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BELLVILLE,
Austin County, Texas,
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Drs. COCKE & BONNEY,
PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS,
BELLTVLLG,
AUSTIN COUNTY, TEXAS,
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HAVING had great experience in
.Surgery, are prepared to operate
upon and treat all surgical diseases.
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A. P. & E. W. THOMPSON,
Attorney and Counsellors at Law.
BELLVILLE and houston,
AoatlaCo. H jrria Co.
TEXAS.
Will practice iu the 1st, 3d & 7th District.
A. P. THOMPSON
Will argue and brief cases in the Supreme
Court at Austin, Tyler and Galveston.
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B.T. & ( , A, liAERlS,
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BELLVILLE,
Austin County, Texas.
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1. G. Searcy,
II. II. Boone.
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Grimes County, Texas.
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BELLVILLE,
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BELLVILLE,
Austin County, Texas.
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ACADEMY.
f[\lE FOURTH SESSION OF THIS
School will commence Monday, August
80th, 1 >36.
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Principal.
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ometliing New in Bellville 2
Confectionery & Bar!
A. LOCKHART,
Confectioner and Baker.
HAS OPENED A BAR-ROOM AT
Pearson's old stand, north side of
the Public Square, where Mr. 11. Menus
will' attend to all calls, at any hour, day
or night. All orders in the Confectionery
line attended to, and !r. ?h bread furnished
to families promptly ar/1 on reasonable
terms. The choicest liquors on hand at
all time*.
17" Meals at all hours,
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J. P. OSTERHOKJT,
"INDEPENDENT IN ALL THINGS—NEUTRAL IN NOTHING."
PROPRIETOI
VOL. 7.1
BELLVILLE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1. 1867.
! NO. 5.
Bellvillo.
Henry Kastrop,
8 addle maker,
BELLVILLE, TEXAS.
HAS commenced business in this place.
He haa for sale
SADDLES, BRIDLES, GIRTHS,
MARTINGALES,—SADDLE AND
HARNESS FIXTURES, ETC.
Work done on short notice with neatness
and despatch. .
The trade supplied with materials.
jan.36 3f-ly.
E. W. Seelhorst,
MANUFACTURER OF
TIN, Copptr, And Sheet Iron Ware
—ALSO—
dealer in Parlor. Cooking and Office Stoves.
Stove pipes and Tin Ware on hand or
made to order, on short notice.
Bellvillo, Texas, Jan. 2G -fj-]y.
Theo. lleunewitz, .
MAKER OF
BEDSTEADS, TABLES, CHAIRS,
cradles, Cribs, couches,
LOUNGES.
All kinds of turning performed with
despatch, such as Billiard Balls, Tea pins,
Pipe bowls, Tool handle , etc.
Spinning wheels, for spinning llux, made
at short notice.
Prices reasonable. Try him.
jan.26-fJ-]y.
KOCH & KOPISH,
MERCH ANTS,
BELLVILLE, TEXAS.
Dealers in
DRY GOODS,
groceries,
iia rd ware, c utler y,
Tobacco and Cigars,
A good supply always on hand.
Will sell cheap,—Give us a call.
jan26-3-f-3
W. II. Pearson,
MERCHANT,
BELLVILLE, TEXAS.
Just received and is constantly recciv
nig, from New York city,
DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, BOOTS,
SHOES, TOBACCO and CIGARS,
SUGAR, COFFEE, FLOUR,
LIQUORS, RAISINS,
CANDIES, PICKLES
and many other things too numerous to
mention.
His stock is as good as any in the mar-
ket, and ho is determined not tu be under-
sold by any other dealer.
jau.aC-fJ-Jy.
J. I . BYRNES. J. W. PERHINE
Byrnes & Perrine,
blacksmiths,
Are prepared to do all kinds of work in
their line at short notice, such as ironing
WAGONS, CARRIAGES and BUGGIES,
making and reparing
PLOWS, SHOEING HORSES, etc., etc.
jan.26-f.l-ly.
Bellville Market!
Beef! Beef!
