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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-02-01

refusal of at least one hundred applicants
desirous of embaFking on the packet which
is to sail on the 29d inst. They were com
ing and going constantly to and from his
Office, merely mention these facts to
show you that emigration has indeed be-
come q contagion.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-02-01
Southern Scene from Life.


A Southern Scene from Life.
so! nanny, have you heard the ne Es9
Thus spoke a Southern child,
Asin her nurses aged face
She upward glanced and smiled,
CIV hat news you mean! my little one;
1t must be mighty fine,
To make my darlin's cheeks so red,
Her merry blue eyes shine.n
t'Why, Abram Lincoln, don't you know,
The Yankee President,
Whose ugly picture once we saw
When up to town we wentl
Well, he Is going to free you all,
And make you rich and grand,
And you'll be dressed in silks and gold,
Like the proudest in the land.
a gilded coach shall carry you
Whereer you wish to ride,
And, nanny, all your work shall be
Forever laid aside
Ine eagar APeakef paused, or ofe.-tA.
And then the old nurse sad,
While closer to her swarthy cheek
She pressed the golden head:
My little misSus, stop and res,
Ou's talkin' mighty fas-s
Jes look up dare, and tell me " hat
You see in yOnder glass!
You sees ole NANNY s WTinkly face,
As black any coal,
And underneath her Handkerchief
Whole heaps of knOtty wool
Ny baby's face is rec and white,
Her skin is soft and fine,
a nd on her pretty little head
DE yalleT Tnglets shine.
My chile, who made dis difference
lTwixt nanny and 'twiXt you:
Y YoU reads de dear Lords blessed book,
And : on can tell me true
De good Lord said it must be SO;
And, honey, for one,
Wild thankful he art-wiH always say,
His holy viii be done.
I tanks Mass Linkum all de same,
But when / wantstOT free,
Tll ask de Lord Of glory,
Not poor buckra man like he,
And as for gilded carriages,
Dey's uotin tall to see;
Ny massa's coach. what carries him,
Is good enough fo- me.
And, honey, when your mamma wants
To change her hOmesPun dress,
She'll pray, like dear ole missUs,
To be clothed with righteousness.
Ny works been done dis many a day,
And now I takes my ease,
A waitin for de Marsters call,
les when de M8rster please.
An when at last de times done come,
AnpoOT ole nanny dies,
Your own dear mothers sOf white hand
Shall close desc tired ole eyes.
De dear Lord Jesus soon viii call
Ole nanny home to Him,
An lie can wash her guilty soul
From ebery spot OF sin;
An at his feet shall set down,
Who died and rose for me,
An den, and not till den, my child,
Your NANNY viii be free.
Come, little missus, say your prayers,
Let ole Mass Linkum done;
De debbiI knows who b'longs to him,
An he'll take care'f his WI"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-02-01

To CEMENT BROKEN GL.Ass.-Melt one
ounce Of isinglas5 IN two wineglassful of
spirits of wine over moderate fire. TAX
ing care that the spirits of wine shall not
boil over. When thoroughly melted, it
will form a colorless and transparent glue
which will reunite broken glass or china
so firmly that the fracture will be scarce
" perceptible
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-02-01

THE pen, in the hand that knows how to
use it, is the most powerful weapon known.
AS the tongue Of the absent, how cheering
When the golden tints of virtue guide it,
how beautiful When self-respect gives
it a new yigor, how pleasing When
scurriiity weilds it, how contemplate 'Tis
the weapon Of the soul
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-02-01

A PAPER gives the following reasons for
not publishing a poetic efusion : "The
rhythm sounds like pumpkins rolling over
a barn floor, while some lines appear to
have been measured with yard stick, and
others with a ten-foot pole.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-02-01

TRUrH.-Tbe heaviest fetter that ever
weighed down the limbs of a captive, as
the web Of gossamer, compared with the
pledge Of a man Of honor. The wall of
stone and the bar Of iron may be broken,
but the plighted word never.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-02-01

a NEWSPAPER recently contained the fol-
lowing in its notices to correspondents !;
''Truth is crowded out Of our columns this
week"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-02-01

A PRIVATE soldier, entering the fight at
Murfreesboro', saw a rabbit running off the
field. $50 it, Molly COttOn-tail,' he ex-
claimed, "if didn't have a reputation to
sustain, I'd be going too"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-02-01

