The Matagorda Gazette. (Matagorda, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 46, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 18, 1859 Page: 1 of 4
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iTAGORDA GAZETTE.
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PROPRIETOR.
TÁGORDA, TEXAS, SATURDAY, JUNE 18,1859.
NUMBER 46"
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C4KBS.
DUTCHMAN'S
of a Yankee
which bis father
naicMnQjoii .
^ i®®ir jwpyi «y ore fellow al-
V .Tlc« ScMopA h«j , a^. M d^.
sr ¡£"-ü?
cjrflhBd Mt only to ti, ¿
«toe food wort m to obtaia Us dinners
from vnluaa ihrrinfuhle am tk
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10 the curiae department of tibe Datcfametfs
fhnriy, he called ovsr to Us neighbor's to
«t r a eompUJat, which mhéaK?Zxo£
plisbsdie the moot natural
to
in the
^Wji, V , 70 aotfi W urn*.,
" ta—dat Ish bad—be fch
T THORP,
tin i ?C ¿ifc : "• •• .: «
■Tal
r «iU V S&trm
m*—■
Hgry jv.Sí
5 3*4
ni..rr 1..ÜM
hip.
ieh rery bad.
■ bad,
▼on foot tof
Sartaln if bed, and yonH hare to stop
Mí all as food—bat Xch we
t
.niokie's
the toil dose off—
abMnv oí
"Ta dak
{•«iotetfcb.worif
Dn oqsss salt an—he von ata
41V
lit (MIM bal
and hold his tofl. kh shop him oft
W;f3*i A
AT LAW,
r-<w
XJir
Ju-
to
nl-jr
" Chock m* said Abner, a
batoftorftaJI clon ovn thai _
" Ta, dat ish right Now,youtisf sheep
Ich learn you bettor luck ; aad he raised
toe am
It imnmiañ, and n it did ss,
with his characteristic frisui oí saind,
the log, aad
brought BlHaen'a
the bead rolled or
" Wsl I swow,* said Abesr, with appa-
rent astonishment, ss he dropped the heed-
less trunk of the dog, «that was a'
How so
To
Sssiíií«2a=e
bat it takes a ama te tül it This he does
in saohwscdsn thsse:
wSl sapii usi so | I ssQ drugs.
Wall bsn jsa fot aaytlris ten eeatan
Oh
I'uWi
ffigSSStfsft
at tbewhote «taousi la *°
r is do his •asswjssw jw
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The Ti
dowa a
Pre
ufligM¡^^\¡5f«hH
will
Heat;
fT^^Sirf WaywtWd
.¿todttlgst brea* «ad.whnl !
nAMMW ® _ lu
ASM*8 ^
"No, ifsmiae, aad I shall keep It
Well," said Mr. F,
it to say la wyn yoa
M lears itto
^w5•
*" r
Mr. F, "shell we leave
A rr\J„
in the cars
BUYING UNCLAIMED BAGGAGE.
A late New YorTtotter says: "Aaoe-
week-**■<**.
WW cameo *° nttfe merriment aad any
I refer to aa auction
forpeckagea, by the Ad-
tay. Thecoooaarhar-
i-f hen
a
here a
«aOeetíoa ef
aad removing into a
A rery lañe
As the bidders héoste
crowd.
would lurid on aad keep the
his barfain to himnlf; bat< __
«pnhf weald oocar, either to
food laugh or diesstisfactln
1 One ot toe first to
was 4 party who had a^pnO
neatly sealed, which, on opening,,
)bs a small fold watch aadchS,
which he paid fear dolían sod a half
a perfect rtool, for all similar pack-
•V '
lar la sin wn purchasnora
for $lt 60, who with
sxpoeiag to the crowd a small
package a
proved to I
for which
ALL MEN NOT M FREE AND EQUAL"
UNTIL THEY GET MARRIED :
The Legislature of California hssbad be-
fore it a M Bachelor's Homestead Bill," the
prorieioa of which fare to single men the
same immunity from seizure of their
stead for debt as ts¿aow enjoyed by
ried mea. Bat wa learn from the papen
that it was rejected.
This le rather nrersmg the order of
thinge which pteraOed whn muwas first
According to tos Mosaic soooant
the irot ama had aa ample aad well fas-
proved doemin allotted to him, aad so long
n he mssleed a bsrhstor It wes wholly
Bmpt from aHsasthm or forfeftan. Bat
ha mast neede take a
i followed. Neither
prlrilefes nor "woman's rights* could ré-
tala for him the beautifal gaidsa in which
he had spent his hachslor
But seriously—ths California Legisla-
tors, like a good assay others, hns insisted
on an attest discriminstioa betwen mea,
which snst be nsssdied before thsj can be
said to be "eqaa! in law. Strictly spesk-
iag, society, whn It nniimtskes to amke
his obUgatfoae to hie
fellow sna, ehoald biad all the property of
the dsbtor to the satísfeetíoaof the jast
Of ths creditor. The ezoeptioae that
by nasntloa laws an
firm for
of its da-
la Ms power to
st of his srror; but ths right ocmesded to maa bdapi
ble. miatiftn to finotiiMi or Dthrr H
king a kwt effort, ths Qas- He may have none of thsw,
hoan sas morning, aad a maa for tf that* aad toe Oi
ker called at hie
iaquind of the eervantif his
at he
ry, and knowing his voice, celled oat from
the top of the staire in a load voice:
M Tell the neeal I amaotat
The
Well frisad, God pat ton la abettor
the meeknen of the reply, sad baring
delibsratdy iaveatifstod the msttei
aad that he wse wnag . Be nqasstodto
sn Um, sad altor aekaowledglaf his
"I han one qantios to sskyoa.