STEPHEN BARZAK
will have Beef for sale
in Brllville on Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays
of each week, between 5
and 9 o'clock A. M.#
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ÍMrjr.
The Little Scare-Crow.
_______ \
Shu is up in yonder field,
'Mid the new-sown corn;
She'll be there until the eve,
She has hewn there siuce the
mora.
Ó, the protty little creature,
With her bright blue eye,
I heard her noisy clapper,
And her scare-crow cry.
I paused to mark the child—
She waB very fair and young—
She told me she was six
With her merry little tongue.
In her hand she held lur lint,
Which tlie wild wind swayed ;
And purple were the feet
Of the scare-crow maid.
More happy than a queon,
Though «canty was bor food,
The child that sang her song
To that clapper-music rude.
This the maiden's simple lav,
As she warbled in her nook,
"Here clapping every day,
I scare the robber-rook!"
flltscfllraus.
Trust in God and Persevere.
"Why so sad, Ernest 1" said the
young wife to her husband, affection-
ately twining her arms around his
neck, and kissing him.
lie looked up w ith a sad smile and
replied :
'■I am almost out oflieavt, Manf, I
think, of all pursuits, a physician's
Erofession is the wotsf. llere I have
een, week after week, and month af-
ter month, and I may soon say year
after year, waiting tor practice, yet
without success. A lawyer may vol-
unteer, in a celebrated case, and so
make himself known ; but a physi-
cian mu'it sit patiently in his office,
and, if unknown, see men, without
half his acquirements, rolling in
wealth, while ho, perhaps, is starving.
And it will soon come to that," he
added bitterly, "if 1 do not get em-
ployment."
The unbidden tear stole into the
wife's eye, but she strove to smile,
aud said—
"Do not despond, Ernest j 1 know
you have talents and knowledge to
make your way as soon as you can
get a start, and depend upon it," she
said, with a cheerful look, "that will
come when you least expect it."
"So you have told me, often told
me, but the In: ky hour lia? never
come," said her husband, despond-
ingly. "And now every cent of our
little fortune has been expended, and
our credit will soon be gone when ii
is found that wo do not pay. What
then is to become of us 1"
Ernest was in a mood which the
most sanguino sometimes experience
when disappointment after disappoint-
ment has crushed the spirit, and the
voice of hope is no longer heard with-
in. His wife would have given way
to tears if she had been alone; but
she felt the necessity of sustaining
him, and answered cheerfully :
"And what if every cent is gone 1
have no fear that we shall starve.—
God sent ravens to feed Elijah, and
he will yet interpose for our aid.—
Trust iu liim, dear Ernest."
The husband felt rebuked, as he
thus spoke, and answir d loeB des-
pondingly—
"JJut really, Mary, this want ol
success would try the stoutest heart.
The mechanic, the day-laborer, the
humblest fanner, is sure of his food
and raiment; but I have spent years
in study, have wasted years besides
waiting for practice ; and now, when
all my fortune is gone, if 1 resort to
other means of livelihood, I lose all
that I have spent, both time and
monoy, and must forever abandon the
idea of pursuing my profession. It
is too hard 1" and ho arose and walk-
ed the room with rapid strides,
sighed
wife
and remained
BRYANT is creating a revolution in
the news world.
If you want to buy pbeapi 8°
BRYANTS
If yon wish to throw away your money.
00 elsewhere.
E. II.«AY LORD & CO.,
Succoisorti to Gnylord <fc Uulmr ,
GKNERAI,
COMMISSION M /: Ii C H A N T S ¡
v—a n f)—v
wholesale grogers,
(Franklin Stroet, formerly the Kutk House,)
Houston, Trxns.
Special and personal attention to the sale
of all Merehandizefttnd Pioduco
consigned to us.
j07-f¿í> ly
A. 1. WAKD.
JAS. ('AttnKit.
A. J. WARD &. CO.,
COTTON AND WOOL FACTORS,
-AND-
Corner Strand and 24th Street,
galveston, texas.
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Jy
His
silent.