The following is given as a freman's
toast "The ladies-the only incepdiaries
who Kindle'a fame which water viii not
extinauisb."
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-02-01

To render good for evil is God-like +; to
render good for good is man-like to rem
der evil for evil is brute-like to render
evil for GOOD Is devil-Ike.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-02-01

NEVER waste arguments on people who
kon't know logic from lOgwood-which is
the case with people who love disPutatiOn.
The best reply 70 a stolid dogmatist is to
say "Certainly-no doubt-irs clear as
mud
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-02-01

PROBLEM TO SoLvE.-The Louisville
Journal put it IN this wise If the Radi-
Gals at Washington think that the District
of Columbia, ten miles square, can staud
two such Institutions as negro-sufrage and
Congress, how many denominations may
they not expect the whole United TtateF to
sIand 2.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-02-01

of farming. In this case the payment
must be effected within one year after ar
rival.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-02-01
Farm Work for the Month.

We now eater upon the duties Of the
new year, with thesexpeFience Of the past,
to instruct US, and with fresh expectations
and new hopes. The engagements Of the
future win command our best attention.
The plan of operations for the year must
be tboughtfu.ly considered and carefully
arranged. Determine what crops are to be
cultivated. the extent of ground to be al
lotted to each, and its particular location.
Avoid especially, under the present uncer-
tainty of labor, the evil of over-creping.-
Ascertain what amount of foreign ferter-
lizsrs, must be added to your home resour-
ces, and arrange for their supply in due
season. Examine all implements, supply
what is wanting, and make repairs when
needed. Look carefully to your accounts
of the past year, and start with the deter
imitation to have them kept strictly the
coming season.
II you have not yet done so, take an in
ventory Of the personal effects, necessary
for the carrying on the farm. Have horses,
cattle, hogs, sheep, implements of every
description valued at their cash value
also the crops on hand. Have your farm
and improvements Putat their cash value
and require that they pay you six per cent.
interest, and the personal effects ten per
cent. after paying allneoessary cost of la
Dor, feeding, etc., for the year. It is very
advisable, too, to keep account with sepa-
rate crops, and with different kinds of
stock that you may determine, at. the close
of the year, which has paid you best Such
accounts will give an important insight
into the business Of the farm and prove Of
inestimable value if properly. kept, and ad
hered to for sufficient length of time.
WHEAT FIELDS.
If the wheat fields have been infested
with the fly during the fall, it will be ad-
visable to Craze closely with sheep and
other stock during frozen. weather. Keep
water burrows well opened, that excess of
surface water, which causes so much win
ter killing, be avoided.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-02-01
I ours, truly,
JULIUS A. RAIDER.

a SATIsFACToRY ExPLANATIoN.-A tan
gible reason why the stars didn't shoot last
year is explained as follows:
When the mulogistic temperature of the
horizon is such as calorieises tie imperient
indentation of the hemisphere analogy,
the cohesion of the borax ours bistus, be-
comes sureharged with infuites simals,
which are thereby virtually deprived of
their fssural disquisitions. This effected,
and a rapid change is produced in the the
oramber of the gympaioeustus palerium,
which causes a ronvocular ia the hexago-
nal antipa;hies of the terrestriam aquaver-
sula. Clouds then become a mass of deo-
dotomized specule Of ceremoeular light,
which can only be seen when it is visible.
WE observe the gradual decline of na-
tional virtue only when some snddea enor-
nifty forces the change upon our notice
We do not see how life is slipping from US
until some sudden disaster such as the
death of near friend, startles US into con-
seriousness. The hand of the clock steals
so uoiselessly over the dial that we observe
its progress only when it strikes.
T1ME.-Time isthe most undefable yet pa
radoxical Of things the pastis gone the fu-
ture IS not come, and the present becomes
the past even while we attempt to define itI;
and, like the fash Of the lightning, at once
exists and expires. Time is the measurer
of all things, but is in itself unmeasura-
bic and the grand discloser of all things,
but is itself undiseiosed.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-02-01

To PREVENT FLANsELs FRoa sHRISKIss.
The first time the fannels are washed
put them in a pail Of boiling water, and
there remain until cold.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-02-01

