The La Grange Journal (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 14, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 19, 1880 Page: 1 of 4
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STATE DIRECTORY.
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Met OBMICE.
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COUNTY DIRBCORY.
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jmVotV rtoMl) Tud oi-*! DiMiAot -U W. MOOlii:
Clerk Xlw#M> Coutt--I. B. HOLLOWAY.
' ito.irM ror*. r.junct" on Uio Second Mondays in
Mac anti JS'’v«mlxa\ and continue alx week*.
WKTV Oi l'll BR8 I
Sou»*y Jud i • J. C. 8TIKUL.
OoSBjjr ASisrnrr—L Lixwui.
OMW •Al5wiiBt.--W?8 MTOlOi
I County Collocrur -3. it SC A.TIiS
Ouuty Survey or---R. A. OCHS
OdtWTY COMMISSION*KHB l
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BANNER.
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Beat Xu. x. J P. LKOBBTTHk.
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Jt. H. fOKDTBAX
[By request of several and for our
i.u n - Mtiili ntiq# a$ wall, wo reprint
Father Kyon’s celebrated poem, Thu
( Conquered B aimer.]
t Take that 1miner down, ’tis weary,
Hound its stuff’tis drooping dreary;
Fur! it, fold it, let It rest,
For tbero’a not a mail to wave It,
F.»r fiicrc’s not a sword to savo It.
hi i lie hi mid that heroes gave it;
And Its foes now scorn and brave It;
Furl it. hide it, let it rest.
Take that banner down, ’lis tottorqd—
Broken is its staff and shattered ;
And tin; vUHant hosts are scattered,
Over whom it floated high. Ij
Oh, Us hard for us to fold It!
Hard to iInuk there's none to hold it
Hard, for those who once unrolled it
Now to furl tt with a slgb^
• heat No s. a.k
L Blit No..*). K. H ....-------
! Br.it vo i ora.8EYiu.*ht.
fiPtlfM. County Commissioner*1 Court incot* cv , , , ammbmwewwhi
, ry three month®, vir. i OnSit Honord Monday* And ri'll t luuSTUtl Wildly, madly
. “STdSuCr^ku. ,wi. ■
Am Monday in ear'u month I'm criminal l>v»i- ! SWOli thill loanJOIi’8 SWOrd should
miwt, nnd third Monday \u Jaouar, Uud. M»y, 1 ?w_«iKtlrw®3BlBC s
3alv ScptoioUor. and Novti'iUnx, i'or civil and
*, probate XmsftMM
JUS I'ICES ANA CONS I At!LES.
■*NsM. Xo J A. *T. Hf,.ftnthi! ,1 .aik'r, it. .
MfvdWySrtler Co. ntCd** < ■: l.«,t Monday in N
j§ejk*4U0b$h At- ti* coorthotto®
Vo H. 'U»X .MelWen, Justice. A. J.
JJSnapolek, CmufeiblS. OowtHnwns meets Tlmrs-
day after Bud Monday, at VaynStOvllJe.
*( Boat No. A K. HenV,.!, Jimtioo ; -John Ran
' kin, ConatlbU. Court Ttilrd Monday in oacU
mow'll, at Hound 'fop.
M Bern No. 4. c'n nan, JujticO; X T Eartlim io
Comtat'le. Court 1st Monday In ouch month
at Wtacli«*tcr.
Boat No. 5. C* Muoro. Juatlco; B. Moor-',
Cwpataldr. court Skurailay aftot iat Mnudny
in each ,.lontl ,.,t W,at J’nuit.
A.
la each
'
|Furl illst h iuner, flirl It sadly;
Once m\ million bailed It gladly,
nevoi *■
lToarts 'ike tlielrs entwined dissever *
And tli r il ;; hould float forever
i )'ci : 'ii freedom or their graves.
Furl it, for the hands that grasped It,
And tb > heart! that fondly clasped it,
Uoid :>i.d dead arolying low ;
And that binimr, it is trailing,
While •"••mud t sotuids Uic wailing
* A 1 * ••eoi !• n theft* Woe.
t~ ii IIWa'iIr'’ "n m il I ~d r C toil Monda I
Boat JTii. T. tha*‘. W. Smith, JnMlCcr C.
Locdera, CoaaUbto. < cart Thursday aftor 3d
Monday hi each month, at AmnanpviUn.
