The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-06-16
W. H. PLATT.
Miscellaneous Items.
LOUISVILLE, May, 1866.

Why is the letter Y like an extraYagant
daughter? 1t makes pa pay.
A cotton factory in Macon, Ga, is turning
out 10000 yards of sheeting per month.
When a bear enters drygoods shop,
what does he want? Muslin (muzzling)
The two Kings that rule in America. Jo-
king and Smoking. ViUe la Repub6que.
When is money Damp When it becomes
due in the morning and mist in the evening.
What is that which people wish to have,
and then wish to get rid Of? A good ap-
petite.
Why are the hotel landlords nowadays
like snipes? Because theyr pretty near all
bill
The income from all sources of the United
States Treasury this year is estimated at
$500, 500000l
Who is the lady whose visits nobody
wishes, though her mother is welcomed by
all parties Mist )fortune.
To lover there are but two places in the
world-one where bis sweetheart is, and the
other where she isn't
In the beginning woman consisted of a
single rib. Now she is all ribs, from her
belt to the rim Of her petticoats.
An exchange speaks of q mad dog that
bit cow by the tail which died" Bad for
the TAIL but what became of the cow
"What do you take for your cold ?" said
lady to a sufferer. Four pocket handker-
chiefs day, madam, was the prompt reply.
Italy has an army of 100000 men and
400 pieces ofartillery, all of which are ready
IN take tho field AGAINST A ustria
A man named Dehart, some 70 years old,
died in Champagne Co, H., on Friday week
from starvation. Lo the poor whites
In the city of New York 10000 persons
make their living in the rag business, which
amounts annually to $3,O00O00.
On and after the first of July next, all
State bank notes IN circulation will be sub
ject to a Government tax Of ten per cent
Mrs. Lucy Gore, one Of the survivors of
the Wyoming massacre, recently died in
Pennsylvania. Only two more living wit
nesses are left
The steamer-load of women bound for
Washington Territory, under the guardian
ship of Mr. Mercer, arrived at San. Francisco
last week
There has not been spring for 80 years
in which so little rain has fallen.-Noore's
Rural Ncl0 Yorker.
That's a-n0 such thing.
A respectable young girl ofNew Orleans
has what is pronounced by the physicians
to be the ancient leprosy. This most loath~
some disease has been prevailing In the
Sandwich Islands for some time past.
An expedition to the gold region in the
southwestern part of New Mexico will start
from Santa Fe on the Goth Of July next or
soon afterward. Ii goes under the ausp ces
of all the territorial officers.
The public statement gives the public
debt, less the cash in the Treasury, at s.,
670,002, 800; decrease $l4,000,000 In May
the cash in the Treasury is stated at $3.50,
00,000l
A correspondent of the Christian Advo-
cate states that from 100000 to s., 500,
600, worth Of tobacco is annually consumed
by the members of the Methodist Episcopal
Church In America. The consumption of
tobacco in the entire country must be very
great if a single religious body uses so
much
A man who had a cause in court, said,
''that if he lost in the Court Of Common
Pleas, he would appeal to the Supreme Court,
and from thence to Heaven"
And there, rep'ied a gentleman, you
would be sure to lose, for yoa viii not be
present to answer for yourself, and no alton
ney never admitted there.