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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-04-26

To give those at a distance,
who are not used to such things, an
idea of how they vote in New
York, we would refer them to some
of the testimony that has been ta-
ken in the contested election case,
Dodge VS.. Brooks, both claiming
to represent the Eighth District.
One of the witnesses testified that
one person who was recorded as
having voted had been dead a
year; that che therefore could not
have voted unless he had a subst-
tute;" that he was at the polls all
day, and saw men voting in the
names of principals who had been
dead for years; and that at one OF
the election districts thirty or more
whose names were given were SO
used. He further stated that he
always kept list of those voters
who were dead or known to be
away, and that they substituted
q NAN to vote on their names, and
so kept their names on the list
In answer to the question if he
did not know that in SO doing he
was guilty of a felony, the witness
replied, generally we take that
on risk"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-04-26
THE SCIENCE OF HOUSEKEEPING

THE SCIENCE OF HOUSEKEEPING.
The other day, several ladies
warned certain editor that his
journal was not satisfactory to
them on account of the absence of
useful hints, receipts, etc. Whereup-
on the recreant journalist endeav-
ored to satisfy the complaining la
dies, and among others submitted
the following hints: r
Always mend your clothes be-
fore washing. 81 ar eae
Whip your children every day
before dinner. Twill give you a
good appetite, and put healthy
glow upon their complexion.
Vinegar is good to set colors of
red, green or yellow; therefore, if
you have clothes of this color and
wish to preserve their hue-pickle
them. s Eo
Use paregoric sparingly-it
costs a good deal and tastes we'll
consequently children often
have the green apple ache.
Count your clothes pins, spoons,
towels, forks, handkerchiefs, &c.,
every month-once.
Milk is good for crying babies
COWS milk will do if no other
can be obtained.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-04-26
Tt1,lple Of The Mases.


4 20 -
They tell us that pleasures are feeting,
That hopes are but born to decay,
That the life in our bosoms row beating
Will fade like the blossoms away; e-1
And how many brave hearts have strlven,
And struggling have sunken and died,
As ship with her strong cable riven,
Is thrown like crushed reed aside.
They say there is nothing but scheming;
Our trust brings us only to grief;
But surely those sages are dreaming
Who scof at our earnest belief.
We know there is trouble and sorrow,
We know-there is passionate pain;
Then why should we darker care borrow,
And weep for woe that is vain
For life has not lost its beauty,
A sweetness it hath ever new;
And, joining our pleasure and duty,
Well find it as fresh as the dew. Z
So long as our hearts fail us never,
And faith on our footsteps attend,
The peace that abideth forever
Will brighten onr lives to the end.
'Twould be hard to live in the sadness,
Nor bask in the light from above, yE'
I. To turn from the music and gladness,
And beautiful, heaven-born love.
For It's sweet to list to football,
~ To feel your heart thrill at tone, fence
While the earth grows bright with the pres
Ola love you claim for your own.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-04-26
Cancer Receipt.

+ Townsend Fugett, of Bellbuckle.
Tennessee, has furnished the press
for publication, his celebrated re-
Iceipt for the cure of cancer, the
same used by DR.. January. His
as follows: ~ l,s yiq,ea.
Take pulverized beech f
drops, % grains.
Red Puccoon Root 5 e
Pure Arsenic, II /"
Mix thoroughly together and
keep in a dark place. ) bi4a
To MAKE OiNTMENT.-Take a
handful of slippery elm bark, a
handful of the weed life-ever-
lasting; put them in pot and COW
er them with water, and boil until
you get the strength thoroughly
out; then remove the herbs and
strain the liquor; then cleanse the
vessel and return the strained liq-
uors. and boil slowly down TO one
pint; then add about one pound
of rosin and one pound of mutton
suet. Continue to simmer down
until the water is out. While the
mixture is cooling you must stir
it.
APPLLCATIoN.-f the cancer be
not raw, scarify it, and take a thin
cloth, half an inch larger in diam
eter than the cancer, and spread
the salve over it and apply it to
the cancer at night; the next
morning remove it and put on a
good coat of powders with the
salve only on the good flesh SO as
to hold the powders on the parts
which are raw; let the powders
remain about thirty-six hours and
SO continue until the cancered
flesh is all eaten out; if the dead
flesh should not come away of it
self, or sticks to the bone, you may
hasten the operation by cutting it
away before applying the powders.
Be not alarmed at this medicine,
for it will not waste away good
flesh. After you know the cancer
is killed and all the cancered flesh
is out and cleaned off well, you
must keep the salve on the can
,ered parts until cured up, keep
ing all water from the cancer from
The commencement.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-04-26

