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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-03-12
LOTTERIES.

The CHANCES FOR MAKING MONEY
BY BUYING LOTTERY !TrcKETs.-A cor.
respondent in the Augusta Ga
Evening Dispatch, gives the following
in relation to the traffic in lottery
tickets:
After / had failed and settled up
pretty much all my old business, |
had yet several little confidential
debts that ] wished very much to
pay. i had 500 in cash, every cent
l had in the world, and | determined
TO buy Lottery tickets with it, in
the hope of drawing prize, and then
pay off all | owed, and so be free
once more. Before purchasing the
tickets called on an old friend to
whom ! owed the largest amount, to
consult him as to the moGe of in
vesting. i opened to him all my
hopes and intentions. He applauded
my motives, but remarked: 1.-The
Lottery appears to be a new thing,
to you, but it is an old one to me-
At the time when Lotteries were
rather new in Georgia, nine others and
myself entered into a partnership
which was to last for ten years. We
each contributed $4,000, making the
handsome capital of $4,000, which
was to be used solely in buying Lot
terry tickets. Now, with all this
money, all our smartness and great
facilities. which you know nothing of,
for buying, how do you think We
stood at the eud Of ten'years?"
| remarked that they must have
coined money!
well, said he "of the original
$4,000. we received back $4,000
and lost the interest, then at eight
per cent, on the whole for ten years.
The $4,000. i( invested at simple
interest for ten years. would have re-
turned us $4,000, and at compound
interest S64,763. Thus you see to
sum it up, we lost the compound IN
terest on
$4,000 for ten years, making. SCI 763
OF the original stock. k................5 5000
Making total Of losses. .......... .6s, 163
And have returned to us........... 25,oOo
Making clear loss of ......... -. IA, f65
'sThis. SIR he continued, sis my
first and last experience in. lotteries,
asfyou may act on if as you choose" ("
Well, as | had determined to IN.
vest, did so, and. it was the last
saw of my Sl00. 1t was my first
and to this time, last attempt to make
money by buying lottery tickets
Augusta, Ga. AN OID MERCHANT.
E,ol,sonabla foll-c hayo oaaepd IL
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-03-12
CrinO.ine.

The beaux are having hard times
just now, to negotiate with the othel
sex. The reasons are obvious, al
will appear from the following i'm
pressive lines:
When a smitten wretch has seen
Among the lost in crinoline,
The one his heart holds dearer, "a
Oh! wha: chill to ardent passion,
To feel that thro' this hollow fashion
.. He never can be nearer.
That instead Of timidly drawing near,
s And pouring into her thrilling ear 81
The flood of his souls devotion,
He must stand and below, in thunder tones
Across half an acre of skirts and bones,
As if hailing ship on the ocean.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-03-12
SPANISH SMALL COIN.

There seems to be much unnecessar,
misunderstanding in tn e community
in regard to the object of the pro.
posed law in relation to Spanish
small coin. Most persons appear
to thiuk it is designed to forbid the
circulation Of fractional Mexican OF
Spanish coin at anything above the
decimal rates next below their re-
speetive denominations. The New
York Journal Of Commerce says:
''Those coins are not now a legal
currency, and all persons may take
them or not, at their pleasure. The
quarters and eighths OF dollar were
at one time refused at the post-offices
and at all Of the banks; but after
the reduction in the weight of Amer.
ican silver coin, they were again re-
ceived into favor, being when not too
much worn. intrinsically worth more
than coins of the corresponding
nominal value issued from the United
States Mint. The substantial fea-
ture of the new law authorizes the
reception Of quarters, eighths and
sixteenths (two shillings, one shilling
aud siNpenny pieces, at 20, 10 and
5 cents respectively at the post
Office, etc, but forbids their reissue.
They are then to be turned over
to the Mint for recoinage with the
American stamp. On an average,
these pieces are worth more tar bar
silver than the rate fixed by the
pending bill, and if it passes into law
they be will bought up by the bullion
dealers for private melting, when
they yield about 81 % per ounce.
The main object Of the friends of
this reform is to take from circulation
the "shillings' and 'sixpences,
which are the standing medium for
public robbery by all shrewd dealers
in making change; and also eradicate
the habit Of reckoning in shillings
and pence, which interferes with the
beautiful working Of our decimal
system among the masses Of people.
We again repeat tha! there is no Law
compelling any one to take them,
but the holders need not sacrifice
largely upon them, unless they are
clipped or worn very smooth. 1t
will be great blessing to the coun-
try, if they can be driven entirely
out of circulation.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-03-12

