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La GKreiiige, Fayette County, Texas, Thursday, December 23,1886.
PROFESSIONAL.
P. LKDBKTTKB,
Attorney «t L*w,
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Attorney at Ltw i
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Attorneys tt Law,
T. DCVC4JT, P. MXKUCTOBT.
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the oourte of the 22nd, end
Attorney 4 Law,
DEALER IN-
A TIEW ofthe EARTH<llAKE that burned upon the altar of her!
devoted heart. Thought ladened
A Horses Intelligence.
No. 52-
Not Afraid of Hydrophobia.
BILL-HEADS, |P
STATEMENT# 1:
|LAWYER'S BRIEFS,
ACCOUNT SALES, 9
CIRCFLAR8,
DODGERS, Ae.
I kin hump inv beck and take the rain, _
And I don’t keer how she pours; m"1’ " V 'V'i "u* U,U8 i a uorse WUIC11 uau l>ee 11 in pOS- Frank Livingstone, the srvmuaSt i (Fran on IcnhirComipoirfnt
I kin keep kind o’ cam in a thunder-storm, She saw the sky daikeu be- session ofthe Peters family, in acrobat, and light and heavy hal- - *
Vn mutter how l/iiul ahe murs • .01*0, 1)01*. 1411(1 Wllilt OI1PA APPHIaH Rilfihlrtll Do ______ a . ® . • t r* •• . w — _ _'
WASHINGTON LETTER.
with deep anxiety filled her bos- A horse which bad been in pos- Frank Livin
No matter how loud she roars;
I hain’t much skoered o’ the lightnin’,
Nor I hain’t sich awful shakes
Afeared o’ cyclones—hut I don’t want none 1
O’ yer dad-burned old earthquakes.
i iil‘d Wbal °!,ce seamed Bushkill, Pa, for twenty years, ancer, claims to carry oulris per
to her the morning star of hope aud which was famous for the al sou.the marks of the teeth of
Notions, Boots Shoes, Hats.
Staple and Fancy Groceries.
As long as my legs keeps stiddy.
And as long as my head keeps plumb,
And the building keeps in the front lot,
I still kin whistle some;
But about the time the old clock
Flops off’ll the o antel-shelf,
And the burro shoots for the kitchen,
I’m a-goin’ to skoot myself.
Plague take ! ef you keen
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-AGENT FOR-
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Butterick Publishing Company.
TT" EEP on hand and for sale at New York price*. Patterns tor Ladies, Misses, Girls
XV Children and Boys. 25:t
TIRO g. 1ABB.
JOHN T. HARWELL.
Rabb & Harwell,
Lumber «— Dealer$
St- -■ %' - *
stabled
bile any earthquakgWarouml—
j I’m jist like the stocl^Pn heller,
And break for th|fpen ground ;
: And I ’low you’d H^s nervous, ^
And in jist about my fix,
J When yer whole farm slides from under you
| And only the mor’g. ge sticks.
i Now cars ain’t a-goin’ to kill you
Ef you don’t drive dost the track;
Crediters never’ll yank you up
Ef vou go and pay ’em back ;
You kin stand all moral and mundane storms
Kf you’ll only just behave—
But ’a earthquake—well, ef it wanted y ,u,
It ’ud hush you out o’ yer grave!
—Indianapolis Journal.
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THE VICTORY OF FIRST LOVE.
