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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-04-09
Tsnlpte Of the Wnses.
Don't Leave the Farm.

Come, boys-I have something to tell you,
Come near, l would whisper it low
Youare thinking of leaving the Homestead
Don't be in a hurry to go!
The city has many attractions,
But think OF the vices and sins,
When once in the vortex Of fashion,
How soon the course downward begins.
You talk of mines of Australia,
They're wealthy in gold, without doubt,
But ah. thereis gold on the farm, boys,
If only you'll shovel it out.
The mercantile life is hazard,
The goods are first high and then low,
Better risk the old farm awhile longer,
Don't be in hurry to go!
The great, busy West has inducements,
And so has the buster mart,
But wealth is not made in day, boys,
Don't be in hurry to start!
The bankers and brokers are wealthy,
They take in their thousand or SO,
All think of the frauds and receptions,
Don't be in hurry to go!
The farm is the safest and surest,
The orchards ure loaded to-day,
You're free as the air on the mountains,
And monarch of all you survey.
Better stay on the farm awhile longer,
The profits come in rather slow,
Remember you've nothing to risk, boys,
Don't be in hurry to go!
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-04-09
VOL. ZV---No. s.
Preserve Your Housetops,

A thrifty farmer, whose exper-
fence enables him to speak in such
matters, and who believes in maxi
ing old things last in these hard
times, gives the following piece of
information for the benefit of
property owners:
"There is one thipg that near
ly every body knows and hardly
any body attends to, that is to
sprinkle Stacked lime on their roofs
once a year, either in fall or in
spring. If the shingles are cov-
cred over SO thick with moss, the
lime soon clears it off leaving the
roof clean and white, and good for
a dozen years longer. 1t ought to
be put on pretty thick, and a rainy
day is the best for the work.
Strong wood ashes will answer
almost as well. To keep roofsnew
and to make shingles last three,
or four times the usual period,
they need only to be soaked a few
days in a tank half full of thick
lime water, which must be stirred
up well before the shingles are put
in"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-04-09
N. o. WALLACE, ]
Established December 18th, 1850. }
TERMS.
" Two Dollars for one year, iaya-
RIO b1,f s~ ods,1rrs

Two Dollars for one year, inva-
ria5ly in adrance.
sJr Single copies, Ten Cents each.
fF Advertisements inserted at One Dollar
per square of Ten Lines or less for the first
insertion Fifty Gents for each continuance.
- Local and Special Notices, Twenty
Cents per line.
T liberal deduction will be made to
persons advertising for three, six, nine, or
twelve months.
0T Obituaries and calls on candidates,
Fifty Cents per square.
0r The privilege of yearly advertisers is
strictly linn ted to their own immediate and
regular business; and the business of an ad-
verIising firm is not considered as including
that of It's individual N embers. 0TNo de-
Walton from these terms under any cireum-
stances.
OF Ad vertsements not marked with the
number of insertions when handed in, will be
continued until ordered out, and payment
exacted.
OF No advertisement inserted gratuitously
tGs Advertisements of an abusive nature
will Lot be inserted at any price.
BDe Announcing candidates Five Dollars,
to be paid in advance in every case.
OF Job Printing of all kinds neatly
doue on New Type, and on as reasonable
erIns as any office in Tennessee.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-04-09
"Cussed his Crop Out. !"

The Talbotton Georgia. Ga.
zette tells the following good sto-
ry OF John NJ, a most inveterate
wag, and one of the cleverest men
| in old Talbot. He was in the Bu-
reau office at Butler, last fall, look
ing over some old tax-books, when
a negro of that county who had
some difficulty with his employer,
entered and enqaired of M. if he
was ':de buro 2"
EYES," said he, 'I'm the man" "
swell, boss, / come to see you
bout a fuss | had wild de man /
works wild, Mr.. B. You see, boss,
axed him two weeks ago how
much money and things I got in
the store, and he tole me a hun
dred and thirty dollars. Well, las
week | goes to town and buys
three or four hundred dollars wuf
of things, and den he say / owe
him two hundred and fifty dollars;
and when I tell him dat it can't
be so, he cussed-"
"What! did he cuss you?" said
NJ, excitedly, turning over the
leaves of the tax-book.
eyes, boss, he cussed me twice"
"Well," said NJ, snatching up
a pen hurriedly and making some
marks on the book: 81 fine him
nine dollars for that"
"Look a-here, boss" said the ne
gro, eagerly, "does dey have to
pay for cussin' us?''
Eyes; four dollars and a half
for every time they cuss you"
"Then," said the colored indi-
vidual, rising solemnly and put
ting his hat carefully on the table,
fore God, boss, he done cuss his
whole crop out, and Use gwine
home to collect my money"
The negro made shell road time
back to his employers, told the
negroes of their good fortune, and
the result was that every one of
them went to Butler next day to
know about this "cuss money"
B. had some trouble convincing
the newly-made, enlightened vo-
ters that ''cussing" wasnot taxable.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-04-09
Heaves in Horses.

