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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-02-07
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BRooKFIELD, Jan. IL, 1855.
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pleasure to say, that its effect has been excel
lent nremoving inflammation, dandruff and
constant tendency to itching, with which I
have been troubled from childhood, and has
also restored ms hair, which was becoming
gray to its original color. Ihave used 10 9TH
er article with anything ike the same pleasure
and profit. Yours truly,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-02-07

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A very liberal discount made to wholesale
purchasers.
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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-02-07
GENTLEMEN,S COOOS,

Super black French cloths all
prices, super brown, blue and olive - $500 ~
do, black French cassimeres all a<IlID
qualities, fancy cassimeres a large stock. fancy
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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-02-07

CARLYLE, ILL.,. June 9th, 1853.
/ have used Prof. Woods Hair Restorative,
and have admitted its wonderful effect Nv
hair was becoming as | thought, prematnrely
gray, but by the use of his Restorative, it has
resumed its natural color, and have no doubt
prematurely so. SYDNEY BREESE,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-02-07

GaRDrvER, Me-, June %, 1854.
Mr.. DYEn-Dear Sir:--I have used two bot
ties Of Prof. Woods Hair Restorative, and
can truly say it is the greatest discovery of the
age for restoring and changing the hair. Be-
fore using it, / was as grey as man of seven
ty. Nv hair hes now attained its original COL
or. You can recommend it to theworld with
out the least fear as my case was one of the
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-02-07
Ready Made Clothing

of all kinds--india rubber coats, pants and
lesgins, water proof shoes gentlemen, ladies'
and misses) blankets of all colors and quail
ties very chean
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-02-07

DROFESSOR WOODS Hair Restorative. il
IL no doubt the most wonderful discovers
of this age or progress. The following Is
from most distinguished member of the
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1856-01-05
Kno.

that many Of our readers are
it'll tbs game, and a slight
- - "culiarities may not prov.
80: Kissing along, either Church
-, It's, atany time, during these
t lie ca, is saluted by strange
esn the open doors Of the
r. asrorty foar'' the teller hollers
,Sasss in, it IS curious To- see. the
aaFss four lines of individuals set
ting crowded along the edges of two long
IA HES. each with q small card about six by
ten inches. before him. covered with figures.
Before each player is placed a handful OF
corn, with which they mark each figure as
it is respectively called out by the teller
The amount played for, or pool, as it is call
ed, consists of a Ispy npon each player, from
the amount of which a tax OF ten per cent IS
! deducted for TIE house. As each lumber Is
called from a revolving glebe, the stir and
| excitement is tremendous. Rich and poor,
high and low, al set at ore common table
and each loses his dime with as much fuse
and noise as if a plantation had just passed
from his hands. The figures upon the cards
are PLACID in row Of FIVE, and each card has
iorty-fye figures out Of the ninety in the
globe AS the game consists in marking
five Of these numbers in succession from
left to right, when a player gets tour on a
line and waits another ball to make him
| kino. the excitement of that individual is
awful; sometimes a fellow has three chaaces
as they are called, and some more fortunate
individual who has. been bemoaning his il
lack suddenly gets three on a line, then JON
h-then KINo,! Each successive advance
being announced by a shout of " three on {
liue " " chance and the last by an united
shout of "kiNo,1 from the winner, and every
one setting near him they rattle On the ia
bic with sticks-shout and yell, and wind VI
by sending the card to be examined. Som'
times the gent. has made a mistake and a
it is very seldom that this takes place. al
hands have generally swept off their corr
the cussin' ard srearis' is loud and deep
In this case. the game has to be played eve
again. We leave the room, and 90 out int
the cool air, with the confused medley c
words tingiing in our ears, and with a hop
that all of our readers have had a chance o
the broad card of So which $50 will max
hino. we drop the subject.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1856-01-05

