The Texas Countryman. (Bellville, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, March 1, 1867 Page: 1 of 4
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OF MCE, NORTH 811) E PUBLIC EQUAUE,
%KUVlilE, AUSTIN COUNTY, TRXAS.
s'#a a«iaa tsa®sf auuKlfe
—Cash—
* Specie—Singlo fcopy, 1 year, $'.^,00
" *« 14 Six months,... 1,50
Fifty numbers make a volúmo.
AwrauroseBSNi uutuas a
CP" Advertisement^ inserted at 15 cents
•^er linC, for first insertion; and 10 cents
or each subsequent iuaertion.
„ jg^No advertisement Inserted for less
than $3,00.
( t3TA,libernl deduction made on year-
ly advertisements.
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VW All kinds of Job Priuting executed
with ue*tiiess,and dispatch.
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Advertising per Moáth or *ear.
—SPECtfe—
ST Á, Car4, not ejt^eeding the space
ed by too lines, bravier, per year,
ollttl'8.
•ccupiei
Ten D
3 in'ths.
1 column $ 50 00
4 " .... 30 00
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$ 8ft («J |
5000
80 00
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$ 15000
8000
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AliL legal und transient adverti^menti
. ' charged tor by the line, and tcr bo paid tor
Vattvance, in Specie, or its equivalent.
ESTRAV
ÁdvértiBements handed in by the Coun-
' tv Clerk, will be inserted at the price fixed
by law, viz: 'f wo dollars for each horse
* r work tyc estntyed.
Professional Cards.
€has. T. Kavanaugh,
BELLVILLE,
Austin County, Texas.
Agreements, Contracts, Deeds, Deeds of
Trust, Mortgages, Wills, &c., &c., neatly
executed. Depositions properly taken
und promptly returned. Affidavits, ac-
knbwledgeinents'of Married Women, 1 ro-
teHts, and all other Notiflial acts. (
jan.lq-g3-tf "
CHAS. T. KAVANAUGH. B. F. ELLIOTT.
Kavannugh & Ellióit,
ATTORNEYS AT L\AW,
BELLVILLE,
Austin County, Texas.
J. P. OSTEItnOUT,
"INDEPENDENT IN AT.T. THINGSt-NEUTHAL IN ífa)THING;
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BELLVILLE, FRIDAY, MARCH
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Bellvillo.
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llertry Kastrop,
AD CLE {£0^ MAKE R,
BELLVILLIj!, TEXAS.
HAS commenced business in this place.
He has for salo
SADDLES, llJilDLES, GIRTHS,
MARTINGALES,—SADDLE AND
HARNESS FIXTURES, ÉTC.
Work done on sKoit notice with neatness
and despatch. . «
The trade supplied with material.
jau.26 3f-ly. *
E. W. Seelhorst,
manufacturer op^
TIN, Popper, And Sheet Iron w**o
—also—
dealer inParlor. Cookfng and Office Stoves.
Stove . pipes and Tin Ware on hand or
made to order,* on short notice.
liollvillev Texap, Jan. 2(3 -f.l-Jy.
fltco. Bennewitz,
maker op
bedsteads, tables, chairs,
cradles; cribs; coúcues.
lounges. %
All kind ()F turning performed with
despatch, such as Billiard Balls, Ten pins,
Pipe bowls, Too^ haiitUeii, etc.
Spinning wheels, lor spinning (lax, made
at shoit notice.
Prices reasonable. Try him.
jan.2(i-f3-ly.
Janl5
R3-ly.
a. cjiehley.
geo. w. johnson.
KOCH & KOPlSH,
M E RC H ANTS,
BELLVILLE, TEXAS.
Dealers in
DRY GOODS,
GROCERIES,
I1A RD WARE, C UTLER Y,
Clteslcy & .foliiasoii,
ATT O R NE Y S AT LA W,
BELLVILLE,
Ann tin County, Texas,
EST" Office fn the Court House
dec21 ]y_
w. 1. cocke, m. l>. e. t. bonney, !ff. o.
l)rs. COCKE & HOMEY,
PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS,
BELIiTIIiliG,
AUSTIN COUNTY, TEXAS,
HAVING lmd great experience in
Surgery, are prepared to operate
upon nml treat all surgical diseases.
