Fort Griffin Echo (Fort Griffin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 31, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 2, 1879 Page: 1 of 3
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FOJIT (iniFFINt SHACKELFORD COUNTY. TEXAS, SATURDAY, AU JUST 2, 1879. Nb. 3).
THE -ECHO J03 OFFICE
J,Rni plJi iJviiU w*w 4y|raM)(tl:iiin« u
"have ttii!
x r* ■ *m* r ■ «. *
B E S T**? R E S S
' in ilii'i
Texas.
Mf a mUUdui
TnfUttM
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v..£
0*MS B|NGH0NEST LABOR.
.*> .v- —-V ^ •;■-.■• -
Durlugthe wI «*j t luirvi'iit iu
[own. last summer, a busy funn-
el- in Henry countv, undo patron
of the Western Farmer'? A1
rauuuo, had to km ok off work
one morning and look for ImitclH.j
After riding pooot W* miles hei
found a atulwuri tramp sleeping'
under a trim1, and woke bun up.!
The* pomnuuiist UjSite.Ov. UK
thoughlie needed woikv *>ii! he
u miin of business."
ic&heveyim to do ?"
V0h$ aaid the farmer, "1*11*
fl*e you 10 daya^wpris. at the)
, awd if you mo a good
was
wHoW
am
rfUwatiF
Iff "
k\
I kwp y..u
t«> stay ,n
|% ; ' "'V . i /
4 • •: ' ► •«'*+*' "
pretty coiuf *rta-
'Wldln-
"rf
didn't
as that,
Vt SIl'iAli'l lib ^ifffitaW t^atm'- j a MUNMU0 Ytjtna henor.r
er by siiuruvwiff rirJnHt":it \ji^f ' u : • .
pvr..iim«,Vin# asking for soma- m\fi* <,b? fm^u ^rn
thing Urmt.-Ex. reason Aom tbejmst. Inahun
died yours he has stumor heard
'8A-LUTINC.THE BRIDE.'
of many, changes on the won-
deroua globe lie culls liis lioitie.
rnin an ]
m
They, had both, so that wa
drey,
able fti tfir'iVw a.caKload of turn
1 >•->• f'ttlitft"'"truirk\ f-II'* in* lov
with "a 'wld'otf who. was ego kin#
Jor the h nds in aaaw-'fiiili, and
After a week s acquuintanco they
w^rt''mante>f.'A^boyS ftro&ud!
ifie,miU"Iv^twWlrtia4 three cali-
co shuts, a dress'coat'anda pair
t^ar^^rutoniv^
v'iuple started ®i i
bridal tour
l eing mur
^'irie^
WIDIhtuafth^
a1«iig ft*myto**'-
Just eW mlfllw ago.
Cost .€2. but darn th« «Mlt1
8be^^ tuj&sf %mmiiwm!kry
iVOunUrm^Mjrrig^Njwttr if a
i*«t*a^f$ih* ^r*Vl^.;i(-- <-t
Th« cgj d^ *t r ii •iOftleiU.^he
widow Wi^nli-
and a .lurifup noue, and
kissing tlu.biidei waa iKt gratillr
siSP^ .
bride
A gi';;if big. chapv alqioai. |yi)
mteilect will do soatill So he
.the
ft>r
ied
wi
todoihe inUKiag
fdid the
like
Ikhl be
lth h i iu
# -waa
apt- to
fllfl'i hii
k waa done with the
BBajppi^.'gXr.- ;v
nd.
con
■«- • *-■• K' *• j'zp&'Ufr **y **jy*>." >■••
tinned -WllUaia ?tf lie rose up
and.shod bis coat. .; y\
The, ^Rd#«fc«r w^HH54.; It
was the beat .thtng^hw cotrid do
mm** J'
never did «PX
wy io-be^ ire;^ m uttered- Vy,HHaiB., It a
Vl>)H J'U b« tjui to see ihif thing
through if I have t;o ;l|ght all
m S ba?. itekMrnawXP m th'*
leaaoii;;, ({lid so lihJogi«! it alfy
iipqi^tl^ i.jijsi. ,One hu^d*^d
years ago t lo W«iid truvvled ii
foucip'tj .Hiyi .saijed
to seain lil.W^VUHS^ipfH ,'Av
day the iron horsetearing
through icJie^liu^,^nf.Ust«aineiM
bridge^.the 1 wildest oceiui*.
