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THE
A. MARSCHALK & SON,
[ OPEN TO ALL PARTIES, CONTROLLED BY NONE.]
VOL. 1.
HEMPSTEAD, AUSTIN COUNTY, TEXAB, AUGUST 6,
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From "Baldwin's Flush Times 'In Alabama."
Squire A. and the Fritters.
Now, in Ubo times wo write of, the
flourishing village of M. was in its in-
liincy. She had not dreamed of the
great things in store for her when she
should have reached her teens, and
railroad car- crowded with visitors,
should make her the bcllo-villago of all
the surrounding country. A few log
l.o usos hastily erected and overcrowded
with inmates, alono were to be seen;
nor did thy i;ui, either in the order or
atyKs of ittí architecture, or in the beau-
ty or comfont of its interior arrange-
ment -i a;id accommodations, differ from
the other and lcs«i public edifices about
her. In sobor truth, it must be con-
fessed that, like the great man after
whom she ivas named, the promise of
her youth was by uo means equal to
the respectability of her more advanced
ago. It w;is the season of the year
most unprúpitious to the development
of thü resources of the landlord and the
ekill of the cook. Fall had set in, and
flour-made cakes were not set out.
Wheat was not then an article of home
grow th, and supplies of flour were only
to be got from Mobile, and not fror.
thcuce, unless when the Tombigbee
river was up; so, for a long time, the
boarders and guests of the tavern had
to rough it on corn dodger, as it was
called, greatly to their discontent. At
length tho joyful tidings wero pro-
claimed, that a barrel of flour had come
from Mobile. Much excitemcnt pre-
vailed. An auimatod discussion arose
a s to the form in which the new aliment
should ho served up; and on the motion
of A., who eloquently seconded his own
•resolution, it was determined that
Fritters -.lould bo had for supper that
night. upper timo dragged its slow
length along: it came, however, at last.
There wero a good many boarders
at the Inn—some twenty or more—and
but one nogró waiter, cxcrpt a se: vant
of J. T., whom ho kept about him, and
who waited at table. Now, if Squire
A. had any particular weakness, it was
in favor of fritters. Fritters were a
great favorite, oven per se; but in the
dearth of ediblos, they were most espe-
cially so. Ho had a way of eating
. them with molasses, which gave them
ii ml • ¡.rid delectable relish. Accord-
ingly, Beating himself the first at the
table, and taking a position next the
door nearest to the kitchon, he pre-
pared hirusolf for tho onslaught. He
ordered a. soup-plato and filled it half
full of molasses—tucked up his sleeves,
brought tho public towel from the
roller in the porch, and fixed it before
him at tho ncck, so as to protect his
whole bust—and stood as ready as tho
jolly Abbot over tho haunch of venison,
at tho widow Glendinning's, to do full
justico to the provant, when announced.
Now, A. had a distinguished reputa-
tion and imtoense skill in tho art and
mystery of .fritter eati.ig. How many
he could eat at a meal 1 forgot, if I over
heard him say, but I should say—mak-
ing allowances for exaggeration in such
things—from tho various estimates I
have heard, well on to tho matter of a
bushel—possibly a half peck or so,
more or less. When right brown and
reeking with fresh fat, it would tako as.
many peiisons to feed him as a carding-
maoliine. Sam narkness used to say,
that if a wick wero run down bis
throat «iter a fritter dinner, and lit, it
would bUrn a week—but I don't be-
lieve that.
He uued no implement in eating but
.a fork. Ho passed the fork through
the fritter in such a way as to break
Ste b'aok, and double it up in tho form
■of tho latter W, atad pressing it through
,ond clming up the lines, would flour-
ish it abound in the molasses two or
three tifnes, and then convey it, whole,
to his month—drawing tho fork out
with a sort of c-h-u-g.
If A. ever intended to have his da-
guerreotype taken, that was tho time;
for ft more hopeful, complacept, benev-
olent cast of countenance, I never saw
than his, when tho door being left a
little ajar, the cook could be seen in the
•en, making time about the skillet,
lie fat was heard cheerfully spit-
ting and spattering in the pan.
" But pleasures are like poppies
spread," and so forth. As when some
. guileless cockrobin is innocently re-
galing himself in the chase of a rain-
bow spangled butterfly, poising him-
self on wing, and in tho very act of
conveying tho gay ingect to his ex-
pectant spouse for domestic use, some
ill-omened vulture, seated in solitary
state on a trco hard by, unfurls his
wing, and swoops in fell destruction
upon the haplcBS warbler, leaving noth-
ing of this scene of peace and inno-
cenco but a smothered cry and a string
of feathers. So did J. T. look upon
this scene of Squire A.'s expectant
and hopeful countenance, with a like
and kindred malignity and fell purpose.
