The Texas Countryman. (Hempstead, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, January 15, 1869 Page: 4 of 4

                                
Earn
ü i
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left 2,500,000 franca
fiB, mV.
will open a store in Batían.
Thi London Spectator saya that
the liberals in the new F^imfnt
•re "for once diááplinedlikéa regí 
A discharged lamp-lighter {in San
Francisco revenged himself by pnt;
ting out the street lamps nightly.
Rochester, N. Y., has over -2500 un-
marringeable old maids.
Abt was paid $9 for his song
" WhcÉt the Swallows Homeward
Fly."
Square-foed boots are not a suc-
cess with^faatidious New Yorkers.
Bnildings costing $400,000 havf
this year been erected in Winona,
Minn.
Tka London Times nses eleven
tons of psjper daily.
Over $200,000 are paid duly
for hogs in Cincinnati.
There is aman in Troy who
manufacturen artificial eggs, said tó
be quite as good as the genuine ar-
ticle, which he sells at fifteen cents
the dozen.
Books to the value of a million, and
a half of dollars were imported into
the United States from England*last
year. . -
A building on Bond street, N. Y.,
worth $46,000, is to be purchased
for the Workingwomen's Protective
Union-
The New York Sun says: "The
Ohio papers are quarrelling about
the location of the State Lunatic
. Asylum. Each editor wants it near
his own office."
The excuse of íhe eighty per cent,
of Mainfe's population who do not
attend ehwch is, that they either
cannot afford to renta pew or té
.dfess sufficiently well,
Henry Sedley is ehief editor and
sole proprietor of the Bound Table.
, _  
Judging Horses by Appearan-
ces.—I offei the following sugges-
tions, the result of my close obser-
vation and long experience : If the
color be light, sorrel or chesnut, his
feet,, legs and face white—these are
marks of kindness. -If he is broad
and full between the eyes, he may
be depended on as a horse for being
trained to anything; as respects
such horses, the more kindly you
treat them the better you will be
treated in return. Nor will a horse
of this description stand a whip if
well fed. If you want a Safe horse,
avoid one that is dish-faced." He
may be so fit? gentle as not to scare,
but he wiÜ have too rnnrh go-ahead
in him to be safe with everybody.—
If you Want a fool, but horse of
great bottom, get a deep bay with
not a white hair about him. If his
face isa little dished, so much the
worse. Let no man ride such a
horse that is not an 6*pert rider;
they are always tricky and unsafe.
If you want one that will never give
out, never buy a large overgrown
one. A black horse' cannot stand
the heat, nor a white one the cold.—
If you want a gentle horse, get one
with more or less white about the
head, the more the better Selec-
tions thus made are of great docility
and gentleness.—Éxchange Paper.
Salting down Cucumbers for
PicKLKá.—Leave half-inch of stem
on cucumbers—wash them, in cold
water—immediately pack with ealt.
in alternate layers, salt next to4he
wood—one barrel full, putting salt
on top—cut a wide board so as just
fit inside barrel—bore a half dozen
half-inch holes through—place it on
the pickles with a stone on, which
should weigh at least twenty-five
pounds, so as to keep the pickles
always in prime. Take off all scum
which rises. Keep the barrels in
the abade, and in four weeks take off
the atone and fift to the top, as they
will settle some. Pnt more salt on,
head them up and they are ready for
market. It is best to have two
sizes of pickles.—Country Gentle-
man.
on
Horace Greely purposes to write
during the year 1860, an elementary
work ou Political Economy, wherein
the policy of Protection to Home In-
dustry will be explained and vindi-
cated. This work will first be givea
to the public through successive is-
sues of The -i\ c :c York Tribune,
and will appe.tr in all its editions—
I a!ly, .510; ÜBMI-WfcEKLY, $4;
Weekly, $8per annum.
