The Albany Echo. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 33, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 5, 1884 Page: 2 of 4
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THE ALBANY ECHO.
« W. KOUSOX, and Prvpririor-
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^VrURDAV. JAJfUAUY 6. im.
The Colorado Clipper put
ont a ten-page Christmas edi-
tiou. "
At CVid®
night, the postoffioe and
Peak, Tuesday
Higgs hotel, Bremond,
was entirely destroyed by fire
Tuesday nigM* \* | |
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Some of the eastern papers
are boosting General Sherman
for the presidency, i r
Lord Ay lesboro, a "sure 'naff"
English nobleman, has gone
Into" the saloon business at Big
Springs
rjr
Iner, editor of the
^f^^ptidl 'Obio, Leader, died in
San Antonio, Jan 1st, of con-
sumption.
, —— •
V-A at Cisco yesterday
destroyed a furniture
grocery and two other
buildings.
mMm h *
has
wm i . ™
Hancock, who I
been on a visit to California,
will Return soon via San Auto
nio, where be will remain a few
day#/
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,g^i^^f5iBi<ir;-'with a large grain
of truth, has gained credence in
Aiistin, that- a new morning
will sOon be started in
: city.
Editor KCHO :
It has b**eQ sait
that when & matt feels strongly
that a certain fact must be
enunciated, ami i«o one else
comes forward to proclaim if, he
mu^r give it the best utterance
possible to biiu, and rest satis-
fied thereafter with the con
sciousnefts of one duty done.
. The writer hereof makes no
claim to originality of all the
language or ideas throughout
this-essay, but whereyer an«
whenever he can, puts forward
a greater and more eloquent
author who, through his pen,
hascrystalized his best thoughts
for a waiting public. It be-
hooves us, in this age of rash
apid push, to calmly consider
whether it is not best to try mk
infuse intoaa over-practical age,
a respect for those quiet/pur
suits that come more directly
under the head of the purely in
tellectnal. Is there not danger,
in this too-exciting attraction
of1 '•business,'' of letting rust
our taste for the duties that
"Serve for delight, for crna
ment, and for ability,"
Let us consider several of the
causes that foster this apathy
or distaste for the cheapest and
most complete intellectual cul
tore, that obtained by a judi
cious system of right reading
and thinking.
And first the sordid reason
Hn- the office of the Secretary
of State, $1,750 in fees was col-
in December, while the
office fees amounted to
$4,000.
...
lire m ~W«*atherford Tuea-
oighi destroyed property
on North Main street, valued at
about a hundred and lift J
thousand dollais.
p.An accident Tuesday morning
(9h the Grand Trunk at Hano
seven miles from Toronto,
<1 the death of twenty-
pr isons and as many
'l, fcome faluliy.
: .
Jennie Flood, the band
>"ung heiress, says sh«
ot marry u titled toreign
bestow her heart
fortuns upon some
young American. Now
la leap yeur, many
hopsi thai the
may be taken
to lead bit on to
la the last
Koiio that Dr
ac.*, had been
^ n r,sevsuty
Monti fioju t(
>ho|
eve at
C <!OUfi
.
all
oc-
i/ig
rtyl
we learn
thro'
lie rl#ht.j|ld '
ami lodging
u IMtJe higher
lt i side of the
bullet pMRHSd
arm, between
the forearm
below the ei-
ther wound,
I me ii made
it that paused
( the hull, after pUHrthfK
i ;the arm, struck h
the right comer
two of til" upper
neiyr the base
I ween the eyes,
istMl uiiextracted."
that there" is no "money" in a
course of general literature,
whether the proper motive o
reading be established or not.
We are so absorbed in the
worship <jf the "almighty dol
lar" that no leaser deity can
win our charmed eyes from the
contemplation, and restrain our
hands from the accumulation of
wealth.. i \ j.m : M "',' Mm
Secondly, we hive not acquir
ed the proper habits of reading.
Disraeli says: "We are now in
want of an art to teach how
books are to be read rather
than to read them; such an art
Is practicable." Wtf . read Only
when the spirit is upon us, and]
what please* our eapriceous
taste,* rather than what culti
vates and enobies it. We read
to pass away time; what de
mauds no thought; what our
minds do not assimilate,—hence
we make of the channels to our
brains, mere avenues along
which troup ideas going and
coming like the self-interested
pedestrians on a crowded thor
oughfare, and our minds absorb
promiscuously or indifferently..
Let us read with a true and
high purpose, and adapt to our
mental organisms the thoughts
thus gleaned. Coleridge says
"Some readers are like the
hour-glass: their reading la as
the sand. It' runs in and runs
out, but Inaves not a vestige be
hind. Some, like a sponge
vv nirli imbibes everything, and
returns it into the sume state,
only a little dirtier. Some, like
a Jelly-bag, which' allows all
that is pure to puss away, and
retails only the refuse and
dregs. The fourth class may be
compared to the slave of Gol-
conda who, casting away nil
that Is worthless preserves only
the-pure gems." M 7
Another, cause militating
against a systematic course of
fading, is the crude taste that
on .preferring the gaudy
iutifleial literature of 1 lie day
or Hour, U> the standard works
iliut all nations proclaim admlr
able. Let not a man be asbam
ed of Ills taste, but let him set
•oberly and earnestly to work
te better It, for taste may tie ed-
ucated In this legani Gibbon
was not young when be ex-
claimed : "A taste for books is
the pleasure and the glory of
my life." This may bo the
crowning compeiieaiioa of all
earnest seekers after the acqui-
sition of ft pure and oorrect
taste
Fourthly, I' requires a most
resolute will to steruly isolate
oneselves from till, easy allure-
ments'if pleasure seeking; from
the social chat and frothy gos-
sip of fashion ; from the "mid-
diUngue**" that keeps us at the
base of the mountain, when
f|om its summit; niayue gained
the broad horix^u
; Again, too many of our read-
ers have been too hastily thro'
the elements of reading, to reu-
der the task now. anything less
than an irksome oue of poring
over a style of language strange
to them ou account of its un-
familiarity. Not that one with-
out much preparation should
endeavor to transfer to his own
net speech, the involved style of
Browning, the concise and pithy
stple of Carlyle, or the technical
style of Spencer, but that the
epics Of the ages should be
able to feoothe, to charm, and to
tag - ■ • *. '
Comfort hi in, should he set out
resolutely to think for himself,
the thoughts of the great wri'ers
who have aet forth in simpte
beauty tbe majesty, the strength,
the grace, and the glory of Ian
guage.