adorning the horizon, now had
vanished. She fonud herself a
widow in this cold world, while
age, on swift pinions swept down
the pathway to meet her, and soon
the die of life would be cast. At
last the rescuer came. If her life
now sad had once been so joyous,
could she not, under the same
conditions reap the same harvest
of earthly pleasures! Was it not
possible for her to find the sec
ond one as true and as pure as
the first ? Such were the thoughts
that now forced themselves upon
her in her quiet moments. Yes,
thought she, what has been real-
ized ought to be renewed. And
in the person of one who enjoyed
| the commonly acceded respect of
all the community, she saw her
j future prospects. She had been
addressed by a Mr. Mathews, a
j man of spotless character and uo-
! blest spirit, and after a few weeks
| of deliberation, she did what
every one admitted to De the best
thing possible. She accepted his
most human intelligence he fre l£ss than thirty-eight dogs. The
quently displayed, died recently.! number of times he has been bit-
During the last few years of the ten, however, greatly exceeds
horse’s life he had been permitted this, for some of the dogs have
to run at liberty, bat was frequent-[feasted on his flesh more times
ly hitched up to haul the dead bo- than one. Livingstone is the man
dies of cattle or horses that died who had the police crazy a few
ou the farm to a place near the days after Odium’s fatal leap from
Delaware river, where they were the Brooklyn bridge by declaring
buried. The old horse always that he would attempt the same
stood near aud watched the buri- feat. He was playing an engage-
als with great interest and atteu- inent in this city recentlj’, aud
tio“- . made the remark about dog-bites
_ Some time ago this horse fell j to a reporter,
sick One day he was missed from “This scare about hydrophobia
an lncloPiue where he was being is all tosh,” said Liviugstoue.
cared for. A search was made for “When I worked for Harry Hill
him and he was finally found lying j in the early part of my profession-
written for The Journal.
£o one who has ever enjoyed ! offer; aud the Mrs. McClnng be-
the genuine hospitality of tlie ”old eame Mrs. Mathews. Onee more
Virginia” home can ever forget gloom of her life was swept
dead on the spot where he bad j at career,
hauled the dead bodies of so ina- j every night
ny of his kind. As the place was a free drink.
I used to get bitten
Why f So as to get
As soon as Hairy
out of the way of the dead horse’s saw the blood, he would order
LA GRANGE, -
-'-TEXAS.
Having succeeded to the business oQ<
rying on the same, and will keep a full aF
AND
ncteiMghnftl purpose enr-
1 kinds of lumber, both
that treat.
The door stauds wide to receive
the traveler; the best that the
land can produce is freelj7 spread
before him, and the most hearty
“God bless you’’ ever uttered is
lavished upon him when the trav-
eler takes bis departure.
Such was the character of the
home of the heroine of our brief
sketch.
Charlie McClung aud Miss Fan-
nie White, had passed the usual
honey moon of a marriage, to
which both of their families had
given unanimous consent. Life
Attemey and Collecting Agent,
8AN ANGELO, TEXAS.
Strict attention given to land business.
J^R. R. A- MeKINNEY,
Physician and Surgeon.
LaGkavok, Texas.
Offlca at T. C. Gregory’s Drug Store.
Xeeidenoa the McClellan — Bum* place.
Iso door*, sash, bltHds, pickets, shingles, &c. All of which will be sold at the lowest | seemed to hold in store for them
rates possible. (No. 45. 17. ly.) nothing but the brightest future.
Lumber delivered free of charge within eity limits. ille fairest flowers were bloom-
HASS & HARWELL.
JOHN B. CARTER.
F. C. CARTER.
JOHN 0, CARTER & OHO,
DEALERS IN
The fairest flowers were bloom
ing whose fragrance were destin-
ed to bless tbe untried life. As so
much of our begt, purest pleasures
are borrowe l from the future, and
brought to our hearts by anticipa-
tions’s grasp; so these two'whose
life was scarcelj’ more than oth-
ers, enjoyed a poetic happiness of
a sort of an unreal type.
But the richest blessings are
away, and the brightness of earth-
ly joy again begun to shine upon
her pathway. The fireside that
years before was to her an em-
blem of heaven, now seemed as
precious as ever. Her cup ran
over with the sweetness of earthly
bliss. The war was o»er, and
with it were buried all sad reccol-
lections, and again happiness as in
all the country, was resurrected
in her heart. If she thought for a
moment of the throes of the past,
it was with a rejoicing that sor
row had been replaced by unal-
loyed pleasures.
