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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-02-25
The Effect Of the Human Voice
npon Animals and Birds.

isl No sound, however loud, whether
produced by a cannon or a fowling
piece. causes the same amount of ter
ror amongst wild animals and wild
birds as the human voice. / have
alwaysknown mere srouse to he sprung
by sportsmen speaking to their dogs
or to each other, on the mountains,
in the shooting season, than by any
other cause, and it is rule of mine
only to make use of the whistle and
signs to my dogs, such as taking off
my hat, &c, and a wicked or cross
look has often more good effect than
a whipping. So, likewise, in snipe-
shooting, one word spoken springs
more birds than twenty shots III
you 90 to a rabbit burrow to ferret,
you may bang away all day with
your gun, and the rabbits will still
bolt, but once commence speaking
and your sport is over, the ferret
lies in, and the rabbits submit to cer-
tain death sooner than move towards
your voice. Partridges are 50 much
accustomed to the loud voices of the
farmers and laborers. that, generally
speaking, you may talk as much as
you like in pursuit of them. Moth
ing proves the power of man over
the brute creation more than his voice.
Even in the thickest jungles wildcats
will skulk away if they hear him
speak.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-02-25
WHOLE NO. So.
The Winter Twenty Years Ago.

We have noticed many eompari-
sions between the years 1878 and
1878 in financial and monetary
matters, but more can be presented
in regard TO the seasons. Ii was
then, as now, feared that the winter
would much increase physical suffer
ing among The poorer classes; but
the evil was averted by a winter
as mild and as pleasant as the pre-
sent one. Fuel and provisions such
as coal, wood, and -four, fell in price.
The records inform Us That the
month of December, 1887, was very
mild and open, no frost in sbe ground;
Christmas pleasant and warm, and
so continuing to the end Of the
year. No snow for sIeighing, except
on the 10Th and 1lth of December,
and then for but a short time
January, 1888, twenty years ago,
was remarkable winter month; the
weather, excepting the two last days,
was nearly as mild as an Indian sum-
mer. No snow fell during the
month; the thermometer averaging
at 2 p m forty degrees through the
month; and the succeeding months
eontradicted many wise remarks,
such as we often hear, that a warm
winter brings cold spring. winter
never rots in the sky Sc. Februa-
ry was cold, with little snow, there
being fourteen clear days. March
had bat two snow storms and much
mud. April was variable, but the
temperature averaging but few de-
grees above that of January. The
Hudson river opened and closed three
times during the season, the last,
opening being about the 18th Of
March. Other rivers opened about
the same time
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-02-25
The !. E. Mania.

We really cannot comprehend Why
that respectable English letter g
shonld be discarded from the termina-
ton of christian names, and the two
letters i. G. substituted! 1t does
not save time, and we are positive
that ie as an ending is not albit more
refined, or elegant looking, than a
noble b, with its tail winding off into
q graceful flourish. ..ez.t
We have before us a, catalogue Of
the young ladies of au Academy,
and we find the good old q quite
knocked out Of sight. At present it
is Bette and Pollie, and Sallie and
Mollie, Fannie and Matte, and Peggie
and Pattie. There, is a, Marie and
Kittie, and Addie and Mittie. There
is Jennie and Nettie, and Josie and
Hattie, and many others to mention.
But the grand finale Of this i e vers
sus D mania, is that the male sex are
adopting it. We expect shortly to
see the substantial name Of Billy
Moody, Esq. effeminize his name as
Billie Noodle. syn not take back
the Y? -
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-02-25

Darlington was famous inGdel
speaker in the West who was the
terror Of many-of the preachers, un-
able as they we're, to meet at mo-
menl's notice, the cayils with which
be often interpolation in the midst
ftheir discourses. He met with bis
match, however, in the Rev. Mr..
Quickly, who had dash Of eccen-
tricity with his native good sense,
making him popular as well as an
instructive preacher. He was speak
ing Of the nature and destiny of the
IMMORTAL soul, when the infidel arose
in the crowded house, and said tina!
he knew the Hebrew and Greek, and
the word that is translated soul
in the Bible, might just as we'll be
rendered Wind, or smell, or smelling
bottle, or anything of that sort; and
it was all nonsense to talk about peo-
pie having souls in them to lose'for-
ever.
swell, WE'LL" said Mr.. Quickly.
"let US try how it will read here in my
text:
~What shallit profit q man to gain
the whole world aud lose hissmelling
bottle?"
The people took the illustration,
and a laugh Of derision sent the
scoffer away abased at bis own imper-
tinence and defeat.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-02-25
MEXICO.