A new dodge is practiced upon the
Pbiladelphians, by sharpers, after this
style: A geutlemanpulls the door bell
and asks for a Mr. A., who of course
is not in tells his lady that he owes
Mr.. A, one dollar and half--gives
counterfeit five dollar bill, and gets
three dollars and fifty cents in good
money in change.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-03-12
FAYETTEVILLE, TENN THURSDAY, MARCH H., 1857.

brown and yellow; that nearest the
point is still colored with molasses and
not very dry. These several classes
are all kept by themselves, and the
sugar is dried either by sun or ovens,
and then packed into boxes holding
about 400 pounds each. These are
then nailed and strapped by pieces Of
green COW hide in narrow strips, the
boxes weighed, branded, and ready
for transport to market"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-03-12

Two Dollars for one year If maid :.
s.iae OIL subscription; Two Dols;,rs
rHty Cents, WITHOUT DEVIATION
expirationof three months.
All Bills for Advertisements. Joh-
Work' or Subscription, considered due. when
nTacted, except against those with whom
we nave running accounts
w oubscribersfailingi ordera discontinuance
VI tne paper, at the expiration of the time
~, which they may have subscribed, are con-
sldered as wishing to renew; and it will lie
continued to them accordingly.
SEJ1 NO Paper viii besent out of the county
unless paid for in advance
sET Advertisements inserted at One Del
lar per Square of Twelve Lines
or Lsss, for the first insertion; Fifty
COnts for each continuance.
HJ| Persons advertising by the year, will ba
charged Thirty Dollars for whole COL
umn, Twenty Dollars for .one-half
Zen Dollars for one-quarter. No deuia-
fioa from these terBlsunder any circumstances.
bz- The privilege of yearly advertisers is
'srialy limited to their Otcn immediate and
regular business: and the business of an adj
vsrtising firm is not considered as including
that of it's individual members
eAnnouncing candidates Three Dollars
10 be paid in aduance in every case
w AoV6rtlsenents .lOt marked with the num-
Der of insertions when handed in, will be con
tfn,sei until ordered out, and payment eracted.
H1TNo advertisement can be inserted g,atuitously
eJAdvetisements of personal nature, inva-
vtably elarged double price.
sfu.JOb Printing, Of ALL kinds, neatly
done on New Type, and on reasonable
terms as any officein in Tennessee.
KPNO Paper will be discontinued until all
arrsarages are paid up-ercept al the option n
che PuJlishsr.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-03-12
a PUZZLE.

The following from the South
West Baptist, is commended to our
readers as containing excellent advice,
especially to newspaper subscribers.
The following remarkable produc-
ton was found among the papers Of
an aged and very piouS gentleman,
now deceased. 1t is well worthy Of
the attention of the curious. There
is no doubt it involves an important
secret, as the deceased was known to
be a man of unusual excellence and
worth Of character:
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-03-12
Yearly Food of one Man.

From the army and Navy diet
scales Of France and England, which
of course, are based upon the reeog-
nlzed necessities ola large number Of
men in. active life, it is inferred that
about two and one fourth pounds aver
dupois of dry food, per day are re.
quirec for each individual, of this
about three fourths are vegetable, and
and the rest animal. At the close of
an entire year the amount is upwards
OF 500 pounds. Enumeratiug under
the title Of water all the various
drinks coffee, tea, alcohol, wine, ETC.,
1T is estimatedat about 1000 pounds
per annum. That for th air received
by breathing may be taken at 500
pounds. With these figures before
us, says the Ne dical World, we are
able to see how the case stands. The
food, water and air which u man re-
celves, amount, in the aggregate, to
more than 5000 pounds a year; that
is, to about a ton and half; or more
than twenty times his weight. This
enormous quantity used will attract
our attention to the expenditure of
material required for supporting life.
A living man being is the result and
representation Of change on a prod;-
glous scale.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-03-12
AN IRISH WAGER.

