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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-08-01
Kentucky Negroes Won't
Let Radicals Sit on Ju-

ries.
A negro boy, who formerly be-
longed to the Hon. John D. Young,
hired himself to Radical ex-col-
lector of the u. S. Revenue, at
Owingsville, under a promise of
good wages. The negro worked
faithfully in compliance with his
contract, but his Radical employ
Ier failed to keep faith with the
honest negro, and refused to pay
the stipulated wages. No doubt
the Radical thought his services
in hberating negroes in Kentucky,
was a fair legal set off against he
gro labor in his cornfeld; but the
negro thought otherwise, and
brought suit for what was due
him. The ex-collector demand
ed jury, which was summoned.
There happened to be three Radi-
Gals upon the panel, but the negro
having lost faith in the honor of
his liberators, manifested a decid-
ed repugnance to having his case
tried by them. He instructed
his attorney to strike them off, as
he 'Edidn't want no mean Radical
on his jury"
The three Radicals were accord
ingly discharged from the jury.
The case was tried by what the
negro said were ''honest men,"
and the negro got judgment for
his debt.
The negroes of Kentucky are
beginning to find out who their best
are.-MaysviNe Bulletin.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-08-01
Temple NJ lie #lnsss.
JAMIE.

"Father, where is our jamie tonight
Jamie so bold and gay?
The twilight shadows are falling now,
Why does he stay away?
Jamie is handsome, and manly, too,
And he will be good and great;
But, father, why is our darling bey
A staying away SO late!"
''Our noble boy is a child no more,
He has grown to mans estate:
He has gone courting Minnie Gray,
The reason he stays so late;
For her golden hair and eyes of blue
d. Have stolen his heart away,
And he goes in the holy twilight hour
A wooing sweet Minnie Gray"
"Why does the maiden lure him away,
Now weare growing so old?
All! we have shielded him all his life,
Our love has never grown cold;
The maid can never love him as we
Have loved him all his years,
Who have led him along the path of life,
Sharing his smiles and tears"
"But, Millie, remember long years ago,
When was handsome and gay,
And you maiden SO fair and sweet
That you stole my heart away.
I had father old and gray,
And a mother kind and true,
Who loved me fondly all my life
But my heart went out to you"
A blush crept over her withered cheek,
Her eyes shone clear and mild:'
No longer she chided the lovely maid
For winning away her child;
She thought of the long ago, when she
Stood close by her lovers side
In the little church, and the man of God
Made her happy bride.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-08-01
A waggish Journalist, who

A waggish journalist, who is
often merry over his personalplain-
ness, tells this story of himself !:
I went to the drug store the other
morning for a dose of morphine
for a sick friend. The night clerk
objected to give it to me without
a prescription, evidently fearing |
meantto destroy myself. "Pshaw," !"
said /, "do / look like a man who
would kill myself2" 81 don't
know. Seems to me if / looked
like you, Ishould be greatly tempt
ed to kill myself"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-08-01

Mr.. Velie, of Lansing, Michi.
igan, took umbrage the other day
at the editor of the Democrat, and
attacked him with a prodigious
horse-whip. After struggle of
forty seconds, Mr.. Velie, finding
his eye bunged, his nose smashed
and his wind-pipe nearly shut,
dropped the whip and ''hollered." !"
The cheerful moral need not be
written.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-08-01

In some counties of Virginia
the negroes are up to snuff. In
enc county-Monroe-the Com
of Revenue returned
the number of males over twenty
one years of age at five hundred
and thirty-seven. In the same
county upwards of 1900 were
registered as voters. 1t is one
thing to pay taxes and an entire
ly different affair to vote.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-08-01

Daniel Trimble's dray horse,
while standing in front of a store
in Dayton, a few days since, was
started by the fall of a hay rake
upon his rump. He started to
run, and, being blind, ran head
long against the side of a frame
house, crashed OH through the
weather boarding, upset a cup
board, smashed the crockery, and
broke his neck.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-08-01

a young man was sent to Jail
at Lenox, Mass, last week for as
saulting a woman. On being de-
livered to his guardians, he touch
ingly remarked-"I don't care a
d-n what they do to ME, if they
don't hang me, and / don't think
mother does, for she has got twenty
two children beside me-"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-08-01
NOTHINGLOST.