Cincinnati
Times, who has been riding by rail-
road thróiágMotra, irresponsible for
the following
waa a funny little
« car' thai' helpea to
At Montanaayoimg áiaa anda young
WMMP CJUQA
car/and the former said: "See' here;
Mr. Conductor, I want one of your
best bunks for this young
one for myself individually. One
will 'do for us when we git to-the
Bluffs, hey, 'Mariar?' (a playful and
affectionate poke at «'Mariar" with
his elbow, to which'ahe replies, "Now
John, quit !^) "for you see we we're
goin' to git married at Mariar's uncle's
when we git there. We might 'a
been married at Montanny, but we
took a habit to wait 'till we got to
the Bluffr, gein' as Mariar's uncle is
a minister, and they charged a gol''
fired price for hitchin' folks at Mon
tanny." Maria was assigned to one
of the "bes^ bunks," and John was
given one not far away: After
time the inmates of the car were all
stowed away in their berths to go
through the inevetable alternations
of sweltering and freezing.
During a stoppage of the train at
one station the voice of John was
heard, raised in pleading accents, all
unconscious that the train had stopr
ped, and that tones wbichfktha noise
of the rattling wheels hadjdrownded
while the (ñus were moving could be
distinctly heard by all when they
had stopped.
"Now, Mart, you might give a
feller jes* one kiss."
44 John, you quit, or I'glrt gi lith
out here and hoof it back?to Montan-
ny in the snow storm."
44 Only one littlefkiss, Mariar, and
I'D go: hope to die 'f I don't."
"John 1 "
Just at that interesting moment a
gray head protuded from a berth at
the ether end of the car, and an old
man cried out bo that all could hear,
"Mariar, for God's sake give' John
one kiss, so that we can go to sleep-
A Grecian Bend.—A short time
ago a fashionably dressed lady
emerged from one of our famous dry
goods stores on Canal street, exhib-
iting. to the emaciated eyes of a re-
cently inducted police officer, a very
suspicious appearance. Hé had
heard of shop lifters who carried off
the costliest goods in a sack disposed
about their person. He was ambi-
tious of distinction, and here was a
chance for the coveted fame. The
lady was, evidently carrying a heavy
load. She must tie a shop-lifter.
There could be nojloubt of it—he
would arre3t her.
"You are my prisoner!" laying his
hand on her shoulder.
"What do you mean ]" demanded
the insulted lady.
"What's that you've got on your
back—stolen goods V'
"Heavens! I never was so insult-
en. No, sir, it is not stolen goods."
441 mean no offence, madam,
but my duty compels me to examine
it."
•4Sir—villain—that's my—my—
Grecian bend 1"
,4Grecian bend or African riddle,
mam, I am bound to look in it."
What might4 have been the result,
no one' can imagine, for just then,
some one interfered, releasing the la-
dy, and sending the officer about his
business.—[Picayune.
Methuselah.—According to one
of the Jewish authorities, Methuse
lab did not live so long as he might
have done had he attended to good
advice; for it is written that as he
was sleeping on the ground when well
stricken in years, an angel came to
him and told him that if he would
rise up and build himself a house to
lie in, he would live 500 years old.
Methuselah made an answer, that it
was not worth while to take a house
for so short a time I And so ha died
before he was a thousand years of
age.
A young physician, asking per-
mission of a lass to kiss her, she re-
plied, ,4No, sir; I never like a doc-
tor's bill stuck in my face."
A philosopher says that if any-
thing will make a woman swear, it
is looking for her night-cap after the
lamp's blown out.
"My son, you must start up from
this lethargy." "Wouid you have
me an upstart, dear father 1"
What mtist aiways be calculated
upon when we paint our houses ? A
brush with the painter.
Man's greatest plague—A woman
continually brushing against the
same.
♦4Look out for paint," as the girl
said when the fellow went to
her.
Freedom of the press—snatching
a kiss from a pretty woman in a
crowd.
JOB PRINTING
, Ír-¿%é¡ S
Of Erery Description
PRtJSPTLT,
AND CHEAPLY
EXECUTES AT THIS OFFICE
BUSINESS CARDS,
WEDDING CARDS,
CARTESDE VISITE
CONCERT TICKETS,
BALL TICKETS,
PROGRAMMES,
BILLS OF FARE,
RECEIPTS,
CHECKS,
BILL HEADS,
DRAFTS,
LABELS,
POSTERS,
HAND BILLS.
Funeral Notices,
Catalogues,
Pamphlets.
irculars,
Dray Receipts,
Bills of Lading.