A SHORT way to get rid Of the notionai
debt would be to get Government cotton
spectators 10 steal Il.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-02-01

DRYDEN was SO bound up in his books
that his wife one day exclaimed 81 wish
were book, that might always be in
your society" q" wish you were an al-
manac, so could change you every year"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-02-01

NE once saw young man gazing at the
*ry heaven, with a in Bzz- aud -
Of pistols in the other. We eudeavored to
attraei big atlotiOn by pointing to in a
paper We held in our Bss-, relating 2 a
young man 10 that S of country. who had
left home in state of mental arrangement.
He dropped The and pistols from his
Bzg- Bg- with the !, at is of whom U
read. left home b4 my friends knew Of
my design. L had so the E9- Of a girl
who refused to lisI0 to me but smiled
be9ly on another. ed madly from
the house, uttering wild ! to the god of
love, and without replying to the of my
friends, came here with this and - Of
pistols, to put to my exisIOce.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-02-01

The old story of the lazy school-boy
who spelled Andrew Jackson, &ru Jaxn,
has been over-shadowed by genius out
West, who wished to mark half dozen
new shirts-he marked the first John Jones
and all the rest ditto.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-02-01

HAPPY FELLow.-The local editor of the
Danville (Va.) Times is the most content
ed man we know Of. Hear him
Weare happy in being no more misera-
ble-no woOd-uo money-snow three
inches deep, and more, we fear, coming
ink frozen-roller dilto--the devil with a
cold, and our heels frost bitten. We don't
care a constitutional for the country it
may sink or swim the probability now is,
it will freeze. Fact is, we've been out SO
long in the cold we are Indifferent, and
don't know that we'd ''stand treat" if Uncle
Sam would offer to take us in. We are
pretty much in the temper of the obstinate
urchin who had kicked the cover off and
woke his nanny in the night, crying
out he was cold. 'Well, pull the cover on
you, Johnny" said she. II shau't do it"
replied the youth, "durned if don't freeth
furthst p
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-02-01

The editor of the Boston Post having
said that brides cake is a drug in the
Washington market. A young lady Of
that city writes to him sharply that it is
no fault of hers. We infer that she is anx-
ious
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-02-01
WHEAT FIELDS.
STOCK

Give stock of every description the best
care. sows becoming heavy with Young
should be separated from other large hogs
for fear of accident. As ewes approach
the lambing season, see that they are kept
well mp in flesh, though they need not be
fat Let them have little grain if neces-
sary. Fiji up deficiencies in your work
stock. Look to it that young hogs have no
opportunity of. lying in heaps of ferment-
inc manure
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-02-01

ToFAKE INK OUT OF LINEN.-Dip the
spotted part in pure melted tahow, wash
Out the tallow aud the-iu will come cut
with II.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-02-01
WORKING IMPLEMENTS.

Keep them, Of every description, out Of
the weather. If you have not heretofore pre-
pared proper shedding, or house room for
everything, see now the necessity of doing
it, and use the present leisure for the pur-
pose. Have gearing, of every sort, over
hauled, repaired, and occasionally creased.
Give blades of scythes, the knives Of rea-
per, mower, and everything about your ag-
rioultural machines and implements, that is
likely to rust, thin coating of grease
and beeswax, melted together. Have ice
hooks, leather mittens, saws and axes, all
ready for the speedy gathering of the ice
crop.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-02-01

BREAKFAsF RoLLs.-Wilh one quart OF
-four mix tesspoonful of SALT gil OF
yeast, and as much warm milk as viii make
a soft dough strew -four over, cover 1t
with a cloth, and setin a warm place to
rise over night. Ia The morning work into
it two table-spoonfuls of beef dripping,
lard or butter; -four your hand and make
it in small rolls, lay them on buttered pan
aud bake in quick oven.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-02-01
WHY wEEPEsT THOU.
BY G. wAsBINoToE NOON.

