San Marcos Free Press. (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 36, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 24, 1880 Page: 1 of 4
four pages : ill. ; page 20 x 13 in. Digitized from 35 mm. microfilm.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
1 fT.oV M
.Free
FFSSo
an
I. H. JULIAN
' "Prove All Thlngsi Hold Fast that which ! Good.'
t .r t i
PROPRIETOR.
VOL. IX.
SAN MARCOS HAYS CO; TEXAS SATURDAY JULY 24 1880.
NO. 36.
Free Press.
PUBLISHED SyERYfiiXDBDAY BT
ISA AO H. JULIAN
To whom all Letter thould bo AUdreiied.
' Orrioi Eat tide of Plan.
bate or subscription:
Oo.yr.4Be!
Ait month. '
jure m.utht
100
1 IB
7S
RATES OF ADVERTISING
On un. on. InMrtlon $1 tO nddlUoo.
al loeerUoa aider ... oath.o.Mau per .."
I mo. Ilmoi. moi. 11 mot
I Square..
U oolm. .
K "
1 " .
1.60
4.00
.Of
TjSO
11.00
-10.00
lo.oo
low
-lo.oo
so.oo
.SC.00
76.00
Business Card. on. Inch or . j
Cordi In Buslnese uirecwrj. Tr r-
V" . . i . umintl Will DO
Legal UOU jrauewi. . K K..1 In-
VST Fr.VlV.n.1 will be ..unfd ..I
Ap.r..n...eh ?-'; 5.
Announcing cuaiua.w-'. in M
7. ..!-. Html. nfflABS. A"-""
Obit"."; .. . ( ovor fen Iloo. . .
one-ball advertising ratee.
BUSINESS DIEEOTOET.
Newapaper. .
flAW MARCOS FREE PRESS I. H. JULIAN
V"..?IB'S:J.I....H PrnnrlatOr. Offi-CO OUl
.Bai"r.! ".. nearly oono.lto tho Court
IUQ Mill .
Uou.e. '
Educational.
CORONAL INSTITUTE R. O. RouuMvall A. M.
President.
Banker..
3i
IT0HELL GLOVES Itlicueiie
Bvardlne; Hon...
M
R8. HEATON. East iW.
Dry CJnodi and Groceries.
JOHNSON J 1HNS0S Mitchell Building North
Ida Plate.
mE0. T. M ALONE MUlh tide Pl.ta.
VJ
) RTURNKB iniii
I DVILET. West .Id. of th. M.ln P1...A
T
Jj.
OIBSEN South aide of the Main Plata.
pnraaa
C. H. Worth .Id. of th. Main
UFIata.
R. PRT South ilde Plata.
yU.i'011 k SMITH North Side Pla.
TVA1LET RR0 S . W. Corner Piste.
A.
D.
B. F' KERR North aide Plata.
R. COCBEHA.il CO.' east .Id. of
plaza opposite Court Home.
the
Oroeorioa and Hardware
W DONALSON East aid. Main Plaza.
G
Drnggiata.
pATNOLDS 4 DANIEL north tide of th. Mali
H Plata.
Plar ale I an.
DRS. D
N.W.
Rg. DENTON PBNDLETOH omc. near
corner Publlo Square.
Beatl.t
r. i. H. COMBS offloe North .Id. of of the
yaln Plata.
! i kairyoi.
p B. MINOR Office in the Court Houu.
jtrrCHISON.t FRANKLIN In th Court-home
gTEKUNQ FISHER olfico North .Ida Plata.
BROWN k COPFIELD offlc. In Mitchell Build-
ing. '
fcand Agent ana Notarr Public.
H. JULIAN office Fata Paate Building .est
tide Plata nearly ooposlte the Court Houm.
lie tela.
W00TT0N HOTEL on tho Austin road one
block Kaat of Public Square.
Bakerr and Cenfeetlenerr-
pRlTZ LANOE South side Plata. ' .
Bt.re. and Tinware.
jK0. BENNE Weet side Plata.
J H. BASIHAM East .Ida Plata.
Blackamltki.
P TltOMPSON. on. ae;1' o"" f P '
.1
tlhe Austin road.
Carpenter and Bnlld.re.
