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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-01-17
Flies and Wounds.

James Jenkins, writing TO the
editor Of the american AgricuCta'
rist, says: | noticed in your notes
on farm operations for June, you
recommend, where lambs have
been castrated or hurt, and mag.
gots have bred in the wound, to
put on tar or turpentlne. 1t is tai
better than either, to take the
leaves of the common elder, and
bruise them, fry them in lard, and
apply the mixture. Let 1t melt
and run into the wound, and eve
ry maggot will be off as soon as :
he can find a way out. 1t would
do you good to see them coming
out and tumbling of. This will
save life, and heal the wound,
when neither of the others will
and if put on when the wound is
fresh, no fly will lay an egg about
1t,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-01-17
An Oil Story.

Sam Black, who owned a snug
little farm, was somewhat startled
one day by an offer of more than
twice the worth of it in greenbacks.
"Shali you sell the farm, Samu-
el?" asked his wife.
"Certainly Ishall, if the excited
individuals don't back out, orprove
to be a couple of escaped lunatics--
as I half suppose them to be-
And sell he did.
After the bargain was made, and
the money paid. one of the men
took Sam and his wife to the back
of his farm, where there was asmall
excavation in the ground filled up
by the recent rain.
"See what you've lost and we've
gained!" said the excited individu-
alscooping up some of the water liz
an old tin cup and holding it up
for their inspection.
Sure enough, the oil was half
an inch thick on the top of the
water.
Sam was indignant. If he
hadn't been fool, as he said to his
wife, and watched for indications,
lie might have died a millionaire.
Sans wife was bursting with
laughter, bat restrained herself.
She coaxed her husband into the
house, and told him the whole sto-
Try. er
"You remember when l had my
cough last winter, and the doctor
recommended cod liver oil, Sam,
and you brought home a whole
gallon because you got it cheap,
and made me promise to take a
dose three times day? Well: |
didn't, and it stood in the closet
till l cleaned the house, when
threw it all into the hole at the
foot Of the garden"
Sam saw the joke, and pocket.
ed the cream of tin the shape
of pile of greenbacks.
At the last accounts, Sam was
living in clover, while the oil hum
ters were industriously boring
and may be until this time, for all
we know,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-01-17
Curious. Custom.

An intelligent gentleman, who
has lately travelled in Palestine,
gives description of the curious
scenes enacted in the church
of the Holy Sepulchre. He said
that when you first entered the
church, you would be surprised to
see party of soldiers, with there
swords by their sides, and their
guns stacked within reach. 1t
seemed a sacrilege in such holy
place, and struck one rather un-
pleasantly. But he soon found out
the necessity for it. According to
the law Of the country, every sect
is allowed to worship there; and
as it is considered equally sacred
both by Christians and Moham-
medans, all wish time for their
mode of worship. The law al
lows them an hour each. They
commence at six in the morning.
At that hour, those who have the
first privilege enter, bringing with
them whatever is necessary to con-
duct their particular religious rites.
They 60 through their prayers
and chants, and all is very quiet
till about q quarter to seven, when
those who have the privilege of
the next hour begin to arrive. At
first, all is decorum; but presently
the new comers begin to hiss and
mock. As their numbers increase,
and they become stronger, they
shove the crowd; and as the time
lessons, they get more and more
bold. A few minutes before
seven they proceed to more forci-
BILE demonstrations. They think,
if they can clear out these BIAS
phemers a few minutes before the
time, they have done an equally
good work. AS some of these
sects use torches, wax candles,
slaves or crooks, in their worship,
they proceed to use these as wea-
pons of offence or defence, and
a regular melee ensues. Then
come in the soldiers, who separate
the combatants by filing in be
tween them, turning out those
whose hour is up, and leaving the
place in possession of the last
comers. If blood is shed the
church is closed for the day. Such
scenes are occurring all day long,
and the presence ofsoldiers is there
fore absolutely necessary. |
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-01-17