yoa able with saoh patones,
now nonsioas to bear my aban 7"
"Frisad," replied the Qeskn, MI wffl
tell toss. I am naturaQy n hot sad vio-
lent as thoa art I kasw that to mdalgs
this wnsiafal; sadlfoaadttwa
dent I obeemd that awa in a
always spofcs load; and I tooagbt If I
eoald control aay rowe I should repress my
a. I han therefore msde it a rale
to let my vein rin abon a
key ; and by a careful ohesrvaan ef thh
rale, I have, by the ilusslugs of God satire-
ly maetered sor aataral
W ew
¡¡S« sTmim
JTA'BLfSíSüaP5r=
are to make it plain bat at the
deprivation of hie pioporfr ia a
ooaoeded to sam bdspeodeatly of his
bat t
for a^ that* aad the OsÜforaia
latan, la refimiaf to aekaowledgi
statute, hn bat resBismd an m^ust dis-
tinction.— [Columbas (Ga.) Enquirer.
Ufa
A esrtoia ana fl«tada ai
and ttsd It with
hoar, the prayiag
Not being a i
.. At
—- •
ÍOQXK1 <
bull ooanty, whe'sgresd to pay
by praying. For a wUls aB
1_ a -* t _ %, si i a mini
iyf mi ne DOsnxing swiwr
table n poorly, that ths
grumble and leave, aad
the piajlng bonder actaaUy
Soamthtog like ths foBowiag
caned at the table:
Landlord—Will yoa pray, Maf Iffld ?
Mad—No sir, I will not J
Landlord—^Why aot, Mr. MU f
Mild—It dont oar. sir I Ion
sach ritasto n
biad yoaraalf la wrütoCf o en a I
ble thaa yoa han for I
me I
bony la hot wator and píen Ü again.
Boil aad skim the eap n obtained. To
every twelre qaarte add, oae poaad of
dried sppln sad half a poaad of hope. Bofl
agaia. Skim aad atraia the man throat
a doth. Then take asman porto oat;
add n this a little yasst aad kaspkia*
plan aatfl it wmka Thea pear ft
iato the mam liqaor, aad 1st tfos whole
thros or four daya. Then draw it
efftotoadsaatab; let it stead tweat
draw it iato bottlee, ead place
weO-corked down ia the cellar. A
few oorka may fly, bat the welnder win
pay for toe troable.
OUR FOREMOTHERS.
We hear enough aboat oer forefather*.
FINGERS AND RINGS.
The Btflectioa of fingers fer the ring is by
thst which the Hebrews call the infer of
God, and is universally the iadioatinsiga.
It figuree in advertístof so teams j sa siga
posts it is dslinssttof Issaiag from a
clsnchsd fist to poiatoat tos nad to Cal-
low ; sad the lorn pisan it oa his Hps to
In—ysstim Ths
ths ring of
ty nthsir
of 1
imitated by the pope^
oad fiager from the thamh is the
jor of the haad, and, like chfldm of a
utding height, it ssssn a
grown st ths sspsan of its
They are nice old fellows, no doebt Fer-, no mean an indifferent matter; it forms a
feet bricks ia their way. Good to work. coum of stady. The index, n first fiager
eat or fight Very writ Bet when are next the thumb is ths most m^jeetic ; it is
their
their helpmates urged them along ? Who
worked sad delved for our forefathers,
brushed up their old olothes, and patobsd
? Who unpettiooated thea*
for the oaan of liberty T Wbonurs-
forefathers, when
Yankee Doodle to their
ed ap their boys f On
Who landed at Jemn
lathe May Flown,
f Wen thsn aay
T On would tbiak
On Tankn neighbors, especially,
a wonderfal talk about the Pilgrim
Fathers, who sqaattod oa Plyswath Rock,
sad thns is a gnat ado amde every time
they wish to get ap a little enthusiasm oa
Libsrty, and refresh thsmsslvss by crowiag
; aad the chivalry of Virgia-
ia an not a whit behind thes^ whn they
take a action to vaaat timaos!
