The Texas Countryman. (Bellville, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, January 25, 1867 Page: 1 of 4
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- J. P. OSTJiBHOUT, PaopttiETou.
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kELLVILLE, AUSTIX COVXTY, TEXAS.
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Professional Cards.
A. ClIEStEY.
CEO. W. JOHNSON.
Chcslcy & Johnson,
AT TO R N E Y s A T L A W,
BELLVILLE,
Austin County, Texas,
BFOffieo in the Court House
dec21 ly
nr.I. cocke, m. n. e. t. bonney, m. d.
Drs. COCKE & BONNET,
PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS,
BGTiLVILLG,
AUSTIN COUNTY, TEXAS,
—:n:—
HAVINO liad great experience in
¡Surgery, are prepar il to operate
upon and treat all surgical diseases.
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A. P. & E. W. THOMPSON,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law.
üeixvii.le and Houston,
Austin Co. Harris Co. .
TEXAS.
Will practice in the 1st, 3d &. 7th District.
A. p. THOMPSON
Will firguc and brief eases in the Supreme
" Court at Austin, Tyler and Galveston.
apriiO '• '■ ' tf
B. T. & C. A. HARRIS,
ATTORNEYS AT LA IV
BELLVILLE,
Ausliu County,' Texas.
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' I. O. Searcy, H. II. Boone.
SEARCY & BOONE,
A T TO R N E Y S A T L A W,
ANDERSON,
Grimes County, Texas.
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J. P. OSTE11HQUT
A T T ORNE Y AT L A IF,
BELLVILLE,
Austin County, Texas.
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Z. Hi;nt N. Holland.
HUNT & JiOLLAND,
AT TO 11NE YS AT L A TP,
BELLVILLE,
Austin Couuty, Texas.
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VOL. 7.|
Bellvillo.
Henry Knwli'op,
S ADDLE MAKER,
BELLVILLE, TEXAS.
HAS commenced business in this place,
lie hits for sale
SADDLES, BRIDLES, GIRTHS,
MA R TINGA L ES,—SADDL E A ND
HARNESS FIXTURES, EJC.
Work done on slio;t notice with neatness
and despatch.
The trade supplied with materials.
jan.86 3t'-ly.
E. W. Seelliorst,
MANUFACTURER OF
TIN, Copper, And Sfccet Iron Waro
1 -v-1 •• -•
r—ALSO—
dealer in Parlor. Cooking and Office Stoves.
Store pipes aijd Tin Ware on hand or
made to order, ou short notice.
Bellvillo, Texas, Jan. '¿0 -fd-ly.
Thco* Bcnncwifz,
M/KEItOf
BEDSTEADS, TABLES, CHAIRS,
CRADLES, CRIBS, COUCHES.
LOUNGES.
All kinds of turning performed with
despatch, such as Billiard Balls, Ten pint,
Pipe bowls, Tool handles, etc.
Spinning wheels, fer spinning flax, made
at short notico.
Prices reasonable. Try him.
jan.iiO-O-ly.
KOCH & KQPISH,
M E RC H ANTS,
BELLVILLE, TEXAS.
Dealers in
DRY GOODS,
GROCERIES,
HARDWARE, CUTLERY,
Tobacco and Cigars,
\ good supply always on liand.
Will sell clieap,—Give us a call.
A C A D E 31Y,
rp —
I HE FOURTH SESSION OF THIS
School will commence Monday, August
üOtii, 1 - *>.
ITXON PER MMVTHi
<; ' in English Brant lies $2 50
H her " " 300
^1 usie• • • • •................... &00
Tuition required in specie, or its xquiva-
eat in currency, every two months.
No deduction will be made for nnn-
attendnncc, except in cases of protracted
sickness.
L. L. TROUTY,
Principal.
;27W9-3m-
omcthing New in Bellviile!
—:o:—
Confectionery & Bar!
A. LOCKHART,
Confectioner and Baker,
HAS OPENED A BAR-ROOM AT
Pearson's old stand, north fiilc of
the Public Square, where Mr. R. Me bus
will attond to all calls, at any hour, day
or night. All orders in the Confectionery
line attended to, ^nd fresh bread furnished-
to families promptly and on reasonable
. ttrnw. The choicest liquurs.oti hand at
all times.
Meals at all hours.
0cl2-f38 tf
W. H. Pearson,
MERCHANT,
BELLVILLE, TEXAS.
