The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-12-07

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proportion, with the exception Of cotton,
which is quoted in Troy at nofkiag and q
w4Lroxs AND NmRoDs
Who desire to visit the lake vii fnd it best
to 60 to Thonp on s ferry, at the head Of the
: scatters, as this point is a central one and /
only I've miles from liptenville at which
Tlace white liquid can be procured, one
giiiof which taken Of cold, vet morning.
before Gre IS buile in camp, makes one !
feel Ike going out into the middle Of the
lake and purloining a submurged cypress
stumbl or anything else that Is hardy Ye
local don't say that he felt ike extracting a
stump nor shat lie had the coating which /
protects the upper part Of his bread snasher
taken Of at one swig.s but be saw a man
xho said he looked verg much ike he had
lost something or desired to find what some
one else had not lost, he didn't know which
In the neighhorhood Of the ferry spoken Of
there are number Of fisheries, at which
buffalo and cat sold for cents per pound,
while white perch and trout arc easily
disposed Of at 6 cents. Fish arc SHIPPED
from the lake to distant points in the South,
to Memphis, st. Louis. Louisville, Cairo and
number Of other towns and cities. At
night, standing upon the western shore Of
the lake, the eastern bank reminds one Of
war tines. Camp fires, tents, wagons and
groups Of men are to be seen in the half m
certain glare Of burning drift wood, ocea.
sionally the report Of a gan comes booming
over the waters watch dogs ever and anon
sound the warning note the hoarse squonk,
of the hungry stalk comes from overhead
while the wild goose and malad duck are
sure to convince You that they Gre a part
and parcel of the great attraction There is
no doubt about it. Reelfoot Lake is worth
visit Who'll 60 to Thompsons ferry9
HOW TO GET THERE.
If you desire to 60 by railroad. leave the
cars at Troy Station, and secure the services
of Peter West; if you want to 90 by boat
get of at Tiptonville; if you want to go by
wagon, cross Obion river at Meriweathcr's
ferry, cross the scatters at stones ferry, 90
up the west bank of the lake eight miles,
and ask fer our friends, Tip and Bright
Cunningham, and you will be kept posted,
Toasted and toasted to your hearts content
IL you are duclcist, do not fail to visit
Isham Lake, Black Bayou or Lake Morgan ;
if hshiat and jerlsist, choose the
coolest and most uninviting day, procure a
short stout pole, trout hook, line six or seven
feet long. heavy sinker cut bait, walk out
upon the drift, fish between the floating logs,
and you II think that there is coolies of the
fnny tribe in Reelroot Lake. And then-ii
you don't catch as many as you desire call
on some Of the fishermen and purchase as
many as you wantl
DEEDS. or BLOOD.
During the war, and for several month,
after the surrender, many tragedies trans
pired in Obion and along the Kentucky line
, a few Of which we will mention. Oliver
Farris, it will be remembered. was residen
of the county, and commanded a company
of cavalry an the Confederate side; Berry
an ,Oostate secessionist organized band 0
tories an, 4 while pretending to aid the Fedora
cans, disgra eed the calling of soldier
When Kerry or his men, as thy often did
transcendeG the soldiers duty by robbing
burning or murder, ret. liation came sur
and swift from the avenging arm OF Farri
o T his men, and so, the war was Taged Il
its rudest form in the section spoken Of
MURDER or JOHN FARR1s
This gentleman, an invalid, was a brother
of Oliver Farris, and remained at home with
his widowed mother, and IS said to have
been an honorable, upright man. While
Berry was scouting over the country west of
Troy, Oliver who bad clandestinely returned
home, was exposed by man named
Thompson. AS the party were on their
way to widow Farris' they stopped at a mill
on the road side and there fell in with the
late Senator Case, concerning whose death
much has been said and written. Case
Joined the expedition for the capture O
Oliver, and went with the party to the house
It so happened that John Farris was at the
mill at the time the capture Of Oliver wa.
planned, knew that Thomson and Case
8 were acting as pilots, he marked them we'll
0 secretly withdrew, mounted his horse ant
. rode homo, where he met his brother and in
{ formed ham OF the danger ne Vas IN OliVe
r fed to the woods, and escaped Whel
n Berry and his party arrived they demande'
j the person of Oliver John Farris toll
t them that Oliver was not there, that he ha
+ gone, and was beyond their reach. Berr
Il saw that an informer had bafAed him in hi
r designs. and recognized John Paris as tn
p pegsoa he saw at the mill just prior to tn
4 departure Of the party from that place, h
S accused him Of putting Oliver on his guard
d John was placed under arrest, taken out (
e the yard, forced to accompany the part
a down the Foad short distance. and va
re there most foully murdered, hissdead bed
10 mutilated and perforated with balls ate
le the fatal, first shot was fred by comman
"a of Berry. Leaving the wasted and almo'
n feshless corpse where It had fell the part