—Also all kinds of—
LEGAL BLANKS.
CLOCK 2STABI£8|ra<£NTt
Sign of the Little'
Mliwiim J.
'TV Z tj carefully-repaired
FT®*. Apples, Qrang^a, Acortad-
la, filbert . Pecan*, etc.
Almond ,:
JOHN TUFFLY
/ "
foafecttaary aiá
HEMPSTEAD, TEXAS.
ICE~C1 BAM, LAGER
Beer, Cigara, Fresh Bread, Cakes,
Fancy Fruta, &c. Meals farnished.
Oyster  always on haaa and for Sale.
*24-tf
too thatcher  l shuhgfield
Thatcher & Springfield,
Wholesale & Re tail
GROCERS,
—and—
General Commission Merchants.
HAVE and keep constantly on hand a
large and well selected stock of
Groceries, Western Produce, Wood and
Willow Ware, Plantation Supplies and
Implements. Jl
We buy Cotton. Wool and Hides, and
make liberal advances, in goods or money,
on all consignments shipped to oar friend 
in Galveston, New York and New Orleans
hl4-tf
So ffss s&sm9
Will have in operation on the 20th of this
montb, a
Steam Cotton Gin,
And the patronage of planters and others
having cotton to gin or press is res'pectful-
y solicited. He hasalao in full operation a
From which' he engages to turn out, at
the shortest notice, a  good lumber as can
be found in the State.
Parties desiring corn ground can have it
done at his
STEAM GRIST MILL,
At the shortest notice.
h!9tf
J B. AHRENBECK,
HEMPSTEAD TANNERY,
Situated on Clear Creek, two miles from
town, is prepared to supply all kinds of
LEATHER,
Including Harness, Sole and Upper; also.
Belting.
CASH FOE GOOD RAW HIDES.
For the convenience of the public, I will
run a Grist Mill every Saturday.
All orders left with W. Ahrenbeck
& Co. will bepromptly attended to.
g3l-ly. J. B. AHRENBECK.
IG. PRZEDM0JSKI,
Practical
—and—
mm vmrnvm*
GRAINING, MARBLING, AND
GRANI1TNG, CANVASING,
PAPER HANGING, &c.
Done at the shortest notice. Also, Bog
gies and Carriages painted and varnished
Furniture re-varnished." All work guaran
h223m
teed. Terms cash.
h. s.graves  e.graves
H. S. GRAVES & CO.
general
Commission merchants,
Hempstead, Tex as. ^
ORDERS solicited, and prompt atten-
tention given to all business entrust-
po to us.
INSURANCE.
THE SOUTHERN HOPE
OF St. LOUIS, MISSOURI,
Home .Office 410 J Market t St.
J. W. Mitchell, President
J. W. Lemmon, Secretary,
Chas. Bonnell, Treasurer,
J. J. Fitzgennell, General Agent,
THE PLANTERS,
OF JACKSON, MISS.
Gen. B.J. Humphreys, President,
T. J. Milligan, Secretary,
Will insure against loss or damage by
Fire and Lightning. Risks taken on City,
Town or Farm property.
All losses promptly adjusted and
paid. For information apply to
U. C. SPENCER, Agent,
Hempstead.
t. 15. wood    w. p. cole
T, B. WOOD & CO.,
Would respectfully call the attention of
* purchasers to their
VARIETY STORE
In which can be found everything that
you want to
Eat, Drink & Wear.
Money saved by giving them a call.
h232sly
WARE & BROTHER, Cojton
Factors aníl General Commission
Merchants, No. 133 Gravier Street. Near
Orleans. H. H- Ware, lafceof Sel in a, Alw
fas. T. Ware lata of Galveston, Tex
the BEST
ING
FAMILY
fkelM , 
Gold Medal a* the Aaencanlnrti-
3 •"%and that can make rot 
MOT tóche^1^^
the jaosaPttsncr. and simple Swing
"" ihine 7ft offered to the public. Every
shine Warranted.