81 would not have ye be ignorant, brethren, con-
eerning them which asleep, that ye sorrow not,
even others which have no hope.'I 1Ess. iv. IS.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-02-01
CLOVER FIELDS,

Be sure to protect these from the hoofs
and nozes.of ihtruders. Let nothing touch
them till the proper grazing season come.
PLANTING TREES.
If trees are to be planted in the spring,
take an,opportunity of the ground being
in order to dig the holes the earth will
be better for exposure to frost. Set stakes
near trees planted in autumn, and fasten
the trees to them with ropes of straw
Turn over all piles of weeds and other
trash, and Kill the field mice you will prob
ably find there. Fill a bag with straw for
a cushion, and go on your knees, with
knife and probe, to hunt out the destroy
ers of your peach trees.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-02-01
~ followfng is sent 10 us bY M esteem-

Ths following IS sent TO US 0y an es1seiii-
ed female friend of this city, as verstea-
ton of a conversation that actually took
place. and our correspondent very justly
styles it a ''gem." There is truth and
feeling in 1.-THE indispensable essentials
Of poetry.-NashVille- Banner.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-02-01

oNS rs otll1is men nave THESE " 4os
Why weepest thou?
Thy beauteeus one is resting:
Trouble no more assails her fond Leart now;
Why weepest thou7
Wouldst thou recall her
From hercalm, deep Joy,
To what might here IN future yesrs befan herl
Sweet songs Of raPturous praise her powers en-
wouldst thou recall lferg
Grief s bitter tears
Have all been kissed away
From her dear face whom memory reveres;'
Why down thine own pale cheeks then should
there stray
GTief's bitter tearss
Are ye not ote,
Though severed for awbileg
Hast thou no JOY that she her race has run,
And has received her masters gracious snilel
Are We not ones
To meet again
With rapturous emotion,
Twin-seyered streams flow towards the distant
And It's the one prayer of your souls devotion
To meet again.
And We shah meet,
He faithful loving-hearted,
Who bowed together at tire Saviof's feet;
One faith, one hope, ye had who nov are Partsdi
And ye shall meet.
To part more.
o glorious reality
Of faith and hope when life's few years are o'ert
Your spirits clothed with immortality,
To part no more!
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-02-01
MANUREs.

Gather from every source material for
manures. Save very carefully, and COM
post the rich manure from the pens where
the hogs were fattened. See that the
spouting around your farm pen takes the
water well off, without carrying a strong
solution Of the manure.
LIME AND ASHES,
When these are needed and can be OBJ
tanned. get them, and spread at once upon
the surface Of any ground you propose TO
apply them to. Lands to be plowed for
spring crops, however, need not be dressed
before plowing,-Ameriean Farmer.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-02-01

Thy beauteous one is resting:
Trouble more .assails her fond LeRrt now;
No more that frail bark ife's rude waves is break
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-02-01

II5tJl
Ye faithful loving-hearted
Who bowed together at tire Savior's feet;
One faith, one hope, ye had who nov are parted,
And ye shall meet.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-02-01

EMIGRATIoN TO BRAzIL-The Imperial
Government looks with sympathy and in
terest on American Emigration to Brazil,
and is resolved to give the most favorable
welcome to any emigranls, and in particu
lar to Mechanics and AgriouIturists with
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-02-01

7 .
0 glorious reality
OF faith and hope when life's few years are o'eri
Your spirits clothed with immortality,
To part no more!
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-02-01

] AFa 3 not OLle,
Though severed for aghileg
| Hast thou no JOY that she her race has run,
4 And has received her masters gracious smilel
! Are We not one9
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-09-09

Hon. G. w. SoHoFIELD illustrated the
the usefulness of the Democratic party
at campaign meeting in Ohio, by re-
lsting President Lincoln's anecdote OF
the little boys yellow dog. The cur
had become a nuisance, and some mis-
chevious fellows. to put him out of the
way, partly flled bladder with pow
der, stuck quill in it with lighted
slow match inserted and fastened 1t to
a piece of beef. There was an explos-
ion. The little boy went to his father
with his trouble, desiring to know
what was to be done. The father, who
was a pompous man, and was iu the
habit OF using big language, said: AS
regards that dog, my son, II you wish
my opinion about him, I think he is oi
no more use-ds q dog"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-09-09
Qte1pfellfqeneer
with heavy head bent on the yielding hand
And half flushed cheek, baEhed in a lever