Just received and is constantly rcceiv
ing, from New York city,
DRY GOvÓDg, GROCERIES, BOOTS,
SHOES, TOBACCO and CIGARS,
SUGAR, COFFEE, FLOUIi,
LIQUORS, RAISINS,
CANDIES, PICKLES
und many other things too numerous to
mention.
His stock is as good as any in the mar-
ket, and he is determined not to be under-
sold by any other dealer.
jan.2G-fJ-ly.
J. P. BYRNES. J. W. PERRINE
By rise s & Perrine,
BLACKSMITHS,
Are prepared to do all kinds of work in
their line at short notice, such as ironir.g
WAGONS, CARRIAGES and BUGGIES,
making and reparing
PLOWS, SHOEING HORSES, etc., etc.
jan.2G-fJ.ly.
Bellviile Market!
Beef! Beef!
STEPHEN BAKZAK
O will have Beef for sale
in Bellviile on Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays
of each week, between 5
Hi-.d 9 o'clock A. M.,
dec7-f47-tf.
K. II. «Al IiOÜU X GO.,
SucocMor to Onylord & Dolmci,
UENÜRAL
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
1—AND—,
WHOLESALE 0ROGERS,
(I'ranklln Strm t, formerly tlio Rusk Hollar,)
Houston, Tt xas.
Special And persona! attention to the sale
of all Jlerchniidize and 1'umIuoo
consigned to us.
ly
A. J. WARD.
JAS. f.'AKItKK.
liv
SONG.
Take Lack the bowl, tlio' beaming
Brightly as bowl e'er shono ;
Oh! it but sets me dreaming
Of days—of nights now gone !
Then, in its clenr reflection,
As in a wizard's glass,
Lost hopo and dead affection,
Liko-uhades, before me pass.
Each cup I drain brings hither
Some friend who once sat by ;
Bright lips—too bright to wither!
Warm hearts—too warm to dio!
Till, as the dream conies o'er mo
Of those loag vanished years,
Then, then tlio cup before me,
Seems turning all to tears.
a* well at
ing taught me
well laid out ? a« by
c< utinually before thqpiiUi^itluMMeiiNd '
me many lalea that I would-«Ikinrfcfr > >
have lost." - t '"ir* --™-
9.
rROFRI^TOK
«'A.** .a
Countr
"INDEPENDENT IN ALL THINGS—NEUTRAL IN NOTHING."
BELLVILLE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 25. 1867
üistejípcwts.
Mary* Moore.
All my life long I had known
Mary Moore. All nty life I loved
her.
Our mothers were old playmates
and first cousins. My first recollec-
tion is of a boy in a red frock and
morocco ' shoes, rocking a cradle ¡11
which repo&ed a sunny-haired, blUu-
eyed baby, not quite a year' old.—
Tlmt boy was myself—Harry Cliu' ch ;
that blue-eyed baby was Mary Moore
Later still I see myself at the little
schoolhousc, drawing my little chaise
up to the d'oor that Mary might ride
liomo. Many a beating haVe I gain-
me. Perhaps in tho scented and af*
fectcd student she might have found
plenty of sport j hut as for loving me,
or feeling tho slightest interest in me,
I should perhaps have fouud that {
was mistaken.
ludia was' my salvation, not mere-
ly because of my success, but because
my laborious industry had counter-
acted the evil in my nature, and
made me a better man. When at
the end of throe years I prepared to
return, I said nothing of the reforma-
tion in myself which I knew had
takon place.
"They loved me ns I was," I mur-
mured to myself, "and they shall find
out for themselves whether I am bet-
ter yorth loving than fgrrneirly."
I packed up many a token, from
that land of romance and gold, for the
friends I hoped to meet. Tho gift
to Mary Moore J selected with a beat
ing heart; it wob a Hng of rough,
virgin gold, with my name and her's
engravod inside—that was all, and
yet tlie sight of the little toy strange-
ly thrilled me a I balanced it upon
the tip of m/ finger
To tho eye of others it. wa9 but a
small, plain circle, suggesting
thoughts, perhaps, by its elegance of
the beautiful white hand that was to
wear it. J3ut to me how much was
embodied there ! A loving smile on
a beautiful face—low words of wel-
come—a futuro home, and a sweet
smiling face—all these delights were
hidden within that little ring of gold !
