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VOL. III.
•IACJvSBORO, TEXAS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER -28, 1877
NO. 1*2.
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it's tin? only \vny to '.get. out of
ever ninny again when Baxter j 'Yourself ami Mrs. Baxter.'
dlttd.''1 • ! '(let iii-j out of tin: scrape,
"Uood lteuvens!" thought,| Hurding, and I'll be eternally
Tom, who hail not reckoned] obiiged.'
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A broken relic of our dilldhood'* play,
A Mm! Ho wit, lli.it loll#aj;<> wii fnlr—•
•Mute token <it :i loyn that died uutold!
Or yllkcu yurl, ortpek of >IIVery bidr—
l The brow* tliut bore them long Muco hi
the mould: '
Though ihese iiMirvt-iill up griefs lliut else
bud slept.
Their twilight tKidueH* o'er the koiiI to
* bring; '■ ■■ '
Xot every tear In hltternens U wi.pt,
While, they revive I ho drooping tiowera
iliat spring
Within t)ie heart, and round ftsjnUued
temples -cling. , ,
; j ;v: ■: W- •' i t':~tV Ctnl*'
TOM SAUDFOfiD'S ESCAPE.
prCHlliOI.txr. , f-KCSTPX. -
four Sandford was sitting in
Ida lodglilsrs In a ludicrous state
of perplexity, produced by pe-
cuniary • embarrassment, when
there Was a sharp, decisive tap
at his door; •: "• '".
V;;^w 'ia.,Vs^d Toni, faintly,
for h« suspccted who it was.
■ • Thett^itered a stout woman
of middle 0ger whpse ifed. face
my troubles.''
'•'I'hank you,'
ho murmured
"I'm a ivoinan of business, Air
Sandford, and 1 won't be bash
ful. If we're to lw married, It
shall be next week. I'll forgive
your debts, and give you a home.
You can carve the meat, and run
my errands, and I don't mind
your paiiitirig a bit in your leis-
ure time, Thai's fair, ain't it ?'!
'•Yes," said Tom with diift
did not/add ii}«o| > to %
iill
m
m
*liwt CoimuotDous
*«jKiSry-'..T
m
v.
m
b'ot
life well
B Mvir pome for
IIP
x
'cSW'
3i
erl
I
ter,
«K)ttsy
.Uiat 1
... hundred
, but hitli-
ou wont't get
'0f.rfe"'W
"You must
and 1 shall
to Imlp pay
enough it
W&
Intriwteu to
Vk,
^i;.V
t J« Uwd
'jim> 8&Ttoi N.
lUle Public Square,—
fKXAII.
"Then all's settled. . We'll
call in the minister Tuesday
wee Is, and bo made one. But
now I must go down stairs. The
meats ate roasting, and may get
burned." .. .
"What have I done?'' ejacu-
lated the unhappy artist, as tho
perspiration came ont on his
fa«e. "Is it p< ssible that 1 have
Agreed ta marry that r^faoed
harridan ? Who'd have thought
ahe'd have luterpreted my words
tfyit way I iAnd I didn't dare to
undeeetvt) lijer. Let roe see,.?^
twenty-eight, and she's forty, if
sjie's .a day1. . What.- a bitter
•While thS unhappy artist was
meditating .on the unfortunate
dilemma in which lie was in-
volvwd, i4 rushed his friend
Kaiding.. ! 1 v
' ■ '*Op,od news, my dji>ar fellow I",
he exclaimed. "Bat what's the
matter Wfth ywil loo}c t
ii yoft Itad ipst your last friend.'*
"I'm bnl^rgoKng to be married,
that's aiU; 6aid Tom mournfully.
;Whew^and who's
Hardlugbttnt
zft of laughter. "A
:;ltva
ir.^': man
>
Ida attempt
fhiai^iyhad
R. L. McCLUUE,
pttjiaoiiisrv ^
ntlle Sqnnre. CJnllM
promptly attemUx] to Ml nil )u>nr«.
