Class £JL^£. Book.. .I^y- Gopiglit]^" COPYRIGRT DEPO&m Read and llcfiig up for Beferencc. .^■:: ^^m\ 'i-s^ ■•>Ui.U m bj Co I I I o Co /^ i^ f 'ELLIS COUNTYf'- ILLl'STKATEn ASM'AL AHD \ ''SATURDAY REVIEW" ^^YEAR BOOK FOR 1881, Witk County Directory , Historical Sketches, dx\ S. M. CARLETON, PMblishor, KNNIS, J EX AS. PRICE 25 GENTS. "k :S-<: \-^ V. ^^j ^ ^ ( '(}f)fjrioh i ( 'I ■ - ■ [SSfK J T. MEEK, PEYSICLiJ^ AKD SURGE OM, Ennis, Texas. IS-Office— \t A. C. Kinsr & Co.'s Store. JOHN T. LANE, ~~ U Dealer in GENERAL ME RCHAIN'DISE AjVD «- K, C> C J E K 1 K gi , ( Mulkey's Coenek, Main Stkeet, ) ENNIS ELLIS COUNTY TEXA.S. Keeps a large and complete stock, and sells at bottom fig- ures. Call and seef )r yourself. T BLAKEY. ^ . Dealer in H.4RDWARE, STOVES, TLY]VARE,d-c. {oppofiife the Oof to a Whar/^,) EJfNIS, . ELUS COUNTY. - TEXAS. Sells everything in bis line dirt cheap. Every description of stoves, pans, buckets, churns, stove pans, skillets and lical family journal. B^*JOB PRINTING neatly executed at fair prices. B^^BooK, Pamphlet and Legal Printing a Specialty. / ELLISCOUNTY I llustrated A nnu al _ _ -f/o AND "SATURDAY EETIEW" w ^ FOR 18 8 1. Historical-- Descriptive Sketches, With Complete Business Direetory of Ennis, Waxahachie, Milford, ^Bristol, Ferris, Palmer , Red Oali, Ovilla and OTHER TOWNS IN THE COUNTY, COlTpiLED AND EDITED BY S. H. \iYEB, -AND- PUBLISHED BY S. M. CARLETON, J»KESENXED TO THE SUBSCRIBERS OF THE "EJVMS SATURDAY REVIEW;' AS A KEW YEARS GIFT. '} ]0^' PRICE 25 CENTS, ENNIS, TEXAS, '^Saturday Review" Print, 1880. 0> Entered according to Act of Congresg, in the year 1880, by S. H. SAYER AND S. M. CARLETON, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C. .. T PREUSS, Chemist J-J, — AND-^ —DEALER IN— Lamps, Paints, Oils, Stationery, Patent Medicines, etc., etc. WEST-MAIN Street, - - ENNIS, TEXAS. C. McKINNEY. ■ REAL ESTATE AGENT, ^J^TJVJ'S, MUs County, TETAS. 1 1 s^. Buys and sells Farms and wild Land in the county, and sells or rents Houses and Lots in Eanis; pays taxes on ^ land, etc., etc. IP J. ;a. H. ROWE. COTON GIN AND CORN MILL, 3)ealer in Cor?i and Corn Meal, KNOX STREET, ENNIS, TEXAS. J8@* Also, a Flouring Mill and Cotton Gin at Palmer, Ellis couuty, Texas. CONTENTS PART I. I. Historical Sketch of Ellis County. II. General Description of the County and Towns. III. List of County and Precinct Officers. IV Complete Court Calendar. V. Official Vote of County, November 2, 1880. VI. Opportunities to Capitalists and Immigrants. VII. Business Directory of Ennis, Waxahachie and other Towns. PART 11. I. Complete Almanac for 1881 — 13 Pages — {Illustrated.) II. What has Happened since 1840. ILL Article on Sea Coast Superstitions. IV. Cultivate our Talent. V. Population of the World. VI. Something About Water Spouts.— (Illustrated.) VII. Two Essays— "Lover of his Mother" and "Life Thoughts." VIII. Artie Explorations. — (Beautifully Illustrated.) XI. Numerous other Sketches, Facts and Fancies, with Ten Fine Engravings — (Neatly Printed in Pamphlet form.) J. L. CHEEK, BASCOMB McDANIEL, Ennis. Waxahachie. CHEEK & McDANIEL, J.TTOBJiEYS at LAW, ENNIS AND WAXAHACHIE, ELLIS COUNTY, TEXAS. Give prompt attention to all business entrnstod to them. BUY ONLY THE NEW AMERICAN SEWING MACHINE, IT HAS NO EQUA FOR Exce^ilence of Material, for Beauty of Fin- ish, for Ease of Operation, for all Modern Improvements » Ol^FICE AND SALEROOMS, 705 ELM ST., DALLAS, TEX. Agrents Wanted. GEO. A. WEBSTER, Manaf^er. P REFACE . ULTUM IN PARVO, or in plain English, "Much in Little, ' has been the Motto •)!* the author of this little Booli in its entire preparation, as well as a desire to present to the people of EHis «ouiity such historical facts, official data, statis- tics, and present business status of all her cities and towns, as its citizens will find interesting and useful during the coming year. Likewise, to present to the outside world, collated evidence, in a convenient form, that our county is no longer on the Texas frontier, but the center of an intelligent, pop- ulous, growing and rapidly developing portion of the State ; with railroad, educational and religi 'US advantages; and as good, if not the best agricultural section to be found in our •*Lone Star State." In the hurry of preparation and printing, there are doubt- less many interesting historical facts in reference to the early history of the county which, had time been allowed the writer to collect them, would have found a place in this edition. The writer desires to say that during the coming year he hopes to gather together all such omissions from the present edition, for the Year Book for 1882; correct such errors, and make such improvement as a just criticism of his fellow-citizens seems to dictate^ and the patronage given the pablisUer will justify. Kind reader, after you have perused the contents of this little Book, HANG IT UP in your office*, store, shop, or in a con- venient place in your dwelling, for future reference during the year, and should its pages furnish you with a convenience and sometimes a necessity, the author will have accomplished his aim and the publisher a good work for the people. Very Truly, S. H. SAYER. Ei^fjj», Dec. 25, 1880. HI STORICA L. ^LLIS COUNTY was created by an Act of the Texas Legislature, dated December 20tb, 1849. By this p Act M. T. F. Flaherty, Norman Whittenberg, ^jvJ,^^^^ Younger, William Downing, James E. Patton, ? ^S^*^ James Jackson, W. L. Mitchell and B. F. Hawkins were appointed Commissioners, to locate county site and or- ganize the county, of whom only B. F. Hawkins is now living. The first election was held on the first Monday in August, 1850, at which the following officers were elected : William Hawkins, Chief Justice; C. H. Barker, District Clerk; B. F» Hawkins, County Clerk; W. H. H. Bradford, Sheriff; E. W. Rogers, County Treasurer; R. M. Barry, Assessor and Collect- or; Wm. Irwin, W.T. Patton, Henry Trimble and G. C. Parks, Justices of the Peace; J. E. Prince and W. B. Brooks, .Con- stables; Larkin Newton, Henry Trimble, Jas. S. Berry and Thomas Herron, County Commissioners. The first term of the Commissioners' Court was held at the residence of E. W. Rogers (then the only house in Waxahachie) on the 19th day of August, 1850, at which the following officers were present : Wm. Hawkins, Chief Justice; Larkin Newton, Henry Trimble and J. S. Berry, County Commissioners; B. F. Hawkins, Coun- ty Clerk; W. H. H. Bradford, Sheriff. The first term of the District Court was held October 28th, 1850. Hon. O. M. Roberts, Judge of said Court by exchange, (Barnett H. Martin, being the Judge elected of the old 9th Judicial District) ; Nat M. Burford, (now of Dallas), District Attorney; C. H. Barker, Clerk, by B. F. Hawkins, Deputy; W. H. H. Bradford, Sheriff The first court house was constructed of cedar logs, 16x18 feet; 9 feet high and built by Joseph N. Whittenbery, in Oct., 1850, at a cost of $59.00, with a dirt floor. The second court house was a frame building, 24x36 feet; two stories high. The upper story being used for court-room; the lower story cut up into four rooms for offices. It was built by D. P. Fearis, for the sum of $1,999.00, and was completed in the spring of 1854, and was said by Hon. John H. Reagan, then the District Judge, to be the finest court house in the old 9th District. The third, our present beautiful and substantial stone court house, was commenced in 1870 and completed in 1871, at a cost of something over $40,000. All were built at Waxahachie. The first jail was built of logs, in 1855; cost $1150, by Thos. Herron. There were no Deeds recorded in 1850. Ten however, were filed for Record, but there was no record Book at that time. The first deed was i*ecorded January 7, 1851. It was from William Boatright to Austin Punderson for seven hundred and forty six acres out of two-thirds of a League and Labor granted by the State of Texas to Mr. Boatright, by letters Patent No. 155, Vol. 8, dated October 28th, 1848; situated in Robertson District, Navarro county. (This county was then in the limits or territory of Navarro Co. ) on the head waters of the south prong of Chamberg creek, about 43 miles W. by N. from Corsicana. Date of said Deed, June 22, 1850; consideration paid, Two Hundred Dollars. The number of votes polled at the first election, 1st Monday in August, 1850, was 96. The following are the names of persons still living in the county who were in the county and participated in the first election : R. F. Mayfield Residence on Waxahachie creek. R. A. Lemmons " " Bear " Joseph Bell " " Brushy E.G. Newton " at Ovilla J. P. Laughlin " on Red Oak, Ovilla. Nathan BilUngsly " " Onion creek. Jordan Ponas ** at Ovilla Shadrick Ponas " on Long Branch. J. H. Witherspoon " '* Waxahachie creek Jas. L. Kelley Residence on Waxahaehie creek Jobu B. Garvin ' " " " M. T. Hawkins Chs. H. B.rkHr ..... ... J. H. Siny^leroQ Thos. Smith W. R. Herroa... Josbua Brock . ..... .... Lafayette Brock C. C. Pearson Robert Smith J. E. Priuce B. F. Hawkins at Lebanon " Mammoth Spring near Ennis on Village creek near Bristol " at Palmer " near Waxahaehie •' at Waxahaehie The above list does not pretend to embrace all — some names may have beeu omitted, as this is given only from memory, by B. P. Hawkins, our present efficient County Clerk, to whom we are indebted for most of the data given in this sketch. Regarding the number of men furnished by Ellis county in the late war, there is no data at hand to which reference can be had. There were seven companies in the service raised in whole or in part from the county, all of whom did gallant service in the cause they deemed just. The following geutlemen were originally in command of said companies, and some continued in command through the war : One Company, W. J. Stokes, Captain. J. C. Brown W.G. Veal W. W. Parks " " Car. Forrest " " A. Bradshaw " " Frank Farrar C. L. EDWARDS, Waxahachie J. R. McMULLAN Ennis. Edwards & MgMullan, ATTORJ^EYS AT LAW, ENNIS AND WAXAHACHIE, ELLIS COUNTY, TEXAS. Will practice in the Courts of Ellis county, and in the Supreme and Federal Courts of the State. DE SCRI PTIVE. LLIS COUNTY, geographically considered, ie one of the most southerly counties of Noi'thern Texas^ J^' bounded on the north and northwest by Dallas ■^1 ^^.'