The Breckenridge News, 1878-07-17
The front page of 1878-07-17. 691 words, read by machine from the Library of Congress scan and reproduced without correction.
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691 wordsEach block below is one column or story as the page set it. This is microfilm of 1870s newsprint, so the reading carries mistakes; nothing has been corrected, because correcting a name invents one. Blocks that read as noise rather than language were dropped whole.
new which wo hope they will do and if SO Arc shall be cnablcdlo mako a much belter paper in tho futuro than wo have in tho past Our new books are now ready and only tho names of those who have paid aro entered therein and no others need expect ta receive tlib paper nftor this number This is tho only way wo can possibly pub publish - lish publish n paper We do hopo tbjit tho hun hundreds - dreds hundreds ho aro owing us will honorably pay ii3 as early nthoy possibly can nnd iciiow for as long a time as they fcpl nblo to pay for Editorially tho paper shaUlgrow moro independent Air wo said in the first issue wocamOjIjerStO stay Wo have tried lo do our ulttyto nttond to our own business aud by industiy and civility to become nn agreeable nud worthy citizen of tho county In reviewing tho past wo know that wo havo uovcr made tho News tho bright nnd cheerful uicsscnger that W0 desire to mako it but constant manual labor is our apology That wo havo offend offended - ed offended some beeaisp V 0 would not publih tjiclr political nnd pcrsortal gnsU ns our own edi toiiul withholding their nnmes fiom tho public rtjil thu shtolj tlnm from all responsibility and criticism wo nro well avail but wo do not sadly regret it That othctd havo voluntarily and gonoiously con contributed - tributed contributed to tho interest of its columns wo aro giatoful to acknowledge From tho many good letters from tho citizens of our coiinv and Stulo nnd almost ovory Stato In tho Union wo nro encouraged to believe that ns tho News grows older it will grow Stronger and bettor mid wo pledge our en aofvyjjr iajanJisj iUo
gnmlnpplojrves eo thtittliey shall nil utand uniform sinoOtuByminclrtcalyioldingjuAt such applet In just suck quanlllies us L planned whcii hu bought the Uuo from tho nursery Tho point is that every man in farming ns in othoc occupations should As Ascertain - certain Ascertain what his combined inward forcon aud outward circumstances will onublo him to do best and do that Aft n rule diversi diversified - fied diversified farming is the best except in localities pro omincntry adopted to Onb branch liko tho dairy regions or New York or tho nat natural - ural natural grain fields of tho Wost f A snug little orchotd fields of grain grass corn nnd root crops a inapiuccnblo drovoofcows or sheep a pair of choice breeding marcs n pen of good hogs a yard of poultry j somo extra crops to ex experiment - periment experiment old fashioned iuoIIukIIi nboitt tho safetil nml most comfoiinblo af after - ter after nil Foi siiccialties require special knowledtio nml spec nl conditions of suc CcSs They nrehkon ono lcggrd milking stool Cant stand alone whllo varied farm farming - ing farming hos various supports Qvldcfi llulc
A fortnight ngo TJiomasLynp was as assailed - sailed assailed in a lonely apot nenr tycw York by a boy wko demanded his monoy nnd upon his refusal iied at him thrco timps the bullets happily being turned aside by n memorandum book nnd suspender bupklc Tho boyho enmo so near being a mur murderer - derer murderer and two companions who Watched but did nottako part in the assault hao been captured nnd tell a dramatic story In Incited - cited Incited by reading dimo novols they had sot out with thu linn puipos o to becomG aymen Lj tin was their first victim They wcro mined with 0cu barrclcd revolvers ejubsnnd knhes and intended to go to Texas when they had go tun money for their ppssngo by higlrny jobs nt homo After Lynns escape finding thoy wcrO un unsuspected - suspected unsuspected the Ifl ycar trio went on thoioml ngnin and by tlioir queer notions aroused tliojniflpicions of a policeninn who took them in Unldsmecdr wloghot Lynn kojl practiced at a target until ho was an expert and killed many n dog to show how well ho could shoot II o is now in jail awaitiiigrial
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