The Frontier Echo (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, July 20, 1877 Page: 1 of 4
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OL. III.
TEXAS, FRIDAY, JULY 20. 1877
NO. 2.
FRONTIER ECHO
ftUIIHU) VVCHY FRIDAY MOll.N'1 NU
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One Year.... 85.00
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Mr sister .■>,
Who was it climbed the. tallest trees.
And raised n uiodt delightful brceie,
By-hiding oft the schoolroom keys—
'; ! ■'.• , ' ' My vlster. .
Who wua It utolo the lemon-pie, ■
UM on the imAtry-shelf so high,
And gave mo half upon the sly ?—
My alitor.
Who was It lit the mill-pond fell.
And threw iter thimble in the welli
And cried ft>r Ibnr that I should tell?—
. : MysUter,.
And who at luat long dresses wore,
And bad of beaux a half-a-soore, „
And voted boys a dreadful horet—
My sister.
Who sews tbe bottoms oil my clothes,'
And with me to the opera goes,
And thon neglects me (or lier beaux *—
t .My-sister.
Who coaxed me oboe to go to bed :
Because she had an aching head, "...
And then stayed up wltli Cousin Fredf—
Myjisfcr.
, Who vps (t cHed the other day
Because FUigmld dld not stay,'
But went off home with Jennie Hay >— .
My sister. .
And who, with all Iter crimp# and ourls.
Her airs ond*graces, rtnfcs and pearls,
Isjost tlMSjVery beat of gWs ^
-,it■>< My*lster
" "JbLi
HOW I GOT 4. KdteBT.
:i < «*v: ***** ' : . • ■
v ■ . '.v
ijjpBUed to bo at a
called Mud-cat Sta-
ductor's cap, with a silt baud,
lying on the window-sill, unci I
- seized it.
I knew "the reverend gentle-
man wa^ short sighted. I slip-
ped my' hat under my coat,
placed the rap on my head,
seized a, lantern, and sprang for
the car. I rushed frantically in
and shouted—
"Tickets1"
.The old gentleman was .read-
ing a book. He looked round,
then pushed his spectacles a lit-
tle higher on his nose, and ex-
claimed:
"Deai me t I had quite forgot-
ten." , •/
Then he handed me his ticket,
which! cooly pocketed, and was
moving away, when thd old gen-
tleman said:
"This is a new rule, take tick-
et^ at starting, isn't it V]
"Yes, sir,'! I. replied, touching
my cap^ "only just come in force,'
-A-
"Oh r he said, coughed, and
began reading-his book again.
Rushing out to the restaurant,
X hurriedly deposited the cap
and laatehi, then called for a
cflp of coffoeand a biscuit, and
began eating voraciously. The
train-meft -aro8t* and went out,
the bell for starting rang, and
the conductor oiled out : .
"All aboard!"
; „I dashed down the cup of
, rushed out on the plat-
hglorthe/, train, and
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th^above-nKntiowd
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eno'cip
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ihe car wi
and my first B^int
I did no
recognised me.
took a seat
ga a conversa*
arke he would
d with a look
hperl^t Jhno
satisDed that !
n^d and
ctor appear
eUn man 'on this part of
at once a
of myself,
men"
I saw
him ?ttUiie;
mmli
fofe we started,
ew*
to carry into to
t; xsti) ■ l- '"..-••.•...•tt,that
■> .V.AKT.:' • ■ i
POP,
f . Public Square,
m,"
tVXM.
[kinds manrittotured to
at km.
nmplctr stock
Collins on
the tables easing,
back to-
^ in at a
I one of-thiS carij, and
fof 1 f<^! it in my
Ididn'tknow what
to do to hint, but I
I may call
wiu Ate inan to help
nqr dilKcnlty. I knew
ililwbgh I felt certain
' not know me.
a noted preacher of
Denyerl and I knew at once that
he waai not a man with a full
knowloige of the world—of its
"ways^that ai-e dark, and its
fpiy
ticket ti ytiti'
The man looked Surprised,
and a cloud gathered on his
' ' remarked:
MYoa ttre mistaken, my friend.
Ticket; and hurry up, please."
[ have no ticket;
I ga ve it up/'
'•Money, then."
Slowly, and with the air of
iply iqj jfredt the clergy-
man drew forth his pocket-book
and counted out the fare. ^
"There," said he, "I y of
are satisfied; yon have ticket
and money both." , .V
"It's all i^fljht," said the man.!
^^':-itti4;.^ij|i|-:with a lop|tv
on his face that plain jfcs
words—"this faiX won't stand
dead-beats."' X''./ ' • ■
ew he w —^A. nice chance for a legal dif
Acuity," I remarked to ih^
preacher, after we were atone.
"Yes," said he ; "and I'll see
not a step
alty than
Inei^cl.
walked
and look-
men—^so me 'of
about it, too—-see if I don't."
We reached Denver safely,
andoi course I sent the nmqunt
to the reverend gentleman the
next day.
