The Albany Echo. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 36, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 26, 1884 Page: 1 of 4
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Court convenes the third Monday
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County
J L. Fisher - - County Judge.
Sum Spears. - District & Co. < lerk
1>. G Simpson. Sheriff & Tax < olleetor.
U. 0. Ta«*..hv, - , Kttrvevor
L. M. Keener, - County Treasurer)
Hairy Palm. - / - . Tia Assess >r!
ohn Jones - - - Inspector
- - County Attorney,
modi, J, -P. , pre't So. 1
bany, Texas.
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C. H.FhJIbrfck,
H. A4 EtHott,
F. K. ConmL
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House.
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Texas.
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•.fully fills PrfteripUon .
J. T. CAMP,
Carpenter and Builder
uriti«b *11 plans and sp^Mlcauotis
> classes of buUdiiig*
Ires* through p Ji.to!Hoe will m*lvc
itlou. 33
Court.
Criminal bnslbt*s~The third MLuday
in mh month.
Civil and Probate business—The third
M outlay in January. March, May, July,
September and November.
v- • CouiBiiKNioiM-f'K Ceur4
On the second Monday in February,
May, August ajKlNuvein!>er.
Terms ♦< luUces (Wrto.
Precinct No. 0 e. on the Ian Monday in
th, at j&eeoiirt house
No. Two on the flrat Monday
in each month; at Port Griffin.
P«-( hjct No. Three, on the second Sat.
Precinct No, Four, Dm the second Moo-
4 y in «esh month at Albany. ; . b
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NEW SERIES, VOL. 1, NO 36.
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Albany,
i'.khI Vehicles, Safe Horses, and
Careful Drivers
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SMOKING
EWiNG
I was in the old Sylvester lot
gathering blackberries f«r a
short cake; becauseDr.Cnbebsi
was coming to supper ajvd there
wasn't a great deal iuthe house.
Whatever we got seemed to go
into the front part of the house,
and flier, [f there was any tiling
left,, thai went into the kitchen ;
and there wasd'.t always much
of anything left, especially after
sister Olympia got alt the
clothes she wanted.
There weren't any blackber
ries on our pJanM ; we bad just
moved there and it had been
neglected and all run down.
Tb« front looked good enough,
hut the Kitcheu leaked and the
fences were down and every-
thing gone to wreck. %
So theie I was in the big ope#
lot adjoining, in my green ging-
ham wrapper and Mary Ann's
flopping sun borriet, picking
away, and wondering if Oiym-
pia would ev£r marry pr. Ca
bebs, when he came by—not the
Dr you know, but a tail young
man, wjth bfs coat off and a
straw hat on, and the blackest
eyes I ever saw. He was driv-
w . ing up* cows, iMr. Sylvester's
M. E.'Chi;8gh Soutii.—.Srrvi<*w on the * . . ,
first and tnird Sabbath in each uiontbg at 9OWB tb**y Wefe ; I knew, be-
cause nobody else around had
Jerseyti.
hut tiea.
PIHtft"
10 JOHN," •
JOAK MAPLC,"
i'ONSIDKB,"
'SAJtOII HWQTi,"
UtJ r riNOERn,"
ITOLAN Kl «t8-'
U a. m. hikI 7 p. m., fiabte tli at 3
o'clock p. Ha., prayer nee^Rg Tfefsraday
night. KKV, J. VV . Di'. KJJfBON, P. C.
Baktist.—Sei^iwf tbf 3d anu 4tb iiab-
in each' month, | D. Ftfprow,
ipmi * 4'f ik
. I>ttK*fvTKKi4sr^-S*'rvi(«**oiitiies«fcond
and fuiirlli .-i.iObatii ju i'tu-At tnmtli, at 11
a. in. and 7 p. m.. 8. Kz<-il. Pasto:.
Nefietie*. " ^r'-
MASONIC. '
Albany Lo«tge. Ny.482, A. F.and
A. M. .Saturday night, on
or bcforefull moon.
HIM Spears, W„*L
J. A. McAmis, tjec.
Pb^tFriffln L«dre.'FOi. 4H . A. P, and
\. M,., meets Urstiiiturdny night alter ft U
moon. W, H. Dalkvmflk, W.M.
(J*0. WH.HKL*, 8"C. " >
KNIUHTaOF PYT0IA8,
Bayard Jjodt*, Mo. 39, meets
Monday evening In Castle Hall.
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M Kit ICAN LKUION OK HON OH.