In plain prose,—confederating and
conspiring with three o.ther masterful
fritter eaters and Sandy, tho amateur
waiter at tho Inn, it was agreed that
Sandy should station himself at tho
door, and, as tho waiting-girl camo in
with tho fritters, ho should receive tho
plate, and convey tho samo to the other
confederates for their spccial behoof,
to tho entire neglect of tho claim of
Squire A. in the premises.
Accordingly, the- girl brought in the
first plate,—which was received by
Sandy—Sandy brought the plato on
with stately step close by Squire A.—
tho Squire's fork was raised to transfix
at least six of tho smoking cakes with
a contingency of sweeping tho wholo
platter; but the wary Sandy raised the
plate high in air, nor heeded ho the
Squire's cajoling tones—" Here, Sandy,
here, this way, Sandy." Again the
plate went and came, but with no bet-
ter success to the Squire. Sandy came
past a third time—"I say, Sandy, this
way—this way—come Sandy—come
now—do—I'll remember you;" 'but
Sandy walked on like the Queen of the
West uuheeding; tho Squire throw
himself back in his chair and looked in
tho puddle of molasses in his plate
sourly enough to havo fermented it.
Again—again—again and yet again—
tho plato passed on—tho fritters get-
ting browner and browner, and dis-
tance lending enchantment to tho view:
but the Squire couldn't get a showing.
The Squire began to be peremptory,
and threatened Sandy with all sorts of
extermination for his contumacy; but
the intrepid servitor passed along as
if ho had been deaf and dumb, and his
only business to carry fritters to the
other end of the table. At length San-
dy came back with an empty plate, and
reported that the fritters wero all out.
Tho Squire could contain himself no
longer—unharnessing himself of the
towel and striking his fist on tho table,
upsetting thereby about a pint of mo-
lasses from his plate, ho exclaimed in
tones of thunder, "I'll quit this dratted
house: I'll be eternally and constitu-
tionally dad blamed, if I stand such in-
fernal partiality 1" and rushed out of
the house into the porch, where he met
J. T., who, coolly picking his teeth,
asked tho Squire how he " liked the
fritters?" Wo need not give tho re-
ply—as all that matter was afterwards
honorably settled by a board of honor.
Oub Natural Boundaries.—A Naval
Officer's Definition.—The following story
in tho New Hampshire Patriot, is from
tho pen of ex-President Pierce: •
Capt. , of tho United States
Navy, was equally distinguished for
his eccentricity oí manner and for his
proficiency in seamanship. On ono oc"
casion, during a cruise in tho Mediter-
ranean, he so acquitted himself as to
induco some English and French offi-
cers, who were engaged upon similar
servico, (cruising) to ¡tender him a com-
plimentary dinner, as an evidenco of
their appreciation of his professional
skill. At tho time designated, many
wero present. Customary courtesies
were being exchanged, and interna-
tional toasts and sentiments were being
liberally indulged in, accompanied by
corresponding potations, when one of
the officers in her Majesty's service
having bccome somewhat oblivious, re-
marked with characteristic bruskness:
" Captain, I havo but ono great ob-
jection to your countrymen."
" Ah 1" naively said tho Captain,
" what is that ? "
" An insatiable desire for the acqui-
^tion of territory." Then becoming
excited by his subject, he continued
" I am satisfied, Captain, there will bo
no end to it."
" Oh, yes," quaintly and coolly re-
plied tho Captain.
"For God's sake, when?" emphati-
cally inquired the officer.
" When," responded tho Captain,
preserving his equanimity, " we reach
our natural boundaries."
i " Will you please inform mo where
toso may bo V interrogated the En-
lish officer, sarcastically.
" Where 1" said the Captain, assum-
ing an inimitable manner, " from the
infernal regions to the Aurora Borealis!"
Feats oY a Blind Man.
The Springfield Republican gives tho
following account of the triumphs of a
blind genius now living in Ludlow,
Mass., but who has spent a portion of
his lifo in Ohio:
Ho is a young man, twenty-four years
of age who has been blind since he was
two years old, and who does not re-
member that ho ever had sight. The
circumstances which attended the loss
of his vision aro most horrible: His
widowed mother married a drunkard,
and his step-father, conceiving a spite
against the child, undertook to put his
eyes out. He next threw tho child
down into the cellar, injuring it severe-
ly, where it lay all night, taking a cold,
which so aggravated tho succeeding
inflammation of tho eyes that the scler-
otic coat of each was burst. At nine
years of age, he lost his mother, and
in that loss ho became perfectly friend-
less. From that day to this ho has ta-
ken caro of himself, and now, although
cheated by rascally agents, and labor-
ing under every possible disadvantage,
has money at interest!
