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THE MATAGORDA GAZETTE
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MATAGORDA, TEXAS, SATURDAY, JULY 16,1859.
NUMBER 50.
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OUR COUN1
The Southern Mercury thug
"Our Comtry." Bear him :
*bew> aot the leeet shadow of * dod
®ftter~0«r «• omphetically,
undeniably, incontrovertably, podtively
comparatively and superlatively a glorious
country. The aanals of time furnish noth-
ing to coapsre with it; Greece wssn* a
Borne was no wbar; Ven-
hold ns a candle, while aR nod-
em nations rink into insignificance before
our country. It has longer rivers, and
am of them, and muddier, and deeper, and
and go further, and ■
and rise highland fall lo
damage than anybody else's
rivers. It has mote lakes, and they are
biggnr, and deeper, and clearer, than those
of any other nation on the face of the earth.
U haa iwe caAaracta, and they tall farther,
SMELLING A SNAPPER
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,m:
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rof#
look grander than all other cataracts. It
has mots mountains, and higher ones, and
snow on Wi, and they ate harder to
to foil down than nay
It has more gold, and it
is htelvter, and brighter, and worth more
than the gold of any other countries. Our
rail cars are bigger, and ran foster, and
art hogar, and oaity
Noia little arousing excitement prevail.
á rf ywierday, at the fish
, Ü?4 M^XMd *°d «-««.to, owiiuf to
* M'*"°Knt 01 * '■"■J. though painful
Mp^ocnrnd there,
™ "*J« • Dutchman «ad * Delaware
ft— u_-Jl maa wlh*e Mme *■ Frits,
after making in toar of the market house, fi-
«a lj aniwdijha .tana aieranid, and
hailed. Be hafe heard of the eaappere
of aft original
fena of the silvery
MIshdem are tings vat
pers V said Frits to the
rod) singular looking am
-Tea," replied the -ft
like to have one 7*
"Yaw, if they is good
sells him sheep for a
"Oh. they are
at the atine time prating up a <
one by Ms stumpy tail—"Inch
ing"—excellent order, and the cheanest
Mudeffood. Th^í-akamfoSrSl
lager beer, and are for more whoieaome."
" Frits—Veil, daf i.h good, lager b£r
Ira goot an it makes me feel eo goot—if
der echoappera ieh better, vy I takes von.
EM^/on ask Cm him." Bene Frite ex-
tended hw right hand and held up the en-
than the shell
of the marshy
eallaechnap-
diepenaer of
creatures,
."would you
"Sil
shildren."
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to the
high*, And do
poorFrilsto
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country?
OLD AGE.
■ •
It is plea9r.nt to look apon those whom
old age haa furrowed with many yeara.—
They tell ua of Uvea well spent, when in ad-
dition to yeara the ruddiness of health elill
liugers, loth to depart, upon the shrunken
cheeks.
Old sge is the Alpine height of life, from
which the soui lodes down through the long
viata of the past upon deeds that have ad-
ded to the bapphiesa of the race.
The good man who haa seen the sun
rise snd net upon his generation, and who
is ready with patriarch hand to Ideas the
world, and entiling, bid it gocd night for-
ever, ie a noble monument to look at
Barely do men of turbulent souls live
that period when they can aay we have em-
braced Old Age ; and are thence prepared
to go willingly to the eilent chambera of
the dead, there to prepare themedvee for
that jonruj into the unknown regions of
eternity which all maat take.
Only the good grow old. It is only they
who loving truth—who, having reatad con-
fidingly upon lefty aaeurancea and holy
purpones, gradually pas* from the etsge ia
life's great journey—eqjoy what My be
truly called a "sweet old sge"—age that ie
foil of honor and glory. *
We all reepoct the egad, á No one, how*
unponth his nature, hut feele Is the
crowned patriarch as
of 9aa*eu near un-
known that a eoldier,
of honor, bae retired from the battle of
and know calmly awaiting the
hs ahall be called to his reward;
ha dees depart, these are
not soon forget his plaee
to the narrow circle in which foe
thefunso&pical u£ his
age, a writer
gives to
CANT BE AN OLD MAID.