Tall, bearded and sun-bronzed, I
IIV111C. / V UWUI.lUg * • V A ' — - . '
ed on suai occasions, from other boys knocked at the door of my father's
BRYANT is creating a revolution in
the news world.
want to buy cheap, «¡o to
HBTOT'S
H you wish to throw away your money,
^«Ucwhcxe.
A. J. WARD & CO.,
COTTON AND WOOL FACTORS,
-AND-
Corner Strand and 2ith Street,
GALVESTON, TEXAS.
a3-130 ly
bosjdts ine, liking her, and she, I
fear, was something of á flirt, even in
lier pinafores. ' How elegantly she
came tripping down tho steps when I
called her name! how sweptly her
blue eyes looked up at 1110! how
gaily rang out her meery laugh'!—
That fairy laugh. No one but Mary
Moor# cculd ever bring her heart so
soon to' her lips. I' followed that
laugh tho days of liiy childhood till
I grow an awkward, blushing j*euth
—I followed it through the heated
noon ofiiianhood—and now, when the
frosts of ago are silvering my hair,
and many children climb my knee
and call mo 4*futher," 1 find that the
memories of youth nro strong, and
that, ever in grey liair?, I nin follow-
ing its music Btill.
When I was fifteen tho firs: great
sorrow of my life came upon my
hcarf. I waa lent off to sohool, and
was obliged to part with Mar}'. Wo
were not to seo each other for three
long years! This to mc, was like a
sentence nf death, for Majy wa3 liko
life itself to mo.
But hearts aro tough things aflcr
«11.
I left college in all the flush and
vigor of my nineteenth year. I was
no longer awkward mul embarrassed.
I had grown into a tall, slender strip-
pling with a very good opinion of my
self, both in general and particular.
If I thought of Mary Moorp, it was
to imagine how X would dazael and
bewilder hit with my good looks and
wonderful attainments—never think-
ing tliut she might dazzle and bewild-
er mo still more. I was a coxcomb,
I know ; but as my youth and good
looks have fled, I trust I may lie be-
lieved when I say that self-conceit
i •
has left me also.
An advantageous proposal was
made to me at that time, and, accept-
ing it, I gave tip all idea pf a p-ofes-
sion, and prepared to go to the Indie;.
In my hnrriod visit home of two days
I saw nothing of Mary Moore. Slie
had gone to a boarding school at some
distance, and v, as not expected home
till tho following May. 1 uttered ouo
sigh to tho inuinory of my little blue-
eyed playmate, and then called my-
self a man again.
'•In a year," I thought n.s tlio
vehicle whirled away from our door,
"In a year, or three j*ears at most I
will return, and if Mary is as pretty
as she used to be, why perhaps then
1 may marry her."
And tints I aettled tha future of a
young lady whom I had not fieen for
four yews. I nerer thonght of the
possibility of her refusing me—never
dreamed that «he could not conde-
scend toacccpt my offer.
But now I kuow that, had Mary
met me then, she would have despised
house. The lights in the parlor win-
dows ' and the hum of conversation
and cheerful laughter showed mc that
company were assembled there. 1
hopod my sister Lizzie would come
to the door, and yiat I might greet
my family when no strange eye was
looking curiously on.
But «o—a servant answered my
summons. They were too merry in
the parlor to hoed the long absent one
when ho asked fot admittance. A
bitter thought like this was passing
through my mind, as I hoard tho
bounds from the parlor, and saw the
half suppressed smilo on the servant's
face.
I hesitated a moment before I made
myself ktiown or arikt^d after the fami-
ly, And whilo I stood silent, a
strange apparition grew up before
me. From behind tlio servant peer-
ed out a small golden head- -a tiny
delicate form followed, and a sweet,
childish face, with blue eyes was lift-
ed up to mine—so like to thoso that
had brightened my boyhood, .that I
started buck with a sudden feeling of
pain.
"What is your name, little one?"
ufckaj, while the wandering servant
hold the door.
She lifted up her hands, as if to
shade her eyes, (I had seen that very
attitude in another, in my boyhood,
■any and many a time,) and.answer-
ed in a sweet bird-voice :
"Mary Moore,"
"And what else," I asked rpiick-
■y-
My heart sank down like lead.—
Hero was an end to all tlie bright
dreams and hopes of my youthful
manl.ood, Frank Chester, my boy-
ish rival, who had often tried and
«lied in vain to usurp my placo beside
the girl, had succeeded at last; and
had won her awny from me 1 This
was tl;o child—his child and Mary's.