Nothing is lost: the drop of dew
That trembles on the leaf or flower.
Is but exhaled, to fall anew
In summers thunder-shower;
Perchance to shine within the bow
That fronts the sun at fall of day
Perchance to sparkle in the flow
Of fountains far away.
So with our deeds, for good or i'll,
They have their power, scarce understood
Then let us use our better will
To make them rife with good.
Like circles on lake they go,
Ring within ring, and never stay;
Oh, that our deeds were fashioned so
That they might bless alway!
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-08-01
A mar name,l Freel ronv;ctad

A mar named Freel, convicted
of running an illicit distillery in
New York, the other day, was
sentenced to two years imprison-
ment in the pe9itentiary--the first
sentence of the kind yet imposed
in the State EFF New York under
the internal revenue law.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-08-01
/. Not Bad.

ABOUT forty years ago, tnere
lived in Western Pennsylvania
two farmers, named Wood and
Osborne respectively. They were
near neighbors, but inveterate en-.
emies; and it is said they lived
almost in sight of each other for
fourteen years without speaking
to each other. Wood one day
went out with a mattock, to dig
up half dozen stumps that had
never yet been removed from his
meadow; but finding it pretty
hard work, and moreover not be-
ing fond of work, he gave it up
and returned to the house. On
the way, it occurred to him, that
by cunning device, he might in
duce his unfriendly neighbor to
uproot the little annoyances.-
Acting on a bright idea that oc-
Cured to him, he entered his house,
got his writing materials and in a
disguised hand, wrote:
''MR. WooD: | am an old man,
fast approaching my end, and 1
can not go to my grave without
revealing TO you a secret. When
[ was young man, helped to
rob your grandfather of a large
amount Of money. I and my
partners in crime buried five thous-
and dollars of it under the roots
Of a tree in the meadow that now
belongs to you. No doubt these
trees have been cut down by this
time, but the stumps may still re-
main. He was soon after hanged
for a murder he committed, and
[ was sent to prison for highway
robbery. Twas but lately released, !
and l wish to do all l can to atone |
for my past misdeeds. L send
this by a person who says he
knows where you live, and he will
throw it into your house. t
ga REPENTANT CRIMINAL" |
Mr.. Wood sealed this bit of !
fiction, addressed it to himself, !.
and, when night come, crept 7
stealthily to Osborne's door, open
ed it a little way, tossed it in, and
ran away as if Satan were after
him. On reaching home he re-
tired to rest, and reposed sweetly
till morning. When he arose he
cast a glance towards his meadow,
and to his satisfaction, discovered I
that every stump in his meadow
had been dug up during the night
and pulled out by the roots. Af-
ter breakfast he went coolly to
work and rolled them together in
a pile, in order to burn them.
Imagine Osborne's bitterness of
heart, as he passed by on his way
to the village that morning, and
knew he had been duped by him.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-08-01
4 Paris letter tells that a Ge]

A Paris letter tells that a Ger
man and his wife were arrested
recently in the Exposition, the
former charged with fraudulent
bankruptcy. They were searched.
"No effects" was the reply of
the searcher, when the size of the
lady's chignon caught his atten-
ton, and he pulled it off. It was
nest of bank notes.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-08-01
VOL, AIV---NO. q.
"Got Any Ashes ?"

