Fort Griffin Echo (Fort Griffin, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 24, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 25, 1881 Page: 1 of 4
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THE FORT GRIFFIN ECHO.
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FORT GRIFFIN, SHACKELFORD COUNTY, TEXAS, SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 1881.
| Our wire* for Job Work lire ill low lis
NO. 21. nny cQuniry oIIUt <;iin work for hihI live.
pjtOFBSSioyAi
J. N. BROWKINO,
Attorney at Law,
Mobeetie, Wheeler County; Texas.
Business In any part of tho Panhandle
of Tests entrusted to mc, will receive
prompt attention. '
C. B. DAVIfcB.
LAWYER,
FORT GRIFFIN,
TEXAS.
Will praetlco III all courts of this State,
^rttWMp 'VOtkveyanoes. contract*, etc.. In
stM^jMoformlty with tlio common and
■tetew MLws, ud-act as agent.
ftcjljpllnni made and claims recovered
n affpitts of the .Union.
u- J. . STEEL,
Justice of tfc.e Peace
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* **-OFFlOIQ NOTARY PUBLIC..f
Jtmrt Qrlb. .«. Texan.
, JbJuSUBKE,
LAWYER A.HD LAND AGENT
Texas.
quarter ofa million
land belonging to the
buid Company
Attorneys
& WEBB,
at
ieal estate agents,
Breckenrldge, Stephens Co., $&*•.
:aataarawr,js . k ^ ^ eourtS Of 8te-
/and^ppellate courts
,qq given to land and col-
W.MPQWElA.
surgeon.
TEXAS.
tcallsflfom
town or oounUT.day or night. n62
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U. 8. COMMISSIONER,
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XOR THSRN DISTRICT OF TEXAS.
Fort Frlflln, Shackelford Co..Tex.
.H BROWN,
Grocer,
Fort Warfhi Texas.
3. K. BRANNAN, Traveltaff Salmmau
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ITS EXCHANGE
AND RESTAURANT,
( bet. Main and Houaton,)
FORT WORTH, - - TEXAS.
The voir best of everything can be
jonnd ai'twa house. „
• JOHN HOFFMAN,
fmAV- •. v Proorletor.
J. 6. KENAN &. CO.
DRUGGISTS,
FORT GRIFITO. - - - TEXAS.
Keep constantly on bind a complete
t 'assortment of- ■'■■■.: -
DRUGS AND PATENT MEDICINES,
Paints. u -
\r: Ollii . '• " ■
" ■ Brushes.
ToUet
Articles, etc.
prescriptions carefully compounded at
all hpuri; day or night. v8nl
CHARIOT'S
RESTAURANT.
East Side Main-Street.
EVERYTHING NEW, NEAT AND
CLEAN.
MEALS TWENTY-FIVE CTS.
The table supplied with the best the
narket affords.
*ln« CHARLEY HARTFIELP.
CHANGED HANDS.
Th« well known Blacksmith and'War-
on Shop of J. M Cupp A Rro.. wlll from
date be conducted l>.v J. L. lhorp_«nd
Allen Cupp* under the style 0lJ.It
Tliorp db Co.
This is the onlv *hnp In Qrlffln keep-
ing a full supply of Iron nnd 'Wagon
Timbers, Tire Shrinker. Careful atten-
tion will be given lo itll work entrusted
n°17mS J. L.THOUP A CO.
W. N. PORTER.
C. A. PARK.
/ If FELL IUISSTMK.
I siiiml upon the hoary mountains of old
tluie,
God's stern and sleepless sentinels, that
loom
In shadowy dimness, silent and sublime.
Through bending clouds of glory and or
gloom.
I see around me shapes of rare device,
Domes, minarets and towers
Of nature's own contriving; and soft
bowers
Of Interwoven branches, vi es and flowers.
Through which trip lightly the Impass-
ioned hours.
I hearjtlie gushing melody of birds,
The dance of dashing waters, and the
■' deep ' / >
Low murmur of the winds that oreep
Into my soul like music without words;
I stand In Paradise!
Andlo! two beings, roung and besutiful
Beyond the poets most enraptured dream,
.Glkks through the maces; resting now
to cull ■■■■. ■
Sweet dated flowers that fHnge a silver
"■' stream,' ■
Or clustering (knits , that in the sunshine
gleam;
And all the while their voices fill the air
With swelling anthems to the Great
Supreme,
And all: the while in peoos they wander
there,
God-loving and beloved, without or grief
Or care.
The charm Is broken. From a distant
, >U1, V
I see th* Serpent take his subtle way
To where, all dreamless of the coming ill,
The doomed pair in happy con verse stray *
And now, with secret art, he holds bis.
prey,.
And now enfolds-thcm like a tongueof
flame; . '• .