AwrrL!-Our imp-the wit of the office
and the delight of the sanctum, has alas
been the victim of misplaced confidence
through the agency of some diaboncai ilend.
Our " Billy" the imp aiore said, is no longer
himself. Listen, kind reader, while we re-
late the melancholy occurrence: On Christ
mas eve, with a heart inli Of expectation of
q visit from that q oldest iHhaoitant," Santa
Claus, he suspended his stocking over the
mantel- piece, as is usual in such cases. With
a heart beating high, and with the confidence
that his labor would not go unrewarded of a
visit taonl the Saint, he retired to his couch
to slumber not to sleep. Who shall depict
the emotions thrilling his bosom, that Inflated
| him like unto a shirt bleaching in a high
wind, with the bright antieipations of the
coming morn? Hardly had Aurora accused
herself from behind the murky clouds that
o'erhung the East, when our $ Billy sprane
from his s~ieepless couch, and rushed to the
parlor, and his eyes glistened-the tears @
Joy trickled down his smiling face, as he be-
held the stocking expanded to the utmost
with its contents. TO rush at it and tear i
from its fastening, was but the work Of an
instant. But oh ye Gods what a sight burst
upon the vision of our "Billy!' Reader, BIZ
calm i've are calm,-even as we write
Desperately he thrust his hand into the stock
ing and drew forth-a dganct juuess1e asainaa
of the feline .Specass-in vulgar language,
dead kitten! His brain reelea, his knee
tottered and he fell back in the arms OF a rock
ing chair, and tainted. How long he remain
ed insenslbie, will never be known to poster
ity. Suffice it to say, he awoke--bIt a
t altered imp, the bloom had fled from hi
+ cheek,--his eyes had lost their lustre-an
r his form, once straight as an arrow. is noy
. bent as with old age. He moves n1echani
cally about the office, attending as usual t
his duties, but his cheerful voice-unce sing
d rng as he worked. has dwindled away to
Childish treble.n His only amusement no,
i is to sit upon the fence in front of our sane
d tum and whistle Lord Lowell or ~rd be
y butterfly
What a warning to young men not to pla
e upon the sensibilities of one weaker tina
themselves!
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1856-01-05

A FASHIONABLE CHURCH IN New YoRx.-
If Fanny Fern did not write the following
we do not know who did
You enter the church porch. The portly
sexton, with his thumbs in the artn-hoies Of
hia vest. meets You at the door. He glances
at YOU: your hat and coat are new, SO he
sraciously escorts you TO an eligible seat in
the broad aisle. Closely behind you follows q
POOR, meek, pIainly-clad seamstress. deprived
from her tread mill round, to think, one day
in seven. of the Immortali The sexton is
struck with sudden hliudnessi She stands
embarrassed ore moment then, as the truth
dawns upon her. r~etraces her steps, and. with
a crimson L,lrh recrosses the threshold which
she had p~rofaned with piehian feet. HaFk
to the organ. It is a strain from Norma, slight
IL Sabbathized. Now the worshippers one
after another glide in-silks ~rattle-plumes
wave-satia Instantaneous giltter-and
scores of forty dollar handkereheiis shake out
| their perflmed odors. What an absurdity to
| preach the Gospel of the lowly Nazarene to
such a set! The clergyman knows better
than to do so. He values his fat salary and
| handsome parsonage too highly. So with a
velvet tread he walks all around the ten COM
mandnents-plates the down,est pillow uu-
der the dying prodigate's head-and nshers
him, with seraphic hyming, into the upper
ten Observation-Disclosures.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1856-01-05

All th- Chinese grocers are cages, phiIos-
oDhers of the school of Courteous. They are
especially friends Of trnth..and pique them
selves on the irreproaehaAle purity Of their
merchandise, and they never sell IA iarthing
candle without accompanying it with some
precept OF lofty wisdom suited to the occa-
sion. Madame, here is your candle. The
honest man, says Coniucius, Loves the light
it is only hateful to those SNflose intentions
are esl - atietnoisalie. mere is ys4ar pen
ny worth of soap. The stains Of the sot
unlike those oil linen, can never be extEac
ed; Monsieur, this is the picked herEiI
which you asked for. While eating it I
member the saying of our great phiIosofhe.
wisdom is like brine. into which a man ci
himself that he may live forever"
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1856-01-05