"Got any ashes? ?" asked an itin.
Grant gatherer of the dust, call,
ing out from the roadside.
| eyes, a hundred bushels or 80, .
answered the farmer. :,
Down jumped the cash man, |"
and was about to open the gate,
when he was told to ''hold on" !,
"Hold on! why, | want a load
of ashes" =.
"But they are not for sale, my
friend; we shall need all we have
for use at home"
Wondering what one manor
woman rather-could want with
a hundred bushels of ashes, the
peddler went grumbling on.
Farmer, let him gol If you
have "got any ashes" keep them,
and use them at home as a ma
nure for your farm. Let us give
you some authorities In regard to
their value.
Ashes have been employed as
a fertilizer of the soil from a very
early age. Cato, a Roman writer
upon agriculture, recommended
the use Of wood-ashes, as a ma
nure, and the ancient Jews, Ro-
mans and Britons, burned over
their stubbles preparatory to an
other crop. In modern times
they continue to be employed but
not as largely as their value would
command, Mere it better UNDER
stood and appreciated by the far
mer.
Ashes are said by Browne, to
.'render clayey soils mellow, and
to give consistency to those which
are light, rather suiting moist than
dry soils, but is necessary that the
former should be well drained"
From four to six bushels per acre,
according to Johnson, "may be
applied to thin, almost sterile
soils, with good effect, larger
quantities would be too exhausting
unless the soil be naturally rich
in vegetable matter, or mixed from
year to year with a sufficient
quantity of barnyard manure.
Ashes are employed in Great
Britain as manure for root crops,
and are used for this purpose in
with bone dust, and
drilled in with the seed. Accor-
ding to Johnson, as much as ff
teen acres of each are applied to-
an acre, and often with great sue
cess. Turnips, carrots, and pota-
toes, seem equally benefited by
ashes. ''They may be used with
advantage for almost every class
Of crops says Browne, "but es-
pecially for grass, grain, and In
1lan corn," though according to
oprengle, ''the immediate benefit
IF ashes is most perceptable upon
leguminous plants, such as clover,
peas, beans, &C." Upon red clo-
yer "the effect will be more GER
tain if previously mixed with one
Eourth their weight of gypsum
The use of ashes as a manure
or corn is becoming quite gene
al in this section of the country
they are applied as a hill-dress-
ng Immediately after the first
ioeing at the rate of two table,
poonfuls per hill, or about two
bushels per acre. They are found
lsetul, applied at the same time
o potatoes, or beans, and almost
very hoed crop. We have used
hem in these ways and upon
,rass land, to the benefit of the
'rops and the permanent ameliora-
ion of the soil, and have no doubt
'ut that twill be far more profit
bile to any farmer, to "use them
t home" than to sell them for
he pittance generally ofered-3
o 1O cents per bushell Sin trade"
perhaps one-half thas
net cash. Country GEN.
'emdn.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-08-01

A Connecticut lawyer has with
IN year obtained three divorces
for the same woman. Being a
regular customer, he does the
work cheap.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-08-01
LOCK JAw.-We have noticed

LOCK JAw.-We have noticed
in the papers lately, notices of
several deaths by this disease. A
certain preventative. and remedy
is in the application of beef's gall
to the wound. Will not our edi-
torial brethren circulate the infor-
nation, and thereby save many
valuable lives? Besides its anti
spasmodic properties, the gall will
draw from the wound any particle
of wood, glass, iron, or any other
substance that may cause irrita-
ton, when other applications have
failed to do so.-GIadaator.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-08-01
Prentice says:

Prentice says:
"Hell is governed by the Devil
and Tennessee by Brownlow."
Prentice is usually correct, but
he:has got his geography mixed
this time.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-08-01

Reports from Southern Illinois
say that most of the wheat has
been harvested, and the crop is
an extraordinary one, both in quail
ity and quantity.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-08-01

The negroes of Richmond have
announced their purpose to run
one of their number for Mayor of
the city; and also to run three
negroes to two whites on the
Council ticket.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-08-01
Mary Had a Little Lamb
rom the Bolivar Bulletin.

FROM the Eollvar bulletin.
Senator John Aldridge, of Nc
Marry, is coming! Look out for
the Axe posters! In order to
prove to our readers that he is
coming, we will print gratuitously,
word for word, letter for letter,
the note which he sent to the
Sheriff few days since, and also
a copy of one of the astounding
posters above referred to. Read
carefully, make note of its beau
tiful component parts, and be sure
to come and honor the genius of
the age on 'sthe l of July"
McNairy Station M. & C. R. R,
June the 20 1867.
Mr.. D. McCurley, Pleas lett all
the Citizens no so far as you Can
that Me & Kerby, will addres Hour
Fellow Citizens at Bolivar on
monday the ! of July Hardiman
Co Tenn & oblige us yores Truly
JOHN ALDREDGE
~ H., KERRY
NOTICE
On Monday the l of July 1867
We will address hour Fellow
Citizens at Bolivar Hardiman
County Tenn in the 21 Senatorial
District.
ta JOHN ALDREDGE
III KERRY,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-08-01

An auctioneer at sale of an.
tIquities put up a helmet, saying,
"Ladies and gentlemen, this is d
helmet of Romulus, the Roman
founder, but whether he was a
brass or iron founder T Cannot tell"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-08-01

Gen. Custar's recent cavalry
raids against the Indians are COM
pared to hunting wild ducks with
"a brass band.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-08-01

Blood may be made to cease to
flow as follows: Take the fine dust
of tea and bind it close to the
wound-at all times accessible and
easily to be obtained. After the
blood has ceased to flow, lauda-
mum may be advantageously ap-
piled to the wound.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-08-01

Times are SO dull in Bowling
Green, Kentucky, that hens lay
last years eggs.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1867-02-05
Allegany Academy Of Music.