Now let us seo what this man lias
done. Ho is a mechanic, and knows
every part of a steam engino as well
as if ho could see. Ho is an engineer,
and has not only had charge of star
tionary engines, but run as an engi-
neer on tho Mad River Railroad in
Ohio. Of course ho ran with a look-
out, and between this look-out and him-
self ho had arranged a serios of abbre-
viations of language, so that he could
learn from him tho position of any ob-
ject on tho track instantaneously. He
was engineer, let it be remembered, of
a passenger train! What is more re-
markable than all, is that ho has made
a beautiful little steam engine with his
own hands, so small that he can carry
tho whole of it in his pocket andj^ot up
steam at pleasure. This mifPl well
be considered accomplishment enough
for one'blind man, but this is but a bo-
ginning.
He has a great genius for music, and
possesses a voice which, in many char-
acteristics, is, without doubt, the mdst.
wonderful voico in tho world. We sup-
poso that all musical people will shrug
thoir shoulders with incredulity when
wo tell them that his voice has tho com-
pass of five octavos, yet such is tho
fact. Of courso tho lowest notes are
guttcral, and tho highest falsetto; but
tho falsetto notes arc pleasant and
good, and the gutterals true tone's, and
as musical as such tones can bo. With
such a voico as this the owner is often
tempted to try tricks. The most in-
teresting of these was tho application
of it to seven purposes. Ho began by
singing, in a delicate soprano, the first
lines of " Oft in tho stilly night;" then,
as ho proceeded, he slid into the alto,
then into the tenor, then into the base,
and then into the "double base," an
octave below. This finished the tunc,
when lio rose, and turning his back
to tho audience, executed some most
excellent feats of ventriloquism, and
wound off by imitating an old fashion-
ed spinning wheel so parfoctly that ev
cry one present burst into roars of
laughter. One of the most delightful
of his performances wa3 a solo on the
cornet—ho played with one hand, and
accompanied himself on the piano with
the other. Upon these instruments, in
this way, he executed a few pieces with
surpassing sweetness.
This man's name is W. A. Carnes.
He was born in one of tho Western
States, and has lived where ho could
get a chance. He is of medium bight,
thickset, modest in demeanor, and has
received an education in some asylum
for tho blind, for which ho appears un-
boundedly grateful.
SELECTED POETRY.
SABBATH DELL.
11 Y O II A OK app'lkton.
Over tlio bridge, and down tho lano
Into tho tanglo-wood again;
Whoro tondorly over ua branches reach
Of the toaseled willow tuid silvery beach,
And tho emorald mossos, under our feet,
Are dimpled with daisy blossoms swoet.
On—thro' tho winding, woodland way,
Whero deep and cool tho shadows lay,
Whoro quivering brunch entwined,
Are softly kissed by tho wooing wind,
And, like music-chluics in a midnight dream
Are tho tinkling tones of tho pebbly stream.
On-whoro tho green Ic.i/os groener grow,—
And broader the bubbling brooklets flow,—
Where the tangling vines have a wilder grace,
And'the lilly lilteth her saintly luce—
Willi loosened rein and slackened spooil
Daintly treads our bonnlo steed I
Over us lofty arches bond,
From trem'louB leaves sweet prayers ascend,
And kneeling down in their mossy bods,
The beautiful blossoms bow their heads,
While hoary branches, like mighty koys,
Aro swept by tlio wand'ring, wclrdful breeze!
And, look!—afor, thro' the cloistered gloom,
Like softened rays thro' a tinted dome,
Or tho chastencd light of Holy Eyo
Glory gleams from tho dazzling sky,
And loit'rlng over and peering through
Are dreamy visions of tonder blue I
Low on the velvet sod wo kneel
And listen Nature's awcut appeal;
With brimming hearts join in the song,
Borne by tho murin'ring winds along,
Up to the throno of Grace Supreme,
Shiined in tho solemn glade and stream.
Father, Omnipotent, to Thee—•
Divine, Incarnate Majesty 1
Wo grateful bow, and rov'rent raise
Our humble, Sabbath-song of praisol
Here in the templed wood art Thou!
These arching aisles Thy glories showl
Each quiv'ring branch and blossom blush,
The weird wind's anthem swell and hush,
The rlplings unlight and the stream
In adoration chant tho Theme 1
THE ONLY ONE.
BY MRS. L. II. SI 0 0 URN BY.
A farewell to ¿he Only ChiW!
What do those words imply.