SPIRITUAL CoNsoLATIoN.-The
editor of the Golden Era, a San
Francisco paper, recently attend
ed the seances of Mrs. Ada Hoyt
Foze, and, after giving his expert
ence, concludes as follows: "Spir-
itualism is a very consoling doc
trine and relieves one Of a great
amount of anxiety regarding his
future welfare. We were at the
time favorably impressed with it,,
but we lack faith, and have conclu-
ded to fall back on the old doc
trine of hell and eternal damna-
tion, which prejudice and early ed
ucation have rendered necessity
to us. We don't feel at home with
out it.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-04-26
COME KISS ME.

A Western paper publishes poem commen-
cling:
dearest, come kiss me; my lips are yet warm,
And my bosom still pants from the clasp of thy
The blood dances wildly through each throb-
bing vein;
But droop, oh!I droop for thy kisses again"
To which very ''fresh" young gentleman
promptly replied: @
Jee-roo-sa-lem! dearest, I dart like fish;
My lips shall with kisses respond to thy wish;
I'll check not the blood thrilling wild in each
vein,
But Illstop thee efrom dropping for kisses again.
Then turn up thy bill, love, I'll pounce like a
bird,
And through vale and through forest thesmack
shall be heard;
Ifyou suffer for kisses, I'm thar ''you may bet,
And I'll kiss thee from morning till the sun
shall be set. rs. o4n
Come kiss thee, why, thunder I'm one of that
kind; ~ 80 4
I'm the chap of all others you're trying to find !.
Soyou needn'tlook farther-Pm in for chance,
Though the blood should 'cavort' and sur pulse
it may dance.
Sobring on the fruits, love-your kisses, Imean,
For dream now Of nothing but peaches and
cream; iEs ss. ..,
I'm waiting, and painting, and praying till then;
So come along, dearest, as quick as you can.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-04-26


In the report of Mr.. Beecher's
lecture in the Philadelphia Press,
he says: r,du
'The kind and patient Mr.. Lin
coin was cudgled and whacked by
Congress, and bore it with a pa
tient spirit, reminding him of some
horses, who merely act, when cud-
gled, as though it was to brush
off flies. When they commenced
whacking Mr.. johnson they found
q pair of heels through the dash
board, and they left the wagon and
took to the trees and bushes, cry
ing, Beast, BRUTE but since then
they have cudgled more careful
ly." neW siia9 a.H s9i -
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-04-26
Thirteen Rebellions.

Since the organization of the
Federal Government thirteen at
tempts have been made to resist it's
authority. The first was in 1882,
a conspiracy of some of the officers
of the Federal army to consolidate
the thirteen States into one, and
confer supreme power upon Wash
ington. The second In 1877,
called Shay's insurrection, in Mas
sachusetts; third, in 1893, called
the Whiskey Insurrection of Peun-
sylvania; fourth, 1914, by the
Hartford Convention; fifth, 1920,
in the question of the admission
of Missouri into the Union; the
sixth was collision between the
Legislature of Georgia and the
Federal Government, in regard to
the lands given to the Creek Indi-
ans the seventh was in 1880 with
the Cherokees in Georgia; the
eighth was the memorable nulli-
flying ordinances of South Caro-
lima, in 1882; the ninth was in
1912, in Rhode Island, between the
Suffrage Association and the State
authorities; the tenth was in
1916, on the part of the Mormons,
who resisted the Federal Govern
ment; the eleventh was John
Browns raid; the twelfth, Seces-
sion, in 1861; the thirteenth,
Thad. Stevens in 1866. 8 r
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-04-26

Milledgeville papers say thatmore
than three thousand negro men
have, within two weeks, passed
over the railroad from Putnam
and adjacent counties, for the West,
They have been induced to leave
their employers on the promise of
higher wages, although contracts
had been ratified by the Freed
mems Bureau. Planters thus de-
prived of their employees will be
disappointed in making theircrops,
This complaint comes from many
counties, Notwithstanding arrests
have been made of many persons
who are thus tampering with em-
ployees. Ssog ot v4ass5sea sss
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-04-26