^y^^ind Tarravit; on the east an^^'^northeast by Hen- i ^^'^ derson and Kaufman, (separated by Trinity river from the two latter counties); on the south and southeast by Navarro; on the west and southwest by Johnson and Hill; is for the most part a prairie couaty and probably the best agri- cultural section in the State — all things considered — and has less waste land- in proportion to area. It contains nearly 600^tX)0 acres — over D'OO square miles in area; has two live and growing cities — Eanis and Waxahachie;*three other rail- road towns — Ferris, Palmer and Garrett; besides, the post- office towns of ^tilford, Ovilla, Red Oak, Bristol, Mountain Peak, Cross Timbers, Chambers Creek, Barker, Auburn and Astoria; and according to the United States census xjf 1880, has a population of 22,115. RAILROAD FACILITIES. The Houston & Texas Central Railway passes through the cotinty ivom northvto souths eight to ten miles from its eastern boundary. The Waxahachie T; p Railroad, completed last year, commences at the county seat, runs east twelve miles, and forms a junction with the Central, at Garrett^ Station, three miles north of Ennis. AYAimRSIIlfLT. The county is wateredjprincipally by Chambers, Waxahachie, Red Oak, Grove, Onion, Village and Walker creeks, nrarly all of which run across the county diaij-onally, in a southeasterly course, and empty into the Trinity river, which forms its eastern boundary — a sluggish, crooked and muddy stream, with a channe^Jfrom two to three hundred feet wide, and a bottom or valley from one to live miles wide, covered with timber of various kinds, and subject to overflow. We liave some fiue springs in the county, but none of suffi- cient capacity for manufacturing purposes, except on a small scale. Water for family use, is obtained by digging or boring wells from ten to fifty fe*et|deep, and is principally lime — but the best water is secured by building cisterns. For stock and generating steam, artiticial ponds or[.tanks are made available at a cost of from $50 to $200. TEMPERATURE. The maximum temperature for July, (our warmest month) in 1880, was 98 degrees, the minimum 70 decrees; average 84 degrees. The highest point reached by the thermometer in 1879 was 105 degrees; the lowest, 18 degrees. The maximum temper- ature for 1880, was 98 degrees, the lowest 14 degrees. OUR TIMBER SUPPLY Consists of various kinds of oak, some hackberry. ash. red and white elm, pecan, walnut, chittem or gum elastic, honey locast, wild china, box elder, red haw and black-jack, on Trinity River, Chimbers, Waxahachie, lied Oak and other creeks, with some cedar and bois d' arc. For building and fence purposes we depend principally on getting oar supply from the immense pineries of Eastern Tex- as, at a cost laid down to consumers here, of from $18 to $24 per thousand feet. OUR BEST FENCING Is constructed of post-oak, cedar and bois d' arc posts, with two plank (six inches wide,) and one wire to the pannel — where hogs are kept up; or four pine plank and one wire where hogs and sheep are allowed to run at large. About eight or ten years ago, before railroads placed us in easy access to Eastern Texas for our supply of pine lumber, many hundred mil<^s of Osage orange or bois d' arc hedges were planted; nearly all grew finely — and when kept pruned and properly looked after, adds a pleasing feature to our land- scape — the best and most lasting fences in the county. Barbed wire ((.ncing, however, is now taking the preference, as being the most economical, the easiest constructed, and alfording better protection against stock. PRODUCTIONS AND RESOURCES. Oar crops are priucipally cottoD, wheat, corn, oats, sorghum, sweet potatoes atid irarilen vegetables, with some fruit. An average crop of wheat is from 12 to 20 bushels to the acre, according to the season — some of our best farmers raising as liigh as 35 bushels per acre. Cotton, the chief crop, yields from one-fourth to a bale (500 pounds) to the acre; oats from 30 to 75 bushels; corn from 30 to 60 bushels. The native prairie grasses furnish the main dependence for hay, al- though ^Yithin the past few years, millet> Hungarian grass and sorghum have been raised quite extensively for the fodder of stock and horses; yielding from one-fourth to a ton per acre — the latter afiording three crops in a single season, from one sowing — the first crop being worked-up into syrup, yielding from 50 to 300 gallons to the acre, worth 50 cents a gallon. Cotton brings from ^-30 to $G0 per bale, according to the quality of staple, demand abroad, etc.; wheat averages $1 ■per bushel; oats, 40 cents; corn, 50 cents; sorghum 50 cents per gall )n; sweet potatoes, 50 cents; millet and Hungarian grass seed $1 to $1 50; hay from $5 to $20 per ton, accord- ing to demand and supply. Our chief resources are in our soil and the enterprise, bone and muscle of our husbandmen; two banking institu- tions — one at Ennis and the other at the county seat; in the development and improvement of hundreds of new farms; in- vestments in mercantile and manufacturing pursuits, stock- raising, etc. H^ I. PITTMAN, DEALER IN J. GOLD J.JVD SILVER WMTCHES, Clocks, Ladies' chains, jewelry of all kinds. Musical Instru- ments., etc. Repairing done in all its branches and warrant- ed. Cash paid for old Gold. fi^^Don't forget the place, WEST AVENUE, - - ENNIS, - - TEXAS. OFFICERS . LEGISLATIVE, JUDICIAL, COUNTY AND PEECINCT. State Senator — Anson iiaiiie}? Waxahacbie. Kepeesentative— G. R. Gibson Waxahacbie. District Judge — Geo. N. Aldredge Dallas. GouNTY Judge — Albert Langley Waxahacbie. GouNTY Attorney— N. J. Nash Waxahacbie. GouNTY Gleek — B. F. Hawkins Waxahacbie. District Glerk— J. S. Haues Waxahacbie. Assessor — James E. Smith Waxahacbie. Sheriff— W. D, Eyburn Waxahacbie. Tax Gollector — W. J. F. Eoss Waxahacbie. County Treasurer— S. A. Clift .Waxahacbie. GouNTY Surveyor— G. G. Gibbons . . , Red Oak. GouNTY Commissioners— Albert Langley, County Judge, ex- officio presiding officer; Precinct No. 1, J. W. Gouch, Red Oak; Precinct No. 2, Gr. G. Kigginbotham, Ennis; No. 3, G. J. Harris, Waxahacbie; No. 4, P. W. Lowe, AVaxahachie. Precinct Officers. Justice Precinct No. 1-0. E. DanLip, Justice, Waxahacbie; A. V. Partain, Constable. No. 2, N. D. CoHins, Justice; Constable, Hardin. No. 3, T. B. Gbalmers, Justice, Ennis; Gadi ilnklea, constable. No. 4— J. P. Cooper, Justice, Milford; R. E. Wilson, constable. No. 5-G. J. Harris, Justice; Berry, constable. No. 6— P. W. Lowe, Justice; Hawkins, constable. No. 7— J. M. Lancaster, 'Justice; Hardesty, constable. c T. HOGAN^^ E^fmS, - -^ - TEXAS r JJ^'" Circulars containing list of lands, city lots, farms, etc., sent ¥L\EE, on application. Send for one. OUR COURTS. The several courts of the county are held as follows : DisTKicT CouuT, 1st Monday in September a»ci February. County Criminal Court, lat Monday in each month; but at present, by onseut, business is transacted and a jury sum- moned only every other month, to wit : February, April, June, August, October and December. County Civil and Probate Courts, 3d Monday in January, MarcL, May, July, September and ^ovembor. County Commission kks' Court, 2d Monday in February, Mny, August and November. Justice Court,— Precinct No. 3. (Eunis) T. B. Chalmers, Justice; holds ourt the 4th Monday iu each month. AXAHACHIE ENTERPRISE, PUBLISHED EYERY FRIDAY, AT WAXAHACHIE, ELLIS CO., TEXAS. Yeager (5 Senter, Publishers. TEUiWS ....$»^ 00 Per Aiiimiii. The EN"TERPfti3£ is a large eight column paper; was estab- lished in 1874, is Democratic in politics, has correspondents in different portions of the county, and is especially devoted to the interests of Ellis County. CIRCULATION^ 1200. O F F I G I AL VOT E— 1880. For President,' Governor, District Judgre, Congressman, Etc. Presidbntial. — Haocjck Electors, 3,lUl; Garlield, 370; Weaver, 350. Governor AND DiiTRicT JuDaE — 0. M. Roberts, (democrat) for Governor, 3,043; l7en. Vi. H. Haniuian, (greeubacker) 446; E. J. Davis, (repiiblicau) 3G7. George N. Aldredgt' District Judge, (democrat) 3,G38 votes — no opposition. Congress. — Oiiii Wellborn, (democrat) 3,031; J. C. Kearby | (greeiibacker) 713. t Legislative- — Senator, xiuson Raiiiey, (democrat) 2,282; ' W. G. Vol), (Itidepeiiddiit) 1.431. R iiiiey's m ijority in the | county, «51; ni the district U03. C. R. Gibsou, foV Repre- sentative, 1,714; C. K. Goodwyn, 7G5 ; W. L. Towner, 257; B. D. Hmkle, 486; G. U. Cagle', 614. Gibson^s mcijority, 940. County and Precinct Officers. Albert Langley, f )r Cniiity Judge, 2,046; J. D. Templeton, 1,712 Linr;hiy's majority, 274. B. F.Hawkins, for County Clerk, 3,745 — no opposition. J. S Haues, for District Clerk, 3.GJ6 — no ooposition. S. A. Cliffc, for Conntv Treasurer. 1.431; Q. A. 8weatt, 62G; A. Trippet; 1,177;" J. W. Cole- man, 362. Cliffs majority, 254. W. D. Rybuin, for sheriff. 2,468; S T. Bentley, 370; S. N. Curry, 957. Ryburn's majoritv, 1,511 W J. F. Ross, for tax-collector, 1,771; J. M.Phillips, 1,433; C H. Barker, 640. Ross' mHJority, 338 C. C Gibbons, surveyor, 1,941, J. P. H. Nelson, 1,776. Gib- buns' majority, 175. J. E. ISmith, assessor, l,95r); S. O. Larche, 1,644; John M. Carson, 26 J. Smith's majority, 312. N. J. Nash, county attorney, 1684; M. B. Templeton, 1602; J. Ecn. Hiwkins, 678. Nasli' majority, 82. County Commissioners — Precinct No. 1 — J. W. Couch, 54(5; R. P. JM.ickay, 522. Couch's majority, 24. No. 2— G. G. Higrginbotham, 539; W. I. Coggins, 500. Higginbotham's majority, 39. No. 8— C. J. Harris, 458; E. M. Brack, 21H; J. P. Cooper, 77. Harris' majority, 240. No. 4— P. W. Liowe, 257; J. M. Lancaster, 165; Sevier, 96, Lowe's ma- ( jority, 92. POST OFFICE TOWNS. Astoria. Ill the western part of tlie county, has ouo store, school of 40 pupils fiTul tlirt-e chutcli organizitions. First house built by T. F. Alston in Sfpteujber, 1870. Raw prairie lands in the vicinity are worth from $3 to $5 per acre; irapioved $10 to $25. AVater good and plentiful, timber abundant, and soil both bUck-waxy and sandy. |j| Auburn. j Located in the vrestern part of the county, has a population j of about 25!i; four church organizitions — Methodist, Christ- j lan, Cumberland Presbyterian and Baptist. First house erect- il ed in 18"»U. Has one store, one mill, one gin and a good school of 80 pupils. R iw prai»-ie lands in the vicinity are worth from $4 to $6 per acre; improved $8 to $12; town lots $25 to $50, Water good, timber plentiful and soil a sandy loam. Red Oak. Is situated in the northern part of the county, on a creek of the same name; has a population of upwards of fifty. The first house was erected in 1856, by I. P. and Elijah Jefferies. The Bells, Billings and Patons were among the first settlers in the neighborhood. The village contains three stores, a good school with 40 pupils; four church organizations; three cotton gins in the vicinity, which have ginned about 1,000 bales the past season. Raw prairie land is worth from $8 to $10 per acre; improved from $20 to $J0; town lots from $15 to $25. Water plenty and good; good supply of timber and soil black-waxy. Mountain Peak. in the northwestern part of the county has a population of 140; was named by Mr. G. J. Penn,the Postmaster at Waxahachie. First house built by Granville Pettes in January, 1875. Has Methodist and Baptist churches, three schools with 144 pupils, one store, a cotton gin which has ginned 175 bales this sea- son, and is located in what is termed the mountain district. Raw lands in the vicinity are worth from $5 to $7 per acre; C Q, CAREY, kJi Dealer in ROUGH AND DRESSED LUA(BER, Shingles J Doors, Sash and Blinds, Lime, Cement and Coal. ENNIS ELLIS COUI«3TY TEXAS L Mccarty, ^^ . Real Estate and. Insuranee Agent, ENNIS, ELLIS COUNiY, TEX:\S. I'liproved and iiriiiuprovea lauds, Lots iu Enriis, Palmer, Ferns aud Hutcjius, lor sale, ut reiisoii ible fi^;ures. Special attentioQ given to the purchase and sale of lands iu this and ;»djoiniu,af couuties. "'TrnoTCHKiss! iJ , COTTON GIN km CORN MILL, !Dealer im C0771 and Co?'n Meal, EAST AVENUE, ENNIS, TEXAS. East Side of the Riilr)ad, East Suburb of Town. Does a general Mdling and (jinning Biisiuess, and solicits the patronage of the Far-uiug Coai.uiiLaity and the Public Generally. 7"ArB0ERNER, .