CHURCH OF ENsLAsp.-A very important
decision has been recently given in the Eng
land Ecclesiastical Court, in the case of Wes-
terton VS. Lidaell. The Rev. Mr.. Liddell is
a Puseyite, and has adorned his alter with
candIesticEs, his church with flowers, and a
large cross, and has erected a credence table,
and uses handsomely decorated and various
colored cloths for the altar, all of which has
offended the evangelical notions of Wester-
ton, the church-warden, who having, without
effect, applied to the Bishop of London, ape
| pealed to the Consistory Court. Here he has
obtained a verdict. The decision, which oe-
cupied seven columns of the London Times,
is to the effect, that the crosses and candle
sticks are to be removed, the eredence table
to be substituted by one movable, and the
vario:,s colored cloths to be changed for ons
of pure white. The decision has created =
great sensation. An appeal against the de-
cision has been lodged in the proper quarter.
| but If not reversed, it is said, it will OCCASION
a large secession from the Church of Enlaad.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1856-01-05

As faithful journalists. it becomes our duty
to chronicle the sequel to an advertisement
which appeared some weeks Since in our pa
per:
At the recent Special Term of the District
Court of our sister parish Of Tensas, William
Bell was tried for cruel treatment to one of
his slaves. The prosecution was preaicated
on the description he gave Of the slave hen
advertising him as a runaway. The author
tiles of the parish did not recognise the brand
ing Of a slave, as the proper mode of identi-
fqIng him as the property nj his owner, AZ
ter a fair and impartial trial: Mr.. Bell was
found guilty, and the extreme penalty of the
law was inflicted on him. He was fined two
hundred dollars, AID the jury decreed that the
slave should be soil away from him.
We are g~ratitiess to see that the law has
not been allowed to slamber over this outrage,
though happily it is very rarely ever neces-
ssYy to execute it.--CsNrdNa iEtGAgrs<er
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1856-01-05

The Hoor PRrfcoar.-Prentiee, of the
Louisville Journal, don't like the hoop petit
coat. Hear what he says about It:
A correspondent asks us to ''take off the
hoop petticoat. We cannot take it off, but
we heartily wish some OF our female friends
would. Certainly fashion never dictated g
more ungraceful and senseless mode. 1t Is a
gross libel upon the taste and judgment Of
the sex. Rebellion against such a fashion is
simply fidelity to womanhood- OF course
we shall offer no apology for speaking of
thing that so ebtrudes itself upon eyerybody's
notice. and runs into nearly ererybody's con-
venience. fit were a mere private hide
Gus ness, the case might be different, but 1t
is seriously a public nuisance. Ii there arc
not Independence and delicacy enough in
fashionable society to abate it. it must be
abated by the strong arm Of ridlcule. Va
are greatly tempted to publish No. 1877 of the
Spectator, but iorbear for the present. It
might be a desperate remedy, bus it would
be a sure one.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1856-01-05

A SPOON OR A SrAIRcAsE.-Not much re
sembIance between them yet they are not
so much unlike as one might imagine. We
have been amused at an anecdote told by a
PARIS correspondent of a London paper, from
which we it:
An English gentleman was breaktastlng
one morning this summer In the Cafe Toy,
when his attention was attracted by the ex-
traordinarT conduct of two unmistakeable
cornpatriots. If their general to,srnnrs had
not stamped them as Great B%rltons. their de-
monstrative manners and the evident self
complacency with which they bawled out the
vilest French at the astonished attendants,
would have done so. The Cafe Foy is known
as the classic retreat of the iiterati of Paris
nothing but the purest and most accurate dc
ton is accustomed to awake It's echoes.
What wonder, then, if the the hG5itaes laid
aside a little Of their natural politeness, and
BETRAYED decided feelings of surprise, Car
| sone.i' at length shouted one OF the Great
Britons, @aonnss-nous I'm ~escatier, sipoMs play
The walters stared and Uttered, and the 9th.
er inmates of the cafe arched their eyebrows
still more decidedly at this extraordinary re-
quest. "Un escai er, garsong,' repeated the
| Englishman. At this ~litncture their fellow
countryman. pereeiving what they wanted
and compassionating their state said, Mai.
garcos, ces a,essieurs des1re'u uns casitter.''-
| What was his reward Z oh I thank you
we can talk Freaeh without your assista act
Doubtless You can, gentleman was the re-
| ply "bnt you were asking for . ssascas
] when VOC wanted . srcos."
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1856-01-05