I sank body and soul beneath this
blow. And hiding my face in my
hands I leaned against the door, while
my heart wept tears of bloo.l. The
littlo ouo gazed at me, grieved and
amazed, and put up her pretty lip ae
if about to-ery, while the perplexed
servant stepped to tho door and call-
ed eiy tiller out to see who it wah
conducting himself so strangely.
I heard light steps, and a pleasant
voice saj ing :
"Do you witfli to sec tny father,
sir?"
I looked up. There r.tood a pret-
ty, sweet-faced maiden of twenty, not
much changed from the dear little lis-
ter I had loved so well. I looked at
her a moment, then stiUing the tumult
of my heart by * mighty effort, I
opened my arms and said :
"Lizaie, don't you know me 1"
•'Harry! Oh ! my brother Har-
>d and threw herself
i"
on my breast. She wept as if her'
heart would break.
I could not weep. I drew her gent-
ly into thtf lighted parlor, and stood
with her bofore thejn all. • "• •' '
There was a rush and a cry of joy,
and thou my father and mother sprang
towards me, and welcomed me homo
with heartfelt ' tears. ' Oh 1* strange
and passing sweet'tu such a greeting
to the Way worn wanderer ! And ns
t held" my dt-ni* old mother to my
heart, and grasped my father's hand,
while' Lizzié still clung1 to me, I felt
that all was not yet lost, and though
anotho'r had securod life's choicest
blessings,' many a joy remained for
mo in this dear sanctuary of home.
' There were four inmates of tho
room who had risen on my sudden
entrance. One was the blue-eyod
child I had already seen',and who now
stood beside Frank Chester clinging
to his hand. Near by stood Lizzie
MoAre, Mary's eldest sister, and in a
distant .corner, to which she had hur-
riedly retreated when my name was
spoken1, stood a tall and slender figure
half hidden by the heavy window
curtains that fell to tho floor.
When the first rapturous greeting
was over. Lizzie led mo forward with
a timid grace; and Frank Chester
grasped my hand.
"Welcomo home, my boy !' he
said with tho loud, chcerfttll tones 1
remembered so well.
"You have changed so that I never
would have known you; but no mat-
ter for that—your heart is in the right
place, 1 kuo'y."'
"How can you say lie is changed,'
said mother gently v "To be sure he
looks older and graver, and more like
a man than when ho went away—
but his eyes and smile are tho same
as ever. It is a heavy heart that
changes him. lio is my boy still."
Heaven hulp me ! at that morreut
I folt like a boy, and it would have
been a blessed relief to have wept
upon her bosom as 1 had done in my
infancy. But I kept down the beat-
ing of my heart aud the tremor of
my lip, and unswered quietly as I
looked itf his tall, handsome face :
"You have changed, too, Frank,
but I think for tho better."
"Oh, yes—thank you for the com-
pliment," he answered with a hearty
laugh.
"My wife tells me I grow handso-
mer every day V
liis wife ! Could I hear that and
keep silent still?
"A d you have seen my little gir','
ho added, lifting the infant in bis
arms, and kissing her crimsoned
cheek. "I tell you, Harry, there is
not mich another in the world.—
bon't you think she loots .very
much like her mother used to V
"Very much," I faltered.
••Hallo '"cried Frank, with asud-
deuness that made me start violently.
"I have forgotton to introduce yon
to my wifo ; I believe you and she
used to be play mates in your youn
days—yes, Harry," and ho slnppe
,,^e on tho bnclc.
For the sake of old times, and be-
cause you were not hero at tho wed-
ding, I'll give you leave to kiss her
i!—but mind, okl fellow, you are
not to repeat the ceremony. Come
hero filio is, and 1 for one, want to
see how you will manage those fe-
rocious tnouslucbes ofyounsiii the op
oration."
He pushed Li'/.zie, laughing and
blushing, towards mc. A gleam of
light and hopo almost too dazzling to
bear, came over mc aud I cmd out
before J thought. •
""Not Mary!'
I must have betrayed my lecrct.
to every ono in the room. But noth-
ing was eaid—oten Frank, in general
so obtuse, was this time silent, i
kissed the fair cheek of tine young
wife and hurried lo the silent image
looking out of the window.