Months have changed to weeks
and lipurs. One hundred years
ago the traveler b tween New
Xork and t^ie Illinois viid"
would have makeup h^s wind
t^^r^js ^ek«' tr^to lumber-
ing ^uuona, sleepy terries and
un<;ogifoftable atagea. Iu. this
yewuof grace., .18?d, two days
aiu'dOiie j lg'|it, pa^d, lb r euse
ni^gymfi>rt, sey • b im upf«ly at
A ! «; 4- \, Whei}[ Uif
^0-y >■ ? *VV(P,«i ^sa^evl/toiULi ihe
shorca of iSiig)a«d.! t<) Kiv^. theae
a; tyaao'l* ihev wviv
tatunal* if three w«eke? tossing
on.the broad . At'iajitic brought
>i n--vgh10< ^awfy^d-
lavid* To-day ajj .eight-day
pi^^^iB a ^natter. 44? -upuiipe.
*.Vho':kn"WS what is t^l>ei_ Al-
ready. whMperiugs" Qll the' air
with wot\drous . motors. '
a!
UKIOH AND COM*KbiRMTB.
Two Warrior* Meet in No« Scotia
_ Who ^Irst Met ae Foes.
On Thnrsd.iy Iqst the. steam!
yacht Idystio . came into iliiq
port for repairs, and lief-com-
mander, Lieut. J. C. Nichols, U ;
S, N., iu his , peirgrihationa
about townv wen^- iijt^the es«"
iabiiabmMiit « | ;DiVlI; A.-Purrj
where^ lie.ipiet :«iid
ih> proprie#,j>V.. This- \va tlieir,
st*<-<Mid. me«*ii g jthj(* lirst oc-'
cuirb g in 1803H ,diui|ig; the.war,
u1 Ki cvssion. wbt'tjj ". pri 'Parr^
ilo'ii liuldin^ a cujumiijaloa as
Lieute^int 4u ,ll|<. <Jimfedei;ate]
naVy, had, with^pllil ;C. Bj;ailie
,aiid4>iht. 8 8ei/ed ihf i^^amer
Gheam*al4.and, WeBk^ichol?.
iii tlie piiiw,(l 8tateecr^iser Ella;
and Aaoa, jiiras. pent ilK piirauit,
and.socjseifdcd in ^t'\ring.tho
jQlieaapeatei but ji^ hef v.%'^
aod crew. r ln-tluo. their.st'cood
mefftinjt, tjjjey bo'h felt the i<xrce
of the our iiiuji cuiiid^tice' w.liwh
lui !.: b, 0.;ghtv .theni Mga|,iji' togutb-
VIHaiui a n!)H)v,sod wa-s:Lieul-,
Mich -;jaAtfriV, ..Uiat he watmly
■*k :'<v- -Af: "1 • I' t • - J ''\ *£' iV.-
IMWisif it h%.^«jMi%n ;J^^ia|SKi
Mm ,oo, bt«ud .1
Our jirkf^jp' :i* low \u
any country offlc^ona '^jj^fv>r.ni><t )l\u
"Oli,dear,op! Manfvee'ailow^
iu« to dancu Willi sipurUs."-^
Chambers,*/o4i0'^o^% '
nrracn'otarioF^, /
A young mnn who draua*
well and has a ronsoBiiblje share
ot good looks hnd j flcaUoa jak
week to make & trip to tb«
country,.and gnwnfoijt befiwaiid
himself >ftt a fuauutlulise, ht
which ptrtj' was-lbwwbp bff.
He was invited to panialpBt8;iu
the festivities, nndiifter Iphftd
l onaented ttwoid fartner .took
bint around, the.cottier irf• tlu
liouje nnd, sftid: * *
"The young fbik aie miglay
Jond of any.game witli kissing
-in it.. They^U «p a«iw
thiMgAOd .tt« .mpkr yoa
kiss the han^iQMt^r tn'tho
"WeU^SkkipsalieK" waajho
pwmptrtej ly!,, ''ii-ii.1£&■'
eontliiwd'fhej
XOf\ '
'^cr^^ the. .^r -^
1 l'V-90.; rvads.. the,, .laiest
M
< ,> •
i r ^
The cai was Iflj:... William
walked,iiiiw^xll^wli^ wav-'d
hla balid t4cO«jj9Ujiid att^ntioii,
that"
A.handjre^ytt':u lft: W,J
will Ij^'e. to
d,,es?