Mr. Mathews came and went as
the days rolled swiftly pa6t. Her
very presence was as a sweet
song to his home. Not the slight-
est ripple appeared upon their
sea of peace.
One day when Mr. Mathews re
turned home, he found a stranger
in the parlor, His dress very
neat, his build manly and captiva-
ting, and his countenance calm
aud prepossessing.
The stranger claimed to be a
Tkta*.
Dt. J. W. SMITH.
gHip * LUNN,
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Dr. W. W. LUNN
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VrUBPHT BROTHERS, _
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Lagrange and flatonia.
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plate. AB work r
l when desired.
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ry G-oods,
soonest to pass- The most deli- | relative of Mrs. Mathews. He
I cately tinted flower is the first to I gave his name as Consin from the
CLOTHING,
BOOTS,
SHOES,
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.JtH snL LAGRANGE, TEXAS.
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yield to the scorching of the frost
The McClung family soon saw
tbe cloud arise. That war ! Oh
that cruel war! Who can num-
ber tbe families that were made
sad by that four years of dark-
ness ! Mr. McClung was a lover
of his country, and his blood was
net .too pare to be paid for its
ransom. So be enlisted in the
war, and taking the last farewell
TT * frtQ 4 XTTY k*88 8 w^0Be was as
xlAl O, iliNU brave as his own,he passed out
' from a fireside as dear to him as
his very life-blood. His noble
wife choked back her tears aud
bade him a “God-be-wi-ye,’’ that
was destined to linger loug iu bis*
heart. Aud oft when courage had
almost failed him that kiss and
that word and that last look of
lovs called manhood back to his
bosom, and made him ashamed to
be a coward. In his letters to her
he often made mention of his ap-
preciation of that kiss and prayer.
Bat alas, those letters which
bad always come so faithfully,
now had stopped. The nqws of
the battle of Fredricksbarg reach-
ed her and great apprehensions
filled her breast. Day after day
she watched for that letter, ouly
to find her longing mocked by
disappointment. She kuew her
husband’s devotion, that it was
satisfaction.
ever
Children Cry for Pitcher’s Castorla.
P. T. CARTER
him, She doubted not his brave-
ry, but all this only made her
pangs-the - more severe. She of-
ten reasoned with herself, that
her devotion for him was too
great; for it is this that adds the
keenest point to arrows of sor-
row. Ab, if we did not love so
intensely, we would uot be so sen-
sitive to its loss. No news came
except tbat he was seen last upon
the battle field aud bravely fight-
- for his country. A weary
demand no tidings yet. A
‘ "f nothing from Char
lie. Many were the times that
hope, like a holy tlame, blazed up
and lit her heart afresh when u
Only surpassed by her own ,for speak, no, her heart was too foil.
North. Mrs. Mathews was called
into the room and introduced her
husbaud to her new cousin. Af-
ter expressing a surprise as well
as a pleasure at meeting her rela-
tive, whom she never expected to
meet, she seated herself aud en-
tered into a spirited conversation
with her consin. At length he
called for some music. Mrs. Ma-
thews quickly advanced and gave
them some of her best, winding
up with a sweet and touching war
song. A dead silence fell upon
the room. The stranger stepped
to the piano aud iu a tone that
sounded as the echoes of buried
love he said, “Fannie, have yon
forgotten your Charlie.’’ Mrs.
Mathews looked up, and in a mo-
ment the whole volumes of stifled
love aud blessed recollections
flooded her heart. There stood
before her that loDg lost one, the
same she cherished so truly. Pris-
on life and a full beard had chan-
ged him so much. Still there he
was. Her eyes could not deceive
her. Nay, her whole conscious
being bore testimony to tbe fact.
