The Albany Echo. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 26, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 17, 1883 Page: 1 of 4
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NO. 47.
, VOL. 7,
ALBANY, SHACKELFORD ^COUNTY , TEXAS, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17. 1883
NEW SERIES, VOL. 1, NO 26
ATTORNEY at LAW,
real estate agent,
jyOTABT PUBLIC,
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OFFICIAL IMBECTOKT
District Judge.
District Attorney,
he tliinl Hobday in
September, and may sit
W.T.
t* - ■'
. D. W. M. PUWH*, M. JK J.
L. V. CAMPBELL,
■M
AT LAW,
County Judge.
District & Co. Clerk
Hherifi A Tax CaKeetor.
- - - . Surveyor.
- County Treasurer.
- Tax Assessor.
- - Inspector
I Rye, . County Attorney:
W. W. gammons, J. P., pre't No. 1
J. L, Thorp, " " •* S
A. XI White. " - " S
J. A. McAmis, " *• u 4
Henry Herron Constable k- M 4
T. H. Bane. (.Commissioner Precinct No 1
C. H. Philbriok, « " * 2
R.A.Elliott, • #. "8
F. E, Conrad, *r ^ " "4
t£m i
third MLnday
jj
Criminal
| in each month.
Civil and Probate
in January, March, May, July,
r and November.
Texas.
for
Monday in February
Precinct No, One. on the last Monday in
| each month. &i the oourt bouse
■ Igbecint No. Two, on the JMt Monitay
I! each month, at Post Griffin.
Preoinat No. Three, on the second Sat-
| urday in eaish month, at the residence of
A.
White.
M" § Precinct No. Four, on
and day in each month at. |
Mou-
M. E. Church Sooth —Services on the
ft At
111 a. m. and 7 p. m„ N
I first and third Sabbath in mch luontb. at
N. £. Fair, P.C.
r.—Stenrioestbe 8d and 4tli Sab-
each moutii, to. D. FvvtOM,
KITTIE'S DOWEBY.
BT ALICE DALE.
"Why, she hasn't a dollar to
her name, John. Nothing in
the world to call her own but
that little strip of land and the
house where she resides, which
isn't worth tearing down. Not
that I am so very mercenary, my
son. but it seems to me that
you ought to look higher Hie
Ashleighs have always married
well*
John Ashleigh's honest face
flashed.
uBy marrying well, I suppose
you mean in a pecuniary sense,
mother. Well, if that is aH I
most take into consideration in
choosing a wife, I shall remain
single. The rest of the Ash-
leighs may do as they please ;
I shall never iharry for money.
And furthermore, if I do not
marry Kittie Ross, I shall never
have a wife."
Mrs. Ashleigh choked down a
sigh which was half a sob.
Kittle is a good girl/
observed, "and only for her
poverty you could not choose a
prettier, neater, pr better educa-
ted wife, my son. Thanks to
her father, who pinched and
scraped together the means to
send her to school, she is very
well educated and accomplish
ed. I have no fault to find
with her housekeeping abilities;
> STAND.]
w# r '•.. .
Prueriptions at all
Y'S
she khows; how to do
a*55lS^^ I t^ng. If she only had a little
7 p. nu, 8. E*eii. Pustor. money, even a modest dowry, I
I would be satisfied. Ton have
ADtuny Lwlgv. No. 48?, A. F.aud I ** wonllJ W"H
'A. M., meets Saturday night, on: an for her money, mother, if that
MASONIC.
- v.. - . :
AM) BAKERY,
albait,
Texas.
beforefhM m<^^^ w ^ ,1.^ w,hat you meanf interrupted
J.-a. MeAmis, Sec. the young awn, hastily. "No,
11 lo™ *%-.
moon. w. s. Djjubymh*, w.m. I be my wife, or no one. This is
Gny. Wmmui, See. L, .
, KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS, u/~. , ... . .