^ I Headquarters For WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY &C, Invites the attention of all desiring Goods in his line to his Lirge Stock of Go'd and Silver Watches, Chains, Necklaces, Silverware, Clocks and Jewelry of all kinds. Repairing done and WfU'ranted. llenietnber the place, at Preuss' Drug Store, Main street, Ennis, Ellis county, Texas. improved $15 to $25; towa lots $20 to $30. Watered by Cham- bers creek, good wells aud line springs. Soil black-waxy. Ovilla. The town of Ovilia is beautifully situated on the bank of Red Oak creek, about 10 miles northwest from Waxahachie. It was first settled by James McNamara— at about the same time two other families settled near by. In 1844, an old pioner by tne name of Billingsley with several (relatives) families, settled in the vicinity, who were all depend-ent on the Red River counties for bread suppliee. In 1845, Col. J.E;Patton also settled in the neighborhood. The colonel was a man long aud favorably known by many, and to him the county of Ellis owes a debt of lasting gratitude for his many and valu- able services — especially in locating the county school lands of Ellis county, from which the county receives so large an amount of school funds. In 184G, the Rev. F. E. King, a Cumberland Presbyterian minister, emigrating to southern Texas, was induced by Col. Patton to locate in the neighbor- hood. Other emigrants came in and soon quite a settlement was formed — all of a peaceable, honest and moral character. In 1847, the Rev. F. E. King organized a congregation of 20 members, the first church organization in a large extent of Country. Soon a rude log house was erected for the double purpose of lichool and church purposes. The Methodist cir- cuit rirfer did not fail to find the dim roadways leading through the country andiii connection with the Rev. Mr. King supplied the country with the gospel teachings. In 1855, the log house becoming too small, or rather the congregations to large; a neat frame house 30x40 feet was built aud used as a school and church. In 18G0 the present college building was erected in Ovilla. In 18^3 a new church house was erected 40xr)U feet and finished oflt' in good style. The above data is given by E. C. Newton, who emigrated to Ellis county in 1847. Ovilla has a population of 130; one church, two stores, two blacksmith shops, one wagon shop, a school of over lOO pu- pils, mill, cotton gin; and was very appropriately, named by Mrs. M. M. Malloy, from ''villa," a country seat. The Oyilla Institute, a chartered institution of lear«in r»> with S. Richards, President, is located here. It has an excel- lent corps of teachers, and over 100 pupils enrolled. The first house built in the place was erected by Rev. D. G. Malloy, in 1860. Land hereabouts is all under fence, and worth" from $15 to $25 per acre ; town lots, $25 to $50. Water good and abundant; timber plentiful; soil black- waxy. Cross Timbers. Although located by the United States postalj authorities, in Ellis county — is in reality just over the line, in Johnson; but was formerly in this county. It has two church organiza- tions, a gin and mill. The first house was built by Jack Ellis, in 1854, The place was named by Thomas Rea. Raw prairie land in the vicinity, is worth from $10 to $15 ^per acre; im- proved, $25 to $30. Water good and timber plenty. Bristol. Is located in the eastern part of the county, near the Trinity river; has a population of about 150; two stores, church, school house. Masonic hall, blacksmith shop, gin, grist mill, and three doctors. Over 700 bales of cotton ginned this year. Italy. In the southwestern part of the county, on Houston creek, has three churches, four stores, blacksmith shop, gin, and an excellent school — known as tho Houston Greek Institute. T. P. BRAGG. C. P. BRAGG. DRAGG BROTHERS, .J CARPE^J'TERS and BUILDERS, ENNIS, - - TEXAS. JB^^Give estimates for all kinds" of building. Jobbing at- tended to. Agents for Hartman's self-balanced window sash. ^'ULIUS GLATZ, Carriage. " U WAGOJf and BUGGY SHOP, West Avenue, ENNIS, TEXAS. fi^-Plows repaired and all kinds of jobbing in wood-work done at the shortest notice. Place in rear of brick shop.. RAILROAD TOWNS, Ferris. Was named and laid-out by the Houston & Texas Central Railway, in honor of Judge J. W. Ferris, of Waxahachie. The lirst house in the town was built by Mr. N. J. Doty, in Febru- ary, 1874. It now has a population of about 300; twelve stores, church, (one of the fiaest in the countv;) two hotels a good school with about 150 pupils; and two cotton gins in the vicinity which ginned over 2,000 bales this season. Raw prairie lands in tlie vicinity are worth from $5 to $0 per acre; improved from $20 to $50; town lots $75 to $150. Water, from cisterns, principally; timbernear by; soil black- wax}'. Many new settlers coming in. Palmer. Is located on the Houston & Texas Central Railway six miles north of Ennis; has five stores, two mills, two gins, 'one hotel, school of fifty pupils, four church denominations and a fioe new church. Mr. Stacks was the first settler in the neighborhood, where he located 25 years ago. The first house built in town was by Mr. R. H. Cook, in 1874. Over 800 bales of cotton have been ginned here the past season. Raw prairie land in the vicinity is worth from $5 to f^nA^^^T?/"^^' improved from $10 to $25; town lots $200 to ?800. Water scarce in dry seasons— cisterns chief supply, limber plentiful; soil black-waxy. . Garrett. At the junction of the Waxahachie Tap Railroad with the Central; has several houses, a cotton gin, freight and passen- ger depot, with plenty of ground to spread out on. Qninlan. A new town and station just laid out, on the Houston & Texas Central Railway; five miles south of Eanis; the center of a thriving and growing Northern settlement; named after the General Superintendant of railroad; is to have a store, gin, depot, school and church built early this year. V D. BURNETT. -i-J. House, Sign S^ man leiital Paint er, GiiUNER AXD Paper Hanger, ENNIS, TEXAS. B^^Bui?gy Painting and Trimming a Specialty. Shop at DirrKi's old stand, on West Avenue. T OM CHANCELLOR & CO., Dealers in STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS,! Motions, Clothing, Boots and Shoes, Hats and Caps, China, Glass.. Wood^ and Willow Wares, Gj'oeeries, <&e,, dx. Will sell at bollo7n Jigures for Cas/i. ENNIS ELLIS COUNTY 5EXAS \ PRAIG & DUNKERLEY, \J Dealers in HARD-WARE, Stoves, Plows, Nails. Fence Wire &G. AGENTS FOR CHARTER OAK STOVES, Manufacturers of Sheet Iron, Copper and Tin Ware, and Guttering. EJ\'mS, - - - TEXAS, Milford. In the extrencre southwestern corner of the county; is one of the oldest towns within its borders; has a population of about 350, several churches, good school, eeven stores, hotel, gin and mill. Many miles of bois^d arc hedge fences beautify the lands- cape in this section. Improved lands are worth from $10 to $25 per acre; unimproved from $4 to $10; town lota from $25 to $50. Chambers* Creek. In the south-western part of the county, on a creek of the same name, is in an old settled community; has several stores, school, church, gin, etc., with a population of ab*)ut 60, and has a fine farming section about it. Old Towns. The old town of Tkmco, on tlje Trinity, before the war and the building of the <'eutral railroad, cont lined five or six stores, hotel, wagon and blacksmith shops, a cotton factory, mill, eic, is now practically abandoned and has none of these establish- ments. The railroad likewise was a death blow to Burnham, and when it reached Ennis, her business men moved thereto. I C, TATE & CO. Ennis Ellis County j Texas. Funerals promptly attended. Caskets Colfins and Burial Shrouds furnished at reasonable rates. -r T HE MAMMOTH STORE Kept hy F. A. GALLAGHER, IS THE PLACE TO PURCHASH Fresh FamilyGroceries, Pare Whiskies, Wines, Liquors, Cigars and Tobacco. All (loods sold for CASH, and at the lowest living rates. — I am th;inkfal to a generous public for past favors, and re- spectfully solicit a continuance of the same. H^NNIS COMMERCIAL RECORDER J A neat and new seven column weelily paper, puhlished every Thursday\at ^2 00 per year, by Albert U: Rust, A first-rate Job Office in connection. Office in Pittman Block, Ennis Texas. Gko. E. At.kxander. p. a. Jordan. A LEXANDER & JORDAN, XA. Dealers in STilPLE km FA\'CYGB0CERIES,PR0VIS10SS. Alabama Block, Main Street, Ennis, Texas. jB@^Bay Cotton, Hides, and Country Produce generally. All goods delivered m the city, free of charge. T~&T7cERFr ^ " AND PROVISIONS, Etc. Maix Street, - - Ennis, Texas JK^*Sell low for'cash, and always keep a nice fresh stock. — Call in and see xjs. We bay cx)tton and take country produce in exchange for goods in our line. A J. SOAPE, Manufacturer and SADDLES AND HARNESS, Main- Street, ENNIS, Texas. Keeps on hand a full stock of Hames, Collars, and in fact all kinds of plow gear. Satisfaction guaranteed. Comb and see Me. COUNTY BUSINESS DIRECTORY, CITY OF FJVJVIS. Dry Goods and Clothing.. Tom Chancellor & Go. W JolescL A & E Mittentbal L Levy John T Lane E J Bruister. A M Works Groceries. Gid dings & Piokrell F A Gallagher King tt Walker I Golden I & L Cerf Z T Frith J A Pace Alexander & Jordan L R Wade B F Glascock, agent. Kight & Son. Druggists. L Prenss Abner Evans H Pace S K Campbell & Co. Confectioners. Gaines England, G W Cassidv G W Pittmai. Hotels. Wilson House, Dalton Brothers, Propr's. Kentucky House, Mrs. Hayes, Propr'ss. Newspapers. Saturday Review, Commercial Recorder. Banker. J& JR Baldridge. Books, Stationerj, etc. R \V Bogges. Lawyers. John L Cheek Edwards & McMullan McCormick & Templeton. Physicians. J L Edwards E Stuart J M Shegog M H Oliver S W Johnson E H Ayers J T Meek J C Loggius J L Miles Commission Merchants. F Y Goldsborough I H BuUard. Farm Implements. W HijrgfiDbotham & Co. I H Bullard Hardware. Craig & Diu-kerley J Blukey. Real Estate. C T Hogan T L McCarty J C McKinney. Miillnery. Mrs J F Mulkey Mrs Crumley. Dressmaking. Misses Hotchkiss «Sc EncliBh. HHls and Gins. Eania Mills, J Malliall jr. Pro A H Rowo J P Hotchkisa Blacksmiths. Menry & liosa P C Brown B Hartley. Wagon Shops. Jnlius Glatz W A Dean. Butchers. I C Tate & Co. J C ShegO!^. Restaurants D O Q uiti J B Farmer. Lumber J&rdu S Q Carey M T Jones. Shoemakers. J Wendlinjy John BielefehU. Saloons. A (^ohen, VV J McNeill J Blumrossen H T Kennedy. Livery Stabl«s. Bask in liage of the meyqaite trees whicU dotted the landscape. In faci-, Mr. J. F. Mulkey has grown the past season 200 bales of coitrju on laud near the city, that in 1872, was a bald prairie, and this is only one instance of a fact that is general. What a change has boen wrought since then ? The infant city of that day has grown and developed into a largo and vigorous one, wifcli nearly 2,<'0(^ population — still growing, prospc-rous and its business expanding as years roll on. Ennis now has about seventy-five business lionses, six excellent schools, two flouring mills, three ;2fiiis ; i:)lenty of lawyers and doctors, real estate agents, etc. ; Masonic, Odd Fellows, and Knights of Honor societies ; Methodist, Pres- byterian, Baptist, Christian, Episcopal and Catholic church denominations. The Ennis Mills one of the best flouring mills in the state, located here, has a capacity of turning out 300 barrels of flour daily. Its flour took the first premium at the St. Louis Fair, in '1875 and 1876 . The West Hill Academy, of which General J. C Moore, (a graduate of V^'est Point, and an ofl^lcer in the jMexicau and late war,) is located in the west part of the city, an ex- callent institution. Prof's J. A. Fleming, G. D. Crawfojcl, Mrs. Ivey, and Mrs. Carnal, also have excellent schools in the corporation. Oar educational interests will no doubt be consolidated the present ye-ir — after the completion of a new Public School Building by the city. The colored population have a church, school, and secret society. Among the new improvements going on and projected, this year, is an opera