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HE IANTED-AGENTS-S to $500 per
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Hl iell, tuck. quilt, cord, bind, BRAID and EN-
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only S1S Fully warranted for five wears.
We will pay $1,000 for any machine that
Will sew stronger, more beautiful, or
more elastic seam than ouIs 1t makes the
elastic Lock Stitch" Ever second stitch
can be cut, and still the cloth cannot be pulled
apart without tearing it. We pay Agents from SIS
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Soreness of the Throat. Chest ana
Lat7ags

DO not delay procuring and Immediately taking
Goes Cough Basam when troubled with anv of tIe
above named difficulties They are all premonitory
SYMPTOMS OF Consumption, and if not al rested will
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he testimony of all who have used it for this ter
r1be disease during the last ten years. u.s. that it in
variably relieves and curesit.
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GRAND Trunk RAILWAY

WINTER ARRANGEMENT,
UzazaHJ On and after MonG1y Sent 81 1865
Yrains will run as follows from India
street Station, Portland:
Express Train tor Lewiston and South Paris. con-
Meeting at South Paris with mixed train Tor Gorham
at ITO A M.
Express and Mail Train for Bangor, Montreal, Que
bee and the West at 10 p. NJ.
Local Train for South Paris, and intermediate sta
lions, at 5,P. III.
No baggage can be received or checked after time
above stated.
Trains will arrive as folows:-
From South Paris and Lewiston, at $40 A. III.
From Bangor, Montreal, Quebec and
the West, at o15P M
Local Train from South Paris and in
termediate stations, at 500 Nj
- Sleeping Cars on all night Trains
The Company are not responsible tor baggage to
any amount exceeding $50 in value land that pers6 n
all unless notice is gven and paid for at the rate of
one passenger for every $500 additional value,
@. J. BRIDGES, Managing Dirs,s7y,
n. BAILEY, Local Superintendent.
Portland, Sept. 10, 1868. diff
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Ayers
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For restoring Gray Hair to
its natural Vitality and Color.

A dressing which
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healthy, and effectual
tor preserving the
hair. Faded or gray
haar as soon restored
to its original color
aoaM the gloss and
freshness of youth.
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COLGATE & CO.'S
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nov 2, 1868. div

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SOMETHING NEW and USEFUL-A New Era in
~ Music. POPULAR MESTC at POPULAR
PRICES. "Hitehcocks halt dime series of Music
1or the million No. now Ieady.-Music and
words Of the comic song, Captain links of he
Horse Martnss" Others to follow rapidly. Price 5
cents each. Your Newsletter has it or will get it
ior you Mailed on receipt OF price. Address BENZ,
Dec 23-d4w - -
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Partner Wanted

NTHO has had some years experience would like
w to communicate with parties wishing to hire.
Address X. L. CHARLES, Portland. dc3ld2w'
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Sore Tk7'
Hard Colds and Cou0Zs

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Yield at once to steady of this great remedy.
II VIII succeed in giving relief when all other reme-
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Eclectic Medical Ks,7irmory,

- 40 The EsAD1NNs
DH. HUGHES particularly invites all Ladies, who
need medical adviser, to call at his rooms No. "a
Prese Street, which they vii find arranged for Their
especial accommodation.
Ut. HIS Electic Renovatng Medicines are unriyal-
isd In efficacy and superior virtue in regulating ali
Female Irregularities. Their action is specific and
certain OF producing relief III short time
LADIES will find it invaluable in all cases of OBJ
structions after all other remedies have been tried in
vain 1t Is purely vegetable, containing nothing in
with perfect safety ct ail times.
Sent to any part Of tbs country with full directions
ny aanresslng DR.. HUGHES,
'anl.iso5d&w. 80. u Prebls Street, Portland.
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AGENTS WANTEDbT s sell e, ,s,1 new
70 Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts Edited bS
GEO. e. WARING, Esq. the distinguished Author
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coming money. Send for circulars. E. B. TREAT
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In CONSUMPTION,

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reJoces that her life has been made easy and pro-
longed by the use OF Goes Cough Basam.
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A Canvasser for the State of Maine: one who has
n had some experience preferred. A perIectIy
honorable business. For particulars. address
u div GEO. B. LAWTUN, Chelsea, Mass
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Statesmen Wanted

TWO first class Statesmen wanted in a Millinery
L Jobbing House in Boston.
Address with real name, Box 1912 Boston o.
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DoSTFR PRINTING. of all kinds done with dis
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NY one in want of large pleasant rooms f1r.
"A nished or unfurnished, without board, can 6nG
the same at No. Free Street. Good table board
can be obtained very near. A good central Location
for clerks. Terms very reasonable. For informa.
ton call at No. Free Street, from 1 to P. M.
December %. u2w&
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-07-22
Sad Story About a Pious
Young Man.

