The Lampasas Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 43, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 27, 1889 Page: 4 of 4
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OS A BIG ,’POSSUM FARM.
THROCKMORTON HAS EIGHT HUN-
DRED OF THE FUNNY THINGS.
Ms Farm Near Griffin, Ga., Presents a Most
Singular Sight—An Immense Orchard of
Persimmon Trees—The Way the ’Possums
Fight When Feeding Time Comes.
A few miles west of Griffin is the home
of Mr. William Throckmorton. Mr.
Throckmorton is the proprietor of the
most unique and remunerative farm in
Georgia. It is the “Lime Creek ’Possum
farm.”
On the very crest of a well wooded hill
is a comfortable cottage surrounded by
beautiful shade trees. At the foot of the
hill is a pretty branch, running through
the very center of a ten acre persimmon
grove inclosed within a high board fence.
The persimmon trees are interspersed
with a quantity of old hollow trees and
hollow logs planted in the ground.
WHAT AN EXPERT SAW.
It was in the early afternoon when we
arrived, and to the uninitiated the farm
^appeared to be an immense fruit orchard
Rearing an oblong whitish sort of fruit
ranging from the dead limbs of the trees
by a long, black stem. But appearances
were deceptive. It was not fruit, but
between seven and eight hundred ’pos-
sums taking their afternoon siesta. Our
party were somewhat unacquainted with
the habits of the Georgia ’possum, and
consequently plied question after ques-
tion to our highly amused hosts. I now
consider myself an expert on the ’possum,
and here is what I learned and saw:
The’possum, when desiring to take a
nap, simply climbs the most convenient
tree, walks out on a limb, wraps his tail
one and a half times around and swings
his body out into space. His legs and
feet are drawn close into his body and
his head drawn up between his shoulders
until it forms an almost perfect ball and
appears to be a great pear covered with
white fur.
The sun was slowly setting below the
distant pine mountains and we were still
gazing at the queer objects in amused
wonder when a half dozen little ’possums
emerged from the pocket of their mother,
ran up her tail and commenced playing
on the limb above. In a few minutes
this marsupial stretched her head and
then her fore feet out. She swung her-
self once or twice, grabbed her tail with
her fore paws and climbed up it to the
tlimb, which she caught with her claws,
■mtwisted her tail and pulled it up.’
lardly had she balanced herself when
ae half dozen young ones climbed into
■ pocket and were hid from view. She
h climbed down the tree.
_ While this was going on more than
fcven hundred others had awakened and
lere coming down from the trees. Reach-
Ig the ground each one made for the
leek, drank, and then ran up the hill to
■pen in which they were to be fed.
) BAKED ’POSSUM AND ’TATERS.
They were of all sizes. Some would
k barelyjyeigh a half pound, while others
tip the scales at thirty. The ’pos-
f when hungry, utters a sound which
cross between a mew and a moan.
•)ver seven hundred ’possums were to-
gether so thick that the ground could
not be seen between them, and the small
ones had been forced upon the backs of
the larger, All were uttering this pe-
i.ar'sotmd, rfjjxu nding one of an army
■soldiers moaning over the death of
lii general, when through a gate a
ro pushed a wheelbarrow, heaping
j of all kinds of trash and slops—con-
ing of fruit pealings, vegetables,
fats, bones and bread. As he hove in
|ht the scene among the ’possums re-
ainded one of feeding time in a menag-
ferie. The little ugly animals screamed
■and scratched and hit at one another
■until the negro had scattered the con-
|tents of the wheelbarrow over the
ground. Then, although it was well
■scattered, all wanted to eat in one place
Just hogs, and there was considera-
ble more scratching and biting. But
nlis did not last long, for the rations
re soon consumed by the great drove
[’possums, and they commenced to dis-
perse, seemingly contented, and this
ae climbed the persimmon trees.
During the persimmon season the ’pos-
Ima are not fed at all, for it is on this
f-uit they become rolling fat and readv
or market.
Mr. Throckmorton ships five hundred
1° eastern points and the cities through-
out Georgia. They average him $1 each,
^&nd he makes quite a good thing out of
it, as they are practically no expense to
him. In shipping to Atlanta and Geor-
igia points they are generally dressed,
Kmt the majority go to Washington and
ire shipped there alive. The large ship-
ments to Washington are perhaps due to
Ihe average southern congressman’s fond-
,ness for “baked ’possum and ’taters.”_
Griffin (Ga.) Cor. Atlanta Constitution.
which seem to have a fascination for
our educated young men, are now and
have been for years overcrowded, and
yet every year adds to the number of
those who enter them. The field for
service does not expand in proportion to
the increased number of those who seek
it, and the consequence is a division of
a limited business among so many that
only a few of recognized superiority and
reputation are reasonably paid for their
time and knowledge. We say this with-
out any disposition to disparage either of
these respectable and honorable profes-
sions.