in which the juice seethes and
boiIs. At each stands a strong ne
gro, with long, heavy skinner in
hand, stirring the juice and skim
ming off the surface. This scum
is collected and given to the hogs,
or thrown upon the muck heap,
and is said to be very fructifying.
The juice is ladled from one cal
dron to the next, as fast as the office
of each is finished. From the last
caldron, where its complete crys-
tallization is effected, it is trans
| ferred to coolers, which are large,
shallow pans. When fully cooled
Iitlooks like brown sugar and molas-
ses mixed. tits then shoveled from
the coolers into hogsheads. These
hogsheads have holes boredin their
bottoms; and, to facilitate the
drainage, strips of cane are placed
in the hogshead, with their ends in
these holes, and the hogshead is
filled. The hogsheads are set on
open frames, under which are cop
per receivers, on an inclined plane,
to catch and carry off the drippings
from the hogsheads. These drip
pings are molasses which is collect
ed and put into tight casks. When
it is remembered that all this,
in every stage, is going on at once,
within the limits of the mill, it
may we'll be supposed to present a
busy scene. The smell of juice
and of sugar vapor, in all its stages,
is intense. The negroes fatten on
it. The clank of the engine, the
steady grind of the machines, and
the high, wild cry of the negro at
the caldron to the stokers at the
furnace doors, as they chant out
their directions or wants-now for
more fire and now to scatter the
fire-which must be heard above
the din, sA.a-b'la A-a-abla! e.
e-cha can1elar 'Pu-er-ta! the
gang at work filing the cane
troughs-all these make the first
visit at the sugar-house, a strange
experience.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-01-17
Another Snake Story.

The Vicksburg Times, Of the
10Th, is responsible for the follow=
ing:
Some fatboatmen at Milliken's
bend, not long since, saw on the
bank a long black snake lazily
watching the gradually lengthen-
ing ridge of earth peculiar to the
subsoil navigation of the mole.
The little turnover emerged
at the root of a tree, and the
snake with one lunge captured
and swallowed him. The obser-
vers of this sad affair thought it
was all over with poor mole, but
nothing daunted, perhaps unaware
of his perilous situation, he kept
on scratching until he came out
at the small end of the snake,
who, feeling suddenly that he had
been cheated of square meal,
turned and swallowed him again,
with the same result as before.
The captain of the flatboat, in
every respect reliable gentleman,
informs us this singular contest
was continued for eight hours,
with no variation, except that the
mole, as he became better acquain-
ted with the route, made faster
time on his trips.
Finally, the snake, completely
disgusted with the mole, allowed
it to 60 on in peace, and dragging
himself to hickory tree, butted
his brains out against the roots.
On being opened, his ''innards,
from end to end, were found to be
as slick and smooth as the inside
of a lady's thimble,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-01-17
Where's the Negro?

A Radical sheet, the Tamaqua
Journal says:
eve have had the Republican
victory; now where's the Nigger?''
Where's the Niger? Can't
YOU see him, feel him, smell him ?
The Bellefonte Watchman ex-
plains it all, and makes it wholly
satisfactory. For instance:
"Go to your store, and you get
from eighteen to twenty-five cents
worth Of niger in every yard Of
muslin you buy; from ten to fif'
teen cents worth of niger in each
barrel of -four your family con-
sumes, twenty-five cents worth of
niger in each pound of coffee you
purchase-from eight to twelve
cents worth of niger in every
pound of sugar you buy to sweeten
it; You'll find a small bit of niger
in your box of matches, and con-
siderable Niger in your plug OF
tobacco. You can eat nothing,
wear nothing, or have nothing,
taste nothing, that is not more OF
less affected by the miserable mig
gerism that has controlled the
country ever since the Black Re
publican party got it by the
throat" Now you see it.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-01-17
sTERNS.

hrThrce Dollars for one year, inva-
t:aJIy in adpance; eleven copies for Thirty
Dollars. ~
ar Single copies, Ten Gents eaca
kBp Advertisements inserted at One Dolial
per sq1are of Ten Lines or less for the frst
insertion Fifty Gents for each continuance
rA liberal deduction will be made to
persons advertising for three, six, nine, OF
twelve months.
o. Obituaries and calls on candidates
Fifty Gents per square.
GG3- The privilege of yearly advertisers !,
strictly limited to their own immediaSn and
regular business; and the business Of an al
vertising firm is not considered as including
that ~ It's individual IN emhers. 0rNo de-
Walton from these terms under any circum-
stances
az Al vertisements not marked with the
number of insertions when handed i'll. viii be
coutinued until ordered out, and payment
exacted.
OT No advertisement inserted gratuitousiy
sBP Advertisements of an abusive nature
will Tot be inserted at any price.
EOe Announcing candidates Five Dollars
20 be paid in advance IN every case.
T JG5 Printing of all kinds neatly
done on New 1ype, and on as reasonable
terms as any Office iii Tennessee.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-01-17
An Exciting Spectacle.

