The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 9, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 27, 1897 Page: 5 of 8
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You are losing money! Come Gtuick! Get Fine Goods at Low Prices. The Best
is always the Cheapest. We sell First-class Merchandise at what others want
for Cheap, Shoddy stuff. Don't let some one else get all the pie, and you be left.
A. A. ERHAP.U S COST MARK
B-h fl C~K~8 S~E
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This Kind of
You can readily see what you are buy-
ing—fresh, first class goods at low prices.
Mr. Cill and Mr. White have charge of
these two stocks at the Gill store and will
see that you get these Goods at Actual
Cost Price. This is absolutely the only
genuine cost sale ever giyen in Bastrop.
ROBT. BILL'S COST MAI
D-0 N-T-B-E-h-A-Z-Y
a
Chance You Never had Before!
Shoes.
11:tiiii11<• it llrovv u Shoes, Win. K n• lan<i Co.,
Brown Shoe ('( . Shoes, A .1. Johnson*.
Krecdinnn l$ros. utn! S. I. 1 *i c-«- Infunl and Child-
ren Shoes. riic finest shoes made.
SEE OUR
* FINE UMBRELLAS. *
.1 «:st tin- thing for the lint Wcftthcr.
$15,000 worth of Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes,
Hats, Clothing, Gent's Furnishing Goods,
etc., direct from the factery, at New York
Cost. Staple brands of the best known
houses in the United States.
STAPLES.
A (' A licking
I, L Domestic
llfltVV .letllis
All Wool .IcilllH
I I l-2n per yard
lu
12 11c 44
22c "
Kino Mocha (ilovi'H, tegular price 81..*>( . only 1'Oc.
I'atterns of all kind*. Wlu>n you buy one 1 will
give yon one. Coini' and get out' ladeis' and
children'*.
HATS.
Wilson Bros. Shirts,
(i$s
See our Fine Line of
Hosiery.
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hratcd .lolin B. S'cimin .®i! Hat at 81.00,
" S"i 11 at at 8:t.."i0.
l'lii- I lk lint1. regular ptiee S.'l " o. now only >.
I litow oil \ our old hat anil yet. a new one.
In all kinds of colored, White and Fancy Bosoms.
Extra Large Sizes, 14 to 18 12 collar
UNDERWEAR,
h. A* \\. ( <iil«ir> «it I lie.
CM KTT Collins at I.V
The Best. Largest and Must Coin|'lete Stuck of
Men's 1'nderweiir in (lie State.
These Goods were bought to sell to the people in order to help them out during these
hard times and scarcity of money, and it is to your interest to stick to and trade with
EILERS.
The man who sells for cash and looks out for stocks O^Kl- fiill'Q
at low prices for the people. Come to see them at ^ ^ ^
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ON WHEELS.
A lady friend sends us the follow-
ing clipping from an issue of the
Klgin 1 lines published many years
Hgo, with the reijllest to "give place
in the Aovt nn«i.i< fur the sake of a
true Confederate soldier I he lines
were composed liy.l. I'. ^ .Mini;, who
will lie remembered as the Confedei-
ate cripple who had to he wheeled
around in a chair for so many years,
lie died in the Confederate Home,
,No\. 2!Mh, IH'.n;.
I I■ >~t the sound (if footsteps
1 iver t wcut v yeat* ago.
Ki'iiin all iuilie.ition- I will
\ eve I VV ,'llk tin inol'e
I am all old Confederate soldier,
\ 11 |ic ruiaiiclit place In slay.
I roll floin place In place
\ml a 111 only In tlie w iv.
I have I o-l the >otl 1111 - o| toolsteps,
I II in v. i here tin iiiuie.
lint I long to hear the tnu-ie
III III v feet upon t lie tlool .
I 11 It'll 111 of it iv- II11W v atllslli'd
W in n my lipv hegan to talk
I If :i nit it IleI "s 111 \ e thill fondly taught
Her little lio.V to W alk.
I have lo-t the -o11n• I of footsteps,
I he tlav - have come anil gone,
Alld lli.V step tulevcr «ili'liced,
lint I am st ill 1 oiling on
III the silence licit -III roil in I - me
Tiled ol silence and of palll.
Oh. I long toi hands to guide me
I nl 11 I learn to w alk again .
I have lost the sound of footsteps,
I am wailing day hy day
In tl.v midst o| this long silence,
\\ lieic the Ma-let hid- iiic slay.
While I loudly long toi tini-ie
I hat I II never heai no mole.