house, a fine hotel, public school build- ing, and strong indications of the building of a Trip Railroad from this point to connect with the St. Louis & Texiis Narrow Guage Kailway, about eighteen miles south-east of Eunis. About 3,000 bales of cotton have been ginned by the three gins, the past season. Cv)tton receipts, over lii,Oni) bales. Our people are more intent on developing the resourc-^s of the soil than on politics; but the county is Democratic by a large majority, though they do not deem it necessary to put a party ticket in the field for county offices, pr{*ferrJng to allow any person to become a candidate that wishes to enter the race — on bis merits, without any convention jugglery. As a consequence we always secure good ofFicjr?;, and have a bal- ance on hand in the county treasury. CITY OF WAXdllACHIE Dry Goods and Clothinj?. S A uiut W J;)h:fich H & D Biin H \V Ti-ippet Lsvy tSi, Brown R'>l)ins()n & Co. C D Pickett A Trippet. Groceries. Tizer k Levy C M Pickett A M Decliiiian P T (U-isler Fteiniag & Danlap R Vickory I & L Gerf M T Patrick V A McMiUan J Morris. Druggists. J R Wheatlev (J A Arnold & Co. E A Du B )se Hotels. Ellis Hoasp, J H Ellis, Pro. Sicldons House, J 8 Sidflous, Pro pr Saloons. George VV rig lit M E Thompson L BauinL;;ntner Bankers. Getzendanf^r (fe Ferris Hardware. W A Calfee Griffith & Co. VV 8cliast. r. Commission Merchant. S K Itimam. Harness and Saddles. H C N.'mI Jease Wiley. Lawyers. Ferris k Rainey Amzi Bradshaw O E Dunlap, J. P. E P Aiiderso/i McCormick & Templeton W H Fears Cheek & McDaniel F P Powell Kimble & Anderson J Em Hav/kins Lumber Yards. M T Jooes Welk & Co. Newspapers. Waxahachie Enterprise, Yeager & Seister, Prop'rs. Waxahachie Mirror, E G H nek 'I bee, Prop'r. Miscellaneous. Waxahachie VV .-.rehouse Co. J T Brown, Pres. Waxahachie Tap R. R. Co. J Riordan Manager. Oalifornia Anction House. Millinery, Mrs. Montcroniery. Sewiu^'- Machines, F. P. Hol- land, R C Brown Telegraph Opsr. and Station Agent, OR Wells. Dentists. C B Lewis D G Temple. Dixon. Physicians. Sweatt & Fiurer M A Adkinsou G H Cagle. Photograph er. E L Eeid. LiTcry Stables. J B Wilson J H Ellis Wilson & Brothers Blacksmiths & Wagon Shops. Anderson & Co. Holveck A S Farley WN Stroud. Real Estate. Phillips & Husbands Owens & Neal. Farm Implements. HW Graber S P Lank^ford. Watches and Jewelry. J C Woodhef F A Boerner Barber. ArmstroDg & Co. Butcher. Nycum Restaurants K Vickery. Fnrniture. Spaulding & Mauuel. Carriages and Buggies. Keunedj &. Wilson. Schools Marvin Colle-ge, Gen. L M Lewis, Pres. Oak Liwn Iiistitut^, J B Tiilbert. Prin Female Academv, J H ' -ombS; Prin. Painters. W A Hawkii'S, F P Rvmiller. Books, Stationery, etc. Arnold & i)o. Brick Yards. John T Brown John Solon. Carpenters and Builders. H D TiuHMons Til man Patterson John Solon Mills and Gins. Carlyle & Rior.lan, gin, B F ''arpenter, corn mill. Confectioner. S M Licklan-.l. Insurance Agents^ Parks & Williaiiis. AstoriUi T. J. Alston, general merchandise; union church three de- nominations — Baptist, Methodist and Chiistian; school of 4iO pupils. Bristol. B. White, general store, Hawkins; Mosely & Pipkin, gin and mill; S. T.Btintlfty, b! lo-liHinith shop. Chambers' Creek. Carr Forest, general store; J. A Bi.ilock, grocery; J. P. Al- dredge, cotton gin; churches — Cumberland presbyteiiau, A. J. Haynes, pastor ; ucioji church for other deaominations. WAXAHJLCHIE, The county R^^at, is locitt d on a b 'uatifiil wliito rock cre<4i, or the 9am« name, near t)>H centre of the county. Its history dates back to the organiz.ition of the county in 1850, when it contained only a single h.mse. It now has a population of nearly 2,000 ; is a healiliy, handsome and growinof city , has one of the neatest yellow stone court h-mses in the stat« ; a fine opera house, an excellent calle.,'e, four or fivepfood schools, about 8eventy-fiv« business; houses, a jjoo Uy numl)er of liw- jers, doctors, etc., two good n-^wsp^pers ; Mis nic, Od^l Fel- lows, Enisrhts of Honor and T^nnperance societies ; Metho- dist, Christian, Preshi'terian, Biptiat and Catholic cburch<'S. Marvin Oollege, one of the best educitioaal institutions in the state, is loc ited in the corporation. C otton receipts for the s-ason, to date, over 20,000 bales. Waxahachie, like EnniSs is surrounded by the richest and best farming country in the state— is growing, and expandiBg its business each year— and like a good elder sister, does not enyy her lively neighbor on the T(^xas Cnntral, over in the eastern pan t»f the county, as m uiy naturally conj-.ctiire, b^it always greets her cit.iz.^ns when '-ovvu* at the county seat," with a pleasant "howdy," which cirinot but make us all feel we are one. Ellis County Against tue W-rlp. Th' garden spot of our Lone St a- StaU— iho future Emput- State of thtf- American Union. Milford. Hotel, H. N. C. Brown ; deuusi., C, ^ . G )a]iich ; physi- cian, J. B. J. Gnieui: guiH, Hadsoa & C ^i.ier, A. H. Filts ; livery stable, W. H. K McDiuua ; gtocery , J. J. J.niiing-^. Incomplete. Over 6,UU»),()UU leei. ui lumber was shipped into ihe cuuuty, last year, all used m makiiig the many improveiutaits mude during 1880. Considerable more will no doubt be cousunjtd the present year. Tweuty-tive new ccjtton gins were also constructed at an average cose ot $2,000 each. Auburn Wvlie & Alfor'1, jrenr'ral iiierciiandisft; H. C. Cariies, drugs and groceries. Cluuches — Mythodisr, Christian, Cumberland Presbvferian and Baptist — p.tstors, Ri-ivs. Davis, Webb, Col- let' and Wise. Wni. Al Cooper, priucipul of school ; mill, J. O. Q!ii_de; gin, E. Reese. Ferris. Genera! H<^rclian.lis9— Sw(^att 'k Miliar, T. J. Kelly, J. K. & H. Saiith, C. Birk; DrULC stores, M. J. Doty, stationer, W. E. B/'-tt, D. T. Has-^y ; farm iniplei)eiits, D. H. (^ibsou, N. C. Wri.i;ht A'. C ». ; ^jrroceries, G. M Jordan, Malone & Suraing; jfins, Auilrev^ & Green, G. W. Pruitt; hotels, W. J. Sauls- b'lvv, 'r. W. S iiitii; union church ?iod three denominations, A. J. Iliynes, p istor Camberlaud Presbyterian. Mountain Peak. R )biMet*', c\:i Biz-^'t, geaeral merchandise; Burkes &, Lowe, gin ; two church danominationK, methodist and baptist. Ovilla. General Merchandise — Hams v^ Smith ; drugs and grocer- ies, Ch'iprnan & White; mill and gin, R. E. Chapman; church, Cumberland presbyterian; Ovilla Institute, S. Richards, D. D., presiilent, iVIrs. Richards, principal female department ; A. drvev, director of conservatory of music ; blacksmiths, Charles Worley, Moore ; John P. Laughlin, batcher. Palmer. P. R. Johnson, T. H. Andievvs & Son, J. A. Pavn^, R. Snith Si. Son, ij^eneral merchaudise and groceries; R. Smith & S )n, liiiiiber dealers ; Hearn & Johnson, drug store ; Mrs. S nith, hotel ; mills and gii)s, A H. Rowe, White & Jeffers ; I. M La-aciSDer, principal of scliool. One church and four denominations. Rev. Mr. White, pastor, ctunberland presby- terian ; Rev. Mr. Davis, methodist south; others not supplied. lied Oak. General Merchaudis.— J. B. Daniels; Gran0 in cash into the county, the most of it has been exj^euded in farm improvements, for land, labor and familj,; suppii<-s — liencs, the demand for money is greater than the suppl\, and alwa} a brings a goo^ ^ ^ risen. Bets. 8et.s. Vl o o b H.M. H.M. H.M. ni oS S P P w 60 1 Tu. 6 33 5 52 7 39 61 9, We. 6 32 5 53 8 49 6'^ 3 Th. 6 30 5 54 9 57 68 4 Fri. 6 29 5 54 11 2 64 5 Sat. 6 27 5 55 morn 65 6 Su. 6 26 5 57 4 (^(\ 7 Mo. 6 24 5 58 1 1 67 8 Tu. 6 22 5 59 1 50 68 9 We. 6 21 6 2 35 69 10 Th. 6 19 6 1 3 14 70 11 Fri. 6 17 6 2 3 40 71 12 Sat. 6 16 6 3 4 19 19. 13 Su. 6 14 6 4 4 47 73 14 Mo. 6 13 6 5 5 13 74 15 Tu. 6 11 6 6 rises 75 16 We. 6 9 6 8 7 15 76 17 Th. 6 8 6 10 8 21 77 18 Fri. 6 6 6 11 9 28 78 19 Sat. 6 4 6 12 10 36 79 20 Su. 6 3 6 13 11 43 80 21 Mo. 6 1 6 14 morn 81 22 Tu. 5 59 6 15 44 8^ 23 We. 5 58 6 16 1 38 83 24 Th. 5 56 6 17 2 25 84 25 Fri. 5 54 18 3 6 85 26 Sat. 5 53 6 19 3 42 86 27 Su. 5 51 6 20 4 14 87 28 Mo. 5 49 6 22 4 44 88 29 Tu. 5 48 6 22 sets 99 30 We, 5 46 6 23 7 36 90 31 Th. 5 44 6 24 8 43 MISCELLANEOUS rHENOMEXA. St. David. Horace Walpole died 1797 Nevada a State 1864 Peace Treaty Russia and Tm-key 1878 First U. S. Congress \ 1789 Death of La Place 1827 Alamo Fight , . . 1836 Am. Bible Society inst 1804 Millard Fillmore died 1874 Wilham Cobbett born 1762 McCloskey, first American Cardinal. .1875 First London daily paper 1702 Siamese Twms died 1870 La Fontaine died 1695 Andi-ew Jackson born 1767 Nathaniel Bowditch died 1838 Days and nights nearly etpial. St. Patrick's Day. French Commune 1871 Revolution in Milan 1848 Isaac Newton died 1727 St. Benedict. Cranmer burned 1556 Emperor WilUam, Germany, born 1797 Assassination of Empei-or Paul 1801 South Carolina forest fires 1862 Annunciation. First dny of year ch'd . 1752 Hudson River discovered 1609 Bruce croTvned 1306 Raphael born 1483 Swedenborg died 1772 St. Louis tornado 1872 Allies enter Paris 1814 Moon's Phases.— First Quarter, 7th ; Full Moon, 15th ; Last Quarter, 22d Now Moon, 29th. A PRETTY answer was given by a little Scotch gM. When her class was ex- amined she replied to the question. What is ]iatiencc ? Wait a wee and dinna weary. "Father," said a cobbler's boy as he was peggmgaway at an old shoe, "they say trout bite now." "Well, well," said the old gentleman, "you stick to your work and they w-on't bite you !" ^ ^ 4 ! ^ a ^ ^ Sun Sun Moon o g Rines Sets Sets MISCELLANEOUS PHENOMENA. 1 ft H.M. H.M. H.M. 91 1 Fri. 5 43 6 25 9 47 "Aprn Fool." 92 2 Sat. 5 41 6 26 10 47 Bismarck born .1814 93 3 .S^M. 5 39 6 27 11 42 Washington L:ving born .1783 94 4 Mo. 5 38 6 28 morn Oliver (ioldsmith died .1774 95 5 Tn. 5 36 6 29 30 Boston burned .1770 9fi 6 We. 5 35 6 30 1 11 Battle Shiloah .1862 97 7 Th. 5 33 6 32 1 47 Wordsworth born .1770 98 a Eri. 5 31 6 33 2 19 Napoleon I. abdicated .1814 99 9 Sat. 5 30 6 34 2 48 Livingstone's body in England .1874 ion 10 Sa. 5 28 6 35 3 14 A. T. Stewart died .1876 101 11 Mo, 5 27 6 36 3 39 Fort Sumpter bombarded .1861 102 12 Tu. 5 25 6 37 4 5 Oil Fhe at Bear Creek, Fa .1876 103 13 We. 5 24 6 38 4 33 Catholic emancipation .1829 104 14 Th. 5 22 6 39 rises Abraham Lincoln assassinated .1865 105 15 Fn. 5 20 6 40 8 24 Dom Pedro in U. S .1876 106 16 Sat. 5 19 6 41 9 32 French evacuated Mexico .1867 107 17 Su. 5 17 6 42 10 27 FrankHn died .1790 108 18 Mo. 5 16 6 43 11 35 Liebig died .1873 109 19 Tu. 5 14 6 44 morn Am. Revolution begun at Lexington .1775 110 20 We. 5 13 6 45 24 Napoleon III. born .1808 111 21 Th. 5 11 6 46 1 6 Rome founded, B. C . 153 112 22 I'ri. 5 10 6 47 1 42 Battle of Camden .1781 113 23 Sat. 5 9 6 48 2 18 St. George. Shakespeare died .1616 114 24 Su. 5 7 6 49 2 45 Daniel Defoe died .1731 115 25 Mo. 5 6 6 50 3 14 St. Mark. Barney Williams died . . . .1876 116 26 Tu. 5 4 6 51 3 44 Ilusso-Turkish war commenced. . . . .1877 117 27 We. 5 3 6 52 4 15 Edward Gibbon died .1737 118 28 Th. 5 2 6 53 sets President Munroe ])orii .1759 119 29 I'n. 5 6 54 8 33 I'arson Brownlowdied .1877 120 30 Sat. 4 59 6 55 9 30 Washington inaugurated .1789 Moon's Phases. — First Quarter, 6th New Moon, 28th. Full Moon, 14th : Last Quarter. 21st The most of men who fail in any undertaldng blame the Aveather, the sys- tem of trade, the rascality of other men ; anything but their own stupidity and prodigality. The gross feeder is a man in the larva state ; and there are whole nation^ ui that condition, nations without fancy or imagination, whose vast abdomnels betray them. MQMtlk: Psys, f Sun Sun Moon o Pdses Sets Sets MISCELLANEOUS PHENOMENA. ^ ^' ^ H.M. H.M. H.M. ft ft A 121 1 Su. 4 53 6 56 10 21 St. Philip and St Jamei^. Wellington b.l769 122 2 Mo. 4 57 6 57 11 5 Battle of Chancellorsviile . . 