But nfter a moment or two, she
arose, wont up to him, and fondly
encircling him with her arms Baid :
•Dear Ernest, you must not worry
yourselfso. You think it painful for
ine to bear poverty, I know, or you
would not take it so hard, but a wo-
man never regards such things when
she loves. A crust of bread and a
log cabin would be preferable to ine
if 1 shared them with you, than a
palace with any other. Hut it will
not come to this. Something within
assures mo that you will yet be great
aud rich. Have patience only a lit-
tle while longer. There—there is a
knock at the door now—it may be
for you."
As if her words liad been prophetic,
the little girl, their only servant, ap-
peared at tliis crisis, and said the
doctor was wanted in a great, hurry.
With an exulting smile his wife
ran for his hat, and then sat down
with a beating heart to await his re-
turn.
It was also the "rst summons that
the young phyf' had received,
though he liad re^ ill the village
more than a year. o place, too,
was large and popú.wus, but there
resided medical men of large practice,
and all these combined to put down
their rival. More than once hereto-
fore' Ernest would have abandoned
the field iii despair but his young wife
cheered and encouraged him—though
sometimes her own heart felt ready
to give up. Mary Linwood was, in-
deed, that greatest of all blessings,
a good wife ; she sympathized with
her husband, economized to the ut-
most, and by her sanguino words
chased despondency from his heart.
Hour after hour she sat there a-
waiting her husband, yet still lie
came not. At length darkness set in,
and she began to feel uneasy. She
was about to go to the door, when she
heard her husband's foot on the step,
and hurrying out she met him in the
hall.
"God bless you, Mary, for an augel
as you are," were bis first words.—
"If it liad not been for you, 1 should
have given up long ago, and now my
fortune is made."
Breathless with anxiety to hear
all, yet not unmindful of'his probably
wearied condition, Mary hurried her
husband into the little sitting-room,
where the tea thing.* were laid, and
began to pour out the refreshing
beverage with a trembling band while
Ernest told the history of his day's
absence.
"1 found," he said, "I wa3 sent
for to old Governor Houston's- -the
richest and most influential man, you
know, in the county—and when I got
there I learned to my surprise that
;he Governor liad been thrown from
his carriage, and was thought to be
dying. All the physicians of the
town had been sent for, one after
another, but uoue could aid hiu. In
despair, his wife without orders, had
sent lor me. I saw his only chance
for life depended on a new and dif-
ficult operation, which none of the
other physicians evur saw performed.
Luckily, I had assisted at one when
a student. 1 stated whst I thought
coul be done. The old Governor is
a man of iron nerves and quick reso-
lution ; so, when he heard the others
say they could do nothing for him,
he deterinind to commit himself to
myself. I succeeded beyond my
hopes ; even the other physicians
acknowledged my my skill ; and
there is now nothing but care required
lo make my patient as well as efrer.
On parting, lie put a roll of notes in
my hands."
Mary was in tears long her hus-
band had finished his narrative ; but
her heart went up in thankfulness to
God for having thus interposed just
at the crisis when hope seemed
gone.
From that day Ernest Linwood
was a made man. The fame of his
skillful operation was in every man's
mouth, and by the aid of his patient,
who now became his patron, ho step-
ped at once into practice among the
best families of the place. Wealth
as well as reputation his (lowed in up-
on bitn ; but he always attributed his
sucecss to his wife, whoso affection,
he said, had cheered aud sustained
him when out of heart.
"There was nothing." he would
say, "like a faithful wife ; under God,
our weal or woe for this life depends
on her. If she desponds, your san-
guine spirit catches the infectiou j
but if she is full of hope and energy,
her smiles \rtll cheer you in the dark-
est hours, and enable you to achieve
what you first thought iinpssibilities.
Our success iu this world, as well as
our happiness, depends chiefly on our
wives. Let a man marry one, tliers
fore, "equal to either fortune," who
can adorn his riches or brighten his
poverty ; and who, under ull circum-
stances, wiil bo ti uly his help-
mate.
A Maa of Regular Habits.