Baat Mn. e. A. I>. Pnulut, Juatlooi L. It
■Wi'uU».iily Constable. Court Thursday M*t«r
fourth Muudav at Hchuloubnre.
I ’"" ' <: >i quored,they adore it—
I" l,^etfdhand8 that boro it;
Weep for ll. >se w% fol^before it;
Par ion those whoti nilcd and toi'cit;
Oh, how wildly thoy deplore it,
£jT‘.\v !c itul .md fold It sol 4
sessed any Intelligence rpd general
; information, Shown him the left* dis-
respect.
Regarding the social and political
relations existing between the two
races, there always seemed to have
been a perfect harmony between
them; and so long as this harmony
exists, it would be wrong to presume
that it is either feigned.by the Amer-
icans or Bohemians, ft is not con.
tended that there are no AmeMcans
who are not entertaining and cher-
ishing the same idea as was expressed
by the Atyw, because there are ill-
cull ured and prejudiced mhids among
all races and natlonalties. To show
that the Bohemians are descendants
of a noble race, it is not necessary
to refer to history. Their own deeds
prove them to be such.
As the Argwt mm has not resided
in Fayette county but- a few years
TOWN OFFICERS
LA ORANGE,
ay i Hi Mobu* j A Hnngrr
, *. ■ 'JtJar-'-
uhar,
K. h’
Hollow*
X’htip*.
The Council deal* In U.o Mayor'a office, ou
th® Hnt OEd Xhlfd 'Wbduetrtay* io every
mentb
PBOF^SSIONAL.
oldrare Ija tlvc. -los< :
For its fapu a hrigttest pAgt**,
Polined by v,. ts and by sages,
$1*11 go sv. nm dpxvn the ages4
Furl its <• »Jtfor now we must.
_ , . jJ. S",. M
Furl thfli *mier softly, slowly ;
Furl it go..' -tt is holy —
For it d, . , a above the dead ;
Touch It llui ifufurt U tatter—
! I<ct it dioop there furled forever,
| For its people’s hopes ai*e fled.
B. tlMMONIB,
ffUMMONS A 1IK0V. N
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW
L A 0II.i SUE l !•' A A.
If. I.Kl'BK fi Kit
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
l A ORANGE, TEX a
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R* J.Andkewh
J.T. THincan
AurnitllWS ®UNOAN
AttoiWys at Law,
LaOrnnge, Tex.**
(Sir* Office iu u)ic Mayor’s Offico.
T. J. PAINE,
1 [Following naturally, the beautiful
response written by dir Henry De-
m-.owN j llongutun, a gallant English svmpa-
thlxcr with the South iu Its struggle,
claims ,i plnco.]
Gallant uatiou foiled by numbers,
•S.iy not that your hopes are fled ;
Ivccp that glorious flag that slumbers,
'Jin d; j to avnngoyour doad.
Keep it wi.iowed, soilless mothers,
Keep it, -inters, mourning brothers,
i Furl it with an iron will;
I Furl it in. w, bub—keep it still;
| Think not i hat its work is done ;
l Keep it till your slilidren take it,
j Once again lo hail and make it
\!1 tin ■ ti es have bled and fought
I tV1- '
Bled and foanhtfor all alone.
| A U u’one > shame tho story,
^Mi’.iiuuo iiete deplore tho stain.
dlramo, alas! for England’s glory,
Freedom ■ ulicd, and called in vain.
Furi that hr i uects«dly, slowly, •
Treat it gently, for ’tis holy;4 '
Fill that day—yeti fiirlit sadly,
Then one.; more unfnrlit gladly,
Ooinjuered Banner—keep it still.
ATTOB.NET
—AND -
COLLECTING agent,
L.VOfiAiVGE..........TEXAB. I
( OoMMUNICATfiD.)
Editor Joi rnal—In one <ff tbs
late issues of the **Flatonia Argus”
appeared an article describing a
school examination of Bohemian
children nt New Prague, Fayette
county.
