The La Grange Journal (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 15, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 26, 1880 Page: 1 of 4
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A GEOROE CLARK.
COUNTY DIRBOORY.
DISTRICT OFFICERS
JiiilS* l .ftaentli JndioUl Dlatrtet-L. W. MOORE
Clerk strict Court—J. B. HOLLOWAY.
Of 1 cotUDMKW on the Second Mondays in
"JTXi u.i l Korsmber, nod oontlnue six weoks.
I J COUNTY OFFICERS :
Coni' i
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badshaw.
iBSON.
i«*««-.J. C. BTUCHL.
Attorney--L. Linns at .
SSKS>w s. noBSON.
Cc-un ;«klea«or--J. H. 80ATE8
lionii< Juiryoyor—B. A. DOSS.
JOUNTY COMMISSIONERS :
Bent N ,i. 1. J- P. LEDBETTER.
El ft* eA-S!W?ban
Be t Isol d QPi*SEYOLKU.
Tin i ounty CommUsloners’ Court meets ev
ry t hro‘* W
inly Commissioners coart moots ev
ontbs, ris i. On tbo Sooond Mondays
y. May, August and November
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County Court of FoyOtte CJonnty moots the
Him Monday in each month for criminal bnai-
nest, and third Monday in January, March, May,
J illv, m,Member, and November, for clvii and
{iroliuLO ouaiueea.
unary, ]
bey, rot civil
J JSTICE8 AND CONSTABLES.
Hunt NS I A. J. Rosenthal Justice! B. S.
TutwHer Constable Court Last Monday in oaoh
month at the courthouse
Heal No 8. Max Meitzln, Justice i A. J.
k ■*;,! A. lk, Constable. Court mast a meets Thurs-
day aft.* find Monday, at Fayottovlllo.
Boat NO. 3. E, Henkel, Justice i John Ran-
tin I iastable. Court Third Monday lu oaoh
inoutli. at Round ‘fop.
Beat No. 4.0 B Hall, Justice) I Y. Barthman
Cciist.a'ifc Court 1st Monday, in each month
at Wiii heater.
l(,-n No. 5, G. Moore, Juxtloo ; B. Moore,
Cun - lie. Court Thursday after lot Monday
in n.t month,at West Point.
I) . No.#. W. W. Sloan Juatioei A.
Cu,'tiiill, Constable. Court 2nd Monday, in each
i.iMi’i. at Flatania
- I No. 7. Thoa. W. Smith, Juoiioo! C.
t, Constable, i onrt Thursday after 3d
, / in each month, at Ammannvllle.
No. 8. A. D- Paulas, Justice! L.H.
< I wlr Constable. Conn Thursday after
r i Monday at Sehuleuburc-
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Towk OFFICERS
LA ORAXCUB, i
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Mayor -J; ft DUNCAN
Coniv.ilAt—MUXS HOMUTH. ' „
. i.'men-J. T. CamphsU i, W- 8- Fawoliar,
A J. Bsoenthal i A. Hahlssek i John B.
Il.iiluwav i It. Mebnai A. Onugsr i R. H.
Phdpisj
The Council meets is the ktaf"1 ottce, on
the . ’ St and Third Wednesdays tat every
IU#L* e- s
SELECT POETRY.
PROFESSIONAL.
11. TiUMSHS,
J. C. BROWN
1IMMON8 & BROWN
a PTORNEYS AT LAW
La grange iexa\
II. LEDBETTER
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
* - LA GRANGE, TEXa
MY OLD KNAPSACK.
BY MAJt V. J. BCKEBSON, U. S. A.
Fare Ihee Yell—my good old knap-
sack!
I muni-part with the at last;
Bincdl took tliee aa companion
We%vo weathered many ablest;
Though the Palo Alto thunder
A&d Itesaca’i field of blood,
Thou hast faced It out, old fellow,
And unscathed in battle stood 1
When dark night had closed the car-
nage
Of that great victorious day.
And I slept in mud so weary
In the fort at Monterey,—
Dead companions all around me
lu that dark and bloody den,—
Then I found thy worth, old knap-
sack—
How I owned thy virtues then !
Vera Cruz and Corro Gordo
Each have tried thy Binows well;
Stern Con l r err as— Cherubusoo—
All thy many virtues tell—
Firm Chapultepoc behold thee
Ero it met its overthrow,
And thy march with me was onward,
Till unslung in Mexico.