J 0. ROGERS raeldeaeo aear tho IntUiata.
t- . -
KJwerr and Bale stakl...
VLIS a SOS Saa Aateal. etreK.
nyatchaaaker nnd Jeweler.
w:
I. BOBBINS aet aid. Plata.
JMerchant Taller.
y DCOGIt orer JikiMa'l eeve.
Pleat njmrket.
Tr.tt ROSE awrtt ate pjeto.
Beet and Iboeeuber.
Jy. . CROW. Seel ee Pleou
I 4.oo s.oo
. (.00 10.00
"8.00 11-00
10.00 10.00
10.00 SO.OO
34.00 H 00
Oadetle mead liar sere Bhaa.
C L.TOTISZXV. S. W.orrevaJeea.
M
GENERAL DIEEOTOET.
oon.aaauiii Or. DitraiOTt
Hon. Colombia Upson of Beier county.
kmih-Uh Mmum
Hon. L. 1. Stony .1 Caldwell Co.
aeraeseirrATive. 4ra aisraicri
lion. J. M . Bolmoa of QuadalupoCo.
Ron. W.F.Delaay
.train Cfouar 15tb DLfrmlOT.
Boa L. If. Moore Presiding Judge LaQrange
tint or noL.ua ceoer.
Bat.. Id Monday. In March and September.
. i . cooarr wno.H.
Id R. Kone Judge County Court
B. C. Uardlu Dl.lrlct Uierk.
Kd. J. L.Urean County Clerk.
.0. T. Brown County Attorney.
Ju. A. In. Ibarlff. O. S. Cock. DenutT.
C. W.OrooB. Ju.tio.of IhoPeaooPr.. No. 1
R. Hanlote 1
W U W..11. H U
M. A. MoMuue County Treaaurer.
Jl. Beaton Aaaaaeor.
Joe. C. ae Bunreyor.
D. P. Bopklua Cou'r Precinct No. I.
D.R.Moor. " " .
Pour Sohmldt " " " .
J.R. Peal. " " M 4.
John H. Patteraon. Conatablo.
Trnaa or bolbiii. Cooarr ao Pauomor CootTn
Criminal County Court lot Monday in each
month.
. County Court for CItII and Probata baalne..
l.t Monday In rooruarj dpru juaoaunai uo
tober and December.
Commitaionera' Court M Monday. In February
May AUBUtt and November.
Justice Court P reel not No. 1 l.t Friday In aach
month San Marco. w
Precinct No. 1 id rnaay in eacn montn nivu.
" J 8d " Wlmberley'a Mill
i tin " Dripping Spring..
Town orrictaa.
Maror H.' B.OoSleld.
Council W. 0. Uutcblaon T. R. Fourqurean
L.
W. Mitchell D. r. Boptlni r. K. luruer.
Manhal W. U. Lyell. .
Council meet tue nrai lueaaay in eaoa oioum
METHODIST. Preaohlng at tho Uethodlat
Oliarch every Sabbath. Rev. A. A. Brown Paltor.
. PUKBBYTK1UAN. rreaomogaitne rre.oyto-
rlan Chnrch on the second and fourth dab-
bathln eaeh month by tbe Hoi. W. U Kennedy.
PhOTESTANT KPI8COPAL. Service every
aourth Sunday In each month atlOX o'clock a.
ana T p. m. ;i at. a i unurcn.i
BAPTIST. Preaching at tbe Christian Church
on tbe third Sunday iu each mouth by Elder 11
M. Burroughs. . .
MAILS.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF TO AND
FROM SAN MARCOS POST OFFICE.
Mails from Austin arrive at 11 M.
" " San Antouio arne at x r. h.
Above mailt arrive and depart daily except Sun-
day.. Lullng arrives Tuerday- and Friday at 4 P. M.
Denarta Wednesday and Saturday at 7 A. M.
Segoln arrlvot Monday at 6 P. M. Deparu Tues-
day at 1 A. M. .
Blanco via Wlmberly depart. Monday at 6 A. M
Arrive. Ta.ni ay at 61 P. M
orrioK noua: .
Register and Money Order dep't from 8 A. V. to
a p. M.
General Delluery arom 8 A. M. to 6 P. M.
