The Fairfield Recorder. (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, January 21, 1898 Page: 1 of 8
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* FAIRFIELD, FREESTONE COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 21,1896.
NO. II
Frce»tono Court DirectoryJ
**-—’ ----1 ------
1 Hfli .Iii.IIcIhI District.
L. H. Oohh......District Judge.
0. 0. Kirv ii .......... District Attorney.
Meets ou the 6th Monday after the let
Mondaj in .lunuiiry, imd on thefi h 'Mon-
day after the la it Monday in July.
Terra limited to four week*.
COUNTY OOUKT. ~
Meetaon the lat Monday in January,
April, and July and on the 3d Monday
in October.
W. M. White............County Judge.
R. M. Edwards.......County Attorney
OOMMI8HIONERB COURT.]
W. M. White, Co.. Judge, Presiding
W. H. Miller, Commiaaioner Prec. No. 1
1. A. Wright, “ " “ 2
- B. W. Dnrham “ “ 3
R. Y. Chaucellor, •* . ” “ 4
Meets on the 2u<i Moudy it. hehrue.
ry, May, Anuuat and November,
COUNTY OFFICERS.
W. M. White............County Judge.
R. M. Edwards.......County Attorney.
C. B. Dunagau...........Crounty Clerk.
J. B. Robertaon..........District Clerk.
H. H. Powell..................Sheriff.
J. Ck Henderson..........Tax Assessor.
L. O.Bandifer...........Tax Collector.
A.Simpsnu..................Treasurer.
T. G. Blackmon..............Surveyor.
EXAMINING BOARD.
The teachera’ Examining Board for the
rear eadiug Aug. 31,1898, ia oompoeed as
Prof^HL E. Williford, Fairfield, Texaa.
pn,f 8. M Barnett. Mills, Texaa.
Prof.'J. A. Childress, Brewer. Tex**.
JUSTICE COURTS.
Fairfield, Free. No. I
Meets the laat Monday of every month.
John Terry................... •
Watt Walker, ..............Conetable
Antioch. Free. No. t
Meets the 2nd Saturday in every month.
J. A. Bond.................. Justice
4. W. Pieroe................Cowatable
Butler, Prec. No. 3
Meets the 1st Friday in every month
O. 0. Whitt...........:.......Justice.
J. K. Bryan.................Constable
Itehobolli, Free. No. 4
Meets on Friday before the 2nd Satur-
day in every month.
T. F. Owens ..................Justice
M. J. Ingram......... OomtaVl.e
Woodland, Prec. No. 5
Meeta at Woodland the 2nd Wednesday
of each month, and at Wortham the
next day.
War ran Allegro...............Justice
E. L. Richardson............Constable
Cotton Bin. Prec. No. «
Meeta tlie 3d Saturday in every month.
T. 0. Rnmaey...................1 notice
W. A. Oarley ................ Oonatable
St. Elmo, Prec. Ne. 7.
Meats tha 4th Wednesday in every
month.
Sampson McCown..............Justice
J. W. Maddox..............Constable
• Harris**’* Chapel Free. No. 8
Meets the 4th Saturday in every month
R. L. Smith ..................Juatice
J. P. Ham ..................Constable
PROFESSIONAL CARDS. “i*
jrjtosTBell Williford.
BELL & WILLIFORD,
Lawyers,
Fairfield,............Texan.
Lands for sale and to rent, taxes ren-
dered and paid.
Land Titles Promptly Investigated.
Prompt attention given to ail busi-
ness plaoed in our care. Will practioe
iu all the oourta. Also Notaries Public.
Office on west aide of square. Jy2
H. B. DA.VI88,
Lawyer.
GENERAL LAND AGENCY,
Fairfield, Texan.
Will do a general praotjoe in all the
courts of Texas, giving special atten-
tion to all business entrusted to me.
Will buy, sell end rent lands, perfeot
and abstract titles, render and pay-
taxes and do a'venernl real estate busi-
ness. Office in front room, Peok build -
ing. Notary Public._
W. M. WHITE,
Lawyer and Land Agent.
Fairfield, Texas.