"Mary—Mary Moore," I said, in
a low eager voice, "have you no wel-
como to give the wanderer?"
She turned rnd laid her hand in
mine, and murmured hurriedly :
"I am glad to cee yon lver«, liar-
99
r7-
Simple word*—and yet how blest
they made me. I would not have
yielded dp that moment for an Empe-
ror's crown. For there waa the hap-
py home group, and the dear fire,
side,there sweet Mary Moo a! |The
eyes I had dreamed of by day aud
up- by night ware falling before the
áidetií gaktToFinTue. * and' the" Sflfaet
fací I had so'long'prayed to. set was
there;before mé ! I never knew the
meaning-of liappincBS until 4hat mo-
ment came,' 1
MaOyyears have passed since that
heppy night i aud the hair that was
dark and glossy then, i fast-turning
gray. I am now growing to be an
old man, and can look back to a long/
happy, and, I hope a well spentllife.
And yet, sweet as it has'beeri<I
would not recall a single day, for the
love that made my manhood so bright
shines also upon toy white' hair.
An old man l Cañ thu1 líe so f
At heart I km as youiig as ever.—
Anil Mary, with her bright hair part-
ed smoothly from a brow that has n
slight furrow upon it, ia still the Mary
of early days. To me she can never
grow old nor change. The heart that
held her'in infancy aud sheltered her
in tho flush a^d beauty ofwomanhood
can cover cast her out till life shall
cease to warm it. Nor even then—
for lovo still lives above.
Western Simplicity.
Westein simplicity—not green
ncss, but genuine tiaiidof of character
—is to bo seen in the following in-
cident furbished ¿tomo time since by a
Western correspondent:
In a wild Western neighborhood
the sound of church-going bolls hud
never been heard; notice was given
that tho Itev, ¡Mr. A , a distin-
guished Presbyterian divine, would
preach on a certain day.
Thv natives, who consisted mainly
of thosn Jmrdy pioneers wlio have
preceded civilization, came to bear
him. They had an indistinct idea
that "preacliin" was something to be
hoard, and attended to hear it.
After service had begun, a raw-
boned huutcr with rifle ii¿ baud, and
all the accoutrements of the chase
about him, entered and took the only
vacant seat—a nail keg without eith-
er head. The current of the preach-
er's thoughts led him into a descrip-
tion of heaven and its inhabitants.
With great power he had drawn a
picture of the habitation of the bless-
ed, and was assigning each of the
patriarchs, apostles and prophets, his
appropriate place. 1IU Calvanistiu
tendencies led him to reserve the
Apostle Paul for tho climacteric.—
With his eye fixed upon the highest
point, and with an upward gesture
that seemed to be directed to the loft-
iest altilutdo of tho heavenly places,
lie said:
"And where, my brethren, shall wo
scat the great Apostle Paul V'
Tfiort pausing to give tho imagina-
tion time to reach trie elevation de-
signed for tho .Apostle, be fixed his
eyes upon our hero of the rifle. He,
rose therefore, thinking the address
personal* roso instantly, and then re-
plied ;
"If he can't do any bolter ho can
take my seat."
; It isneedlessto say that this climax
was never reached.
An Accommodating Justice.—"My
friends you have been told that I have
just been elected to the responsible
oflic, of Justice of tile Peace ¡ and
that 1 have not been qualified to act.
But, OB this case is very urgent and
not admitting of delay, and ns I like
to please a,li my customers, I have re-
solved to fcolcmnizf) the bonds of mat-
rimony for theso pernous, in the fol-
lowing manner uuder my hand and
seal :
By authority of iny election and
the certificate to me from the honora-
ble court, aud considering that I am
not yet commissioned to do all things
a «Tuntice of the I'eaco may do after
being dyly qualified; T do in the sight
of God and mail, and in pursuance of
of the urgent request of the persons
and their friends, end thft necessity
of tho case, cortify that John Smith
and Sally Jones may and are hereby
authorized to go together and do as
married people dbefc. ¿nd I hereby
obligate myself, that when T get my
commission, to mairy them good and
date'em back to kivor accidents."