But the field of manufacturing indus-
tries is wide and inviting, becoming
wider and more inviting every year, ant
there is no danger of its being over-
crowded. There is the opening for our
bright and ambitious young men who
wish to strike out for themselves and
hew their way to fortune and fame.—
Franklin (N. C.) Times.
The Clever Poodle.
Some twenty years back we had a
poodle—white, with one black ear. Af-
ter the manner of his race, he was never
quite happy unless he carried something
in his mouth. He was intelligent and
teachable to the last degree. The great
defect in his character was the impossi-
bility of distinguishing meum from tu-
um. Anything he could get hold of he
seemed to think, according to his dogged
ethics, to be fairly his own. On one oc-
casion he entered the room of one of the
maid servants and stole her loaf of bread,
carefully shutting the door after him
with his feet, the latter part being a feat
I had taught him.
The woman—Irish—was scared and
thought that the dog was the devil in-
carnate. The necessity of discipline on
the one hand and of occupation on the
other induced me one day to enter a
saddler’s shop, situated in a straight
street about half a mile from our house,
and buy a whip. Shortly after my re-
turn home he admitted some act of petty
larceny, so I gave him a beating with
the whip he had carried home. Going
for a walk next day, the dog, as usual,
accompanied me, and was intrusted with
the whip to carry. Directly we got out-
side the door he started off at his best
pace straight down the street, paying no
attention whatever to my repeated calls.
He entered the saddler’s shop and de-
posited the whip on the floor. When 1
arrived the saddler showed me the whip
lying exactly where the dog had depos-
ited it. —The Spectator.
c. B. HASTINGS,
Manufacturer of
REPAIRS MADE PROMPTLY
-AND-
Satisfactiou Guaranteed.
JR
paoCA Lmiles ^est of Lampasas.
c, O. Address, Lampasas, Texas.
Capt. .1. F. Skinner, Pr’opriet
Furniture! Furniture!!
-BOTH_
T. N. STEVENS’.
That Awful Pocket.
It would seem that women ought to
ha-s»e guiding strings hanging from their
pockets to assist in discovery when the
contents are needed. How often a poor
woman stands scarlet and miserable,
hunting for her pocket, while a car con-
ductor stolidly awaits his fare. The
writer, saw a variation on this. A con-
ductor wanted change for a dollar 1 .ill.
A gii 1 tendered a handful of small money,
at the same time asking to be put off at
Eighteenth street. It was then Twenty-
third street. The conductor returned the
bill and the surplus change. The girl
stuffed the bill in her glove and after
some hunting seemed to find her pocket
and dropped therein the coins. At Twen-
tieth street a sudden wild look came into
her eyes, and she began fumbling for the
pocket again, and unsuccessfully. Doubt
deepened to anxiety and fear to horror
on her face. Presently she made a cau-
tious move.
A nickel rolled somewhere on to the
floor. She got rigid and began hunting
in a different direction. We were near-
mg Eighteenth street. She pretended not
to notice it, and she looked more and
more miserable. You see, she had put
the coins through the placket hole of her
dress, and not in her pocket at all. The
conductor motioned. A cent rolled to
the floor. The girl would see neither the
coin nor the conductor. Then the con-
ductor shouted, while the car waited-
“Eighteenth, madam.”
“Go on,” said the girl.
“But this is Eighteenth street,”' re-
turned the conductor.
Down went a dime.
“I don’t want to get out,” the gfrl an-
swered tears of rage rising in her eyes.
^ Didn t you say Elghteenth?” he said.
1 have changed my mind,” the girl
answered desperately, a tear and a three
cent piece rolling to the floor together.
Well, the writer got out at Ninth street,
and she hadn’t found either her pocket
or the placket hole yet, and the floor was
all over small change. She may be rid-
mg yet.—New York Sun.
Teias k Pacific
SAILWAY.
The Great Popular Route
---BETWEEN THE-
East and lb West
hort Line to lew Orleans
-AND ALL POINTS IN-
Louisiana, New Mexico
Arizona, Oregon
-AND—
O si; 1 i fo i* it i *1, .
iavorite Line to the North,
East and Southwest.
Pullman Palace Sleeping- Oars
DAILY BETWEEN
St. Louis and Dallas,
Fort Worth and El Paso.