One night not long since, a man
living in Caroline county, Nd,
found ferocious looking animal
in his meat house. He procured
a gun and shot the creature. The
first fire with shot was Intellectual
but minnie bullet brought him
down. Upon examination, it was
found to be negro, wrapped in a
mule skin, which he had padded and
fixed up to render it impervious to
shot, while he committed the rob-
berry, o.g9 b aa1l..1l l.a
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-04-26

The LARGEST FARM IN THE
WoRLD.-There is some little dis
cussion and argument going on be-
tween the American and the for
eign papers as to the subject men
toned above. G.. w. Howard and
Judge Shaffner, of California,
claim to have the largest dairy
farm in the world. Their farm is
on the -sea-coast, twenty-five miles
from San Francisco, and covers
seventy-one thousand acres. Mr..
Sullivant, of Champaign County,
Illinois, makes the boast of pos
sessing a farm which exceeds sew
enty thousand acres, out Of which
twenty-three thousand are under
plough" An English contempt
rary says, however: s'This is not
the largest farm in the world
There are one or~two in Australia
that are forty miles long by thirty
miles broad; but, of course, not So
well under the plough as the
Americans"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-04-26

Take common glass pickle
bottle, wide mouthed, fill it within
three inches of the top with water;
take a common Florence oil flask,
removing the straw covering and
cleansing the flask thoroughly,
plunge the neck of the flask as
far as it will go, and the barome-
ter is complete. In fine weather
the water will rise into the neck
of the flask even higher than the
mouth of the pickle-bottle, and in
wet, windy weather, it will fall to
within an inch of the mouth of
the flask. Before a heavy gale of
wind the water has been seen to
leave the flask altogether at least
eight hours before the gale came to
its height,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-04-26

Alfred Childs, indicted for per-
jury, in taking. the oath Of loyal
ty in order to vote, was acquitted
in the Franklin Circuit Court in
Missouri last week. Notwithstan.
ding, the News says, it was known
he had beeia in the Confederate
army. It.would seem then, that
a loyal jury with loyal Judge,
must consider the oath null and
void. That is the opinion of
Judge Bates, as it is of the ablesi
lawyers in the State.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-04-26

We regret to see the Corintb,
Miss, Times has been suspended.
1t was edited and published by
Haps & Weaver. From an edito-
rial in its last number, it appears
that Haps has decamped suddenly
to parts unadyised as to location,
with all the funds of the establish
ment he could get hold Of leaving
Mr.. Weaver, an upright, honest
and deserving gentleman, in the
Iurch.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-04-26

A smart southern darkey per-
suaded two of his colored brethren
in Providence to buy an iron trunk,
which he represented to be filled
with valuables stolen from a cap
tain of a vessel lying in Boston,
and the purchasers paid him SSoC,
all the money they could raise
The trunk was delivered in Boston
and opened in Providence, when
it was found crammed full with
precious paving stones. sr sss9
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-04-26
[ Proprietor.
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WHOLE /. NO. GA.
Digging Wells.

BID At a recent meeting of the
American Institute Farmers Club,
a member related his experience
in this matter as follows: lIHo9
An Irishmana in his employ
ment, in order to ascertain where
he ought to dig to obtain water
soonest, got q stone and buried it
over night in the ground, next to
the hardpan. In the morning he
found it quite moist but not suffi-
GENTLY to- suit his fancy. Next
night he tried in another spot, and
it was found very wet the next
morning. ''ThereD, - said Patrick,
''you will find water not many
feet deep, and plenty of it." Sure
enough in a few days digging Pat
rick confirmed his prediction, not
withstanding the jeers of the
workmen-finding a vein which
filled the well to overfowing, and
rendered it exceedingly difficult to
bail out the water SO as to stone
it. The philosophy of the opera
tion seems to be that a great evap-
Grafton takes place from the sur
face of the earth during the night,
the water rises to make up for
the loss, and accumulates in the Vi
cinity of the stone, often making
quite puddle. s. ,f.,Egs ,er..s
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-04-26
Fires as a Preventive Of.
Cholera. hr.es ire

