The Albany Echo. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. [1], No. [40], Ed. 1 Friday, February 22, 1884 Page: 2 of 4
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The moral is this : If you in-
tend to become a candidate for
office pay the printer in advance,
and then if you get beat and go
off and drown yourself the prin-
ter is safe, and you will have
one sin less to answer for in the
next world.
Fort Worth is soon expected
to have a cotton factory.
It is pretty generally under
stood thai Gen. Ross of Waco,
is a candidate for governor.
St. Louis is making an effort
to have the national democratic
convention held at that place.
The Fort Worth, Corsicana
|ind Sabine Pass railroad com
jany filed its charter last Mon-
lay. t
The gap on the Mexican Cen-
ral railway between the City
)f Mexico and El Paso is only
55 miles wide.
Fort Worth seems to be the
place to hold the state demo-
cratic convention. At least our
ixchanges indicate as much.
Congressman Wellborn has
introduced a bill in Congress
providing for the removal of the
Tonkawa Indians to the Indian
Territory, and appropriating
$20,000 to meet the expense.
A meeting of all horse raisers
of northwest Texas is called to
meet at Abilene on the 4th o
March, with the object of form-
ing themselves into a horse
raisers association.
In the United States court at
Graham hist we^k the case
against R. B. Ligm ? <-s-
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missed, ar° he
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The flo<" ->' 4' -aid-
ing. The u '".ibaghout
the flooded district if. very great,
but help is pouring in rapidly.
Clothing, provision and money
have bee"
portions of
f'jrf.
Messrs. G-o. • 1 i.
Thomas Maloney, 6«;j. b.i ,
lor, and J. H, Bigg;, will aia (
for New Orleans to-morrow
morning, to attend the Mardi
Gras celebration. We wish
1 them a pleasant trip and a safe
> return.
OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL.
An Institution that Any Town In
Texas Might Be Proud of-
We do not exagerate when
we say that Albany bas the best
school houses and the best
corps of teachers to be found in
any town of its size in Texas.
For several weeks, or ever since
we took charge of the Echo, we
have intended to visit the pablic
school. Last Tuesday morning,
just as the class in geography
was going through an analyti-
cal examination we entered the
school room, and to say that we
were agreeably surprised does
not express it. The rooms are
large with high ceilings and
well ventilated, and finished
throughout, with the latest im-
proved school furniture includ-
ing maps, charts, mathematical
and astronomical instruments.
The walls in each room are
lined with slate blackboards.
Prof. Dalrymple, who is in
charge of the advanced depart-
ment, and in fact of the entire
school, has fifty-seven scholars.
He very cordially invited us to
visit the different departments,
and showed us the system *of
teaching. And right here we
will say that we regard the sys-
tem a good and thorough one.
From what we could observe in
the short time we stayed there
we concluded that the scholars
are interested in their studies
and are making good progress.
Mrs. Davis is in charge of the
intermediate department, and
his eighty-four scholars, who
answered readily and intelli-
gently tile questious propound-
ed to them iu our presence.
Miss Delia Spears has uuder
her care the juvenile depart-
ment, which numbers sixty-
four scholars, and when Prof.
Dalrymple asked the question,
how many had escaped demeri t
marks that morning, almost
every little hand in the room
was immediately raised. When
the bell was tapped for recess
instead of rushing out pell mell,
they passed out tlirough the
aisles to the door as orderly as
possible. After the door was
passed, however, there was no re-
straint, and they enjoyed their
freedom at their own sweet will,
and flitted hither and thither like
so many little birds.
We were surprised when we
learned that the school is so
little visited by the parents.
Let us say in conclusion to the
parents of the children going to
school, you cannot spend an
hour more pleasantly and profit-
ably than by going to the
school house at least once a
month, and by your presence
and a few encouraging words
show your children that you
are interested iu their studies
and their advancement. Prof
Dalrymple ensures us that he
ha3 no special occasions and
will gladly welcome you at any
ti Ti'.
All together there are 205
scholars enrolled. Our limited
sDacei forbids .assaying what we
( ' S i* institution deserves,
v \ me future time
"hiol and note
- -vr,are made.
^ m
nave been able
to learu, the loss to sheepmen
ALBANY BANK,
ALBANY. TEXAS.
J. E. FLEMING, Fn H«, oft,™™"
Will buy and sell Exchange on the principal cities of the United States. Mil trans,
act a General Banking Business. n34
BRUCKNER'S
PHARMACY.
L. W. CAMPBELL,
L. H. HILL.
CAMPBELL & HILL,
Land and Live Stock Commission Agents.
g® CATTLE and SHEEP FOlt SALE IN QUANTITIES TO SUIT.
<ffi" WILD AND IMPROVED LANDS.
HafCOLLETIONS A SPECIALTY. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED,
ALBANY. - _ TEXAS.
