The Ferris Wheel, Volume 4, Number 29, Saturday, April 3, 1897 Page: 4 of 8
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^DVE1, ItrSIE A.TES.
Locals 5c pei lInc and displa.v ads
~.ijc per Inch per Ipqortion I boIal
cutst on ad)enefltf he says would be to the
laboring classes, and a, Mr. Poo
,is a farmer, he is evidently
prompted by purely philanthropic
motives.
AN exchange is responsible for
the following: "Breathes there
a man with a soul so dead, who
never to himself has said, 'I'll
pay before I go to bed, the debt
I owe, the printer?'" There are
.some, we know full well, who
never such a tale can tell: bat
they, we fear, will go to
well,
the place where there's no winter.
-Press and Printer.
The Missouri legislature passed
a bill empowering the governor
to name a commission to erect a
monument to Joe Bowers of Pike
county. Joe forsook Missouri in
'49 for Sally, and Sally forsook
Joe for a red headed butcher.
,oe's brother Ike wrote the nevs
,to Joe, and he sang it to hit, companions.
The song has made
Pike county famous -Ex.
ONE day last week whlue sad
and dreal N; as wo wended, weak
and wear}, acro,-s the uns)xopt
floor, we hear(,, at first, at gnritl
lapping, then it, became an earnest
rapping, at our sanctum door.
"Come in;" we samd; while we
yet wondered ,what for us could
lIe in store. Then; the door knob
gently turning in he walkedour
cheeks were burning, as we
thought of crimson gore. "-Are
uott the man who does the writing?'"
Then wc saw some s, ins
of ioghtmng. as we looked him o'er
and o'er. "Sir, we tare," we
meekly told him, and motioned
for the bovs to hold him, if hetried to beAt us sore. "Then
)on']l give me credit opposite
fhat little debit of a doll:,.r or
more. I like your paper and
A, i1l take xt as long as you try to
]::ake it as, good 'as it ..a.. before."
We jum ped, he dodged; and thus
W'O missed him or we surely would
have missed d him, no matter if the
boys did ioar. So seldom treated
in this manner, we're Incllned to
slag hosaner! Onla thi, and nothing
more.-Ex.The Independence school is preparing
for a concert the 9[!h of
April. They are anticipating an
interesting entertainment and a
large crowd.
5fr. Jack Stout has returned from
Dillas where he bas been attending
Hills Business Colleg.
Mr. John Simnmons who was
talking of moving his business
house to Grape Vine concluded that
Wilmer was the place
Parson IRoddy who has been ill
for some time is very low.
Mrs Stout, we are sorry to say,
is on the sick list tlii week.
Mr Gilbert Davison, who hts
been sick for several days, is improving.
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LIMITED EVENING EXPRESS
Its'-; Been Qiiztckenled
9 Hours to St. Louis and
The East.
4 Hours to Memphis.
One Hiour to NV4 ewr Orleans.
ONLY TWO DAYS
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TL)XAS AND NEW YORK.
Ptullmatn Buffet $],pei',a' Calls to St
Iol~Oll Chlcato. Neotv OrleJT., aiid the
Pacifhc Co't-t,
A1 oull., (I[dv .OCoa lip( (eOc'h ,vov betwocncl
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For ticket, iat(,c. and finthoi iniformatiop
call o 01 O1ddic',s ~Ottl' ncarost
ticket a.gevt
L,. S TiropK\E,
Third Vice-Pres. uls C C Crocker
FEARiS 00 yards from
the house 2.1> wife heard the
bell and thought it was on stock
and called my attention to iL
The }ol was small, but a fine
rautter. The buzzards remained
some time, and we got a good look
at them '
I^S'sB^f'Qfi 6^ ir^l'^Who can think
of ~omne simple
am e n6S~l~yl~i! jidea thing to patent?
Protect your Ideas, thev may 1,ing you wealth
Write JOHN W'EDDERBURN eie visiting friends here
this week.
Mr. Bandy of this place is talking
of go.ng back to North Carolina, his
native home.
Z. G. Clymes has been sick with
the grip for sometime, but IS able to
be up.
Mr. Holder hls just completed a
new gallery for summer enjoyment.
M~ayor. 31alloy, of Ferri, was out
here Wednes3a} bird hunting on his
The Brothers boys, of Hutchms,
were visiting friends here this week.
Those who don t read THE WHEEL
should subscribe at once and get the
IlevI s.
Nothing more of interest.
C-Ivis.
CIemma.
Our town is still on the up giade.
We have a new barber shop w th
R. E Barber behind the chair.
\V. W. Smith is preparing for the
next storm by dipoono storm 'ouse.
A. C Wiley is an expert (?) at
mule hunting. He can find them in
a day and a half if they are in a
mile and a half of home.
Tuesday npiht was a cold one for
our fine o .irdeens.
Dr. Vv. C. KImcadc has had a new
front bult to I's house.