- - ~ ~ - Il = ~ SOASA'O
ragas,a Cholera. .h7aas ID
| Light your fires, says the jour
nal Of Commerce, as a preventive
of the dreaded Asiatic cholera
The apparent tendency of fevers
whether epidemic or contagious
prevailing among the inhabitant
of large cities, and in some local.
ties in the country, is now sough
in the habits of social life. Thus
DIR. Parkin, the late Medical In
spector of Cholera in the West In
dies, believes that he has discover
ed acause for the greater prevalence
of certain diseases now than former
ly, in the fact of the general sub
stitution in dwellings,, of furnaces
for the more genial and healthful
old-fashioned CRATES and fireplace,
Many Of the facts mentioned by
DIR. Parkin, in his work on ssThe
Causation and Prevention of Dis
ease, London, 1885," seem to cor
roborate this theory. Birming-
ham, and other large manufactu-
ring cities, it seems, enjoy almost
complete exemption from fevers
and other diseases produced by
bad air. The reason assigned is
the number of factory fires.
DR.. Parkins further states that
the postmaster of Tore de tire Ra,-
u "a town in Italy situated on the
margin of the Pontine Marshes,)
and VINO appeared to enjoy perfect
health, thus accounted for the cir
ri have resided" said
he, ''more than forty years in this
place, and have never had the fe-
yer. The only precaution | take
is, not to leave the house until the
sun is somewhat above. the hori-
zon; to return home before night
fall, and then to light a fire. live
well, and take wine-that is all
my secret" The natives of some
parts of Africa, also, says DR..
Parkin, speaking from personal OBJ
servation, adopt the same prac-
tice, Gas 1 had an opportunity of
observing, with a party of untu-
tored Africans, captured in a slave
ship and located on one of the es-
tates in Jamaica" -F-
Another example given as hav-
ing been observed by DR.. Maccul-
loch, says that a superintendent
in directing the cutting
of wood in Africa, erected twenty
earthern furnaces on the spot
where his men were employed,
lighting them every day. Before
this he had always from forty to
forty-eight of his workmen sick,
but in very short time the inva-
lids were reduced to twelve, then
to four, and finally to one. DIR.
Acton, also relates another similar
of a man, who he found
in one of the most unhealthy cor
ners of the Pontine Marshes,
where he had been employed seve-
raj years in making charcoal from
turf. During this period he hadnev-
er been affected with any disease
though surrounded by victims of
the pestilential fever of the Pom
tine Marshes-and, when ques-
toned respecting a circumstance
SO extraordinary, ascribed it to the
fact of his making it particular
point to return home before sunset,
and to keep up continual fire un-
til morning. s IS
Napoleon had fires lighted for
sanitary reasons, the moment his
troops encamped. Unquestiona-
bly, the modern practice of heat
ed dwellings by furnaces tends to
vitiate the air sooner than the use
of open fires and CRATES. In fever
and ague districts of this country
old inhabitants learn the value of
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-04-26

By the time President johnson
is done with his factious enemies,
the country will be as full of "dead
ducks" as ever a big pond was of
live ones,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-04-26

At Urbana, Ill, a rich landlord,
William II. Lock, has been mulc-
ted in $3.50 for nttering slander-
GUS words concerning Mrs. Nancy
w. Brewer, a poor woman, who
was his tenant, and with whom he
bad some difficulty
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-04-26

A correspondent of a New
York paper wants to know which
side of a lady a gentleman should
take when he walks out with her.
We should say keep on the right
side of a lady, always.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-04-26
A neoro about DIVING WAS told

A negro about dying, was told
by the minister that he must for
give a certain darkey toward whom
he seemed to entertain very hard
feelings. eyes, sah," he replied,
off l dies, I forgib dat niggah, but
if / gets well dat mig must take
care"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-04-26
dy thou aimst al be thy Countrys, hy Gods and TRUTHS
An Enterprising Agent.

An enterprising travelling agent
for a well-known Cleveland tomb
stone manufactory, made visit to
| a small town in a neighboring
county. Hearing in the village
that man. in a remote part of
the township had lost his wife, he
thought he would go and see him
and offer him consolation and a
grave stone. on his usual terms
He started; the road was a horri-
bly, frightful one, but, the agent
persevered and arrived at the be-
reaved mans house. The be-
reaved mans hired girl told the
agent that the bereaved man was
splitting fence-rails over in the pas
ture, about two miles. The indie
fatigable agent mounted his horse
and started for the pasture. 'Af-
ter falling into all manner of mud
holes, scratching himself with bri-
ers, and tumbling over decayed
logs, the agent found the bereaved
man. In a subdued voice he asked
the man if he had lost his wife.
The man said he had. The agent
was very sorry to hear it, and
sympathized very deeply with the
man, in his great sorrow; but death,
he said, was an insatiate arch
er, and shot down all of both high
and low degree. He informed the
man what "was his loss was her
gain," and would be glad to sell
him a grave-stone to mark the spot
where the loved one slept, mar
BILE or common stone, as he chose, at
prices defying competition. The be-
reaved man said there was a slight
difficulty in the way. Haven't
you lost your wife," inquired the
agent. "Why, yes, I have" said
the man, "but no grave-stone amt
necessary; for, you see, the cussed
critter ain dead; she scooted with
another manI'
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-04-26
The number of .Southerners, o.

