The Fairfield Recorder. (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, January 6, 1899 Page: 1 of 8
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, FAIRFIELD, FREESTONE COUNTY, TEXAS, JANUARY <j, 18DD
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
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DR. F. E. GREEN,
PHYSICIAN AND SilnGturi,
Fairfield.....Texan.
Special attention given to disease, of
the Rectum. Offloe over Dr. J. B. Gor-
don's Drug Store. jy 22-97
W. K. Boyd, K. Conjpton, •!. G Andoraoo.
BOYD, COMPTON & ANDERSON,
Lawyers, Land Agents and
Abstracters.
Fairfield,............Texas.
Will practice in all the oourts. Civil
business a specialty. Are familiar with
the londa and land titles of Freestone
county. Furnish abstracts on short no-
tioe. Are also prepared to transact any
business opining under the new Bank-
ruptcy law* of the United States, and
.solicit business in this line. Notary
^Public in office. augl9
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A. G. Anderson, W. B. Moses,
Anderson & Moses,
LAWYERS.
All kinds of Land business solicited.
We now own the abstracts of Land
titles of Freestone county, formerly
owned by Kirven, Gardner & Etheridge,
ston or
id Fri-
t pages.,
for the
oya and
1 news
ket re-
bfisfi.
any
county. Examination of Abstracts
$2 50; charge for index, 26 cents for
each transfer. Office on east side of
public square. apStf
Will d. anderson,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
and Notary Public.
Fairfield,.....Tex.
Prompt attention given to all business.
Office with the County Attorney. 1-98
General Directory Column.
I. & G. N. Passenger Schedule.
Trains Passing Buffalo.
North bound 6:08 a. m. 6:89 p. m.
South « 6:06 “ " 9:46 “ “
Passing Onkwood.
North bound 6:47 a. m. 7:17 p. m.
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COURT JDIKECTOItY.-
Dlstrlct Court, 13th Dist.
L. B. Oobb.
Diktiiot Judge.
6. C. Kirven........District Attorney
Meets on the 6th Monday after the 1st
Monday in January, and on the0th Mon-
day after the last Monday in July.
Term limited to tour weeks.
‘<r" county comn\
Meets on tile 1st Monday in January,
Ap-il.and July and on the 3d Monday
in October.
H.B. Duviss............County Judge
R. M. Edwards.......County Attorney.
COMMISSIONERS COURT,.
H.B. Dnviss. Oo.. Judge, Prsaiding
W. H. Miller, Commissioner Prec. ho. I
J. A Wright, “ « “ 2
R. W. Durham “ » 3
R. Y. Chancellor, “ 11 .“4
Meets on the 2nd Monday ilk, Februa-
Mny, August and November.
~ COUNTY OFFICERS.
H. B. Davias............County Judge.
R. M. Edwards.......County Attorney.
O. B. Dunagan...........County Clerk.
J. B. Robertson.......... District Clerk.
H. H. Powell.............j..Sheriff.
A. P. Garter..............Tax Assessor.
W. R. T. Drnmwrighi.....TaxCollector.
T. J. Sims..................Treasurer.
T. G. Blackmon..............Surveyor
icipal
JUSTICE OOURT8.
Fairfield,^Pree. No. I
Meets the last Mouddv of every month.
John Terry....................Justice
Watt Walker, .............. Constable
Autiootu Free. No. 2
Meets the 2nd Saturday in every mouth.
T. L. Jaekson..................J ustioe
L. W. Pierce............ Constable
Batter, Free. No. 8
Meets the 1st Friday in every month
O. O. Whitt...................Justice.
J. K, Bryan............. Constable
Kekebotb, Prec. No. 4
Meets on Friday before the 2nd Satur-
day in every month.
T. F. Owens ..................Justice
M. J. Ingram...............GouitaHe
Woodland, Free. No. ft
Meets at Woodland the 2nd Wednesday
of eaoh month, and at Wortham the
next day.