WiI! practice in all tho Courts olj Uno portion of the article reads-
’ayettc OOunty. Office in the Ma- . A »j,
m\c Bui Id In/. j * 0 wrn 1“ w>d to see this school,
co.up.....jt hildrcn of foreign pa-
jP' ............ .......— , rentage, id v cing-rapidly 111 their
R. h, fi'EM-K. a HAinijfiKK studies in three different languages.
PHBLPft A HAIDUflEK, ’lt «r^ know **
X . , jadusHi.it iu, eigflers, whom our pco
AnunxETB- At-I.a w, pie arc disTKis d.to look down upot
bi
stvrsnge, Fayette county, Texas,
j{jTf) iRec opposite .Ma-onlc Boild-
mg.
J-
W. Slfrru, M !>.,
“lAiara to ki
BHYSiCIAN A SURGEON t motto oi the
Otlers his profesuionol sorvices to'by Utmi» Is tlie
the cltieen-i of LaG range and vicln-tof .li-bt ahd M
Ry. Office over WUisnberg’s store j .... . thnm
[ encf, at the Rcufl-o placo- I ^ 1 ‘ 05
as a rr.<:< to< > n ferior to associate with,
were mmjifiH log sufficient intercut
in tlieii p'ogciijr y» have them edn-
|catoi in inc la^iiage xif their
adopted coni iry.^
a
elapsed since these words were
formed into a sentence and uttered
by men, who, doubtless, intended Tho Vi
it for the benefit of mankind, there
are not Only individuals, but masses,
who fail to comprehend * its
land be benefittad by it. Among [they <
I these the Argm man may be
numbored- The language used by
bim in the article, conveys the idea |
that the American element is dis-
posed to regard the Bohemians as an
inferior race. The writer of these |
| lines has resided in Fayette county
from his Infancy and during all that
time has, more or less, associated
with the Americans; and at no time
or place have any of them that pos-
he perhaps had not tjfc opportonity barked some
to know the <-b
araoterlst
U
gress.
In April,
| reached Gal
t lor had been
cans at Buena
unteem being
dred men, mostly
and embaked on
metto, bound to
The .volunteers
in any capacity
country. Du
Mexican waters,
Tampico, the s
bar; the captain
chor with a
had it
Here, for
listed man
save a steamer JU®
by pulling on a
the anchor, which
the steamer float
was smooth and
otherwise the
of most of the men
would have
The Palmet
Tampi'io, and
the right s:
opposite the
with wild mules,
to Vera Crux.
fifewsu,
Iflrom pan-
i- **»«*
. “No.”
. Round Top, Texas,
Death of One the Mier Prisoners.
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Thomas Davis was born in
adoDted County» in 11)6 .^d Keystone
* o Kmi» vtaa t* 1Q11 <**,4 ■*•■*
voyage in
jye reached
ran upon a
send an an-
tance. and
/leep water.
>e, every en-
irtunity to
government
fastened to
ilion made
In. The gulf
wind blowing,
the live*
i board of her
ftraed
acbor on
river,
led up
carried
ticROJule* were.
of tnem for his honest,- Jut® being a
of onr peoph cams to
numbering but few families. Since
then they have enutiuaed to conac
until now they number about 35.000. t in the <^os foi mwiy oc-
Out of these, About 8,000 reside i« cup!c(J by tU< of xrtrft Cro^
the watoiyhead
about the year 1811, and
to tho Lone Star Republic, In
vigor of bis young manhood, about
the year 1835. He participated in
her struggles for independence from-
Mexico, Uking part iu nearly all of
the battles of that memorable war.
Be was taken prisoner at Mier, in
1841, and driven on tool from that
frontier town to the city of Mexico.
During their mareh, at a ranch called
the Salado, in the State of San Luis
Potosi, he and his fellow prisoners
rose upon the guard of
cavalry, who were escorting them, itl*al
and after a sharp fight,
freeing themselv
t0 arms of their
to make their way hack to TeFifs, a
distance of over 600 miles, .tlm ugh
a populous, hos/ihs country;
they would have accomplished the
t for the fact
, to a
bnl
her
nat'Aiade
Qho was boru
•hall eoaaty,IiMt., i
>• ’*
e auc
pink .
as leaders to others,
Tb.. voiuntoeui lielng, landed, took
Fayette coupty
Take them as a class, £ large
jority of them Came here vet# p
by their manual exertions most’ of
them have accumulated®?sufficient
pioperty to place them in easy clr-
cnjnstances. They all readily adopt
and faithfully adhere 'to the prihei
pies underlying the institutions of
this country. It may be assumed
that none of them advocate that
“the unity of the democratic party
Is paramount to all other isruee,'’ as
does the Argue man.