Strange as it may appear TO per-
sons unacquainted With tie anoma-
lous condition Of everything in Mex
leo, it is stated as an undoubted
fact that not only the General Gov
ernments but also the State Govern
ments make Contracts with snug.
glers-often of the most disastrous ma
ture TO the country. For instance,
with respect to dry goods that are
subject noninally by the Mexican
tariff, to duty Of 41c the "yara"
Somewhat less than a yard,) mer-
chants have, by special contract, in.
troduced such goods at duty of a
cent yard! The larger the opera
tor the lower the rate, generally, at
which he can introduce goods. A
merchant who eau advance ten to
twenty thousand dollars to the gov
ernment in tight particular.
ly to the frontier authorities-can
"overpeer the petty trafEekers" who
have only little TO operate on.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-02-25
The Abolitionists at Home.

! If facts like the following, extract-
ed from a New England paper, had
chanced TO occur on a Southern
iphntaiion, instead of the pitsous
land of the Pilgrims, and towards
! negro boy by his master and mis-.
tress, instead Of a Yankee child and
his parents, what sacred horror,
what a sympathetic lamentation, what
an outcrJ of Indignation, would have
been raised! How Garrison would
have shouted! How Hale would
have beloved! How Greedy would
have rejoicedl How would all Black
Republicanism, there and elsewhere,
have roaredl Yet who has not seen
In the journals as frequent instan-
ces Of personal cruelty, iu the North
as in the South? Is the one in the
slightest degree more humane than
the others Indeed, are not the edu-
Gated people Chat is the slave
owners) of the latter generally ad-
mitted to be the more generous, the
more kindly, the more refined race
of the two? In all the natural af-
fections, they are confessed to be
warmer, in all the cultivated emo
fions more sensitive, iI all the char
tiles Of individual life, more humane
than their Eastern brethren, and
OF milder manners. Why, then,
is every exaggerated instance of;
personal brutality, every rash in
duIgenceo of the bodily passions, to
be stigmatized in the one as slave
driving, and sanctioned in the other
as but an ordinary event? But TO
the facts: ~ 1
Moses II. Beale and wife, of Will
Hamburg. Mass, have been arrested
on the charge of cruel treatment of
their child, a boy five years DID,
The alleged cruelty consisted in Sc
we're whipping, exposure during se-
we're weather, AID deprivation of food
extending over period of some six
months. -Four Witnesses testified /
to having seen the father Whip the /
child With great severity as long ago |
as last July, two of whom swore to
having counted at that time, fifty, /
aud at another twenty distinct blows
with a piece Of board a foot and a
half long
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-02-25
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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-02-25
The Birth Place Of Daniel Webster.

If nobler sentiments than the fol-
lowing, .(says the New York MiIror,)
which we're uttered by Daniel Web
ster, ever fell from human lips, We
have yet to see them. They are In
deed pearls Of the rarest value, which
should be cherished in the very
heart Of hearts by every one: :
1t is only shallow minded preten-
ders who make distinguished origin
either matter Of personal honor or
personal reproach. A man, who is
not ashamed Of himself need not
be ashamed of his early condition.
1t did happen TO me TO be born in a
log cabin, raised among the snow
drifts of New Hampshire, alta period
so early that when the smoke first
rose from lis rude chimney, and cur
led over the frozen hills, there was
no similar evidence of a white man S
babitation between it and the settle
ments on the rivers of Canada.
It's remains still exist; | make it an
annual visit. / carry my children
to it, and teach them the hardships
endured by the generation before
them. | love to dwell on the tender
recollections, the kindred ties, the
early affections, variations and Incl
dents which mingle with ALI know Of
this primitive family abode. l weep
to think that none Of those who In
habited it are now among the living;
and if ever | failin affectionate ven-
Grafton for him whoraised it and de-
Tended it against savage violence and
destruction, cherished all domestic
comforts beneath its roof, and
through the fire and blood of a sew
en- years revolutionary war, shrunk
from DO toll, no sacrifice to serve bis
country, and to a condition better
than his own, may my name and the
name Of my posterity be blottel from
the memory Of mankind.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-02-25
Gboits YosIrg.
Prayer.