Warren Allegro................Justice
L. Richardson............Constable
Cotton ilia, Free. No.«
St. Elmo, Prec. No. 7.
the 4th Wednesday in every
The Improvement of Teachers by Jn- , personal interest in the inetitote
stitute Classes and Sum-
mer Normals*
work and strive to make it a suc-
cess. Then wo should have « Bum-
mer normal this year. This will
give us better teachers, better
| Written for the Recorder.J
The que-tiou is frequently ask ,
ed, “Why do teachers need to be 8chool*> better government,
kept under constant instruction
more than any other professional
clash?” The study and j;apid de-
velopment of human (knowledge
aud the unprecedented develop-
ment >>f new educational methods
must be mei by the lawyer, the
piiytician as much as by the teach-
er, yet we have no class meetings
in either of ttieBe. Theft why have
teachers’ meetings, institutes, sum-
mer normals, school of methods,
eto? Inasmuch as the State Ims
to some extent monopolized .edu-
cation, the teacher’s work is sub-
ject to peculiar limitations
The money available for the
support of our teachers is iusufli
cient to offer those rewards to
geniuB and preparation that we
find in the physician's calling.
The great machine of government
with its congested fiuauces, render
the employment of a large number
of poorly prepared teachers a ne-
cessity. This same necessary ele-
ment of ecouomy leads to over-
crowding these ill prepared teach-
ers so that most of them have
neither time nor strength, even if
they had the training aud the hab-
it of intellectual work, to carry on
individual lines of study. This
condition of things is deplorable.
It becomes necessary that someone
should devote time Bnd effort to
the training of the teachers now in
actual service. The proper per-
son is the superintendent, and we
think there is no better way thau
tbrongh the medium of the county
institute or the summer normal.
The institute is a forerunner of
more complete methods of fitting
teachers for their work. It has
reached a class which otherwise
would have remained almost unaid-
ed in their efforts to gain technical
preparation for the work of teach-
ing: It has done much to arouse
an interest in education. The in-
stitute. and the summer normal
virtually assist each other. The
aim of Buch meetings or classes
should be, to awaken professional
interest And enthusiasm and to di.
rect the teacher’s edilcntional
thinking into valuable lines. The
attendance at these meetings must
be purely voluntary for the most
beneficiary results to follow. A
few teachers attending on compul-
sion of contract or otherwise, will
ruin the work.
Now, wbat is the best subject
matter for these institute meet-
ings? Evidently the time should
be devoted to professional work
and not all professional study is
suitable here. It appears to us
that we should have a special lead-
er or conductor for ->acli subject.
This leader should be a person of
high scholarship and vast experi-
ence in the profession. We thiok
the History of Education should
be studied and discussed at these
meetings. A department of edu-
cational clasaios such os “Enille,”
“How Gertrude Teaches Her Chil-
dren," may form the basis for in-
teresting and broadening study.
Physiology would form another
important division. The import-
ant relation it bolds to the profee
sion and how to apply it. Study
some treatise on pedagogue or
methods interlinked with home-
made generalisation.
Oar coaaty needs s live insti-
tute. We can have one among the
best in Texas by s little interest
sod perseverance. Let na not be-
little onr duty to our patrons nor
by
for
L T. Frizzbllk.
Cotton Gin, Dec. 2G, 1898.
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Two Ways of Looking at It.
IN6SB80LI/8 B0LOGY.
“I send you some of the most
wonderful whiskey that ever drove
the akeleton from the feast or
painted landscape in the brain of
man. It is the mingled souls of
wheat and corn. In it you will
find the sunshine and shadow that
chased each other over billowy
fields, the breath of June, the car-
ol of the lark, the dew of the
night. the wealth of the summer
and autumn's rich content, all
golden with imprisoned light.
Drink it, and yon will hear the
voice of men and maidens singing
the 'Harvest Home,’ mingled with
the laughter of children. Dri lk
it, ancj you will feel within your
blood the starred dawns, the
dreamy, tawny dusks of perfect
days. For forty years this liquid
joy has been within staves of oak,
longing to toneb the lips of man.’’
DB. BUCKLEY’S BEPLT.
“I send yon some of the most
wonderful whiskey that ever
brought a skeleton into the closet,
or painted scenes of luBt and
bloodshed in the brain of man. It
is the ghost of wheat and com,
crazed by the loss of their bodies.