McAnulty Council m«*«is the se< nd
and fourth Thursday in encti month, in
K.of P. hall. E. K. Manning, ,
* " Oomiuander. '
W. W. HainmoBS. Hrc. f
I 0.0. V.
Albany Lodge. No. — meet*
in jhdi Imll every Wednes-
day nlxbt. J. H. blO'iH,,
NKiT.bee N. 0,
■4 '' - *" v | |
f, C. It. K^tmliii Arrive
and Depart \
Pussi iiger and mall, arrire^ 16 In the
pr and Midi, depart 9 50 Id the
| £ Plullip WUaon, Agent
Malls Arrive sul Depart
South, east and west, via II. A 'V. C. H
|(., arrive daily at 6 s p. mM and depart
daily at H 10 a in.
Fort Grllfln snd the nortii. depaii dally
_,_rtTMT . em-ept Sunday, at 8 a. m., and arrive dally
VI&GIHXA. exrept Hunduy, at 0 p. m.
oniee o|M*n on Hunday from 8 to IS
a. ainf Irom 4 to • p. ui.
Money onler brnditess from 9 a. m. to 4
p, m. y, n. V. Htlnaon, P. M.
ti*
even-
"Hello,r said he*
N?'
That nearly made me mad,for
people call me Sis when they
take me for a little girl, and I
am every day of sixteen. How-
ever, I said, "good evening," for
I tl ought uiaybe it was the
sun-bonne^ that made him dia.-
respectful.
"Ain't you afraid Sylvester'll
catch you hooking his black-
berries!" be aaked uext. '
•Tin not hookiifg them," I
answered, looking as dignitied
as 1 could, "tliey ain^t fenced,
and everybody gathers them
Kartue. Redtop'a |u buy some
eggs. Mother and Olyrapia
don't visit among the farmer
oeople, nor encourage them to
eome^p see us, bnt have their
own exclubives from tile city.
But I always liked the farm
folks better than the stiff set
they encourage, and I run oyer
to see them whjue^er I get an
excuse,' -0'p. : t|
Mrs. Redtop sent * Sammy to
tile barn for the eggs, and then
she said let's go out under the
big apple tree where Simon was
making cider ihd get a drink.
So we went out, and as sure as
ahylliiug, there was that black-
eyed young man drinking cider
toQ—right out of a yellow
bowl.
Mr. Redtop introduced him to
me as Mr. Fenton ; he had come
over to buy a yearling calf, so
we all staid there a long time,
drinking cider—only it was
nothing but apple juice—and
laughing and talking we had
just a splendid time. ~
Mr. Fentpn was a heap live-'
lier and thore entertaining than
any of Olympia's b^aux.
"He's a nice yoatig man,HMrs.
Redtop said when we went into
the house, "and a down right
good fellow too; works as hard
for Ml*. Sylvester—better'n any
hired man he ever had, and you
know he's—
I didn't find out what he was,
for Sammy came bouncing in
with the eggs and I had to go,
besides Mrs. Redtop had forgot-
ten what she d been saying, and
I didn't want to begin it again.
Just as t was passiu^ the lane
bars, Kir. Fen ton came scrabling
over them; he had cut autism
the pan lure on his way hdrae,
so we went on together. * And
When 1 was go'ng in the gate lie
said he hoped I'd f6igiven hjiu
about the blackberries, and I
said I had, atiol that 1 was luad-
>nr letellng bramis are
Flat P\up.
Navy
:• - Tuvjst.
'POMTUWI,"
Smoking.
"i to TuxaM by
I'aitiw.i
LINE OF
EN0I0
UUtiBKLL, TUK IiAll 13Ml,
Shop VVest Bide Public
Meat 4—r la CMrlaj*#
' i tauraut. • ,
Albuny, Texas.
, I K very thing n^t and cieaa«nd tools sharp
C LYNCH
Caitth1 branded
on both aides.
Horses ItrandiMl
_ _ On left siimdder.
' Postolltee Allwny, Hbaekwlturfi (kt. tea.
usio.
Iff AMHAM
of H IM4JIVIW I'KftMINNOft TIIK
Stands,
r IhMhini «e sm>
lit initios I WMH*t month
answered easily, Mhe isn't home
anyhow/' <*
"Whether he^s home or not,"
I said, "I, wouldn't touch yue of
his berries if lie objects."
"Oh, no," said the young man,
I'm sure he wouldn't object to
you picking them. He'd like
to have you, and maybe he'd
like me jTo help yon som*' times
That wa« too much.