with heavy head bent on the yielding hand,
And half flushed cheek, baEl1ed in a fever
iSh light;
With restless lips and most unquiet eyes,
A maiden s Is and looks out on the night.
The darkness pressed close against the pane,
And silence lieth on the elm tree old,
Through whose wide branches steals the
white-faced moon,
In fitTul CLEANS, as though 'twere over bold.
She hears the wind upon the easement fall,
And lifts her head AS II TO listen there;
Then wearily she taps against the pane,
Ur folds more close the nipples OF her hair;
She hings unto herself an Idle strain,
And through Its music all her thoughts are
For ali the burden of the song she sings
Is "oh my God! Itmlght have beenw
Alasi that words like these should have the
power
To crush the roses Of her early youth
That on her altar OF remembrance sleeps
Some hope, dismantled of It's love and
truth,
some grave mosS-coveTed where she loves
To lean,
aud sadly sing unto the form therein,
at might have been, o, God! II might
have BEEN"
We all have in our hearts some hidden place.
lies;
The drapery of whose couch we dress anew
Each day beneath the pale glare OF its eyes.
We 20 from It's still presence to the sun, a
To seek the pathways where II once was
p
And .trive TO sim the throbbing OF our hearts,
With this wild cry, 30, God Itmight have
been."
We mourn'In secret o'er some buried love
In thefRr past whence love does not return;
And strive to find among Its ashes gray
Some lingering spark that yet may live and
burn.
And when We nee the vaInness OF its task,
We fee away, far from the hopeless. scene.
And folding close onr garments o'er our
Cry 10 the winds, "oh God 1t might have
been"
WheIeer we go, in sunlight or in shade,
We monrn some Jewel which the heart has
missed;
Some brow we touched in days long since
gone by,
Some lip whose freshness and first dew we
kissed.
We shut out from our eyes the happy light
or sunbeams dancing on the hillside green;
And Ike The maiden, ops them in the night,
And cry, Ike her, 80, Coil II might have
been.n
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-09-09
what General Burler Thinks of Jerry
Black

From a Reported Conuersation.
asked the General il he knew MIR.
Black personally, and what he thought
OF him.
Eyes," he said. "I know Black. /
have met him at the bar. / knew him
| somewhat when he was in Buchanan's
cabinet. He Is a man of decided genius
-erratic, bold, and of quick psrcep-
tious, and with strong reliance upon his
own powers. He believes thoroughly
| in the unconstitutionality of the war,
act of legislation growing out of ii. Not
doubling on these points, he would
| have no hesitancy in following his
plans to their logical sequence, WHICH
would be, of course, that Congress was
an illegal body, Its aots without bind
| ing force or effect, and that it was the
duty OF the President to save the Gov
erument by au exercise of executive
power, and that such action would be
conservative and not revolutionary
and If he was in the Government l be-
| lieve he would shape its course to that
end, under the full conviction that he
! was acting according to the Constitu-
ton, and for the best interests of the
country. This, with him, would be true
l conservatism. He looks upon any
other. and of course the Congressional
| reconstruction, as rev olutionary and
tending to despotism. Upon his access
sion TO the cabinet I should look for
great peril to the country, because there
| is no man so dangerous as he will be-
acting courageously in support OF the
wrong, under the conviction that he Is
in the right"
remSrked here: "You seem to re-
gard him as likely TO be the American
| Staffordf''
Yes" said Butler. in his decisive
way, az do"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-09-09

MAINE newspapers are emulating the
metropolitan" press in the matter of
fashionable gossip. One of the editors
of the Portland tYar has been at Moose
head, and he does up grand ball in
true New York style. Here is one of
his descriptions, no better and no worse
than several others:
"At the head of the dance, precisely
at o O'Clock, 1 saw the rarely beautiful
Miss L., fromS-n, well-known at
this watering place for the last seven
years. Scorning the extravaganza 1
have described above. she appeared in
pink gingham with yellow trimming,
beautifully set of with magenta 70
settes, and this rarely happy blending
OF colors made her the observed of all
observers. She wore her auburn hair
in the Lewiston style-one long curl
depending from the left side. She was
everywhere acknowled the belle of the
evening""
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-09-09

ABUsE.-Plutarch, in his biographies,
tells US that Cato, the Censor, being
led disolute life, said to him quietly:
"a contest between thee and me syery
unequal; for thou canst bear Ill Ian
guage with ease, and return 1t with
pleasurei but tor my part, Ills unusual
for me to hear it, and disagreeahle to
sneak itu