In it yon find a transient sunshine
chased by a shadow rb cold as arc-
tic midnight in which the breath
of J une grows icy and the carol of
the lark gives place to the fore-
boding cry of the ravep. Drink it,
and you shall have ‘woe,’ ‘sorrow,’
‘babbling,’ and ‘wounds without
cause,’ ‘your eyes shall behold
strange women,’ and ‘your heart
shall utter pet verse things. Drink
it deep, and you shall hear the
voice of demons shrieking, women
wailing, and worse than orphaned
children monrning the loss of
their father who yet lives. Drink
it deep and loDg, and serpents will
hiss in your ears, coil themselveB
about your neck, and seize you
with their fangs/ for at last it
biteth like a serpeut and stiDgeth
like an adder. For forty years
this liquid death has been within
staves of oak, harmless there as
pure water. 1 send it to you that
jrbn may ‘put an enetoy in yuur
mouth to steal away yoor brains.’
And yet I call myself your friend.”
—Philadelphia Methodist.
A Natiqjul Danger.
Jlktice the United
States Supreme court, in s recant
address before the bar association
at Richmond, among other things
said: “The ghost of monopoly
has risen from its grave and stalks
abroad, defiant of the laws in the
sha^ie of combines and trusts. The
necessaries of life are gradually
being absorbed by them and the
time is not far distant when every-
thing we eat, drink and wear may
have to he purchased tbrongh t|je
agency of a single corporation con-
trolliogvU)e,.product. When this
is nccompTfcbed the freedom of the
individual is at an end. Combi-
nations have already destroyed in-
dividual snterprise in the most im-
portant branches of trade and the
small producer baa already gone
out of business. I believe I voice
tbe almost universal sentiment of
the country in saying that there is
no prejudice against property, nor
against wealthy honestly acquired.
The whole theory of our civiliza-
tion is built upon the sanotity of
private property, and the natural
right of man, by superior ability,
industry and skill to rise above
his fellows. Society mast adapt
itself to its new conditions and do
its beat to minimize , the evils of
the situation. Legislation may do
something to stem the tide of con-
centration, but can scarcely do
more ti|gn localize the business of
the capitalist. If, by combinations
with other great operators, be is
able to monopolize the product of
the whole country in a particular
article, he becomes a national men-
ace, and a weapon for the Social-
ist agitator.
Robbed the Grave.
A startling incident, of which
Mr. John Oliver, of Philadelphia,
was the subject, is narrated by
him as follows:, “I was in a most
dreadful condition. My Bkin was
almost yellow, eyes sunken, tongne
coated, pain continually in back
and sides, no appetite—gradually
growing weaker day by day. Three
pbySipians had given me up. For-
tunately, a friend advised trying
‘Electric Bitters;’ and to my great
joy and snnprise, the first .bottle
made a decided improvement I
continued their use for three
weeks, and am now a well man. I
knew they saved my life and rob-
bed tbe grave of another victim.”
No one sbonld fail to try them.
Only 50 cents per bottle at J., P.
Robinson’s drag store.
The Rev, Irl R. Hicks’
Annual almanacand monthly pa-
per, Word and Works, are now
known from sea to Sea. We are
pleased to call the attention of onr
readers to the almanac for 1899,
now ready. It ia a splendidly print-
ed and illustrated book of 116
pages and tbe storm forecasts and
diagrams and astronomical and
scientific matter are superior to
anything that has ever been seen
before in a 25 oent book. His
monthly journal, Word and Works,
is one of the best literary, home
and scientific magazines in tbe
country, besides containing his
monthly storm forecasts with 'Ex-
planations. The subscription price
of Word and Works is $1.00 per
year and a copy of tbe Hicks al-
manac is sent ns a premium to ev-
ery yearly subscriber. Single cop-
ies of Word and Works, 10 oents.
Price of almanac alone, 25 cents.
Send yqnr order to Word and
Works Pfibliehing Company, 2201
Loenat Street, St. Louis, Missouri.
iMntlw ^ » H# KM^itwAhwfiBwgM
Last week Dr. W. J. Price, of
Petty, cut a needle out of the
breast of Mrs. E. E. Burgher, of
Forest Hill. For some time Mrs.
Burgher had been worried with a
lump in her breast and finally
cams to the conclusion that it was
a cancer. Dr. Price was called
last week, aad upon examination,
found that the lump was oaosed
by some sharp pointed instrument.