A. Vom Stein P. M.
"SUNSET ROUTE."
ai4iiwaurj
(THE TRUE SOUTHERN PACIFIC.)
Galveston Harrisburg and San
Antonio Railway.
THE ONLY ALL-EAIL LINE
TO
SAW AMTOIMIO.
Passenger Time Schedule.
GOOD NEWS FOR THE TRAV-
ELING PUBLIC.
The large and Increased travel via the "SUN-
SET ROUTE" reodera neceaaary ADDITIONAL
ACCOMODATION (or Ita patron.. The Manage-
ment bave therefore deemed it necessary to place
a Night Train on their achedule which leave.
Houalon for San Antonio at 6:35 P. M. (Sunday
excepted;) arriving at 9:30 o'olock A. M.
Cu this train will be found Sleeping Cera and
elegant Day Coaches which have been fitted np
exclusively for tbit run. Berth iu Sleeping Oars
have been placed at the moderate price off 1 60
end $1 00 according to location.
TKAIlis WESTWARD.
Leave. San Antonio Dally (except Sunday)
at 7:00 a m 4:15 p m
" I.ullng 9:35 am 8:05 pm
Columbus 13:60 pm ' 13:41 a m
Ar. Houston 6:03 p m 7:56 a m
TKAUNS K AS a" IF Alt 11.
" Houston ' 8:45 am 8:15 p m
Columbus 1:11 p m 11:30 a m
Ar. Luling 4:16 p m 6:10 a m
' Maiion 6:56 p m 8.02 a m
" Ban Antonio 7:00 p m OJO a m
traT-Ask any Ticket Agent In tbe United Stetee
or Canada for Tickete Over This Lino and yoa
will get them. They will alee Check your Bag-
gage Through aver Ihie Reliable and Ever Popu-
lar Route.
First-class la every respect are the Dining Halle
and Lunch Counters on thle line.
Tbe ekgaot Parlor Care of tb. Wason Manu-
facture are rmc on Kay Eipreea Tralna.
T. W. PEIBCE Ja 0. P. A.
Hoaaton Texaa.
J AS. CONVERSE. Supt.
D1RRES' Tf!T FOOT
u ruwtn natri
POuVER M4CHIHFRT.
ctRCTLAK .-aas. k;kdix
SAITH l.iTHK. FOHUEB1
MOHTI4KU TgNOitEM Ae.
Per ectael workebop buelaeee.
COMPLCTC OUTFITS ter
Mrclweece aai Amateare.
swmiH TRIH " teteteuw
y whev. eu read tbie. and
aeed fee Deeeriplive CejeUaae
aad Prtee Uea. W. F. k Joan
Bawwa Reekfare) IMineta. I
BIB PAY..
ASF.JT
WAITER.
WR WAST A UMTTEn
taker ee active .Bergetic
eaaraMere to engage la a pUaaaM aad pnataMc
will aaa taie a i
TO WAKE MONEV.
tak via slun eatwe thle adtaiUetaseat b?
latiar. easeaeehag eaaP reely eaatiag what
taeleBaa tasry aew ea engagtd U
a Mn
vy ry
riPLST. BARTET k CO
Aileaea.Cev.
I HIS Yhrt -
A' A
cxnrF.nsvTionr.
' Tfky tmportuae with reaalsss ory "
Th. Power aiyeterlou. and aoteenl
On Its ewa atreagth th. Mai mutt Una
Oa lie own purpose rely.
Th. chosen Instrument of fat.
A Ue dajtlood effloe may aet shirk
4 T. eell fa Heaven and laly wait
A alaoo tor work.
.:.'.. . ft
. What I bar. town that I matt reap. .
From ground where Mod of tares is tut
- l ean not gather wheat at Lit. ' '
: la vat to plead la vain to weep. . .' 1
Wilt pity Ood may mark my .heave..
But law omnipotent doth reign
' And sab tot change my withered leave. .
T. golden grain.
rThetberJ would 1 must believe ''
That my entreetles nothing gain
;; Bol What 1 toll for I obtain-1 : .:. -i'
And what I glv. that I receive t ;..