„ . . . - 'm „_.J "Oh, dear !M sighed Mrs Ash
eninj in CasUs Hail. leigh, dolefully, "and there you
J. A. MCAJuVsbc?1"' ° ni8b* marry Mi8B DorrU' and
AMERICAN LRG1QN OF HONOR. bsve * suug fortune She has
Mc&nulty Council tbe wcond twofity thousand dollars in her
iuid fourth Thursday in each mouth, in i ,-t^ an(j ^e g pretty
E. of P. hall. E. R. Maiiuin*, • M v
Commander. as a pwture."
w. w. Sammoiu. Sec^ "And painted like one V*
Aii n,Lo« «, ^-m™ul",eerea Jub° ooo<*mpu>ou ly;
Witli or C. «. *U
e in their hail every W«dne - "Miss Dyrna, indeed 1 M(fiber,
rtic.J' H' 1WN.' G, do you really mean to say that
• •
.B. Train Arrive
Oysters,
. stc. in i
you would like to see your only
oi) bound for life to a tow
^ ^.headed wax doll, with china
and mall, arrive 4 IB in the . . , ,
. ^ blue eyes and painted cheeks I
mall, depart 06 in tbe jjot Wt9a[th of the Roth*
THE
TEXAS OENTRAL
- i
Phillip Wilson, Afoot
Via H. # T. c. E.
R.. arrtve dally at ft *J p. m., and
Idaily at9 l«a. m.
eraS SS5ly!llf ft (bl.'lidS?® dally
.atfa. m.
chllds would tempt me to spoil
my whole life by asking her to
it with me 1"
And he turned away with a
resolute look ou his dark face
— ■ "w # rr
John Ashleigh was a farmer,
strong and handsome, well edu
Offlur jNadsjr^ from i« ^ oated and refined; that type of
*"J^bush*J fW?n' Ha. m to 4 farmer which Is becoming more
•3FTB
H CHASE SOUR MASH
a. r. sunson, v. m
BUS8BLL, TUB BARBER,
| Shop West Bide Public 8quare
im <%arlejr*
universal than In the olden
time, when ths name farmer
was synonymous with boor,
awkwardnesa and ignorance, a
lack of refinement.
Kittle Boss was an orphan
!glri. who lived with an ag -d
Wise mother would do. She
made no more opposition to the
inteaded marriage, bat she took
te petting Kittle; the girl was
winsome and lovely, and found
her way to the old lady's heart,
and Mrs. Ashleigh was like a
mother to her.
Now, Miss Bonis, the belle
and heiress already referred to,
had set her heart oa winning
John Ashleigh ; and when she
saw the prise slipping from her
grasp, she determined to make
a prodigious effort before ahe
would give him up. For the
selfish beauty had really loved
John—as much at least, as a
woman is capable of loving any-
body when her heart is anchor
ed to fashion, the gay world,
and giddy society. * '
Although the young lady did
not fancy becoming a fanner's
wife, she had given her shallow
t to this young man, and
in her overweening vanity aotu
ally believed that, once Mrs.
Ashleigh, she would induce
John to give up the farm and
remove to the city, where, in
tbe uydbt of fashionable socie-
ty, she could reign a queen, and
go on with her flirtations just
where she had dropped thess.
But one day Miss Dorris
awoke to the truth ; her eyes
were opened and she saw all
that was transpiring, saw plaiu-
1; that; blinded by her egotism,
she had been too sure of him;
now, unless she made a
bold effort to capture the prize,
she would certainly lose all
chance of It. True, she had
lost all ohanee already, bat she
was too vain to believe thai.
She set her thin, red lips to-
gether in a straight line, as she
muttered to herself:
"That little Ross girl shal
not win him. I love him; he
shall marry me."
And Mis iDorris was so ac-
customed (o having her own
way that sbe never once doubt-
ed her ultimate success.
Sittiug in the vine-wreathed
porch of her ootlage home one
lovely evening in the suuset,
Kittle was surprised to see Miss
Dorris coming slowly up the
narrow walk from the gate,
trailing a great deal of blue
silk drapery behind her, with
an elaborate Freuch hat perch-
ed upon the top of her yellow
orltnps.
"Dear me. Miss Ross," she
drawled, "what a lonely plaoe
She sank languidly into the
chair which Kittle, eoncealinK
her aversion, politely handed
her. and went on,—
"Aren't you Just too utterly
lonely, shut up here," and tbe
self Invited guest glaucedaround
Jier. with eyet full of superb
disdain, "with nuthing to look
nt but these bar? old field* f I
doubt If even pine trees would
grow here."
