The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-06-08
For TIE BOEiUar BuZZeEja.
More from the Old Eaid.

! the honest old M0id has not failed to attract
to itself at least reasonable share of pub
lie notice
/ We maintain that honesty Is the best
policy, consequently confess to very small
amount of vanity. but in the present in
stance We DO feel most preiudiciously fat
tered. How can we help it
And at the same time we feel assured
thatthe public viii, on our part excuse any ex-
cessIve indulgence in selEcomp placency, when
we reflect that an item of experience from
our feeble pen should have succeeded in
calling forth from one Of earth's gifted SO
eloquent and dignifed comment Par
ticularly since it has enlisted on our behalf
the sympathies of the other sex How
beautifully striking, and forcibly impressive,
the touching and souLthriIling lines that
preface the article
No goose so grey but or late
VIII find some gander for its mate"
The words seem to bear with them divine
afilatus They fall gently and soothingly
upon our time tattered hopes, and bring to
our torn and bleeding hearts, a balm at once
consoling and poetic. Though we need
many, many words of encouragement to
move US from the disappointments which
may yet attend orr state of single blessed
ness, still we would guard our souls against
the SIN of seLfshness, and though in the f
male, we may prove to be one of Jobs COM
.forterS," our intentions are good, and we
would not withhold from our bachelor
friends that comfort which it viii cost Us
nothing to give. We have been taught that
it is a poor rule indeed that wont work both
ways Hence
"Theres gander 50 gray but soon or late
VIII find some old goose for mate
Ah this is truth as well as poetry and j,
is daily being verified. We see scores OF
| old ganders around US who have picked IL
lonely pastures for almost half century, a
last take to themselves some honest old goose
and in the dotage of existence settle down
to the quiet enjoyments of maiden life, and
we know that they will rise up as living wit
nesses and give their evidence in support o.
our assertion.
The terms gaEder and bate heJor, we be
lieve, have been used as synonyms, and we
will so regard them. (The appropriateness
we presume will not be questioned
/ Let US suggest in the meantime that the
consolation intended for the old maids Is
after ali but little comfort since it is OBJ
scrvable that when the ganders grow weary
of picking their grass alone, and desire com
! panionship, they choose rather to mate
with agidoaoed geese than with those unfor
tunate beings whose lots like tiseir own
have been cast in solitary places. Yet not
withstanding this seeming inconsistency, we
will take comfort, resolved to live in hope
( if we die in despair" We furthermore fee
ourselves called upon to state that at a meet
ing of the old maids of this city, in which
zoe had the honor to preside, the following
resolutions were passed and unanimously
adopted:
Ist Resolved, That in the future we vii
devote our exclusive time and attention {
the cultivation of those winning graces and
virtues, which so much adorn the femal
character, and which ere especially paten
to those in search of husbands
Sd. Resolved, That we will study to fas
cinate and please the bachelors, not by pei
sonal charms, but by the superior cultivs
ton Of our mind and manners, and implan
ing in our hearts the rare and beautiful
flowers of modesty, so much appreciated
men of sense and refinement
3D. Resolved, That in the future we wi
discard all artifcials, and no more trust
silks, kids, paint, POWDER ourls, gum, whal
bone, etc, and to atone for other defcie
cies we viii add to our already large stoc
of impertinence, which often insures su
cess In the absence of other qualification
and which in the eyes of the vulgar passe
at par, in lieu Of good sense and candor
4th Resolved That as old maids we wi
, act always in selfdofense, standing up bol,
: ly for cur rights and privileges, and vigo
ously all insults AID insinuations that ma
be thrown out against US.
| 5th. Resolved, That the article Of til
? 18th is from the scathing pen of son
mighty bachelor or one who has but late
emerged from the musty precincts Of bac
: elordom.
r 9th Be it further Resolved, That Il
aforesaid article Is wanting In one prom
! nent feature, always characteristic Of sue
+ productions, that is minus the co510eBs, st
t we must insist upon it that it sayors dee
! dedly of a g Ga7ret"
4 New Castle, May 25, 1867.
o KILLED.-Walter Nj. Rogers, member
:, the metropolitan police force of Memph
, was killed in that city on the Sd inst by
!. man named Thos. Pruitt Both parti
A. were under the influence of liquor at t
r time of the fatal reincounter. Rogers W
r shot in the neck aud died shortly after
: ceiying the wound. The accused is in ia
- CROPs.-As far as We. can ascertain, [
prospects for good crops Of all kinds of gra