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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-11-18
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d. 81.
ed the morning star, and as long as
that stuck they had hope. !.
Il made the boys draw me several
times, to see how. things war coming
Oh; but when one of them big bla-
zing meters would dart toward me,
l would whirl down to the length of
my cable. soon found that | had
gone beyant what ascomfortable;l got
tired Of playing bull frog, eft,the wa
ter, and felt like taking the fire, no
matter in what quantity, or whar from!
I'll just say right here if any man
should have hydrofoby agin fire, and
will put himself through my perform
ances in that we'll, and amt cured,
bis disease is too deep for hydropa-
thy. put on dry clothes, tuck a
stew Of whiskey and red pepper but
too late-the rumatics had me! So
in bracing agin fire l got busted on
water!
Il wasn't the only man excited
on that oc casion by long jump.
My neighbor, Sam Stuart, cum over
next morning, and axed me how
we stood the racket? He looked
solemn as preacher; said bis dwell
ing had never been a house of prayer
before, but if they didn't make up
for lost time he was no judge
o 'ligous exercises. He said be and
his crowd prayed nigh cato four hours;
they hearn the clock strike three
times while they were on their knees.
He said the fact was, they exhaus-
ted the argument, and he got up
and hadn't another word to say if the
Cay of judgment had cum. And
I'm thinking Id cum out better if
I'd relied on faith and prayer Instead
of sich works as | did!''
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-11-18

A grain warehouse has been erect
ed at Milwaukee, which is capable
of storing nearly half million
bushels of grain. There are six ell
evators, which in the aggregate are
capable of taking ir $4,000 bush
els ofgrain 10 one day, and two ship
ping elevators, which will ship a.
900 bushels an hour--enougb to fill
two ordinary lake vessels. The ship
ping room is also sufficient to amply,
accommodate two Of the largest
sized vessels.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-11-18
. Ghhuifs puetry.
= There's Work Enough TO Do.

Tho black bird early leaves its nest
To meet the smiling sun,
And gather fragments for its nest
From upland, wood and lawn.
The busy bee that wings its way
Mid sweets of varied hue,
At every flower would seem to say
"There's work enough to do"
The cowslip and the spreading vine,
The daisy in the grass,
The snow-drop and the eglantine,
Preach sermons as we pass.
The ant. within its cavern deep,
Would bid us labor, too,
And writes upon its tiny heap
There's work enough to do"
The planets, at their Makers will,
Move onward in then cars,
For Natures wheel is never still
Progressive as the stars
The leaves that flutter in the air,
And summers breezes WOO,
One solemn truth to man declare
'There's work enough to do"
Who then can sleep when all around
Is active, fresh, and free?
Shall man-creation's lord--be found
Less busy than the bee?
Our courts and alleys are the field,
If men would search them through,
That best the sweets of labor yield,
And work enough to do"
To have heart for those who weep,
To scottish drunkard win;
To rescue all the children, deep
In ignorance and sin,
To help the poor, the hungry feed,
TO give him coat and shoe,
To see that all can write and read
Is "work enough to 6o.'
The time is short--the world is wide,
And much has to be done;
This wondrous earth, and all its pride,
Will vanish with the sun!
The nome nts fly on lightning's wings,
And life's uncertain, too,
We've none to waste on foolish things
There's work enough to do"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-11-18

A curious law suit was recently
tried in Maine, a minister of the
gospel having sued the defendant
for SIG, subscribed by him towards
paying for plaintiffs services. 1t
was proved for the defence that the
money was not to be paid if the
plaintiff preached politics, which
the defendant thought he did, and
consequent withheld payment. This
vas rather too nice point for the
jury to decide, and they agreed to
disagree.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-11-18
IMPORTANT OPINION ON LAND WAR

IMPORTANT OPINION on LAND WAR
RANTS. -Jadge Black, .. S. Attor-
ney General, has construed the Act
Of June 3, 1858, as follows:
"lst. That a warrant issued after
the death Of a claimant, who left a
widow and children, enures to the
widows benefit alone; %, when the
deceased claimant has widow, With
two sets Of children, the warrant
enures to the benefit Of her heirs or
legatees; Sd, heirs are those who
are so declared by the law Of the
claimants domicil."
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-11-18


at a political meeting in Indiana,
the other day, a speaker named
Long, responded to a loud call ana
took the stand; hut big, strapping
fellow persisted in crying out in a
stentorian voice, ''LOngt Long!"--
This caused a little confusion. but
after some difficulty in making him
self heard, the President succeeded
in stating that Mr. Long. the gen.
tleman honored by the call, was now
addressing them. "Oh, he be d-dr'
replied the fellow; she's the little
skeezicks that told ne to call for
Long!" This brought down the
house.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-11-18