u
Prayer is the incense of the soul,
The odor of the flower;
And rises as the waters roll :
= To GODS controlling power
Within the soul there would not be
This Infinite desire
To whisper thoughts in prayer to thee,
Hadst thou not lit the fire.
Prayer Is the spirit speaking truth
To thee, whose love divine
Steals gently down like dew to soothe,
Or like the sunbeams shine;
For in the humblest soulthat lives,
AS in the lowliest flower.
The dew drop back his image gives.
The soul reflects his power!
At night when all lis hushed and still.
And e'en soft echo sleeps,
a still small voice doth Ger me thrill,
And TO each heart-throb leaps;
1t is the spirit pulse that beats
Forever deep and trne;
The atom with its author meets,
As sunlight greets the dew.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-02-25

APPEARANCE AND REALTY. = Ex-
cept to a few praticed observers, the
personal aspect of men seldom an
nounce their real quality. The most
daring and uncenquerable wills often
lie concealed beneath an almost girl
ish exterior; while many burly fellows
who look as if they might be the dy-
manic sentries of the universe,
can't draw long breath without
leaning against a post,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-02-25

A couple of lovers we're recently
married in Detroit, whose ages to-
gether amounted to one hundred
and seventy-iye years; the groom,
being eighty-eight and the bride,
eighty-seyen. The latter was coy
and bashful, and requested the JUS
tice Of the peace who reformed the
ceremony -"to shut the door, so no.
body could look on. " ia !
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-02-25
YErFEhL

improperly which some human be-
ings will not embrace. Polygamy,
blasphemy, rebellion, murder, are the
natural fruits of this wretched conspi-
racy, which is troubling the whole
land. Smith was overtaken with the,
judgments of God, and died a mis-
cradle death. Young is probably des-
tined to a similar end. s
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-02-25

SANTA ANNA.-Tae Havana Dia-
ros, of the 10Th ult., contains
manifesto from General Santa Anna,
dated Turbaco, New Granada, in re-
laiion to the charge Of General Pill
low, that money was employed. by
General Scott for the bribery of the
Mexican Commander and authoTi--
ties. The statements are denied
with the usual vehemence and ver--
bosity of the Mexican hero
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-02-25
Read the Newspaper.

An exchange says: Show me a
boy or girl who has been allowed
the reading Of a newspaper, especial
" at their home, aud we will show
moxe intelligence IN that boy OF
Girl, at twelve years Of age, than
Others have at eighteen. a newspa-
per reader has better knowledge OF
nafnre than one who does not read
the current history of the day. =
Mems S faults and virtues are made
known and as the proper study oil
mankind is man. newspaper Is an
indispensable article for both young
and old
Weknow ,hat tl.eforegoing is true
TO tbe letter. And if any OF our
readers doubt it just let them ques-
tion any printer boy, and if bis gen.
eral intelligence is not far beyond
that Of any boy Of his age--we care
not with how much Greek and Latin
his head has been crammed, ii he
does not read the newspaper then
we will give it up.
Read the papers by all means,
bows. Never neglect to do SO.
Read the news, the literary essays,
the political articles, as well as the
marriages, Che deaths. Read, TOO,
the advertisements. In so doing
vou viii doubtless read much trash;
but you will End great deal that Is
instructive, valuable and interesting
much that will add daily to your
knowledge Of the world; TO your
knowledge OF man and things. Try
to profit, too, while you read Think
Of Him who gave you authority
Who will reward your strict fidelity
with such blessings as He bestowed
on Abraham, or punish your crlmlna
NEGLECT with such curses as lie Wis
tied on Eli Religious Herald.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-02-25
Where Musketoes Come FROM,

