The Frontier Echo (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 48, Ed. 1 Friday, June 14, 1878 Page: 1 of 4
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VOL. J 11.
•J ACKS HQ Up, TEXAS, KH IDA V..) I NK 11. 1878.
NU. 48.
_ THE FRONTIER ECHO
_ HVtW IKIIWV Ms *SIS«
One
jaiKSMBO.
Snbacripticn—In Advance:
roc One y«w——
KorSix Month*---
For tfcw*
The Old Man, A «*>** ivl«k .-tud
time there was au old? uw'* iVktn*.
| man whose Ua«'k uas U-iit ami M twelve veals .0.1
TKXAS<tnssteps!o<v Mess wVtg.wd up-, *i*ter Marv i* sw«vr ixteen
, oil his snowy hair and writiSkl
%<re lilu-riiorm ul-. Itcad.
John.Ki^vitn-. l ie \.-:-
\r«K u
V J '-' llUViW
is ntb^s ft* to I* •
is h« S!i r. s«U . Ks*
i'r.vrj,ititii Kqts
at? I ^n«v.o' I'tji •?! ' ■!
*ptw.r - "I'l l by sae.u-
wirh Ussey-I
Ten Cepfc* Oae Y«ar.
T*r «y COfka One Y«ar.
bates of advertising:
Tillli
gjia« OecupW.
3300, £B | *10
7J | 151V IS
Ltpil AdTrnhrnfMc
ia;aUtliriniN. BilU for yearly a.l-
parable quarter!*-.
AdrnfiMMO Insert nt in (he l^cal
toiuan e* Weenta per line for eacliin-
not ankfd bribe
nnmhrr of In-
still torfaid
"tiler ti!>>Tltlll>~.
aud borne broken ill*, lie said to I !«*alhrr slraj .
buckle.
tIS« IKV
ista'Icr li«>\v
omphalic doubt
B5
NEW BLACKSMTTTI SHOP.
east saws pvbhc sqvAkE.
JAOKFBOKO, TEXAS.
pHlLIP GBE8HAM, 11D„
•. . "•■■' ■: • -- .-, ••• '
PkjiMiR «a« P*r*e M.
LI,'•
- Jaduboro, Texa*. '
Office vc*b aide of the Public Square.
'tfaaafe
80 WARD,
LAW,
km 00., TEX.
in the Courts of PiAer,
and Palo Pinto
McCLURE,
'vv''':'..' '
Mi Ririeaa.
IA Squat*.
,ltaua. '
tttepded to at all
®k & WEST,
Land Agents,
O0UXTT, TEXAS.
> Intrusted to
i# Wlae, Tack,
liafceilkwd.
f choice land in Jack
-i.at prices ranging
I par acre.
I. '
"atlon
a complete atock
Coffins on
I
L Haktman.
> preaa and a flnca*-
, we • « prepared
latest stgrftft ■>"* at
<K;".v- •
Bill-Heads,
m ■
My'^y ■
i at Th* Echo office.
Ijsl
tm SALE
jAB L E
bwdtt Corner Publle 8f|mir«',
tOAO, : : : ;.
th«; nice old man in ilic «n.rm r
Tbey threw out hints, depriced
liiui of his comforts, ana om*
Cold day in winter he was told
that he had better go to Ilalifax
—Nova Srotia.
The old man's heart was soiv
as hp went into the world to bat-
tle against hunger and mid ;
and when uight came he cowered
in a doorway and wept like a
child.
''Who is making that chin-
music up there f called a re-
porter, whose steps had been ar-
rested by the sobs; and
he went np to the steps,
patted the old man on the back
and sat by him until his story
was .told... ■',
"Come down to the station
with me," said the reporter, tak-
ing the old man's arm. "Your
son ts first cditain to the mau
who preftkxed bnixatd to lamb,
and Pirhelp yon fix him."
Next morning one of the daily
papers contained an item to the
effect 'that an old gentleman
named Uoodheart had been
found wandering the streets at
night, and that, when ' taken to
thejrtation, ten thousand dollars
of United States bonds
were fonnd on him. The old
<it over -three times,
ping his leg as he saw
and H beautiful smile
is face and climbed
;h the hair. In about
son William rushed
into the station, and called out,
"Father! dear father! come
home 1" We were crying all
nightlong, and my wile is now
in a comatose state no*
your account '
" .o old man went home with
bim/wMdiigat the lamp-posts,
and siniltng as he turned the
i:< He had all of his com-
forts back, and the son.: bought
him a costly pipe and a pair of
bo£toed; boots that very. day.