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TobaccoaM Clears,
A good supply always on liand.
Will sell cheap,—Give tis a call.
jatf2G-3-f-3
A. IV it 12 • W. THOMPSON,
Attorneys anil Counsellors at Law,
li HI.LVI LLB and .HOUSTON,
Austiu Co. IlorrUCo.
TEXAS.
Will practice in tlio 1st, 3d &7tli District.
\V, H. Pearson,
MERCHANT,
BELLVILLE, TEXAS.
Just received ni)d is oonstantTy recciv
irig, from New York city;
DRY GOODS, GROCl'íbTES, KOOTS,
SHOES, TOBACCO iiml CIGARS,
SUGAR, COFFEE.FLOUIf,
LIQUORS, RAISINS,
CANDIES, PICKLES
and innny other things too numerous to
mention.
His stoek is as good ns any in the mar-
ket, and he is d«.lprhiined not to be under-,
sold by any other dealer.
'Kn.'iO-fa-ly. ^
A. P. THOMPSON
Will argue anil brief cases in the Supreme
Court at Austin, Tyler and Galveston.
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IS* T. & €. A* HARMS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
BELLVILLE,
Austin County, Tfcikas.
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r. G. Searcy, H. II. Boone.
SEARCY & BOONE,
ATTORNEYS AT L A IF,
ANDERSON,
^ 'Grimes County, Texas.
W 2-flly.
J. P. OSTERHOUT
- A T TORNE Y AT LA W,
BELLVILLE,
ei)2-ri-!y.
Austin County, Texas.
•1 Hunt...;..:. ft. Holland
HUNT & HOLLAND,
ATTORNE YS AT ÍA ÍV
bellville,
Austin County, Texas,
febá-fl-ly."
ACADEMY.
TltE FOtlRTII SESSION OF THIS
fbíhóol will bomméücé Monday, August
itOth, 1SG6-.
«1ITXON PfiB naNTHi
O ;":i on EngBriBpranlhes.... .JI2f>0
li; .her • " >)0
Muiic•••••! •••••• •••••• &00
Tuition required in specie, or its eqiflva
ont in currency, every two months.
No deduction will bo made for ruin
attendance, except in cuso of protracted
•ick'"''"' L. L. rBOUTT,
' Principal.
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BRYANTi creating a revolution in
tho news world.
If yon want to buy cheap, go to
BRYANT'S
If you wish to throw away your money
go elsewhere.
Learning to Walk.
Only beginning the j<mmey,,
Many a. mile to go;
Little feet bow tbey patter,
Wandering to and fro.
Protfd as a baby can be.
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Talking tlie oddest latigúage
Ever before .Vfác neaid :
But mother ¡you'd li^rdly think bo)
' • Understands e*erjr word.
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Tottering now and fallings
Eyes tbft are going to cry ;
Kisses and plenty of love-words,
Willing again to try.
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Father of all 1 O, guide them,
The patteling little feet,
While they are treading tho up hill
road,
Braving the dust ánd heat.
Aid them wlien they grow weary,
Keep them in pathways bleat,
And when the journey's ended,
. Saviour! O, give them rest.
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P. BYRNES. J. W. PERRINE
Byrnes & JPcrrinc,
BLACKSMITHS,
Aro prepared to do all kinds of work in
their line at short notice, such as ironing
WAGONS, CARRIAGES and BllC CÍES,
making and reparing
PLOWS, SHOEING HORSES, etc., etc.
jan.20-f.!-ly. #
Bellville Market!
Beef! Beef!
gtephen
barzafc
will have Beef i'or sale
Bellville on Tuesdujs, ]
Thursdays and Saturdays
of each week, betwfeert 5
and ü o'cl"ck A. M.,
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dec7-f-17-tf!