The number of Southerners, of
both sexes, who are at present
seeking employment in the North
ern cities is almost Incredible. It
is said that in New York alone
there are more than fifty thousand
Southern born-and-bred persons
seeking their fortunes.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-04-26
Facts about Currency.

/ Many things have been used al
different times as money-cowrie
shells in Africa; wampun by the
American Indians; cattle in an,
cient Greece; beaver skins in Can
ada; tobacco in Virginia; soap in
! Mexico.
/ The Carthagenians used leather
as money; probably bearing some
mark or stamp
| Frederick Ii, at the siege OF Mi
Ian, issued stamped leather as
money. 7foa 81 r aa
In 1860, John the Good, King
of France, who was taken prisoner
by the celebrated Black Prince,
and sent to England until ransom
I ed, also issued leather money, hav-
ing small silver nail in the cen-
ire. - 1a o.
Salt is the common money in
Abyssinia; cod fish in Iceland and
New Foundland. eco
"Living money" slaves and OK
en-, passed current with the Anglo
Saxons, in payment of debts.
Adam Smith says that in his
day there was a village in Scot
land where it was not uncommon
for workmen to carry nails, instead
of money, to the bakers shop and
ale-house.
Marco Polo found in China mon
ey made of the mulberry tree,
bearing the stamp of the sover-
eign, which it was death to counter
felt. -
Tobacco was generally used as
money in Virginia up to 1860,
fifty-seven years after the founda-
ton of that colony.
Inl741, the Legislature of Mas
sachusetts enacted that wheat
should be received in payment of
all debts.
The convention of France, du-
ring the revolution, on the propo-
sition of John Bon-Saint Amdree,
long discussed the propriety of
adopting wheat as money, as the
measure of the value of all things.
Platina was coined in Russia
from 1928 to 1916.
But the metals best adapted and
most generally used as coin, are
copper, nickle, silver and gold
the first two being now used for
coins Of small value, to make
changes; the two latter, COM
monty designated the precious
metals, are used as measures of
value and legal tenders
On the continent of Europe, a
composition of silver and copper
called billion, has long been used
for small coins, which are made
currentat much higher value than
the metals they contain. In Chi
ma, cycee silver. is the principal
currency, and is merely ingot sill
yer of a uniform fineness, paid and
received by weight.
Spanish dollars are circulated
there, but only after they have
been assayed and stamped, as a
proof that they are of the stan
dard fneness.
AS Asia Minor produced gold,
its earliest coinage was of that met
al,
Italy and Sicily possessing cop
per, bronze was first coined there.
Herodotus says the Lydians
were the first people known to
have coined gold and silver.
They had gold coin at the close of
the ninth century, B. C.
Servius Tullius, King of Rome,
made the pound weight of copper
current money. s: aaa
The Romans first coined silver
281 B. C. and gold 207 B. G..
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-04-26

A German in Philadelphia last
week loaded "a toy cannon, and
placing the muzzle in his mouth,
applied a match to the touch hole.
The load took effect in the upper
part of his head, tearing most of
it away. Cause, poverty and
sickness. s....s ,.,.., s-ess,..s. -. -
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-04-26

The rooms which are used in VII
emma for bathrooms in winter, serve
in summer for swimming schools, !,
so that in winter men dance where
they swim during the summer.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-04-26

The question whether the. pros
prietors of horse railroads in Phil
adelphia have q right to exclude
colored people from their cars or
not, is to be settled by the SUI
preme Court of the State.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-04-26

Jared Sparks, the historian, and
ex-President of Harvard College,
died at his residence in Cans
bridge, Mass, ON the 14th inst,
Of pneumonia.