The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1868-02-15
Listing to the baaj5's ring.

Listing the basj5s ring.
While Dinah dc pidgson wias,
and held high carnival until some sable IN
dividual +" flung a brick at the craneum 0f
voolly headed LothaFio who was making
rapid inroads upon the affections Of thick
liped Hymph an pare, who, ever and anon,
at the sweet whisperings Of love, rolled the
white Of her eyes upward like young duck
looking for thunder Amid the smashing
and crashing Of glass AID crockery, some
one yelled out, who flung dat b-1ck?" and
Immediately all was confusion worse con
founded. Julius Cesar Jones rushed for
the door; Napoleon St Clair Brown colided
with a pot full of molasses candy, which
drew the claret from his nose and the starch
from his ruffled shirt Andrew Phillip Au-
gustus Smith went for the fgure-head of
Isaac Abraham Mullins and placed itsin
chancery, while another huge freedman,
who calls himself Washington George
Brownlcw, turned over the table and knocked
q bench legged sample of oyaity under the
bed. At this junctuTe, Amanda Matilda,
fourth cousin to Rebccea Jane, and heir ap-
parent to some Of Mrs. Lincoln old clothes,
split washboard over the noddle Of an old
rival, who forthwith dashed a pct Of hot
water into the heaying bosom of Nancy
Ann, which caused two one pound cakes Of
butter, that she had secretly stolen away, to
melt and run upoa the floor, rendering the
planks 50 sliPery that no one could keep his
feet By this time reinforcements had ar
rived, and the fight, both inside and outside
the social hall, became general Bricks,
pistols and sticks were used in profusion ;;
but above the din and roar consequent upon
the fight, could be heard the chattering of
teeth and the rendering IF water falls One
little mig. took refuge behind huge chignon
and successfully withstood the combined as
saults Of score Of enemies. His "mud-
der coming to the rescue, dashed paper.
Of puiverized pepper in the faces Of the
crowd, which caused all hands to scatter.
The battle ceased but diminishing was kept
up until a very late hour Take the row, all
in all, it was a most disgraccful affair, and is
positive proof that negroes are unfit to be
masters of their time Every participant in
the melee should be made to feel the extent
Of the law, and the officer, whose duty it is,
should lose no time in ferriting out the
guilty ones It is his duty to do so. Ne
grocs, as we'll as whites, should be made to
behave themselves.
Since the above was put in type, Constable
Osborne arrested one Lewis Coleman, (nig.)
and brought him before Esquires Bills and
Boyle, who, after hearing the evidence Of
two cloudy witnesses" assessed fine
against defendant, who was charged with
" riotous conduct" he being the individual
that threw the brick, of five dollars and
COSTS the full extent Of the law in such cases
made and provided Just here we wish to
impress upon the Board of Mayor and Al
dermen that the fine for riotous conduct
within the corporate limits Is not what it
should be. Any person found guilty of so
reprehensible a crime as "riotous conduct"
should be made to pay at least fine of from
s. to 500. We sincerely hope, in behalCof
one of the best communities in the State,
that the corporate authorities viii increase
! the fine.