1863 123 3 Tu. 4 55 6 58 11 44 Stonewall Jackson died ..1863 124 4 We. 4 54 7 morn Irish Rebellion ..17C8 J25 5 Th. 4 53 7 1 17 Napoleon I. died ..1821 J 26 « Fri. 4 52 7 2 47 Battle of Wilderness . . . 1864 127 7 8at. 4 51 7 3 1 14 Salmon P. Chase died ...1873 128 8 t- ^. v- VAbch Sets Sets ._,^ = f,. H.M. H.M. H.M. Pi 53 ft 13'^ 1 Fri. 4 32 7 35 10 10 1H8 2 Sat. 4 33 7 34 10 35 181 3 Sn. 4 83 7 34 11 185 4 Mo. 4 34 7 34 11 28 18f> 5 Til. 4 35 7 34 morn 187 6 We. 4 36 7 33 188 rr Th. 4 36 7 33 39 189 8 Fri. 4 37 7 83 1 25 ii)n 9 Pat. 4 38 7 32 2 20 191 10 S>r. 4 38 7 32 3 25 192 n Mo. 4 39 7 32 rises 193 12 Tn. 4 39 7 31 8 14 194 13 We. 4 40 7 31 8 49 195 U Th. 4 41 7 30 9 21 190 15 Fn. 4 42 7 29 9 52 197 1(1 Sat. 4 42 7 29 10 22 198 17 /S?<. 4 43 7 28 10 53 199 18 Mo. 4 44 7 28 11 27 290 19 Tn. 4 45 7 27 morn 201 20 Wo. 4 46 7 26 5 202 21 Th. 4 47 7 25 47 203 22 Fri. 4 47 7 24 1 34 204 23 8.-,t. 4 48 7 24 2 26 205 24 Su. 4 49 7 23 3 22 200 25 Mo. 4 50 7 22 4 18 207 20 Tn. 4 51 7 21 Kelri 2:)8 27 Wo. 4 52 7 20 7 50 209 28 Til. 4 53 7 19 8 14 210 29 F)i. 4 54 7 18 8 39 211 30 Sal. 4 55 1 7 17 9 4 212 31 /'^H. 4 50 1 7 16 9 31 MISCELLA>TEOITS PHENOMENA. WeBtrniuBter As;-;eniblv 1643 Robert Peel died " 1850 Sadowa 1866 Independence Day U. S 1776 Jernsalem taken .' 1100 Dagnen-e died 1851 Gen. Qnitman died 1858 Battle Piiltowa 1709 Battle Fort Du Qnesne 1755 Gibraltar taken 1704 Alexander Hamilton died 1804 Battle of the Boyne 1690 rievohition inEngland 1688 Pievolntion in France 1789 St. S within. Strike on Baltimore and Ohio K. P. . .1877 First telegraph in China 1877 Pedro 11. Emperor of Brazil 1841 R. R. Htrikesin Pennsylvania 1877 St. Margaret. Battle of Bnll Rnn 1861 St. Marv Magdalene. B. R. riots in Buffalo 1877 Bolivar born 1783 St. James. St. Annie. R. R. riots in Chicago. . .1877 French Revolution begun 1830 Atlantic Cable laid 1865 Tiirldsh Snltanresigns 1876 Cook fu-st sailed 1768 Andrew Johnson died 1875 Moox's Phases. — First Quart* New Moon, 26Lh. 4th ; Full Moon, 11th ; East Quarter, 18th He came into th(3 sanctum with a large roll of manuscript under his arm, and said, very politely : •' I have a little trifle here about the sunset yesterday, which was dashed olf by a friend of mine, which I would lilce inserted if you have room." " Plenty of rt)om ; just insert it ycmrself," replied the editor, gently l)ushing the waste basket toward him. Ther]': i.-i sometimes in an odor a finer remhidtr of the past than is to be found in anything which assails the eye or ear. 31 Days. . a ^ ai ^ S Sun H ^ ^ rises. O o o H.M. oj ^ P Q 1 Mo. 218 4 57 214 2 Tu. 4 58 215 3 We. 4 59 216 4 Til. 5 217 5 Fri. 5 1 218 6 Sat. 5 2 219 7 ISu. 5 2 220 a Mo. 5 3 221 9 Tu. 5 4 222 10 We. 5 5 223 11 Tb. 5 6 224 12 Fri. 5 7 225 13 Sat. 5 8 22!i 14 Stt. 5 9 227 15 Mo. 5 10 228 16 Tu. 5 11 229 17 We. 5 12 2.W 18 Tb. 5 13 231 19 Fri. 5 14 232 20 Sat. 5 15 233 21 Sh. 5 16 2U 22 Mo. 5 17 235 23 Tu. 5 18 236 24 We. 5 19 237 25 Th. 5 20 238 26 Fri. 5 21 239 27 Sat. 5 22 240 28 f^n. 5 23 241 29 IVIo. 5 24 212 30 Tu. 5 25 243 31 We. 5 26 Sun 1 59 57 56 54 53 6 51 6 50 6 48 6 47 6 45 6 44 6 42 6 41 6 39 6 38 6 36 6 35 6 33 Moon sets. H.M. 10 1 10 36 11 17 morn 5 1 4 2 13 3 27 risen 7 18 7 50 8 21 8 53 9 27 10 4 10 45 11 31 morii 22 1 17 sets 6 44 7 10 7 37 8 5 8 37 9 16 10 1 MISCELLANEOUS PHENOMENA. Lammas Day. Battle of Plevna 1877 Eugene Sue died 1857 Burgoyne died 1792 Henry L crowned 1100 Transfiguration. Atlantic Cable laid . 1866 Battle of Tbermopylie, B. C 480 Destruction of S]ianisli Armada 1588 Louis Pbillippe King 1830 St. Lawrence. Battle of Commersdorf 1759 Eartbquake in Greece 1876 Jereuiv Taylor died 1667 Jobn Fletcber died 1785 Assumption of Virgin Maiy. Battle of Montrose 1645 Admu-al Blake died 1657 Fir.-()l . . 1833 Beheading of St. John Baptist. llaphael Semmes died 1877 Death of Cleopatra, A. J. C 3<; Moon's Phases- New Moon, 24th. -First Quarter, 2d ; Full Moon. 9th ; Last Quarter. 16th Now-A-DAYS it is impossible to listen to the conversation of half a dozen young "society" people without feeling that the American language should be more appropriately called the American slang-guage. "What pretty children, and how much thoy look alike,'" says C. during a first visit to a friend's house. 'They are twhis," bis friend explains. *• What, both of them?" exclaims C, greatly interested. o Q 244 215 216 247 243 249 250 351 252 253 254 255 256 257 253 259 280 23L 262 23 234 235 238 267 258 269 270 271 272 273 Th. Fri. Sat Su. Mo. Tu. We. Th. Fri. Sat. Su. Mo. Tu. We. Th. Fri. Sat. Su. Mo. Tu. We. Th. Fri. Sat. Su. Mo. Tu. We, 29 Th. 30 Fri. Sun risea. H.M. 5 33 37 38 39 40 41 42 5 43 5 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 5 53 5 54 5 55 5 56 Sun 6 31 6 30 6 28 6 26 6 25 6 23 6 22 6 20 6 18 Moon sets. H.M. 10 53 11 54 morn 1 4 2 18 3 33 4 49 rises 6 49 7 24 8 1 8 42 9 23 10 16 11 10 morn 6 1 3 2 1 2 59 3 58 4 58 sets 6 8 10 53 MISCELLANEOUS PHENOMENA. Alvin Adams died 1877 London great fii-e 1666 Cromwell died 1658 French Republic proclaimed 1870 Catherine Parr died 1531 Lafayette born 1757 Battle of Borodino 1812 Nativity of VkginMary. California a State " 1850 Judge Story died 1845 Mahomet born 565 Battle of Chapultepec 1847 Battle of Quebec ; 17:9 Humboldt born 1769 Yellow fever at Savannah 1876 Burning of Moscow 1812 Duke of Wellington died 1852 Stanley heard from 1877 Battle of luka 1862 Panic in Nev/ York market 1873 St. Matthew. Death of Vii-gil, 19 A. J. C. Days and nights nearly equal. Battle of Monterey 1846 Bank suspensions 1857 Chi'istians massacred in Arm'a 1876 Strasboiu'g falls 1870 Gen. Bragg died 1876 St. Michael vvA f;ll Angels, St. Jerome. Moon's Phases.— First Quarter, Ist ; Full Moon, 7th ; Last Quarter, 15th ; New Moon, 23d ; Fkst Quarter, 30th. " That's what a man wants in a wife mostly ; he wants to make siure of one fool as '11 tell him he's wise. But there's some men can do wi'out that— they think so nuich o' themselves a'ready— an' that's how it is there's old bachelors . " There is a fortune in store for the milliner who shall devise a bonnet that can be worn in any part of a church and always present the trimmed side to the congregation. mm m 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 2 S3 284 28,3 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 Sat. Su. Mo. Til. We. Th. Fri. Sat. Su. Mo. Til. We. Th. Fii. Sat. Su. Mo. Tu. We. Th. Fri. Sat. Su. Mo. Tu. We. Th. Fri. Sat. Su. Mo. Sun Sun Rises Sets H.M. H.M. 5 57 5 41 5 58 5 40 5 59 5 38 6 5 37 6 1 5 35 6 2 5 33 6 3 5 32 6 4 5 30 6 5 5 28 6 6 5 27 6 7 5 25 6 8 5 24 6 9 5 22 6 11 5 21 6 12 5 19 6 13 5 18 6 14 5 16 6 15 5 15 6 16 5 13 6 17 5 12 6 18 5 10 6 19 5 9 6 20 5 8 6 22 5 6 6 23 5 5 6 24 5 3 6 25 5 2 6 26 5 1 6 27 5 6 29 4 58 6 30 4 57 Moon Sets MISCELLANEOUS PHENOMENA. morn 3 1 15 2 28 3 41 4 54 rises 5 54 6 34 7 19 8 8 9 9 56 10 53 11 51 morn 49 sets morn 10 Wallace died 1305 First railroad in United States 1833 Sam. Adams died 1803 Battle of Germantown 1777 Jonathan Edwards born 1703 Proclamation of Pe ice 1783 Battle of Stillwater 1777 Chicago fire 1871 Geneva award paid 1845 Wm. H. Seward died 1872 Afghan war ends 1844 Robert Lee died 1870 Wm. Peun born 1644 Battle of Hastings 1066 Geo. Fox born 1624 Napoleon arrived at St. Helena 1815 Queen Mary died 1558 St. Luke, EvangeUst. Sheridan's ride 1864 John Adams born 1735 Columbus discovered America 1492 Moody and Sankey at Brooklvn 1875 Battle of Edgehill " 1642 Daniel Webster died 1852 St. Crispin. Erie canal completed ... 1 825 Von Moltke born 1800 Wm. Penn arrested 1682 St. Simon and St. Jude. Surrender of Metz 1870 Gen. Mitchell died 1862 All Hallows Eve. Ganges river flood . 1876 Moon's Phases. — Full Moon, 7th First Quarter, 29th. Last Quarter, 14th ; New Moon, 22d Too many people mistake impudence for independence. The best way to do good is to do it, as opportunity offers, and not say or think much about it. "Don't be afraid," said a snob to a German laborer ; "sit down and make yourself my equal." "I vould half to blow my prains out," was the reply of the Teuton. 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 Tu. We. Th. Fri. Sat. Su. Mo. Tu. We. Th. Fri. Sat. Su. Mo. Tu. We. Th. Fri. Sat. Su. Mo. Tu. We. Th. Fri. Sat. Su. Mo. Tu. We. Sun Rises H.M. Sun Sets H.M. Moon Sets H.M. 1 27 2 38 3 48 4 56 6 05 rises 5 56 6 48 7 44 8 42 9 42 10 40 11 37 moru 34 1 33 2 33 3 35 4 38 5 44 Bets 5 33 6 37 7 44 8 55 10 7 11 18 morn 27 1 36 MISCELLANEOUS PHENOMENA. All Saints Day. Great Lisbon earthq.1755 Grand ParUament assembled 1640 W. C. Bryant born 1794 George Peabody died 1869 Gunpowder Plot 1605 Cardinal Antonelli died 1876 Battle of Tippecanoe 1811 John Milton died 1674 Great Boston fii'e 1872 Lafayette escaped 1794 St. Martm. Luther born 1483 Montreal captured 1775 Catherine II. died 1796 Mozart born 1719 Look for meteors. March to the sea 1864 Suez Canal inaiTgiu*ated 1869 Kars captured by the Bussians 1877 Tweed found guHty 1873 Great storm ". 1703 Voltau-edied 1784 St. Ceciha. Henry Wilson died 1875 Franklin Pierce born 1 804 U. S. ship Huron wrecked off N. C. . . 1877 New York evacuated 1783 Wm. Cowper born 1731 Hoosac Tunnel 1873 Washington Irving died 1859 Sir Philip Sydney born 1554 St. Andrew. Assault of Quebec 1775 Moon's Phases. Fii-st Quarter, 28th. -Full Moon, 5th ; Last Quarter, 13th ; New Moon, 21st What ought not to be done do not even think of doing. It is one characteristic of genius to do great thmgs with little things. THEblackijcrry is so named because it is blue, in order to distinguish it from the blueberry, M'hich is black. You may have noticed that the tiies never bother a speaker, no matter how- dull he is, but invariably attack the over-worked sitter who is trying to get a little sleep. 385 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360 361 362 363 364 Th. Fri, Sat. Su. Mo. Tu. We. ' Th. Fri. Sat. Su. Mo. Tu. We. Th. Fn. Sat. Su. Mo. Tu. We. Th. Fii. Sat. Su. Uo. Tu. We. Til. Fri. Sat. Sun Rises H.M. SUK Sets H.M. Moon Sets H.M. 2 45 3 53 4 59 6 2 rises 5 32 6 30 7 28 8 27 9 25 10 22 11 20 morn 18 1 18 2 20 3 24 4 30 5 34 6 37 sets 6 38 7 52 9 6 10 18 11 27 morn 36 1 44 2 50 3 53 MISCELLANEOUS rHENOI\IEXA. Large fire in New Orleans 1876 Battle of Austerlitz 1805 Madrid captiu'ed 1808 Thomas Carlyle borii 1795 Brooldyn Theatre burned 1876 St. Nicholas. Emperor W'illiam born 1792 Vatican Council 1869 Gustavus Adolphus born 1594 Ple\'na captured by the Russians 1877 Charleston tire. . , '. 1861 Edwin Forrest died 1872 Francis Drake saUcd 1577 Washington died, aged 67 1799 Gen. Wayne died 1796 Boston Tea Party 1776 John G. Whittier born 1807 Battle of the Great IMdge 1775 Bayard Taylor died 1878 South Carolina secedes 1860 St. Thomas. Winter begins. Landing of Pilgrims 1620 Fenian prisoners liberated 1870 Robin Hood died 1247 Christmas. St. Stephen. Texas a state 1845 St. John EvangeUst. John Kepler b. 1581 Holy Innocents. Colonization Soc. f . 