• . ..J.ill'■ 1
Jaelcritoro,
Texas.
such words from
_ ^«tHNsaid^^
torming-aanddend^rnriuatioii
to ^th>ftat^iT'
teem, whom I have ^elunod to—
to admire, that yon should'look
upon me as a swiudler is Indeed
W
ON
AND ,
REPAIRS if OP,
South Side, of Publir Sqnarr
: ■;
J^OttlltORO, TUX AS.
: ■. •y.' ;^ vv ' *'.V *'
Vehiele-i i*!' all kintU uuiiuCietured to
oidiv :nnl r< |itiir fl.
My work L< my ni'outnuiHbitlou.
ft«T ! keep on h-inii a wiiiplete *ii>ek
>'f uuilerinl and uvJiuil'.n lure. 4on
! ••• I'(i>( ni'llee, 1 [
1'; L
|iivr you
t^oiv tlte iwtiit; made
* bis pgwerty^^Mw.
mm" '
;t n^
misconstrued into'an offfer.
<4I ftanh pay her bill," he con-
tinued. "if. I marry Tier, I get a
home; and can purs^ rnv studi
les without fear of my creditors.
Perhaps I may as well satrrilice
myswlf." «'•. ;
tuuch do your debts
amount to f'
"A hundred and tliirty dollars,
«jSw ? * -
"Ahd you have j ust sold ^Onr
plctd^o for thrda ht^dred, dol-
lar8.1V . ,1" ' '■
^Harding, are you in Earnest V'
exclaimed Tom, jumping to his
feet in excitement. ;
mole so." '.ii-v/.
"Would to Ifeaven I had
known this two hours ago!"
." Won't now do as well ?"
"No, Mrs. !daxter won't give
mu up."
"Not if yon pay your bill ?"
•No she'! 1 feel insulted by my
wishing to withdraw fro:U the
; engagement.'
'Then we must set our wits Vo
liioi'i'ow forenoon, antl await do-
velo]iment3.'
The next forenoon Mrs, Bax-
ter was suinmpnod to the door
by a loud knock. Opening ii in
person, she saw before her a
freckled- Irish woman, holding
by the hand two children of four
and six. ■
'What do you want,' demand
the landlady.
'Does Mr. Sandford board
here, ma'am V
'He does, and what then ? Have
yon been doing any washing f'ij*
him f' , . '
'No, ma'am, it isn't that,'
"What if it then V. ;
•Have I found him at last thin.
May all the Saints be blessed
for restoriu' to ine my own
Thomas-'
'What do you mean!' qestiori-
ed the landla<ly, suspivioualy.
"What business have you with
Mr. Saudford f - •
^♦Wh^ btfsinesS itave I wld
him, do you ask ? What> busi-
ness have i wid my own hus-
bandar - \ :
• 'What P exclaimed the land
lady clarified. Do you pretend
to say horis your husband V
•Shure and what else, ma'am V
'When were you married
It's sivea years ago^ ma'am.
Little Tom here's J ust. tufned
six, and iPat—he'e named after
nw father—is tour. Don^t yOq
think lie ldqks like lUs father
nia'arn? Biit can I see him,
ma'am?',.
'Yes;!, said the landlady, *yoti
shall see him,' The wretch of-
fered 'himsjelf to ine only last
week arid we were to have been
tUaiTied next- week;'
'O; mja'am, it can't be true,'
said Bridget, clasping her hands;
"ifbe father of mo poor children
wonldp't do such a wicked
thing.* i ' V ' ,■
'PollOiir me,' said jtfrs, Baitier.
'I will unmask the villain' ;
5?h« led the ^ajr u^tairt, arid
threw open the door of Mr. Sand
said she, 'I
navip discovered your ylllany.
Yoa were going to marry me,
W«te yon, wheto you had a wift-
doqft .think! J qitite urider-
atftlidu yi^u;" said th^ lattdiady
in altsi^o .tone; "You say that
you admire me ■ ' ■ ■
''Indeed 1 do.'1"""
'•1 haven't noticed "it befoie. work to induce her to rejeel you.
•You've done your part well,
and got me out of a scrape.
Here's a couple dollars for you.'
'Thank your honor.'
'And hark ye, you heard that
Womau say she wouldn't marry
m«.' .
'Yes, your honor.'