Congressional Fkii"—TnlhawHfc.
oí the Tariff debate in ihe HQOtyfttff
Representatives, the foHowiúg at-
tempt was made to enliven tii dull-
ness, by a bit of waggery :
Mr. Róási moved to 4ueto«M the
duty on> apples, garden flrult. and
vegetables from 10 to 50 per «•!& <--
>'• Mr. Thayer, of Pennsylvania sug-
gested that if the gentiema.n's'tmend-
m«nt included "small potatoes" he
might go for it. [Laughter.]
The Philadelphia Age remark* up-
on this that it is the first instance on
record of a member of Congress pro-
posing a ta? ugon himátólf< ■ '
The joke is old, but good. A goo^ *
many years ago, whén lSen. Cass was
a loader among Democrats, and Con-
sequently an object of dislike to the
Whigs, it was moved in the Legislas
ture of a Wet,tern State to bestow tha
name of Cass on a new county. A .
Whig, meaning tobe sarcastic, rota
aud moved as an amendment that the,
first letter of tho propqsed name he
struck out! The laugh was on hia
side hugely until tho Democtat rt4
ported that ho might not have any
objection, but that it was very nti '
usual for a member to rise and pro-
pose that a county In the State should
bo named tiftct hliftself! and the otli-
er side had the laugh. ''
Nearest the Fire.—During tbe Jet-
ting of a court in Connecticut, no{
long ago, on a very cpld evening a
crowd of lawyers had collected yO^d
the open firo that blazed cheerfully
on tho hearth in tho. bar-room, when
traveler entered benumbed witli
cold ; but uo one moved to give him
room to warm his shins, so ho leaned
against tho wall in the back part of
the room,
Presently a smart young limb o£
the law addressed him,'and the fol-
lowing dialogue took place:
"You look like a traveler."
"Wall, I suppose 1 am ; I coma
all the way from Wisconsin afoot at
any rate. •
"From Wiscou8;n 1 What a dis- .
tance'to como on a pair of lw^s f*'
"Wall I done it, anyhow."
"Did you ever pass through hell in
any of your travels V . / •
"Yes, sir, I've been through tha
outskirts."
"I thought likely. Well, what are
the manners and customs there T
Some of us would like to know."
"Oh, you'll find • them much the
same as in this place. The lawyer
sit nearest the firo!" * '
~l—r 1
.A good story is told of a rustic
youth and a buxom country girl, who
sat facing each other at a husking
party. The youth, smitten with the
charms of the beautiful inaiden, only
ventured a *Iy look and now and then
touched Patty's foot uuder the tablé.
Tho girl, determined to tnake thi
youth express what bo appeared so -
warmly to feel, bore thesié odVáhMa
a little while in silence, when - sha
cried out, "Look here; if yót lóve
me, why don't you say bo ; but don's
dirty my jttocldirigs." ' •«
An editor undertook to count the
drunken men in lluntsville, Mo., •
tew days ngo Having reached the
number of thirty-one who Wmu so
drunk thev didn't know high-noon
tram midnight, he was brought up by
a drunken fellow who reeled and stag-
gered so ho couldn't couut hiin.—-
There seems to have been a good deal
of "drunk" in Huntsvilhu on that
day. iv„* •
Our voting friends—and ohl oncf
too—who ire anxious to ¿earn Jjor
many weddings a married couple ntpy
lawftily have, will be'pleased t?
know that ono year after marriage
comes the paper wedding ; fivo yearn
after marriage the wooden wedding;
ten yearf, the tin wedding ; twenty-
five years; the f-ilver wadding ; fifty
the gofden wedding; and
seventy-five years, the diamond ^red-
years,
seVei
diug.
A man dowu east complains of his
daughter's extravagance because she
persisted in buying a waterfall for tier
head, w,hen she already had a cataract
in her eye. He couldn't ^rook that.
Josh Billings saya there is nothing
more touching in this life than to see
a poor, but virtuous young man strug*
glittg with a moustache.
JDonati's great comet will be visa-
blo to the mortal eyes again in 3858.
0|t this paragraph out for reference. 80 to 90 degrees
Mr. Everett and Judge Story were
ata public dinner. The ordinary
toasts were given. Judge Storyarosu
and said, "Fame follows forlunp
wherever it {Everett) goes." Everett
replied,'Here's to thoiegai preMani.
It has neVer got above the first atonr
The deepest coal mina in
is situated at Hoi
land. The w<
below the
miles under u
torn of the «baft
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Osterhout, J. P. The Texas Countryman. (Bellville, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, January 25, 1867, newspaper, January 25, 1867; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth180249/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.