WHISPERS PULLED OUT.-I. L. Al
len, Of Albany, N. Y, met with a
singular aud painful accident on Fri
day. He wears, or rather did wear,
a most luxuriant pair of whiskers
a foot or less in length. While
running a sugar-mill, which vas
worked by steam, the whiskers on
and under the left side of his face
and neck were caught in the ma
chinery, and every hair torn ont by
the roots, it leaving the skin as bare
as the hand.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-11-18

Mr. Raub, Of Ohio county, Ind,
had a field of corn Of twenty acres
which yielded one hundred and thir-
ty-six bushels to the acre! The
smallest yield of any one acre was
one hundred and two bushels, and
one acre produced one hundred and
sixty bushels! The field was on the
Ohio River bottom.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-11-18

A fnancier and clerk of Chica-
go resolved to fight about a young
lady, aud to make the affair more In
teresiing, put up Sl00 as forfeit
in case either party backed out
One man slept on the ground. and
at the appointed time they fired at
each other, but, neither being hit,
the seconds declared the affair hon.
orably adjusted.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-11-18

The Milledgeville iGa) Recorder
AYERS that Mr., Joseph c. Mcdowell
has hen that has been gradual
Iy changing in appearance to a roos-
ter. Her plumage has changed from
a yellow to a glistening red; her
tail is that of a genuine rooster,
beautifully black, long, and flowing !,
her spurs are short but growing;
very little comb. Our Georgia Con-
temporary calls for an explanation OF
the phenomenon.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-11-18

A horse thief named Locke, who
was arrested in Glasgow, ILL.,, recent
ly, was kept in custody at Barry for
a few nights, when mob took him
out and hung him until he was dead.
No secret could be extracted from
him as to the names of persons be-
longing to the gang;it is said that
his own mother went over there
and admonished him to make no
revelations, to divulge no secrets.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-11-18

.WHAr's INA NAME? The English
in their treaty with China, made a
clause prohibiting the term ''baTbari-
an" being applied to themselves or
their country, by the celestiais iD
their official documents.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-11-18

Death has at last divided the Z, old, q,
est pair, probably. in the the o1i'eS aias
few days since, in Burnside ~ Town. "ns
shin. Clearfield CO, Penn, at the age
# one hundred and eight. heI |,
husband. who is one hundred and
twelve years old, survives ber.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-11-18

The Office Of City Marshal of Gin.
cinnati is worth from $4,000 to
$4,000 per something more
than the same place is valued at here:
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-11-18
Very Neat.

Stranger would You wish to know
Why we've no blue in English skies
Twas stolen from heaven long ago,
And given TO our maidens' eyes,"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-11-18

In New York city the rate of tax
alton is more than ten dollars a head
for every human being within its
limits. ~
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-11-18

/, During the year 1856, upwards
of eleven thousand males and six
hundred females were imprisoned fer
debt IN England.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-11-18

Green peas are selling at Nor folk,
Va, at fifty cents peck, and are
quite plentiful. In :his latitude
epicures may cry peas, peas, but
there are no peas.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-11-18

An editor Of Indiana was attack
ed by man for some personal griet-
ance. The editor says: "to avoid
injuriug him, and prevent bis iDjus.
ing US. soe got ont of the acay." ~
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-11-18

A lover wiling to his iuamosata
closes in the following style:
BY pen is bad, my ink Is pale,
A kitten has a great long tail.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-11-18

Mr.. Emans, of East Fishkill, N.
Y, hos raised a cabbage which
weighs 80 pounds, and measuring
four feet in circumference. 1t ex-
pands like fashionable crinoline,
with the difference in its favor Of
solidity from centre to circumference
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-11-18

ALE IN A NAAiE.-At recent sale
of the McNairy property near Nash
vile, yearling colt, nlmed "Damn
it, sold for S263.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-11-18

Cost OF A SEAT N PARLIAMENT
IT is, indeed, no slight matter: this @, o
fighting ones S way up to the unpaid
seats of the English Parliament
Mr. Thackcray, for instance, told me
saws a correspondent of tie Lon
don Times, that his unsuccessful \
contest for the comparatively smal
borough of Oxford cost him over 81
600 sterling, one item OF which ! !,
far the hire of ''cabs and llys =
amounted to e175, or nearly s9oo
The county contests are, OF course
much more costly. One TREND o.
mine who stood twice in succession
for county representation, losing
the first and winning the second
contest. spent upon the two more
than G12,000, or $6O,O0o.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-11-18

A SIMPLE REMEDY 1t is said that
a roasted onion hound upon the wrist,
on the pulse, will stop the most in.
veterate toothache in very few min
ates. Worth trying.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-11-18

An insane woman in Warren
T,nmbull county, Ohio, arose from
her he'd on Monday last, and taking
an ave. went TO her father, who Was
sleeping h in bed, and cut bis head com
pleteIy oif.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-11-18

