Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-02-20
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A "Contrabands at the Battle Of
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hIr Belmont. Hew are !.

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occurring during the. Battle Of |
Belmont, is one communicated. to
lbs by q member of the fifteenth.
Tennessee Regiment, .wllieh4swei
deem altogether too. good, TO- be
lost. A Lieutenant of one of, the |
companies of the Fifteenth has a
negro servant named, Jim, who on
the morning Of the battle, was
Strictly enjoined to remain III
camp. ''All right, massa,o replied
jim, and the T, giment started I
but upon embarking, preparatory
to crossing the river, tie acontra5'
band mysteriously ''t,arned"up,
armed with amusket,. and equip
led for either a fight d foot race
Upon reaching the opposite. bank
Jim debouchedsin crowd to him.
self, and was. net. hearl Of again
until the regiment wasreturning-
fsom the! pursuit, when he was dis,
covered seated oiT tie .l ground
|eoolly and quietly preparing to
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scalp a defunct. lLincolnite, whom
he had just slot. ~ iE7 -. - 2 !. =
"Hallo-you d-n black rascal
what are You doing??' shouted the
Lieutenant, horror-sti'uck at the
1barbarcus exhibition.
~sknlpih 1Heshu,n' gaietly,
answered Jim, as she gathered his
victims top, knot preparatory to
inserting the ''tootll-pick. 'a-n ?
Jim was soon ''peruaded" that
lit would be to his interest to aban-
don the "sllulpin' pro ess, and
Icontenting himself with tie "Hesh-
um's" watch and Jack-lSnife, which
were his by right of conquest, he
fell into line and returned to:eamp
with the regiment. /t5~9 e
'What put into your head to
skin the fellow, JIM" asked the
Lieutenant, the next time the
larkey approached him. =
"phe fact is, massa, fore we left
MayGeld Oh dis ar business, Mas
sa said he'd glib one hun
| lred dollars for a Linkum skulp,
and dis chile wanted dat cash ber-
Try bad"
| Jim is now known among the
boys as the 'sIIeshum skulper."
81 sAY."-Mrs. Jenkins was in
+, the habit of saying'''I say" to al
most every sentence to which she
| gave utterance. On one occasion
| the rang the bell for her footman,
land on entering she said, 81 say,
! James, l have been to Mr.. Thomp-
Ison's, and heard say that you said
11that am in the habit of saying
TT say, to every word Isay. Now
! if | do Il say to every-word lsay,
tit does not become you to say that
say 4 / say to every word:I : say,
| James. - -
/ A western paper boasts that
There is a. young lady in Kane
county, Ill, by the name of Peck,
only fourteen yeers Of age who
weighs 202 pounds. ga ,ah e
i When the Pck grows to be a
lhushel, What a whoppershewill he.
/ A provincial reporter elegantly
.|observes of a female pickpocket:
'sShe comes like a sunbeam, and
/ Ike it, steals noiselessly away" 'nas
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T., An exchange paper gives. tie
following advice for the, times:
l.Live temperately-ggo toichhrch
Love all the pretty girls--mar-
Try one Of them--live like "a man,
land die like a christian. lo9{ 2
| "What's Biography, Bill?'. Sits
a tellin' of forrin' lands that we
know hotbin' about, by cute chaps
that's never seen iem." Bill got a
government situation. ~ "a
To cure hams, first. ascertain
what is the. matter with thelny
then apply the proper REMEDIES,
and if you do not.sneeeedin curing
them, it isn't your fault.