'All right, I may need your
testimony,'
The next day ,pom changed
his boarding-house. I am hap-
py to say that lie is now pros-
perous, and his pictures nell
well. Oa the whole that is bet-
ter than marrying Mrs. Baxter.
I For the Echo.] m ,
We ofteii hear {the remark:
•'That is a truly modest man."
We turn t^ the subject of com-
ment, and consider the elements
of true modesty.. By nature aJJ
men are modest. Education and
the elevating iuiiuencfts of the
social circles only polish the
elements, apriord ot natural
modesty. The siuless brigl t-:
eyed infant possess natural
modesty* because ^>ity is the
predominant pHapi^les of Its
nature. Age and the inlluence
of stuTonnding circumstances
may not' annihilate this innate
purity, Still se lf-confidenco and
obtrusiveness are wont to take
tho: precedeniso,.artd.th« niodcsty
ot tlio ohil^is lost sight of in
.the rtt(§«- y^ith, presumption,
often tho .natCiral sequence of
external indue^ceR, vies with the
betfer impulses of t]hfl mind
and becomes richer, and the
rude features of the natural mau
lire boldly and unmistakably
developed;4 Waring tlio expres-
sion of inifpnre thoughts, and
indicating Clearly impurity of
actidn. Pu$Hy of' thought and
motive are the vigiland guar-
dians tif true modesty, and
when the farmer are cultivated
the latter, will be the natural
consequence Poets sing of the
mpdest bi eeze, the modest leafy
and of the modest river, and the
philosopher searches for causes,
arid reasons upon eii'«cts. One
points out the beautiful and
grand, the other unveils the
source of that beauty and the
cause of that grandeur. But
While the pout traces the name,
the philosopher assigns the or
igin and improves tho good with
the importance of possessing
qualities within the reach of
every man—prized by all, above
criticism— commanding respect,
and possessed «y but few. The
soul, thirsts for the abundant
waters of virtu-fountain, and
the grass that adorn the moss-
Baxter, you're a vile deceiver, clad wulis of-.nature. Still the
sir. You were going to niarry' tnrHado of passion and ant
suppose 1 must pay my board.; a world, and wreathed his niviii-
If you'll make out it ivccipt I'll ] ory with laurels of fame that
pay it now,' j brighten and inciet sH with tin-
Mrs. Baxter was intensely as- ; lapse of time. Napoleon's am
touished at these wor<ls. 'Me'-j bition was checked by the com-
(•lianically she complied with j bined eflorts of allied powers de-
his request, and departed: eighty-, manded by the niorality and civ-
four dollars richer than s!ie| ilization of the age in Which lie
came. j acted a prominent part. Wash-
'IVid Mr. Harding send you i'« ington's virtues were enthroned
asked Tom of the Irish woman I in the hearts of posterity, and
after the landlady's departure, j his progressive ambition was
'Shure he did,' she said, with | reached only by the aspirations
of tumtemporarii's. AVashing-
ton, suiTottndeil by whatever
circuiustancps, was distinguish-
ed fur his truemodesty. Great
arid good men are ever modest
Uteri. Wesley's modesty bor-
dered upon diffidence. Spur-
geon's modesty and ivtiring
mi\nners are as pleasing as his
doctrines are impressive. Pio-
uiiio, though a slave to ecclesi-
astical precedents, and Italian
prejudices, * is still a modest
man, and conducts bis court
with dignity and reserve. Titos.
Hart Benton, whose portrait
adorns the .halls of Missouri's
Senate chamber to-dayi furnish-
thnt modesty, the revtSt-se of his
conduot iu public lijCe,
Modesty does hot consist in
diffidence o^.the want of proper
self-esteem, but is the direct op-
posite of the torwatdness and
presumption so common lit the
public areita, and the social cir-
cle. The. modest actor in any
sphere of life is th«i creatm,e of
iilivitation and not of obtrusion.
Modesty occupies a prominent
place in the list of virtues, and
is not the result of any particu-
lar or favored school, but a Strict
obedience to^-the impulses of the
iubjffu genus of the soul. No
mah, is a stranger to these im-
pulses, and- while modesty Is
commendable in all men, im-
modesty is excusable in none.