ry-Some small sonkcd Individual residing In
Baton Rouge has added a Laurel Of imfamy to
his no doubt already irreathed bro,e, by cores
ponding with an Infamous paper published in
New York-in which correspondence he
b~lackguards several Of our citizens, male
and female, Of the highest responsibility. He
may enjoy the fun rs long as he cannot be
convicted, but if he is found out, the blue cir
clets Of a dozen cowhides will premise his
last laurel--a ride upon the sharpest raj
within ten miles Of Baton Rouge.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1856-01-05

c-sWe Were present at reanIon at the
Advocate Office on New Years eve. by special
invitation OF our friend J. J. Jones-may his
shadow never grow less where the good
things eatable and the likewise drinkable,
were spread upon the festive board, IN
boundless profusion. Various and varied
were the toasts drank, and numerous we're
the plngent sa!lies of wit that shot AROUND
like meteors, lighting up smiling faces and
cheering laughing hearts. In the course oi
the evening the press was not forgotten the
Sugar Planter coming in for a full share, oni
space is too limited this week to particular
ize, but we will wind up by remarking that
one editor was extremely ambitious OF being
sent home in a wheel barrow, at the breaking
up OF the party.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1856-01-05

NoRMov 1&FAMfrs.-The editor of the
New York Tribune has had a loag talk with
a reliable gentleman. fresh from Utah. The
substance OF the conversation is thus mar
rated:
Nv friend the reliable gentleman afore-
said.) gives 4 horrible account OF the morai
and socia! condition OF the Mormons, with
whom he spent souaesR1ouths. lie lett them
waliowing deeper and deeper in the slough
OF filthy sensuallty with a certainty OF gong
from bad to worse. tall their whole fabric OF
| annosture is exploded by the mlseries 1t ere
| ates and diffnses. He says that the women
| arr nearly all anxious to hy from the horrible
I den especially those who have been sealed
as the spiritual wives" Of the seoundrel!y
hypocrites who propagate and uphold tins
monstrous deluslon. Nearly all the leaders
have from three women each up to Brigham
| Yo,tna's seventy, some of them make a poor
living by washing the clothes Of the United
| States soldiers. Hundreds of these deceived,
abused women, secretly attempt to beg the
privilege of coming away with the troops
and trains passing from time to time through
or coming from Salt Lake City, but this can
not be allowed. Nearly all would get away
il they could Such pictures OF distress and
despair as are presented by many Of these de-
ceived and abused women can be found no.
where else than in Utah. Hundreds OF them
never heard nor dreamed of the spiritual
wife,: system, until it burst upon their
amazed vision on their arrival at Salt Lake
And such a mixture OF profanity and bias
| phemy, nonsense, impudent assumption and
bufoonery, as is contained in their sermons
and other religious exercises, cannot be parai-
leled in the world. A Gentle OF any
account is carefully watched from the houi
he ventures among them, and there IS little
~scruple as to the means whereby a trouble
some intruder is disposed Of.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1856-01-05

Young ladies who wish to look interesting
should by eating plentifully Q
slate pencils and chalk. Should this fail le,
them resort to vinegar as a b~everage,ant
let them chew green tea. Should this iai
let them give their corsets an extra turn,
and wear the thinnest shoes they can buy,
especially in cold, damp weather. To be
sure, thism may induce consumption but that
matters very little-the interesting" are OF
so little use in the world, that the sooner
they leave it the better for themselves and
every one around them.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1856-01-05

FlArgo.rs.-Thes institutions are coming
down the river in fleets. BY the way, what
must have been the establishment of the
English noblem who having written to a
mercantile friend in New Orleans fer some
token mr. characteristic of the Mattress, receiv-
ed il return the ainefy.fre foot stesr'"g-oar OF
a Tatboat mo wonder the kentucklans
slashed us at New Orleans, if that is the pro-
polling power of their boats and applied by
a single hand,77 was his exclamation.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1856-01-05
Sabbath Schools.