Full meesure preased and running .'or
Unto my eoul aball b. returned
And rick or mean my future aurw '
. Ae I have Mrned. ;
Tala to .tend Mle crying. ''Lordl'' :
Th' exalted good for which I burn
Be gires mo gracious leave to earn-
After the labor tho reward.
Why chide him for unanswered prayer.! '
The blame I. mine end never Hle
In hull which rlgetful action bur.
Bl. answer I..
New Tork Evening Post.
AVa Aetoniahlncr Uaubanel.
Lippinoott's Magasine fop July con
tains under the title "A Forgotten
American Worthy". Tory interesting
aoeount of Joel Barlow a famous au
thor and diplomatist of our Revolu
tionary era. He wrote "The Colura
biad" an epio poem which passed
through several oditions also "The
Hasty Pudding and other minor pio-
duotions whioh unlike his epio are
still read. We shall only notice what
is neoessary to an understanding of the
extraot we purpose making. In 1795
he was appointed by President Wash-
ington consul at Algiers with the ob-
jeot to negotiate for the freedom of the
AmcrioanB held oaptive there in which
he succeeded. The plague was prevail
ing there and anticipating his prob-
able death from it he wrote a long
letter to his wifo to whom he was
most tenderly attached. The letter is
given in full in the article referred to.
We make a single extract wiuch we
think; exhibits'' '' dBgre.e of 'unselfish
devotion almost if not quite nnparal-
Idea: l-.-.- .!..".. w
"I wilf ?iBe every precaution for my
safety as well ior-your isake as mine.
But if you should see me no more my
dearest friend you will not forgot I
loved you. As 'you have valued my
love and as yoa believe this letter is
written with an intention' to promote
your happiness at a time when it will
be for ever out of nut: power to con-
tribute ttf it in any other way.i l beg
you will kindly receive the last advice
I can give you with which I am going
to close our endearing intercourse .
Submitting with patience to a destiny
that is unavoidable let your tenderness
for me soon cease to agitate that lovely
bosom; banish it to the house of dark-
ness and dust with the objeot that can
no longer be benefitted by it and trans-
fer your affeotions to some worthy per-
son who shall supply my place vn the
relation I have borne to you." It is for
tho living not the dead to be render-
ed happy-by tbe sweetness of your
temper the purity of your heart your
exalted . sentiments your cultivated
spirit your undivided love. Happy
man of your choice should he know
and prise the treasure of such a wifel
Oh treat her tenderly my dear sir:
she is used to nothing but kindness
unbounded love and confidence. She
is all that any reasonable man can de-
sire. She is more than I have merited
or perhaps than yoa can merit. My
resigning her to your charge though
but the result of uncontrollable ne-
cessity is done with a degree of cheer-
fulness a cheerfulness inspired by tbe
hone that her haDDiness will be theob-
joct of your care and the long-continu
ed fruit ot your anecuon.
Poor Barlow did not meet the fate
he anticipated on this occasion but in
1813. representing his country at the
court of Napoleon and on his way to
meet the agent of the Emperor at
Wilna where he had gone to eo-ope
rate in thj campaign against Russia
before reaching that place the Ameri-
can envoy was driven back with the
fleeing forces of Napoleon wa aeiied
with pneumonia and died at Zirrow
an objeure Till! near Cracow where
his grave is marked by a mcaameat
erected by his devoted wife who sur
vived him several years and lived and
Jicd hut widow. Ed. Free Press.
Two Good Qcalities. Frugality
it good if liberality be joieed with it.
The firot It leaving off tuperflaeot x-
peases; tbe Iat m beatowiag Uea te
the beatfit ef others that seed. The
first withoat the last being Mveterasacta
the last without the In Wiigfrah-
galitity. Both amake aa ezrelleat tea.-
per. Htppr is the pUee wUra Uey
re ftvaael 1 Was. Team.
Ji-RiBrlhe Fill TBI.