He made an incision in tbe breast
and found a needle imbedded,
which was removed and tbe pain
soon oessed. Mrs. Burgher has
no idea bow the needle became im-
bedded in her flesh, but thinks it
must have been there several
years.—Honey Grove Signal.'
A Woman’s Keen Perception.
A Brenham woman reoently said
that she read-the advertisements
in newspapers as closely as any.
tbiag else. “And long ago,” she
said, “I quit buying of those who
do not advertise. It always seems
to me that the merobaot who ad.
Tertises invites me to trade with
him, while tbe one who does not
advertise impresses me with the
idea that be dopan’t care enough
for my trade to ask for it. Then,
too, I know that thejmerchant who
advertises has fresher goods, for
the reason that he sells more.”—
Brenham Banner.
Royal
y Absolutely t>c id
Baking
Powder
Absolutely touRE
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
ROYAL BAKING PQWPCR CO , NEW YORK.
MOONLIGHT IN MUSIC.
Story of How Beethoven Create# Hie
Wonderful Sonata.
Beethoven’s fanions oomposition, tbe
“Moonlight Sonata,” is said to have
been composed tinder the following oir-
cnmetanceB:
f One evening, as Beethoven and a
friend were hurrying through the
streets of Bonn, they heard the fumiliar
notea of the “Sonata In F. ” Something
in tbe musician's touch attracted the
attention of Beethoven, and he stopped
and listened. Suddenly the music stop-
ped, aud the despairing words of the
musician came to them through tho
open window, “Oh, if I could but hear
.Boitlu really good musician play this
wonderful piece!” and the words ended
in a sob.
“Let us go in," said Beethoven.
They entered and found the player a
young girl, poor and hiind. Beethoven
eat down at the old harpsichord and
played as he had never played before.
His listeners were spellbound. “Tell
ns,” they begged, “who are you?” For
answer be played the opening bats In
the “Sonata In F. ” “It is B athbven!”
they exclaimed in awe and admiration.
Suddenly the candle flickered and
went out. Beethoven ceased playing
and bowed his head upon his hand. Hia
friend threw open tbe abutters. A flood
of beautiful moonlight entered tbe
room. Its transfiguring light tonohed
up the poor old instrument and rested
upon tbe noble figure. bowed before it.
The profound silenoe was broken at last
by the musloian, who said: “Listen! I
Will improvise a sonata to tbe moon-
light.” Then was oreated this wonder-
ful sonata, beginning in a sad, tender
movement, the embodiment in sound of
the gentle moonlight transfiguring and
glorifying the dark earth.
Suddenly tbe musio ceased, and with
A brief farewell Beethoven hurried
home to put upon paper this famous
composition,—Philadelphia Saturday
Poet
A REALISTIC ACT.
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A» ‘'Minn Sto V- of JeSw.»» “
v ‘ nltle.
While ,.i.o playing Rip Van
Winkle at Chicago Jefferson once
went to the theater very much exhaust-
ed by a long day’s fishing on the lake.
As tbe ourtain rose on tbe third aot it
disoloeed the white haired Rip still deep
in his 20 years’ nap. Five, 10, 20 min-
utes passed and he did not awakeD. Tbe
audience began to get impatient aud
tbe prompter uneasy.
Tbe great actor doubtless knew wbat
be was about, but this was carrying tbe
realistio business too far. Tbe fact was
that all this time Jefferson was really
sleeping the sleep of tbe just, or rather
of the fisherman who had sat eight
hoars in tbe snn. Finally the gfUery
became uproarious, and one off tbe
“gods” wanted to know if tbete was
going to be “19 years more of this
snooze business!”
At ibis point Jefferson began to
snore. This decided the prompter, who
opened a small trap benoath tbe stage
and began to prod Rip from below. Tbe
fagged:oomedian fumbled in bis pooket
for an imaginary railway ticket and
muttered drowsily, “Going right
through, ’ductor. “
At tbis entirely new reading the an-
dienoe was transfixed with amazement,
when all at ouce Jefferson eat np with
a loud ehriek, evidently in agony. The
exasperated prompter had “jabbed”
him with a pin. Consciousness of the
situation came to him and tbe play
went on after that with a rush.—Phila-
delphia Post.
“Wbat will 1h the coat of tbe war?”
asked Queen Augusta when French aud
Germans grew belligerent. "Only a
Napoleon, ” replied Bismarck.
