The Matagorda Gazette. (Matagorda, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 29, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 19, 1859 Page: 1 of 4
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MATAGORDA, TEXAS, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19,1859
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NUMBER 29.
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ELOPEMENT OF A KICH HEtRBSS
WITH A NEGRO ~*t(
As elopement and marriagetook >laco
««lied Sa&h" Judson, whose ,eft °2T * ■ the editor of that paper :
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The fotlowlsg tcconnt of n wrestling
borse trader* ¡«clipped
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A SUICIDE'S LETTER.
_~_r — ■ Hon. John EL T¡¡í¡í, nt the tie of hia
a little oat oTthe death' * ««nberof the Georgia Senate.
we imagine, to Commltteá ***** *"hort ti®e •inoe
ite for tbe 14.▼*• g®ne 0j «toted that tbe same waa
while he waa aoder the influence of
Colambas
taring letter^ OT thirsty the poor traveler might be, fee t Mr Dwi liifu N
waa not tw expect an
faxa the silly pdbl it
I am abaut to <k> a thing which I have Pe^H^g be«THrod¿toiSy
had in contemplation aince 1848—via : to
perform? Life ia a borden to me—has been whole family, wife, childroa and
for ye*ra. I am driven on by a destiny I.
bare no power to control Don't aay to me,
"tk your fault—yon could act differently."
It is untrue. I always wished to act differ-
rá tatly—I have prayed God to act different-
He knows my wish, and párpese was
to be a gooi man. This 1 have prsyedlbr
1; and yet I have not been aJ¿M*■
^*iTlíéilllN^«ivyty
, car end** There ia a
as on like a feather bef<
we have sa Ü
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CURIOSITY KE3ÜKBD. j MIL'
Tradition saith that Benjamin Franklin. The Wester]
when making bis last trip ta ser his lather'contains a let
in Boston, waa worried almost to death by j to one of his
toe abominable inqaisitiveness of the New j before been pnl
England tavernkeepers. Neither man norj istkrof that
beast coald travel among tbsm in comfort. | are in transferring'
No matter how wet or
; how hang?j
the!
of refrsehment ¡rents have
nntii their weet'iuaneto yon.
first giatifcd. : .request of yonr good
^ - __ « kl ^ft • , I • | 1 ' ♦_>
noie, wLkhsha
this way for several daye, untilst last the your psruisl
rid the world óf me, andto rid myself of an baiwsigfct of a pablic house-would shnost
existence useless to me and derogatory to
others. And Mr. Editor, bow dare y on, or
any of your readers, say tie wash, wrong or
ly, to perform tbe set I am about to
throw him into an ague, franklin
ined to try the following remedy nt the
tavern. • Soon as he alighted from hie horse
ho desired the tavern keeper to oullecfc
ahall haj
every soul of them, lor he had
vastly important to communicate. All I
log assembled, and
to say, be titus addressed tbenr:
nasseeia Benjamin Franklin ; I
by trade ; I live, when nt hems, in 1
phis pis*Beaton* hate aJatiter,* j
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Lipsey, E. J. The Matagorda Gazette. (Matagorda, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 29, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 19, 1859, newspaper, February 19, 1859; Matagorda, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth179113/m1/1/?q=+date%3A1845-1860: 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.