Something New in Bellville!
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Confectionery & Bar!
A. LOCKHART,
Confcctioncr and JBal^er
£JAS OPENED A BAR-ROOM AT
Pearson's old stand, north side of
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will attend to
the Public Squure, where Mr. R. Meluis
'11 attend to iffl calls, at any hour, day
or night. All orders In tlife Confectionery
line attended to, and fresli bread furnished
to families promptly and on reasonalib1
terms. The choiccst .'liuuors on hand at
all t iinee.
t.Tc*" Meals at all hours.
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nótice.
PARTIES WISHING TO 8HÍÍ
X Cotton from the Second District an
autborited to draw on tisfor tho Taxes.
BAGBY & BAKF.R,
nov3-f48-3m*
Hoostou, Teuu.
IllrstíIIaitcmts.
Laconio Biography of George
Washington—In Language
Peculiar to his Country.
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Georgo Washington was an ml-
fired, dog-goned*smart mnn.
In most inatteiti ho was much above
par.
He seomed to do everything accord-
ing to (1 uiiter.
WlienNjonvineed that ho Avas in
error, he Was always ready to ac-
knowledge tho corn.^
. lie got along aniazin' prosperous,
considerin', b,oth in the Cabinet nnd
in the field. His. was never found
among the missing when his services
were required.
Wasn't he some on a retreat, and
didn't he thus save his army from
destruction until it was most needed ?
Well, he did. He never could, how-
ever, have traveled back and forth as
bo did in New Jersey, as smart as lie
was, at tho present rates of fare de-
manded from strangers in tho Terri-
tory.
He was generally beliked. by his
fellow-citizeiis, principally because
his children did not annoy his neigh-
bors' children, líe never got on a
>onder in his life, not. even when be-
tween hay and grass.
ifo was tho national big dog with
a brass collar.
lio had no use for a blatherskite.
Though a native born big-bug, he
never had the swell-her.d.
Ho was the author of thi term
"Brother Jonathan'," though ho did
not know it.
Whenever lie liad anything to do,
he did it up brown'. -
Ho always meant what he said, and
never talked for buncombe.
He was fond of paddling his own
canoe, and seldom cahooted with any
one. This led many to boliovo that
lie was self-opinionated.
líe was, in his d.^y, the cap-sheaf
of military men and statesmen.
lie held hia promises sacred, and
when he made one he was pretty buio
to come up to the chalk.
Iu his manners ho was plain, and
Was iievel1 soch trying to but a dash.
Splurging was not his forte. •
He was not as cute as some people,
and' consequently seldom cut his own
noso off. . I
He always kept bis eyes peeled
•when the enemy was about.
No reverses could detertffilj after
fiis plans were matured. Hence his
entire success.
Being as cool as a cucumber, he
was very seldom ltnown to fly off tho
handle.
TTe-abominated hifaiutln speeches,
and he had no use for pretty or^ufiers.
He liked action.
When the Devil was to pay, and
no pitch hot, he did not Stop to com-
plain about it, but instantly gave the
otdef to op." That was his
stylo on all occasions.
As he could not afford to be Ioood,
seldom rijjtod a pitched battle.
Kiss my Wife or .Fight me-
an Oscuiatory Alternative. '
TBere are few men who are not
averso' io seeing their wires kissed;
but an exchange relates the particu-
lars of a case in which a newly mar-
ried.Benedict? felt himself insulted be*
cause bis wife Wasn't kissed. The
bridegroom in ^questiou was a stal-
wart young rustic, who if as known
as a formidable operator in a "free
fight.'* Hie* bride was a. beautiful
and blodming young countiy girl, on-
ly sixteéfci years of age, and tbe twain
were at a party where a number of
yotwg folks were enjoying themselves
in tho gobd old fashioned pawn-play-
big «etyle^ Every girl in the room
was ¿alletí out and kissed except B.,
tbe beautiful young brido aforesaid,
and althotjigh there was not a young-
ster presdnt who Was not dying to
taste her lips, thoyM ereres£rained by
the presence of her "herculean -hus-
band, who stood regarding the party
with a stillen look of dissatisfaction.