We would remind our readers
that horses, fed in part on carrots,
never suffer from heaves they will
be found to have a silky coat as well
as loose hide, and enjoy far better
health than when hay and oats
alone are used. Three quarts Of
carrots and three quarts of oats
will sustain a horse much better
than six quarts of oats. When
the carrots form part of the
feed, all the oats will be digest
ed and assimilated; whereas,
when oats alone are fed, the
dung will be found to contain
whole oat shells, undecomposed
starch, amounting to more than
half the quantity of oats consum.
ed.
The floor of every cutting box
should be ribbed or opened, so as
to permit all dust to pass down
before the hay reaches the cutting
knives.
Many horses are rendered
asthmatic by being fed dusty hay,
and, consequently, every means
calculated to remove the dust
should be resorted to.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-04-09
Drunken Senators.

There was time when q fre.
euent charge of the party of
..great moral IDEAS against the
Democracy was that a number Uf
its prominent members were ad-
dicted to intemperance. TIE boot
is on the other leg now. The
Senate of the United States to-
day boasts of three Radical Sena-
tors who indulge their taste for
the ardent to such an extent that
they are frequently in their seats
in a state of intoXication. The
names of these model Senators
are Chandler, Yates, and Sprague;
the latter of whom, day or two
since, attempted a speech in re-
ply to Senator Hendricks able
argument against the Reconstruc-
ton bill, but was 30 thoroughly
drunken that after uttering a few
-maudlin ard incoherent sentences.
a brother Senator was compelled to
assist him from the chamber. 1t
will be remembered in this con-
nection that General Grant was $50
much confused" in his celebrated
interview with the President, in
the presence of the Cabinet, on
the 18th of January, as to have
totally forgotten what be said or
did on that memorable occasion.
1.-The party of progress" is pro-
crossing with a vengeance.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-04-09
Harness Backing.

A correspondent of the Field
gives the following recipe for bar-
ne IS blacking, which he has used
for several years, and is perfectly
convinced of its excellence:
Beeswax (shred fne) eight oun-
ces, turpentine sufficient to over
it; let them stand till the wax is
dissolved, three or four days; ivory
black, four ounces, olive oil, l use
neatsfoot oil, two ounces, Prussian
blue, two ounces. Rub the ivory
black and Prussian blue well TO-
gether, to a fine powder in a NOR
tar; then add the oil, and gradu-
ally other ingredients, and thor
oughly mix them. If it gets hard
by keeping, soften with turpen-
tine. l have only one brush used
lone end for blacking, the other
for polishing.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-04-09

A few weeks ago a Massachu'
setts cotton manufacturer sent
dispatch to Memphis, ordering his
agent to sell Lis goodsin store there.
but the dispatch was not received
until three days after it was sent
Meantime his goods advanced and
he made 81, 900 in consequence
Manufacsurer says he has conclu.
Eded not to sue the telegraph fdt
damages this time. ca . 20
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-04-09

The Democratic Club of Fair.
land, Shelby county, Ind, adopted
the following resolution at a meet
ing on the Oath inst:
Resolved, That we sustain Pres
ident Johnson in his removal of
E. M. Stanton, the pretended Sec.
retary of War, and if it should be-
come necessary to resort to arms,
that the Democracy will be found
giving legitimate assistance to him
who places himself squarely in uni
son with the constitution of our
country.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-04-09

A man living in a Vermont vii.
lage made a false key that would
unlock neighbor's store, and then
making his daughter fourteen
years old) dress herself in boys
clothes, compelled her and her
brother OF seventeen to take the
key, and 60 to the store at night
to osteal some valuable goods. The
brother and sister were detected
and arrested, the truth came out,
and the father himself was caught
and thrown into Jail.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-04-09

CURE FOR SELF SUCKING Cows
A Steuben county correspondent
OF the Genese Farmer says that
he cured a three year old heifer of
sucking herself by smearing the
teats night and morning with soft
grease, and then dusting Their,
thoroughly with pulyerized cay
enne pepper. The applications
were continued about a week, and
q perfect cure affected.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-04-09
Romance and RevOlvers.

