Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-06-04
thy Counrys thy Gods an Truths"


ality, in. .piety-in everything, pref
ty much. You can't make
work. Ysu can't issue stock o,
an Incorporation like-or if yor
could, it would only keep you il
trouble all the time. The othe
| denominations would abuse il
and "bear' it, and "sell it short,
and break 1T down. They woult
do with it just as they would will
one of your silver mines out there
they would try to make all tn,
world believe it was "wildcat."
You ought not to do anything
that is calculated to bring sacred
thing into disrepute. You ought
to be ashamed of yourselves-tha1
is what 1 think about it. You
close your petition with the words
"And we will everpray." l think
you had Detter-you need to do it.
every truly, etc.,
"MARK TWAIN.
'For James W. Nye, U. S. Sen.
ator." 135u
"That luminous epistle finishes
me with the religious element a.
mong my constituents. But that
my political murder might be
made sure, some evil instinct
prompted me to hand you this
memorial from the grave compa-
ny of elders composing the Board
of Aldermen of the city of San
Francisco, to try your hand upon
"a memorial praying that the
city's right to the water-lots upon
the city front might be established
by law of Congress. I told syou
this was a dangerous matter to
move in. l told you to write a
letter to the AL
dermen-an ambiguous letter-a
letter that should avoid, as tar as
possible, all real consideration and
discussion of the water-lot ques-i
ton. If there is any feeling left
in you-any shame-surely this
letter you wrote, in obedience to
that order, ought to evoke it, when
its words fall upon your ears:
"WAsHINGToN, Nov. 81, 1867.
eTo the Hon. Board of Aldermen, etc:
"GENTLEMEN: George Washing
.on, the revered Father of his
Country is dead. His long and
brilliant career is closed, alas!
orever. He was>greatly respec-
ed in his section of the country,
md his untimely decease cast
,loom over the whole community.
lie died on the l4th day of De-
;ember, 1899. He passed peace
ully away from the scene of his
lonors and his great achievements,
he most lamented hero and the
'est beloved that ever earth had
'ielded unto death. At such a
ime as this, youspeak of lots!
what a lot was his.
"What is fame? Fame is an
ccident. Sir Isaac Newton dis
overed an apple falling to the
trivial discovery, truly, 6
nd one which a million men had
lade before him-but his parents c
ere influential, and SO they tor
lred that little circumstance into '
wonderful, and, To-! the /
mple world took up the shout,
nd, in almost the twinkling of an r
7e, the man was famous. Treas S
re these thoughts. t.
-"Poesy, sweet poesy, who shall il
timate what the world owes to r.
lee! Il
''Mary had little lamb, its Aeecewas white
as snow o.,
And everywhere that Mary went, the lamb o
was sure to go. sos b
'Jack and Gill weht UP the hill 81
To draw apail of water; 70
Tack fell down and broke his crown, D
And Gill came tumbling after. 3i
"For simplicity, elegance of die e,
IN, and freedom from immoral
! regard these gems. v,
ley are suited to all grades of &C
telligence, to every sphere of life ST
to the field, to thenursery, to the 81
lid. Especially should no Board ca
Aldermen be without them. T
"Venerable fossils! write again. ca
improves one SO much
friendly correspondence. Write