One of the most marvelou.
sights ever witnessed, IS a herd of
wild horses, in full and fiery march
! along the pampas of South Amer
lea. The tall grass, at the ap
proach of thousands of eager and
impetuous feet, heaves to and frc
like the waves of the sea. Grand
as whirlwind, yet in the most
regular order, the herd hurries on,
their names flowing like flags and
the tails erect like banners.-
At the head of>a vast triangle,
gallops, as leader, guide, and cham
pion, the strongest horse of the
herd. Behind him, in lines math-
fematically straight-far more per-
feet and unbrCken than those of a
cavalry regiment-and gradually
extending till they reach their ex-
treme length, at the base of the
triangle, come the rest of the host.
The three sides of the triangle the
most powerful horses occupy as a
guard. In the middle, as most
needing help and shelter, are the
foals and their mothers; but still
as portion of the strictly SYM
metrical lines. This is beautiful,
even if-apart from the splendor
and the energy-there was moth
ing more than an illustration of
the infallible geometry of instinct.
The spectacle, however, has other
admirers besides the gltacho and
the traveller, as they rein in their
steeds for a moment to gaze
Above, hover the loathsome vul-
ture and the voracious urubu; and
keeping pace with the mighty Co
hort of the wilderness, is the pitt
less jaguar. Onward-ever on
ward-that coh6rt sweeps. But
one of the weaklings, in the very
heart of the triangle, stumbles and
then another. Yet their more
stalwart brethren pause not, even
for an instant, to succor the unfor-
tunate. Concerned only that the
only line may not waver, they fu-
riously trample on them, as if re-
joicing to prepare a repast for the
Unsuitable spoiler. What sin have
the weaklings committed? The
sin of being weaklings-the sin,
Of all things, which nature and
man never pardon; the sin which
animals against those of
their own kind, and which drive
soldiers, at cities taken by assault,
to expend all their vengeance and
not on such as, with
stout hand and stout breast, still
resist, but on women, on little
and the aged; on the ut
terly defenceless.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-01-17

A new way of keeping warm
has been put in practice and with
good effect. 1t is to have a buck.
wheat cake made large enough tc
cover the bed, like a quilt, and
spread over it piping hot" about
the time of retiring, When
made of proper thickness, it retains
the heat until morning; and then
if a person is too lazy to get up.
he can make a very good break.
fast by eating off the edges as he
lies.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-01-17
Templs of tile Btnsss.
THE LITTLE ORPHAN

Out upon Life's bounding billows
Rides tender little waif,
Breasting all the hidden dangers.
Will it reach its haven safe?
Frail and tender as blossom
Sprung to life beneath the sun,
Like the flower will it perish
Ere the goal of life be won
How the little craft is drifting
Through the breakers sullen roar,
Silently and slowly onward
To the far-off, heavenly shore
Round it's way the.sunbeams inger,
And the voices of the waves
Sound within his heart the music
Of the life he fearless braves.
Clouds will intervene and lower
Fall the storm-king's misty vail;
Tender, trusting, bruised and bleeding,
Isit wonder if he fail?
See the bright eyes look appealing
To the loving human heart;
May they never dim with weeping
While he takes in life his part!
Trusting little heart, and tender,
Cropping on thy worldly way;
May no false hopes dim thy brightness.
May'st thou reach the perfect dsy
Gliding down the stormy current,
Threaten'd by the waves wild roar.
Guide him, Lord, unto thy haven,
Thence TO wander nevermore!
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-01-17

CURE FOR CHoLERA.-All kinds
of recipes are in circulation for the
cure of cholera. Among them we
notice that gum camphor dissolved
in its own weight of alcohol, sixty
degrees above proof, taken on
Jumps of sugar in doses of from
six to twelve drops, according to
the intensity of the attack, is rec
commended. A vial containing
the solution may easily be carried
in the pocket; of sixty cases men,
toned in one hospital treated with
the above recipe, not one proved
fatal Western RuraI World.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-01-17