With charmed words he leadeth them
' astray, ;:C.
Till, all forgetful of the ssaster's claim,
They do the deed ot sin. and hide them-
. selves In shame. "
I read In Holy verse,
> Theii everlasting cut Be:
"Though shalt bring forth In pain,
And Uve ln sorrow, and toil in vain,
And thistles reap, Slid thorns Instead of
grain,
And down thy brow shall sweat drops
toll like rain."
That eurse has bad no death ; we ate
brought forth in pain
And all the pathway Of; Onr checkered
years
lssbewn with ashes and remorseful tears,
Till, In. the midst of grief we yield our
breath again.
Yes the world ls 1U11 of sorrow
And dismay ;
Joy lives always in to-morrow,
Pain today 1
Sweet phantoms rise, to cheer our bleak
existence,
And lure us onward with uplifted hands.
We follow,and they fade Into the distance,
As fades tfaie mirage on the desert sands.
What boots It that the earth makes show
of Joy? .....
'That roses bloom, and trees grow green
In spring?
That the soft grass springs up without
annoy,
That skies are blue, and birds forever
y sing?
There arc more weeds, tliaa flowers-
More sad than sunny hours!
• And though the leaves be musical, '
They all must wither soon and fall;
And'though the green grass waves,
Down under it are graves >
And alas j they have no souls,
Those little birds whose melody so rolls.
What boots It that we /Ing the merry
laugh,
Sing the song and crack the jest ?
That wo-seek love—deem kisses more
'than chaff,
Or hold pleasure worth the quest?
And what boots It that some glide
Through the world with little care ?
And what boots It that the bridb
Is so jubilant aud folr ?
The pleasure that we follow.
Like our laugh, Is hollow—hollow
As a bell
That' no w rings us to a wedding, with
a chime;
And now bffliics us In sorrow, for a time.
With a knell.
And the Jest seldom slips
But It strikes a tender chord!
And a Ulss was oh the Hps
Of the wretch who sold his Lord f
Do you sing?—'the sweetest songs
Tell of sorrows and of wrongs.
Doyou I6ve?*-perfeet love
Omy lives In reiilnis above;
AnU tlie-carnless aru the light-
Light of In-art niul light of head ;
Aud ye rr Ui> the hriileln white,
Anil In Wlilte ye sliroml tlio drad !
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PORTER A PARK.
Commission
Merchants,
£M|)nnd aud Cisco, Tetn .
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"Jack, what relation to you is
that old goiitinman. 1 hiiw you
with tliia morning t" "Oli, not
innch ; 1h*'m tiiarrii-il U> in}
irrnii«1 par«-iitonly daifghUT.
Oruba In tho Head of Shoop.
Most of the sheep raisers of
this and adjoining counties
have lost sheep in, to them, an
unaccountable manner. The
Eouo hus learned of a number
ot gentleman who have sought
the canse and their research
has disclosed the fact that their
sheep were aitected as well
as afflicted by the grub. A
correspondent in the Farmers
Home Journal, writing from
Adairville, Ky., has investigated
the matter and we can do no
better than to quote him. He
says:
"I discovered on last Tuesday
that my ram was sick. He
would hold his head very high
and to the left, and run with all
his might against the fence'or
any place; he seemed to be
crazy. He would fall down and
his head would tremble as if he
had the palsy. I poured spirits
of turpentine in bis nose and
rubbed bis head with it. I sit
united cotton With epirits of
ammonia and aoplied to hi?
nose; it would make him snort.
And I applied ice to his head,
as it was very hot, bnt nothing
seemed to give any relief. He
died Friday. I never saw any-
thing suffer like he did. I cut
bis head open and the roof of
bis mouth was* a dark purple,
as was also the inside of his
nose till very near the brain.
I found twenty odd worms or
grubs Inside his nose,* some
within one-fourth of an inch of
his leit eye in the optic narve,
and some within 'one-fourth of
an inch of the brain in the cavi-
ty leading to the brain, and the
larger ones lowr down. I put
them in turpentine, and it ki lied
all of the white ones as soon as
it touched them, but one dark
colored one, with black stripes
across it, lived in, turpentine
twenty minutes—strong lye
Would not kill it. They were
from one eighth; to an inch in
ngth. Now can you give .any
preventive or remedy by which
we can save our Bheep f By so
doing, you will oblige areader of
your valuable paper.
G.W.H. .
Adairville, Ky., April 16-
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Water Proof Whit* Wash.