"I don't ihlnk I'll need any
more," I said, trying 10 speak
like Olympia when people say
■he is haughty. Then I scram-
bled out of, the bushes where 1
had been all scrunched up, and
shook tnyself to hurd to shake
my diets straight that that
sloppy old sun-bonnet thut
hasn't any strings, fell oft;
then the young men did look
astonished.
MI l>eg your pardon, miss," he
said, absolutely blushing, M1
really thought you were a little
glfl."
Olympia says I might as well
bsabahr, only for my bo rid
hlght.
"It's do mutter," I asid, tho'
mv feelings were hurt; and
put on my bonnet with a
and went home at fatt at 1
oouid. ,;wM
I didn't mention anything
about it to Olympia. for 1 knew
she would be mad nbonf my
being fen looking to tliubby
by any one from the SylyetjU'r
house, U>r wa ail knew frbti
hearsay thu Mr. Uyl?e iWr was
a very rich ol4 bachelor—lie
was traveling then—and I am
aftaid Olympia rlierl>h 4 IB
scheme concerning him.
The next day \ "ri
dest about Din taking me for a
Olympia was hopping. Shell
said if we took up with Mr. Syl-
vester's hired folks we could not
expect hitu to associate with us.
11old her he was u gentleman
anyway, whether he was hired,
folks or not ; but that didn't
tuakt^ a bit of difference.
The next Sunday after church,
he managed to get to talk to me
a little, and I audaciously intro-
duced him to mother and Olyin
pia. Olympia snubbed him
hut he bore up bravely. Olym
pia hat the reputation of being
the handsomest and most stuck-
uu girl in her tet. But mother
it polite to evorybudy, and
kind of easy too. She couldn't
help seeing that Rolaud Feutou
was superior to half the uimi
the knew and somehow the
'AU
agreed to let him call and see
us sometimes,.
It puzzled me a little, how a
man at inteiliuent and cultured
at he * was thou Id occupy the
position he did, when it seemed
as If he could have made more
some other way ; and I once let
out to him that 1 wondered
about It. That was the first
time lie cm me to se* ut. He
looked a little turpriaed uh
well he might,, at my j^uitl-
tive rudeness, and began to
R|ie«k,rhen stopped, and seemed
lo consider a little.
4,Yoii see," lie said, "my fatli*
er failed sudtlei)|jr in tile busi-
ness, and I pitched into the Dial
tiling I oouid see, in help a little.
Mr. HyJvetter offered me a place
and I look It \ and at fit tin life
iuita me, and i like the wurk, 1
liuyeheen content to ttty. Yon
do not thtnk the less of a man
for honest toil, do you ?"
And I said, "Oh, no Indeed,''
that I respected him for it, and
was rushing on until,all at once
I was afraid I had bejen saying,
too much, artd then stopped and
stood like a great ninny, all
scarlet as a radish. But he
seemed pleased. " |^
I am sorry to say, Olymyia
behaved very badly to him all
the time. I did wish she would
hurry up and marry Dr. Cubebs.
Ble wanted her, but I knew what
she was keeping him off for.
One day I was in the kitchen
helping Mary Ann cook dinner,
irhen a little, dusky, old gentle-
man stopped at the door and
asked it he might rest a little
on the porch, and if I'd give
him a glass of milk. So I gave
him the milk, and as dinner
was nearly done, and I thought
he must be hungry I'took and
piled up a Jiot corn dodger, a
piece of boiled ham and a big
baloony fritter on a pla,te, arid
took it out to him, and Olym-
pia came in and caught me, and
oh, how she scolded.
"Valerie Carrol," she said,
"you are the biggest sap-head 1
ever saw. You know we can't
afford to feed tramps."
"Well, he ain't a tramp," 1
said, "and if he was a.dodger
or o wouldn't break ub up.
Besides, maybe he's an angel
in disguise."
"Angel in fiddlestick," said
she, curling up ber lip, "angtTls
ain't likely to be fooling aroUnd
in disguise. Maybe you believe
in prinites in disguise too; but
you'll never run against an an-
gel nor a prince either. You
have too much affinity, for clods.
4,fte ain't a clod—Ronald
ain't," said I, for I knew she
was referring to him, "and beV
a prince without any disguise,
nature's nobleman, you know."
"Nature's granny," returned
Olympia, "he will be proposing
to you th<? first thing you know."
"I only wish he would."said I.
Olympia flapped down on the
tea box and began to cry.
You're a nasty little chit," said
she, "and you don't care If Mr
Sylvester does come home and
find you' engaged to his hired
man. You know he'll consider
us all beneath him."