Her first impulse was to fly to hia
arms, but there stood her legaliz-
ed husband, Mr. Mathews. So
restraining her impulses, she sat
motiouless, buryiug her faee in
her handkerchief. She could not
Language was too tame to give
expression to her emotion. The
voiceless moments that ensued
were indeed oppressive. All par-
ties were fully awake to an appre-
ciation of the situation. Here
was one woman the lawful (!) wife
of two devoted husbands. Which
of the two coaid claim her! She
knew not, she dared not to ask.
To fly from the one, she could
not, nor could she deny the other.
Each had woed and won her
heart in a uoble manner. She still
loved the former. The latter too
had possessed her entire heart.
Thought she, “Oh heavens what
shall I do. My first 1 can’t re-
usual haunts, and as he had never
been known to go there except
when driven there with some
dead animal, no one who knew
the horse believes that he did not
seek the spot feeling that he was
about to die, aud to save the tron
ble of hauling his dead body there
to be buried.
Among the instances told of his
intelligence are the following:
Late one night members of the
family that owned him were awa-
kened by a great noise on a piaz-
za of the house. There was the
loud neighing of a horse and a
heavy stamping on the piazza floor
One of the inmates of the house
weDt to the door. There was tbe
old horse stamping and kicking
aud neighing with all Lis power.
The discovery was made that an
outhouse near tbe dwelliug was
ou fire. The old horse bad given
tbe arlarin and a disastrous fire
was prevented.
One Spring there was a flood iu
a stream ou the place. A blind
horse belonging to a neighbor got
out of its pasture, aud wandering
down to the swollen stream iu
some way got into the water. It
swam about iu a circle, and was
unable to reach either shore. No
one could render any aid to the
poor animal, and there seemed no
escape for it from drowning. The
old Peters horse came along while
the blind horse was struggling in
the water, and after a moment’s
survey of tbe situation, plunged
in. He swam out to tbe blind
horse jtud headed it off as it turned
to make its usual circle, thus keep-
iug its head pointed straight for
the shore as it swam. By head
ing the blind horse first on one
side aud then ou tbe other, he
guided it safely to shore.—New
York Sun.
perfectly easy to manage men,
and proceeding to elucidate,
A new trick, learned from the
actresses, is to tint the ears for
evening occasions. Tbe feminine .
raiud has taken the notion that, A young lady of wide and yan-
loug as men speak admiringly of 8^j‘J^x?ien8U^e*<|ec 8re8 ^ 18
pink ears, an auricular deep blush “ ’ **“ *“
may as well be put on to stay
while desired. Therefore, when
adorning themselves for ball, op-
era aud other places of personal
display, they rough their ears in-
side and out. As the adjacent por-
lions of their necks and beads are
white either naturally or from
powdering, the contrast in rather
startling. Well, some of the girls
at Jerome Park had paiuted ears
on their frivolous heads. Leonard
Jerome, a boss oommitteeman,
gazed for a moment at one of them
braudy or whiskey at once. He
was dreadfully afraid I would get
the hydrophobia. I have been bit-
tsn in Hill’s place upward of fifty
times. A few years ago I bad
charge of the hounds with Bar-
nnm’s show. While acting in this
capacity—a sort of a whipper in—
I was bitten several times, ouce
very badly. I had occasion to
come down with a lash on the lead-
er. He was ugly and wonld not
permit any of the pack to come to
the ring and eat. As soon as 1
struck him the entire lot—there
were fifty-two dogs in all—turned
on me, and I had to run for my
life. I was bitten in the arms tbe
legs, the bands, the face, and yet
suffered uo further than an enforc-
ed idleness of a couple of weeks.
This shows wLat a friend man has
iu the dog. In protecting the pack
from the leader’s cussedness I
nearly lost my life. This was in
1875, and I never experienced the
slightest trouble from any ofthe
bites, aud, with one exception,
I never did anything for the
wonnds except to wash them well
with hot water and soap. This
was in Hill’s. I was bitten by a
bull pnp. He was a fighter, and
when he bit me, Johnny Roach,
the comic siuger, now dead, had
just finished his turn and entered
tbe dressing-room. As soon as
he heard what had happened he
put his mouth to the bite and suck-
ed it until be said all the poison
was out of it. Then I filled iu on
yhisky and did my tarn as usual.