Thou wert ever true, old fellow,—
Thou to me wert ever true,—
I havo carried thee in summer,
And when Texan northers blew ;
When my friends had all deserted,—
When my toes looked doubly black,
When foud hope had almost yielded,—
Still I found thee at my back 1
How my tears have coursod adowti
thee,
Pillowed on the desert stuitl,
As I read m.v mother's letters,
Penned with aged, trembling hauJ,
Or perused a sister’s missive,
Breathing o‘< ine childhood’s spell,
Calling borne wayward wandorcr,
Let the oh - of memory tell 1 '
When with pain my lnsml was throb-
bing,
Andfatiguec and worn I lay,
Thinking of the morrow’s conflict
And of loved ones far away,—
Weary, heart-sick, sad and foot-sore,
Dark seemed all the world to me,—
'Reft of all save thee, old knapsack,
Could I fail ofloving thee?
' . J'li JUUJJL-JU-H
ybo ran. he, If jwu don't! liaugl^lMrVf , Mr. Uoaee dr.,
desist from titvays .Iraqging'PrescuU j mute to Christie’s noth fro
hurried
Doans’* nano into the conversation.
I’m aiokof hearing about him. As
to my over Jr ing his wife—thaf'-'Qu-
tirely oui o# the question.
Aunt Han h shakes her head TO-
provinglyK
•‘You should not speak eo, dearie,
for. jou gktiow it has been talked
about e<er eiiue you were children,
and your Sstbor’a hoar^ is set ou the
mutch. Besides, wbhve could you
find a finer OI a handsomer man than
Mr. Doane, aii l it is easy to see lie
Worships the > ei y gr uml you walk
upon/'
A willful light springs into the girl's
brown ayes.
“Tliatlsjusi the trouble auntie;
he is too handsome. Handsome
are a1 ways coxcombs. Now,
he noble
m
bafi»(
but if
in
happy'
Hcigl
mile*.
saying as be does so; ;f
bt of going until bow, face with her hand#- Voae is hoed'
hristie will accept me log her or hor comparison.
«» Christie win
capacity, I eoaM bo
act as her escort,
ie a charming spot,
distant, celebrated ft
odorpuw wild flowers and exq
ttfVil, and a plcuic or any
ry making is a rare occur-
men
must*,
an<t ur
other
OBfiO. mi,: r(
{So the following day sees tho two
young periple on their way to the
Heightef’ During their long ndo,
l’lcscott exerts himself ns be never
did before to interest bis companion.
Hois a4good conversationalist,'and,
tho man I love will have to he noble he sneqeed* so well that ChrUitfO'fo
and heroic; he must do something I surprise^ when uhe finds that they
in the world v hich will !:!t inn hove hitve. roftohet) their dcstinaii n—so
the common beui.' | iiTiekiy*#iW tho time pussed.
Chnstle’e vtscc, clear as a hell, j The nell of the company huv*. ar-
saying these words ia her most ea;- j rived betide theui, and tho hour* fly
phatic tones., ilonts out Un ougb the j by pleasantly, amid gay jesla and
open window, wrd two goutlur.eu, j !tiughtor,^ir»d the merry games
saUBtOriBg'Uirougb the gnrdcn. bwu jdolighu jp. The improvised colla-
'A||Mnph^. ■ ti n Bprcad upon the smooth, gteen
To go bac < a little, Prescott j sward been partaken oi, and
Doane>* flat) er had he.cn Dr. iSmlo’s j thoy arc considering whnsnext to do,
bosom.frieB< and when to one a sou j when suddenly a loud, long, rutl*
had been bo n, and to the other f<»urj hling noisu ic.Ua upon their ears<e!y|
years later, tighter, the parents AU eptlug to their feet, 'living
ill bring them np for
had said, “'m
of
w walU LtU |N}0*
smiled, well
each other.*'
L. AktJ*t|tgrcw up t.he children hat)
played .together, loving eacholhorj
with tho - .innocent affection
brother and na : . v.i>
pie looking on bad
pleased-
So things went until, in her four*
tcenth .year, Christie bad gone jajj
bonrdlug sohool.
! A year later old Mr. Doane had
) died, and soon after his son and heir
| had gone abroad This summer hud
been tbo first lime the young
had met for five years, and from
very moment PresOOttfs eyes had
rested upon Christie in her fresh,
girlish loveliness, ho had shown him*
ncev the oos.1 mines, a‘< they all do,
they well-know what must lu tbo
origin of that ominous sound
A bout 4qu*rter of a mile uwsjf U that
R. J. Andrews.
¥~ - A
J.T. Duncan
Andrews Duncan
Attorneys at Law,
La Orange, Texas
Office lu the Mayor’s Offico.