"Well, we won't# be beneath
him," said I philosophically.
"If lie's got any common sense
he'll see It. Besides, Oily,
there's Dr Cubebs; you huve
encouraged him, you know."
.Shut up," said Olympia tpice-1
fully. "Dr. (Cubebs ain't half at '
rich as Mr. Sylvester; you
know it."
"But mny.be you might not
like Mr. Sylvetter at well," I
Suggested.
"Yon little Idiot,".said Olym
pia politely, "'tlsn't a question
of like; it's a quettioh of dol
lart."
We had both forgotten the
tittle old man on the porch; lie
was tucli au insignificant little
personage, tomehow ypu would
n<rt be apt to pay much ttttn
tlon to him, anyway. But when
1 went out a few mlniitot after,
be wilt gone ; he hadu't eaten
the dodger.
The Dejjt evening w# were all
titthiit upon'ihe porch when wa
saw Ronald Kenton coming in
the gate, accompanied by altt-|
lie, grizzled up old gentleman,
aort « f dry and gratt hoppery.]
"Tb« very one 1 gave the
milk to," 1 whispered, giving
Olympia's arm a pinch. Mb*
was getting h^rhnughileat stare
ready, when Ronald atepped up
and Introduced the lltllA gentle
PfeS jt
Wr
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wmr*
man as—"My uncle, Mr. Syl-
vester."
Olympfa looked as if she was
ready to fly to pieces, but Ron-
ald left her and the rest to help
each other out, and got rae off
in, a corner, and told me a|£|
about everything ; how when
bis father's business had broke
up his nucle had. offered to take
bim as secretary, and to look
after his place when he was
away, ftad oversee things gen-
erally, and paid him a good
round salary , and that he found
his health so much better for
out door work, that he did Con-
siderable farming just for.t$*t &Q
reason. When he found that I
was ignorant of his real position,
he concluded to keep still about
it, and see if I would care for
hiti as an honest man who toil-
ed for his bread, rather than a
rich man's nephew. He told '
me too, how bis uncle, coming
-home unexpectedly the day be
fore, dusty and grimy, from his
f;k..
w
/
Hi
travels, had walked out, and,
being thirsty, 'stopped for a
glass of milk, and, while on the
porch heard all the conversa-
tion between Oiympia and me.
He ended by saying some very
sentimental things—silly ones,
I dare say, but I thought they
were nice. And as they were
taking their leave, Mr. Sylvester
said: "When these young •
idiots are married, I'll adopt
em. I've no one else to care
for, and never expect to have."
I am very certain be cast & mal-
icious leer at Oiympia as he
said I. She was. remarkably
cross all that evening,, and the
next day she promised to matry
Dr. Cubebs.
•; .y
Belicft Concerning the Moiil.
Gerald Msssey's Lecture.
Whilst the modern man ap-
pears to have been losing his
soul; or never to have found
out that he bad one, the aueieut
Egyptians, the Brftous, the Hin-
doos, the Chaldeans, the Gnos-
tics, ail held that men bad sev-
en souls. Tbe Dakotas hold
that man has font souls. One
remains with the corpse;~one
stays in the village; one passes
into the air; and one ascends
to tbe land of spirits. Tbe
lOionds of Oritsa alio recognize
the four souls, or fourfold soul,
The Hebrew rabblne sometimes
recognize a triple soul. In the
Druidic philosophy man la com-
posed of seven toult or elements;
earth, water, air, vap< r, lire,
bloat*ms, and tbe wind of pur-
poses or Intellectual ghost—
and is endowed with seven set - '
set These are closely related
to the teveu component parlt
A the soul in esoteric Budd-
hism and In Egyptian psychol-
*4}' -J x s P*
Farewell Wlil|a«t and Mary*
Chlcagd ilevtid,
William and Mary college, of
Virginia, has closed its doors,
having but one student at tbe
beginning of this school year.
Next to Harvard, this wn* the
oldest cbllege In America, hav-
ing been founded In 16WJJ, and
was lhe only one that received
a royal charter. Among tbe
most eminent men educated Id
itt In*Mm were Washington,
Marshall, Kmidnlffe, Tyler,
Hreckenridge and <|en. Soott.
M< meihlug la |n KsimifM.
A Conuecilcut man claims to
have a cat that eats cucumbers.
This It immeiblug that ought to
be encouraged In the eat family
at much at }Mis«tble.
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Robson, G. W. The Albany Echo. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 36, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 26, 1884, newspaper, January 26, 1884; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth393369/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.