'.Nate hand you are. thin, my dar'
ling" said one lush bricklayer to an
other; "you mount the ladder with
your hod full o. stones, and scatter
'em on the heads iv Us as you co.
Och blatheration, blood and GUNS
I'd carry yourself fup from the flats,
to the roof, and down again, without
your being split"
"You don't do it, sir!" returned
the fellow laborrr, ''I'd lay trifle you
couldr't.
"For pint o whiskey I would
though; is it the likes o you might
not lift? Dye take my bet, ,honey?"
"Faith, I'll bet my hide against
yer pint, and that's fair trade, that
you can't"
ain wild your dirty karkas, and
we'lltry it."
Fearful as the experiment may
seem, it was successful When two
thirds up the ladder, Paddy roared
out
IN 'Carthy, ye livil We, sit aisy,
or I'll spill YEP
'Surean isn't it that I'd be after
having ye do?" returned Mac.
When safe landed, he exclaimed
81 didn't think it was in the likes.
O. ye. As it happens, you've won
Il m bate, but just as we was COM
in by the third story Iwas in hopes!!"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-03-12
Tine VERP
ERU TUFH CUM
IL .WORROS
M YAP
ae.a VA DOT
TSUR, TTEG
OF
WORROM

The BIRDS. A bill has been intro
duced Into New York Senate which
provides that it shall not be lawful
for any person to kill or destroy, up
on any land not owned by himself, any
of the following description Of birds:
The robin, Or red breast, blue bird,
swallow-martin, or swift bird, high
tailed thrush OF brown thrasher, mourn
ing dove, meadow lark or marsh quail,
summer red bird, hanging bird, spider
bird or wax bird, ground robin, bobo.
link or rice bird, aud sparrow under
apepalty Oslo. x IS
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-03-12
The folly of It.
o, what a deuced horrid head

o, what deuced horrid head
ache /! This thing really can't be Dor
It's no use tossing here in bed;
l must get up and take Seid-
-litz powder. or "horn,'
-litz powder, or "horn."
Those juleps must have been a dem
Sight stronger than my, y,usual cup;
And yet ! hardly think twas them;
1t must have been that cursed lem
-onade that sewed me up.
s-onade that sewed me upi
won't go on another "bat !''
don't admire the afterclap, %
Pll throw away this banged up hat.
And cut the bar-rooms most emphat-
= -ically dead, perhaps, @
-icaliy dead, perhaps
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-03-12

A THING WHICH EVERY FARMER
SHOULD KNow-If you wish to drive
a cut nail into a seasoned oak timber,
and not to have it break or bend, just
have small quantity Of oil near by
and dip the nail before driving, and
it will never fail to go. In mending
carts and plows this is of great advan-
tage for they are generally made most
of oak wood. In Strengthening old
nails before using, let it be done on
wood, and with easy blows. If done
on iron they will be sure to break.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-03-12

AS a public speaker, it is well
known that Horace Greeley's attrac-
lions are rather personal than orator
ical. as it best to go and hear him?''
asked a gentleman of his neighbor.
@Yes, go by all means" Was the re-
sponse; at is WORTH quarter 10 see
the man, and dollar to hear him
but then Greeley ought to pay the
dollar at the door, Rather aatter.
ing that.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-03-12

In Old Vermont, in time past, lived
a queer OLD man named Fuller. He
had lost part Of his palate, and was a
rare specimen. He owned mill, the
water to which was brought for some
distance through a wooden aume.-
One morning an apprentice informed
him that the aume was full Of suck
ers. Fuller posted himself at its
mouth, placing against it large bas-
kei to catch the suckers in, while the
boy went to the other end to hoist the
gate. Then came a crush. Of many
waters, carrying Fuller and The bas-
ket below. All dripping he scram-
bled out. sputtering, syou may think
I'm an old idiot, but / amt such a
darn'd foolthat ! couI ant see through
that joke!" Most anybody could.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-03-12

QUEER.-No man who can read is
content to have a newspaper read to
him by another. The moment you
lay down the Sheet, he picks it up and
reads the paragraph again-as if be
could 'believe hiseyes, but couldn' 7
trust his ears. Queer, isn't it,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-03-12

The mortal remains of the immor-
tai franklin rest in cemetery in
Phlladelphia- A Chicago editor, w no
was recently in Philadelphia, COM
plains bitterly that, Notwithstanding
very diligent inquiries, he could mol
md the grave. The Philadelphia
bulletin admits that a stranger has
considerable difficulty in finding it.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-03-12