The Amsterdam New York;
Recorder tells the following sad
story in regard to an apparent
ly pious young man who fourished
in that village some time ago un-
der the assumed named Of Frank
Mellery:
Previous to coming here he had
been convicted at Elmira of MUIR
der, for shooting a United States
military guard, and was senten-
ced to be shot, but the President
commuted his sentenced to i'm
prisonment, and the unhung cul-
prit broke Jail and finally land
ed in Amsterdam. He left here
under difficulties, and next turns
up in Ithaca, where, upon a few
days courtship, he married a
beautiful and estimable girl, whose
name we give below. He was
indicted for bigamy and tried at
the Tompkins court last week.
The following notice of this char
acter we clip from the Ithaca
Democrat. "People against Leroy
C. Shear, alias Lawrence Sturgis,
indicted for bigamy. The defen-
dAnt arraigned and pleaded guilty.
Sentenced three years at Auburn. "
After the sentence pronounced
Shear addressed the court for
about ten minutes. The Judge
would have sent him for the full
term had he known his previous
character. The saddest part of
the tale is yet to be told; for grief
deep grief-seized the wife
miss Kate Jackson) of this young
scape gallows, from the effects OF
which she died, as the following
notice, clipped from the same pa
per announces:
D1ED-In Ithaca, June, 25th KATE f.,
daughter of George and Caroline jackson,
aged 25 years.
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TERMS.

TTwO Dollars for one year, iava-
fsably ia adpancs.
or Single copies, Ten Cents saeh
PAdyertisements inserted ct One Dollar
Der square of Ten Lines or loss for the FIRST
insertion Fifty Cents for each continuance.
P Local and Special Notices, Twenty
Gents per line.
~A liberal deduction win be made to
persons advertising for three, six, nine, OF
twelve months.
OF Obituaries and calls on candidates
Fifty Cents per square.
or The privilege Of yearly advertisers Is
strictly limited to their own immediate and
regular business and the business of an ad-
vertising firm is not considered as including
that of its individual m members. O1rNo de-
Walton from these terms under any circum-
stances.
OF vertisements not marked with the
number of insertions when handed in, will be
continued until ordered out, and payment
eKscted.
OF No advertisement inserted gratu.touslI
b5e Advertisements of an abusive nature
Will not be inserted at any price
s0s Announcing candidates Five Dollars
10 be paid in advance in every case.
OF Job Printing of all kinds neatl,
done on New Type, and Oh as reasonabl,
terms as any Office in Tennessee.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-07-22
Novel Wedding

a young couple were married
lately in San Francisco on The
bay under rather trying circun-
stances. The young man and
woman loved each other fondly,
and determined to seal their affec-
tions by the bonds of marriage,
The young girls father objected,
but as she was of legal age, which
recognizes her, in this particular
at least, as entitled to vote her
hand to whomsoever she plea5es.'
his objections were worth nothing.
Dreading, however, that an in
terruption would take place if the
ceremony were conducted IN a
church, the happy couple hit on
an idea of hiring tug-boat, get
ting the minister on board and
putting out on the bay, and there
having the ceremony performed.
This was accomplished, and while
secure from the parents or tie
opportunities Of friends, the hap
py couple were being united, some
portion of the tugboat's machinery
gave way with a terrific crash.
Although the wedding party were
startled, and confusion prevailed
for a moment, a look of satlsfac-
ton seemed to pervade the ap-
pearance of the bride and bride
groom on the reflection that it was
not the annoyance of faith
er. However, the tug was SO in
jured that she could not move
A signal of distress was hoisted
at the conclusion Of the ceremony,
and the tug Lookout having re-
sponded, the Water Witch and
the wedding party returned to
the city.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-07-22
Absinthe Drinkers.

The New York correspondent
of the Chicago Journal makes the
following statement:
1t is alarming to see the extent
to which absinthe is coming to be
used in this metropolis. Most oi
the bars retail it out in the same
manner that they do Bourbon
Young and old go out to drink, and
while one calls for a whiskey cock.
tail, another will order absinthe
One of the most brilliant writers
IN the New York Press has nearly
ruined himself, physically and in.
tellectuslly, by the use of this
pernicious sedative for year and
q half.
] saw the other day, q talented
lady, the wife of one of the most
prominent men Of this city, who
has nearly lost her reason by the
use of absinthe. She first took il
to allay pain; she now takes it tc
.allay appetite. Her selfcontrol
is entirely gone. She totters up
ON the brink of the grave, looks
forward with JOY to death, and
frequently attempts to put an end
to her mental sufferings. A beau
tiful home, loving husband, and
three children, together with al
the enjoyments which wealth anc
refinement can bestow, are not sui
ficient to deter her from indulging
in this soul and body destroying
drug.
The effects of absinthe seen
to be swifter and more fatal thar
those oteither opium or morphine
It obtains an all-poweriul contro
over its votaries, deadens the sen
sibilities and is indeed, the 'sguil
lotine of the soul"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-07-22
A Live Mouse in a Child's
Stomach.