The so-called government
whitewash, which is used on
light houses, and is, therefore,
suitable for exposed buildings,
is made as follows: Half a
bushel of fresh lime is slaked
with boiling water, and kept
covered during the process ;
[uid is strained and seven
pounds of salt dissolved in
warm water, three pounds of
ground rice boiled to a thin
paste and kept boiling hot; one
half pound of Spanish white,
and one pound of glue dissolv-
ed in water, are added; five
gallons of hot water are then
mixed with it, and (the whole is
left to stand in a barrel for a
few days. When used it must
be kept hot in a. kettle. A pint
covers a square yard.
ANOTHER REOIPE.
Tlie best wash for fences and
buildings is made by adding 5
lbs common salt and 5 lbs sul-
phate zinc to every peck of
litnt*. This combination makes
a hard wash that will not rub
oft front the rains, and will also
preserve tlie wood from defcay
nnd from insects. By
How to Shear Sheep.
We know it is too late in the
season to give advice, but it
may not he out of the way to re-
peat the experience as related
by a correspondent of the llural
World as to how to shear sheep
I use a platform raised from
the floor about ten inches, and
large enough to hold sheep and
fleece, say three and one half
by five feet. Set the sheep on
this bench on his rump, sup-
porting the sheep by your bent
leg, nnd the head of the sheep
under your left arm. The posi-
tion is easy for yourself and the
sheep. Shear off and detach
from all fleece all the wool on
the belly and legs that woud
easily drop off. Then shear the
left side of the sheep entire,
commencing at the rufle under
the neck, around the neck,
head, shoulders, etc., letting the
fleece roU ,, back ]ust past the
backbone. When the entire
left side is sheared, turn the
sheep so that the sheared side
will be next to you, and shear-
ing from the head down, letting
the fleece fall down and back of
its own weight.. When nearly
sheared lay- the sheep flat on
his side, putting tbe right knee
over, but not upon the neck,and
finish shearing around the rump
and tail. '' '
/' The above is the easiest way
a sheep can be sheared, but
long practice is necessary to
make easy work of it.
For easy and rapid shearing
I prefer short blade shears, and
a great deal depends upon keep-
ing shears in perfect order. If
your shears are dull or run bad,
you will soon tire otlt. If tag
locks have to be cut, an extra
pair of shears should be kept
lying near for that purpose.
If you have plenty of cobs
throw them on the floor of the
pen where your sheep are .con-
fined. They will keep your
sheep much cleaner than straw.
Catch your sheep by the bind
leg, and when carrying pr lifting
them grasp them around the
body. Never let any one grab
your sheep in the wool. In
handling sheep on the shearing
bench do it in such a way that
they cannot get their foot hold
anywhere. They are helpless
until they g<(i a foothold, then
look out.
Lastly, though npt leastly,
never got mad at a sheep, no
matter what it does. When I
was a boy an old sheep that
had the suffles, or an old ewe,
whose lamb was bleating like
all creation, used to make me
mad all over. Such sheep won't
bold still. But an old shearer
cured me by saying that whan
a shearer got angry it was a
sure sign that he didn't know
more than the sheep knows.
To sum up,' all you have to
do, is to hold your sheep in, an
easy position, keep your fleece
together,avoid cutting the sheep,
shear smooth, but not too close,
keep cool, and by long practice
you. will make usheurer.
Dr. Charles Jewett. while ar-
guing for prohibition, once
said : "Why not pour whiskey
into the gutter. It is destined
for the gutter at last ; why not
pour it there at once, and not
strain it through a man and
addingi 8P°'I t'1" strainer in the work."
Saab In Sheep.
A correspondent of the Rural
Home, in response to an inquiry
for a cure for the scab or itch in
sheep, says: "Little can be
done at this time of the year in
this latitude, except to keep the
sheep as strong as possible
with good feed and care. When'
the Weather gets warm enough
to shear them, then get the wool
off, and dip them in a strong
decoction of tobaccofpliig tobac-
co is the best), by soaking it in
water a few days to soften it.
The sheep must be dipped at
least three times, allowing a
week or ten days between each
dipping, and it must be done in
the most thorough manner. I
do not think it is eo much the
remedy as the thoroughness
with which it is applied.
AH the tools needed is a caul-
dron kettle or a dipping box,
and an*oid door or a couple of
wide boards matched where
they join, and fastened with a
cleet at each end to send the
liquid back into the kettle. Let
one man take tbe sheep by the
bind feet while the assistaut
takes the fore legs in one hai/d
and the nose in tbe other, to
prevent strangling the animal;
thenimmerse it in the liquid for
about two minntes ; tlie.n lay it
on tbe table and rub with a
woolen rag, to looaen the scab
and get as much of the decoc-
tion as possible back into the
kettle again. I have cured the
scab in this way for a shiftless
neighbor.
If you want nice, white fleeces,
whether your sheep have the
scab or not, dip them in a de-
coction of tobacco. It is one of
the best remedies for ticks,scab,
or any skin disease, and gives
the skin a healthy action and
prevents the wool from cotting.