fll,astimewenton,the
son ventured to suggest that
tli9 bonds had better be turned
over to him; and erere. time
he said "bonds" the old' man
would anUo.and torn the sub-
« f >"'«r asav-nion., and sjiv. ~It vfas rightly used wei^iuil, anl as; tin nl lh*> en«l
tlimi«i>tViiii\. ..o#i. . i< «>Ke«l I a.'nvn an>l write out an a>l- j 1 made tiw most of it." i of six moushs, when they \ven>
contents .ofl^iWat S, .?l, «s:l -Bat wluit can1 do C ^-ned, 'Fhe two eg«s left in
his jiockets* were dejnVsii^fw^nd^rwill n!!th
fore the ey.^ or his mother, and |V.K. J,.1, "'
snllenlr r>'inirli 1 >lt« ..... I: ■ I- ! ■'
deposiie.1 be-|al,,j ww \V||! jnit it in the snial Are vo<i ! !inl i If s=>, yon-their natural state, at the end
„ . I mother, and ii ... . - 1 "
sullenly remarked that
..^Jibrliiither went
to bed to die, and he smiled of-
tentfr t&in wove as' he lay
waitftig for the aummons. The
von aaid bis heart was breaking,
and then he went through the
old man's clothes to find the
bonds. He didn't find any. He
the barn, the garret,
; and finally
§&* that death was
' over the bed
near,
do you know ine f
M0h, yea !"' I know yon
the
like
dying
I
>r
OQ'
866
a Wbktf
man. ■■ ■'
"And, father, don't
this thing is killing me
"Yes, William, (See it I"
And, father, those—thos.e
bonds,' you know. I suppose
you wuatlHvm used to purcltusi'
a monntnsbf ,f' < ,
"Yest erirrect, William 1"
whispered the father, winking a
gliastly wink, and, as the same
old smile covered his face, Death
came to take birn to a better
home. . ..
WheJi eveniuft f«ll, tin* son
ami t l.i' si'iiV wile wer« wiltlly
Seait-lifiig the straw to g«i
Ux ir liaiius on tlioee bonds.
—Ami obilnarv notif*' • f
uiiii'li mk|)coi mI lw|y
•oh, fimv
•111 Ill'r tiro hIU'WUMSI IKlllCl ll
11) lull' « >mI ; till') Ill'r Ili'iltli-
: li'-r t'fi IJ !• !"
none of Sis's business, and hej ji!^
just wanted her to let his trou •
s *rv8alone," '
Next day Tommy 'captured
the outside pocket of his sister's
dress, and carrying the contents
to his mother, sarcastically ol
served in the presence of Mary:
'•Ma, just see what a lot of trash
I found in Sis's pocket !", and
he produced from his liat the
following knick-knacks, vix.
Tlitee hair-pins, a soiled glove,
piece of chewing gum, three
cards, a broken locket, elastic
garter, piece of ribbon, two
slate pencils, . another piece of
chewing-gntn. photograph,
of Oraga skin, a lore letter, bm-
tooth-brnsh. more chewing-gum,
spool of silk, thimble, a piece of
cotton saturated with, white
powder,, one nickel, two sour-
balls, gaiter heel, ivory orna-
ment belonging to a parasol
handle, handkerchief pnrfumed
with jockcy-clnb, gniter but-
toner, withered geraniilm leaves,
ivory handled pen-knife with
broken blade, a fan. five visiting
cards, belt buckle, a box of
rotlge, another piece of chewing-
gum, fragment of looking glass,
a cigar-hoid>sr, stolen from
"Charley," a peach-stone, a
piece of domask silk, of the pat-
tern of her "Wend Lucy's new
dress, an artificial flo«rer. horse-
hair ring. a long brown hair en-
tangled in a hunk of taffy, and
a slip of paper containing direc-
V r handkerchief flirtations
iniy placed the last article
on the table and slid from the
room with a grin of triumph on
his roguish face His sister
made an effectual grab for him,
and as he passed into the street
he heard her voice calling, "You
uaajt&Uttle brat, if you ever gef
at mjr pock-t Again I'll slap
yonr face." Tommy thinks hon-
ore are easy..
I ....,-v .... .uses contain.and;bave
it wasj jll!5|.r, iu the leniotest corner ol 'ion :
Jtiyhfef that ,v«.« c. u so
:y;U ;.mv.BM;B«p ;',:'y^':yy:
His chin-whiskere hadn't been
trimmed for "years, and his
pants had a careworn look at
the knees, but lie was a wide-
awake old chap, and when he
heard two or three other pas'
sengers on the car talking about
the late frosts, and asserting
that they had neve*, seen any-
thing like such weather for the
middle of May, he began :
••Gentlemen, on the 16th day
of May, 1827, snow Yell to the
depth of fourteen inches in this
locality.*' .