Some twonfy-fivo years ag">, or
perhaps a little inore, an aged ami
highly respected physician departed
this life in ono of (lie counties of
Massachusetts, In fact, this worthy
gentleman had reached the extraordi-
nary ago of ono hundred and five
years.
No little interest, as mav bo
'
imagined, had hovered around his
slowly declining days, and this was
naturally awakened ¿to fresher con-
cern at the poriod of his long deferred
death, lie had always- enjoyed the
full esteem of his fellow-citizens
and the medical profession, which
whose Ufe had been protracted to such
an advanced period, doubtless owing
to the rigorous adherence to* the laws
of health, and promulgated and en-
forced by the total abstinence advo-
cates of the day.
Accordingly, after the lapse of a
due season, a committee was deputed,
on the part of the temperance socie-
ties, to wait upon some near relatives
of tho old gentleman deceased, in or-
der to learn positively what had been
the course of his life, and by what
menus he had so loug preserved an
existence in the possession of mental
and physical vigor, until at length it
yielded to absolute decay of bodily
powers, without the intervention of
any acute disease.
The deputation having proceeded
to the ancient physician's late place
of residence, waited upn a gentleman
who was his grandson, to obtain from
him all the particulars concerning his
nged relative. After due sentiments
of condolement lmd been expressed,
the suitable inquiries were propound-
ed.
"Doubtless," said the chief inter-
locutor, "your grandfather, enjoying
such a remarkable span of existence,
was a strict observer of the rules of*
temperance; we need not express our
confidence that he indulged in no ex
sary to pursuo this subject any fur-
ther."
Caught in His own Trap.
A girl, young and pretty, and
above all, gifted with an air of ad-
mirable candor, lately presented her-
self before a Parisian lawyer.
"Monsieur, 1 have come to consult
you upon a grave affair. I want you
to oblige a man I love to marry me
in spite of himself. How shall I pro-
ceed 1M
The gentleman of the bar had of
course, a sufficiently elastic conscience.
He reflected a moment, and then, be-
ing aure that no third person over-
heard him, replied hesitatingly t
"Mademoiselle, according to onr
law, you always possess the means
of forcing a man to marry you. You
must remain on three occasions alone
with him ; you can theu go before a
Judge and swear that he is your
lover."
"And will that suffice, Monsieur ?*
"Yes, Mademoiselle, with one fur-
ther condition.'
•• Weill'
"There yon will produce witnesses
who will make oath to haviug seen
you remain a good quarter of an hour
wilh the individual Baid to have trifled
cess in the use of hurtful kinds of- -w'1^ )'our «flections.'
taught
well laid out; m by'
oi utinually beta* thepubl
me man/ aalcd that I wanli
have loaf."
u t:
drink."
"Oh no, Bir," said tho person in-
quired of, "you may be sure of that,
My grandfather was a person of veiy
regular habits."
"But we would like to know, if
you please," pursued tho questioner,
"HOMething in particular regarding
his mode of life ; how, for instance,
he bitgan, and passed, and ended the
day,"
"Well, sir, when ho first rose in
tho morning, he took ubout half a
glass of pure Jamaicn rum; my
grandfather was a person of very
regular habits : this was his uniform
custom."
"This, I suppose," said tho inquir-
er, "was to givo u sort ol flip to his
system after tho lethargy of lengthen-
ed repose made requisito as an ex-
ceptional case, by his very advanced
poriod of lifo. l'leaso tell us what
his practice was during tho rest of the
day v
"My grandfather was a person of
very regular habits, and took nothing
else of this sort until 11 o'clock, and,
then, only a glass of J amaica rum."
'•Indeed ! did ho drink anything
with his meals '?*'
"Not exactly with his meals ; about
half an hour before dinner, lie drank
a mixture to which ho was partial,
consisting of half and half of cider
and rum. But after drinking that, it
was his custom to go out for a short
walk and return to dinner. When
dinner was about half through, lie
then drank, say, a glass of rum, or
whiskey, as tho case might bo, and
another when dinner was over. Din-
ner was always ou tho tablo at 1
o'clock; he took no uioro until 4
o'clock, and after that a small quanti
ty in his tea. His practico was uot
to drink anything else until near bed-
time, which was always 9 o'clock,
when he had a glass or two of whis-
key or rum ; unless, indeed, some
neighbor or fiiend came in to join
liiin. He was very hospitable al-
ways, and, as I have remarked, ex-
tremely regular in his habits."