The Oxford (Ohio) Citizen gives
the details of a tragedy which re-
Gently occurred near Mt. Carmel,
Franklin county, Indiana. They
are asromantic as any thing which
novelists have invented. A young
girl, the daughter of wealthy pa
rents, was educated at one of our
seminaries in Oxford, and it was
the intention of her parents that
she should make a match that
would give her high position in
the world. She fell in love, how
ever, with a young farmer who
was quite poor. The parents for
bade her to have any thing to say
to him, but they managed to ex-
change letters through the assis-
tancc Of a young minister. Final
ly, they proposed to elope, but the
go-between tecame enamored of
the lady, and prevailed on her to
run off with him instead of the
farmer. They eloped and were
married. The grief of the farmer
knew no bounds. Determined up
on revenge, he armed himself with
a revolver, and swore that the
young divine should die for his
treachery. A couple of weeks a.
go the rivals met, and the farmer
openly shot down the destroyer of
his happiness. A fearful tragedy
ended the fond dream Of love.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-04-09

An artist, showing his pictures to
a customer, received the following
sharp retort: "Well, / don't think
much of this!" said the customer,
holding up the picture before him.
"Don't think much of it? Why,
that is a very rare print-very
rare print, indeed, sir!'' "Rare
I've no doubt it is rore--it is Ger.
tainly not aceU DONE"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-04-09
Observation-Disclosures

Reaching after slnbeams
With dimpled hand
That is right, my darling,
Grasp the golden band,
Fold it in your bosom,
Let it cheer your heart,
Gather radiant sunbesms,
Bid the cloud depart.
When your feet shall wander
From my side away,
You will find that evil
With the good man stray.
Never heed it, darling,
Let it pass the while;
Gather only sunbeamsl
Keep your heart from guile.
Grief may be your portion,
Shadows dim your way;
Clouds may darkly threlten,
To obscure the day.
Don't despair, my darling,
There's Fathers love-;
How could there be shadows
With nolight above?
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-04-09
Origin Of Eminent Men,

Some of our newspapers are fond
of placing before the public the
origin of rich men. We think the
poor ones should have a chance !;
so we relate the following brief
facts for the encouragement of 9TH
ers:
John Smith was the son of his
father--he formerly resided in
Stoke Pogis. and other places: but
he has moved to the penitentia-
ry now.
William Smith was the son of
his mother. This party's grand
mother is deceased. She was a
woman.
John Brown was the son of old
Brown. The body of the latter
lies mouldering in the grave.
Edward Brown was the son of
old Brown by a particular friend.
Henry Jones was a son of a
sea cook.
William Jones was the son of a
gun.
John Jones was a son Of tempe
rance.
In early life Gabriel Jones was
a smoker. He is a smoker yet.
Previous to the age Of eighty
five, Caleb Jones had never given
any evidence of extraordinary a
bility. He has. never given any
since.
Patrick Murphy is said to have
been of Irish extraction.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-04-09

To CURE HORSE CoL1c.-A cor
respondent of the Ohio Farmer
gives the following, which has
succeeded with him in all cases
when given in time: AS soon as
it is ascertained that the sick
horse has the collie, give him a
dose of pure pine tar, by pulling
out his tongue and spread it over
with tar. AS quick as the poor
animal begins to swallow the tar
be will get relief.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-04-09

Forty years ago the day was
named for a marriage between
Mr.. Sheppard and Miss Polly
Shipp. For some reason the we'd
ding did not take place. Polly re.
mained single, and in Woodford
county, Kentucky, the other day,
was finally united to her old love,
who has now reached the age of
seventy years, and the lively Pol.
ly is oyer sixty.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-04-09

An office under the government
of the United States has actually
been declined by one to whom 1t
was offered. The Chicago Times
gives the following extract from
the letter of the appointee, to
whom ali appointment as Post
master was offered, giving his rea-
sons for declining
.Dear SIR Although ] ac-
knowledge the honor of my ap-
pointment, / regret to say that |
have yet an unexpired term OF FIVE
years to serve in the penitentiary,
which compels me to decline your
fattering Offer"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-04-09
WASHINGTON, March Sd, 1868.