AS this Institution is permanently established in
Friendship, those wishing to purchase Me'odeons,
Organs or Diaros will readily understand the value
of purchasing from responsible house located near
fhara
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1867-02-05
Administrators Sale.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undersign-
IN ed, Administrator of Il tate of ABEL
&. CARD, decd, by virtue of an order of the
Orphans Court Of Potter County, VIII expose
to public sale or outcry at the Court House in
the Borough of Coudersport, ON. Thursday
February D. 1867, the following described real
estate, to wit:
All that piece or parcel of land situate in
Roulet township, bounded and described as
follows Bcginni e at the northeast corner of
lot No. l6l decided TO J. r. Burt; thence east
fifty-three rods thence north two hundred
and one-tenth rods theLce west fifty three
rods to a corner in east line of lot No. 81 deed
ed to j. r. Burt thence south two hundred
and seven and one-tenths rods to the place of
beginning. Containing Sixty-seven and eight
tenths acres, strict measure, and being lots Nos
90 and 73 of the allotment of Heating lands in
Roulet twownship and parts of warrants No.s
2I63 and 2225.
To be sold to the highest and best bidder.
LYMAN BURT, Administrator
Roulet, January II, 1867.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1867-02-05
C0ERT ERnCAA1EATaoN.

"HKREAS the Hon. Robert q. White President
w Judge, and the Hons J 2. .Taggart and Woolsy
Burtsi, Associate Judges of the Courts of Over &
Terminer and General Jail Delivery, Quarter Ses-
BIons Of the Peace, Orhans Court and Court of Com
precept bearing date the Tweuty-thirG day of Deer,
in the year Of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred
and SixtySX, and to me directed. for holding Court
of oyer and Termiuer and General Jail Delivery
Quarter Sessions OF the Peace Orphans Court, and
Court Of Common Pleas, in the Borough of ouders-
port on MON Jay, the 18th day Of February next,
aud 10 continue week
Notice is therefore hereby given TO the COroners,
Justices of the Peace and COnstables within the
county that they be then and there in their proper
persons at 10 O'Clock a. N. Of said day, with their
rolls, records iHqusitions, examinations and other
remembrances to do those things which TO their
offices appertain 10 be done, And those who are
bound by their prosecute against the
prisoners that shall be in the Jail of said county
of Potter, 70 be then and there to prosecute
against them will be Just.
FDated at Coudersport, January 10th, 1866 and the
e0th year of the Independence Of the United States
OF America. w. w BROWN. Sheriff.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1867-02-05
Administrators Notice.

WTHEREAS Letters of Administration on the
w estate of Horace NJ Rat me, late of Portville,
n Y, decd, have been granted TO the undeTs gned
Rl persons indebted to SAID estate requested to
make immediate payment and those having elaine
against the will present them, properly authen-
ticated, for settlement
SARAH JANE RATHBONE, ! ,5,
+. w. KNOX, Auiii g
COu5przrOrt Ian 1897
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-12-14
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Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-12-14

WARS IN A NAME.-Gen. Rey-
nolds has just appointed Abel Cain
a Justice of the Peace for Polk
county, Texas. We hope there viii
ibo more of Abel than Cain in bis
justice.
The name is not quite 30 good as
that Of the new postmaster at Ham
burg, s. C.-George Damnd. The
incumbent must prove a model Off
Ger. else will the impatient public
d-n the postmaster A capital
name in that connection offers Q
safe way Of relieving your mind
and no offence, You know.-N o.
Picdyune.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-12-14