1 have never beeu able to de
termine whether the action of
Roach or tke whiskey saved my
life. If I were to have my choice
to-day of being bitten by a dog or
having to drink a glass of whisky
I should say bring him on, for 1
believe more men are poisoned by
liquor—a hundred to one—than
are ever the worse for a dog bite.’’
—N. Y. Mail and Express.
Washington, Dec. 3,1886.
The subject of tbe organization
of the next House of Representa-
tives begins to assume importance
as members arrive. Forthe speak-
ership the general opinion is tint
Mr. Carlisle will be his own sac-
Tcessor. His friends are outspo-
ken in their determination to again
place him in the chair, aud if any
thought of opposing him exists in
any mind it is kept secret. It ia
presumed that democrats who be-
lieve in tbe protective tariff sys-
tem would usturally prefer n
Speaker iu sympathy with their
policy, but it is scarcely probable
that auybody indulges iu the be-
lief that a protectionist conld bo
elected. The tariff reformers will
constitute a large majority ofthe
democrats of tbe next House.
While democrats do not antici-
pate that the tariff question will
enter as an issue iuto tbe selec-
tion of a speaker, it seems to be
expected that it will quietly have
some influence; that, fpr instance, .1
even if Mr. Carlisle were notin *
the race the tariff reformers would i
not permit a protectionist to be
elected. But Mr. Carlisle will com- ;
mand the support of democrats
who iuciine toward protection. -I
He is popular, and the'prevalent
belief is that lie will be the unani-
mous choice of his party.
Admiral Porter, in bis report to
the Secretary of the Navy, says
that home defense is of vastly:
more interest at the present mo-
ment than the construction of
cruisers, and the iron clads now
laid up at City Point are so well
adapted to the protection of our
jeoast tbat it seems a pity they
should be left in the couditiou
they are to-day. He is of the
opiuion that three classes of ships
are needed, raugiug from 3,000 to
to 7,000 tons averaging from 19 to
19 1 2 knots. He thinks that
United States is making am
by bailding so many di
classes of vessels at tbe outeet
without knowing whether any of
them will meet the requirements
of a cruiser of the present day.
He is thoroughly iu favor of tor-
pedoes as a mode of war-fare. Ho
attaches considerable importance
to the equipment of vessels with
[full sail power. He urges e reor-
ganization of the Navy depart-
ment, and iti conclusion advocates
the establishment by the
meat of a yard for the bui
ships.
The general superintendent of
the life saving purpose iu his re-
port says that at tbe c}ose of the
last fiscal year the establish
embraces 211 stations—165
on the Atlantic, 38 on tbe Is
on the Pacific aud 1 at theF
Ohio. Louisville, Ky. Tbe
of the assistance rendered in
ing vessels and cargoes was
er than in auy previous year'
loss of life included 183 *
wrecks of the Huron and
polis, a lost which
goven
tiding i
yon feel yourself infinitely above
him, tbat yon are superlatively in-
different concerning him, and dont
care a rap whether or not you ev-
er put your two eyes on him, snub
him, slight him, and sit down up-
ou him at every opportunity; or
else yon must make him believe
tbat you regard* him as the sweet-
est, dearest and most charming
aud caught her in bis artas, held ®featare on earth, and that he is
her tight and kissed her. She he wisest and you are the silliest
was a distant relative and he was
a veteran, bnt she got angry jnst
tbe same, asked him how he dar-
ed.