.1waanrtk
The following it an eitraot from the
address of Cspt. Henry King of To
peka Kansas delivered before) the
Missouri Press Association atsedalia
It is folly to predict that newspapers
re to decrease. A ""Shi we
prediot that the aunlight Is to decrease
The newspaper has become a neoeasity
a loroe a potent taotor or civilisation ;
and just so long and to fast aa the pop
ulation spreads and labor Is uplifted.
and intelligence growi and ripens just
so long and so fast will newspapers
multiply. And they wjll not starve
either nor depend upon oharity or the
stingy favor of politicians1 The time
was when the making' of newspapers
meant premeditated poverty and moth'
ers gave op their sons to be printers
with tears and moaning and men who
were too good and too honest for any
thing else went into journalism Ilka
martyrs going to the stake. Those
were the days of the poetry of one's
profession a sort of poetry that made
a mtn want to break all the oommand-
ments just to see if their really was a
God. Bat that time is past. It is no
longer the custom to sneer at newspa
pers and commiserate those who oo n
duot them.' The press has not only
vindicated its right to exist but made
tself indesppnsible : from a weak un
certain ' and dependent .thing it has
grown to be the first power of society
and government the mistress ot intell
igenoe the autoorat of publio septi
ment. 'Is not every editor a ruler of
the world' ssys Carlyle 'being a per
suader ofit?' An editorial in one of
the St. Louis dailies has more influence
than a message from the governor of
the state. A six-line looal in a coun
try weekly often doei more service for
truth and virtue than a sermon from
the pulpit. No longer is the editor
snubbed and left to the casual Samar
itans; no longer asoends his mendi-
cant whine for eord wood and water
melons ; he is couftod now and feared
and his power invoked to further all
good works and he gets his pay like
other folks.and oau afford a wife and
ohildren ; and when he dies they put
him away with flowers and music.
And so I say newspapers are to in
crease and not diminish because jn-
telligenoe is to advance and tho coun-
try is to expand . and . prosper. Es-
pecially is this true ot this . nation
within a nation- In these central and
striding states' the newspaper is cm
phatioally the sign by whioh we con-
quer. The press is our'- advocate and
defender of the faith. A town with-
out a newspaper is- a -town ' ready to
fence in and whitewash ; a settlement
that laoks a- orintinc office must get
one or be sold for taxes. This charac-
teristic belie Ve me is the touchstone
of our future progress Marshal. what
other appliances you will in our
behalf and still the press must be de-
pended upon above them all. '
Hope for Afrlcu.
The African tribes are often regard
ed as incapable of a high civilization
because thoso near tbe coast bave
many vices and few virtues. They
are ignorant. They are ignorant and
untruthful and quarrelsome. But
travelers into the interior always make
a favorable report of the negroes' with
Whom they eome into contaot.- .
Tbey assert that the coast tribes
have been demoralised by the slave
trade and by .intercourse with the
whites and are not fair specimens of
the nrgro race Dr. Moffat and Liv-
ingstone always spoke highly of the
character and habits of tribes in the
interior Sir Bartle Frcre and Lieut
Cameron write in similar testimony.
Mr. Stanley who has no love for tbe
African race expresses a genuine sur-
prise at the superiority of the interior-
tribes over those living on the ceaai.
They are honest and truthful and
generally kind to strangers. They live
in comfortable huts and have a Urge
variety of good food They raiee . low
and goats and ia many places cattle.
Their clothing though scanty ia all
that ia needed for the climate aad
they have a great foadaesa lor orae-
meati. They rive quite aa comfort-
ably ha thinks aa the worktag classes
ia most Earopeaa State. Youth's
Compaaioa.
Dr. Boyd of Dahlia lad. iaforsss
the Register ef that place that there it
oa the fara reeeatly awaed ty Joha
Ceok. wear Aaaereeaville Fayette
county aa spp tree that ateatares
Ue feet ia eirraafrrreee aiaa feet
a tore the STeejaaT aad has a trread ef
aixty-aix feet. If b a thrifty tree aad
rarely fails to bear a goad tP af f
fit.