They mistook the cause, however, for
suddenly he expresad himself. Roll-
ing up his sleeves he stepped into the
middle of the room,' and in a tone of
voice thut secured marked attention
said:
"Gentlemen, I have been noticing
how things have been .working here
for some timo, aad I ain't half Batis-
' I
tied. X don't want to raise a fuss,
biit—
"Whnt is tho matter, John ?" in-
quired iiplf a d voices. "What
do you mean ? Have I done any-
thing to hurt your feelings ?"
"Yes you have; all of you have
liiirt my feelings, end I've just got
this to say about it. Here's overy
girl in the roosn has been kissed near
a dozen times apiece, and there's my
wife, Who I consider as likely as any
of them,- has not had a single one to
night; and I just tell you now, if she
don't get as many kisses tho balance
of tho night as any gal in tho room;
the man that slights her has got me
to fight—that's all. Now go ahead
with your plays !"
If Mrs. B. was slighted during tbe
balance of the evening wo did not
know it. As for ouraelf, we know
that John had no fault to find'of us
individually, for any neglect on our
part.
New way of Paying Subscrip-
tions.
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The following is an aintising ac-
count of tho way a farmer was taught
how cheaply he could tiike the paper..
Tlio lee-son is worth pondering by a
good many men "we wot of,
"You hayo bona at home, of course.
Well, I will send you my pápor for
one year, for the products of a single
hen for one season ; nnd the proceeds.
It seems tvifling, preposterous, to
imagine the products of a single hen
will pay a subscription; perhaps it
woii'tibutl make Hie offer.
"Done," oxcWmed farmer B. "1
agree to it," and appealed to me as a
witness of tho affair.
The farmer went off Apparently
much elated with his conquest; tho
editor went on his way rejoicing.
Time rolled around, the world re-
volved on its axis, and the. sun in its
orbit as it formerly did : the furmer
received his paper regularly, and re>
galed himself with the information
from it, and said ho Was surprised at
the progress of himielf qnd iuthily iu
general information.
Some time iri the moiith of Septem
ber, I happened to be up ngain in the
office, when wh¿ should enter but our
friend farmer 1% «
"How do you do, Mr. B1" said the
editor, extending his hand, his counte-
nance lit up with a bland smile;
•'take a chair and be seated ; fine
weather we har«v"
"Yes, sir, quite fine indeed," lie
answered; arid then a olidrt silence
ensued, during which our friend B.
hitched his chair backward' nnd fbr-
ward, twirled hie thumbs abstracted
iy, and spit profusely. Starting op
quickly, be said, addressing the edi-#
tor, "I have brought you the froceeds
of that hen."
It wis amusing to see tbe ponlbur
expression of the editor, aa he follow-
ed tho fanner down to the wagáb ¡j
could hardly koep my risibkutarn.
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When at the-wagon the farmer
commenced handing over to the edi-
tor the products amounting to eigh-
teen pullets, worth twelW and a half
cents each, and a number of dozens of
eggs, making in the aggregate at the
least calculation, one dollar ánd fifty
cents more than the prfoo of the-pa-
per,
«•No need/' Mid he, •'of meif not
taking • family newspaper, and pay
ing for it too. ' I doh't miss this from
my roost, yet I have paid for a year's
subscription ana over. All folly, sir;
there's no man but what can take a
newspaper; it's charity, you know,
commenced at home."
"But," said the editor, "I will pay
you for what is over the subscription;
I did not intend Uiis as a means of
profit but rather to convince you. I
will pay—" v
"Not a bit of it, sir s a bargain isa
bargain, and I am already paid, sir
—doubly paid, sir. And whenever
a neighbor makes the ootnplaint I
did, 1 will relate to him the ben story.'