\ =
Many people are puzzled to know
how these pests Of summer originate,
and they may be grati6ed by chap
ter on natural history, furnished by
a living entomologist:
/ The musketo proceeds from the
animalcule, commonly called the
I'wiggle tail / took bowl of clean
water and set it in the sun. In a
few days some half g dozen wiggle
tails were visible. These continued
Ito increase in size, till they were
lthree-sixteenths Of an inch in
length. As they approached their
maturity they remained longer at
the surface, seeming to live in the
two mediums of air and water: final
| ly, they formed chrysalis form, and
tby an increased specific gravity sunk
to the bottom Of the bowl. Here in
few hours | perceived short, black
forze or hair growing out on every
side of each, till it assumed the form
Fof minute caterpillar. And thus
tits specific gravity being counter
acted, or lightened, it Readily floated
to the surface, and the slightest
breath of air waited it against the
side of the bowl. In a very brief
space Of time afterwards, the warm
atmosphere hatched out the Ay, and
it escaped, leaving its tiny house
upon the water How beautiful vet
bow simplel
After the water had gone through
this process, / found it perfectly free
from snimalcule.
| therefore come to this conclu-
sion, that this wiggie tail is species
of the shark, who, having devoured
whole tribes Of animalcule, takes to-
himself wings and escapes into diff
fsrent medium, to torture mankind
and deposite eggs upon the water to
produce other 'wiggle tails who in
turn produce other musketoes. 4
Any man who has kept house,
with a cistern in his yard, has doubt
less observed the same effect every
summer. Open your cistern cover
any morning in the musketoe season
and millions Of them will fly up in
your face. Close the windaSs of
your room at night, at the risk Of
being smothered for the want of air,
being careful at the same time pre-
yiously to eXclu@e every musketoe,
and go to bed with a pitcher of that
same cistern wateri in the room, aud
enough will breed from it during the
night to give you any satisfactory
amount of trouble. In fact, stand
ing by shallow, half stagnant pool,
in mid-summer's day, you many see
the 'wigglc tails become perfectly
developed musketoes, and they viii
rise from the surface Of the water.
and fly into your f,ce and sting you.
What is necessary to know at this
day is--has their yet been. discover
ed any positive extermiDator of that
great pest, and disturber of night S
slumbers, the musketoe.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-02-25

Senator Tazewell, Of Virginia.
now an old and infrm man of so, is
so wealthy that he once forgot ior
twenty years that be had $4,000 on
deposit in certain bank.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-02-25

At Cincinnati slaughter house
recently there was killed two thou
sand two hundred and one hogs with
in nine hours.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-02-25

TIE following result of the omis-
sion Of comma, is rather ludicrous.
In an interesting artiele abou. the
Inauguration Of the new hospital,
building in New-York, the writer is
made to state that an extensive
view is presented from tie fourth st0-
ry Of tie Hudson Rsre,..
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-02-25

sMr. Brown. Why do you wear that
bad hat?' $ Because, my dear sir,
Mrs. Brown VOWS sheWill not 60 out
Of the house With me until get a
new one.'
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-02-25

TIE New York Tribune intimates
that the celebrated Texan Ranger,
Jack Hays, has been taken prisoner
by the Mormons. -
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-02-25

A late traveller, in speaking Of
Austria, says tha. one-haIf Of the
people are under arms to keep the
other half in Jail. s.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-02-25

II. a member OF one oil the
classes. was distinguished not less for
his dry wit an5 sly waggery than ior T
his address in evading the wiring oil
themes, and palmiug oil the BRAN
coined currency Of Others as his le-
oitimate ssender." On Monday
morning he read a theme OF unusual
merit: but Professor A., "smelt
a rat" and as II. finished and sat
wnin the pride of conscious excel
lence, asked
us that original, IL
Yes, sir. !"
Are you sure Of it," queried the
professor, douotingly.
aWby, yes, sir, replied H. with he
imperturable gravity and that paste
board countenance he always wore'
at had original ever it in the paper
took it 'front.'
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-02-25

The time Of Congress is still be-
ing occupied principally in dicussing
the two Waiksrs-Kansas and Mic
aragua,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-02-25

They have already had ripe straw
berries, grown in the open air,in Tai
lahassee, Fla.
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