Fort Griffin Echo (Fort Griffin, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 52, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 21, 1882 Page: 1 of 4
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FORT GRIFFIN, SHACKELFORD COUNTY, TEXAS, SATURDAY, JAN. 21, 1882.
NO. 52.
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Via* • CHARLEY MABTFIEfxP
TOO UTTERLY UTTER.
How a 8uperiatlvo Pa and a Con-
summit* Ma IstSewn upon
an Esthetic Daughter.
Rockland Courier.
A few months ago the daugh-
ter of a Rockland man, who has
grown comfortably well off in
the small grocery line, was sent
away to a female college, and
last week arrived home tor the
holiday vacation. The old man
was in attendance at the depot
when the train arrived, with
the old horse in the delivery
wagen to convey hia daughter
and her trunk to the house.
When the train had stooped a
bewitching array of dry goods
and a broad rimmed hat dash-
ed from the oars and flung itsnlf
into the eldery party's aims.
"Why, you supnrlative pa 1"
she exclaimed. "I'm so utterly
glad to see you." ,
The old man was somewhat
unnerved by the greeting, but
be recognised the sealskin eloak
in his grip as the identical piece
of property he had paid for
with the bay mare, and he sort
of squat it up iu his arms, and
planted a kiss where it would
do the most good, with a report
that sounded above the noise
of the depot, lu a brief space
of time the trunk and its attenr
dant baggage were loaded Alto
the wagon, which was soon
bumping over the bubbles for
home.; ■: . - ■
"Pa, dear," said the young
miss, surveying the team with a
critical ejre, "do you consider
this quite excessively beyond t"
"Hey," returned the old man
with a puzzled air. "Excess-
ively beyond what! Beyond
Warren I I consider it some-
what about ten mita befrond
Warren, countin' from the Bath
way, if that's what yonm«an."
"0, no, pa, you don't under*
stand me, the daughter explain-
ed ; "I mean the hdrfe and
wagon. Do you think they; are
soulful? do you think they
could be studied apart in the
a sympathy, or even a
simple poem, and appear a« In-
tensely utter to one oil return-
ing home as one could ex-
press!" V Vv..
The old nan twisted uneasily
in his seat, and muttered some*
thinff about he believed it used
to be used for an express wag-
bu before he bought it to deliv-
er pork in, but the conversa-
tion seemed to tie traveling in
such a lonesome directiou that
he fetohed the horse a resound-
ing craok oa the roluada^ and
the severe jolting ov«r the fro*
ed ground prevented further re-
marks.'
"Oh, there is that lovely and
consummate ma!" screamed
the returned collegiatess as they
drove up at the door, and pres-
ently. she was lost in the em
brace of a motherly woman in
spectacles.
"Well, Maria," said the old
man at the snpper table, as he
nipped a piece of butter off the
lump with his own , knife, "an*
how d' yer like your school!"
, "Well, there, pa, now you'ie
shou—I mean, consider it far
too beyond," replied the daugh-
ter. "It is nnqnenchably iniff-
aple The girls are so sumptu-
ously stunning—I mean grand
r—so exquisite—so intense. And
then the parties, the balls, the
rides—oh, the past weeks have
been one sublime harmony." -
"I s'pose so, I s'pose so," ner-
vously assented (h« old man as
he reached for his third cup,
"half full,"—"but how about
your books—readin', writin',
grammar, rule o' three,—how
about them!"
"Pa, don't," exclaimed the
daughter reproachfully; "the
rule of three, grammar! It is
French, and music and painting
and the divine in art that has
made my school life the boss
I mean that have rendered it
one unbroken -flow of rythmic
bliss— incomparatively and ex-
quisitely all but."
The fjpoceryman and his wife
looked helplessly at each other
across the table. After a lone-
some pause the old lady said :
"How i^lo you like the bis-
cuits, Mar^r f"
"They are too utter for any-
thing," Bald the accomplished
young lady, 4<hnd this pluin pre-
serve is simply a poem in itself."
The old man abruptly arose
from the table and went out of
the room, rubbing his head in a
dai&T and benumbed manner,
and the mass convention was
dissolved. That night he and
his wife sat alone by the stove
until a late hour, and at the
breakfast table* next morning
he rapped smartly on his plate
with the handle ot his knife
and remarked ;
"Maria, me an' your mother
have been- talking the thing
over, and \ we've come to the
conclusion that this boardin'
school business is too utterly
all but too much nonsense. Me
and hei* consider that we haven't
lived sixty odd consummate
years for the purpose of ^raising
a curiosity, an' there's goin' to
be a stop put to this unquench
able foolishness. Now after
yon have finished eatln' that
poem of fried sausage and that
symphonv of twisted doughnuts,
you take and dust up stairs in
less'n two seconds, an-.peel off
that fanoy gown an' put on a
caliker $ an' then come dowft
here an' help 'your mother wash
dishes. I want it distinctly un-
derstood that there ain't goin'
to b-s no more rythmic foolish-
ness in this hduse so long's your
supurlative pa an' your lovely
an' consummate ma's running
the ranch. Yon bear me, Maria."