DEAR SIR: Your opinion above,
concerning the time when the fif-
ty per cent. clause of the bankrupt
act takes effect, is in accordance
with that OF every member of the
committees Of both Houses having
charge of the subject of amend
ments to the law. Respectfully
yours, L. a. JENCkES.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-04-09

Real estate in Atlanta, Ga.,.
that cost before the war $4,000,
in gold, sold the other day at Uni
ted States marshal sale for 81, 900,
In currency.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-04-09
The Rev. DR.. Van Nechten, .

The Rev. DR.. Van Nechten, a
clergyman of Albany, is regarded
as a remarkable man. He had a
house for sale, and intrusted the
negotiations to an agent, fixing the
price at $4,000. The agent sold
it for $4,000, and the doctor refus-
ed to receive the extra $500, and
ordered it to be returned to the
purchaser. Very few people in
this world transact business in this
honorable way.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-04-09
lFrom the Weekly Bankrupt Register.]
The Fifty Per Cent. Linn
itatiOn Clause.

| The following is the opinion of
Representative Jenckes, author
of the bankrupt act, on the 33d
section:
Question.-When did the Uni
ted States Bankrupt act of March
End, 1867, go into operation, with
in the meaning of the 33d section
OF that act?
| Ansrer.-On the 1st Of June,
1867. The act establishes sys.
tenn of bankruptcy, and provides
for its operation by means of
Courts and officers. The Supreme
Court is to frame general orders
for practice and procedure, and
Registers are to be appointed who
are to assist the district judges in
bankruptcy. If, therefore, there
had. been no special provision post
poning the commencement Of pro-
ceedings until the first of June, it
would have still beenimpracticab,e
| to commence them until there were
officers to act and rules to guide
them. But this postponement was
specifically and wisely made in the
law itself. The appointment of
the Registers and the framing of
the general orders, while done un-
der the law, are no part of the ope-
ration of the law, within the mean
ing of the SD section for the ope-
ration of the law is the procedure
under it for the objects provided
for under the petitions of debtors
and creditors.
The SD section provides that
Gin all proceedings in bankruptcy
commenced after one year from
the time this act shall go into ope-
ration, no discharge shall be gram
ted to debtor whose assets do not
pay fifty per centum of the claims
against his estate" etc; and the
50th section, "That this act shall
commence and take effect as to the
appointment of the officers created
hereby, and the promu7gation Of
rules and general orders, from and
after the date Of its approval; pro-
vided that no petition or other pro
ceedialg under this act shall be fled
etc., "before the first day of June"
This language is peculiar, limi-
ting the commencement and tax
ing effect of the act upon its appro-
val to the two things specified,
which are for preparation, and then
Immediately afterwards postpon-
ing procedure to the first of June,
1867, which is for operation.
1t is reasonable to believe that |
it was the intention of Congress to
give debtors one year within which |
they could apply and receive the
benefit of the act, without having |
any assets whatever; and to re-
quire that after that period they |
should pay their creditors fifty per
cent. as condition of discharge,
unless relieved by their consent
Otherwise the act would plainly |
have fixed the year asrunning from
the passage of the act, which was
the second of March and at
which time, or as soon after as con-
venient, some things were to be
done to prepare the courts for the
reception of applicants. Therefore
it is clear that the year after the
act goes into operation, as express
ed in the 33d section, is a year
from the first of June, 1867, before
which day the 5Oth section allow
ed no proceedings by petition in
bankruptcy. K.
New YORK, Feb. 20, 1868.
Tex" is understood to be Regis
ter Ketchum, of New York.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-04-09

A Nashville auctioneer selling
a mare recently, allowed a bidder
to mount and try her speed. He
has not completed the trial.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-04-09