An oid custom of busking
bees,” be said; “when yon see a
red ear you can kiss the girl who
Bhows it.
footrstep was heard at the door, fuse, tbe other I can’t disown.’’
ifisbaud came. At last al- Both men were awake to tbe na-
despair, she yielded to the, tore of the problem and acted
oidy believed report tbat! like men Bhould. Ina few words
her husband bad met with a sad between themBelveB they saw that
fate at the battle of Fredricks- there was but one possible way of
burg. The lung struggle must i reaching a solution of the prob-
come to an end. Sbe bad cher- Ism,. So they agreed to leave the
isbed a hope of his return; but it; whole matter to the choice of
seemed that fate was against her; I Mrs. Mathews, promising to sub-
Says Clara Belle, and rightly,
too: “I don’t think any woman in
the world, however, can make a
better wife than the American.
She makes a good mother, an ex-
cellent housewife, end iu most
cases a business partner equal to
the French woman. Take the
American girl all around, Bhe is
tbe best product of her sex that
knew what he wanted (which is
tbe main thing for » Chairman of
the world has yet produced, aud a meeting to knew), and he said:
at a woman’s show composed of j ** Twenty-five gentlemen have vo-
exhibits of all nation sbe wonld (ted yes and forty gentlemen have
take the grand prize and be judg
ed first over all competitors.
Pbysiciaus prescribe Ayer’ Sar-
saparilla in cases of scrofula and
in every form of chronic disease,
because this medicine is safer to
take, and is more
and she must now answer to the unit freely and fully to her deci- trate<1vtl,aD a.Dy
highly
other
Widow McClung.
Her sorrow bal
her brow. Her
hair was yet
without a single silvered strand.
“ \ ""*•* “ ‘ still main-
sway. Such
that
eall her
such a woman
_
•ffers of
*
bestowed title of tbe I sion.
Taking their stand upon tbe
bad left but little of j floor, side-by side, and almost si-
multaneously both said “Fannie, i
take your ehoice between ns.”
Was ever an act more judicious!
Was ever a woman’s heart more
willing to grasp an opportunity of
making a decision! In tbe twinkle
of so eye she sprang to tbe arms
of her first lover, while ber head
rgto.br^"po“bi‘,hrob-
coucen-
p repara-
tion. It can always be depended
upon as an effective blood puri-
fier.
Tfytyf
Tbe bright six-year-old sou of a
genial clergyman of the histori-
an’s acquaintance had been engag-
■“ friends, in wrong-
doing, and he was called into the
with some of bis 1
must either act as a tonic or a su-
gar plum, and if one plan fails the
other is bound to succeed. I re-
marked to this wise female tbat
there was a remote possibility of
selecting the wrong method, aud
trying to work.off tbe sugar plum
on tbe man who required the ton-
ic, but sbe promptly replied tbat
iu such a case it was easy enough
to reverse one’s mode of proced-
ure, aud I had not&lng more to
say.—Lady Rambler in St. Paul
world.
He had never presided over a
deliberative assembly, but he
(al value of property sav
449,227; total value of
lost, #15,027,992; total
pereous involved
number ef persons save
total number of persons
total number of persons i
at stations, 5.636.
General Hazen, chief <
nal service, has a schei
establishment of that
in the War departi
has submitted to the
War iu the shape
Congress, in hopes 1
ceiw the Secret
and assistance,
thinks that some
cessary, as on
casion the lej
vice has I
tion, aud an
carrying out
under special
should have a fli
ganization and a <
tus. The
of a carefully [
establishes tbe
bureau of the
baviug charge
lions,
voted no, and the motion is ear'
ried.”
“How do you make that out!”
shouted several voices.
“Why,” said the Chairman,1
go according
you!”
The disgruntled ones had to ad-
mit that they did,
“Well then,”
liamentary net
say that two
aient to one
the
affirmative is eqi
negatives!”
There was a
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Edmondson, P. E. The La Grange Journal. (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 23, 1886, newspaper, December 23, 1886; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1113090/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Fayette Public Library, Museum and Archives.