Will do a general real eatate buainesa
in Freestone and adjoining oonntiea.
Special attention given to buying and
selling lauds, paying taxes for non-rest-
dents .redeeming lands sold for taxes,
perfecting titles, Ac. Money to loan in
large or small amounts, on long or abort
time, at low rate of interest. Vendor’s
lien notea bought.
A. O. Andvmon. W. B. Mom*.
Anderson & Moses,
LAWYERS.
All kinds of Land business solicited.
Ws now own the abstracts of Land
titlea of Freestone oounty, formerly
owned by Kirven, Gardner it, Etheridge,
end are bringing it up to date, and
id to furnish guaranteedj
to any lands in
Examination of
f charge for index, 25 cents for
transfer. Office on east aide of
D. ANDERSON,
The Poetry of the Commonplace.
| Written’for the Rrtobder.] <
The poet, Longfellow has been
Oaptionh'y termed by eome of hie
critics, the “poet of the common,
plaae.” Because be chose to find
subjects for hie muse among tbe
homely themes of life, hie censors
naw fit to condemn. VVe think
that no higher praise c<>nld have
been bestowed, no grander title
given than was this intended epi-
thet of detraction, “Hie poet of tbe
commonplace ” But we shall not
attempt to defend the genius of
Mr. Longfellow, his fame ia above
reproach, already his name is
among the immortsls. We shall
instead put in a plea for the claims
of the commonplace, tlisnkfnl if
anything we offer may arrest the
reader’s attention.
We contend that there is noth
ing so common, hut that it can he
made interesting; nothing so burn*
ble, bat that it can t»e elevated*
nothing so insignificant but that it
oan he rendered instruoti^A, and
nothing so dross, but the genius
can extract aorne nuggets of pure
gold. "* s-.IWntES- -
There. fife aomefrthiug* which
never grow^Mf but ever preserve
tbe freshness of au eternal yonth;
there are some comm places man
never allows to become common-
places; there are eome questions
unanswerable, some problems od-
solvable, and some things beyond
the chemist’s art and above the
philosopher's power.
There are no common places in
nature and life, but everything is
a continual mystery and a marvel.
If we fail to reoognixe this hidden
beantv and divinenees, it is be-
cause tbe scales have not been re.
moved from our eyes. To the
thinker, all things are deserving of
attention. The meaoest object has
its lesson to teach; the highest he
bows in reverence, and to all he
gives bis inmost soul. To him
there is do great nor smell, bat so
eternal glory shines through all
creation.
Tbe grandest poets, the wisest
philosophers, the deepest minds,
all declare that “Tis only the lit-
tleness of man that sees nothing
great in a trifle.”
The giant intellect of a Darwin,
found its highest pleasure iu in-
vestigating nature's meanest crea-
tions. The imperial mind »»f a
Newton, could find employment in
watching the fall of an apple.
Wordsworth made immortal the
most perishable of objects. Sidney
Smith wrote a oapital article from
the suggestions of a broomstick
Charles Lamb composed one of his
Just as
Good
as Scott's and we sell R much
cheaper," it a statement sometimes
made by the druggist when Scott's
Emulsion is calico tor. This shows
that tbe druggists themselves regard
SootTa
Emulsion
of Cod-Liver Oil with Hypophoa-
phites of Lime and Soda as the
standard, and the purchaser who
desires to procure the "standard"
because he knows it has been of
untold benefit, should not for one
instant think of taking
most charming essays on the sub-
ject 1 of a roast pig; and Oowper
found poetry.iu the tea uru’s as-
cending vapor. . Tbe upturning of
a field mouse, or tbe sight of a
daisy grdwjug on his farm, was
enough to insoire Burn’s poetical
mnse into Captures of sweetest
song. Longfellow’s genius could
endow with sacred memories, so
unpoefic a theme as a bridge.
Then, we, who.are of baser </ny,
should hold our tongues^ hipr not
be forever rea^y to fiud Ian It with
him, who can hear songs th the
whispering breeze. We should be
tiiankTuI that, if we ourselves are
not blest with this , happy vision,
there are those privileged few,
who do look through the enchant-
ed veil.