PoLYGAMY.-It is a curious fact
says contemporary, that while a
large community on this continent
has adopted the institution of poly.
gamy, and there is chance of their
admission as State into our Union
in Indi athe Hihdoos are actually ma.
king efforts for the abolition of the
many wives system. Petitions by
the dozen are sent to the Legislative
council at Bombay, praying for the
abolition Of polygamy by penal stat.
ute. Shall we clothe ourselves with
the cast off rags of heathendom?
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-03-12

The following, though old, will be
interesting to those who are fond Of
sausages: A lady having purchased
some sausages Of a couple Of boys,
overheard them talking about the
money.
@Give me half Of it, says one.
Il won't" said the other,
"Now that amt fair You know taint
Joe, for half the pup was mine"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-03-12

The huudreth birthday of Mrs
Hannah Cleveland, of Skanesteles, N
T., occurred last week. Four gene
rations were present. Mrs. G. has
thirty-nine grand children and thirty.
five great-grand children Truly she
must belong to the Abrahamic stock
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-03-12

TREAD OF A HoRsE-The manner in
which a horse sets down his feet when
in motion determines as follows: 1t
is good if firm, and without his rest
Ing upon one side more than upon the
other. 1fhe sets his heels first to the
ground, then it is sign that he is un-
sound in his feet. If he sets his toes
first to the ground, it shows that he
has been a draught horse; therefore in
good saddle horse, the whole foot
should be set down equally at the
same instant Of time, and turned Meth
er out nor in.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-03-12
A NEW WRINKLE.

/ PAPER CoLLARs.-These days O
fast printing presses and penny news.
papers have largely increased the de.
mand for paper, but we must inform
our readers Of a new use to which il
has been put, as a great many of them
particularly the more distant ones,
may aot he aware Of this new arrange
ment. Wha. do you think it is?
Why no less than making very
pretty, convenient and cheap gentle
mans shirt collars, This might seem
preposterous at the first glance, and
the first exclamation would natural
tly be-paper collars! Why how can
they be washed? This is the great
secret of the invention-fcr, reader,
they are not to be washed They
are to be worn two or three days, then
discarded, and a man can always have
a new and perfectly good fitting col
lar, and that, too, at price absolu.
tely below what a washerwoman would
charge lol renova,ing your soiIed ones.
The new enameled collars are put up
in packages and sold for forty cents,
that is four cents for each collar
They are got up in all styles, from
the magnificentIy proportioned By
ron or Dorsey, to the neatest and
most unexceptionable Polka, or STAN
ding collar-and all that is neeessa-
ry is for gentleman to get fitted
with one collar, and then from that
one geta package Of the same kind
and size, and he is secure from all
fear of button holes and buttons torn
ont, or strings torn of, for a length
of time, at least. They are sufficient.
ly water proof to resist all attacks
of perspiration, and from the fact of
their very high enameled surface, they
will not get soiled so very quickly as
an ordinary linen collar.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-03-12

A brutal omnibus driv T at Phila.
delphia. Saturday week, tied a rope
round the tongue of bis horse, be-
cause the animal would not move, and
tore off about five inches long.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-03-12

A German in St Louis, named Ii
eze, has been fined 500 for lifting a
lady across muddy hole in the
street. She did not thank him for
his politeness, constituting it into an
insult. m N
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-03-12

A gentleman who recently visited
the penitentiary in Philadelphia
writes: 1--WE visited one convict
who had been eight years in
prison, his sentence was for ten. lie
said he was there for murder. He
thought the judge was too hard on
him; as the act was done in self-de-
fence. He said he had made good
deal of money for over-work, and he
had a long time to reflect, and when
he went out again into the world be
thought he should lead more steady
and useful life. Sid he, zone thing |
am determined on: that is, / never
will drink any more liquor. That was
my misfortune. It was drink that got
me into the scrape."
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-03-12

A dog was caught at Pawtucket,
r. l., the other night, in the act of
stealing hens. He had evidently
been trained to the business, and pur-
sued it with great skill, seizing the
fowls by the neck, and carrying them
to his employer, who waited a short
distance oil.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-03-12

In the case Of Taylor VS.. Taylor
at Fredericksburg, Va, Judge John
kobertson, the counsel for the plain
tiff, last week make speech which
occupied five days.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-03-12