Old
Fnaaylvaaia Quakers, too,
She to ptasn thssmelrn slyly apon ths
sad doiags of WQUam Peaa aad his
; bat with ths "blarney" n ptsn-
tifolly distributed on all sides, what do we
gathfer n
DidaH they land oa a rock tooT Didnt
thsy enoouator perils aad hardships ? Aad,
all, didat thsy, with their kiad hsarts
the fisggiag spir-
its of their amis oompanioas aad keep the
stalwart bat driliy eld fofeikthen from
to éssÉhdariag thon horvflily cold thourht thai tUs flaw, which
dials to üslsfect a slek
a
Who ushered as iato this world—on
forefathers 1 Bah? No, iadesd; It wn
on foraaothen 1 Who aurssd George
Wsshiagtoa, Aathoay Wayas, Ben. Frank-
Ha, land Putoam, aad a host of other wor-
thfea whon names w01 Kvs forever, aad
toaght them to be sma, patriots f Didn't
onforemotbsnT And who fine them the
credit thsy denrva ! Nobody,
We have our monumeni
sad our speeches, on soage, on toasts, aad
on public dinners, odebrating the won-
derful deeds of our forefathers, but when
are thon in honor of oar foremothers ? We
had bettor be getting them ready. We
talk oursdvn bourne, aad write oanrins
roand shoaldsnd, while boOiag onrwith
eatoasissm aboat the atoe thlnsu on fen*
fethsn did, sad yet aothiag is ssid aboat
um fnimiiiUiWB. In all rim many a rirtaoas
act aad bnn deed smy be ascribed, sad
n aay hsro woald be proad to cwa. Be
sides, we forfet to remembn, tost if H had
aot ben for on fonawthsn,
woald aot be hen to know sad be proad
of what on fontothen did.
We wish ast to dstract All haO to tos
noble old boys, sn fcfefhthsn, ny we.
Msy the flory of their deeds aenr be
bet the Good Book teds n to "Rarinn
to Ctesn, Ac,* and hs wisbn to
word in ssssoa for wosasngenerslly
peciaUy, for oar aoble, sdf-Sacrifidag fore-
mothers, lest tiaM aad ths onsidsd page
of history shafl blot them forever from on
n a Turn Flacs.—At N—-, oae
rveaieg, fatigued by hia loag
; a wagoaer, with hie eoa Joba,
lis teem Iato good raage, aad do-
to pen ths Sabbath eqjoytag a
n of worship with toe good firiks of
taths
set to
for a «drip arrived, Jo
n had hardly
the old ana feB ssaad adnp. Be eat
sgjfrinst the paitlrin to the oseirs of the
body dip; jast sgatost him. Vpantod oaly
by toe very low partitioa, sat a flsshy lady
who seemed sheorhed to the
«Me to castro!
irith
el la
old
at «stop
Ths ferorito
i at att
physical devslopment ie aa
ths riag oa this
sad popalar
toe third from
thia is so carion that we
over to süenoe. It is
artery leads thsnn dirsotiy to ths hsart
and it Is right of this rdslfaa thst myri
age ringe an placed n it Old epothn -
to mix
an. to todioste that no hartflri
of glory, wlwa it wn oidind to i
aobpaa, n take tos eatridge by
ofthe!
aid
It
in nys thst thsn fe a 6ry stogular slua-
dnia ths April asmbn of that eanBset
psriodioal, tos Iifuidoa ArtJouraaL Speak-
ing of Mr. Mooter, the
ecalptor, aow lesHing to
told that oae of his am
is a statn of Pooahntos, tos ásafhter of
aa Iadiaa Kiaf who rated ovn Thflaia at
the time the Isffish first ssttlsd ttsn—
So fer, n good. Bat then ths writer,
Invlag the safe rsgfcm of ultidsm, wan-
ders ferthn iato ths dosmia sf history, sad
;
to vlm r,
broaght hn to las'*
Btow wa an ns4y to sdadt that If Poos-
Capt Smith, it wrisld
la
It
apropndontoi
ban
horn feet is that sbs did ast
thoafht of Um a am-
a hasbsad \ sad it is
too lato to do saytotef shsak it Ths
Iadisa fid ast aerare ef the
iisnstlf tetaren that wn to fsthm roaad
hn assn to after thass, ehon to snvy
Mr. Joha Rolfe By him ehe wn carried
to RagiaOd aad baptised (haviag emhrsced
Christianity,) whsn As dfed st ths early
age of tweety-two. AH
dl the world!
"W1 heF ssid toe tody, "w9 he. Give
I wfll sn
padeanP
"My den, odd toe
aot he toornh,
a mea may do whn he's to a
To Taxi
mW%
rz;
rwoi
hat
On.—Rah ths plaos
of soda, sad a Rttfe wa-
sad form
like
Why am
inners of eld f
thsy ms act sad haviag can thsy
his fevorite attitade,
to
with hia
WgM.
boot aw1 hoops I
¡church
Hf " Ton look,* oeid aa Irishmaa to a
$ pale, haggard smoker, "ae if yoa had got,
n I ait "in a conspicuous place iajout of your grave to light your cigar, and
" couldn't find ron way beck again."
of hia
tag osan preaaatardy to aa ead; while
deeply mortified, the poor old maa akalked haade ia his pockets. "It would
away, determining aot to go to meeting ^ bisa more dooely,* nid sn scquaiataare,
sgaia until be coald maaage to keep bis " if he bsd bin bsnds in somebody eln's
senses by remaining awake. : pocket."
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Lipsey, E. J. The Matagorda Gazette. (Matagorda, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 46, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 18, 1859, newspaper, June 18, 1859; Matagorda, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth179126/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.