The committee looked at one nn-
othef and hesitated about pursuing
the inquiry any further. It occurred
to them, however, that it would be
well to fare themselves, if possible1,
iu regard fo the use of tobacco.
"Did Dr. ever sinoke ?" ask-
ed the chairman.
'•That," said their host,''was one
of his must regular habits, lie wns
not often without a pipe in his mouth,
when not engaged professionally.—
He did not smoke in his bed."
"Very well, Monsieur, I will retain
you as counsel in the inanagoment of
this affair. Good day."
A few days afterwards the young
lady returned. She was mysterious-
ly received by the lawyer, who scar-
cely giving her time to seat herself,
questioned her with tbe most lively
curio8¡ ty. '
"Capital, Capital'
"Persevero in your design, Mad-
emoiselle 4 but miud the next time
you come to consult me, give mo the
name of tho young man you are go-
ing to make so happy in Bpite of him-
self.'
"You shall havo it without fail.'
a fortnight afterward the young
lady again knocked at the door of the
counsel's room. No sooner was sho
within, than she flung herself into a
chair, saying that the walk had mado
her breathless. Her couusel ondoav-
ored to re-assure her, made her inhale
salts, and even proposed to unloose
her garments.
"It is useless, Monsieur,' she said,
"I nin much better.'
"Well, now, tell me tho name of
tho fortunate mortal.'
"Well, then, the fortunate mortul
be it known to you, i«—yourself!'
said the young beauty, bursting into
a laugh, "I love you; I have been
held three times tete-a-tete with you,
and my four witnosHua nre below,
ready and willing to accompany me
to a magistrate,' gravely continued
the narrator.
The lawyer, thus canght, had the
good some not to get angry. The
most singular fact of ull is that he
adores his young wife, who, by the
way, makes an excellent housekeep-
er.
UnftutunaU—Vtrp.
A young medical student
Michigan, who had b*m attsnUng
lectures in Nay York for «mm tin
and who considered himself woefd*
ingly good looking and fascinating,
made a deadly anset on tbe heart «44
fortuna of a blooming young !a0/ In
tbe same family with him. Afar*
prolonged siege the lady surrendered,
They were married an Wednesday,
in the morning, The same afternoon
the young wife lent for and «inhibited
to the afteaiahed student aubeaati>
ful'little daughter aged tbiea years
and a half
"Good heavens! then yon were a
widow V exclaimed the aludan!
"Yes, my dear, and this ia Amalia,
rnyfj osagest; tomorrow, Augustus,
James aud Reuben will arrive Arom
the country, and then I shall hare
my children together onee mare,'
The unhappy student replied not
a word; his feelings were too deep
for utterance. The "other litUe dar-
lings' arrived. Reuben wan six years,
James nine, and AugustUs aaaney
boy of twelve. They ware delighted
to hear they had a new paper, because
they could now live at homo, and
have all the play-thinga they wanted.
Tbe "new papa,' as soon as he aonld
speak, remarked that Augustus and
James did not much resemble Reu-
ben and Amelia.
"Well, no,' said the happy mother;
"my first husband was quite n differ-
ent style of man from my second-—
complexion, temperament, the color of
hair and eyes—all different.'
This was too much. Ha bad not
only married a widow, but was bar
third husband, and the astonished
step-father of fonr children.
But the fortune thought ho; that
will make amend . Ha spoke of her
fortune.
"These are my ¡treasure*.' said «he,
in tho Komau matron style, pointing
to her children.
The conceit was quite out of the
Michigander, who, ftnding that ha
had made a complete gooso of himself
retired to a farm in his own native
State, where he could]have a chanca
in make "his' boys useful, and malt*
them sweat for the deceit praoticud
upon him by their mother.