" I can bear misfortn
of life, but to be an
wither, and wilt and die.
irtune^alall
i die,like a si
everything hnddled in couples except her-
self. I don't wonder sbeto frantic. She
read in her childhood that "matches i
made in heaven,* and although die's well
aware there are eonw lucifer matches, yet
ahe haa never had a chance of trying either
sort She haa heard that there never
aool created, but i ta twin
where, and abeto a% melanoholly proof
that tie a mocking He. She soon geta tir-
ed of eewing, ehe can't knit forever on that
eternal, I was going to say (internal)
stocking, (beeidee that hae a follow to it,
and it ia only an aggravation to her feel-
Inge ) She haa read until her eyee are
half blind, thereto nobody to agree with her
if ehe li*ee the book, or ergue the point
with her if ehe dont If ehe goes out to
walk, every woman ahe meeta haa her bee-
bandto arm. To be ewe there ate half of
torn reedy to ecratch each otherto eyee out,
but that ie a little bueinees matter between
themedvee. Suppoeing she fede devotion-
al and gooe to evening
lanly coward ie eure to
on the way. If ehe
geta beetled and boned
drivers end portera, and
her bandbox geta
mM
ft*
Rtatbe
_rw'&W pt*.
_m*W; ¿f j^uf 'lltnnn, -the' feat button
^oat, the efowuing>#d In fee dia-j
m —*tBe column, fié last
observed df eH ob-
sllMhsr nal
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aBhther nations ere i
things that wert, it will
Ür*teugtii. It wBI
in which the soul .bepomea. childlik^ not
childteh—end the faculties* in M fruit and
, without sign of do-
■-fatifflnmil ini Rgal>h
where toey who have traveled mania /the
hfia, to show the
Ufit vttfc.
lies for behind
off its armor,
and
Thrios blessed the family
that nctmhers among it one of thoss not
yefc aecended saiatal Gentío are thep and
tolerant and apt to play with little chil-
dren, eeey to be pleaeed with little pleaa
■
the man who saws and spHta it.
to put her own money In beak end get It
rewu pew, nad wait upon ber>
nelf into ft People tell her
greet
that there are \
She la very good leaking, Mnek
áméágí
-We advise aR young
- I «uliablíof
«tsing _
woüe¿ awl to abandon as^fariy ae posei-
tertevil—torteva—heiefebíte ™ru —^_i mrA* mm* mlt^m
Urt"-Uk< «tchick aad rama it in ^ M
bde mouth."
befoaad fo any
his
one of the large
fogs of mutton,
clothing, top
of m
waan matter of
unfortunate man would not leee a portion
of his proboecia. The dealer however came
to the rescue, and by well directed efforts,
of Menace! ap-
to the entire satisfaction of Myn~
doubt whether the if the golden sge tfyóutb, foe proper eea-
for the ambition of Ueé^^pae-
aed ia ito abuafc the unfortenoto victim of
The crowd coon
leee to aay that toe
itod, and it ianeed-
toen
separated, ai
o aay toas tne Dutchman had bccome
entirely eatiefied with the "enapper,"
that he did not think neoeeeaiy at all to
toot the quality of ennpper coup. Ba,vitl
one hend over the wounded nose, aad the
other holding hie beeket mede a bee line
for hie home not for distant to ruminate
hie unexpected and palafol adventure
How to Bass Toobbslt Dwurrr.—In ths
first plsoe, if you want to make yourself
Think all the tone of
yonrueU; and of your own things. Dee*t
tiogelss. Qaveno
for aay one bul
'.*J
neglected edocatkli Ie
ed to talk slaag fbv life.
eery to procure thie
man hae ft in hie power.
m the laegaage which
of the alang which he
taste from the beet
the country; to
In hie memory, an
their nee, avoiding
; to form hie
end poeto of
up choice phrases
its himeelf to
time that
pedantic precision i
¿her the
than the i
1 bembeet which show
of n vein
edncated mind.
it
righto*
janeóse
sthinMhsam 4dog.
