The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-02-17
worlu..n's Wooing.

Worl-n.cn's Wooing. ,-
know that nv hands may - bard and rough
That my cheeks may be and pAlo;
But my heart is made Of good sound STUFF
That never will falter fail:
And though in the world With mates I stand.
To share in The battle Of life,
ask thee my girl BY thy dainty hand.
As my own, my sweet bonny wife.
Though never jewsIod wreath may span
The eurs thy beautiful brow. .t ~
III pledge thee my heart and troth : man,
And love thee forever
And though the bright Of Ioye's Eunny prime
Too ofseu the future belle. 'f-
The steep hills OF life together we'll climb
And conquer fato-thou and I.
Ny coat may be poor my words be but fow,
Yet there's An ermined king
Can offer his squesh present more true
Than mine Of a and a ring
That tiny gold link with which may bind
Our fortunes in bond,
And home where happiness EhriEsd
Nay dwell with affection fond.
What more would vo seek what more would haye'
What more could fair Nature bsstov,
If, Of all her gifts, to
The richest that mortals may knew - .--
For aye. dearest girl, shall our welded love
Flash, ssar-Hke atop Of life
And never VIII / a base traitor prove 8
To my heart my home, my wife.
Tt is not known where Senator Wigfall is.
Many persons suppose that he is dead
A vigilance committee has been organised
at Norfolk, Va, to look after garroters.
a large numbersof the Irish Republic
bonds have been sent to California 90
More suits by females are being brought
against Mercer, the Washington Territory
emigrant hero.
Tt is estimated that the losses by fire in
this country during the past year amounted
to more than s4300000O
! The widow of Stephen A Douglas was
married to Major Robert Williams in Wash
ton City on 23d ult F y aL8
a vigilance committee of one hundred
men has been formed at Springfield, Illinois,
to rid the city of gamblers and thieves. =
The Memphis and Ohio railroad is now in
good running order from Memphis to Hum
boldt Time from Memphis to Cairo Is hours
Late accounts from the West India Island
of Guadalupe state that the cholera still
continued to rage there with fearful fatality
B. B. Waddcll, of Memphis, proposes to
build new Opera house in that city at the
cost of $15O,OO0 which is to be completed
by the first Of next October
Owing to numerous desertions from the
regular army Gen. Grant has issued strin-
gent orders for their capture and immediate
punishment
1t is reported that during the past year
I23 railroad accidents occurred, 335 persons
were killed and I 1,427 were injured In
1864, 4O4 were killed and !, 1876 injured
The cattle disease in England continues
to increase. --latest returns show that the
number attacked in one week approaches no
less than ten thousand.
Edward Stewart, Past Grand Master of
Free and Accepted BIasons of the State of
New Jersey, died on Monday in Newark,
after a protracted illness.
General Thomas O. Osborn, formerly
Colonel of the Thirty-ninth Illinois yolun-
teers, was killed by number of citizens on
plantation which he had purchased near
/ Cireenvilie, Miss. on the 9th inst.
We are informed, says the Memphis Ap-
! peal of the l1th, that the remains of GenL
Marsh Walker, who was killed in duel by
Genl BIarmaddke during the war, viii be
brought to Memphis for interment.
Pennsylvania was the first State in the
Federal Union to abolish slavery within her
territory. The act was drawn up by VIM.
Lewis, prominent lawyer, and passed the
General Assembly on March l. ITS0 -Ll
Mr. J. NJ Brueeswas murdered and after
wards robbed near Franklin, Ky, on last
Sunday night week. A man by thename oI
Drury has been arrested as the supposed
murderer.
Mr.. E. J. Holden is about to erect man
ufactory in Nashville where artificial ice
viii be made and furnished to stockholders
at the low price Of one cent per pound
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