We see it stated that Fond
du Lac Wis., lawyer lately, in a
fit of absence of mind, left his
office, and locked the door, leav-
ing his wife inside. After being
away nearly a day, he suddenly
thought where lie had left his
better half, and FASTENED to re-
lease her, but found she had ex'
itemporized an exit through the
window, which was fortunately
a low one, at the back OF the
building. This is not quite SC
bad as the story told of Milwau'
kee lawyer, who is said to have
locked another mans wife into
his office, but in a fit of absence
of mind forgot to leave himself
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-01-17
THE HIGHEST AND TIE LOVES

THE HIGHEST AND TIE LOWEST.
The highest salary paid in Mas
sachusetts is SIS, 600, and the man
who gets it is the agent of the
Woolen mills at Newburyport.-
The lowestis to a Methodist preach
er, who told the Boston folks that
all he got for a years work was a
new hat and a barrel of apples j!
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-01-17

A French court has decided
that when railroad fails to trans
port passengers to a given point
in a given time, by the breaking
down of an engine or any other
accident, the company is bound to
pay the expenses of passengers
who may adopt other means to
reach their destination.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-01-17
THrcK AND IoNG.-"Why. man. !"

THICK AND LoNG.-"Why, man" I"
said a bothering counsel to a sail
or witness, "you don't seem to
know the distinction between
thick and long,"
"Don't I, thought"
Explain it them
swell, you're plaguy thick-head-
ed, but you amt long headed, no
how" said Jack.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-01-17

Captain Charles A. Boutelie,
of Augusta, Ne, recovered a
watch recently which was stolen
from him six years ago in Liver
pool, England. He was in con-
cert room at the time it was stolen,
and immediately made the fact
known to the detectives there,
who, after s;x years, succeeded IN
finding it.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-01-17
{ Proprietor.
WHOLE NO. SO
We Receive Some Poetry.

Some apparently infatuated
female has been addressing poetry
to US. We received it through
the Post Office this morning. It
was written with much care, evi-
IDENTIFY, and folded up very neatly
in a highly perfumed envelope.
The inscription was written in a
delicate hand-a hand to tie to,
you bet! We are not much ac-
customed to fine hand writing,
nowadays, and we acknowledge
that pulsation quickened as we
hurriedly tore open the envelope.
1t was headed-"Lines addressed
To-" and the first line was
al know it is no sin to love thee"
Dear but infatuated madam,
how do you know it amt? How
do you know but what we are the
husband of six or eight chill;
we mean the offspring Of six or
eight wi; no, no, that is not
what we want to say. How do
you know we are not married and
the unhappy father of an uninter-
esting progeny? If an enraged
and formidable female calls upon
you in the morning-we shall try
and keep your poetry from her if
possible, but can't promise-and
demands an explanation, you
mustn't be astonished. Remem-
Der we are wholly guiltless in the
matter. We did not know you
were going to do it. We never
telegraphed you that it was "no
sin to love" us, and never encour-
aged you to write us poetry about
it. Not if we know it, we didn't,
and we don't walk in our sleep
a great deal.
Then the second line
"My every thought With thee to roam"
We are not going to Rome. We
haven't time. Besides, if we did,
we should be compelled to have
our family along, and what with
taking care of luggage for a dozen
(and the most of them children,)
and writing letters home-we
should have thoughts enough Of
our own to look after, without ad-
ding "every thought" Of yours to
them. No, no, dear, but unknown,
poetical friend, relinquisa all
thought of sending yo6.r thoughts
that is, every one of them, leav-
ing yourself utterly houghAess,
which would cause you to bs
thought less of than you possibly
can be now--to Rome with us. Bet
ter turn your thoughts to Petro-
leum, and thus run to Grease.
The last line of the closing
stanza is very affecting. 1t afec-
ted us so much that we shed tears.
Sympathetic and mysterious mad
am, have you ever shed? Itsays:
''For thy sake I'll suffer on"
Don't do it, that's a good dear.
There isn't the slightest necessity
for it, and it won't do any good.
We are not suffering for anything,
and we don't want anything
that is, anybody suffering for US.
Give up all thought of US, and if
you mast pour out your heart on
note paper, pour it out to some
one else Above all, quit suffering.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-01-17