.lust the nillsic of my foot«|e|is
My own -tcps on the tloor.
I ilreain of the many plt!ce-[
W hen' ms child led u-eil to roam
1 if the foot print- left -o of leu
1 m the - audi d w a'ks at home
An I nnisie tloal- around iiic
Sweet I \ wafted oil I lie air
The hum of many \n.ct - sound
A hunt llie c\ 1 1 \ w to 1 e.
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CALIFORNIA LETTER.
As Mil IM. ( ' d., I'll.. I I , ".17.
Kin toi: Ai>\ ii- 11 t 1: : I mail you
to day , under scperatc cover, a copy
of the \nahicm (inzille, our town
paper, in which y ou w ill litul an oliil
nary of Mrs. K. A. Mead, who died
in Los Angeles, on I'Vliru tv ller
liodv was I roui>l:t 1 low 11 hen and laid
to rest hy the side of her hushand,
who died eight months ago. Mr.
ami Mrs. Mead were long residents of
Baalrop county. and were well known
there. By insert tug t he obituary in
your paper, the Aov i i: ri-nt:, it will
convey tin1 sad intelligence to many
of their old a apiaintances who may
lie yet alive.
I will give you a few points which
you can embody in a separate article
if it -nils. Mrs. Mead left behind
her one sou and three daughters, to
mourn her death. a> follow -: «^11in-
cy Mead, a citizen of Ni wberg, Tex-
as; Luerctia A., wife ol Dr. frank
I I lohnsli'V. of 1'alesline. levas; Mary
Helen, wife of It. I1'. Porter, of Fol-
ic it on. < a I ; Minnie A , u irried. liv-
ing in Los Angeles, (a!. Mis. Mead
leaves behind her, one brother and
two sisters, Kcnncr A. Ii. Keener,
residents of Anahiein, ( al., Mary .1.
tlaidincr, my wife, she is the po-t-
tnislress of our tow n.
W e receive the good old Anviii'l'i*
-it; regularly ever\ week, and it i-
liigiily prized by u-. It gives all the
new- ol town and county, and is cag-
etly scanned by myself, wife and her
sister. It. i- like a letter, received
weekly, giving all the news.
\ ci v respectfully . yours,
I )|{. .1, S. ( ! VltKINI.lt.
1'. S. I have learned since writing
the above, that Mr. Mead and family
lived iu Bastrop county for some
years nlt.ei they came to the state,
but the greater part of the time in
Burleson county. j. o.
IS M KMo|<| AM
I'rdln (tie V aitlii'iiin in! i W'ml.ly liii/ille
i \itot.t\it M i' \11, the w ifi u( tie late
hltnetiled i , \. Mi a|i. who died eight
liiont lis ago, departed this life lu I o«
\ngeli's, the • it 11 Inst., at I a. lu. She
w a- IH iin in Scvcir con lily. I' i-t I • iiic --
«ee, Maj 17. Isjii, being seventy year-, s
month-and .Mi day-old at tin tone nf
her demise. While an inl i'iI In ' parents
|eino\ed lo Itelli'lonle. \ 1 I.. (i'd after
wards to Talladega ia tin -.one -tale
Sepleuihi r Js. I - 17. -Ill) wa- lil iM'ie I to
I A. Mead, and l e|hi tied \ it Ii In i hil-
II a 11 < I III It- III folite vv 11 e I e In u a ctivjiigcil
lu iiierciiulile piir-ult-. i'losing nnt hi-
I lit s| lies- I he 11 Ihcv 1 '' III 11V l' 11 1 i Itldiop.
I'i■ \as. iu I '."i.1,
Ill |s;o t ||e v III ' V eil to I il
sett Ic11 iu I 'rangi I In.I pi , on «
Till of that v ear. \ 11 >
lionin tlines lu S....Uh i i i i'ii
, exchange I tlicit ; : | '!.•
ottier iu \ I'l'iiiui di tnet. a suliuj'li of l.o« |)n ii.- In Austin, Texas, on l'lies-
\ngc'es, at winch place tier liushan I day. the '.Mil inst., t'apt. (ieo. M.
died eight month- ago. In early life our I >echerd ; aged <!<• years.
si-ler w a- converted, and she joined tin
i-h11ren when about I l or I I vears out.