The State Of Alabama has coz
tributed more than any other State
in the Union, towards the purchases
of Mt. Vernon.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-11-18

II is rumored that the formation of
"a Vigilance Committee is. seriously
discussed in Baltimore, at the Mer,
chants Exchange. 8
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-11-18

Elk Ex-President MiIlard Fillmore, in a
letter to the Kentucky State Fair,
says he has Withdrawn entirely from
all political strife;
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-11-18

In this State Circuit Court Judges
are only paid $500 per annum--
ChancelIors $4,000, and Sdbreme
Court Judges S2500.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-11-18

DIR. Keyes, a rabid abolltionist o'
Lowell, Mass, has been arrested alG
held to bail, at the suit of two col
.oreJ females, mother and daughter
If seems that some six years age
a rich planter in Mississippi, name0
:!esse Cornwall, ON his death bed, re-
auested Keyes to take his daughter
by cavorite slave, and the mother mel,
70 free state, and gave hin
$1,000 for his daughter, al and to. to car az,
w out his intention. He has ioI
some years past bound out oo'i
mother and daughter, who now cVui '
1lain that they are restrained o. !ne'
liberty by Keyes. The suit Is L =
recover the money LETT by Oorh"a''
and pay for six years labor
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-11-18

Among the cOnyicts just received
at the Jefersonville Penisentiary, is
a boy twelve years Of age.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-11-18

Only twelve births were reported
in the family of Heber G. Kimball,
at Salt Lake, on The night Of the
18th ult.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-11-18

All do you think sweet Minnie May,
That l could traitor be?
One kiss, and l will pledge for aye
My secrecy to thee.
Hevfringed lips veiled modestly
The mirrors of her soul,
To neck and brow all suddenly
The tell-tale tlushes stole,
Her round white arms my neck entwined,
All then The height q bliss
Her rosy lips were pressed to niue
In one sweet lingering kiss:
"Epst- -wisptse'' itsouLded thro' the lane,
'Twas waited by the breeze,
Until repeated o'er again
By echo mid the trees.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-11-18
Kissing +!

Sweet Minnie May and l one eve
Across the meadows strayed,
Then wandering down the little lane
To where the strcamlet played.
We passed beneath the linden's shade,
Within fowery dell
/ asked kiss, she, signing said,
"Yes, if you'll never tell"
The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1858-06-19

How can the title Heading organ of the
Free State party be applied to a journal
which has never taken leading position
on any subject in Kansas? Apaper which,
welded its influence against the voting
policy in October last; which was opposed
to voting in January; and which has OPP
posed every genuine measure which gave
any promise to the Free State party and
the cause, claiming to be a leading paper
Does running after distractions, giving
support to such measures as the Topeka
Constitution, years after its trainers had
deserted it; and the Leavenworth Consti-
tuition, when the object for which the
movement was set on foot has passed away;
and opposing everything which certain
other papers advocated, and always wait
ing to see how the party goes, and then
.follosoing the majority-does these eptitle
newspaper to the appellation of being a
leader? 1t is the same kind of leadership
occupied by distinguished politician in
Kansas, who declared, on certain occa-
sion, in our hearing, that his strength con-
sisted in the fact that he never attempted
to lead the popular sentiment, but Jollo,0ed
in the track pursued by the Masses
Heaven deliver US from such leadership,
whether of presses or politicians
The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1858-06-19
Mozsmsn,s for an Opposition Naaonal Parry.

A circular has been issued by all the
opposition members of the New jersey
Legislature, calling for an united move
ment of the opposition in the next can
vass in that State. A similar call has
been issued at Buffalo, signed By the lead
ing men, formerly Democrats, Republi-
cans, and Americans, of Western New
York. The great victory of the party in
Philadelphia, says the Gazette of that
city, seems to have inspired the opposi-
ton everywhere with new confidence and
enthusiasm, and the editor adds:
1--WE see that the various Southern
Wing and American journals speak in a
favorable tone of this combination. In
Philadelphia, everybody is beginning to
regard the new combination as having SUI
perseded the American and Republican
organizations, and the case is pretty much
the same in the interior of Pennsylvania
In New jersey, Pennsylvania, the West,
and the South, the opposition will no
doubt consolidate -
And yet, in view of these facts, and the
certainty that a new organization will
spring into being which shall be national
in its character, and which shall supercede
the Republican, there are politicians in
Kansas insane enough to desire the or
gaDization of the Republican party in the
Territory, and that at time when
the contest is a local one, with no
connection whatever, with national pol
itics. Here the issue is Free State versus
Slave State, and parties must be necessa-
rily organized on that basis until that
question is finally disposed Of When ad-
mitted into the Union as State, then we
shall be brought into contact with the par
ties as organized in the States, and then
our own position will be taken with the
party which gives the greatest promise of
advancing the cause of freedom and hui
man progress. Until then, we shall OPP
pose with all our influence the organize
ton of a Democratic party or Re-
publican party, and we pledge the coun-
try that we shall be found with the
opposite party laboring to defeat the one
which first attempts to organize Notion
al party in Kansas out of season.
We heartily endorse the project outside
of Kansas, of an opposition party which
shall embrace all the elements now OPP
posed to the enroachments upon human
rights and State rights, and individual
rights, for which the present national ad-
ministration has become so distinguished.
We only ask that the new party shall
plant itself upon the platform occupied
by the founders of the Republic, pro-
vided it will nominate honest men to
Office.
The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1858-06-19
Improvement. in Minnsoia.