The Chinese think the line OF
steamers recently established be-
tween San Francisco and China is q
great benefit to their race. When
the steamer Great Republic left San
Francisco recently, several thousand
Chinese crowded the wharf, and
threw into the water in her wake
bright cnamclcd yellow and red pa
pcrs, inscribed with prayers to their
gods, asking that the sea shall spare
her and all on board, "and gentle
waves and propitious winds wait
her swiftly to her haven in the Cen
trail Flowcry Land"
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-12-14


llaw w lifs0vf roe HHis faos
Pglfnfs. A correspondent ftsiii
log NJ Nielhean Cliy I'D sends ~
Che hdlnWine frDm me New Y0rh
Rsfs,msf say ing that HE mother has
Glven II trial. AID fpand n ~ sue
reed "Nako lys NJ strong NJ.
possible NJ wn'si ii-hc- nnl an wa
TER ala kettle with the I've aud
when lsiling rapidly, drop IN twelve
80 eighteen peaches aud take oui
agaln almost Immediately aud i'm
mere them IN n pail nj cold water
Take one ~ your haul and you III
perceive that the rind will slip on
entirely, leaving n round hcanlilni
yellow ball throw IL Immediately
into another pail Of pure water and
30 proceed till nll nro done. This
process will not iniurc the flavor OF
the finest peach, and once tried the
old fashioned way IF pcoling with u
knife will never ngain be adopted
1.-THE lyc 10 not strong enough, put
into the hettlo two dipperslhl OF
clean wood ashes, This il also an
excellent way To rid small onions OF
their Jackets preparatory to picking
them, Try it,"
TOMATOES TO STuFF,-Take some
fine tomatoes aud scoop tho inside
out, which should be set aside until
required. Chop or mince fine some
hccf, mutton, or other fresh under
done meat mix with little pep
per. salt, and n little sweet herbs
or make foi CO meat and mix with
the scooping of the tomctocs; form
into n good consistency and stun
the inside of the vegetable with the
mixture. Set the prepared vegeta
blcs in dish with little lard in q
slow oven, and bake until tender
then serve with the liquor that ex-
udes during the process, but If moi
brown enough, color by means OF d
salamnnder held over tho top OF
each. A good rich beefgravy poured
over oil improves the flavor very
much. This is the best way to dress
these vegetables, and serves to make
cold meat palatable, in addition &c
forming a pretty and economical
side dish.
SMOKING HAMs.-Thc hams o
Wes,phalia have n worldwide rep
utution for their fine flavor and tn
mildncss of their smoke taste. Ih'
manner Of preparing them is as fol
lows: The room is in the garnet
and the fire is in the cellar. Th
smoke is gathered in n tunnel ant
conveyed to the smoke-room by
small pipe: by the time it gets ther
the heaviest part ofthcpyroi'gneon
acid has condensed ana the smok
has become cool. Nothing touche
tho ham but pure, cool smoke
which is allowed to pass off by
number of small apcrtures about a
fast rs it is applied.
To MAKE Coon VINEGAR.-On
pint of strained honey and two gal
ions of soft water. Let it stand in
moderately warm place. In thre
weeks it will be excellent vinegar.
DRYING BEEF.-It is stated tina
flies can DO kept from beef hung u
to dry, in warm weather, by the us
Of black pepper. Heat shovel re-
hot, and sprinkle the pepper upo
it. The smoke will rout the flies Il
once Follow this up three or fou
days, us occasion may require, an
the flies will give it up.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-12-14

The arawanda is a Brazilian bird,
whose tone in the dcbth Of the for
est sounds like a tolling bill. 1t Is
impossible to conceive anything OF
moro solitary character than the
profound silence of the woods bro
ken only by the metallic and almost
supernatural sound Of this invisible
bird, coming from the air, and seem
ing TO follow you wherever you GO
The arawanda is somewhat smaller
than the ordinary pigeon, and has
white plumage.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-12-14

The appropriation for reconstruc-
ton purposes in Texas will fall short
thirty thousand dollars. About
eight thousand have been paid
Vouchers for twenty-five thousand
more were transmitted to New Or
leans on the I'D Of October, and
there arc about forty-fve thousand
dollars awaiting the autograph Of
Gencral Reynolds.-Flake's Bulletin
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-12-14

- General Hancock, the prescn t
commander of the Fifth Military
District, presents in his name an
anomaly in tho history of American
advancement. His given namc is
Winfield Scott, after the great cap
tain of the war of 1S12-l5, and he
was born and so named after Gene
u.al Scott had become famous tor his
military career, and yet Hancock
himself rose to be II Major General
before General Scott died. lie is
connected with the Hancock family
of revolutionary memory.