The Alamo Star (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 1, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 25, 1854 Page: 2 of 4
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an y and every «object, as long as personal or
abusive language is not used.
We shad endeavor to givathenews of the
day, both local aod foreign, tryto^it
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and select that, whichjaay aatiÉ ind
our readers. ■ -gf::— ^
Newspaper reading Je^he most improving
thing at which Vfrn mi their leisure
moments: every event which omuowifiln ¿he
bounds of civilization, is laid belwj^fa, sod at
eveOiojE, when ike jfamily i^igather2Kiroond
the centre table, you can sit quietly-down aq>d
enjoy one
aajiqlea
Our name In ought to be enough to
insure us ft 1 ibe* jO|rQnage; the Alamo!—a
name at which ^ítarlá' grows pale to^hink
What happen#* within it* walls, and when we
jCTOlc back to that period of struggle and strife,
and compare tfc present cpndifiun of our grow-
ings by uüful andume-henored city to whei^it
WOs iavaded, ta*kej& and^ retaken, time and
iaring the TtxanRevolution we scelrith
surprise, thé greatest chanjí&'tót ever
seems to he in a query
dark clouds gather
appearance
Frig every body
and stove pipes
when lo 1 and be*
fairly undershel*
ibtncnt, the clouds have
from poverty and oppression, to opulence and
freedom, and we ought to be thankful to the
thusv guides jdtyfMules
over the destinies of nations.
In Commenc e the Siar, we labor under
many disadvantages; neith<£ of us ever before
f a paper, and as
lunta*r to assist
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them a safe voyage.
ason drawing oear,
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his bftüm house, aad
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reof good health, as w*
in a while, of a good hearty
laogk Laughter is a certaio core for
Sfa, if indulged in to proper extent.
it is not expected that any of oor young
are troubled with this diseaai, it is
they are a little inclined tosuflef fr
'called the "poots," which is bi
ao insufficiency of laughter. Ái
\ youngster may go through all the eel
of a hearty laugh—may cause his faceTo pre
sent in color the appearancs of a red beet, hi*
eyes to "stick out1' fearfully, and his moúty ;<>
open to such an alarming extent that an ordi-
nary observer could easily detect the kind oi
bod he had made Ms last meal of—and still do
hto no goodlfit be only mechanically done.
This change of the countenance must ariw
from involuntary emotions. Now if any oí
ur young Xriend* would likrt put tbemtefo*
l«igh—impelled to receive áwintial benefit
—compelled to say to the "pouts," which have
beeaiokking the clnns^nd under lips too near
neighbors, fareweH—we would advise them to
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attend, to-nighty
trionie Hall.
; t TllUSUiS^Y SCHOOL;
A Society of this kind has been iocont in ual
djperalíímiín mofe thati «fx years;
it has alwaygt>een well conducted and well at-
tended, tending greatly to the prosperity and
morality of our city. ÍJutof! :í, itisinaieW
fluttt|^n$ condition than it has ever,been be-
fore,Sis can onlj be accounted for by the ab-
sence of Its oli suptri^tendent, or the want of
some perso%tO conduct it. Rut it m*y be irom
the fewness of Sunday School ^oing children, for
within the last tkMor four years the number
of the yoiiih,of this city has been greatly dimin-
ished, by the continual emigration to other
placerto Obtain the ^vantages of an educati
Last evfbing, a^flve were silently, and slow*
ly wending our way towards our virtuous coueh,
we were interrupted in our meditations, by the
sound of blows, and uttering of J^arsh words.
We turned our head, and, woful to re-
late, we
to be "of Teutonic or i £ÜÍ—belaborl n g c^eli %
othft jn a fearful manner, inflicting sundry
biowl, with tbe palmH.of their 'haods.
h ad n't got iairly warmed,i«to the import,??—a**
a wo-begotten individual, who stood beside ús*
expressed it-H^áo?ia third part/ made his ap-
pearance, bawlB|||¡t the top ul his voire 44 po-
lace! polace! Í" and Instantly, upon recovering
from thg^teirrfound that we wen
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and reaching eur ehaml^tr, we lit a eand4e, and
before retiring to rest, wrote a leader on the fo-
mentable qualities of sour-krout.
VST Ho*a*ton*i>dipgit is to see ^ood woi kj"
arise from efil acts. Through the rftstrumeS s
tality pf the law, in arresting and finding em-
ployment for those persons who are disposed to
do evil, and those who do nothing at^l have
nothing to subsist Opon, our streets are becom-
ing moré level and comthO^oui.
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[urtng the last winter, our neigbhors' fences,
ÍPMs is hard, and could* have been helped hroughoul the city, have sutfeied considerably
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The Alamo Star (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 1, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 25, 1854, newspaper, March 25, 1854; San Antonio, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth176969/m1/2/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.