IMPROVED GOLD MEDAL
Djimx LOCK, ELASTIC STTTCH. DODBLX rHRXAD
SÉWIN? MACHINES, ^
Elegintly finished and fully Warranted
ONLY *45.
u GEM OF THE SOUTH,"
Improved Family Sewing Machines,
Warranted Three
Years—only #20
each, orwith table
and treadle (com-
plete) *35. The
only reliab!e,cheap
Machine in the
market.
ty Send for Circulars, Price Lista and
Sample* of Work, to the  
FLORENCE SEWING MACHINE
AGENCY,
No. 126 23d street, Galveston, Texas.
BLAGGE & CO.,
h4-6m General Agents.
Offers the GREATEST INDUCEMENTS to boyen of
*
SELLS CHEAPER THAN THE CHEAPEST. AT WHOLESALE
OR RETAIL.
Call and Examine his stock before pur^-
chasing elsewhere.
h?26timoa
WOOL CARDING MACHINERY.
Cultivators and Gang-Ploughs,
Reaping and Thraahing Machines.
A Full Stock of these Portable
Engines.
From 4 to 40 Horse Power, constant
ly, on hand,
THOMAS B. BOOLE Y & CO..
No. 9 Perdido street. New Orleans.
Dealers in all descriptions of Maehiner
and Agricultural Implements.
 
II
It is the unfailing¡emedy in discs of Nen
ralgia Facialis, often effecting a perfect
cure in less than twenty four hours, from
the use of no more than tie* or three pills
No other form of Neuralgia or Nervous
Disease has failed to yield to this
WONDERFUL RF.MP.DTAT. AGEN ■
Even in the severest cases of Chronic
Neuralgia and general nervous derange-
ments,—of many years standing,—affect-
ing the entire system, its use for a few days
or a few weeks at the utmost, always af-
fords the most astonishing relief, and very
rarely fails to produce a complete and per-
manent cure.
It contains no drugs or other materials
in the slightest degree injurious, even to
the most delicate system, and can always
be used with
PERFEC. SAFE Y.
It has long been xn constant use by ma-
ny of our MOS EMINEN PHYSI-
CIAN S, who give it their unanimous and
unqualified approval.
Sent by mail on receipt of price, and
Onepaokage, *1,00, Postage 6c.
Six packages, *5.00, " 27c.
_ welve" *9.00, " 48c.
It is sold by all wholesale and retail deal-
ers in drugs and medicines throughout the
United States and by
TURNER & CO. Sole Prop's.
J20 trmont st. boston. ma.
B¥ MAIL.
Knox's Collections of Yegetablea,and
Flower Seeds, neatly put up
and post-paid.
Colliction No. 1—Price $10.00
Comprises seed suitable for cropping a
garden of half an acrc, producing sufficient
vegetables for an ordinary sized family
throughout the year.
Collection No. 2-—Price $5.
Comprises one-half of No. 1, same vari-
eties ; will crop a garden of a quarter of
an aere, sufficient for the use of a small
sized family.
Flower Seeds Sent Free by Mail.
Collections which are highly commended
for their utility and excellence.
Assortment No 1—8 new and superb va-
rieties, *1 00.
Assortment No. 2—20 new and superb
varieties, *2 00.
Assortment No. 3—20 good showy vari
eties, $1 00.
Assortment No. 4—50 good showy varie-
ties, *2 00.
Assortment No. 5—100 good showy
many new, varieties *4 00.
Our new descriptive Seed Catalogue
gives full descriptions of new, rare and
most desirable varieties ot vegetables and
flowers. Plain, simple, and lull instruc-
tion  for sowing, planting and after man-
agement—prices in packages or by weight,
by mail or otherwise, and much other val-
uable information. Sent to all applicants
enclosing 10 cents.
J. KNOX,
Grower and Importer, s
P. O. Box 155, 137 Liberty St.,P tt i-
Furgh.Pa.
E STRAYED OR STOLEN FROM
my plantation, near San Felepe about
last of July, 1868 a Bay Stallion 3 years
old, gear and collar worked, branded IXL
on left shoulder. The undersigned will
pay ten dollars reward, for his delivery
to me at !San Felepe, or for euch infor-
mation as will enable me to get her:
35-4t T. J. KERR
WHOLESALE MANUFACTURER OF
D IES,
At New Tork and St. Lows rates.