{To be continued.]
NOTICE
TO BIDDERS ON LAND
Your bid* have been awarded and you
have 1 weutv day* iu which to call on
Jacob# &, Fisher, execute note and make
first payment. Siw2
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LICE EARL,
Tll« Old Reliable
Nortli side Court Square,
Albany. . - . Texas.
J. T. CAMP,
Will furnish nil plans and specifications
for all classes of buildingx. ■
Address through postoffioe will recetvo
prompt attention.
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Fer Bale.
About four and a half uilles west of Al-
bany, 2000 acres of laud adapted to farm-
ing mid grazing; Intcest In 1120 acres of
leased land; 94 head of cattle, some on
range, and luU rest In a dock of siieeo for
fi. Apply to
8. J. CONXKB.
32M Albany, Tex., C. Bx. 112,
E- JFL. T^£JkJSINJ.lSrC^
9 llm Light Brown Sugar, $1.
10 llw Ith*, - - " $1.
10 lbs Lard. - - $1.23
8 Ihs (inuiuliiled WhiteSn^ir, $1.
9 lbs I>ried Applies, - $1.
B lbs Baking P«wder, - $1.15
12 lbs Buckwheat Flour. • $1.
200 lbs Salt, - - $1 75
Continues to Sell
TIIK
CHEAPEST GOODS IN
AUBAKTY
6 Cam 3 lb Toinatue*.
13 It.K Oat Meal,
5 (iallotis Knpion r,.:il oil
1 It Smoking Tnhai eo. -
1 lb Cllipax.
1 lb Chewit j; Tobaifo.
3 Hollies Rniifl'.
3 I'nns California Fruits,
FOR SPOT CASH
1 It f ML ml M
The BOSS STOCK In Northwest Texas and "DON'T YOU FORGET IT."
Have just received a Splendid line of
California Blankets,
Underwear, ;A;'" ^||
Clothing, >
Fall and Winter DresS Goods.
Stetson-Hats,
Notions,
Etc.
Remember I Sell
FOR
CASH
AND* SELL
ONLY,
tetf" LOOK IT THE I>M4Cacix« ! ^uj
Boneless CofttUh,
No. 1 Mackerel,
French Mush o<,ns. (In ported.)
French TruiHew,
Worcestershire Saner,
Walnut Catsup,
It am Sausage.
E. R. MANNING,
%. 'V';' • " Albany, Texas.
for
/
1ST CUSS JOB TDK,
We have on hand and are
daily reoeiyiug a very large
stock of doora, Hash,. blinds,
moulding pickets, lumber,
shingles, etc., wliioh we will sell
as cheap as any yard on the
railroad.The M. T.Jones Lum-
ber Co. : " 21
, ' Notice.
On and after this date, Mr. C.
H. dope, ot the,Oily Drug store,
will have charge of "our books
and accounts. Any settlement
made with him willoe approved
by uh. .
#I)rs. Baird & Powkll.
Ajbany, Texas, ,lnne9. 188H. *
The American Sewing Ma-
chines can be found at E. R.
Mannings cheaper than ever
before offered in Albany or
anywhere else. . 14
Order it from the
flM Insurance.
'AU needing policies written
on their property can have
them placed iu the be«t compa-
nies by seeing Campbell &
Hill. 18
tunii«r! Lumber! Lumber
We have now in yard one of
the largest stocks of lumber,
shingles, doors, sashs, etc., west
of Kort Worth- Owing to the fact
that we have recently made very
large purchaces at very lowest
Cash prices iu both lumber and
shingles; we will hereafter b >
enabled to sell lumber lower
than ever. Parties contemplat-
ing building will do weifcto ex
amine our stock and prices be
fore purchasing elsewhere.
10 M. T. .JONKH Liimbkk CO.
Farmers and rauchmen in
Htepheiis, Yonng and counties
north will find it to their inter-
est to buy their lumber, shin-
gles, etc., from the M.T.Jones
Lumber Ou., Albany, Texus. IH
BRUCKNER'S
. ;• ;• v'WT!;4 v
PHARMACY.
PATENTS
I.. K. IllM'
Im W. CAMI'BEliL,
CAMPBELL & HILL,
Land and Line Stock Commission Agents.
Nfcpi'ATTt.K and M1IKKF Foil HM,K IN giUNTlllIC# 'Ml fciL'IT. fH
• I*? WILD ANI IMI'UOVKD LANDS.
^ Hr*KCfAT/rY, f COKlt/.HItiNDKNttl SOUdfKA:
ik&u L 1,-it iili lb iTli r P. ,J|*
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Robson, G. W. The Albany Echo. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 33, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 5, 1884, newspaper, January 5, 1884; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth393619/m1/2/: accessed June 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Old Jail Art Center.