Tho staunching of a fount of hope,
The darlcning of its skj,
The blightning of a rose-tree
Thai Spring con ne'er «■¿store,
A garland from tho alter swept,
To be replaced no more.
Whore Is the bounding footstep?
The tone so blitho and kind ?
Tho arm around tho parents next
In graceful fondnosB twined?
Tho storied page mado vocal
While hours of evening fleet T
Tho filial kiss, the dear "good night,"
To rnako the dream bo sweet ?
Thero is no morning greeting,
As Bong-bird charms tlio ear,
No helpful hand at householn board
The welcome guest to cheer
No deep delight in gladness,
No sympathy in woe,
Like that from those closo-scalod lips
Iu silvery tides would flow.
Ah 1 they who In lifo's waning,
Give to tho gravo their all,
And by a lonoly hearth-stone mark
Dim twilight's shadows fall,
Speak not to thom of comfort,
• 'Tis but to probe the wound ; '
Tho Only One!—The Only One!—
What pathos in tho sound I
Hartford, Conn., June 21 th, 1869
Newspaper Decision.—Tho Supremo
Court of Indiana has made a decision,
which has an important bearing upon
the interests of tho newspaper press.
A controversy existed relativo to a
charge for advertising between the
Commissioners of Hamilton county and
tho Patriot newspaper. It was held
by the judge that " the published terms
of newspapers constitute a contract.
If work is given to newspaper publish-
ers without a special contract contra-
vening the published terms, the pub-
lisher can charge and receive accord-
ing to the terms so published. It is
not necessary tó prove what tho work
cost or was worth; the publishers hare, the
a right to fix the value of their columns,
and if so fixed, no other question need
be asked, but the price thus charged
can be recovered."
Fdnkkal op Mr. Ciioate.—A Boston
dispatch, of tho 23d ult., says:
The funeral ceremonies over tho body
of Mr. Choate, which took placo at tho
Essex Street Church," at II o'clock this
morning, was attended by a large
crowd of sympathizing citizens. Gov.
Banks, tho Judges of all our Courts,
and Representatives of tho entire Mas-
sachusetts bar, tho Mayor of the city
and members of tho various branches
of our municipal government, togeth-
er with the family and friends of the
deceased, filled tho church in every
part, so that thousands of citizens
were unable to gain admittance. Tho
funeral sermon was delivered by tho
Rev. Dr. Adams, pastor of tho church.
At the close of tho services tho hearse
proceeded toward Cambridge, through
Boylston and Charles street—a largo
procession following tho remains to tlio
bridge. So impressive a funeral pa-
geant has fceldom, if ever, been witness-
ed in this city, Mr. Choate's remains
were interred at Mount Auburn.
tSr " I say, Mr. Captain, ain't you
going to start soon?" inquired an ex-
quisite on a steamboat lying up during
a fog.
" As soon as tho fog clears up," was
aaid the
said the captain.
RECEIPTS.
To Extract Greuse Spots frotn Silks,
Colore^ Muslins, —Scrape French
chalk, put it on the grcaso spot and
hold it near tho firo, or over a warm
iron, or water-plate filled with boiling
water. The grease will melt, and tho
chalk will absorb it; brush or rub it
off. Repeat if necessary.
To Scour thick Cotton Counterpanes.
—Cut a pound of mottled soap into
thin slices, and put it into u pan with
a quarter of an ounoo of pot-ash, and
an ounce of pearl-ash. Pour a pail of
boiling water on it and lot it stand till
dissolved. Then pour hot and cold
water into a scouriug tub, with a bowl
of tho solution. Put in tlio counter-
pane, boat it well, turn it often, and
give it a second coot as before, then
rinso in cold water. Now put throe
tea-spoonsful of liquid blue into a thin
liquor; stir it and put in tho counter-
pane: beat it about fivo minutes; and
dry it in tho air.
To Write on Greasy Paper or Parch-
ment.—'Put to a bullocka's gall a hand
full of salt and a gill of vinegar, stir
it until it is well mixed; when tho pa-
per or parchment is greasy, put a drop
of this mixturo into the ink; the diffi-
culty will bo immediately remedied.
Composition for Restoring Storched
Linen.—Boil to a good consistency, in
half a pint of vinegar, two ounces of
Fuller's earth, ah ounce of hen guano,
half an ounce of «jako soap, and the
juice of two onions. Spread this com-
position over tho wholo of tho damaged
part; and if tljp scorching wero hot.
quito through, and tlio threads actually
consumed, after suffering it to dry on,
and letting it reciove a subsequent
good washing or two,, tho place will
appear full as whito and as perfect as
any other part of the linen.