I'll i'Migln ml her long pilgrimage on
i' i I t h -he wa- Known one of t lie I ,oi d -
auoiiiteil. Is inil, gent le and p it lent she
The subject of this sketch was
born near Winchester, Tent)., in
March, ix;l7. Ills father dying
when he was young, lie was princi-
it all time, wa- rcadv to uiini-tei to pally raised by his uncle, Bciij.
bei-elf. she wa. il- | ,,.(.|„.n| _ w|ioin lie emigrated to Texas
vv av - of a liveiv and cheerful ill- ilion. i ... , , . ., ,■
with and settl'd ill Bastrop, in the
so III' 1 I'h -II that in 11 e I p|e«e|hi' gloom
and niorosi tic-s could not aliide, but ^ 1'"
a widow and several children to
mourn his loss.
\\ he!her as a citizen, a soldier, or
a kind father or friend, lie was faith-
ful to every trust.
••Leaves have their time to fall"
Vnd the Mowers to wither at the north
wind blast, *
(till thou lui-t all time t^ii thine own,
" h! Heath."
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or LSo.-i.
were II ini-li' il at unci li\ the subtle I'i <-corge for several years clerked
tlnence she Imparted to all with whom in ;lie si,,re of W. ! . (Limbic ; after-
wards in the store of .!, M. Kin-1
WATCH YOUR TEETH.
Now is the time to have your
Teeth I illeil. I 111iI March 1st.
1MI7. I 'vill make a full I ppcr
or Lower Set ol Teeth, of
Rubber or Aluminum,
r" $10.
she came iu coat ret.
Light nio.it|«- ago the hu-baud to
whom she had In ■ n united a half cciitu-
iv ago. sickened nid died, and -liortly
alter that -ad event, the di-ca-e which
eventually carried hei off. tirst made it-
-•II manifest.
Hilling all the letigtlientid period of
hei -icuiicss utn! suffering tor she suf i
ney & Co , ami by his agreeable
inanm r won the respect of all who
knew hill).
Iii IMiil, when the tocsin of war
iva- sounded, and the chivalry of
tlic South rushed to the front, to
answer to the call of their common
fcrcd a ureal deal lint a murmur nor a
eouipiaini was ever uttered by her. A j country . (ieorge joined ('apt. Stev e
tew dav be) 11 re lit r death ailed her 1 Fort ill's coin pan v (ttfterwi irils Colo-
lieur I'el ilivi - to In i bedside and told |
t hem I liat all wa- w ell w it Ii her.
nci o
I ferry's Hungers), and vva-
clectcil ()rderly Sargcanl of tHat
A dispatch to the London Tnius
from Canea stiys, "among the killed
at Sarkinos were twenty women and
sixt votic children."
NERVOUS. DESPONDENT,
! WEAK, DISEASED MEN
j Cures Guaranteed or No Pay
I MU'Vti ,r MI DDI I A(it:i) MKS Vtm
I -• t\viftitn S# lf Abu-«
v\ • uu.itf \ lit• r I x « i «• | <ih11
' i .Ii! ml ii-««i i'h in > lilt vo r« f i •! the
IV, 'IK, hi I f I •« 'If l \ lllptnlllH H11 •! 111 H
■ >• ! You il :i«l tin* futnr« r-'MultH.
j <m, liiii. w >iii nr«*nnt it ii hi ii mentally itml
' • . I it- t <Min lint into it nci
| n • i I fI.• • «it«l «•* • ♦ ri• • 11• • • • ••f ofln-r wrecks
f • -Ii- • t t■ h i M.W MKI Hu|)
| t I A I MI.N i ss i I.I. < I 1:1 VOli AMI.lt
I I I I .> I. I \ I LS.
rotiplt* now slt'rp then l;i-t l<ni£ >!«•••} . i ( •
:is«;iititi^ i lit* n*>ui it el inn morn , I mi t I*ur four loofj^ ni'mts hf hlutrcd the
(liHr spirit* arc \\ ith tin- hloml-wII ■ coin,ikm dun^rrH, toils nri<I harilnlupH
throng oil high. ' of a soldier's life, with that historic
Iii *i)ii«iliiiit' iiixl s 11 m «I« \v, \\U h put It way tlitay • roi2 i
l rt H I I
\\ itii ii11rult«*riin: fontsti-pH Hu ll- in'tii HNt 'i nn | | |( nv4 ii to ahU r prns than iniru1
«tiinitiuiiN nln)iii<l
to write of the heroism ami gallantry * f Q
F.minslons, Varicocele and
Syphilis Cured
W M >111.1 I II
W M Mil.I.KM
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urni i oiil
1111 icr t, e
i o| the
III l, t liey
for an
1':|>iii• I In 'Ii i art u lieu tin
funic
I',utn (Ins wiirtit nl ' lire lu their llenvenh
tiume
Mrs. Mead leaves t>eIit■)■ I lierto mourn
her loss, tine sun ami three daughters,
i.inlucv Mead, a resilient of Xewficrg,
I'e \ .1 s, \| t s, | 11 . | I | ||k I lull II si IV , I if I 'al -
estilie, I'e\as. Mrs It. I I'tirler, of I III •
Icrtnii. ah11 >li - Minim \ . the viiunn-
t's( , iii |.os \ 11et■ 1 es. She Was tile si-let'
of till I r.istuiMl. s- M r-. .1. S. 1.11• 1 i lie I',
anil lief hrotlier. I\ . \. I!. Keener.