;8halV he see^ daily t>*
no^^'MioiHg' to the "bias'"<if
beiitlVd br!stiiahge, un-
'.ay* imwtifid '-gandy rtafeygas 1
who wants to fta-lute tile, bride 'Vfrll' freiglh t'laliis drawn by
kit i!-Atfhik ' I ^ J>-- 'i.iJik'i-'w ' ^ 2 |. 'Si-
kin uow d" so.
tbel: '
gn
'ra H
' ii]?;
mfo,
tdefniph In
it/ML\
gr
acii.,
Wn?m
©en*
•j&i"
i!rJ fr,,i miijj:
jjj
mm T^S
Wv^ ' ; •>'
h ii «
^?T'
'' 4 "■*+ V f W Wwm-
, ami Fnnittiiro ootlrtly netv
Urn but tuUo In. NorthWMt Tom
' for
liaiuiiist;
Jit
tfvir fluid h wuh
would't mind
..V :-r . -
•03
|iiy?l<«<iy who
to
walked
. un'ii
He. «aa
v*(| ojer
^Well," the. tramp said, "I
?hei) ^o
_.. wynt m • 1 *'—r ** "• •"1
^No^ the faru *. aid j "uow j
wB^a,
Oifcjost aa
'till the
V uAV-
me muvemeut.ujid com-
ItJ-iVil'i' rt4 "•'■r " lV
if Vt^djirtojfer^^ai;'.
e« bride V\ •
wmtew
,... 'A^Bfjia^^m^wn
In the ipla^.^d hia legs^ in1 tf
- ■ • r ft
rioitileea -powVr, pass swiftly be-"
Iieuth tile aea, and parcels "durt
lik^figfttnlng jiroOTid the w, rld?
Stfu%er thliiga th^vntlieae TVuVfe
hapjietiedj wjtliin a hundred'
ye^^, itii f ho'iur maj livvto nee
iatiligivut^f''Woiidefi*.— T*.iK '•"• *
;:j?! . X -i:;,,
Alt IMMEDIATE UNOERSTANOINQ.
%. • • f ' ' "W • t'i ''t
•laittle Harry .8.; of six sum.
men, who 1md tbeeo • tgialted
from girl's to boy's habiliments,"
recently appeared -at schoid ar-
rajcedin the former, <vhei>, his
teacher kindly, remarkedu uchil -
Uren, I hope that (tone of. jou
will tease Hariy, nor , apoak of
his dresi, as . h!a mother has
Benft him ioit to punish him for
■ v t.
j)ine.a; ,,n;intvifnUtm t^w
' tily ucceuted;f. 1
tpthejjiacht.
vi,iituivs«by flin
a
prim* i« "these pijjing^iinpi of
peace." ■,.. ^
• f^e :«Wf*4a' -#******* <the
..u tfttadt' time ha% ^roag^t
Ni« hols, uo. doubt, - extended
ua p^^iog^ivri^taiiof
a p«rty as, aug
taia folks iironnd;
notb iw.lurt |f
h«fe{W^
mrm
Thei itttitoa
~ tUPpic f '
^octpr^nt
n v 7Wa««&>
w
Chrohid
^^^co^ur^'-'f ;&yM
L*..... being sank juat aotth
iislm
far Mo # W
th^gaimtlet
'ifoa'a
Kit*
iic
agones, si
yelled
"Put
UpW
theamaSttd.,
ofTwheat harvest 'till Septum
ber t Well, I never heard of
• Why, man, I«ant. you iu
awS),^ i0 twenty
•a «
fid look«d in-
ii It \ *i * • ■'* '■ ' '' : * ■' * ; • '
the^dead," lie
ra {M,if I they aln'1 III!
alitt^Wa sbulWa^ pM to kill
all tite bonibit .workiwgveii
in this onaawyo - Want ^a..'toui'
to go to^v^k'^Ho tbefun tliia
blood bpty tf> tmnlt of w. Y011
<tan go. - lnWW t worfc* I'm a
laboring WW i« 6w'- the
rights of labor, tfud ril starve
iy foto I'll yhrftt tlttftrnp."
'/And hp lay down and slept
all that \png, hot day, while th<
farmer wrought iu the ii'.'ld, an J
being ;nunghty, and. .he feels
tt/'djfcjw^and wetit over: , and mprJifled and af rry." ;*Thereup
ai^-talod. f ...