"No," replied Kittie, with
some a*i erity, "1 am never
tied I shall bring this little
farm as my dowiv." * j
Miss Dotris leaned her yellow
head back in her chair and
laughed immoderately.
"I must tell John of that." she
cried, Mreally it is just too fun-
ny for anything. He will ap-
preciate the story "
••If you refer to me. Miss
Dorris," observed a manly voice,
as John Ashleigh stepped from
the shadow of the vines near,
I am ready to hear your story
Ctam 1
Perhaie yo* have already
wondered what were the circum-
stances that brought me into
their sleeping presence. I dash-
ed into their chamber to give
them wanting that they were to
be serenaded in half aa hour by
a party of yoang fellows. They
live np or Washington Heights,
a pari of the city where such
things are feasible. It was to
be a total surprise to them, and
now, but I advise you to deferjsp I desired to give them time
to prepare themselves for grrce-
ful astonishment. Well, you
ought to have seen how quickly
they took .on their waking as-
pects. -
Tbe dullard was homely
again, before she had scarcely
got Out of bed; and MissYivsc-
ity was herself as soon as her
eyes were open and her mouth
shut And then the proceedings
your opinion on Miss Boss*
property for a moment." ^
Two gentlemen came forward
at this juncture. They* touched
their hat# to Miss Dante, and
one of them drew near and sk
tended his hand. She greeted
him very cordially.
"Why, Prof. Mill burn," she
exclaimed, "I did nbt expect to
meet you here."
1 came with this gentleman^ grew interesting ftf a student of
Mr. Melton," replied the profess- girl nature.
or, "for the purpose of examin- The plain one dressed herself
ing, testing and analysing this carefully in an ordinaiy even-
land which belongs to Miss
Ross. We had good reasons
fbr believing that it contained
traces of oil; our research is
now concluded, and we find—"
Here the professor turned to
Kittie.
"Miss Ross, we congratulate
you on your good fortune. You
are tbe owner of an immense oil
well, no better prospects in all
Pennsylvania, and heiress to at
least a million."
Hpw Miss Dor^rs, overcome
by chagrin and defeat, managed
to escape and return to her own
home, she never could explain,
but sbe left the place in a few
days and subsequently married
a wealthy man old enough to
be ber father. .
.Not long after there was a
grand wedding'; and in all the
country there is no more con-
tented wife than sweet Kittie
Ashleigh.
None of the belles of the place,
not even Miss Dorris herself,
could bestow such s fortune on
her hunband, as was brought to
John Ashleigh by tbe little
farm which was KiUie's dowry.
Lawyers la Italy.
T. 4. MONARCH, R. MONARCH
MK1AWOQD. HRRMITAOK, R. C.
OOOR. RRLMONT * ATHJCR-
TVN KY. WUISX.11U.
Kat Sser, aa lot. Oioger Ale, Bottled.
Rs« furl or Air nod mU utber TaMSar>
•' ■ •' i ■ eviei % v weo 1 ■ ■■ • ■ "■ *w
mm Pfbiks to he found at llw Teaas |
USMiSaloon, Nortb HMe Square,
a *!. ' ( 'vf'
NEW
BILLIARD 4 POOL TABLES.
OI*KS DAY All) N1UHT.
Albany, Texas.
I tCvnrythlnjr neat and clean and tool* sharp.
J. C. LYNCH
OsMNe
on both a
branded
aunt in a tiny brown cottage jjonely, Mits Dorris. I find
with only three looms, in the j pU.uty to do. And for the place
midat of a barren, deaolate field, bare and sterile, it is my
where nothing ever grew and intention some day to hav« It
flourished, snd which iu tlie pr,,j erly fertilised snd culti-
real estate market would hardly rated, and since all the flourish
brlug five dollars p*-r a<;re.(jnj{ jttraiB in the vicinity are
though lying Just outside of a #uil. 1 do not see why this
[flourishing town. pl re should not be productive."