Good day, gentlemen.','.—¿?®.
Oiling a Vcnfritoquist.—A gentle-
man going down the river on a steam-
er the engine of which was upon the
deck, he sauntered to see the working
of tho machinery. Near him stood a
man apparently bent upon the same
object. In a few moments a squeak
ing noiso was heard on the opposite
Bide of the engine. Seizing the oil
can—gigantic one by tho way -—the
engineer sought out the dry spot and
to prevent further noise of tho kind,
liberally applied tbo contents of the
caq to every joint. All went on well
for a wniie, whert tho squeaking was
heard in another direction. Tho oil-
ing protesa was repeated and quiet
restored; but as the engineer was
corning quietly towards the spot
occupied by the gentleman and'the
stranger ho heard ^another squeak.-—
This time he dutneted tbo true cause
of tho difficulty. Tho stranger was a
ventriloqftint. Walking straight up
behind hint, he seized the astonished
jokor by the nape of tho neck, and
emptied tho contents of tho can down
hie back. "There I" said he, "J
don't believe that old engine will
squeak again."
A Good-Fí'/Zcijo.—Webster defines
(the term good-fellow, to be a boon
companion, lit tho common accepta-
tion the inclining is very different.—
A "Good-Follow" in the present age,
is usually understood to be one who
has but little real worth, but who
takes everything easy, and is a kind
of privileged character—drink* wbie
ky at othuj: people's expense—bor
rows motley with no thought of re-
turning it—gets drnnk nnd yolls on
the street—flourishes deadly weapons
to tho tenor and danger of all within
roach—in short, outrages the laws of
God and the country, in every con
ceivable shaped and yet passes in
respectable *oci<ity.
A Good Fellow knows not the
meaning of principio—htfpnly knbws
that he has friends whom he may use
or dupe at pleasure, and who will still
be his friends, fonwho couhi get an
gry with a good-follow—it does hot
belong to humau nature.
Wo aro. willing to contend wltii
sharpers, swindlers, liars and tbiovpe,
but our earnest prayer is ever to be
delivered from the "Good-fellow,''
and to be kept beyond Ihe reach of
his tempting Influence.—flcndernon
Times.
7b rfgvlah
in the Staté Texas, -
Seq. 4. If any Mtray or V
any kfnd, sl^dl he , found
large, and
•rof tf
HflB r. f,'. r,tf
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fomily.
0.
eetraying any
aerated in
away the
#hieh
bvmáAth^
mTMionera, oi any of
the hum, with a fo)t
thereof, to Uie Coun
mpeotiveopuntiee,
tiee the teme in the manner
in this Act; add if euch
animals shell not be proven away
the^ owner, within the time aUoi
by* tlio provisions of this Atft, the
Commissioners retiirnUig the eame,
or his successor in office, shall proceed,:
to sell eaeh animal or atfimale, and jrec
port the eale thereof to the Olerjc of
the County Couri of their respective
counties; and after paying the clerk's
fees, and retaining twenty per cent
of the proceeds of such sale, heehatt
pay the remaining stud Into the Coun-
ty Treasury.
Sec. 6. It shall be the duty of the et
Gounty Clerk to record the pepen
transmitted to him, as provided In the
second Section of this Act, la atepe-
rete book to be kept by him that damages la ft
purpose, for which he shell be étil\ ed, Provided,
tied fo demand and receive-the Mame
fees that are allowed by law for simi-
lar services, to be paid, in all eases,
by the taker up, provided, that when
two or more ánimaÜ are takeh up at
the same time, by the tamo pertfon,
they shall be inbluded iu the same
entry, arid the Juetlcé of the Peace
and Clerk shall receive no more fees
than for one such animal { and each
County Olotk shall cause a statement
of the appraisement, and a descrip-
tion of tbe animal so eat rayed, to be
advertised afrleast three times in some
newspaper published In the'county
where such animal pr animals 4m
ostrayod, if there be one; and If there
bo no newspeper published In the
county, then the Clerk shall canae
the seme to be advertised in the news-*
paper nearest to the countv, and afao
by posting, np notices at three public
places in the county, one of which
shall be at the court-house door there-
of; and the printer ef^aeh notice
shall furnish the said clerk with a
cpipy of the pfpor containing said
notice; and it shell be the duty of
the said clork to file and preserve,tho
same' in hia office for the inspection of
all persons who may be Interested;
and for such publication the printer
shall be entitled ,\tp receive from the
party «straying the same the sum of
two dollars, to be collected by tlie
County Clerk; and paid to. the order
of the printer.