J. T. GRIFFIN & CO.,
SUCCESSORS TO
W. AHRENBECK é BRO.t
Hempstead, Texas,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
Dry Goods, Groceries,
hats, boots, shoes, drugs, medicines,
AND PLANTATION SUPPLIES.
Have and keep constantly on hand th£ largest and best rejected Stock
  offered to the trade this side of New Olrleans.
jy Will also advance liberally on Cotton, Woo and other Produce
shipped to our house in New Orleans  and to our friends in Galveston,
New York, Liverpool, or Bremen,
Call and examine our stock of Dry Goods, Groceries, ¿ce. No
charge for exhibiting them.
J. T. GRIFFIN & CO.
hl9 6m
nvnpa
T. XX. K-UTTNER,
Begs leave to inform the citizens of Hempstead and vieinity that he has
rece ived a
Which he will sell Cheaper than ever before sold in this market
Call and examine for yourselves. I have now on hand a new supply of
LADIES' DRESS GOODS, TRIMMINGS, RIBBONS,
AND WHITE GOODS, also
EFNOR, HALL & CO^
wagon Making and General Repairing
ESTABLTSHE1VT,
WEST SIDE OF THE DEFOT SQUARE, HEMPSTEAD
TX7AGONS, WAGON, CARRIAGE, AND BUGGY HUBS, AND
v v on hand and for «ale, singly
PLOWS,
or by the quantity.
^F3 Call and examin« our Samples before purchasing elsewhere,
1 tf
JAMES TICK,
IMPORTER & GROWER OF
Flower & Vegetable Seeds
rochester, new york.
Yick's illustrated catalogue of seeds, and
floral guide for 1868, is now published and
ready to send out. It makes a work of
about one hundred large pages, containing
lull descriptions of the choicest fiowera
and vegetables grown, with plain direc-
tions for sowing seed, culture, &c. It is
Beautifully Illustrated, with more than
one hundred fine wood engravings of Flow-
ers and Vegetables, and a
beautiful colored plate of
FLOWERS.
Well printed, on the finest paper, and one
of the most beautiful as well as the most
instructive works of the kind published.
Sent to all who apply, by mail, post-
paid, for Ten Cents, which is not half the
cost.
Address James Tick.
fi38-3m. Rochester. N. Y
B am F AABKET .
J. B. AHRENBECK,
IN FRONTOFZADOW'S BOOT SHOP,
has constantly on hand a large and fine
supply of fresh and salt meats, such as
Beef, Pork, Mutton, Yeal, Pickled Pork,
Sausage, &c.
Prices.—Beef, 3 l-2c per lb., and all
other.meats in proportion. Cash paid for
good beeves. g35-6m.
SOUTHERN FAMILY SEWINGJM
chine. Noiseless Machine of Wilco
A&Gibbs; will sew hem, fell, tuck, brai
gather, quilt, cord and embroider with
satisfaction. Agents wanted at No. 5 St
Charles st. Box 366.
To he Planter.
STORE YOUR COTTON
AT THE
Magnolia Fire-Proof Warehouse
HOUSTON,
AND have it under yoar own control,
and save charges. You can have the
benefit of Houston or Galveston market,
without removing.
Particular attention to correct weighin
and the Storing of Cotton.
Bagging and Rope furnished to nliabl
ustomers.
g30-4m W. L. MACATEE &, CO.
The partnership between Osterhout &.
Beman in the publication of the Texas
Countryman has this day been dissolved.
All accounts and claims doe the office
since the first day of January, 1868, belong
equally to the late firm, and are to be uaed
in settling the debts against the same
Chas. A. Beman is authorized to collect
said accounts and give receipts thorefor
and is to settle said indebtedness outcf
id accounts.
J. P. OSERHOUT
Hempstead, August 11th. 1868.
W. BELL, of Texas,
WITH
MABIE, MURRAY i MORGAN,
Manufacturer* and Wholesale Dealers in
BOOTS AND SHOES
14 WARREN STREET
7 doors frr u Broadway,
Levi J. Mabie, J    
Cyras J. Murray, > HEW YORK.
Geo. W. Mornan. j
W. L. Moody, Galrn'on L. F. „ Moody, GalraUm
F. M. P.radlcy, Free*I ne Co.