"Jast as the twig is bent the trees inclincd-'
Dwarf even the weed at spring time, and
at maturity your reward will be the stunted
form, adding defornity to the noSious quail
ties it deriyed from natures hands.
Men OF all crecds and of no creeds, are
the Christian religion is derived our en-
lightened laws. our cultivated and refining
customs, and all that adds light and happl-
ness TO the civilized portions Of the earth
vet some neglect and derite the fountain,
whilst they battle in the waters which flow
from it, adding their nurky reflections TO its
pure waters, until they turn with disgust
from that which they have made disgusting.
Men may. and DO obey laws that are formed
and framed from the material of Gods Holy
Word, and they may obey them who had
never tasted oil the delights OF an early chris
tan education, or the consultations Of mature
| convictions but as a general thing, this class
uphold and assist in enforcing the law from
fear, and of the many who fall and are pun
ished with its rigid force few there are who
have grown up under the peaceful and happy
influence OF the Sabbath School.
The reason is obvious-so obvious that
were not our people SO intent upon ~increas-
ing their portions, that it would not be ne
cessary to cali their attention to the fact
that with a population double that of ten
years ago. our Sabbath Schools are not SO
we'll attended as then. Children are allowed
to thTong the streets to pick up habits that
their parents in their old age are ignorant OF.
and to grow up as rank weeds to add their
noxious influence to that constantly ~increas-
ing class, from which our criminals graduate;
and our homes spring.
Force them to keep holy the Sabbath day,
as YOU force them to obey you, and the love
for its ordinance will be equal to their re
spect for your commands. .
There are two Sabbath Schools in this city.
the Methodist and Presbyteriaa-on every
Sabbath morning their bells cali The children
together, male and female; they meet, arc
~classed, and for an hour their minds arr
cheerfully intent upon the service, the
teachings and ADVICE of their teachers
When they leave, they leave with a desire
to keep holy a day that to them open
so ausPiciously and happiIy-compare then
with that class of oilers, rict and poor, wht
at that hour are througing the streets, cursin:
fighting and aping all the bad qualities of gu
floating. idling adult population.
1t cannot do them harm to make them at
lend Sabbath School. and it MAJ do then
t good-it may-then a parent who woult
shir1 a question of this kind, as an enemy /
has children.
J, Teachers are also wanted at both school.
I young men and ladies cannot spend a happie
: hour than In teaching the child the Path i
life he should follow. .s
Let us then have our schools thronge
: with children and teachers and the PRAYER
OF that little band of teachers who have labor
E ed SO long and so earnestly will have bee
0 answered. A TEACHER.
PREscoTT,s WoRKs.-It is stated Til
$ twentp-two thousand five Hundred volume
; OF Prescotts works have been published
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1856-01-05

TnIse. ABOUT Tows.-The quantity OF
~ gar and sca.sr consumed Christmas week
ans awful: We saw a 240, the other night
holding on TO one OF the wharf posts, calcn-
lating the quantity, and raeditating upon the
chance OF swimming across II, ii 1T wass spread
gu. in one Sodp, as he fancied it to be. before
him. When We left, he had undertaken the
task. and mad safely landed at the Franklin
sssG,,sY.e with a straw in his mouth.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1856-01-05
The WEArHER.-After any quantity OF rain

The WEATHER.-After any quantity OF rain
with usual accompaniment OF mud, "old
solt has more deigned TO show his glowing
yisage to an admiring people. The Weather
Is cold and bracing, just enough to crust the
mud in the roads with a decieving surface.
Wo unto the poor traveller who attempts to
pass along them now, as the probability is
he might take a trip to China, or some 9TH
ar region on the other side, by going throaga
instead of going round.