True, I little thought, old fellow,
Wnen I shouldered thee at first,
That the ties which bound so firmly,
AU were doomed in time to burst;
But alas! tby eoat is threadbare,
“Whore ao
And the care -mw '-'.ihivm »«w ■
Nc«t(wrW>tto^ed Rgnii*2Li'
to uy oo
And wlMMt I, warn out in service,
’Nocth the tod shall be hid down,
When no more the front of battle
Shall inspire me with Its irown,—
May some noble-hearted comrade,
Kindly, to my memory,
Shed sd honest tear, old knapsack,
As is falling uow for tliee.
Vera Cruz, Mexico, Jan. 20,1848.
half jesting agreement which hac
been made so many years ago.
But Chnstie had proved perverse
Though he had tried his boat, Pres-
_ cott had never succeeded in winning
tht’” °** **** &***
otieo lavisnea on taee . . . .
yearsi
casione
cur red
another j
• boy,*
cure i
coal mine vwrai
ndtnl wuich hail oc-
i lose of life, had. co-
in a short
opening them was left, I
moment might be ohoked by a
avalanche of earth.
With a low cry, she covers bar
Every
is strained toward the aperture,
after long and terrified de
m
Did;
It’s the
wwmi
where
lays, one after another of the buried the wind 0
men is being oooe more brought to ' time) known to financiers,
the Ufeht of God's day. Borne are
latta wants to go very Bruised and bleeding, bat none are
fe at the l-ectory is Quiet dead, though auoh had not been the
ease had not help thus reached them.
At last comes a moment when
Chrlalie’s heart almost ceases beat-
ing. The last of the injured men
havo been saved, and the rope comes
up empty.
Where is Prescott? Can it be
that after succeeding in his noble
work, he bos himself succumbed to
tho stifliog atmosphere?
“Oh, Father in Heaven f save him!
save him I”
p Christie’s voice rings out strong
and dear os she pushes forward
with the desperation of despair, to
the mouth of the shaft.
“Lowar the rope again,” she
cries: 'if he does not come up this
time, I must go down myself!”
The rough men gaze at ht jiU >
iogly and respectfully, os they obey.
‘‘Pool thing 1” they murmur; "it
la bis wife. How *ha love* him J” ^ v ^
Christie hears, but in that solemn a first-class nuisance, eo his i
moment no blast. Stains her check, was purchased.
She knows that if God spare* lUs life
she witt be only too proud
Strangely enough the people who
make notes and *greo to per, ”ty*e
months after date.” eo much money,
never pay a oeat. .
They manage to get som* kind-
hearted and foolish individual to
•tick hie name on the back and Owt
settles
Poor old Horrsce Greeiy ruined
himsolf by endorsing end then pay-
lug notes.
Said the old u —"*
always grumbling that they
read my writtng. I notice they m
age to make it out very well oil1;
back of a note?” And they did.
Some people bate
names on
'Hi
tames on these promises to pay, and
vhen placed there wttboot tbeir-oon- j
ent make a terrible lues about it.
EW
I haye just bad a revekikm In the
note baeiuese, however, and a
Hues in regard to
be of value to eom*
I had a pai
crai. But one partner
B"''V
■
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that ehe
sII live force of her warm heart.
For an instant the rope swing.
now they fisar idly in the opening, swaying from
iu«»-u,.ok Ml,
to tell thefit, in »»dw«r tOAheir ques-
tions, that there bos been an explo-
village to pro-
pauses long enough
cott Doane;
help in some v
10 go,” exclaims Pres*
'•we may be able to
way.”
self eager and desirous to fulfill the In a fewer minutes than it takes to
T. J. PAINE,
ATTORNBYAT-LAW,
—AND—
COLLECTING AGENT,
LAGRANGE .......... TEXAS.
Will practice iii all the Courts ot
Fayotie County. Office in tho Ma-
sonic Building.
A Declaration.
BY CABL BRICTLETT.
B. B, 1‘HBLCS. A. HAIDUSBK
pHBLPS A RAIDUSEK,
E Attounkts-At-Law,
oGrange, Fayette county, Texas.
QTOffice opposite Masonic Build-
W. SMITH, M. D.,
JfCIAN * 8UBGEON
Us professional services to
of LeGraogsasd victn-
'* stor#
_____________
Chnstie Earlo 6its on the little
perch beforo the kitchen door, paring
apples. On her lap is a pan of the
red and yellow fruit, while by her
side stands another almost full of the
delicate, white segments cut bv her
quickly flying fingers.