$mce 1887 they have built five
large, elegant chnrchM, and assisted
in bUlldihg three, any one of which
is an ornament to Fayette county.
They also built eight school housesi
in most of which their obildren are
taught English, German and Bohe-
mian.
Tho public records Of out county
nowhere show that any of them have
ever availed tbeoneives Of tho statute
ot limitation to atoid, pi^Ug their
just debts. The dHnlihM dotifcet* of
onr district coart disclb&That out of
the nu morons felony cases, there wSre
but twelve against them, and out of
these, five persons were convicted
In conclusion, ■. it tatty be stated
that they hardly ever meddle with
other people’s business, which cad
not be oceoutited for inr any other
way than that they (~e looked "down
upon at a race too inferior to axtoeiate
with" A. H.
S»a
.fcJKfw____
i.t lo fight ^ag
against the U. S. troops. We dhl
not dream that many of ns would
soom meet the fbi-mer occupants of
the casinos in deadly conflict as
guerrillas.
Most of the Germans enlisted as
volunteers were Ignorant of the Eng-
lish language, tho writer of this In-
cluded. They were persuaded after
they reached Vera Crux to beconu-
toamstera, they did not cobitemplate
nor were they aware of tho real dan-
ger of carrying supplies tor the
army from Vera Cruz into the inte-
rior , that they were left destitute of
proper protection, -Without rear
guard, medical aid, and medicine^
They had to contend With bad roads^
fractious mules, and do without
drinkable water Under
(the wells, creeks and ponds being
filled by the guerrilltte with dead oar-
aad dangerous service after driving ,
into camp, and lYrepiently after sun
down to go buck and brihg up teams
remaining miles behind.
dying condition, having been
“4 drop
•4 ■.'k-i*1 ‘»A • 1^ & ’4m «.;
be able to Wttlk,
back to the Salado,
which they had escaped, where an
order trom General Santa Ann*
.+ ij
€ra*r«
of the
attache
«oine of 1
we left Vera
st^Sd
---*r»
I m
9taii
rmm r
order wasi
ing a number
pot—Into which the I
t>y pUo,
small ^
xmb and fore-„ .do
finger of the hand could be inserted
—the number of beans bring equal
to the number of men; with every
tenth bean a black one and the
otbere white; io that the persons
drawing a block bean knew tb&l they
were to be shot to-drath. The whole
number of them was 170,~ so that
seventeen were shot; the rest were
marched on to the oity of Mexico,
from there to the castle of Perots,
where they were held in a cruel cap'
tivity until ji844, when, through the
kind offices of Waddy Thompson,
then U. 8. Minister to Mexico, they
were relieved and sent borne to
Texas. The annexation ot Texas lo
the United States occurred soon
after, wbioh brought on what is
known in our history as the Mexican
war, and Tommy Davis was one of
bye,”
corner,
center at tho ton,"
tho bottom, “No,”
corner at a ri “ “
me?” iu the 'JHHR
you,” top conieYi
your friendship,”
the left, “I seek yo
ou a line with tbe i I
my love,” the same i
om engaged,” et a i
time
m id t
“Write i
i y.....lAp
tbe first
honorabl,
In
m Cslifornia
served showing I
peci me 110x1
•Ido down to
We propose i
It Is thin:
without a »tam
cents,” it mcaiii
When yoU r“
of them i f 1
menus bus
Vv -•*
-ML,
whole
.; '£$. ’
■ Mig|»-jt-' f ownfftf.
of yean J
“What will (be spring bonueU be
like?” aeke Clare. Yon do qe proud
to- ask ns, Clara. They’ll be'lhe pret-
tiest yet iurented, tflth niches'
silk ou top, cut ou train, and
oil tbe side, and pissementerie
era, mid w*Hter-colwftd
ruffles, and rubber rings,
roses, and gross-grain clastic,
they’ll be about a foot anti a 1
high, and there’ll be lots of
things ou them, Clara,
mptuous this i
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Phelps, R. H. The La Grange Journal (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 14, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 19, 1880, newspaper, May 19, 1880; La Grange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1113533/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Fayette Public Library, Museum and Archives.