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the
any eetrsiy may t
eration; And
should Ibe I _
up eludí bo Ua^la t
damages* fori
sued therefor j.
County Judge,'fort
See# 10.
hnál shall hefonnd
oape, the taker
lájr
ty Cleric of
whlcV
said clerk, in a
him for that j
son who shall!
kintxi false
ml IttdiótmjBnt,
as !ti other
k£kll, moreover,
Her bond, for
dr animáis i
Sey.lt.
the saleé of i
ions of tiiis act,
County
him applied
fund of thee
should there be i
fundi fn, the treast
sufch surplus be
county fond, to h
belonging to the i
See.
charge any estray er eetrayeshaU
fose4o deliver tbe fametof"
-Sec. C. Tlio property of every stray i , .
horse, mare, colt, mule, jack, jennet/ on hie complying will
or work ox, token up as aforesaid, and fV^..6
not proven a way within twelve
months after suob appraisement, shslf
be deemed vested in thé oounty t .
wherein such eslray or estmys may mon,"i
have been posted, and the taker np;
shall immediately thartsfcer proceed
to s«ll the same, for éash, to the high-
est bidder, at the court house door of
the
rctjuiiuium w ipiv wif Rucii o
shall be entitled to fcirMtioWthVi
r "" it™"*
made under the provisions
the owner of such
may apply to the
ouiuer, at uie nan uuhh uuvr ut ®®nnty ÍQ W
county, after giving notice of the been aold, and
- At á k-ligious meeting among the
blacks, a colored preacher requested
that some brother fthould^ray. There-
upton half-witted Mose commerieed a
string of words entirely witíiout
meaning. At this the pastor wised
his head and inquired : ''Who's dat
prayinl I>at you bru,dder Mose?
Jest hold On, bruddur Mose, you let
somebody pray dat'sbetter acquainted
«rid do Lord." ' * ,
A fellow who {ias seen the Black
Crook In New York, says he is con-
vinced pf tbe folly of women spending
money for so much dres«, when the#
can render themselves so fascin^a*
with very little. . ,
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Nothiqg was so" much trended in
otjr school boy jUfy toys a distte-
iI
sitting betwm two girts. Ah« tho
force of education I In after yti
IweJeam to submit to such
if iinvw 1 iwe
same, as required in tbe esse of
skerifl's' or constables' sales ( knd
withiti ten days after nttch sale, he
wbfp after dedueling the expenses
incurred in estray ing said animals,
pay into the county truasuty Saveuty-
iive per cent of the proceeds of|he
same, Nihd retain the bther twenty-
five per cent, (or his own ^ise and
benefit; provided, that g return oi
v'ach and every sal of estrsys shall
be made to and filed by the. Coiitity
Clerk of the county, nnd swoni lo bv
the taker upt 'Provided lurt^er,
Thai all sales of eetroys, *horses,
mares, colts, mules, jatfj^'jannets, or
work oxen, shall be ir.adoon " "
Monday in the ti^nth, and
the hours of ou*j gad three
m. of defy.
tike, T. Any ciiisen taking up any
W'y hogs, sheep, gdats, or
erthan work oxen, shell
the same.manMr as reqebsd
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Osterhout, J. P. The Texas Countryman. (Bellville, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, March 1, 1867, newspaper, March 1, 1867; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth180253/m1/1/?q=music: accessed June 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.