1816 Ashtabula railway accident 1876 Battle of Savannah 1778 Disraeli born 1805 Moon's Phaser. — Full Moon, 5th ; Tiast Quarter, 13th ; New ;Moon. 20tli First Quarter, 27th. '• That's what I call a finished sei-mon," said a lady to her husband, as they wended their way from church. "Yes," was the rejily ; "l)ut, do you know, I thought it never would be." "How can you fail in j'oiu' examination ?" asked the tutor. " I thought I crammed you thoroiighly." "Well, you see," replied the student, " the fact was you crammed me so tight I couldn't get it out." AN EMBRYO AMERICAN CITY. The iron horse has but one ear — the engineer. To step on a man's corn goes against his grain. It is absiu-d to suppose that a man can speak above his breath, since hif? month is below his nose. A newly married couple were sitting in a palace car when she said, **Georp:ie> ain't you glad ? We're relatives now. Father : — "Charlie, I see no improvement in your marks." Charlie: — "Yes. papa ; it is high time you had a serious talk with the teacher, or else he'U keep on that way forever." Science enumerates 588 species of organic forms in the air we breath. Just think of it ! Every time you draw in a breath a whole zoological garden slips down your windpipe, and no free tickets to the press. At a printers' festival lately the following toast was offered: "Woman! Second only to the press in the dissemination of news." The ladies are yet un- decided whether to regard this as a compliment or otherwise. When old Mrs, Bunsby had got throiigh reading in tlie morning paper an account of the last fire she turned her spectacles from her eyes to the top of ber head and remarked : "If the city firemen would wear the generwino hum knit stockints, such as we make and wear in the country, they wouldn't be a bustiu' of their hose at every fire. Mrs. Partington retiu*ns from the seaside. "Yes, I've been to a seaside re- tort. I have had my summer extortion, and I must confess my anticipations surpassed my expectations. To people in indignant cu'cumstances the recom. meudations might be satisfactory ; but it is beyond my reprehension how pcopl(3 of effulgence — people who have lugubi'ious homes, siu'mounted by all that em- bezzles civilized life — can put up in such caverns. They must liave investf'd taste;-!." What Has Happened Since 1840. USINESS interests have been greatly Htimulated aud enlarged by the ingenuity of the age in which wo hve. It is not too much to say that no great invention which had not beginning in the decade of 1840 — 1850 has appeared in the pant thirty years. In that period occm-red the most signal develop- ment of the apphcations of chemistry to manuf ac- tm-cs and agriculture ; an enormous expansion of connnerce by means of raih'oads and ocean-steam- ships ; the discovery of ether ; and the perfection and diffusion of some of the most precious contri- butions ever made to the welfare of mankind. In 1835 only 984 miles of raUroad had been completed in the United States; in 1840 they had been nearly trebled (2818) ; in 1845 they had been nearly quadrupled (3768). In 1835 Boston was connected with Worcester, and Baltimore with Washington •, Irom Philadelphia the traveller could go no farther west by rail than the Sus- quehanna at Columbia. In 1836, Ericisson brought over the propeller to these hospitable shores. In 1840 the Cunard line of ocean-steamers was estabhshed, but for a long time only "side-wheelers" were tolerated. The first regular ship, the Britannia, reached Boston after a trip of fourteen days and eight hours. Morse's telegraph, after vain offers on both sides of the Atlantic, was at last siibsidized by our own goverimient, and in 1844 communication was opened be- tween Baltimore and Washington. "What hath God wrought !" signalled Morse at the capitol to Alfred Vail at Baltimore. The rews despatches to the press "by electro-telegraph" or "by magnetic telegraph" were meagre, while public patron- age was BO timid that the wits .of the day made fun of a dehghted father in Baltimore who "wired" the news of the bhth of a grandson to a post office official at the Capitol — "as if the mail were too slow" at twenty miles an hour. In April, 1840, Goodyear was in the debtors' prison (a lodging almost as familiar to him as his own home) in Boston ; he had the year before f oimd the clue to the vulcanizing of rubber, but the process was not reduced to a certainty till 1844. At about the same time (1845-47) the McCormick reaper was confirming the in- dependence of the New World of the Old as a granary. (As late as 1836-38 wheat had been imported into the United States from Portugal and the Baltic.) The sewing machine devised by Elias Howe in 1843 was patented in 1S46, but the im- portance of this invention was not fully realized for more than a dozen years afterward. The daguerreotyi^e dates from 1830, and in 1840 the enterprising Mr. Plump began taking lilvcnesses in Boston — with small success for some months. Five years later his "galleries" were to be found not only in that city, but in New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, and even Dubuque, Iowa. Finally, Jialy '24, 1847, the jiatent was issued for Hoe's lightning press. A PEACEFUL PICTURE. ,.^?^ :> ^^.^: L^=t r ^ COM'P'. INTO THE GARDEN, MAUD- Sea-Coast Superstitions. ANY wives by the sea-coast hold supersti- tious coucerniug the " hollo w-soundiug aud mysterious maiu." ThusDickeus tells us that Barkis lingered in his dying until the tui-n of the tide, when, the tide gomg out, Barkis went out with it. In New Eng- land it is unlucky to kill a pig in the wane of the moon or at the ebbing of the tide ; the pork will shrink in the boiling. Water in the dinner-pot evaporates more rapidly over the fire when the tide is "dead low." It is unlucky to eati fish from the head downward ; it drives away the fish from the shores. To tell the stage of the tide without going to the beach, look in a cat's eyes ; the pupil of every intelligent cat's eye is elongated when the tide is at the flood. Never count a catch of fish untn the day's work, or sport, is done. Other- wise the sport is spoiled. Similarly, the sea-side farmer nev- er counts his lambs until the season for their dropping is over. But it is not alone in rural communities that men and women keep up customs and rites founded on pagan superstitions. ■ Among the ancient Greeks and Bomans it was a custom for the bridegroom to give his bride, on the wedding night, a considerable sum of money, by way of purchase of her per- son. From this usage, no doubt, we have derived the custom of making wed- ding presents, under which so many people groan. The ancient Saxons gave a betrothal rmg, or other gift, which was called "a wed," and from which we have derived a very charming word. Fifth Avenue throws an old shoe after the de- parting bride. Is this because our sterner forefathers ordained that the bride- groom should tap his new-made wife on the head with his shoe as a token of her submission to her lord ? Population of the World. Europe 315,929,000 Asia 838,70i,000 Afric.i 205,679,000 America 95,495,500 Australia and Polynesia 4,031,000 Polar Regions .82,000 The World 1,455,923,500 Tlie calculation for Europe, which must be substantially accurate, is much larger than the usual one ; but even then the immense bulk of humanity, 10 in 14 of mankind, dwells in Asia and Africa, a fact which the philosophers will do well to remember. The Londoner or Parisian is not exactly "Man." Cultivate One Talent. ,l,'^|i^^,.j^^^^^^-5^j?)<^ NE talent well cultivated, deepened and enlarged. ^ "-^-^v""'"""^^". -OirV is worth a hundred shallow faculties. The first law of success at this day, when so many matters are clamoring for attention, is concentration ; to bend all the energies to one point, looking neither to the right nor to the left. It has been justly said that a great deal of the wisdom of a man in this centiury is shown in leading things unlaio-v\ii ; and a great deal of his practical sense in leaving things undone. The day of universal scholars is past. "Life is short and art is long." The range of himian knowledge has increased so enormously that no brain can grapple with it ; and the man who would Imow one thing well must have the courage to be ignorant of a thousand things, however attractive or inviting . As with knowledge, so ■s\ith work. The man who would get along must single out his specialty, and into that must poiu* the whole stream of his activity —all the energies of his hand, his eye, tongue, heart and brain. Broad culture, many-sidedness, are beautiful things to contemplate ; but it is the narrow-edged men— the men of single and intense piu:pose, who steel their souls against all things else— who accomplish the hard work of the world, and who are everyv/here in great demand when genuine hard work is to be done- They that laugh at everything, and they that fret at everything, are alike fools. Nothing so rare as that of acknowledging sincerely that we deserve what we suffer. A Professok of French in an Albany school recently asked what was the gender of academy. The unusually bright pupil responded that it depended on whether it was a male or female academy. Professor — Which is the more deUcate of the senses ? Sophomore — The touch. Professor— Prove it. Sophomore— When you sit on a tack ; you can't hear it, you can't see it, you can't taste it, you can't smell it, but it's there. The Chinese skill in dwarfing plants is well known. The Chinese ladies wear in their bosoms little dwarf fir trees, which, by a carefully adjusted system of starvation, have been reduced to the size of button-hole flowers. These remain fresh and evergreen in their dwarf state for a number of years, just as fir trees in mountains are evergreen, and thus are excellent sjTnbols of perpetuity of love, to express Avhich they are used by the ladies of the highest rank in the Celestial Empu'e. Something- About Water Spouts. WATEB spoilt, in general form, approaches more or less nearly to that of a coiie, or of a doiibje cone, the least diameter in the latter case being near the middle of its height, and parts or the •whole extent of it can be seen, even at consider- able distance, to have a rapid horizontal rotation . This whirling movement of the spout or column --^,y2p'^ jg, universal ; and the fact shows that the phen- (T'-f^Sv- tmenon is in all cases associated with or depend- ^ ' ' ent upon some form of whMwind. "When water- pouts occur at sea, they may begin to form at the smface of the water, rising gradually in height, and meeting an upper portion that nearly at the same time begins to descend from the base of a cloud above. But more generally over the sea, and always over land, they first make their appearance at "the under sm-f ace of a cloud, from which a poxTch-lilie appendage may be observed to protude, enlarging and lengthening into a con- ical or funnel form, the base always above. If this occm'S over the sea, it may or may not be attended with formation of the cor- responding .or lower portion ; though when both parts appear, they almost always extend until they meet, and the cohunn is complete from the cloud to the sea. In 1718 a water spout is said to have burst in Lancashire, England, which for the distance of a mUe tore up the ground to a depth of seven feet, so as to lay bare the underlying rock. The young man who wants to get up with the sun should not sit up too late with the daughter. "When James T. Brady, the eminent lawyer, first o^^ened a lawyer's ofiftce in New York, he took a basement room, which had previously been occupied by a cobbler. He was somewhat annoyed by the previous occupant's callers, and hri- tated by the fact that he had few of his own. One day an Irishman entered. "The cobbler's gone, I see," he said. "I should think he had," tartly respond- ed Brady. "And v. hat do you sell?" he said, looking at the solitary table and a few law books. "Block-heads," responded Brady. "Begorra," said the Irish- man, "ye must be doing a mighty fine business — ye hain't got but one left.'' Have you not seen just such a husband as the one who figures as the hero of this story : A man was sawing wood in a back yard. He severed two sticks as thick as your wrist and then went into the house. "Mary," said he to his wife, "my country needs me ; there's no use talldng ; we've got to slaughter these Injuns ; no true patriot can be expected to hang around a woodpile thc.