In salting sheep now ailing with
the scab mix a little sulphur
with the salt."
A Shako of the Hand.
There is great significance in
hand-shaking, and many are
the methods used to perform
that operation. Some seize
your hand with a fervent grasp
—one foot extended—and hold-
ing yonr eye with their own.
Such is the salutation of the
jolly tar, ready to share, the
last shot in the locker" with
the stranger of the hour. Others,
again, seize your hand with as
much fervency, and may mean
as well toward you; but they
do not look directly at you,
but past your cheek, with eyes
steadily set,, as if looking for
some undefined ghostliness be-
yond, and seeming to converse
with the same. Others "give
too great a show of fervency to
the salutation, causing your
fingers to tingle with pain; you
involuntarily gaze at the injured
band,
An embarrassing shake of the
liand is. when the y,:irIy greets
you hastily, yet silently, as if
he felt guilty of boldness, or
was not quite sure that he had
not been mislead by a resem-
blance. It is as awkward as a
pause in conversation—no one
knowing quite what to nay un-
der the circumstances,
The Revised Testament.
Little Rock Gazette.
Purson Sandy, a colored gen-
tlemen of long standing went
into a Little Rock book store
yestetday and asked: .
"Boss, is yer in possession ob
de revised stantes ob de New
Testameut!" When^ajtswered
affirmatively he continued:
"And so yer is heping to strib-
ute dis deception. Talk to me
bout Hades. Hell ■ is de'word.
What influence would my
preachin' have if I war ter tell
dejeongregation dat he who don't
obey de junction is in danger
Hades. Dat old book m&y be
too slow for de white folks but
it hits a niggah powerful natral.
Da say dat' de Lord is un-
changeable. If dat is de case
why do day want ter change
his word* Why da say de in-
spired.grammar an'_rithmetic ot
de 'postles wanter be srooked t
I supposed dat whar Peter
says 4I go a ilshin' de latter day
upstarts want him ter say, 4De
pronoun I, in de fust person,
bad,"' arter mature 'liberation
concluded to repair to de sea-
sho', whar de aforesaid person-
al pronoun ob de fust pusson,
proposes ter engage in de pis-
catorial exercise. Dat aint de
Kind ob a book ter save a man.
Dars one faith,, one Lord and
one baptism, but de white folks
is tryin' ter make two faiths,
two Lords and a multitude of
baptisms."
"But, old man," said the
book seller, "you are at liberty
to use the old edition.1'
"Haint de gubner done de-
clared dat de old book am re-
pealed and de new one is in.
force I"
"Certainly not. The govern-
or has no jurisdiction in Such
matters."
"An' da can't take de old
book away from me?"
"No." "''■v'
"Den I'se heeled, caze I'segot
hell on my side ; an' I'll tell
yer when a niggah ain't got de
fire an' de brimstone |on his
side, he can't coileck ten cents a
year from de church.
Many a father and mother
can appreciate the following
words uttered by that good man.
Robert Collyer: "Tho very
first person I want to see when
I go to Heaven—you may call
me a heritic if you like—is not
the Christ or the Heavenly
Father ; it is that little daugh-
expecting it too havener, with her sweet blue eyes
beeu compressed into one hor- an(j beautiful blond locks, that
rid, bruised, extended dexter
finger, Others again add to this
exhibition of muscular power
by swinging your hand up and
down, a sort of intimation that
they are about to "pump" you.
Some give you the tips of their er auj nu>re
fingers; others take the whole iiave here on <
was taken frojn inv wife and
myself in 1853. I believe as I
believe I ain standing here, that
the greatest joy of life hereaf-
ter is that it will be a home
over again—home bvtt-er,bright-
blissful than we
nth."
0 lbs copperas to a barrel of i
whitewash, the wash will bo
turned to a rich cream color,)
and it is said that neither rat orj
mouse will harbor or live w.hoiej
copjiera'" it1 usrj.
Nature nbhois a vaiiium.
That i.i til" rnason tlu re nre so
many fouls in-the world! Dame;
Nature was bound to till u;>
with 'oint-thim;.
hand. The most abominable! -«—•
hand-shaking is that hizy, list- j In every department of life s
less offering, giving no pressure I plans.and etiorts a clear eon-
and averse to receiving auv. s<de iee is indisjv'i.siMe to true
slimy, clainy, snaky, eelv bin . hiippiness.
no wiggle Wo have sliaken
hands with soidi ;n-r.si.iis jiit'l
the memory of it annm■ i ii>
fur' hours aI'tTwafl. It was
like I In.- touching ol' a v i", < 1 i - 11 I'lii' UTr;il I iIn
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