bridan old
ap«
ría.—Above all things let
a eweet end amiable tem-
m thie that makee home happy,
sweet temper of the wife makee the
ire that gem mento pathway. Man,
perplexed and annoyed with dm catee aad
toile of a busy day, goee home aad is sooth-
ed to net by toe —sic of kindly co
It ia like the sunaLiae gilding the
dark and etony placee in the heart Ut
it be cultivated ; for husbandaaad children
are a thonoaad fold the happier for it. Wo-
ahould atrive to poeeea^a calm, eweet
temper ;and if itahouid so happen that any
tto eyee folia upon thie, we would that
he ahould pray with all fervency for a bet-
than he haa. Boweoseewo
Genu-ts Tals.vt, CunrruNsa,—Genios
.. .. ... —hee like a cavalcade of heavy men apd
. , l eavy boreea. Cleverness akiuia like a awal-
roop a |ow jn a ^«mer evening, with a sharp
_ . , 81ng'c.pin![; •brill note, m^l a sihlden turning. The
I cant endure it, and whafs more, 1 will |lnan of genios dwells with men aad with
notI nature ; the uian of talent ia his atady ; but
Now there's an appeal that ou^ht to ;tbe clerer M[ow danoea
touch aoeae bachelor's heart. Tl ere ia a j everywhere, like a butterfly in a hurricane,
poor, lone apineter I in a nicely fnrniahed everything and enjoying Ifuj.
room, eofa big enough for two ; two arm bnt ^ ^ ^ to ^
chairs, two
two lookingglaaeee,
to death
die
cab-
man of talent will attack
er man aaeaila the indi rid nal,
private character; but the man ef
deepieee both ; he beodo none, be febé
none, he livee in himeelf^ ehrouded in tos
conaciousneee of hie own aüenglh he In-
terferee with none, and walks forth an ex-
ample that 'teegleo fly done they are hut
sheep that herd together." It ie true, that
should a poisonous worm crose hie path, he
may tread it under foot; ahould a enr anari
at him, he may chaetiee it; but he will not
cannot attack the privacy of another.—
Clever men write vtrm, men of talent write
from, but the man of geniue writes pastry
Boars.—A romp is generally n good ate'
tared oort of s gH with Httle mindund far
leee taate. She does not understand wit or
foncy, for to thoss she swkae no pretension.
When she ie the eserrinet ehe generally
¡nape the higbeet; when ehe Is grave, she
a a fool, beca nee rompe huno Uttts
loot A country ramp is
with a ditch, because it givoo her n
to jump across it;
beet ia the orchard,
quid to pleasere of eUmWug ton tesss snd
tearing her new frock. ▲ town reeep ie a
in, her
wrong stopping plaee. If ehO Weuteutoud
of woM, ehe haa to pey torlee aa
goto cheated by
SaLvanov sr
er," who Kvee in
—An "Old Soak
Mleeoeri, took ftt
into hie head one day that it wae encueeery
to be "bom again," and forthwith repaired
to the Bev. Mr, B-^—, the respected pastor
oftheBaptiat denomination, of toe town
aforeedd, to Obtain light. Be wee received
with urbanity and forthwith the following
dialogue oeeuod:
Old S.-rItto your doetriae, boss, that a
feller to be oaved mnet suffer immersion,
Bout ft?
Mr. B.—Tee, Br. S., ft Ie a Amdamentd
dottrinhefour chureh,' thatamaa, to be
moot repent of hin eina, end
bniflMaereed.
Óld S.—Well, boos, after rspentiafof bis
dns, aad boin' did under, if h« fiasnss in
the pan, then what ?
lfr. B.—Although backsliding is much to
bedeploied, still, if he dacsrely repeats of
his shas, sad iea^aia iauaereed, the church
wiH receive him again.
Old S.—Wdl, e'poee be sgaia kicks out
of the traoee after the eecona time, (for you
keow what critters there are in this world,
boee,) then whafs to pay f
Br. B.—Notwithstanding dl tola, if he
will eerioody repent and solemnly promise
to hie future life, the church will
again receive him into ito boeom, after be
tag iinuieraed.
Old 8., (after a few momenta of deep
thought) propoooo the following interroga-
tory—Well ; bosa, wouldn't it be a blasted
good idea to keep aich fellers in soak all
the time ?