Also Between
Marshall and New Orleans
without change.
coming fall as fine <* _
etc., as has ever been offered in~TTIT^f!W!e'
It consists of Apples, Pears, Peaches, Plums",
Japan Plums, Apricots, Prunes, Nectarines
Quinces, Grapes, Mulberries, Blackberries’
White Dewberries, Figs and Persimmons’
Also Ornamental Peaches, Altheas, Crape
Myrtles, Bridal Wreaths, Lilacs, Wisterias
Pomegranates, Honeysuckles and a hun-
dred other shrubs, and a nice stock of Shade
Trees adapted to this climate, such as Um-
brella China, Imperial Paulonies, Lombar-
dy Poplars, (Jatalpas, Weeping Willows
Blooming Willows, Evergreen, Willows, and
beautiful Evergreens, which we deliver in
such a manner that they almost invariably
grow. Also nearly a hundred varieties of
Roses of all colors In Hybrid, Perpetuals,
Moss and Monthlies of the very finest varie-
ties.
SANITARIUM
w x :*■=:
Scsasry Brand and Beautiful Drives. ‘t
Orders by mail or through
our agents respectfully
licited.
so*
Catalogue Free.
Remember that We Have
Twenty-nine Years experi-
ence in Burnet County.
A. M. Ramsey & Son,
Mahomet, Burnet County.
HEALTH-GlYfNG WATERS!
REVIVIF YING BATHS!
MAGNETISM
-TRADE-
BATH ROMS, POOLS - SWIMMING BATHS,
WITH ALL THIS
Conveniences and Luxuries Money, Enterprise and
Philanthrophy can furnish await those needing*
Rest and Recreation, and seeking’
to recover from III and Ailments.
Fast Time I First Glass Equipments!
Sure Connections!
See that your tickets read via Texas and
Pacific railway. For maps, time tables
tickets, rates and all required information
oall on or address any of the ticket ageTits, ox
H. C. ARCHER,
Passenger Agent, Dallas, Tex,
„ B. W. M’CULLOUGH,
General Passenger Agent, Dallas, Tex,
GREAT^
IEGHTIVE
ELECTRf
1GNETIC
ELIXIR
Disease.
ROOMY, SPACIOUS AND
A MAGNIFICENTLY
equipped HOTELS!
BEST AND FINEST IN THE
STATE NOW
OPEN FOR GUESTS.
Mr. William Williams, of Burnet
county, cured of a cancer in 10 days by
maguetic treatment. No caustic or
burning. Treatment painless. Mag-
netic Elixir will cure Indigestion and
Piles. Magnetized Ozone is the only
medicine that will cure Piles aud ludi
gestion. Bold by
HOUGH, M’KNIGHT & CO.,
Lampasas, - - Texas.
The Way of the Negro.
I The ignorant, pleasure loving, happy-
go-lucky negro of Washington is as care-
fully discriminating with reference to
the payment of bills as the insolvent
merchant who is making a list of pre-
^rred creditors. The grocer or butcher
fho trusts him is often likely to want for
Ms money until the ink on the account
pook becomes pale and illegible, but the
professional man—the doctor or the law-
yer—always gets his money. He looks
lipon a doctor with a kind of supersti-
tious respect. The simplicity of his
mind makes him an uncanny being who
j brings about wonderful results by means
that can be little short of supernatural.
He will bring his last fifty cents to a
doctor whom he has employed and force
it upon him, whether he wants it or not
^ake it, boss,” says he; “I’ll be hoo-
if you don t take it.” The lawyer
■so regarded with awe because of his
Iterious connection with the powers
the law, and in most cases has little
luble in collecting his fees.—Washiner-
h Critic.
According to Voltaire, forks were in
• use on the continent in the Thirteenth
| and Fourteenth centuries. This is dis-
puted. They were not introduced into
agland until the beginning of the Seven-
teenth century.
A Chance for Young Men.
The south of the future is not to be the
puth of the past. Agriculture is no
onger to be the absorbing industry, but
bne of many industries, as great, or even
[greater, than it was, but allied to others
■that will give new impetus and vigor to
lit and make the southland hum with re-
newed life and energy. In this career
of industrial development the south will
“ve need for the services of her young
u of genius, push, industry and per-
_ erance. There is room today and an
FLuting field for thousands of this kind,
she needs civil engineers, mining ex-
Iperts, architects, pattern makers, ma-
Ichinists, molders, carpenters, stone cut-
■teis and brick masons, skilled operatives
h factory and shop. She needs every
aan with a bright brain, trained muscle
^nd skilled fingers to take part in and
oelp on this grand work of industrial
~glopment.
here is better opportunity in this
L for the young man of genius, pluck
[ patience, better prospects for pro-
ving and the acquisition of wealth
an any of the overcrowded professions
rjffer, where so few reach the top, so
lany struggle on the way and meet
dth disappointments r at every turn,
Ihe professions, of law and medicine,
Breaking Petey In.
I saw the smallest newsboy in New
York in City Hall park yesterday. He
was a little 4-year-old, chubby in face
and still a baby; yet he had an armful
of papers, including a bundle of Graphics.
It was the little fellow’s debut as a news-
boy and he was surrounded by a dozen
or more lads, all older than himself, who
were shrieking and yelling like so many
Comanches. The wee fat legs waddled
past the court house into Chambers
street at the head of the queer procession
and the childish voice piped: “Ere’s ee
Noo-ees an’ ee Grafeek.” “HeyI hey!
bully for Petey I” screamed the delighted
news boys in chorus. Forgetting their
sales for the moment, they were all bent
on giving the little chap a start in the
business under the best auspices. I
stopped and bought a paper.
The big brown eyes looked up into
mine and the baby voice chirped.* “Tan-
k®e’” <Giv' im de cllanSe> Petey,” yell-
ed the mob of urchins. “No, my boy-
keep it for luck.” “Hey* hey!” broke
out the storm again, and Petev and the
barefooted crowd swe.pt past, the fat lit-
tle legs just ahead of the others. “We’re
breakin’ him in, boas,” explained one of
the bigger boys, “He’s got nobody ter
home, cept a gal as is sick, kinder, and
Petey s agoin’ ter sell papers ter keep de
house.” “Will he make enough?” I ask-
ed. “Bet yer life he will,” was the
sturdy answer. “Der fellies won’t see
Petey left. He’s in trainin’ fer de mas-
cot of our baseball club, Petey is, and
he’ll make big money dis season an’ don’t
yer ferget it.” And the good hearted
lad skipped after the procession which,
with Petey still at its head, was now dis-
appearing down Park row.—New York
Graphic.
The Pavement of the Future.
The best of all pavements, as has Deen
shown by experience in our own and
foreign cities, is made of asphalt. When
asphalt pavements first came into use in
this country they were largely made
with coal tar, and proved defective in
many ways; afterward the methods and
materials used in the Old World were
imported and gave excellent results.
* * The result of the experience of
the last ten years has clearly shown that
the pavement made with the Trinidad
asphalt is equal to any in the world and
superior to any other kind of pavement in
use. Its excellencies, cleanliness, silence
and salubrity are so apparent that no ar-
gument is now needed to enforce them
and to these _ may be added, and placed
first on the list, economy; for it costs aa
little and lasts as long as any other good
pavement, and is much less trying to
horses, vehicles and human nerves. It
is rapidly growing in favor, and it is not
too much to say that it is the pavement
of the .future, and is destined in most
localities to supersede all other kinds.—
Professor Newberry in School of Mines
Quarter lv. .
J. W. FELLBAUM
-PROPRIETOR--
-.-SARATOGA MARBLE WORKS,-:-
Foreign and Domestic Marble and Granite,
Tombstones and Iron Fencing.
Hotting but First-Class Work Allowed to Leave the Shop. Your Orders Solicited.
J. I. CvMPBELL,
LUMBER MERCHANT
AND DEALER IN
Shingles, Sash, Doors, Blinds, Cement, Lime, Cement Stove
Fines, Etc.
Yards at Belton, Lampasas, Lometa, Zephyr, DeLeon, and Planing Mill, Brantley, Texas.
Miles
LINED WITH SUPERB TREES,
3
J. M. COLEMAN
-DEALER IN-
SADDLES - AND - HARNESS,
COLLARS, BRIDLES,fETC.
Ranchmen’s Outfits a Specialty.
NORTH SIDE OF PUBLIC SQUARE,
Lampa^a^, : ; Texas,
Making grateful shade and almost surrounded by the swift moving waters of Lampas-
River, with its beautiful banks, veritable gardens, and dotted with swans, ducks, "
geese, cranes and gondolas, for the use and enjoyment of guests. This
is, without doubt, the prettiest and healthiest place in the South
and you should spend your Summer months here !
CITY MARKET!
HEADQUARTERS FOR
-.FRESH MEATS:-
OF ALL KINDS
-:-Finest Corn Fed Beef-:-
IN JHE STATE.
Dried Venison, Antelope,
Smoked Beef Hams,
Smoked Pork Hams,
Smoked Shoulders,
Dry Salt Shoulders.
Spiced Pigs’ Feet, Tongues, Sausage
of all kinds, Fresh and Dried.
GOME AND SEE ME.
P.S.GUILHAM.
LAMPASAS,
The great Wool market of the great State of Texas.
su a. mm.pasas,
Entre port for ten thriving and prosperous counties
Lampasas County
Is famous for natural pastures, bubbling springs and
never-failing streams. ■
Lampasas has cheap Eands and low Taxation.
LAMPASAS OFFERS YOU PLEASURE AND HEALTH.
Mercantile, Poster and Book Printing
LOWEST PRICES AT THE LEADER OFFICE.
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