Fort Griffin Echo (Fort Griffin, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 38, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 25, 1880 Page: 1 of 4
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tjHE FORT I5RIFFIN ECHO.
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vol. 2.
fort ghiffin, siiackelford county, texas, saturday, sept. 25, 1880.
NO. 38.
THE ECHO JGu OFFICE
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The Best Press in the Country.
Our prlcc* for Job Work iirc as low as
any country office can work for and live
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of the Peace
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That Biassed Baby.
fProiin the Chicago Times.]
"What wonders a baby may
accomplish when on its good be-
havior ? Did you ever notice
how much difference a bright-
eyed, idiotic-looking little baby
will make in a street car f Yes-
terday afternoon when a Times
reporter stepped into a West
Madison street car, he discover-
ed that the sole occupants of
•the oar .besides himself were a
little happy looking woman
with a two-month-old babv up-
on her lap, and a proud looking
father |next to her. The baby
was one of those red-faced in-
fants whose cheeks are so fat
aato make it impossible for
them to shut their mouths, and
whose eyes are big and blue
and staring. Little chubby
hands with deep dimples down
.their backs, and restless little
legs that' would kick away the
dress and expose the fat, sturdy
little legs, with their blue sock-
ed feet The car had not gone
far when it stopped for a little
gjbrl; who, when she first entered
the car sat down in a corner,,
but discovering the baby moved
up next to it and its motherland
' n hutchey-kucheying it,
thinking up new natural
tions in which to hold her
when she got home. A
and a blue veil s w
the car, sitting down de
murely beside the little girl.
She too, spied the baby, and
when it twisted|about and stuck
its Utttle fist out to her she
gave it a finger to hold, and
reached over and kissed it. A
little farther along a cross-look-
ing, hook-nosed, sharp-featured
old man thrust ] himself into the
Car and planted himself in the
it corner he came to. He
„ _noed aiound the car with an
expression that indicated a ha-
tred of all mankind, and then
tuok into the corner de-
to let no one say a
to him nor to give any one
nt look. Presently the
caught sight of oarrot^
a desperate
itaslf out of
could not
kicking to
the old
fat oheeks and
a* smile on his ,
Other passei
tared the oar
with
old face,
who had en-
!ng the mean-
smiled at the
baby , end when it hung its head
backward that it
so far" over
looked at the
upside down,
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„ th^ir fingei^I it
and called it *i "tooisey-poot-
a«y." When the time came for
the mother and her baby to
leave, there weire many good-
bye smiles, and the ladies kiss-
ed their hands to it, sorry it
was going. After it had gone
the car relapsed into silence,
the old man in the corner drew
himself within jdmself again;
the pretty yonqg lady with a
blue veil demurely perused a
book; the little>girl grew list-
less ; the passengers generally
looked solemn. < The reporter
felt that the light of the car
had gone, and t&nre was a va-
cancy that nothing but a babv
could fill. "Bless his little
heart I It was better'n a circus,
so it was.
a # 11
Politicians are sure of noth-
ing. The man who is the dark
horse to day may be the bray-
ing mule to-morrow, and next
day he may be nothing at all.
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Crop Reports.
A general survey of the whole
country shows that the crop of
campaign lies will be an abun-
dant one this season. In Maine,
a goodly portion of last year's
stock remains on hand to make
up for any lack in the approach-
ing harvest. In the Southern
States very little acreage has
been put down, the market be-
ing abundantly supplied from
the North, and as such things
are looked upon as a luxury
rather than a necessity in the
shot-gun tier, the demand be-
low Mason and Dixon's line
may prove less than heretofore.
New York promises a full crop,
while Pennsylvania, Ohio and
Illinois follow in the order
named/ The District ol Colum-
bia has. been chosen as a dis-
tributing centre, the long expe-
rience ot dealers there peculiar-
ly fitting it for the office.
The truth crop is fair to aver-
age, but so mixed with saccha
rine sentimentality as to be
next to worthless.
The yield of verbosity this
year will be surprisingly large,
but that of credulity shows, a
corresponding falling off.
The snicide crop has been
somewhat affected by the
drouth, but with plentiful rains
it is thought the number of
drownings .will gradually in-
crease. . ; , .
The hop and malt crops, in
liquid form, are large, but fears
are expressed that there will
be a famine before election is
over. Grain dealers, however,
Still keep their spirits, and the
fears may be baseless.
Should the whisky yield
largely fall off, it is apprehend-
ed that the crop of murders the
coming fall and winter will
show a large failing off How-
ever, the grain looks well at
present, and everybody is hop-
ing for the best.
The newspaper. clip will be
tremendous between this and
November, and there' will be
more sciBors than wh^at ground,
the knowing ones say.