We never behold the great, the
grand, the beautiful within our
own horizon; but must seek our
ideala iu some distaut beyond. We
seldom realize that it is out of the
little tbiugs that great deeds are
made possible. There is nothing
so royal, but once had a plebeian
origin; nothing so stately, butooce
touched the earth; and nothing so
dazzling, but was once bid in
darkness. *
We should remember that the
grantleet achievements of science,
tbe proudest triumphs of civiliza-
tion, tbe greatness and the glory
of modern geniue sprang not ioto
sadden splendor and perfection,
but was of slow formation aDd
bumble beginnings.
Broadly cresting old ocean’s
waves, embarked iu one of oar
modern streamer’s, or seated in a
railway train, wo go thundering
along forgetful of the prosaic ori.
gin of a discovery, which at once
revolutionized the word. Tbe su-
blime genius of a Watt, medita-
tively surveying the disturbed tea-
pot, is not remembered in the rush
and roar, of the iron horse. The
profound genius of a Franklin, as
he brings down upon a kite string,
tbe lightning of tbe clouds, is for.
gotten in the glare and glory of to
day’s electric marvels.
Eveu nature’s curiosities aid
sublimities become oommonplace
to him who daily beholds them.
They also pall upon our sight, and
lose tbe glow and freahuess of a
first enthusiasm. Tbe glories of a
star-lit night, the beauties of green
nature, the comforts and blessings
of home awaken in ns no notes of
praise. The vastoess and grand-
eur of old ocean’s depths, never
stir the breast of the sailor. The
maguifioent scenery of a Yosemite
Valley, or the surging waters of a
Niagara Falls, appeal in vain to
the imagination of tbe sated tour-
ist. The highest triumphs of bu-
maD skill, the imperishable monu-
ments of art, tbe models of sculpt-
ure, painting and mechanical
craft, when constantly viewed sink
into prosaic things.
It lakes no gifted imagination to
piotnrn a scene naturally sublime.
Tbs heaving sea, the cloud-capt
mountains, tha wonders of qatnre
and art, easily claim our attention.
The awful sublimity of a Niagara,
tbe flaming splendor of ao Etna,
need no grapfaio pen to paint their
grandeur.
that-insures happiness; it is not
tbe ranged and awful scenes of
fixture that only bespeak their Cre-
ator... But instead, it is iu the
peaceful strains of Dature that Je-
hovah more clearly reveals his di-
vine presence.
Wisdom knows no great nor
small ajl her truths are equally
sublime, whether witnessed in the
unfolding of a flower, or studied
in the grand revolutions of celes-
tial worlds. Yet, we, in our pre-
sumption, set bounds to her realms,
and mark off here and there her
attractive spots;—while the unpre-
tending loveliness of every day’s
infinite sights, are ignored or treat-
ed with silent oontempt.
There have been as great achieve-
ments gained upon the arena of
pence, an those won on tbe red
field of battle. There have been
spectacles grander to the eye or
tbe imagination tbaD those of a
Hannibal scaling the Alps, or of a
Caesar crossing the Rubicon.
There have been victories without
the shock of arms or the loss of
blood, which were far more bene-
ficial to humanity,«than those ob-
tained upon the battle fields of a
Waterloo or of a Sedan.
Surrounded on all sides by mys-
tery, we should not be too dogmat-
ic in our opinions, often onr posi-
tive judgments are reversed, and
we acknowledge to-dqy, what we
denied yesterday. The great be-
comes tbe small, and the small the
great. Tbe mansion sinks to the
hovel, tbe beggar beoomes the king,
and Lazarns exchanges bis tattered
garments, for tbe regal robes of
Dives
Charmed with outside appear-
ances we never penetrate the no-
bler and the diviner temple of
trntb. We boast of having subju-
gated tbe rnde elements of na-
ture, thinking we hold in our
hands the key of the nuiveree,
when in reality soience has only
disclosed to us, the faintest glim-
merings of an inexhaustible aud
eternal harmony.