To Piclde Eggs.—Boil some four or
five dozen in a capacious saucepan till
tiloy become quite hard. After care-
fully removing tho shells, lay them in
large-mouthed jars and pour over them
scalding vinegar, well seasoned with
unground pepper, allspice, few races
of ginger and a few cloves of garlic.
When cold, bung down closely, and in
a month tliey aro fit for use. When
eggs are plentiful tho above pickle is
by no moans expensive.
Count
near a
mmm
ly qu-
Crinoline in rrs Relation to Mar-
kiaue.—Tho matrimonial -depression
reported by the rdgistrar-goneral stilj
continues. At tho present period of
pairing, this declino of matrimony is
singularly unseasonable. What is
"the cause of this effect? or, rather say,
tho cause of this dofoct—for this effect,
defective, comes by cause?" Joculari-
ty naturally suggests crinoline. But
many a true word is spoken in joke.
There can bo no doubt that crinoline,
in its widest sense, lies at tho root of
the matter. Of this mor anon. But
even taken in its ordinary acceptation,
crinolino has very probably exerted a
very considerable influence adverso to
marriage. Primarily, crinolino meant
merely an under garment made of
horse-hair, which served moderately to
set off the dress Worn over it. Then
it came to meam the frame-work of
elastic bands or caouchouc air tubes,
devised in order to extend tho apparel
still further; and now it signifies the
Wholo complicated arrangement of
hoops and millinery, which constitutes
almost every lady tho centre of a vast
circumference of clothes. Thus defin-
ed, it certainly does produce
sions which aro at
hymcnial tendency. It gives the
or an extensive appearance, an air of
consequence, of being altogether some-
times too much of a swell, a i
of importance so vast as to discourage
and cow, as it wero, tho amatory aspi-
rations of moderate yonng men.
feel that she is above and beyond
that to pop, m wo vulgarly
question, to so immense
would bo an act of dii
sumption; that
greatness in
well ai
marriage
Berohtold's
Those who travel on ft
in hot dimates, should never si
der the shadow of a tree, or
hemp field.
Thirst is more effectui
by eating fresh fruit, and a morsel of
bread, than by drinking water; lemoi
juice, or a little Vinegar mixed with
water, is better than Water alone.
After a long journey on foot, it is
unwholesome to tako a plentiful
or to sit near a groat fire. Travi
foot should wear flannel i
the skin; and all travelers
fully avoid damp beds, and tho
of tho evening dow after a free per
ration1
SSSHwhm
Dumas in Tkoubi.k.—Wo seo tho fol-
lowing stutoment among the foreign
items reoeivod by latest arrivals:
M. Alexandre Dumas, tho elder, lias
been tried at the Correctional Polico in
Paris for having, in a work called "Lo
Caucase," pirated largely from a small
volume entitled "Souvenirs d'unc
Franoaise captivo de Schamyl," and
against the printer and publisher of
" Le Caucase," for having printed and
publishod tho piracy. M. Morlioux, a
literary man, proved that ho is the au-
thor of the "Souvenirs," which was
published two years ago; that it con-
tains a history of tho captivity which
two Russian ladies, the Princesses
Tchawtchawadzo and Orboliana, and a
Frenchwoman, M'mo Dranoey, under-
went iu tho hands of Schamyl somt
years back; and that a great part of
that history hud been copied verbally,
oy almost verbally, by Dumag, in his
Caucase." M. Alexandre Dumas, in
his defence, represented, through his
advocate, that tho details of the said
captivity had been published both in
Russian and Fvonch, and it every
newspaper in Europe, so that M. Mer-
lieux had no exclusivo proporty in
predecessor. He represen
that tho two princesses, whor
at Tiflis' *' 1 ' "
thoir ad
to tho .book in
ditional details ho might
further represented that
acknowledged in foot notes
indebted to tho complainant's work 1
some of his facts. The'tribunal, o
comparing "Lo Caucase" and tho
"Souvenirs," decided that t^" «•> • '>.
contained so many textual
from tho latter as to bo a
therefore fined Dumas 100f., his
and publisher 125f., and it a
all jointly to pay 500f. daw
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Washington Mo
A Dead Man's Campaign.—Ono of
tho ablest strategists in America is
of tho opinion that the present too
icts of tho Austrians are those which
the Duke of Wellington mapped
for that Government in 1815,
ately upon tho escapo of
and in tho expectation of a
being made by tho French upon I
bardy. It was founded
tha,t ho had Ínv¡
French by not
thoir enthusiasm 1
ed thoir steam (so tot
itself in slurmr
crmarchings, or
they whero in a stato of
chagrin from theso caí
thom
ennui to u
never was
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