Two tliousaiid American fii-ms
have already made arrange-
ments to be represented at the
Paris exposition next year.
Greenback Oonyestion,
On the 1.1th, at Des Moines,
Iowa, the Greenback State Con-
vention met and adopted the fol-
lowing platform:
Whereas; Labor, the creator
of wealth, is either denied its
just reward or is unemployed,
and productive industries are
paralyzed by the mismanage-
ment of the national finances;
that the old political parties
afford no hope, therefore
Resolved, 1. That the specie
resumption clause should be re-
pealed forthwith and contraction
be abandoned.
2. The Government should is-
sue legal tender paper money,
receivable for all debts, and the
national banks should be abol-
ished. • i
8. The silver dollar should lie
remonetized and made a legal
tender for the payment of all
Government bonds and, other
debts.^ ,
4. Equitable taxation.
5. The civil service should be
reformed.
6. All olass legislation should'
be repealed and eq$uti rights'
prevaili
7. Alcoholic traffic and the
consequent evils shotdd beeradr
iciated. , ' 1 .*
t 8. Opposes al^M^bsldies.
n 9. Demands/railroad l&gisla-
tive oontrol jhot as the enemies
of pnbliojftiterprise, bint as the
frien^jilfiihe country and thc
1k'~ - ■. xi*;
■ •'! • '• i y.' *** . .
General reduction in sal%-'
A Chinese Idea of Hell,
"he Sixth Cuiut is hituatod at
the bottom of the great ocean
north of the "Wuohitio rock. It
is a vast, noisy Gehenna, many
leagues in extent, and around it
are sixteen wards. In the first
ward the ■ souls are made to
kneel long periods on iron shot.
In the second they are placed up
to their necks in tilth. In the
third they are pounded till the
blood runs out. In the fourth
their mouths are opened with
iron pincers and filled full of
needles. In the fifth they are
bitten by rats. In the sixth they
are enclosed in a net of thorns
and nipped by locust". In the
seventh they are crushed to
jelly. In the eigth their skin is
lacerated, and they are beaten
on the raw. In the ninth their
.mouths are filled with fire. In
the tenth they are licked with
flames. In the eleventh they are
subjected to the noisome smells.
Xn the twelfth they are butted
by o^en and trampled ofl fcy
horsesiv In the thirteenth their
hearts are scratched. In the
fourteenth their heads are
rubbed until their skulls Come
off. In the fifteenth they are
chopped in two at,the waist. In
the sixteenth their skin is taken
off and rolled up into spills.—
Ojurter:
* '';-;■ ■■' 0
■|| flfhoejB
she hollow cheeks. The modern
dld:,^oaid is round and jolly,
wi|h two dimples in her cheeks
ana a v laugh tut musical as a
bobolink's song. She wears
nicely fitted dresses, and. cun-
ning little ornaments about her
plump throat, and beooming lit"
tie knots and bows; she goes
to concerts and parties', and sup-
pers, and lectmes, and matinees,
and she- don't v go alone. She
carriw a dainty parasol, and
Wears killing bonnets, and has
live poets and philosophers in
her train. In fact; the modern
•old maid is us good as"the mod-
ern young maid—she has sense'
and conversation as Well as
dimples and curves—and s.be
has a bank-book uud dividends.
ir >.'
tricks tiiat are vaiu."
Still musing over the ditticul-i A man who fears a rival has
,ty, I walked' back to the! too poor an opinion of himself
ivstnnrnnt ngniil. T f>mv n ron-'to lie nintilv.
ork jn the Hot Season. ?
The streets of the, better por-
tions of the town, where rich
people live, are a silent anA
stony desert. The, house fronts
are' closed and as grim as the;
tombs of the Pharaohs. In the'
poorer ports of the city, isay
along the wards of our own east
side, there is more> life; Afe^ali
times of the day knots of lan-
guid .men and women lounge in
the simde. Slatternly and dirty
ohildren, ragged and half naked,
swatm onthe eldewalks. The
sunlight rains hotly down into
a'street noisome with the refuse
of poor kitchens. Indesuribft-
ble smells arise on every hand.
' is sweltering in sUf-
feringsnencej and the only sign
of activity is. the appearance of
^he huckster whe drags his un
wholesome load of garden staff
through the hot street, howling
his cry in answer to his sad
brother who bewails "xags, bags,
bottles," as >he totters along the
sid^# ik. The whole picture is
a striking'illustration of the
abject misery of human civiliza-
tion.—iV. Z Time*.
One hnudred of the leading
business men and citizens of
San Diego, California, call for
a mass meeting to give expres-
sion to their views on the Texas
and Pacific bill. Meeting to oc-
cur'on the 80th inBtant. They
insist on the direct route to Fort
Yuma, as- originally contem-
plated in the bill, and they are
intensely opposed to any com-
bination with Huntingdon's
route already built. * San Diego
is in earnest, and the men talk
business.