Maria was listening.
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Discoveries Mad* by Accident.
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Valuable discoveries have
been made, and valuable inven-
tions suggested, by the veriest
accident:
The swaying' to and fro of a
chandelier in a cathedral, sug-
gested to Oalileo the applica-
tion on the pendulum.
Mezzotint owed its Invention
to the simple accident of the
gun barrel of a sentry becoming
rusted with dew.
An alchemist, while seeking
to discover a mixture <^f earths
that would make the most dur-
able crucibles, one day fonnd
that he had made porcelain, i
The power of lenses, as ap-
plied to the telescope, was dis-
covered by a watchmaker's ap-
prentice.. While holding spec-
tacle glaa&es between his thumb
and finger, he was startled by
the suddenly enlarged appear-
ance of a neighboring church
spire.
The composition of which
printing rollers are made
was discovered by a Solopian
printer. Not being able to And
ihe pelt-ball, he inked the type,
with a small piece of glue thai
had fallen out of a glue-pot. It
was such an excellent substi-
tute that after mixing molasses
witn the glue, to give the mass
proper consistency, the old pelt.
ball was entirely discarded.
The process of whitening
sugar was discovered in a curi-
ous way. A hen that had gone
through a clay puddle went
with her muddy feet into a su-
gar house. She left her tracks
on a pile of sugar. It was no-
ticed that wherever the tracks
were-the sugar was whitened.
Experiments were instituted,
aud the result was that wet
clay came to be used in refining
sugar.
The art of etching upon glass
was discoveied by-a Nurem-
burg glass-c u t ter. By acciden t
a few drops of aqua fortis drop-
ped on his spectacles. He no-
ticed that the glass became cor*
roted and softened where the
acid had touted it. This was
hint enough. He drew figures
upon glass with varnish, appli-
ed the rorrodlng fluid, then out
away the glass around the
drawing. When the varnish
wad* removed, the figures ap-
peared raised upon a dark
ground. *
And
light gleatued brightly,
the door was opened.
1 And when the Chicago man i
had seated himself and bought j
of chips a hundred
Th* ZQuoon's Christmas—How
She Soends H«r Income.
Olive I.ogiui In Cinelumitl Kimutivr.
It seems n strange thing thai
sheckels 1 while to the generality of man-
worth he spoke not, but drank J hind the Christinas is a festive
heartily. And it came to pass!season, to the Queen it s*i< ild
after many deals, that one of! U period' of double chastise*
the colonels did bet seven
A Little Qamo of Draw Poker.
A certain man went down
from Chicugo to Ohio, taking
with him a reture ticket, lest he
fall against a Cincinnati wheat
speculator and be robbed of
that wherewith he would fain
buyfionr and gum shoes for
his garnily in the season of
cold which cometh upon those
who live in / Chicago- trom the
tenth to the fourth month, and
find himself hinongeinnere and
publicans, whose mercy ,1s
strained even so fine that it
would bother you to discover it.
And when be had reached
Cincinnati he went to an inn
and gave the landlord thereof
three pieces of Bilver, saying:
"No monkey business with me,
Chiuley; I'm from bitter creek."
And he who kept the inn mar-
veled greatly, and said unto
himself: "These be strange
'men that oonie from Chicago,
never are they to be bilked by
a hotel bill, and he who endea-
vors to outwit them is invaria-
bly headefl oft." But neverthe-
less he bethought himself of a
ceitain poker game which was
that night in the, inn, and
laughe'd to himself with exceed-
ing great joy. Then arose the
landlord and went into a place
called bar, where of a certainty
be should find the man from
Chicago, and Approaching him
said:.
'There is'in this inn, even in
the third story thereof, a small
party of prominent citizens
who do play at the game called
draw poker. Perhaps thou
might, after mucb travail, se-
cure a seat among them."
And when the landlord spake
these words a witching smile
did play around the lips of the
Chicago man and he answered
saying: "I am yet young and
of a certainty far from mine
home and family, and fearful
lest I fall among thieves."
But the landlord rebuked
him, saving: "In the party
whereof I speak are only busi-
ness men, two being colonels
ahd one a judge. Would you
not deem it an honor to play
th these ?" And the Chicago
was overcome, and said,
saoftly: "I shoulJ twig," which
being interpreted means that he'j
should blush to giggle. (
So they went up that which '
is called elevator, until three,
stories were below them, aiul|
the-landlord knocked softly on :
the door of a room in which a.
sheckels; whereupon did bet
also the Chicago man a like
amount and did vanquish the
colonel, who bad that which is
called two pairs. And when
this hud occurred thrice, said
the colonel unto the judge : "He
is playing them close unto his
stomach." Aud it was so.