Our informant did not say whether old
S. joined the cherch or not, but we indine
to the opinion that he did not
t
^ The following didogue took place
on toe Ohio railroad:
BuBo, sftranger, yoe appears traveling T
Tee, I d ways travel whan I'm on a jour-
Tthiak I have seen you eomewhi
Very like: Tve often beee there.
Bighto!t yoer nume be Smith f
Wdl, H might If H weee* eeeeetf
Have yon beee long in thoae pai
Never longer than at present—five feet
niae.
Do you calculate to remaia here
time ?
Wdl, I gueee TO stay tíll
(leave.
It
and
tolker ef ooandai. when oho In net emplny-
Ingber dsnehed heads
aboolder. Romping Is n had I
Is al varíanoe with deotney of
fineneee of tact or Imagination,
neruefnromp ate the foudHng of a bear
I would have all ouch femalee picked out of
•ocwty, toe mi up ioe miMonn w ocios*
lae a new Amiaonlon land. If they did not
dvitise the Indians sou what, they eeald
fight them, and that would i
DOSDOMs
Ifo. A rather extraordinary
of aa explodve bail—the inven
applk
intioa
ioe t oa
of a
Frendimaa, B. Dcviame—hae recently been
made in France, namdy : for the killing of
the el^haate ia Africa. A grand hunting
expedition to try the effect was got up by
ordsr of Frfnos Balims Paaha, at urhioh B.
do Tannyeon uaed the bdl and killed two
dephacto; the dietonoe wae great aad a
ball apieoe wae eufficient to do their buai-
Two daye after, B. do Tannyeon
out accompanied by snservant, and
soooeeded in bagging seven elephants.—
The bell is rather elow in acting. At firat
the elephant remaina ae uand after the re-
ception of a ball in the etomsch, quite un-
moved, or at least ody a little surprised,
aa though he would aay, " What ia it du
Mtrrittm V when dl of a eudden the bdl
explodee noieeleedy, hie sidee are rent open,
and be folia a victim to the intrusive stran-
ger's strong power.
I*. A few days since s German wae ri-
ding along Saasome street near Sacramen-
to, when he beard the whining of a ball
near him, aad felt his hat shakes. Hetera*
ed about, aad aaw a asan with a revolver
ia bis hand, and took off hie hat aad found
a fresh bullet hole in H.
" Did you ahoot at me V aeked the Oer-
man.
" Tee," replied the other party ; "that'a
my bone; it wae stolen from me recently."
" Ton mnat be mistaken," eaya the Ger-
man, M I have owned the horse for three
yean."
" Wdl," sars tlie other, "when I come to
look at him, I bdieve I am mistaken. Ex-
cess am air; wont you take a driak."
The rider dismoaatod, tisd his tnree ; the
two found s drinking saloon, they hobnob-
ed and drank together, and parted frienda
California foahfoo of
That ie the
making
ed en if it
w wiwu ^ j reckon
Never with crooe, crabbed, ugly men *11 Uad r
War a 8aur ta Caixen "She "—Some
beartleee wretch wretch who ebould be pen-
lehed by being tied to a poet with hie face
withiadxiacheeof kiaamg diotannrmf a pair
of bewitching "chcrry-ripe" feminine lips,
with the certainty of never roducing that
number of inches between him aad blias.
I'm ready to ¡ saya "a ship ie cdled %ht beca une a
kaowe not the expenee *-:l he gete
you were born in New Eng- ^ they are
efynnj
Jon
their livee, and still beee much like angels,
ie to ee one of the "hidden mysteries.
If all ennkind were enddenly to be-
lv ? to teOiag the truth, aad
g but toe truth, the whole u
appear to have put on a maak merely
from having taken one off.
Weil, my native place
or somewhere dee.
Toe trevd aa
there
rigged—becaeee their
withoet employ
look best whea well
WeU.1
I thought
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Lipsey, E. J. The Matagorda Gazette. (Matagorda, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 50, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 16, 1859, newspaper, July 16, 1859; Matagorda, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth179130/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.