JFevanlttea t tlteratry men. '
Man distinguished for axtraordi
nary intellectual power of any tort
Tory rarely leave mora than a brief
line of progeny behind them. Men of
genius have scarcely ever done 10 men
of Imaginative genius we might say
almost never. With oaa exception ef
the noble Surrey we oau ; not at this
moment point out a representative in
the male line even o far down as the
third generation of any English poet;
and we believe the ease ia the tame in
Franoe. The blood of beings in that
order can seldom do far traced in the
female line. With the exception of
Surrey and Spenser we are not aware
of aoy great English author of at all
remote date from whose body any liv-
ing person olaimi to bo descended
There is no other real English; poet
prior to the middle of the eighteenth
century; and we believe of no great
author of any sort exoept Clarendon
and Shaftaberry of whose' blood 'we
have auy inheritance amoog us. Chan
oer'a only son died uhildless. Shake
speare's line expired in his daughter.
None of the other dramatists of that
age left any progeny; neither Raloigh
nor Baeon nor Cowky nor Batler.
The grand-daughter of Milton Was
the last of his blood. . Newton Locke
Pope Swift Arbuthnot Hume Gib
bon Cowper Gray Walpole Caven-
dish and we might greatly extend the
list never married. Neither Holing
broke nor Addison nor Warburton
nor Johnson nor Burko transmitted
their blood. Poor Goldsmith might
have been mentioned in the above list-
The theory is 'illustrated fn our own
day. The greatest names in soienoe
snd literature of bur time wore Davy
and Sir Walter Soott. Tho first died
ohildless- Sir Walter Scott left four
children of whom three ere dead
only one of ' thorn' Mrs. Lockharr
leaving issue; and the fourth his eld
est son though living and long mar
rled has no issua. These are curious
facts. Quarterly Review.
. . Lincoln In Rlchnaonde ! -
BT a.'F. SH SPLIT.
After his interview with Judge
Campbell the prosidont being about to
return to the Wabash I took him and
Admiral Porter in my carriage. An
immense concourse of oolored people
thronged the streets accompanied and
followed the oarriago calling upon the
president with the wildest exolama-
tions of gratitude and dolight.Jl He
was the Moses the Messiah to the
slavesof the South Hundreds of ool
ored women tossed thoir hands high
in the air and then bent down to ; the
ground weeping for joy. Some shouted
songs of deliversnoe and sang the old
plantation refrains whioh had prophe
sied the coming of a deliverer from
bondage. God bless you Father
Abraham 1" went up from a thousand
throats. Those only who have seen tbe
paroxysmal enthusiasm of a religious
meeting of slaves eaa form any ade
quate conception of the way in which
the tears and amiles and shouts of
theae emancipated i people evinced tha
frenzy of their gratitude to their deliv-
erer. He looked at it all attentively
with a face expressive ooly of a sort ot
pathetic wonder. Occasionally its sad-
ness would alternate with one of bis
peculiar stiiiles and ho would remark
on tho great proportion of those whose
color indioated- a mixed lineage from
tha white master to the black slave;
and that reminded bim of soma little
atory of his life in Kentucky which
ha would smiliogly tell ; snd then bis
face would relapse agaia into that aad
expression which ail will remember
who saw him during the last few weeks
of the rebellion. Perhaps it wss a
presentiment of hit impending fate. -
I acoompaaied him to tha ship bade
bin farewell aad left bim to eee his
face ao more. Not loag after tha bal-
let of the assaasia arrested the beat
ings of one of tha kindest bearta that
ever throbbed ia ha man bosom.
Jaly Alia alia '
Te-tDOrTew may agger eome te e.
We da act live ia te morrow-. We eaa-
aot Sad ia it aay of ear little deeds.
Tha aaa wha ewna whale bUcks el
reel aetata aad great ships oa tb aea
dee aet eere a single asiaat of to-
saorrav. Teawrrow! Itba mya-
Urioma poeeibilitf aet ret bora. Jt
lieee wader the aeal af said sight bo-
hiaeltheeea af flittering eeaaiXU-
8tta tbiagt right Tb hra.