A nail iein. t 11 • I 'eh. s , •17. .1. S. I..
At a >alc o| i'olaud t hint) lio^s at
Spt inulielii. III., on the •Jltth, forty
hogs lirotioMi S|-. ,:'ii7. Out' hoar
liroti^ht ?:lt)tiO, another hroiight
sl.Vi.'i. These are the liig'n H' prices
any hug lias vet sold for, the highest
pi vv itllls p| ice licilic S I ."it 111.
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Htieklen's \t titcii Salve
Vile |{e-l Sfllve in till' VV'urlll ful ell'
Utilise-, Sores, ric, is. > ilt ){11e11tn.
l ever Soles, 'letter, t lta|ip<l| Hallos
('hillil tins. Coriis, atul all >i*iti Krup-
lintis, i«nd positively eures Piles, m no
p.lV 11 't|t| i I'etl. It IS gllirailleeil to U I VI*
i.ei fi . t - oi taction or iii• in-v refuti led.
Price J.'i cents per lio\. I III ill 'II W .
.1. .Miley and • . Kihatil A Son - Htug
'•fores.
ol that fatuous regiment. I might
Icll of the fall of that gallant chief
linn. Col. Terry, who fell tit the
head ol his regiment at Woodson-
ville.
ilf Texas had nothing more to
honst of in this great civil war than
lei rv's Uange-s, in t hr I'rails-Missis-
sippi Di'parlincnt, and l oin (Jrecn's
Itrignde in the Hcpartmcnt of I'extis
and l.onisitina, she '.voiiltl stand high
up in the annals of history. Yes,
the liravc Imys that coinposed these
cominands, and every oilier gallant
soldier tiesi rves a nation's gratitude.
(Jeorge returned home after the
war was over, broken up and poor,
like all ('o'llederate soldiers. I'or
several vcars he w is :t ciitnutei'ci.'il
travi ller tor ti lirin in New York.
In IS.s.;, he vv as tippointeil to a
responsible position in the I rcasury
I lepartinciit :ii Austin, which lie held
for ten years, when dis.aM"d hv sie|,-
ticss, which cvcutitally ltd to his
dentil, forced Him to n 'ire.
lie was inarm d ' v . ,■ 1 ! iv■
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CONSULTATION FREE.
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Rubber Plate. Lined with Gold.
$2.50
iitihl I illiii|f, fmm
\ ti i a I o 11 in rilling, front
\\ hiie i .old Mtiiv I' lllitig, I'ulor
n 11 c 11 all gt' a 111 c. as low as. ..
I Mill I I'I l-t I'illltle.
I eelli Kxl I acted w itti Local
A nasi fifties ....
?l ..'ill up
1.110 up
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SPECIALTIES- Regulating Teeth.
frown and Bridge Work
\ siysletil id lllserliug
' lee t II Without I'liltCs.
Forcelain Enanit)l Filliugs —
\ new met In nl of filling
cavai ie- |icrmani'utly
will-, porcelain, to avoid
the display of tlold.
S. O. LUCKETT,
Ollt. i I |. «uitr* in tlivynt# BiiI|i||ii«
LESSONS IN ART
Crayon,
P.istel,
Water Colors,
OIL - PATNTING,
Copying,
Enlarging,
Portrait Painting
NATURE STUDIES.
I w ill teacli these \rts,
and aLo take youronler
for any w m k In tliis lim>
and (aitliftilly exeeutt' It.
Prices on Application.
<'all at Prof, ({overs'
and see my work.
Miss Ida !VTai Johns.
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Cain, Thomas C. The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 9, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 27, 1897, newspaper, February 27, 1897; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth205336/m1/5/: accessed June 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bastrop Public Library.