^e day;;.' "John," said his "udfe, "if you fight Injuns as well as you saw wood and support your family, it would take 118 like you to capture one squaw, and 3'^ou'd have t>o catch her when she had the ague and tlirow pepper in her eyes." John went back to the woodpile wondering who told his wife all about him. Yeky seldom round — The square man. A GREAT many men who start oiit to reform the world leave themselves for the last joh. The happiness of yoiu* life depends upon the quahty of your thoughts ; therefore guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no actions unsuit- al)le to virtue and tinreasonable to nature. A YOUNG lady surprised the gentlemanly clerk, at one of our di-y goods stores by offering him fifty cents in payment for a dollar purchase. "It amounts to a dollar, if you please," said the g. c. "I knowit does," -was the answer, "but papa is only paying fifty cents on the dollar now." The English language is rich in synonymous terms. A mechanic in search of work is "out of a job ;" a clerk in the same predicament is "disengaged," and a professional man similarly placed is "at leisure." The mechanic "gets work," the clerk "connects" himself with some "estabhshment," and the professional man "resumes" practice. A word as to pic crust. A very nice crust can be made without butter or lard, if you have cream. Put into a good-sized bowl a cup of thick sweet cream. Add sifted flour to it liy degrees, not stirring it about, but chopphig it in with the edge of the knife until thick enough to roll without stickmg. This paste scorches very easily, and must also be baked as soon as possible after it is mode. A Lover of His Mother. E believe that of all the love affairs iu the world, none can surpass the trne love of a big boy for his mother. It is a pure love and noble, honorable in the highest de- gree to both. I do not mean merely a dutiful affection. I mean a love which makes a boy gallant and com-teous to his mother, saying to everybody plainly that he is f aii-ly in love with her. Next to the love of a husband, nothing so crowns a woman's life with honor as this second love, this devotion of son to her. And I never yet kne^y a boy to *'tm-n out" bad who began by falling in love with his mother. Any man may fall in love with a girl, and the man, who is gallant with the girl^ may cruelly neglect the worn and weary wife. But the boy who is a lover to his mother, in her middle-age, i.^ a true knight who will love his wife as much in the sear-leaved autumn as he did iu the daisied spring- time. A TRAMP called his shoes ''corporations," because they had no soles. • Animals are such agreeable friends— they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms. The reason "the boy stood on the bimnng deck" was because it was too hot to sit down. "Theke ain't but phu men who kan stick a whilte handkerchief into the brest j)Ocket ov then- overcut without letting a leetle of it stick out, just hi acksi C4--: dent." — [Josh BUlings. A DEAR little thing — The diamond. A SERIOUS step — Out of a second-story window to the ground below. An Enghsh wiiter says you can tell when you are surrounded by a dozen Americans by the f ollowuig unerring test : Three will be found smoking cigars and nine reading newspapers. A COBIMERCIAL editor, who was once a small boy with a mother who knew the value of a shpper in cases of emergency, cannot to this day write about ' ' a movement in leather" without hitching uneasily in his chau". "Well, Bessie," said her mother, "have you been a good girl to-day'?'' "No, mamma." "Why, Bessie, I hope you have not been abadghl? "No, mamma," said the little thing, "not weddy bad, not wcddy good, just a com- ferable girl." A MAN had $65 stolen from him. A week afterwards he received a letter containing $25, that read : "I stoled your money. Romors naws at my con- shens, and I send you some of it back. When remors naws again I'll send some more . " Life Thoughts. IJY E. S. WHEELER, THE 13EK1.IN NATURALIST. OCIETY makes us. Live and help to live. Thought hghteus labor. Thought is next to time. All time is embodied in man. Bad habits are weeds gone to seed. Well done is the base line of profit. I must convert my time into money. Self improvement begins at the table. Eead me forward as well as backward. One success is better than two f ailtures. The ideal is only the practical in advance. Childi-en are entitled to every day hoHdays. That work is best done that is best understood. We must learn to think if we would think to learn. Common things, when studied, become of interest. A httle easy thought will often save much hard work. People can't afford to use poor tools and thus waste time. " I take the world as I find it," says a contented Georgian. Work well done is quickly done. Poor work makes poor time . A bright boy says : " We might as well be sitting still as doing nothing." To gain a clear view of distant objects all intervening thing;8 must be over- looked. The newspaper is what we help make it ; the mirror reflects us, not we the mirror. They live best who gives less attention to things than the uses which come from things. It is more pleasant to thhik that we have come up thi'ough the ape than that we are going back to one, I don't time it well stopping too long in this place, too little in that or the other. Too long with natm-e, too little with art. Taste by imitation runs in certain dkections whether it is in harmony with the person or stm-oundmgs or not, the masses beuig mere imitators of the few . Somethhig gives me the feeling to stand and look at natm-e and wish nature would stay awhile and I had time to stay and enjoy ; but no, onward is the word. Who stays behind is forgotten. Things belong to the physical — uses to the mental. Things are physical, their uses mental. Real things belong to the seen, uses to the unseen. Things — all we sec — will be wholly changed by imsecn force — uses. The Riural New Yorker quotes the New England Farmer as saymg : I hon cstly behevo that the farmer who will work his brains untU noon, and his hands the balance of the day, will outstrip him who rises at five and toils until nine at night. Arctic Explorations. jY examination of the map, it will be seen that the Arctic Ocean communicates with the Pacific by Beh- ring's Strait, and with the Atlantic by a wide pas- sage between Greenland and Norway. The naviga- tion of this ocean is obstructed by pei"petual congel- -vtion, but it is supposed that a portion N. of 80 ° is an open polar sea. The Ai'ctic Ocean encloses many large islands, and comprises large bays and gulfs, wliich deeply indent the adjacent continents, as Baffin's Bay, the White Sea, and the Gulf of Obi. The water of this ocean is extremely pure and clear, and the ice is remarkable for the beauty and variety of its tints. Those parts of this sea which have been explored are occupied by large fields of floating ice and icebergs in almost perpetual motion. Captain Boss measiu-ed an iceberg which rose 325 feet above the water in which it floated. There are masses that present a front of 200 feet in height, and fields from ten to forty feet thick sometimes extend over 100 miles. Icebergs often have a violent rotation, and are dashed against er.ch other with a tremendous force. Fogs, storms, and almost endless night add to the dangers which beset the explorer. Among the navigators who have explored it in search of a northwest pas- je are Parry, Boss, Sir John Franklin, and Kane. Drs. Hayes and Hall, and various Scandinavian and Dutch navigators, are among the recent explorers. Parry in 1827 reached lat. 82*^ 45' N., Ion. 19^ 25/ E., and found there floes of ice, with open water between. In 1854, Kane penetrated to lat. 81 '=' 22/ in Ion. 65 ^ 35' W. He argued that there is an open sea, not frozen, around the Pole, from the fact that ^'agale from the N. E. of fifty-four homes' dm-ation brought a heavy sea from that quarter, without disclosing any drift or other ice." There are valuable whale-fisheries in the Arctic Ocean. All Arctic explorers have utilized the intelligent and powerful Esquimaux dog in their explorations. A dog team has the credit of requhing of its driver more patience even than a mule team. Daniel, O'Connell, once luct a conceited literary friend, and exclaimed : " 1 saw a capital thing in your last pamphlet." "Did you?" eagerly replied his delighted listener ; "what was it?" "A pound of butter." The man who loafs his time away around a one-horse grocery store while his wife takes in washing to support him, can always tell you just what this coun- try needs to enhance its prosperity. The Derrick says that many a young girl's life has been wrecked on the waves of her handkerchief. Good Advice. O not choose your friend by his looks ; handsome shoes often pinch the feet. Do _!not be fond of complunenta ; remember, ^^ '' Thank you, pussy, and thank you, pussy," killed the cat. Don't beheve in the man who talks most, for mewing cats are very seldom good mousers. By no means put yom-self in another person's power ; if you put your thumb between two grinders, it is very apt to be bitten. Drink nothing without seeing it ; sign nothing without reading it, and make sure that it means no more than it says. Don't go to law unless you have nothing to lose ; law- yers' houses are built on fools' heads. In any busi- ness never wade into water where you cannot see bot- tom. Put no dependence upon the label of a bag ; and count money before you receipt for it. See the sack open before you buy what is in it, for he who trades in the dark asks to be cheated. Keep clear of the man who does not value his own character. Beware of every one who swears, for he who would blaspheme his Maker would made no bones of lying or stealing. Beware of no man more than of yourself ; we carry our worst enemies within us. When a new opinion or doctrine comes before you, do not bite till you know whether it is bread or a stone ; and do not be sure that the gingerbread is good because of the gilt on it. Never shout till you are quite out of the woods ; and don't cry fried fish till they are caught in the net. There's always time enough to boast — wait a little longer. Don't throw away dirty water tiU you have got clean. Keep on at scraping the roads till you can get better work ; for the poor- est pay is better than none, and the humblest office is better than being out of employment. Always give up the road to buUs and madmen ; and never fight with a coal heaver, or contend with a base character, for they will be sure to blacken you. Nobody is more like an honest man than a thorough rogue. When you see a man with a great deal of religion displayed in his shop window, you may depend upon it, he keeps a very small stock of it within. An Ohio newspaper speaks of a man being bruised by the "emphatic gesture of a mule." Snoeing is a ground for divorce in Olno : but you had better not show this to yoiu- wife. "Anxious Inquirer" asks how he may "learn to wiite well." Write it