The Bellville Countryman

The Belville Countryman, later The Texas Countryman, was an American Democratic semi-weekly newspaper serving Bellville, Texas. It was edited by W. S. Thayer and published by John Patterson Osterhout. The motto was "Independent in All Things–Neutral in None", and had a column published in German. It operated between July 28, 1860, until August 21, 1865, and was published in a halfsheet format during the American Civil War. It was replaced by The ''Texas Countryman'', which operated until 1869.