The lawyer harvest will be
largely swelled by graduates
from the colleges, and fully up
to the demand. Prime "Tote,
however, will oontinue to com*
pricey--Middling
Will be neglected mors
ever.
Soions of old family timber
show signs of decay, and mud-
are looking up in conse-
quence.
Honors along the ohampion
belt hare a Withered look.
'The beat yield ia fully up to
the average. This has long
been looked cn a« a safe crop.
Cabbage' heads will com-
mand a good price at election
time. The yield is inexhausti-
ble,';.,'
The Chicken's crop is a full
one.
Indian corn(or corned Indian)
promises well. Several ldads of
whiskey have been sent over
le frontier.
Hair raising on the plains
Will also be quite lively.
The oity corn crop is the sole
dependence of the chiropodist.
By judicious pruning the old
stook is perennial. ►
The barber's crops are rather
short, owing to the extreme
beat.
Colored barbers report the
wool clip abundant.
The clip of the coin debaser
increases with the dust, and
wet weather has no dampening
effect npon it.
The pjsa crop is . looking up,
but crop peas lie down.
Iron is the foremost among
the staples. Staples are gener-
ally made of it.
The acreage of tears sown in
small boys' trowsers has in
creased wonderfully since the
beginniug of vacation.
Wild oats are sown broadcast.
There appears no falling off in
this branch of farming.
Rye is running down fast.
Clover is plentiful at the
beaches where people are living
in it.
The young ladles are study-
ing husbandry^
The crop of grievances is as
abundant as ever.
. Nobody Will Kvar Sea It.
[from San FrancUco Chronicle.]
A short time ago we called
upon a certain party in busi-
ness in Yallejo, and asked him
why he did not advertise in the
Chronicle. .
"Oh, because," he answered,
"what is the use ! Nobody will
ever see it."
"You're mistaken," said we ;
every page in our paper is
read."
"Nonsense I" he replied; even
if they did read the ad., people
would never think of it again.
1 don't want to advertise."
"But-"
"No buts at all. I don't want
to advertise, and don't bother
me any mote. I'm busy;"
° And he walked back into his
store and strangled a poor little
fly that was helping itself from
a barrel of sugar.
Time pasBeth and we never
again inti mated^ad vertisemen t"
to him, although meeting him
daily. Yesterday the gentle-
man called at our sanctum,
looking a little uncertain as to
how he would be received. We
cherished no hard feelings and
motioned him to a chair.
"I suppose you beard df that
little affair of mine below?"
•'Ob, yes," said we, "that lit-
tle escapade on Kearney street
night before: last? Yes, we've
got all the particulars." -
"Hush I Not so loud, please,'.'
said be, "of course you are go-
ing to say nothing in the paper
about it ?"
"And why not? It's a matter
of interest to your friends and
the publio generally."
"Heavens I Why, it would
ruin me 1"
•"Ob, no, gu ss not. Nobody
will ever see it!"
"Yea they will; and it will
ruin me as. sure as I am sitting
here. I'll be the laughing stook
of the town. They will see it.
We rose and. touched him
impressively on the shoulder.
"Well, we will admit that the
people will see it; but then,
you know, they will never
think of it again!"
His words came back to him
like a flash, and he trembled so
violently that his eyeballs fair-
ly jingled-, and he wafl such an
object of commiseration that
we promised to keep mum.
This little morel is drawn from
the above, which is applicable
the world over: Ask a man to
advertise and he will imme-
diately say in the majority of
cases that "Nobody will ever
see it," bnt advertise gratis
some little indiscretion he may
commit, and ha immediarely
grows indignant over the oer-
tainty that the whole world will
know it.
$ <m
A silly woman in a fine dress
bears a very Btrong resemblance
to a fifteen cent dahlia in a two
dollar IJower pot,
Humor In the Family.
Good humor is rightly reck-
oned a most valuable aid to
happy home life. And equally
good and useful faculty is a
sense of hnmor, or the capacity
to have a little fun along with
the humdrum caies and work
of life. We all know how it
brightens up things generally
to have a lively, witty compan
ion who sees the ridiculous
points of things, and can turn
an annoyance into an occasion
of laughter. It is a great deal
better to laugh over some do
mestio mishaps than to cry and
scold over them. Many homes
and lives are dull because they
are allowed to become too deep
ly impressed with a sense of
the cares and responsibilities of
life to recognize its bright, and
especially its mirthful side.
Into such a household, good but
dull, the advent of a witty, hu
morous friend is like sunshiue
on a cloudy day. While it is
oppressive to bear persons con-
stantly straining to say witty or
funny things, it is comfortable
to see what a brightner a little
fun is. It is well to turn off an
impertinent question sometimes
and to regard it from a humor-
ous point of view instead of be-
coming irritated about it. "Wife,
what is the reason that l ean
never find a clean shirt ?" ex-
claimed a good but rather im-
patient husband, after rumaging
through all the wrong drawers.