At an election for Justice of the.
Peace in Carthage, on sthe 30th ult..
Joe Becton, a niggsr of the blackest
kind, received seventeen votes.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-03-12
Fashionable folks have ceased to

Fashionable folks have ceased to
marry. Now, according to Jenkins
ard his imitators, "they form ma
irimonial alliance" upon which Sus-
ND Jane writes to Punch to enquire,
if such an alliance is to be considered
offensive aud. defensive? Mr. Punch
ventures to reply. offensive, when
misfortune or difficulty is to be at
tackled and overcome; defensive,
when sorrow or sickness assails; and
expensive, when certain little parties
whether or not, will joia in this com
pact
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-03-12

DR.. Isaac Anderson, for many
years President of the Maryville
University, Tenn, and one Of the
fathers Of Presbyterianism in East
Tennessee, died on the 2Stb ult.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-03-12

The Editors of the Savaanah
Republican recently won Bible in q
rattle. Hope they will diligently
peruse their prize-for its study Wilt
be news to them and of benefit too,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-03-12

The Post Offices in the United
States, on the 30th of June last, a.
mounted to 1856.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-07-29

FIFTY CENTS ON DoLLAR.-A gentleman in
Twelfth street, who was in the habit of sending
out boots to be blacked, could not find his un-
derstandings one day last week. He sent his
little son to the darkey's cellar, but he returned
saying it was shut up. The gentleman went
himself, in his slippers, and after rapping some
rime he heard noise inside. Presently a win
dow opened, and Cuffy's head poked through
II want my boots, " said the gentleman. "Sorry
to form you, massa, dat you can't hab um,' re-
piled Cuff. Sac is, | give out, bursted, failed
broke cleaned out, jamed up split, s."-"But,
Cuff" said the gentleman, 81 can't help that
must have my boots" Cuff, finding his GUS
toner rather riled up, poked one of the boots
out of the window and said :-"Massa.I isn't tell
in no lie. l is clean bust, and no mistake. Ise
taken an Inventory Of my fees, and as bleve
on my honor as q gentleman, dat shall be able
to pay fifty cents On dollar, is willin' to glib
you yours now. Oar it am. Take de boot
so saying, he slammed the window, leaving our
friend to 90 home in his slippers, with his boot
in his hand-his JJty cents on dollar.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-07-29

POETRY
Early Rising.

ny JOHN G. SAKE.
"God bless the man who first invented sleep|
So Sancho Panza said, and so say |;
And bless him. also. that he didn't keep
His great discovery to himself; or try
To make it-as the lucky fellow might
close monopoly by "patent right"
Yes-bless the man who first invented sleep,
Il really can't avoid the iterationD
But blast the man with curses loud and deep,
Whateer the rascals name, or age, or station,
Who first invented, and went round advising,
That artificial cut-off-Eary Rising!
''Rse with the lark, and with the lark to bed"
Observes some solemn sentimental owl.
Maxms like these are very cheaply said;
But, ere you make yourself fool or fowl,
Pray Just inquire about the rise-and fall
And whether larks have any beds at all
The 'time for honest folks to be abed,"
Is in the morning, if l reason right;
And he who cannot keep his precious head
Upon his pillow till it's fairly light,
And so enjoy his forty morning,winks,
Is up to knayery or else-he drinks
Thomson, who sung about the Seasons" said
1t was glorious thing to rise in season.
But then he said it-lying-in his bed
At ten o'clock a. M.-the very reason
He wrote so charmingly. The simple fact is,
His preaching wasn't sanctioned by his practice.
'Tis, doubtless, well to be sometimes awake
Awake to duty, and awake to truth
But when, alas nice review we take
OF our best deeds and days, We find, in sooth,
The hours that leave the slightest cause to weep
Are those we passed in childhood, or asleep!
'Tis beautiful to leave the world awhile
For the soft visions of the gentle night;
And free, at last, from mortal care or guile,
To live, as only in the angels sight,
In sleeps sweet realm so costly shut in,
Where, at the worst, We only dream of sin
So let us sleep, and give the Maker praise.
like the lad who, when his father thought
To clip his morning nap BY hackneyed phrase
OF vagrant worm by early songste- caught,
Cried "served him right its not at all surprisin
The worm was punished, SIR, for early rising"