Artemus Ward says there are
no daily papers published in his
town, but there is a ladies' sewing
circle which answers the same
purpose.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-01-17

A western paper publishes the
following marriage notice; ''On
horseback, November Is, 1866,
by George Kinkade, Mr.. William
Bunyard, late a soldier of Mer-
rilrs Horse, and Miss Martha E.
Price, all Of Harrison county,
Missouri"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-01-17

Alittle girl in school being asked
what a cataract or a waterfallwas,
she replied that it was hair fow-
ing over something she didn't
know what.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-01-17

A butcher in Milwaukee, killed
a cow a few days since, and found
a live mud turtle in her stomach.
The shell was much eaten by the
acid of the stomach, and the tur-
tie lived but few hours after its
release.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-01-17

An unsocial Snarl says, love is
a combination of diseases-an af-
fection of the heart and an infiam-
nation of the brain.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-01-17

"How odd it is" said Pat, as he
trudged along ON foot one hot, sui
try day, "that man never meets
q cart going the same way he is."
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-01-17

One-half the land in England,
according to John Bright, is pos
sessed by one hundred and fifty
men. A large portion of Scotland
is owned by ten or twelve men.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-01-17

A Western paper says that the
grasshoppers have destroyed every
thing in the Deer Lodge Valley
except the grass-widows.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-01-17

Cali flesh is grass" sighed
Spodgers, after dinner one day,
and Immediately added: "Of all
grasses give me a plump grass wild,
oW."
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-01-17

There is one advantage in being
a blockhead-you are never at
tackled with low spirits or apo
plexy. The moment a man can
worry he ceases to be q fool,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-01-17

THE LAST VETo.-A Northern
papersaysthatthe reason why stars
did not fallon the night of the 14th
ult., was that President Johnson
vetoed the display.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-01-17

An old lady being asked to sub
scribe for a newspaper, declined
on the ground that when she want
ed news she manufactured it her
self.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-01-17

The election of contrabands in
Massachusetts, exhibits niggard.
ly disposition. e. n AZ
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-01-17

Recently a dense fog in Lon,
don caused an almost total suspen-
sion Of business.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-01-17

rrThrce Dollars for one year, inva-
t:aJly in ad,ance; eleven copies for Thirty
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-01-17

1tmgiig5S q ga4q.Gs
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-05-15
ANDREW JOHNSON.

Andrew johnson is puzzle to his
enemies. They cannot comprehend how
he can look well, or feel we'll after all
that the Radicals have done for his de-
struction. A Radical correspondent
who was sneaking about the White House
grounds, to pick up something, no doubt
thus refers to him: " He issued from
the tower regions Of the White House
unattended. Eschewing the hard gravel
of the avenues, be took kindly to the
turf. He inspected the new music stand
opposite his windows. He stopped to
watch the base bail club playing down in
the meadows; paused to look at tive
tumbling boys rolling on the grass, all
white with pollen fuz. He came leisurely
on, this maa at the head of the nation;
and when we met him face to face, at
last, our question was answered. Treas
ury people, the man over yonder does
not look tired at all. Nor vanquished
vstoes, nor impeachment committees
nor a belligerent Congress, nor a dis-
gusted people, have been powerful
enough to destroy this mans satisfaction
in himself He did not look burdened,
nor weary, nor discontented, nor sick.
His step was strong, and confident, aHd
slow; there seemed to be no pressure Of
public care, nor Of official duty, behind
it. A smile Frightened the elOgged lines
of his face. Unharmonious and passion
ate, in its happier moments it is not an
unkind face, nor one that it is easy to
believe wholly untrue. And those who
know him well declare that, though
prejudiced and obstinate to the last de-
gree, Andrew johnson is not dishonest
he was dressed like gentleman Of lei
sure, with a scrupulous nicely, in itself
sufficient TO attract attention. To me
his gaunt, grand predecessor walked by
his side. How different in his uncouth
costume from this elegantly attired gen
tleman, gloved, caned, his iron-gray hair
rolled smoothly under, walking placidly
on the green grass under the trees