No drone is Christie, and before
long her self-imposed task is done,
and, pan in band, sho rises and goes
into the kitchen. > ^
“What I done already. Christie ?|8ave me for you.”
T tell you what, Prescott Doane will
have a smart little wife!”
I< is Christie's aunt Hannah who
■peaks; the lector's maiden sister,
who has cared for her niece ever
since her mother died and left her a
tiny babe in her loving charge.
With a light apnng Christie
perches her diminutive figure upon
the kitchen table, and poablng back
the cloud of rippling corla iron her
sparkling face, she
laughing and partly
at the speaker..
“Auntie, that will be toe last
yon will got from mo, no matter
appafentty
■Pil’
who
him* - b rWl |_
The rector reads the young man’s
thoughts in his foot. Taming be
lays his hands on his shoulder >
"Ohosr up, - Prescott t "Faint
heart never one fair lady.’ ’ I know
of no one whom I should so gladly can more her from her purpose,
welcome as a son a« I would yon,
and mark my words, my ' little
daughter Christie will find out your
worth sooner or later.”
And io, thus encouraged, Prescott
takes heart.
Time goes on, and Prsscott being
a favorite gnest at the rectory," oftfin
sees Christie; bat she still remain*
as cold and indifferent as over.
One afternoon, as they are all
assembled in the pleasant dining-
room around the table, Dr Eerie
draws from his pocket a note which
be hands to his daughter:
“Hers, Christie; Both Gleason
write it, the pionic party i* broken
np, the gefitiemen^ going with Mr.
Doane tothe soOne'of the disaster,
while the ladles gather together, a
pale and frightened group, to await
their retttfpJuf. ■
mao from Jerusalem. I I
-■Sbentlemen,” said be, ”1 would
hke to collect deee little matto^lp-
day,*** ~
r.«flpft?als
draw to the surfooe the pallid, almost
extuvietsd form of him who has so
nearly sacrificed his own life for his
ffllow-btiiugs.
of the ebaft Ik.-to #:mi
eight, when, <
XlCsOUVS _
effects of bhrhercnlean efforts in the;
mine* men and woman orowd about
him to grasp him. by the hand, and.
tall as btot they, can, how much they
thank and bless him for what he baa
tbte day done for them.
Bat Preseett’s best reward is to
come, when, a few days later, Chris-
tie lays her little hand in his and
the «' (j‘‘‘
C.
street, bat It seems
revr (bto
w*« good fl*r
had no Idea that
CBif *
MB | B
atBKf
in* he
-—
what earns ofl
mation
I offend
had never beard of »■
The judged
material
RW
1^5
to
me? Woman's hands -ere tender
add helpful; we may be able to do
some good, if we ere not men.”
| And-little Christie <fnliy weans her
bmva word*. Ho expostulations
though only one other of her com*
ptatoM will accompany her.
> The ■•pen* which they witoeae
when they reach the mine might well
the i
trend
hoarse sobe and
setbing to evt-
agh the
early j
found h
There was a alight sensation in the
House when Geo. Joe. Johnston re-
ported arid had nad a bill authoriz-
ing the Seevetary of the Treasury to
tEMHfer to tlw Fetomoiuit Park As-
tbe I JTbT10* °*U*°a’
Cnt U,<!'
« ■
'
tiiePo
rebellion. It v
Oflu. Johnston
It will be
mat-flaw.
look ont for <
Ton j
Christie read it through.
“Ob, papa, bow splendid I It is
an Invitation to a picnic at Oak*
Heights jjpwni.rrow. May I go?
Ruth says she will stop for me.”
Dr. Earle looks somewhat thought-1
ful for s inouitmt. - .
“I don't know about allowing my
Kltle daughter to go so fur from
home. Butfa is a ni-e girl, bat 'sbo
to n tnfle .gbbiy and tboughtless.! till cow)^
Wirii you weregoliQp,. 1 -has
trust,Christie Inyotr
them, and a*crrtaincd that,
aroont!
though
stupefied by, the gas ‘which he had piu
lobflled, the. reacued man to on- the
ar name P
Hi with a
ihowa her
allnsd it
hurt,
falls
sudden
(though
ilog toward Chrtotie,
,a,J
Mm
mmm
taken a aaddm
to he w
8udctofiiy a taotiliar name
‘ life's ear4 n»d with a
never re
t Doane
toMWtbatit
of bl. -
soldier.
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Phelps, R. H. The La Grange Journal (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 15, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 26, 1880, newspaper, May 26, 1880; La Grange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1113267/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fayette Public Library, Museum and Archives.