w-e-1-1, my son. There may be those who write it with one 1 ; but the best authors double the final consonant. " I should like to see somebody abduct me," said Mrs. Smith at the break- fast table, the other morning. " H'm ! so should I, my dear, so should I," said Mr. Smith, with exccediiVg earnestness. Summer Life in the Woods. out the ^^ NE of the most delightful ways of spendhig a part of a suiu- ^U J^ mer vacation is in attendance upon camp and grove meetingB. J| I I The time was when only one or two rcUgious denominations \^>^ approved of these gatherings, but now nearly every Protestant sect countenances them, and they are mcreasing in popularity through- coimtry, not only with the various denominations, but also for Sabbath school and reformatory work generally. Chatauqua is better kno-wn to the majority of people than many second-class cities, Oiu: engra\'ing gives a good idea of one of the principal avenues in Cottage City, on the island of Martha's Vineyard, dmiug the height of the season. Here are over one thousand cottages, some of them very costly, owned and oc- cupied by prominent citizens from various sections of the country. It has con- crete walks and drives, ocean view, a horse raUi'oad, a trottmg course. Forty thousand visitors sometimes frequent this island at one time. That was a wise colored man, who in speaking of the happiness of married people, said : "Dat ar' 'pends altogedder how doy enjoys deselves." Truth, being founded on a rock, you may boldly dig to see its f oimdations without fear of destroying the edifice ; but falsehood being laid on the sand, if you examine its foundations you cause it to f aU. Grape Vines. N experienced horticulturist says:— "There are few fruits easier to raise, and a single vine if properly cared for, will yield an enormous quantity. A southeast' exposure is the most desii-able, but land too rich in nitrogeneous matter is not desirable. Many persons who have thought rank barnyard manure was not useful as a fertilizer for the grape, have run into the opposite extreme and have actually starved the vines. Potash is the best fertiliz- er that can be apphed. A few shovelfuls of wood ashes added in the fall of the year and raked in, makes an excellent fertilizer. Laundry slops are very good ; not only does the moistiu-e aid the growth, but the potash of the soap also acts as a vine food, supple- mented by a little well-rotted manure. Honesty before policy . OvEBcoME or be overcome. Weeds and waste are near kin. Well done before better done. Trial makes all things possible. Life is what we help to make it. Sound sleep is money at interest. Earnestness commands attention. A TWO-FOOT rule— Don't wear tight shoes. A DEADwooD man— A cigar store Indian. For whom was Eve made ? For Adams' Express company. Love is like honesty— much talked about but little understood. Some men cannot stand prosperity. Others never get a chance to try. A WESTERN coroner recently had, in one day, three cases of did-not-know- it-was-loaded, A WESTERN woman has lost two husbands by lightning. She ought to marry a conductor. This is the latest for wedding mvitations in Boston : Come around and see us capture a mother-in-law, at eight o'clock sharp. A Philadelphia clerk, who was somewhat smarter than his employer, was heard to remark the other day : "Thanli fortune, the boss has stopped ad- vertising for the season. Now wo will have a rest." The girl who is modest and reserved in her demeanor — who is neither prud- ish on the one hand and indecorously free on the other— who makes no effort to attract attention and encoiuages no advances in the way of love making, will always be safe from annoyance and proof against scandal. The Old Oaken Bucket, HIS, one of the niobt popular of American poems, was ■vNTitten by Bam- «iiel Woodworth. The scene so yividly described in this charming lyric is Mr. Ws native little valley in Scituate, Mass., on the Atlantic coast, and every line of his description is true to natm-e now. ]\Ir. W. i was born Jan. 13, 1785, and died in New York, Dec. 9, 1842. " How dear to this heart are the scenes of my childhood When fond recollection presents them to view ! — The orchard, the meadow, the deep-tangled wildwood, And every loved spot which my mf ancy knew ; The wide-spreading pond, and the mill that stood by it : The bridge, and the rock where the cataract fell ; The cot of my father, the dairy honse nigh it ; And e'en the rude bucket that hung in the well, — The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket, The moss-covered bucket, which hung in the well. *********** '•How sweet from the green mossy brim to receive it. As, poised on the curb, it inclined to my lips ! Not a full blushing goblet could tempt me to leave it. The briglitest that beauty or revelry sips. And now, far removed from the loved liabitation, The tear of regret will intrusively swell As fancy reverts to my father's plantation. And sighs for the bucket that hangs in the well,— The old oaken bucket, the iron-boiind bucket, The moss-covered bucket, that hangs in the well."' Healthfulness of Apples. ANY persons do not Talue apples sufficiently as an article of diet. Beside containing a large amount of sugar, mucilage and other nutritive matter, this fruit contains vegetable acids, aromatic qualities, etc., which act powerfully in the capacity of refrig- erants, tonics and antiseptics, and when freely used at the season of mellow ripeness, prevent debihty, indigestion, and avert, beyond doubt, many of the "ills which flesh is heir to." The operators of Cornwall, Eng., consider ripe apples nearly as nour- ishing as bread, and far more so than potatoes. In 1810, which was a year of much scarcity, apples, in- stead of being made into cider, were sold to the poor, and the laborers asserted that they could ''stand their work" on baked apples without meat, whereas a potato diet required either meat or some other substantial nutriment. The French and Germans use apples extensively, as do the inhab" itants of all Eiu-opean nations. The laborers depend on them as an article of food, and frequently make a dinner of sliced apples and bread. There is no fruit cooked in as many different ways in our coun- try, nor is there any whose value, as an article of nutriment, is so great. To have the gout is to have the " swell" thing. Our ancestors, the monkeys, couldn't have been so ignorant after all. TheJ were all educated m the higher branches. "The book to read," says Dr. McCosh, "is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think." Chinese soldiers get three cents a day, and when the war is over very few of them invest their savings in twenty-five thousand dollars worth of government bonds. It is a good sign when a man, by waste or neglect, losing his position or his business, is willing to go down to the root of the matter, and throw the blame on himself, where it belongs. There is nothing that so takes the starch oxit of a young man who has been wedded about a year as to have to go to a store where there is a ghl clerk that ho used to keep company with, and inquire for those large-sized safety pins. It makes a mother's heart revert to her younger days when she comes into the parlor next morning after her daughter's beau has been around, and finds only one chair in front of the fire-place, and the others sitting along the wall as if they hadn't been touched for three years. The Little Faces. tunate mates. UPPOSE the irregiilar procession of children school- ■\vard bound, which one meeta on the streets, all wore ''shining morning faces," what a bright and happy throng it would be ! But some little ones Ave meet AN-ith traces of tears in their faces, and grief looking out un- timely from the childish eyes whose bhth-right is mer- riment. Hapless, defrauded ones, who go from impa- ^^'?^ tient, fretful homes to the tasks of the school-room ! — '^'*^%"^ whose mothers forget that a cupful is as full as a brim- "^»^ muig bucket, and that childish sorrows or disappoiut- are not small to those who have them to bear. Hoav poorly thof!0 parents discharge their duties w^ho send out their childi-en for the day, unhappy ! Could they know for one horn: tlie desolation of the homes from which the children have gone forth for the last time, by reason of the epidemics that have wrought such havoc in many neighborhoods this year, how- patient, how watchful, how tender they would be! "It is never our tenderness that we regret," says George Ehot, in speaking of those who are gone beyond our lovmg or om- chid- ing. No, and it is not our patience that comes back to mingle the bitterness of unavailing regrets with our sorrow. Homes photograph themselves on the faces of then* inmates ; and a piteous picture is that hmned on the sensitive surface of many an unhappy little countenance that lingers behind its more f or- is it roxir fault, sister or mother ? We camiot have fertilizing showers on the earth without a clouded heaven above. It is thus with oiu: trials. One of the best rrdes in conversation is, never to say a thing which any of the company can reasonably wish had been left unsaid. Death in almost any form, can be faced ; but knowhig, as many of us do, what i.^ human life, who of us could, if seeing the whole routuie of Hfe, face the hour of bhth. People are apt to be very generous with what costs nothmg. Sidney Smith once said that most men are ready to act the Good Samaritan, but without the oil and twopence. A DARKEY who wasstoppuig to wash his hands in a creek, didn't notice the pecuUar actions of a goat just behind him, so when he scrambled out of the water and was asked how it happened, he answered: "I dunno, 'zactly, but 'peared as ef de shore kinder h'isted and f rowed me." A LITTLE fellow, turning over the leaves of a scrapbook, came across the well-known pictme of some chickens just out of their shells. Ho exammed the pictm-e carefully, and then, with a grave, sagacious look, slowly remarked : "Thev came out 'cos they was afraid of being boiled." CHILDHOOD'S HAPPY DAYS. n AINES ENGLAND, ^ Confectioner, AND DEALER IN Fruits, Tohacoo and Cigars and Toys. Main Street, ENNIS, - - - TKXAS. Has the best brand of cigars to be found in the city. A BNER EVANS, JTX has opened a NEW DRUG STORE, EJVJ^IS, - West .Avenue - T-EXAS. With a new and fresh assortment of all kinds of DRUGS AXB MEDICIKES, t^^ Give me a Call. «^8r H. Henry, E. F. Rops. HENRY & ROSS. Blacksmiths and Wheelwrights. West Avenue, Ennis, Jexas. All kinds of farm and j2:eneral blacksmithin*? attended to- Horse shoeing made a specialty. Manufacturers of the best black land plows made in the county. Piping for machinery cut and fit to order, from 2 inches down t • \ inch. n 0. om ^' RESTAURANT. Oyster and Ice Cream Parlors, West Avenue, Ennis, Texas. Meals at all hours. Ovsters aiul Ice Orenin in their seasoa. Has the only WAGOX YAUD in the city. ■UrHIGGINBOTHAM & CO,, V V , Dealers in Farming Implements, .% SIC a AS WAGONS, ^PlowSj Sulky Plows ^-Standard Vidtiva' _ tors, Mc Bride At- ^" tachmentSf Barbed Wire, Cotton. Hoes, and all other tools that the farmers need. Reapers, Mowers, Hay Rakes, etc, ST ORE-^^~Main street, EJ^J^IS, Texas, -i Y. GOLDSBOROUGH, General Commission Merchant, 7y/////'s, Blli's Cori/ilj% 2e:vas. WiU make liberal advances on. COTTOJsT. CASH for Cotton Seed, Hid.es, Wool and all kinds of Grain, Receives, weiLilis anA skips Cotton. Waulh.»i si, and Cotton Yaud oppos-ite Ciroy'R Tjiimber Yard. Afain Street, t:,\\v/s. - - - rt:xAs.