Judge Wheeler was absent at
the opening of court Monday
morning. From a postal ad-
dressed to the Albany b;tr we
learn that he was detained by
sickness in his family. B. R.
Webb, Esq., of Baird, was elect-
ed special judge by the bar.
John A. Logan is Grant's
choice for president of the Unit-
ed States. It is a matter of in-
difference who the republican
convention nominates, and Gen-
eral John will probably sur
vive defeat.
during the late cold norther was
comparatively light. In some
herds the loss did not amount to
anything, while a few men lost
form fifty to one hundred and
fifty. And that in cases where
they were not supplied with
feed and shelter. This is an-
other reminder that although
this is a mild climate, some
preparation ought to be made
for just such cases. It is to be
hoped that tlie loosers will be
provided by another winter,and
even now. thf>ugh we are well
alone; towards spring, it is not
too late to have some very cold
weather yet, and such pr^para
lion as can be made, even at
this late day, will p-ove profita-
ble when you count your lambs
and weigh your wool in two
months from this time.
Acccpting the SituKion.
[Houston PostJ
It is gratifying to note t\e fact
that the cattlemen of Texai are
acceoting the fence-cutting t^ws
passed by the extra sesson
and are manifesting a dispoi-
tion to obey them to the letter
and enforce them to the spirit
The great body of the stockmen
are not only intelligent and pat-
riotic, but shrewd enough to
perceive that in the faithful ob-
servance of these laws and their
just application to the
condition of affairs, their
propertj' will be protected and
their values enhanced. It will
cost them heavily to conform to
the road and inclosure statutes,
but the expenditure will, by no
means be a dead loss. On the
contrary, if more judiciously
and squar«ly within the scope
and meaning of the law, there
can be no doubt that money
paid out-for fences and gates
will soon came to be recognized
as econom c in policy and profit-
able in results. For those es-
speciallj who have the means,
or the credit, to perfect leases
and buill fences and gates, the
law is moot admirable; and,
with sn«h improvements around
their pastures as are prescribed
and required, their properties
will be enhanced iu value far
beyond the outlay, while the
proteJtion assured will be worth
an htndred fold more to them
than the interest on the cost of
material and labor for their
construction. Nor ia the law de-
fective in its provisions for the
protection of small holders and
new settlers. These are amply
aid safely provided for, and
tl/eir properties will also grow
i value rapidly as the system
develous and difficulties are ad-
justed. They have least cause
to complain, unless indeed,
they are disposed to deny the
doctrine that every man is enti-
tled to his own, and set up the
communistic theory that the
laud belongs to the saints* and
that they are the saints. That
the operation of the system will
work hardship in many cases
till differences are adjusted and
relations made amicable may
be taken for granted. No law
has ever yet been framed that
did not affect isolated cases <
detrimentally, but the greatest
good to the greatest number is
the theory and the principle in
American institutions, and it is
Uaintained that these laws will
inire to the benefit of ninety-
nite out of every hundred, and
result in great and enduring
gooa to the commonwealth.
The Urger stockmen are content
and a?e signifying their will-
ingness! and determination to
abide the mandates of the law,
and the smaller ones, including
the neuters and the landless
class, will find in cheerful obe- '
dience to the laws and earnest
co-operation in their enforce-
ment the fullest recognition of
their rights and the completest
protection of their property.
The landless cattle king will
suffer probably, if not in purse
in feelings ; for, after all, he is
the kicking party, and, as he
has been at the bottom of all
the devilment in the fence-cut-
ting districts, so it is well that
he go to the bottom of his free
grass gains and princely ex-
chequer for tuition in the phi-
losophy of meum et tuum. The
man who boasts that he has
made $800,000 on fres grass and
never paid a cent of tax while
accumulating his vast fortune,
and the thousands of others
who amassed by the same
methods, ran well afford now to
respect the rights of the poor
man and pay something to the
children of tbe state whose
grass they have fed and fatten-
ed upon. At any rate, they
have the least right to complain,
and all the other classes should
eschew their counsels and ad-
monish them, ia effective form,
to herd on their own possess-
ions.
A Card.
To T M. Riehjirlson. Treasurer of the
School Board: I, have the pleasure or
hiindin°r you $117.95, that bef'ijr the net
proci eds of the tvfo enter) ui|iinri>ts givi n
by the Albany Histrionic <Hub. on last
Friday and Hatuiday nights, for thebene-
iit of the public tchool.
Very truly,
E. R. Manning.
Treasurer of Histrionic t!lub.
—2 Car loatK of bran and shorts mixed'
at Jacobs & VeCoiub'is. "
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The Albany Echo. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. [1], No. [40], Ed. 1 Friday, February 22, 1884, newspaper, February 22, 1884; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth393445/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Old Jail Art Center.