An Irish stranger, slightly tba
worse for whiskey, got tangled 4u a
n political controversy, in a saloon in
Trenton, uot long since. He advo-
cated "Democracy," with the same
volubility of a skeleton. His antagun-
iit finally ventured to remark?
"Yon den't know what Democra-
cy is
"Surely, then, he used tobacco in
other way ?" suggested the inter-
no
rogator.
.My grandfather, every Saturday
¡Ii
afternoon, gentlemen, purchased a cer-
tain quantity of pigtail tobacco, say
from
in
" What I Have Seen.'—A writer
in the Presbyter, who seems to have
n good pair of eyes, has an article
under this caption. One of the dis-
agreeable sights which he has cn-
countered is described below. Some
things of the same sort are occasion-
ally discovered in this latitulo :
"I havo seen a worn in, professing
to love Christ more thau the world,
clad in n silk dross costing $75, mak-
ing up and trimmings of ssine, 840 i
bonnet, (or apology for one,)l36;
velvet mantle, 8150; diamond ring.
8500; watch, chain, pin and other
trappings, 8300 ; total 81,000—all
hung upon one frail dyiug worm.—
1 Jiave seen her at a meeting in be-
half of homeless wanderers in New
Yiftk, wipe her eyes upon au expen-
sive embroidered handkerchief at the
story of their sufferings, and when
the contribution box came round,
l"
"Don't knovrwhat Democracy is,
ye Black Republican apalpeen 1 I've
beon in Ohio Stato Prison for fire
yearf, served in the rebel army tbrea
years, and voted six times in tba
Sixth Ward, New York, at the last
election. Divil a man in the United
States has semd a bettor apprentice-
ship to Democracy than meself I"
The "Radical" kuocked under,
nod treated the party.
"May I be married, ma 1" asked a
pretty young Miss of sixteen.
"What do you want to get married
for 1" inquired t'ie mother.
"Why, tna, you know the ohlldrea
have never seen any one married, and
I thought it might please them s UttK
that's all."
"Nonesense, you can't fool me,"
remarked the old lady, with a lignift-
coat shako of the bead.
Two young mou commenced the
sail-making business in FT ""
They bought a lot ef «a m
naturally looked up to him as its fath-
er and guide, The period of bÍB | '.n ie"Sul l1" '
b 1 . 1 furent portions, one of which per da
death was ono of great excitement tn I and no tnor(% ll0 U8od for chewiug
regard to tho temperance question aud ¡ the courso of the seven days of the
it was felt that some important lessons week. My grandfather' habits, as I
for tho benefit of tlio cause could be
_ take from a well filled portemonie,
m twenty-one to twenty-two iuclies 0f costly workmanship, L'.O cents, to
leucth ; this bo cut into seven du- .... . , e ,
ent portions, one of which por day, m,1.th" fwmjd 10 Promot«
and no inore, ho used for chewiug in their welfare.'
derived from an investigation of tho
ordinary habits of a gentleman of U i oner, out of all
education and scicntific attainment*, your pardon, air
have observed—."
"Oh, confound your grandfather
and his habits !" broke in the queB'
atience, "1 beg
1 patience
; but it is
not Occcs
Ilavo the courage to "cut" the
most agreeable acquaintance yon have
v; hen you are convinced that be lacks
principle. "A friend should, but not
with bis vices,'
Girard on credit, and a Iris
gaged to indorse them. Eaci
a roll and was carrying it
Girard romarked *
"Had you not betterget a ¿ray!"
"No, it is not far -ol, and *• W)
carry It ourselves.* ' • -
"Tell your Mend be fleedn't in*
dorse yeurnnte; Dl take it with
out."
During a rccn-t flood in China 8000
persons and immense herds of eatt|e
were drowned, forty «tea
killed by the falling ot a well,
"Ob. dear,' exclamad enujchln,
who bad been chewing green Mpplce,
"I've swtllowed an Did r®wl'J
"An Odd Fellow V "Yee,
ing me tbe Grip /"
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Osterhout, J. P. The Texas Countryman. (Bellville, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, February 1, 1867, newspaper, February 1, 1867; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth180250/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.