fruits: “A light,
dryish .soil far ®# peach^Ai sOPOOg'
loamy soil for the pemrraearly the same
•far the plum; a heavy learn far the ap-
aad far the cherry a^askafail^
of the peach. *,"* ' Tr. v
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The parsnip has .many valuable
qualities which oommead it to both
httnl .kin, but Bow>oit*tr.—Pnf. BUM*. “1 *»«*»«• Hof, »d b,l-
A L V locks are fattened upon it in’ a very
ETerJrhum«n«>ulh..»eehn«f«>m« ,hort apMa ^ Un,, »ud :th« OMh i,
*rtn ****:*!*!& !r“ Tf |-c^»ld^?»f«wrl» flwr .km in
cows it produces an extraordinary
yield ef milk, hfttlllE a rich aolaWratod
affording butter of excellent quality. -
'matter how vkiousland
mav
‘TT1
are made to
quiet and manageable bv making him
inhale during; tha operation a raw
drachms of the ethereal oil of perseWy
dropped on a handkerchief. A large
number of trials of this anftetancp have
been made with the moat troubh-somo
and violent animals, and in every cose
with perfect success.
A boarding house keeper in Chicago
hew tha hotels in th*- White
contains had eehool mistresses and
iaity etudenta far waiters, and, to
fallow their example, iodaaed a young
man and two female teaohen, whose
salaries had been cat down, to under-
take waiting at table. The first young
woman was addrttmd by a boarder to
“pass them .bean*,” wherenpon she
fainted and split a” plate of soup over
the beat false hair and,down the back
when called upon fora plats of “pud’o,”
said kindly, “You tDeaa-‘padditigv
you ootT _’ .
A palace Coach, belonging ti) ti
Pinnsylvania Railroad Gk^ftoJ
ago, Sherman’s train* We feeralj mintion
this to show how a car, j
IT.
. i t»'
"Amt
*-r»l
, ft
Con tineot without
passengers wl
o/getting oat ant
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Graham Leader. (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 13, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 18, 1876, newspaper, November 18, 1876; Graham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth879744/m1/1/: accessed May 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Library of Graham.