The first stroke was made in this place
on the 18th of February last, and in q
little less than four weeks from that day
the Capitol House" was completed, be-
ing 40 BY As f., three stories high, capa-
bic of accommodating 150 persons, and
built at cost of $4,000. We have nov
seven good buildings erected and enclosed,
the frames of two nearly enclosed, an ex-
cellent steam mill nearly completed, and
the foundation making for seven stores,
dwelling houses, &c. The amount of inn
provements already up. amount to at
least $4,000, and the amount being
erected, not less than 10000, making an
aggregate of sixty thousand dollars, all Of
which will be completed within six months
from the commencement. Rlso can beat
It for country tosOn 2 II any, trot them
out-MiR1eola Statesman
The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1858-06-19

number of our citizens. he then said l.
had no warrant issued by the Court NM -
an indictment found against him bv ~
Grand Jury of this district, and tbs, y
believed his posse would fight before thas
would give him up. Then Montsoma,s
and his party left town and went on tbs:.
way some half mile from town. vbsa
Walker overlook and stopped him ana
returned to town and reported that \.
would arrest him on one condition. and
that was, if they would carry him befors
Judge Cato. at Lecompton. 1t is said h
arrested Montgomery on his way north.
ward. Some are disposed to blame Mar
shall ". for not acting more promptly /,
the matter. BUTT would have been sooS
thing had he refused, totally, to arrest tls
thief, as there was a Marshal resideD,
here, whose duty it was TO arrest and a..
tain him; but he gets out of it by savip,
that he wished to throw the responsib;litS
on Mr.. W. We contend that Mr.. ". had
no responsibility in the matter. The Mar.
shall is guilty of gross negligence for not
arresting him on his own responsibility
and, if there was any fault in the matter
let it fall upon the right man and not upon
Mr.. Walker, of Douglas county. If Mont
gomery should make his escape, who is
there to assume the responsibility Not
Walker, because the prisoner is carried to
Lecompton without any authority of law.
Here is where he is to be tried, unless he
takes regular change of venue to some
other Court. So let the blame and all
responsibility rest on the Marshal here.
and nowhere else.
Through your columns you can say that
the citizens of this place invite all good,
honest men to settle among us, irrespective
of party predictions. We are not the
warlike people some would have you be-
lieve; a more peaceable community does
not exist in the Territory. We have a
fiourishing town, plenty of good claims,
saw-mills and coal in any quantity, and as
good land and water as the West affords.
Let all come, and they win find a hOspita.
BILE people. Yours, SHUTDOWN.
The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1858-06-19
A csusrou. Letter.

The following letter breathes the same
spirit with large number Of Others, now
daily arriving from the East. A reVul'
sion is following the wicked conspiracy
employed to crush US, thanks to that noble
sentiment
Truth crushed to earth shall rise again.
MAcEDos, n. Y, May 81, 1855.
G. w. BRowx, Esq.-DEAB SIs Ill
it Is not asking too much Of your Iiberality,,
I should be pleased TO have you send
me two or three copies of as many dinef,
ent issues of the Herald Of Freedom:
can get one subscriber for your paper here
and perhaps more, and would Ike cop!
with that view.
There was time when your paper had
some six subscribers here, among those
who professed great love for the csu..
of Free Kansas, and for that reason, sac
they wanted reliable intelligence from 'n%
Territory. As long as you agreed VIA
the Nes0 York Tribune, yoH were P'v
nounced to be all right; bat as soon =
you denounced the correspondents "
that print, as being unreliable and draw
ing too largely upon their imsghas,
ton for outrages and crimes commit'eu
against Kansas, presto p you were Oh ~
account even your very patriotic am
generous course for the pacificatloh I.
that distracted Territory, was only in0
fruits of your bargain and sale as the'
called it, 70 the enemies Of Freedom
However, time has proved your Prop,
sition to have been the true one. haa
the people of Kansas adopted that course,
how different state of things would paw
to-day existed in Kansas. Instead ..
riot and bloodshed, q Grim visaged wa
would have smoothed her wrinkied i'ohs'
and beauteous peace would have dawnsa
upon your land shedding abroad Ihs
manifold blessings Of peace and brothe'is
kindness. am respectfully yours.