A fine ostrich is osloolato* to yield
#9,000 worth of feathers.
Awarded
Hlghwt Honors—World’* Hair*
DU
i Ammonia, Alum or any other adulterant
■ VAMtft THE ffANOARO.
As She Heard It.
After the new servant had been in-
stalled in tbe home of a New Jersey
honsewifo tho day finally came w!i' !i
the privilege of “going ort” bod t ) b»
decided on. This fell on n Thursday, to
which the mistress assented.
"You may go today, Bridget, ” she
said, “und every other Thursday. “
"All right, ma’am, ” replied Bridget.
The next week on Thursday surprise
was great at Bridget's coming from her
room all togged out for another after-
noon out. The mistress rebelled aud
asked her if she remembered that she
was to go out only every other Thurs-
day.
“Certainly I do, ma’am, certainly 1
Didn’t yon gay I conld go out that
Thursday and ‘every other Thursday’—
that Thursday and every Thursday aft-
erward?”
“No, no!” replied tbe mistress. “That
Thursday and every second Thursday
thereafter. ”
“Sure you didn’t say so. You posi-
tively told ma^iat Thursday and every
other Thursday: Of oourse that meaua
every Thursday. ’’
Bridget won.—New York Sun.
Anxious Little Slater.
Dorothy hats a baby brother who ban
reoently been ill with tbe coming
through of bis first teeth. Tbe baldness
of baby’sbead has caused Dorothy great
anxiety. She stood at tbe mother's knea
one day, gently patting the little-head.
“Be carefnl, Dorothy,” said tha
mother. “You know poor little brother
is aick. He is cutting teeth. ”
Dorothy patted tbe bald head refiect-
fvely. "Mamma,” she said, “will it
make him sick when be cuts his hair?
I’m afraid he’ll have a tough time.”—
New York World.
A Peculiar Wasp.
The entomological editor of u Para
newspaper has swelled the already uu-
equaled list of Brazil’s noxious insects
with a remarkable discovery. Tbe new
pest is a wasp with a spiral sting of
nnnsna1 '•roportlone- The insect, fur-
thermore, lives in a phosphorus region,
and its sting has tbe effect of impreg-
nating tbe viotim in such a manner
that everything he tastes and smells
has a flavor of phosphorus.
Emin l*<uiha*M Consolation.
Amid all my recent troubles ami
trials I have had one great consolation.
I have discovered a largish cat, hitherto
unknown to natnralists. It will arouse
considerable interest in Europe.—“Life
and Work of Emin Pasha. ”
Notice Of Application To The Legisla-
ture For Local Or Special Law.
Notice is hereby given, as re-
quired by the Constitution and
Statutes of the State of Texas, that
tbe Houston & Texas Central Rail-
road Company intends to apply to
the Twenty-sixth Legislators of
Texas, at its first regular session,
for a local or special law, or laws,
authorizing it to purchase, own,
maintain and operate as parts of
its lines of railroad, the railroad
and all the property, franchisee
and appurtenances of the Central
Texas & Northwestern Railway
Company, extending from Garrett
to Waxahachie, in Ellis County; of
the Fort Worth & New Orleans
Railway Company, extending from
Waxahachie, in Ellis County, to
Fqrt Worth, in Tarrant County/
the Lancaster Tap Railroad ex-
truding from Hutchins to Lan-
caster, in Dallas County; of the
Austin & Northwestern Railroad
Company, extending from Austin,
in Travis County, to LIsno, m
Lktno County; and of tbe Granite
Mountain & Marble Falls City
Railroad Company, in Burnett
County, Texas, or either of them,
and authorizing said companies,
and each or either of them, to sell
their respective railroads, fran-
chises and appurtenances to said
Houston A Texas Central Railroad
Company, and to authorize said
Houston & Texas Central Railroad
Company to increase the aggregate
of its bonds and slock to an
amount not exceeding tbe value of
the property purchased as fixed or
as may De fixed by tbe Railroad
Commission of Texas, and to reg-
ulate the reports of such proper,
ties and the operations thereof.
Houston & Texas Central Rail-
boad Company,
By G. A. Quinlan, Vioa-'ftre*.
E. W. Cayb, Beo’y.
L:
3*44.
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