W, T. .Biadley of Indlia was over
to visit his daughter, M1is. J. A,
Smith, last Mond'a.
Several of our male citizens ere
called to the county capital this week
to attend court.
J JE,. Langley and Joe Hendtic
wxere down fiora Oak Cuff to visit
relatives last Saturday and Sundiy.
John Copeland has 70 pca'es of
laud in cultivation and 10 acres in
pa-,ture that he aims to keep in gra's
for his stock He has his lane about
paid out and savs he is now gonm to
woik on the inside. L. Mi. D.
Wilmer.
Welcome, splung is here again
vith her buds, buds and flowers,
and mother earth is caipeted i;ith
grasses and wild flowers, v hich all
are glad to see after the fierce
hoithers hwve bid us addieu
Fainiers will be detained severaldays from their crops, but are busy
repahiing bridges thab were damaged
by the recent ram fall Corn
and oa~s look 'Me except the slight
damage they received from the ha2l
Sunday cvenina.
hMr and Mrs. Freeman hive the
thanks of all who attended their
laity ];hidav evening. It was quite
a success.
1,'r. Sills Lester of \,'axahaclii
spent last week with relatives near
Wilnier. Silas thinks theie is as
piettyf ov.eis in Waxne as ever
Loomed in Lincaster.
Miss A]in, c[f St Louis, is vi.:itine
her 'tlult, M r0' s 1 .[I, .
~[r ClAne Thomi)son, of Bluff
Springs, was vising il ou, vicinity
Sunday.
5MIs Eillot, of Red Oak' will
commelnee a music class at Wilinei
the first of next month.Sunday's big storm of wind,
rain and hail was general throughout
Texas. The deluge of rain
extended over nearly the whole
state, while the wind seems to
have done its worst in the south
central section. Several cases of
drowning are reported, while the
loss of crops, propertyund stock
is great, reaching into the millions.
The damage to railroads
is estimated at over $100,000,
hardly a line in the state escaping
Trains were held and travel
abandoned. Telegraph lines too
suffered heavily and communication
with the southern part of the
state was cut off. The town of Calvert
was wrecked by the wind
and the damage is estimated at
over $100,000. There was a bigblow
at Austin and several houses
were blown down. The State
University was so badly damaged
that it had to be deserted. Breckinr;dge
hall was unroofed, chimnoys
blown down, window lights
smashed and about 500 young
trees flattened to the ground. A
cyclone struck Smithville, de,
molishing houses and doing much
damage. -No fatalities have been
reported. All rivers and streams
were away above the high water
mark flooding houses and farrms
and sweeping away property and
stock of every description.
AT WAXAHACHIrE.
There was a continuous downpour
of about 20 hours which, at
tbmes, was equal to that of 1887.
Waxahachie crook. Spring Branch
and Mustang creek were higher
than ever known and swept away
fenoces, houses, w',agons, cattle,
etc Stores, stables, shops, laundry,
residences , compress, ice
plant, electric hlght plant, jail
and other places in the city were
flooded, some of them as much as
18 inches in water. Ten thousand
feet of lumber was washed
away. The court house was
struck by lightening and slightly
dam aged.
At Ennis the damage was light,
though several houses in the
-'Flats" region were surrounded
and water got up into a few residences.
All trains were held
over Sunday night
The damage to crops, orchards,
stock and bridges over the county
is estimated at no less than
$100,000.
The natural colors of leaf may
]:e easily transferred to paper
Take a leaf of any tree or shrub.
place over it a piece of linen soaked
in spirits of niter, and insert
between the leaves of a heavv
book with o sheet of paper to receive
the mlpression. Lay the
]ook aside for a few days. The
leaf will be found deN oid of color
which will have been transferred
to the paper in the original
beauty of the tint and outline of
the leaf.-Ex.
Some people think worship is
not quite manly; that there issomething cringing about it. But
if you analyze it you will find
that the pos~-ubilhhes of worship
constitute the noblest attributes
of man--worship and admiration
of grand ideals -Savage
M(:I~xiLE'.q "emergency" session
lias passed the tariff bill.
Now for the benlficeut effects of
high tariff. "Bl)essed are they
that expect little for they stall
not lbe disappointed."
Quoting Capt Parker of that place
the ]]nms M1teoe Says "[ can
show you a hen vdho is taking care
of Just 125 chicks. We have several
hens to come off in a few days, and
we have now already hatched out
about 500.CCESSOII '10 TtZE FERizIS SE]XNri-L!.
$1,oo A Year.
Published every Saturday and entoied
at the postoffice a~t Fez s, Texas as
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Ezzell, Frank. The Ferris Wheel, Volume 4, Number 29, Saturday, April 3, 1897, newspaper, April 3, 1897; Ferris, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth18847/m1/4/?q=%221897~%22: accessed July 13, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Ferris Public Library.