His wife looked at him steadily
for a .moment, half inclined ta
be provoked, then with A comic
al look, she said: "I never
guess conundrums; I give it up.'l
Then be langhed, and they both
laughed, and she went and got
his shirt, and he felt ashamed
of himself, and kissed her, and
then she felt-happy ; so, what
might have been an occasion
for hard words and unkind feel-
ings, becamajust the contrary,
all through the little vein of
humor that cropped out to the
surface. Some children have a
peculiar faculty «for giving a
humorous turn to things when
they are reproved. It does Just
well oftentimes to laugh
things off as to ecold them off.
Laughter Is better than tears.
Let us have a little more of It
at home..
The Yuma* (Cal.) Sentinel
tells of a novel insurance plan,
as follows: "Mr. David Balz,
who counts his cattle by tbe
thousands, has adopted a novel
method to provide for the fu-
ture of his. two children. He
has selected thirty head of two-
year-old heiffers from diflerent
herds and all of pure blood and
well bred, and given them to his
children, and has charged him •
self with their maintenance
and Increase until the children
are of age. We have made a
careful estimate of the number
of cattle his children will have
on their becoming of age, and
find it enormous. Reckoning
an increase of 38 1-3 per cent.,
and the time sixteen years, it
amounts to 2.059 head, worth,
we will say, $30 per head, and
aggregates the snug little sum
of $62.910."
A York woman cured a sit-
ting, hen by placing a red-hot
iron egg in the nest. Hens
know when to set as well as the
man who gets ud off a tack.
A well cooked beefsteak will
do more towards preserving
peace in the family than will
seven mottoes on the wall, even
though they be framed in the
most elaborate gilt mouldings
Old Ike Aroused.
"Look heah. Banner, you an'
nie's bin gittin' 'long fo' nigli
onter fawty yeah, an' ain't nev-
er had a fuss yit, but fo' de
Lord, ef eber I ketches you
pealin' taters and scrapin' de
h'roffen pigs' feet agin wid my
razer, I'll wipe dis floo' up so
clean an' slick dat de cat can't
stan' on it. Now you heah Ike
a preachin' ter yer, an' if you
'spect to go ter heaben wid my
good will don't you pester my
razor any mo'. Han* me dem
mushroom." And Hannah push-
ed the dish of fried hogs' ears
over to her excited lord and lit
out in the kitchen, where she
commenced a waltz and song:
An' he used to scrub de handle
Ob de big front doah.
The household that keeps a
baby can afford to sell Its
alarm clock very cheap.
' .;.**■ ''.a. V.. —— ' 7.
A little Rochester ;boy said,
"Let's play butcher," and car-
ried ont the suggestion by chop-
ping off one of his companion's
toes. ' ; s
"Are you a Home Ruler?"'
was asked of one of the otuidl-
dates at the late' election. A
voice from the back Seats an*
swered: "No, but his wifeia."
A citizen of New Mexico be-
ing informed that in his absence
a panther bad attacked his wife,
and she had beaten off and
killed the animal, he ihraggwd
his shoulders and aaidif "Ef
that panther had ov knowed
her as well as I do he'd * never
riled her dander, you bet" .
■ ,0'ine
When local Items are scares
In Silver Cliffy Colorado, the ed-
itors don't sit around and euSs
ths luck. They take their re-
volvers and go out and start a
shooting affray, and after the
fun Is over go and write it up.
Enterprise is the watchword of
Colorado editors..
■ .a .e-i 1.
Auold Scotch woman, who
bad no relish for modern church
music, was expresaing hsr dis-
like for the singing of an {an-
them in her own church one
when a neighbor said:
"Why, that is a very old an-
them. David sang that anthem
to Saul." To thU ths old lily
"Weel, wt Lliio tor
the first time understan' why
Saul threw bis javelin at David
when the lad sang for him."
■ .
It is said by aoms one who is
careful observer of *huinau
nature that the difference be-
tween a man and a woman is to
the last degree radical. It Is
shown in evfry experience of
life. When, for instance, a man
is driven to the verge of dls-
pair, his natural- impulse la to
shut himself up alone in his
chamber and tear his hair.
If, on the other hand, the same
sad fortune overtakes a woman,
she at once takes firm bold of
her husband's hair.
Sometimes we wonder what a
man thinks about and what he
thinks of himself when he goes
to bed and the darkness closes
in around him and be is com-
pelled to be honest with himself,
and not a bright thought, not a
word of blessing, mot a grateful
look, not a deed <jf charity that
an act of his has brought forth
daring the day, oefnes to bless
him. All the revenge we ever
want on a man is the simple
knowledge that once a day, at
least, he is compelled to think
about himself.
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