But presently there came a
hand to the stranger of exceed-
ing beauty and strength, being
four ac.es. And he who held
ment. Twice, neatly at Clirist-
mas time, has the Angel of
death entered that stately pal-
ace, an unwelcome visitor,
whom uot even the Queen'o
majesty could shut out, The
usticl mourning service has
been held at Windsor in Com-
memoration of the deaths of
the Prince Consort and the
Princess Alice, and next week
the Queen will betake herself
to Osborne, where she passes
the holidays in Beclusion.
them was filled with glee and j Strangely enough, the Isle is
knew not fear, placing great
quantities of sheckles in the
center of the table. And when
i^ had come to that which is
called draw the Chicago man
took not of the cards, sa ying
that he was content, bu the col-
onel drew one with great boast-
ing* telling the others, with in-
tent to deceive, of how he wonld
bet, if perchance he made a
full, which is a hand ot gie it
strength, and capable of over-
coming threes and even a flush,
but cannot prevail against
fours. And having said the3e
words he wagered' heavily of
silver and gold, ull which the
Chicago man did cover and
very beautiful in mid winter,
and the view from the windows
of the Royal Marine Residence
over the steel-blue sea, whose
waves lap the very feet of the
palace, is really verv striking.
The Queen observes considera-
ble pcinp .connected with the
Christmas season,' although
there are so few about her t<j
enjoy it.
A BARON OF BKtSF
weighing three' hundred pounds
is roasted in the ^wol 'kitehen
at Windsor, then carefully box-
ed up and sent down to Osborne,
where it is eaten cold. This
collosal piece stands at one end
of the Queen's table on Christ-
even bet more, whereupon alsojma® ^V^while the great wood
put the colonel his watch and
diamond on the table and wag-
ered them freely. Amd when
all had been betted the Chica-
go man said, gathering unto
himself all the treasures which
the table held, the Chicago
man said: "Straight flush."
When he had placed in his
pocket all the sheokels, and in
his shirt front the diamond, and
adorned himself with the watch,
he suddenly became sleepy and
said: "I am too full to play
well to night, I will go to my
bed." '
And he went.
But those who were left did
beat their breasts and cried out
saying: "How are we knocked
around and paralyzed by this
man from Chicago, and dress-
eth not in fine raiment, but has
of money great store, and will
wager it lavishly on a hand
which cannot be overcome. It
were better we remained this
night with our wives and" chil-
dren. • To-morrow night how-
ever, we will again play with
him at the game called draw
poker, and compas him about
with a cold deck, so that be
shall be overthrown and cast
down in spirit."
But they wist not what they
said.
For in" the morning the stran-
ger departed from out of their
gates and came back unto his
wife who fell upon his neck
and kissed him. And he did
kiss her upon the cheek saying:!those who have an opportunity
"Mary, yuu may order that of judging that Victoria is one
sealskin." of the most generous sovereign*
And she made answer saying:1 ever sat upon the English
"Charlie, you are a datling;j* ^ — - —
kiss me ugain." — Chicar/o Trib-1 He enid : "May I have t1i<i
une. : pleasure of seeing you home !''
. , _ She said: "Yes, next week
opine through tli * alley ami
Poverty is Uncomfortable, as! peep through the cracks in t!m
loan testify ; but nine tiyies' board fence."
out of ten the best thing that - - • "
can happen to a young man it>. Professor : "Which is tin*
to be tossed overboard and | most delicate <>l flu* h \jihc?h ?'
compelled to sink or s wiiu for ; Soph : "'I'frK^rnuch." "Prove it."
himself. In all niv acquaint-j "When you^mf^on a pin yon
ances I never Wf^ew a man to lie j can't see it — v«.u taii'i ln*ar it
drowned who a us worth the | von can I tnMe n--von ean t
saving.—James A. Garfield. i-ttnell it : I'M it •; '!■
'cock pie is at the other, and the
boar's head, with the tradition-
al lemon in his uiouth, is the
central decoration. These vi-
ands nre borne into the baronial
dining hall by trenchermen in
procession to the sounds of the
trumpet. An impression pre-
vails in America" to u great ex-
tenr that the Queen is consider-
able of a miser, aud that she
has said that she has laid by
great sums of money since her
accession to the Throne, which
she is hording up for the mere
pleasure of doing so. This is
an erroneous idea.
So much red tape is used in
the constructing of the various
departments of the British Roy-
al household that it is impossi-
ble to obtain a sufficient supply
of money for the several de-
partments, which have become
much more costly than when
provision was made for them
jby parliament. For instance,the
sum allotted for horses and all
that to them pertains is much
too small, and the privy purse
has-constantly to be drawn to
meet the deficit. What moneys
Her Majesty has saved have
been civen us presents to her
daughters when they married.
To each one of her four daugh-
ters, on bt;r marriage, the
Queen has given $500,000, mail-
ing $2,000,000 in all. I do not
mean to insinuate that the
dear, illustrious lady is suffer-
ing in any way; but, instead
of being miserly, I hear from
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