We are those who, having eyes
see not, and ears, hear not. Though
an ever present Divinity surrounds
us, yet it is only when when He
leads us by a Pillar of (Hoad by
day, and a Pillar of Fire by night,
are we willing to follow bis guid-
ance. Nature is just as beautiful
now as on creation’s morn, mau
alone has grown careless and ceases
to worship,—tbe objects of adora-
tion are everywhere around him.
Tbe dull headed Son of Adam,
walks abroad heedless and unde-
vout, while the bird carols, the
grove murmurs, And all animated
nature echoes a glad chorus of
praise. Life is robed in divinity,
but we too oft fail to observe its
divine lineaments. The oreatnre
forgets the Creator, and in bis
pride styles himself lord of crea-
tion. Living in a world of won.
ders, we do uot wonder; the great-
est of God's creation we often in
reality appear the least; a living
mirsote ourselves, we never per-
cnive the miraculona The musio
of the spheres we heed not, and
the mystery of god like nature, we
too oft treat with unoonoqrn. How
little above the stolid brute in ad-
miration is the human man; how
little does the one acknowledge
more than the other, the Omnipo-
tence by wbioh they are anrroond-
-Law,
.
see beauty in a morning sun-rise,
or happiness in a fireside oirole,
deserves our gratitude.'* If he oao
show us loveliness in tbe greed
fields, gladness, in the song of toil,
sanctity, in the tear of sorrow,
strength and manhood, in all their
true relations, we should bail him
poet, prophet, priest, or king.
It is not the loudest voice that
makes tbe sweetest music; it is qpi
pomp and pride of wealth that
ee character; it ia not tbe
sword that saves his
it is not ths gilded pslaoe
m
But the writer, who can make ne] af^^Jd'ths dista”“ w“e
do not behold the simple treasures
that everywhere lie scattered at
onr feet. We do not recognise
that the bekt poems remain un-
written; that the grandest philoso-
phy is never understood; the deep-
est things pass for the afaallowest;
tbe sweetest songs are never heard;
the divinsst melodies are never
heeded, and the truest mysteries
are -clothed in the oommonplsoe.
We are idly standing on the shores
of time while the great ooean of
truth and beauty eternally flows
by, and it is at only rare interval,
we discern its presenoe or hear the
ceaseless murmur of its waves.
Mills, Texas. 8. M. B.
From Hicks Springs.
Jan. 17, 1898.
Mu. Editor: —
I vow I think it«a burning shame
not to BAve sum lokals frum Hicks
Springs wher taleBt is as plenty an
thick as pig weeds. Last winter
you jest auter have heru sum of
us boys spout eloquence at a
speeking debate, I tell you Jo
Baley nor R. Q. Mills warnt no
wbers fur eloquence. We haint
had no speeking this winter.
This is a flurishing place. There
is a big gin out hear, and a fine
one you bet. Then there ia the
sknle with nioren sixty odd chit-
darn giting nolig frum the teacheis
Miss Bally Lyon and Miss Msy
Beachum, au tha. blessed angils
ar gitting gobs of it an no mistake.
The young peple have lots of
fun out here, dausin, singin, play,
ing an all kiuds of frolicks. Bui
Jourdens Chappil beats them bII
holler. They had one over tbaron
Exmas eve at Rev. Smith Moore’s
that wus a whoper. Sum rouu here
Calls it a rediculus party, sum calls
it an exposishuD party, but I tell
you Mr. Editer they xpose there
owt# iguereuce. Sum cbIIb it a
eunikal exibif, an you bet it wus
a oomikal site to see our most
inteligent, weltby, refined and
fashunable gurls and boys mimik-
iug pore, ignerant country folks,
but it warnt none of them. They
ar calling it sich frum pure envy.
I kno what it wus, it was a Tackey,
party, and O! my, my, how they
did tackey. Sum uv the boys wus
drqssra up in caliker britches, one
leg ofie color, tnther leg another
color. One had a bola. bridth of
bed tickiu all ruffeled the bot-
tum in one leg uv bis britches and
both legs warnt alike nutber.
Mr."~--bad pillers stuffed in the
frunt wastband uv his caliker
britches mitill be looked a site.