But John did not trouble hitn- "Humph ! A lady farmei,"
self lu regard to pecuniary ad-j,,,,^^ Mt«M Dorria, "qufte
Italy is getting as much
ahead of us as America. La
Signora Lydla Poet has just
been admitted to practloe at the
bar of Turin, and sppesred for
tho first time in ber barrister's
gown to plead the cause of a
voting painter, whose pictures
had been Unjustly detained bv
bis landlord, and much injuiec
by the damp of the garret to
which they had been consigned
The lady barrister obtained
great success for ber humorous
description of the subject of tbe
pictures, and. amid much ap-
plause, obtained a verdict with
goodly damages In favor of her
client. She was escorted home,
still enveloped in her lawyer's
ioIm*s. by a large concourse <>1
people, who gave her a sere
tiade in the evening, in which
the tenor voice of the young
psinter was conspicuous for its
deep expression.
tosiprrbrskhr.
ing house costume, and when
the singers were invited to re-
fresh, she said she had been
kept up unusually late, which
accounted for her complete toil-
et The other didn't throw
away tbe opportunity hi any
such way. She mussed her
hair in tbe most artfully becom-
ing manner; she brought a
glow into her cheeks by a dash
of cold water snd a brisk rub
bing with a towel; the donnt I
a white robe in tbe carefule^'
manner, making vt look as if
thrown on helter skelter; and
she stuck her bare feet into tbe
cutest little slippers that could
be made to hold them. She
was thus an embodiment of be
witching inelegauce when tbe
serenaders piped up. After
they were in the psrlor snd her
sister and I had greeted them, I
went ont and drew ber in Do
you imagine that there was one
of those simpletons wuo bad
tbe remotest notion that sbe in
tended to let them see ber 1 Her
manner of huddling her gown
and shrinking behind chairs, of
urtively smoothing her hair,
and above all, of managing to
expose m tiny bit of her bare
foot while appearing to be anx-
ious to hide it—these decep-
tions just set their hearts going
bumpety bump.
•ft Abm Hlaaaeir.
Chicago Tribune.
The disadvantages of riches
were never' more plainly nnd
more plaintively presented tbsn
by Mr. John W. Mackey. the
"bouanta king. A hard work-
ing man of simple habits, his
favorite—indeed bis only—am-
usement had been s couple of
hours csrd-playing st night, the
game, as a matter of oourse
being draw poker. When his
uncounted millions poured in
upon him the rich man was
heard to lament tbe inconveul
eni/e of their possession. "The
amusement I bsd," li*
said sadly, "was ray gsrae of
draw, aud the interest In that is
gone, for I don't rare now for
what I win and don't feel what
I lose."
<>« left shoulder
I'ostwffltie Albany, Wwkelford Co. Tea.
Istlos Mot lee.
AL1A*1,
TEXAS.
tbls
Mr.
•■ol-
Tltr firm of Me A ml* 4 Wilson Is
<lay diastiived by wiatual nmHwot.
Wilson siwemliijr all |l*UI ll« snd
Mitiiig all soooants id the old #rt i.
M< Ami* A Witao*.
Allwny. Te*., Hejit. 7, |HH
vantages; he loved Kittie, and
he cared uol if she possesaed
not even a dollar, and so the
blandislimeuts of the belles aud
pretty girls were quite thrown
away, on John Ashleigh.
At last Mra. Ashleigh, seeing
that her son"s hesrt was net on
tsklng this step, did as sny
credible on your part, Miss
Ros*. I dare snv now you ei
pect to be a farmer's wife some
dar."
Kittie returned her sarcssti>
stare with an open, straightfor-
ward glance of scorn.
"Yes. 1 do," a*ie answered
Over the door of a cabin in
Montana, on the line of the
Northern Pacific road, is written
with charcoal these words:
"Only nine miles to wa'er and
twenty miles ftoro wood. -No
grub in the house (Jod Mess
our home."
They make pa) et barrels at
frankly, "and when lam mar I Akron, Ohio.
Returning good for evil. King
Alfonso sent a present of 10,000
francs to be distributed smong
the poor of Paris.
Abrigbt little girl who bsd
successfully spelled the word
"that." was ssked by her gov
erness what would remsln nfter
the "t" had Wn tsken a «v
' The Jirty cups and saucer*,"
was the reply.
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Robson, G. W. The Albany Echo. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 26, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 17, 1883, newspaper, November 17, 1883; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth393327/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Old Jail Art Center.