Newport is honored now bv j
the presetire of tlu-iiHiest single i
and the richest niari'ied lady i n |
the world. Mis* (.'. L. Wolfe,!
Who has just arrived at her villa, i cololvd weddintr ) fu ty nath-!
is taxed Tor ^10.(HKK000 in New iered at llurtford. C'onu.. recfiitr;
Ycrk. Mrs. fruninie!!, of Browrijlv. and wnitVil long lin- flic
University, Isi. flic danglller < i'| bridegroom. A policeniaii tin-1
the late R. K. Iv'e4. and though j ally found him about to take t^e i
worth in-jcr tak' slcfirs. ••The tifci s is so hanl."
iu|t lior'hw«i < nji S'in-i];iv. !ir -niii. "I '.'ivc if up."*
—Scrap Book.
A (statement is made by the
Bureau of Statistics that during,
eighteen months ending' with
March, 1877, the total exports1
of/fresh beef from the United
States to Great Britain amount-
ed to 34,278,8101M., the money
falue of which was $3,0^6,483.
Of this amount 20,601,250 lbs.
went from NewYork. and 4,677,-
560 flom Philadelphia. The ex-
portation has been gradually
increasing; 36,000 lbs only hav-
ing been sent in October. 1875.
and 6,707,855 in March last.
Mi'Tpat. Hrlp.—The race of
mankind would perish, did they i
cease to aid each other. Prom
the time that the mother binds j
the child's head, till the moment
that some kind assistant wipes !
the death-dump froth the brow i
of the dying, we cannot exist !
^-itliout mutual help. .AII, there-
fore, tlijut need itid, have, a right
to ask it of their ffllow-inottais;
no one who holds the junvci'of
{rranting can n-fnsc it without,
guilt
Don't Worry About Yourself,
'fo retain or recuvei health,
persons should be relieved frotu
anxiety concerning disease. The
mind has power over the body
—for a person to think lie has a
disease will often- produce that
disease. This we see effected
when the mind is intensely con-
centrated upon the disease of
another. We have seen a per-
son sea-sick, in anticipation of
a voyage, before reaching the
vessel. We Have known people
to die of Cancer in the stomach,
when they liadfno cancer in the
stomach or any other mortal
disease. A blindfolded man,
slightly pricked In the arm, has
fainted and died from believing
he was bleeding to death. There-
fore, persons well, to remayi
well, should, be cheerful and
happy; and sick persons should
have their minds diverted as
much as possible from them-
selves. It is jby their faith that
men are saved, and it is by their
faith that they die.. As a man
thinketh, so j he. If he wills
inot to die, be can often live in
spite of diseaseand, if he iias
little or np ' attachment to life,
he will slip away as easily aa a
child will fall asleep. Men live
by their minds as. well as by.
their bodies. Their bodies have
no life of them^lve^; tjiey are
only receptacles of .iife-rtene-
ments for their minds, and the
Will has much to do in continu-
ing the physical occupancy or '
giving it up.
A .Onriotitjr Ntmtben.
The multiplication of 087^654,-
821 by 75, is 44,444,444,45. Re-
versing the order of the digits
and multiplying 123,456,780 t y
45, We .get the result equally
curious, 5^505,566,505. If W*
take 128,456,780 as the multipli-
cand, and interchanging the
figures of 45, tttke 54 as the
multiplier, we obtain another
remarkable product, 6,666,666,\
605. Returning to the inultipli-
cant first used, 087,054,321, and
raking 54" as the. multiplier
again, we get 63,888,383,384^-ali
threes except the first and Inst
figuies, which read together, 54,
the multiplier. Taking the same
multiplicand and using 27, the
half 54 as the multiplier, we get
a product of 20,006,666,667—all
sixes except the first and last
figures, which read together 27,
the multiplier. Next Inter-
changing the figures in the num-
ber 27, and .using 72 as the mul-
tiplierwith 987^454^21 as the
multiplicand^ we obtain product
of 71,111,11*12, all ones except
the first and last figures, which
read together give 72; the multi-
plier. Equally curious results
may be obtained bv multiply-
iuj#|be9e digits, written either
way/by 0 or by the ligtu-es com-
posing the' multiples of 9 va-
riously interchanged
It costsyless than a cent a day
to take a weekly paper ; less
than a diligent hen would earn '
in a week at the market price of
eggs ; lesu than one cigar a
Week, and a very cheap om^Qtt
that; less than the barber would
charge by thigfear to keepone's
hair trimtiled: less than a good
sized Ciuistinas turkey ; less
than aneiiergetic kitchen girl
will wasw'|n a week. A penny
a day can be save«l in tnany a
bett'T 'way tl n?t' Ptf>y j infr your
pap *r.
The sum of the « vi 1 done by
r«*s|H cttible njd easy going lib*
may be greater in the end than
tint *ti-Jn .ti<n«l"r<>n- i-.miv.-i.
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Robson, G. W. The Frontier Echo (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, July 20, 1877, newspaper, July 20, 1877; Jacksboro, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth233855/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.