K. K.
■#—*-
the; astonished tu'tist
could reply, Bridget rushed iuto
tile room exclaiming: , '
*0, Thomas, how could you
lave, your poor wife, and the
darling childer.'
'I never saw you before in all
my life,' said the bewildered
artist.
<0; Thomas, how can y ou trate
your own Bridget so cruelly.
Children, who is that gentle
man?'
'Papal' shouted the children
in shrill chorus.
• 'It's m«^t extraordinary,' said
the poor artist dumbfounded.
lOn iny honor, Mrs. Baxter, 1
never set eyes on the woman or
Iter children?before.'
'Don't, tell mi1,' snapped Mrs.
eld Jt*publican
says i fhu^tit^n of the sll|>-
p«f to the .fSefrNp? the ladies,
supplanting the clo^olj'-button-
fe«r year*.
assurance that the h^st j^enem-
tion will slioW an imptovement
in manners and moral#, Thy
degeneracy of the young men
aud womeu now coming on the
stage is attributable, mow than
anything; else, to the Jack of
the handy sHppMr in the •mater-
nai outht daring tiie. yOuthful
and'impressible ye«r«. As the
Tegftlatur Of ,Ahe family m thltig
eVei' equalled the slipper of the
grandmothers, and now that it
is being restored, after long de-
inoj'alizing absence, there is new
How do I know yon are in ear-
t esr i1' " "
'If she only would!'
'Slio shall. I'll see to t'iftt.
(Jan yott doubt me f" ex-.^Ut lirst, here is a cheque I am
claimcd Tom, eagerlyperwiv-1' ''niniissionpd to pay yori.' -
lug that lie had'made a favor j Tom Sanibrd took It, and with
able inipressli'ri. ^ ; !sparkling eyes read the atuount
; "If yon are i>i eariu-s!, 1 don't!—three hundred dollars.
know that 1 have any particular j •Better days are dawning.' lie
me, Were you, when you had an-l bition' sweeps to jw«s tlio heart
other wife living? It was a base phdn of human nature, and the
fran 1. sir.' ; ileaire for .success beclothls the
All at Vmce the real state of purest iiisjiii-atiOiis i'f tin- heart,
the case ttnsh+;d;Upou SiiildtVird.; Napoleon, tllbilgh endowed
hope for l he race.
The V icksburg Herald men-
tions a colored uia^atrate who
sentenced a negro to be hung for
stealing a h%, arid says, the col-
ored constable kept the prison-
er coniiued in his house, and
would* no doubt have hanged
him if the white people had not
iliterfereil to-prevent it.
At all times, in this wintry life,
the presence of those we love is
like n gleam of sunshine through
the clouds, lighting up one par-
ticular Spot amid tiio shadows,
and giving wcrmth and lustre
and loveliness to all beneath the
rav.
'ones nays it is wonderfiil how
luick a child who can't be in-
lliced to_obi?y by either prayer-
or spankiiig. can be led into the
act!1
in.;/.
'Then you won't marry me,'J With.a versatile■■niiud.--buld geiii-
he said, us, was detinue 0f tlmt purity | jiat"i| ,',f vivhio by the in!lu-
.'Doyou have the face to ask /i'dmotive^, and that sincerity ,,f a liul
No. not if you were volling i!i rurim.je iliat coustii'Mes tin-; . — m —
gold, instead of the beggai you 'haracter <;l the -truly great audi 'When I die,1 said a married
are.- .good man. .Washington, coin-! tuaii,'l want to go Where there
objections to aseeoud marriage,jsnid. 'I shall yet support rny-j •Thi-n if you'■ won't marry me,' billed-with- his deeds, purity-of f-is no snow to siiove).' Ills wife
tboiij;!) I drdn'l thjnk 1 rlionM Htdf by niyan.' «?aid,hv in*a • I:iT'-i-' >• t ton". '1 p'irpos". that v.*(.n iljv es(,...!n of «.-iid-h•• iev-,n ne(] ||,. v.-.>tj! j.
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Robson, G. W. The Frontier Echo (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, September 28, 1877, newspaper, September 28, 1877; Jacksboro, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth233865/m1/1/: accessed July 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.