They looked at him very
much as if they doubted it.
when he rose, Ujf, pulled a pa-
per from his pocket and read :
"State of Miehiican, County of
Wayne—a s: Personally! ap-
peared before mo Peter Clark,
who being duly sworn, deposes
and says that on the lOlh
day of May, 1827, snow fell in
thisL locality to the depth of
fourteen inches* so help him
God. John Doe, Notarv public.
He folded aflft replaced the
document, and looking around
him with pity and contempt dev.
tiioted on his Iff ce, he remarked :
"I'd either let. the weather
alone or swear to it-:
The,y let it alone.--/m-
Press. \
—For fair mald«.Mi«. line c-hi!
iliwi .tnrl Hfi-lv nwii.Ca.« Muuiy itjiiiiu-. ai
jlic iiuad ortliu Te*i' list.
*- right to ask this *jues-f of thrvv nioaih v. had lost 11 jx«r
but if y ou |h«Moss t he fa-< cent, of their weight, and at the
eul'.y of sismu!;. to thus iarorro-«cud of six 'months 18 | r wt«t..
lect. " ; cateis to adaiit that voar peis-jaml werv found to b. half
The u-.'xt morning there np-UvP«ion is tuoit lamentably!empty and half tho contents
peared lit agate without a birtdeadened. Taere is enough to rotten. The e?gs cwit^l with
ol display, and in the most out- -du witliiti your veiy d<n>rs, in!l « j ny oil in three mon'thj lost It
of-tlie-way place in the paper. i>*uur own home, and in yonr| Jk* cent., and in six months 41
the following : |Own heart and life. Thea arm. jH r cent, of their weight. Tim
Wantko—T« t «y v'dogv ApHy at!yourself for aetion ; call all eg^s were still fidl, and devoid
x«. -- Btw!; stmt.' .; iut«"> retplisitio'i i-o? unpleasant smell. The',.eggs
summon every nerve and tUber*rubbed over with linseetl oil. in
During the day of the first
appearance of his experiment,
the merchant called at. the
ister office, several times. lie
looked as though lie Was iu
trouble, apiieared nervous,
looked over uis shoulder like
one who is pursued by a persis-
tent dnn. Finally late in the
evening he met his editorial
friend, and before the latter bad
time to open his mouth, the
merchant said hnrrieilly and ex-
citedly, "For Heaven's sake
leave that advertisement out of
your evening addition. There's
live dollars for it and five dob
lars more to pay you for saying
No—Blank Street has got a
•dog. I'm nearly worried to
death.''
of mind and body to hard la' or! three months lost 2 per cent
n'hat I Ilnve Seeu.
An old man of experience
says :
I have seen a young man sell
a good farm, turn. merchant,
and die in an insane asylum.
I have seen a farmer travel
about so much that there was
nothing at borne worth looking
after.'
I have seen a man spend more
money in folly than would sup-
port his family in comfort and
independence.
I have seen a girl marry a
man with dissolute habits and
repent it as long as she lived.
I have seen a prudent and in-
dustrious wife retrieve the for-
tunes of a family when her hus-
band pulled at the other end of
a rope. .
I have seen a young man who
despised the counsel of the
wise and advice of the good, and
and his career ended in poverty
and wretchedness.
Ontiane ly"* B*jr.
A lad in Boston, rather small for
his years, works in an office as
errand boy for four gentlemen
who do business there. One day
the gentlemen were chaffing him
a little about Itciug so small, and
said to him:
Yon never will ainountJto much,
you never can do much business,
you are too small. •
The Utile fellow looked at
them.
' Well, said he, as small as I
am, I can do -something which
none of yon four men can do.
Ah, what is that i. said they.
I don't know as 1 otiglit to tell
yOn, lie replied. But they were
anxious to know, and ufgud liiin
to tell what he could do that
noiic of them were able to do.
I c tn knp fiom sici'iirinijf.' said
the little fellow. There were
some blushed "it lo ir manly jond let. the linger of
f::ees, and there seemed to be; plaeeil upon the soar,
little anxiety for fur!Iter infor-
mation on tfi:it point.
The gmndest epitaph that cart
be erected to your memory
when yon are gone is, ""lie was
au earnest, consistent worker,*'
while the most deplorable one
that human ingenuity could de-
vise to place upon .the slab
that marks yonr final resting
place would be, "Here lies an
idler." "
a'— ■ ■ ■ ::
"XetAtllMW."
. A sign oil a house oa Croghan
street informs the public that
washing is done there, and it
was quite natural that a. me-
chanic working near bt should
take a bundle uuder Ids arm
and ask of Che boy on the sty p:
"Bub, is the washerwoman
in?" y.." - . - ■;
"No sir!" was the prompt re-
ply—"there's no washerwoman
here at ali i"
"But that sign says washing
done here." remarked the man.