Gees wiLrtrat aayiag A deal mala
salls. mi Parmtac Mr tm
-.' m mi aeaaemlava. '
'Any farsser wh plants himself and
hli family aloee far iron posslblg
netgbbortT-take upon himself terri-
ble reapouibility. . It U impossible
that be and his family should be well
developed add thoroughly happy 4kuv
He will be foreakta iu his old age by
tha very ehildrea for whom be baa
made the saoriffoe. They will ' fy to
towns for that social food and timtv
lus for whioh they have starved. - We
never hoard ef m colony settliag
on a Western prairie Without a thrill
of pleasure. It Is in. eolonias that aU
ought to settle and iu Tillages rather
than on separate farms.' The meeting
the lecture the. publio amusemtalvthe
soeiaJ assembly abeuld be things easi-
ly reached; There is no" such damper'
on free social life as distaoee. . A long
road la the surest bar to neighborly fa
tercourse' If ths social life of a farm-
er was riober bis life . would ky ' tnai
measure' be moro attraetive .After
all there are farmers who will: read
this article with a sense of affront or
injury' as if by doubting or disputing
the ufficienqy of their soolal - oppor
tunitee we insult them with a- ort' tat
oontempt. -We assure thenr tbey eaa
pot afford to treat thoroughly sympath-
etic counsel in this ws(. ' We kn9W
that ftir wives aqo daughUra Und
sons are on our aide quarrel with us aa
they may ; and the women and child-
ren sre right." 'The old man' who"
rides to market Rod the post office '
and mingles more or less in business
with the wprld gets along tolerably
well ; but it is the stayer at home who j
suffers.' . Instead of growing wiseror
better as they grow old tbey ' lose all
tbe graces of life in unmeaning drudge-'
ry and instead of ripening in mind '
and heart tbey simply dry up and. der'
oay. We are entirely satUfisdhai
tbe great curse of farming life in At&?j
erica is its isolation! It is' usTetVio
ssy that men shun the farm 'beoaUse0
they are laiy The Amerioaa is net a'
lasy man anywhere.; hut he is soolal::
snd he will fly from a life that is pot
social to one that is. If we are to
have a larger and better population de-
voted to agrioulture" isolation must be
shunned and the whole policy . of set-
tlement hereafter mutt be . eonfrolled
or greatly modified by soolal eonstder
ations.":' ' "'-;.":
'me '
i .!'!; .....eertlmpaK )
- A "Traveler" writing to theGalvee- !
ton Journal makes some good points
and sugeations ss follows ; K. . ... t.f.
' Many people who travel belong to a .
class of but moderate means ' and the
cost of travel is an important Item to"
them. Ia the East and 'North the '
railroad rates are from 2J to So a Bnle
For instance the distance from New
York to Chicago is 1000 miles and tbe (
price of a first class ticket ia 122'. end
the time mado is twenfysfx hours'. '
From Chiohago to Qalvastols the ' dis-
tance is 1100 miles and tho' price ofa. t
tibket is more tbsn double tbe price of
a ticket to New Yotk while near $ .
ty hours are required to make tbe trip. .
A person being three nights on the"
way is under tho Beeassity of eoeavrt 1
inga.bertb In a sleeping ear thro
aights whioh will eost six dollars.
Then all through Missouri and Arkaa v
sas they are required to pay seventy?
five oenta a meal at every railroad eajt-
in j astsblishsjient-r-tweBty flvw eente
more than is charged aay where else.
These little expeases added to the high .
rates charged for a Ijpket to Texas ae
donbt keep many people from visiting .
tbe state.' It occurs tome thst the
South wet tern 'railroads and hoeU
bava got to compete nitb tbe Wester ;
railroads and hotels aad .tbe. eooacr -tbey
do it tho better tbey aad the .
country will be off .
I also find by eooeraing with year
people (bat boots aad package oaa
be gotten through the mails from St.
Loaia Chieara Galvestoa and New
York maeb e baa per thaa tbey
eaa by eipr. . This ia ala wreaf
aad shoald be corrected. No one wish
to pay ajor fr th tranfporUtioa of
a book f ha they d for th book it-
elf. If th people Texaa deeire U
bsvs their lovely State aettl! aad de-
veloped they shoald brieg iaf ewea
t bear oa tb railreeda aoel espree
empaaiea that will eeenre lrnport-
tiow rrxlaecieot ' ia eanaity to
charges elee wber.
"A sewdewt naan" ears a
wiur
bea4
Freoekaa.n. "is like a tna. Hit
- -
prevents hi a fro goieg toe far
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Julian, Isaac H. San Marcos Free Press. (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 36, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 24, 1880, newspaper, July 24, 1880; San Marcos, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth295306/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .