Graham Leader. (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 40, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 9, 1877 Page: 1 of 4
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LAND AGENTS.
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WII! ffc-n.ctteo in nil the <*ourm «f Toxin*. fcn*-jyy\
sell burets, puy Uxe* for nnn-n^Wtiil\.
cMirtiiiif; and perfect tit! etc.
r*^#g3rss
tRAHMl IlOFSE,
Kramer Co
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f'.Tafifrrn,
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K*■«•[• tire Im11*, the market afTnnls always on
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the tAi4ut-itor>*I {Lnd clean bed*.
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ALTAIC TTOrSE.
C. W. JojINSON,
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TEXAS.
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___ jffilEpractlce ~ llie Courts of Young-anil
vlnl. yirrOumlinj; Counts
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(-^••FP.ATTA Ivr, TEXAS
Will
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Sj^tariifteRtipiUtivett
tipi ting ,ind perfecting
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i uriuLlr* in Xotuirr inil **'•*'V.V‘|lrfltl I
it |n Ok* Ktlorat nn«t WnprPiiie't'l})iin at Austin. ..
,r Hi<'ttut arti‘t?iti()ti Kivtm in th*> lii»e<-~
lnud
fe. ?;■ iumui-a.
- ' Ot e, Sjillfcr4'"1
Hilliard A Spiller,
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J\*ovth Western Texas
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LAND AGENCY
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TEXAS.
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~ CleBurais. Nurseries"
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PATENTSPnOPtJREP,
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Wfl mn’ic r»agrct«tlty of.laving taxe* forjtir.n-reiiklt-fit*
. Uofrmii;* K*T,,n'*t,,*h«‘vrr rrf|nimt.
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Wm. V£ALE & SON,
A 11 o r « e yjt-at-LaCWi,'
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XiA.7srr) ^.o-EisrTS,
aPa/o Pinto, Texas.
Have large tracts <>f Taind in Palo
Pinto and adjoining counties for sale.
Kinigrunts would do well to consult
them.------------ft-~
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Mr- M. Stemmons,
_ Atlomcy-ftt-Law. 4
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Dallas," - - - TEXAS.
Cll ARUES SoWAIiD,
ji-^ttorney-aJt-Law,
.? Vealhcrford, ..... Texas.
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Will practice in tVt.x>VM-vt‘0‘L^ Jfotn’ 'Pmtey J
'a- . Shackelford, Jack, nnd Voting.
f PECTAIj attention oiven i.ani> I.ITIOAllON
yln‘2ly
TJOBINSON & WEST,
XV
Lawyers and Land Agents,
jJachboro, , . .- .. Texas
Will attend to all business cntrnstetjjto them
in tl^c counties of Wise, Jack, Young,
-jp* and Shackelford.
50,000 Acre* of fholee FaIhIs’ In Jack
nud adTclnlng <\mntle«, from Cl to |:i per scr*.
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Robt. }y\ DonncU, Profjt*i\
Gurnofr Worth .St. and Public StjuarA*
W P ATI I KjtFORD, - XK X A ^
Southern Hotel.
Till; <f a All AM IjEADER. f*.....K*-.""! "•*“>»«• of U'W great fin-
T * ling djftrct TWmore ! s^o of it the
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y Qui
of Bubacrlptiou.
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One Copy due yew.IS
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•■srAdV^rti3ing Ra^afC ■ ‘ *’ \
TbefoNoi in-- m *<.*r i rrt .i., irlrleh are
m»4c m» low m
haa-^uiu* A lnrU5Tlrnt.in*. rtl in, r i ♦lOfl*
Kie h ui..'ili..|i, 5o
morel am led to admire it. It ig a pres
ent and prospective soured of wealth'
to thjs country, in compdriHon tfith
abb* Phenomenon,
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, ,w Orleans Picayune: Ttro mites
southwest of Milnehurg, and about half
a Pontehartrain, there
occurred, bii.Friday night, a wonderful
Spa-f. | ‘ 1 moCTh [ a gim.tln. | f. ^ujiulm i in otutiili
t ia«K r aH sS" ' Km/' ~'H|i<v,7~'r tiroo
2 tneh’
1^
^cul
1 cat
, 4,00
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U».oC
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urw)
.a.f.oo .
■^50,00
20,00
;»\oo
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planted evcrywhqr^ for-’tho rich and
poor alike. I&Luudt nil the
changes, nature^Jaest Jjounty to tbe
ainkiiig fully thirty feet, aild tieos on
‘■bo gjjtfjtia FMmhlmi-wtoHhy-dnaiis;
Sp<H>i«J »iaflc«i will l.»< lMxg*U liftman .v.... ,™
(at Hniflr»vtua*wrUoM 4 Ws oach >ul4]
IllWtP.fc. ' A —r—.- : ~ .
Texas.
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Jacksboro, *
conducted by
mus. .Mi('o.\xki,i..
Travelers pronounce it-‘'the best bphutnsr^st
4 of
dHfc-af
,u--
('fiarge* Moderate.-
THOS. B. STEVENS,
M P^n"! hy^eiacStiytw
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1 pgr centaur supplying
mimrAi-ll
lii
imtn
t , Rates.
iuppdying hill of lnmVvAr.
. Alt Sriuiffknt iMVftrftamients miMt, l* pAklf.ir in n<|
u»c.>., W1U for regnl^y frfly»l.le q*art«rly
dt» s<Jv»pv^«, 4. ‘ y •&--
AM ^nlx^‘Oiiciiitiitoi
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••Ml rjcffcT- iuia *.-ci»nmigiy. «*
For uiB.m_nWu*f rkiuliilKio* f>>r Stan urDNMct oITmmh.
VVhen, there on Saturday eveuingp a
very distinct outuhling ftoise could be
heard at intervals, whHe in tlie center
^ fi/tren or tlJ^sS
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herdsman. Nb .domsstic grass will ev-
er supplapt it for though it may disap-
(Of ft “TEXAS LETTER.
WEATlLEJUt’CRD, TriXANj,1)
May I7lfi, 1877. J
(Prim tli4 LrtfuCj'tto f5|1S;t) Cllperr.) <’
Dear CHiJjjcr :—I h aye just re 1 Urm'd
from Young eouuty, wherci have been
jattunding tho SprHtg-^rmrof the J'is-
supremacy
noxious i weeds.
tvmriio ig assort
OVW'^ roarsfr'tgYda«os and
On the : high table
margin Of the chasm that it is apprhoch-
.............. nwuutld, along tho-M*«, „mn„nC at
............ ■ £ d“L? Trf^B0VetJ - a roafj&g
«♦ vegetable life, tho mesquite presents®
its bronsed. bosom do
{hi I fclidisjjiitt
flocks with perpetual \<rel<jomfc,” •'' *
Tho population of Young is about
4,000, and gmbraces people from near-
ly all pf.the8tat§&, *.^konative Tcxab
trk*t (’ourt; antf aryour readers know
.. ,------ , but lijiiiLAiaMit'that no tmty (it having
cutiteiy-since 1W,
’ ' ’ and only freed-from Indian raids anU
d opr a d ado ns f betaf three yea re), g short
sketch hioy prove not uninteresting to
rjjoffrrtcmimif’e; , .___> ...
jjjroillcc ttt the post 0-r,C>.^ l,C;Yt Sol t 1
Court House; " .'
jpMftlif, TEXAS .
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DUMAS & HINES Propriators
One ntiYe North of Xhdmnie; Johnson
County, Texas.
Keep‘ rth hand a large oJssoTtment of
Al’FLK AND vu&jfi TKKES.
Aild all kind' ofimalj fruits.
Prices.iatv"aTi<rsath^ncti^n guurantced
GTtAffAilf;
V, MiBnfakfnrcrs and Hoalors in
VII Kinds of Tinware
AND
Kitclien Hardware.
i loofing.aiid Outtcringa specialty
Will wholesale Tin ware* to dead era at
lowcyfc cash i<: i. t -.
AH Work gtiarautcjd. ndJ-Tm
luoit ornlK '^ Variety in soil, topogra'i of this place, a most elegant and r<di-
pkyaaad production. The high ridg«s,
for-tlie Biost part, show a thin, gravel
„ man, aud
havA. recently notiood a cJhaugo in * the
Gulf stream. "It sets in with a^power"
fol ctirrcat through the Chandeleur
islands,Mississippi sound, Lake Borgoe
and by the (Kigoltits into Pontohar-
traiur Can it be by syrae sudden non^
NO; 40i
m
COXSCIIACE.
R* r®u«b the .polite-
ness of my brother, Rev. G. p. Fiirf ;
of your county, I received two copied
of tho Graham Read**; (dated Jaw
A^SoihfldiflOtb,) ♦•Hclfpf Which bontaioe
an interesting artick upon the subject
ofpphscieuce. Radi , vritw ^mn
. . i. jRudi writ
I bi actu.ted r motive—“th.
'lm,uvory of truth," Md .pe,k« u |f
though he bud uu approving conKieuce.
Rut will it follow from thence, thu
both are HgMMwdoe. a'maii*. tSiuk.
•o mate a thing bo? Nay! but truth
A sulphurous odor ii.«o atroug on tipi la n unit universally and indivislbla-
“ ‘-----«n<. "bile "wo are hpund-'tofoilow our
convictiona of right" it does ndflSIlow
f li n f mil* ■■..! j---- a j *k* ' 4
wo yeius^a steady hum
ol HiTimgi'Aiitrii liAn - been lluWTrrf^"''in
ao nca^ iuto wkich-Hfe' waters pf the
tfom -Southern _ , r
f>tatef^nTmTinan^Toftheso lovely val- P ? •re-omr^mnttg, tbreatehfng
Laud.; are d r*< cheap. Gof^dmi improved
tacts can lie bought at prices1 barging
_ _______ Timnuue dollar uild tmy cents to four
Young-counivz like Parker, has al- dollaro per acre. . CrtpL “A. B. Gant
, , .*1 t . t ^ .*'* an eartlupiiiky f The object is worth Eg* 7 ^ *UIMt*
taacgteg^S iwSSl 53RS Sss
able thau ;the Writer to explain this
strungy phenomcuou. to which jTfa-rfa.
e«H atieiitiou. ”
r - John Rugby, Capt. Brig A^ix.
- mrkway tflfeijwinp^*inaL
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Tho Dallas Herald gives the_pftK
liberal terms.
tivation, though, like the ridges in this
and ildjuiiuug. counties, nre covered
with fine, native grussen, t^at afford.au
extended and excellent range suitable
for irticrp,'entitle,* horses - aud ruules.
able ^eutlemau, owns and cohtrCls sev-
oral thoutaod acre,, aod^will aelUon Oculars of*to ...l.hor. Tf . ^.7-^ |*j| g«l lUfaw 0»i|
Col. 8 Qraltam, of ttr^iry-» few day.iitK»,3luT pradicUon
.1, ami one of the ,ehed ^ a Mr 1Iur,t> Bbo joterTj(- Chriat Haafhlail^ "'fhev ihill
the,victim. The following is his
count off the affiuri
ly soil, with fm,neut outcropping of. ^..g- aDMii.n.l,n. ......H^^T'iTrmWfTiiMiis «h fum.
llM'llii Jl 1i. .Uliil,!. IT t51 Ss' «
also has for sale thousands
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Beatty
/ Piano!
rw; im« h«K:n.
.Kr-mtlr-o. r. I.M-ri, r frtn • » Win. n. I,»irh. - A Bro.,
• ‘"ilviiikerw, Chip.
• r ix-«ly«l tho pt'un, Ki.a Uiiiit ll it very,Uni*
(‘Mir'i one oUt u+rm d A«»rt tinif* U‘K<va It tr
^u ..lt -st,. It j.mj wImUh vr-rH ttiitY f 4 ff’'f tviu
juuMl'Ul 11 i »• U." —. x __.. -
it. Ktiq, raW»t<if>*ni«. in
"I w
'•'Thu H' >Hi X’j^no i.Mfiv«..l nn.i jit \ i I’ntlrf- h.itljfiir
fum," Ay<?iA» ri-ittiI^11. Ay,i||,l |.>l*rwirtlrvu''. A<1 li
< -vw»-»i l»v.J. vit .|,,1 f A- v«i nlr*«yiii.. A<l lr
DANrEid Fr-rtT\TT.Y.
KtV .1 * Tarfy, V. FT. X
Bhckaitk and Wagon Slop.
J. R. Conti*’.
llonty W’arW*ii
WEATIIEUFqUD, . ..... TEXAS.
Ar.nonnU of merrkants and others solicit-
;tn<I colli-ctions
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JU.
J)n. <i. Hr CAGLE,
X'HiVMClAN'AND SURGEON.
; ^.OfF.CE AI.tHE<5BAMAM-MOW4^-.
ajt-AiiA.ue
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TEXAS.
Dr. II. N. Price
TFHIJBPIax aNiS surgeon,-.-^;
uiMiamy Young County Tcxaft f^"
Having jvr*nnar.CDUy located in Graham
•tiers Ms profc^^ittnal Servicon to the Ctijr.rn,
of Young county. • ,nli
. Office at the Drug Store.
Opposite tho Lone Star Livery
Stable.
We tho undenygned, nnnoitnee to
tho public generally, that we nre pre-
pared to do v......
Iron and Wood Work
on short notice, and guarantee satisfac-
tfon. Wo will do our work, ten per
cent cheaper than any other shop in
the city. Call at the old stand of 7)^
FI. Killian, ami give us a trial. —
-/ KILUAN & PARKER.
I{t>*i1i» in till* oral*• In oo«|n^>*?l"n 4H)i Ui^ IVrfectsHt
Rn#<l D wtrd« jtr wlus** #w«T»i, p'trw ami potrarfih tslnra.
jHfiW rif n. w nml v«nt <I**w1k**«- Mln.1 t«r»,
tmchMa.cSuKtJMws I'xIffC*, rite, fhotno m-ml tot
jirlt-a jut o»S <1i«.',snnta. j*.v , * ..
Hpu1sm» wmSkait t««0»lr a<lWffl?ng» ikatnmlan thU
(p*trp)i|ptvl, It lnut liupwiwuiw-iiiw |rt in«t ru nn nthir.
fao<i, with mtrlatto subpoil enablings
rogetatiou to auceesstully wdljiataud
long droughts. Down iu Urtf valleys
aud along the IJrasos, Clear Fork, and
other streams where iheUecp^Llack aL
luvkim tajtes a depth of three, sjx ar.d
ten feetj a;.tl Where the ^arth is saturA
WtXsevcrul tinims each year, with a
au;! profWL'ied’fttTih Che winter’s Wind
on the north ajfd west by a semi an *
phi theatre of pictaretkpis and irublo
, . V. z > , b’uirs, and invitingly open to the cool-
strong solutiQO 0. luue, from btaeM in „lm;
sides, farmers grow enormous crops of
wheat, coru, oats, barley and some cot-
ton, tbouch the latter hn9 not been
extensively cultivated, owing to the
scarcity of gins, ■want of room for sfor-
age before ginning, etc. On this lan4
.%T* %/ EstaMishrrlTii ____
n.-Uertviff It lo> 1 \- jar tin- i^««t I*nrl «r ai .1 Orths» - - ------ o- -.....——. «•»■»» «
Mmg ^ tt,K itbiiud i«im iu
tliia nro-a 4«* A.i*lmt.<' ! .n it tlik !>>«»<...• i . I' ' ' i « i • a t •
wheat v/ill yioTH from^5 Ao-S(f, corn 2G-
to -_>0, eats bb to Co, barley 3J to 60bit h'
ols per aero according to thcVoasmw.
tJou»in from one-half to onC bale. A
large portion of Ybung is prairio, yet
ik is in l^to “tipper cross timbers^ a
timber belt that extends from the In-
dian Territory to tho Rio Graudc, a de-
scription of which your readers have
doubtless ^wsAd heretofore. Potatoes
both sweet ahdTfrsh yield handsomely.
Vegetables of nearly al[ kinds grow
and do well with less cultivation than
you give them in Alabnma.. But the
great interests of this county, like those
surrounding it for 100 mile*, is stock
raising. North-west Texas is the cat
tle-raan’s Eldorado,—thb stook para-
dise. Cattle, horses, mules and sheep
can graze through all the year without
the care or attention of man.
•Here, stock never contract disease^
and you mfty ieaanaine n hundred herds
of texda grown horses aud. mules with^
this d irable lliud" ......... °ftACre8 oi
Game, such aff dear, nufelope and
turkeys dre.pleppfel^ so much «0£ that
GaSebeGr & ^chsll^ for sneep, catttle, horses > and mulas. x,.,, u.m
Opposite the GrahamJIoteL-,----Oir the HnjLrtards tthd sTopes the soil >j; Graham at ten
HAilf7^“A O . ; TEXAS is better, luting a s^ndy loam sur- .'“V P,ece* Gr:lh^» tho
«anufaCfnrcrs ami Dealers f„ ^h mulatto subsoil' cnablinir ^ hftS a P°Pulati()n of 400, which,
The ijlrangCr was iu Dallas on Mon-
day night, and formedlTh^-acquaint
apce of a man who said he vm going I"''"’ ""w w“* wwore * Oiasphemei^
west in'the morning. 7^Th‘4jr made -fr* a l><ir»oaa#or, and iiyuriodfe: hot.I
a____ 1___’11 a v. • 1 ... 1 ■ obtained m#?rr»v hUtunb. 1 j:a l^JA.
up to go together, aud left Dallas Tues-
day morning in coiiipauy. When p-
bout a mile west of here*, in the bottom,
they were joinet! by two. men who
very
Saint Paul’s
considering its infancy, js tpraarkable.
Forlbeauty of locationf Graham Is
1 knsw_thAai^l^. or kM»7.
, 1 . 1.—1 A----• J «... . . t - ----------r»rfw« - sit “ X ‘ —*t— ---> —i ■
had proceede<l but a short distance
wheu they demanded the traveler’s
money, and kndeked him off his.horse,
jhe thinks Wjith a slung-sHot*■ and Mr,
Hurst says thut the wuuuj looks very
much as if it ha I bepn made with so*)
thing of that kind. He fell, off h^
horse itlEcusible, and the robbers tout
mcr. The surface is' smooth and
geully sloping through itt Weslern sub
erbn, so that it has a pAftijt 1 UtfUFal t - ------------—--------------- „ «,----, —-----
drainage. It is laid Off iii - admirably Sfte^ur dollars and a sixshooter’off his ao much for gonacience.
arran^d low, avenues and alleys, with Rwiwo^ aud his saddle.bags, hut deft tiial either onej" or both for they a
fxmrthrnww iquaro and surroundings ~b4l*®n* When he regained his Con- --------
soiouencss he could just see them in
tho distance.
well shaded with beatifill oaks and elms.
Its citizens arc, with hero aud thero ftu
exception, generous, genialn hospitable,
intelligent* and refined, a* oue can ea-
sily judge by attending .Sabbath school,
and from the general appearance of the
toWn, its superior residence* Pud busi-
ness h oii?esr com pared to those of other
frontier towns, togethor wkh casual
observation and a few days spent in
their society. The graw-hoppers, the
great enemy of.all vegetation, havO
given Youpg the “go by”, to the in-
tense gratification «>f farmers, ahd the
prospects for a good crop-are quitoflat-
uerieg except t in localities that were
visited two weeks,ago by a severe hail
storm, which did considerable damage
1M off*t *v*r Rjr#n. n-fuml.-tl n|»»n return
irfft cSnrA*** mM
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• a"" ■ p--r—iwtr'"
yt.») U.rtli'wnjff it Mii-uti.t M-tajr. »n^* M trl§l
**1 1 b»v*
DAN I El. F. BFaTI Y.
W*sh’ni|fe>3. New Jo^acy, Of S- A^,
1>y ■*<» (TJOiuii*! f.
fflaj »*f
....nU-
tnhmr
eyes have been punched out with ajstick.
Hogs are grown and fattened Cfien up*
on the rauge and turned , into bacon MU11IUI(III
“without evcrXaving Lasted cofD. '-. Jrr already, y
fac{, pasturage of all kinds islnost ev Yoa* J
cdlcptjimLiLiamy epItHWt1 that YbW
■yy .SCHUSTER,
AM,
cornu fie* .surpass this in native grasses.
Hero, we have several varieties of
the mesqu^to, which is said to bo eqnal
If not superiorlo\ tbo famous “Ken*
ducky blue grass.” And a *, writer in
describing it says ;,“For fattening
TEXAS.
stook it Is equal to grpih fepdi
produces tho most delicious; leu
Repairing done to order. Sal Ufaetion Giiar
palatable beef grown upon tbo conti- The doctor msekly delivered up the sto-
ne nt. U is everywhere, upon^he bills,
in the valleys aud forests, and is the
supply of cash, can do well here, Witli
out a doubt* if ho will only exercise and
expend his energy and cash properly.
nations have attached to lko;a, colors
bare human acuities, aud harmeuixe
with our idtuis, but especially w th our
feelings aud our passions. This is why
women, who are led by sentiment, at-
tach more imporWuoe to color than
meu do. Red is a favorite color with
all nations of tbe world.' As distant
from yellow and white os it is from
, ' • “ ------------* ~~j ■ •**— j
blue or black, it occupies a central po-
sition among the primary colors, aud
to tho growing ciops, Any man with fn it the morning and evening, aud are
a good stock of euergy and a smaU jtuited. The expression of blue is one'
“Yours JTc.,
A' Dbad Brooklyn,- child under- fruit from Which- it decivof immune,
went a post-mortem 4aannnation the Green can only awaken gentle and
• ni I.A* rl.H .Hi) a.Liln «L! m. fw-A .. uL • Xl'A (« . 1 i • it ' .«.-f --_
of purity. It may bo suitable in
its light shade for the dress of aa in-
nocent maiden, and in its dark for ro*
utantio affections andeveuing thoughts.
It seems in this latter case to indicate
a mind which is beginning to withdraw
itself from tbe realities of life and to
incliuo to solitude, mystery aud silence.
. „ „ , .There is something slightly acid Ia4
hoppers, the buffalo hide trade, aud a
friendly tribe of Imliaas, that passed
through Weatherford, some days ago,
but find I have taken too much room
‘other day, and, when tbe |»ody was re-
timed to tbo family fbr burial, the
mothey discovered that its heart w*fc
missing, and like .declared that it
and aud insisted that her hnsband- should
seek the aid of the polioe to reoover.lt.
len heart, it was returned to .the child's
body, add tbe funeral thon took place.
that our judgment ia '.l,,,,
.1 hold that the conscience depends up.
on. g,e judgement for its ejisteoce.
But a. man’s- judgment naay be very
erroneous, aiidrtheu his conscience will
|^^Jm|a«trayr Saint Paul says in
hisjlefence before king Agrippa; Ǥ
verily thought. Willi ^inyseli; that I
ouglH^to do many Mop dw.tr.rr to
the naroo ofJe.ua of Nszarcth. WhioT'
l did al—•
s»)4
piany of the sainte-Tlid l
prison, having received'
WCrOoy::
&£^z=zm
synagogue, pud compelled tbtm to
blaspheme, aud being exceedingly mad
against them; I persecuted them evelr
unto strange cities. Acts 28* », 10,1L
And he still affirms: “I have livydsw
all good conscience beforo Goi until
t&it 4*}.’’ rTfa the prediction of
Christ Wiia fulfiHed: “They ihlTI p^j
of tbe synagogue*.* year the
time cometh, that whosoever killetb
you will thiuk that he doeth God aer-
vice.” Again, the Apostle says nfkjm-
selfr “Who was before a blasphemer^
^3
obtained mercy bfcau^s I did it igdei*
'‘ntly in unbelief.” koW it is §8n&x
clear from the above;
conscience was no
-edge *of right and wrong; and when
hid judgment was ' wrong, and he did
wrong ignorantly hi* conscience failed
to correct him. No one can suffer re*
morse for doing what bisjadgment telle
him is right, and hence we had jutt as
well sa/ tha^Jmlgment 4a a correct
moral and religious guide, as to claim
so much for Conscience. The foot
are
inste:
MW
parable—c&u be regarded
iple guide, for this would
as an in*
do away
“tfiici
with the necessity of the Bible}
r and sufficient rule
Slgniftcapco lb Color of Dress.
Blanc’s Art and Oruamout iu Dress:
Without noticing the particularly and .'T-or.^ ^ giving us the Bible, or else
purely local significations that different ^al Boly Book is a fable add oar faith
a ... aw* -• . mid ikt- *. IMm" '■ u. ■ ,H|' ’ Y*
is the only ami sufficient rule of our'
faith aud practic^;” aud hence it would
follow that God has done a supcrfloud
k in giving us the Bible, or elee
i*==
vain.
In conclusion, Lear what Bishop
Watson, in his “ Apology for the Bible,”
ways to Tom Paine, a noted infidel and
author of the “Ago 'of Reason.” Hq
says : ^A fever, which you and those
about you expected would have proved
fatal, made yon remember with ipneweit;r
satisfaction tlmt yon had written tho
former }»art of your “Age of Reason,*1
ami you know, therefore, you say, b>
experience, the conscientious trial nf - A-
'JWr principles. What is conscience T
sit, as has been thought, an internit ~H '7
monitor imp) au led in US by the 8»-. I
preme Being, arid dictating jj£ qs, orf '
sill occasions, what is right or wrongt P A
Oc is it merely our oWb judgment -wi
the moral rectitude or turpitude ofwir^'^
own action*} I take the word with
tfr. Locke, in the Utter, ribett theronly* ;
intelligent •eoseji “I|^J^^
rvrry law Fiiman ifeoa divine, that •
.
aiuiablo thoughts, remfemb
eious as those of spring and other .
iso* of nature; green gives repose to the
mind, as U does to the sight* _ It ie on*
should never be buried wUhouta heart |r obmhined with bU«k that
gran* becomes symbolical of sad new.
Austin merchants run six column
advertisements in dull timsa, aad they
find that au exoellent antidote. 1
man ought neve# to,ract in oppoeition .
to his conscience;, but it wilt -not from
will, iig obey in^
tbe dictates of hit o*V conscience,
all occasiquq act righL”
N. E. Fair*
Rover j Yell ('o., Ark.
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