"Spose it does?'■ remarked
the boy, in a higher key—
"spose it does t A lady may
become the victim of unfortu-
nate circumstances to such an
extent that she is willing to
wash and iron shirts and sheets,
but that doesn't make a wash-
erwoman of her, does it ?"
"I thought it did said the
man., . '
, "Humph I If you draw a
buggy down to the, shop to be
repaired, does that * make a
horse of yon!"
The man wa9 silend
away when the boy ad
"If you want to find the lady
of unfortunate circumstances^
go round to the side ^door, but
the washerwoman isn't at home!'
—Free JPrts*.
Peopled Falltuip,
A painter was once engajied
upon a likeness of Alexander
the Great. In one of his
sre.at battles Alexander had
received ah ugly 6oar on the
side of his face.
• The artist was desirous of
giving a correct likeness of the
uionarchs, and. at t|ie same time
hiding the scar. It was a difil-
culi task. At last he hit upon
a happy expedients lie painted
liitn on a reflective attitude, his
Ids hand placed against his
head, while his Un^r covered
t he sea*.
The best men are not without
their failings—their sears—but
do not dwell upon them. In
speaking of them- to otheis
adopt tlie painter's expo.llvnt.
if !. ive . be
ind in six morttlra 51 pel cent.,
only of their weight, and when
onenq.1 were found to be full
with the smell of fresh egsjf*.--
OtrMi'm Fktper.
Dj«H Tell 4U I'm Ka*v.
It is a bad plan to place un-
ptai
reserved confidence iu man or
woman. Never tell any one ev-
erything about yourself—let
there be a little mystery and re-
serve ; your friends will like"
you all the better for it. A
book that yon "'know by heart''
must inevitably be cast aside
for a fresh volume ; so will you
be Served if yon allow yourself
to be thoronghly read. But lie
prepared, in any emergency, to
look your own life and acts
squarely in the face, without
even flinching, or mark yourself
a coward. It is not necessary
to publish to the world all that is
strictly personal, unless ridicule
and frittering of power are de-
sired ; bnt ifg« ssip makes it-
self busy with your name, do
not be aggrieved if a grain of
truth is spread over a doxen
lies. Pass them by in silence,
and do not even tbeu forget
your habitual reverence. Jus-
tice will be done von in tinje,
never fear, and the less yon da
mor for it the better. Don't
talk too much,
An old lady says : "Wli.-n 1
was a' gal the' women with lhe
A siok fa-rnieriu .I.irkHon Town-! prettiest- fsisw
f<liijv l'i u:i:y, Iowa.1 men looU-'d ai the
was smpris.* 1 rec| iit!,v' by lime-sheet • but iow it's the f -
neit?'ib''iring fiir-uers. w ith teams!.iiialo' who holds her skirt up
and plows, who 'proceeded t<> the highest when she im n
plow Ids lields. A r'lit i «:>( ie; v aeioHs a muddy piai'e wi> > i
5of the right wort. icoive.* the nioa: at;> n:ion.
He Tkanibt It «u mo Uoed,
A conductor on the Pennsyl-
vania railroad tells the follow-
ing t At au Eastern station he .
received on board a line looking
specimen <?f ah Old country gen-
tleman. When l e passed
through the cars, the old gen-
tleman handed up his ticket,
which was duly punched nnd
returned to him. After passing
the next call station, the con-
ductor again called for. the old
gentleman's ticket. Ho looked
up in wonder, and very honestly
informed the puncher of tickets
that he had thrown it out. of the.
window.
"Why, I thought if you didn't
want it I didn't."
The face of the old man was
so honest, and his knowledge of
railroad traveling evidently so
limited, that the conductor ac-
cepted his word, and carried him
to his destination.
Ne.il DwW says of Maine:
li 11 r h t« abi datelv vanished
fr.mi three fottrHis «>l the state
in country districts. Tt, lingers
a little in the dark places of the
city among the foreign populu*
ii<>n. Maine before the war con-
sumed annually:
Worth of liquor. The sixt.v-ciitlit
were tiie oiicn|distilleries ao longer exist. Tlo
in >«t o I tIte-1efleet's can b.< seen in betu r
homes, better fa'tnis and better
living. Maine lias not felt the
panic as you have. Is regies-,
tale valuation lias risen again*!
a depression in other States."
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Robson, G. W. The Frontier Echo (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 48, Ed. 1 Friday, June 14, 1878, newspaper, June 14, 1878; Jacksboro, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth233902/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.