IF milk be introduced into bot
ties, put into pan with cold wa
ter, and gradually raised to boil
ipg point. and after being allowed
to cool, be taken out, corked, and
set away in cool place, it may be
preserved perfectly sweet for up
wards of half a year. The reason
is said to be that heat deprives
the sugar of its power Of changing
into Tactic acid.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-04-09

To DESTROY LICE ON CATTLE.
-Campllor dissolved in spirits is
an efeotual agent, and may be
used lltimes, even in very cold
weather, without the least injury
to cattle.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-04-09

Rats cannot live in Alaski, be-
cause their holes freeze up, nor in
St. Thomas, because their holes
are turned wrong side out by
earthquakes,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-04-09

At Londonville, Ohio, the other
aax " a man named Jordan drank
gay, ,,;,a Of whiskey and pepper, to
srpalT sa' an attack ffever and agne, gu :
sa;tb 1lthA which hi be was troubled. The The
WIN Win ~ vas abroken," but its sudden
stopping killed the man.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-04-09

A clergyman said he addressed
his congregation fladies and gen.
tIemen as brethren, because the
'"brethren" embraced the ladies.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-04-09

MURRAIN IN CATTLE.-Take one
quart OF the juice of Jamestown
weeds, and one teaspoonfnl of salt
peter. This is enough for an OK
or cow: for small cattle, one-half
or one-third the quantity is su&-
'cient.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-04-09

A twelve hundred dollar morse
was . killed at saugerties, N. Y,
srom @on eating the inner bark of a
ioonst ,, tree tits an unusual case,
as few animals will eat the bark Oh
.Sa -, locust. which is said to be on
" 11I noisonous in the spring.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-04-09

The lessees of the Mississippi
penitentiary have forfeited their
contract, and 1t has been turned o.
yer to the military authorities.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-04-09
n. Ar w Roua late of .yaol,

DR.. NJ. ". Boyd, late of Jack
son, Miss, writing from Brazil to
the Clarion, says:
Twas struck with tie exact like
ness of the negro of this coun-
try to the negro of the South. he
is more patient and docile here
than there, and is never, or rare
", whipped in this country. lie
has the same cheerful face and
happy expression, and sings the s
self same airs here as there, and
dresses and looks exactly like him.
He even has the same little corn
patch, and desires greatly to raise
his own chickens, etc. In TACT, he
is the same animal all over the
earth, and the Yankee cannot
make a white man out OF hlm, II
he tries until doomsday.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-04-09

Funny things creep into relig-
ious meetings as well as elsewhere.
For instance, at a class meeting
of one of our churches, one of the
brothers who had been absent for
a long time, was called upon to
relate his experience.
"O," said he, ''since I last met
you, my brethren, my wife has
gone"
At this point he broke down,
and the encouraging class leader
said-"Gone to glory, has she I?
hallelujahl" and started the hymn,
''We have some friends before US
gone," etc., when the forsaken
brother interrupted him with
:.'No, that is not it; she has gone
and run off with another teller"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-04-09

NEGRO LABoR.-Major j. Tar
hell. of the Federal army, who
has been cultivating a plantation
in the South since the war, writes
to o Northern friend: "Glve the
blacks the best State in the Union,
with teams, seed, grain, farming
tools. a years supply of all things,
and five hundred dollars in money
each. with a government OF their
own. and they would starTe 10
death the second year, and relapse e
into barbarism in half a century
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-04-09

FAYETTEVILLE, TENNESSEE: THURSDAY APRIL g. B6s'

bookcase. But it did ye a power
ov good, Jerry, for ye sed that ye
felt the fresh air reyiving ye!"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1868-11-19

1t is oilen very amusing to see what
mistakes a clergyman will make in
giving ont notices, or in oxtempora.
neous speaking. Thus, distinguish.
ed bishop, within the border cf New
England, on the occasion of a great
marriage, when his church was crow
ded aud noisy, the mass being impa.
tient and the creator portion standing
upon the seats and backs of the pews,
in his desperation exclaimed hWill
people, remembering that thisis Gods
house, be pleased to sit down on the
floor and put their feet upon the seats. f"
The uproar that followed these words
was perfectly fearful, and the uncon.
scious bishop felISack into his chair
feeling that he had been grossly insul-
ted in his own cathedral.