^.','Npw, t^ei^^^d-.Wjjliam,
m&V«u*£$■i,i!? ^MloattW8
bfidlu (^\^|ir jjv^.b^^spii)^] as
iianal, and if Mnry 'and: me
heads, on each: ot hy r> ejroulders
t H.Ua^ d.Mi iH d": to. know who
!:iflV4 nliout it, ;tnd T1.1 make
him • e m>igioe 1'iu a hull
i>«Vj0pp of Jl;v ".^iggeist,m!i<l pr;
.na \jrIoRs, all- iliore conlili' ^owu
on flic list:. ISoW, Mary, bitch-
along an' let me git my arm
around yeV'—Detroit Free Press
pn.Muster'Harry quickly mount'
"d liisiseat jfnd repudiated his
eucher'a kind protection, «x
ended his clinclujd. list and ha^
:-aligned'hi* class tlma. "If ai-.f
girl says anything about it, I'll
say nothing-; l>ut if any bov
does, ru; iwock lrtt itea^
and the ftre of hW) }MaJtK'spoke
iii selfTeliam-e. <0 ' ■
.Work mun by the tiame bf Ha*,
jlahdlifeli/ed a slow niutcli iea^V
jin'g to a' l>liwt,'aM signahrd'^u
•be draWn ;lip. ' T^|depth or the
lhaf; Was tjVve'tiiy ^et. . When
le li aff 'been"Viilae (Tf< e ii fret
ne strtica the bottom* Of a boAtd
IpnrfRirfti iihd wua thrown back
Wthe tottoiu.; Tboinas Crna-
dull; a step appf pf ; Harla^id,
was, a, witnesi} to the accident,
and, promptly slid .down the
rope^eev^rfy. .feett and^re-the
match frooi tiie /a4vrUA' jin e t
prevent.;^ explosioji;'. ...llie 1
was a brave on*^ ;scai'cel^ to
im;uile)edv ;Tife'
were, terribly, lacerated by the
friction of the rope., The .etep-
fauiivr was reannotjl with q brok'
cn rib anrf other flfyere bruises.
potato**
gi t «pf, of the
and 4hatx _ _ _
he "realize^,that Jift?e H.onts
*raa j*"""'
JTHE'MIDOY AND tHE LADY.
Tlie Japanese government, set
hsM ^tO.OflO fW'^neral G rant
f<pel«. A
pa I ucewa^ei^mally provided
for hi in
1 potted
Ilenry Bessemer,; the English
inventor *hnW'+taken put 160
patehttl, a|p^t as.maiLy as Ed-
men
cess for making sl;e *l, 'ranks as
one of tlie most brilliant iuven the middj- was a lord, and she
(ions'"of the cenliuy. fl.cpli repented, and l-ysind-by
verts p'lgiimi into ate«J i'V'i few! udhded linn 1>«' was engaged.to
miiiutes, and lias reduced the j her for I ho. ne.\t danc«<, 'llie
olegantly fitted, and price of steel mils per ton Iroui.[youngster, howwvtjv was not so
ihe jpuisht',;:^^ "intended to"by!to^ 0. ,vi>« ttyies.n* ijiiichjeasily 1
French cooks iuipottid lor the]steel' is uaed in' t li.j w orld now J i'ug the
purpose. ' :if« w:\? used jirior to IS.*!*.
It wis d;ifArhr^t|d{
yotmg Mr..<Junimagi ,
go irt the bona#, 1>trt down
'V^jl^^esiaant/ p^pQ|i, as wsi^
is ^rtstomr'^er ringing jtl*e
«l. flitter c^me' tp
he,.door and Jookedt 'tiV hint
^femeSui-foaity.^1,
; r rttfcieay6urslster Aafit'jViiow
I atn'here, N^to?'' beaked,
, ,4.0hr y'es," ^jjTied1 llie p\tip*f.
ce'iit. prAttler.' 'fj 'gQe^s she]
does; she told ine to come out "-u
and see how shady Jt made the
front yard when you put. y our
feet np on the porch railing.''
' tie took them' down" and sat
on the tlieln. .
• Tho male ffe>flufaftfo4 ^P'-LJlls-
^(jrrtrbathailn tUKd^Aw'tiv^r,
otliorwlse khdwrb ftil-tlui Sui^y,
uudjem petxpil* of Kkittia3 Ort v
ana bltttfHy complaining aWit
the bad taste of their'drinkim; '
water. J>(-'**.Jfav . .
'if.a~ .L 1 ^Jl-nr^.r —♦
The Mob^ JSparf^.of /fi^dr
has iuvitt{|^Capt. ^ad:< to in-
spect Mobile bay .und harbor
with a View lo ^ngutfu
mollified^ and, 1 tnneaiber. J deepen' Uie vliuiitynl, it^c.thinks
ludy had native blood j favorably of^pjf feaMbility vt
[ii; her ""vr^. smilipt-lv ifjdi^ddoing eo., '
- 1
i«rited repartee vytpi.
rWin-rt iiiidaliipmftn,
[jiter -vt a & tl. B. at
"by tlie latter to*the
Rai':i 0:1 the North Pa-
11! The middy was
; A welll
dealt byj
to the '<ijf
a ball 'gi^
haval
cifiio stu
bold eiiy^h to ask tho ,'yoi\n^
lady to pen-ept him for her part-
ner.^ "Ov'dear 110,said ijie
r $U(>erciii^us b<*auty. "Ma Un-
ison, aud one of tliem, his pro er lots atodaitce with midship-
" >jf)me body let her linow
t"
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