Tbe gurls was dressed u^ tackey
too. One bad on an old Mather
Habberd caliker gowu with red
haw berrys, akerns and ink balls
for bracelets an a necklis, an rib-
bin aud lace by the yards. An the
other gnrls were dressed dito. An
they all had a reel nise time.
Tbe same nite Jonrdens Chap-
pil folks had their Tackey party
Hicks Springs had one at Mr.
Beasley’s that warnt a tackey but a
dansin party. They had peple
frum a fur ways, some from Luna,
Cotton Gin, Brewer and tbe Cross-
roads, but it warnt nothing to the
Tackey party at Rev. Smith
Moore’s
Helth uv the Spriogs good.
Jourdens Chappil oomunity has
several on tbe sick list. Miss Kate,
young dorter of E. Davis, bad tbe
newmonie reel bad, but is better
now. Mr. Barks, euo-in-law
Rev. Smith Moore, has bin dowp
with consumpsbnn far several
months. Miss Anna, dorter of
Rev. Smith Moore, is snfferin
from asmer. Mrs. Bob Moore,
dorter-in-law of Rev. Smith Moore,
has had tbe slow fever ,fur three
months. Pore thing, she was
obleged to listen to all tbe raoket
av the Tackey party as abe was in
in tbe same room in bed all the
time wna goin on, an she aint
got along nigh ao well sinoe. It
was shore worying to ber, aiok like
ehe was, for they bad taoky mueik
aioh as nokin old tin pans, nigger
songs. Ac., besides a nise resita-
shuo by Mias Sally Lyon, Miss
May Beach am and Mias Sally Py.
burn, reel interesting poatry aioh
as “Mary bad a little lam” and all
aioh ineraant amnament aa Chris-
tian people delite in.
And Short baa left these parts
fur tha wild and wooley west whnr
be hopes to anatcb fame and for-
Thera baa bin sum moviu rouu
Royal aak.i tha food par.,
whale.umo and dcllcloua.
^AKlN0
POWDER
Akaotatety Pure
i
.OYAl OAKIMI FOWOCR CO., NCW VOflK.
soioui; tlie uabors, but all
down now.
We bav pr<-«cliin evry third
Sunday an singing once*or twice «
munt)i hum turns.
Mr. Editer I no you will want
me to rite agin for talint i* <\lwhvs
iu demand, and wheu I hav any-
thing of interest I’l rite agin. With
best wishes fir Mr Editer and
tha RacoiiDKK, 1 make my best
b<»w aa Ekuom's Chum.
P. S I rit tlii* last week but
was too bizzy fixm up to make an-
other crap of 4c c trim to quit at d
go to town. Kiioom's Chum.
P. S. agin. If you want pay fun
publishing this I will l rjjg jou a
peck of pertaters or tun ips next
fell- Eroom'8 Chum.
How Advertising Pay*.
Two farmers were once discuss-
ing their IocmI paper. One'thouglit
it had too many advertisements ia
it. The other replied: “Iu ii^l
opinion the adverti-ements are fac
from being the le**r valuable part
of it. I look them over carefully
aud save at least five timijs tha
cost of the paper mi'll week
through the bui-ine,-* advantaged (
get from them.”
Said the other: “I believe yoa
right—I know that they pay ma
well and rather think it is not good
taste to find fault with the adver-
tisements after all.”
It pays any man with a family
to take a good local paper for tha
sake of the advertisements if uotb-
ing more. And if business mas
fail to give farmers a chauce ta
read advertisements in the looM
paper, they are blind to their ow*
internets, to say the least of it.
"Yon never trade with me," said
a business man to a prosperous
farmer. “You hav* nev r invited
me to jour plaoe of business and I
never go where I am not invited; l
might not be welcome,” was bis
reply.—Fourth Estate.
If Freestone votes on the guber-
natorial candidates in the prima-
ries as »h** did foor years ago, this
oounty will instruct for Hon. Geau
T. Jester for Governor.
“There was a strange man hers
to see yon to-day, papa," amid lit-
tle Ethel, who had met her father
in tbe hall aa be came home. “Did
he have a bill?” asked Binka. “Nj^
papa; he had just a plain nose.—
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