A very Interesting aud singular
case ofa live mouse having obtained
Judgement 10 the stomach Of child,
from which it was thrown up alive,
was brought to light ia the Third
District.
The facts of the else as fully sub
stantioted in every particular, are
these: A little girl about three years
old, named Emily WaIhanea, whose
parents reside at the corner OF Spain
and Greatman streets, Third District,
had been complaining for about
week of trouble and pain il ths re-
gion of the stomach, at times being
quite sick and Daussated, aud at 9th
ers exhibiting most uncomfortable
appetite.
The parents becoming alarmed az
the unaccOuntable ihdispositiou OF
child, aud the singular way 10 v hioh
she was affected, began to give med
ioine such as is usually given when
worms are suspected.
This morning, while suffering from
excessive nausea, the child began
vomiting, and 10 the violent reich
ings which ensusd, threw up alive
mouse Of medium size, which was
taken care Of, and is now on ex-
hibiiion at the drug store Of Mr.
WeiIbasber, corner Of Spain and
Grsetmen streets. Quite a crowd
of persons have visited the drug
store to see the mouse. which is alive
and doing as well as scoold ba expect
ed.-N o. PIC.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-07-22
Are the Internal Regions
in Indiana?
From the Indianapolis Sentinel


Mr.. A. Rabb, a farmer who re-
sides about three miles west of
the city brought strange story
in on Saturday. Mr.. r. has SON
in-law living on farm about four
miles from Lafayette named Mr..
Miller. Mr.. M. has got a German
laborer, who, in plowing over a
corn-6eld, struck the upper
crust of some thing very much
like the internal regions. A suf-
locating odor was first emitted, fol-
lowed by a dense volume of
smoke. According to the Ger.
mans statement, the stencil was
several degrees above the flavor
OF the Illinois Street gutter. A
sheet of fame soon burst from this
terrible volcano, and a great cou-
.fiagration was imminent for time,
but the flames were finally sub
'dued by few shovelfulls of earth
tossed on the mouth of the crater.
The lava thrown out looked much
like CASTLE soap, only it was not
so highly perfumed. On the con-
trary it was exceedingly offensive.
1t ignites easy and burns as free
ly as birthstone. The German
was badly frightened, and after
viewing the scene in utter bewil-
Germent for some time, calculated,
"Vell, dat ish hell" We under
stand Professor Cox will examine
the ground and, if it should prove
to be an entrance to the internal re-
gions, he will send for Parson
Brownlow to look further into it.
The people of Lafayette are great
ly alarmed, and already, it is said
q roaring noise can be heard under
meath the doomed city. We await
further developments with In
tense anxiety. Many persons may
think this is hoax, but it is not
Mr.. Rabb doesn't look like a man
who would deceive a whole com
munity about SO trifing thing
as the discovery Of hell in Indiana
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-07-22
THOSE DARK EYES.

When dawn awakes the eastern skies,
And wooing zephyrs kiss the sea,
/ crave glance from those dark eyes,
That should have oped with love for me.
But chilling clouds obscure the rays,
No smiling dawn awakes for me,
To cheer me o'er life's devious ways,
An oarless barque upon the sea.
When sunset gilds the western skies,
And shadows deepen on the lea,
In dreams sigh for those dark eyes,
That should have sunk to rest with me.
But they are veiled,, my light is gone,
And sombre night shades gather fast,
While o'er the vale Pm borne along,
An autumn leaf upon the blast.
When stars from out the midnight skies,
Hume with love the slumbering lea,
sigh in vain for those dark eyes,
That should have lit the night for me
But they have shone on me their last,
Life's troubled wave to guide no more,
Which now in darkness rushes fast.
Tosbreah upon an unknown shore.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-07-22

WHY He COULDN'T JOIN THE
CBURCH.-At a recent meeting of
the stockholders of the Iowa Falls
& Sioux City Railroad Company,
John l. Blair,of New Jersey, the
President of the company,told the
following story, reported in the
Dubuque Times, illustrative of the
morals of prairie farmers, when
lumber is concerned:
awhile travelling last summer
he stopped at an obscure little
town, not a thousand miles from
Omaha, the inhabitants of which
appeared to be wretchedly poor.
Touched with sympathy for their
condition, Mr.. Blair approached
one of the leaders and inquired
if they ever had any preaching
ing out in that section.
Z" Preaching said the person
addressed, 'oh, yes; we had pow
erful revival here last winter, and
all got converted bat one man,
who said he could not join the
church until he had stolen tim.
ber enough from the railroad com.
pany to fence his farm
''After this honest confession
Mr.. Blair never attempted to de.
tect the thieves. 1t was useless
Ties they must have, and they
were purchased without any ques
tions."
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-07-22
A Deserted Wife Proposes
a New Code for Moth
erS-in-LaW.

A few days ago Mrs. Annie OS-
born appeared in the City of Al
bany in search of a runaway hus-
band, who, according to her story,
had eloped with, or had been sto-
len by his own mother. 1t
seems that Mrs. Osborn senior and
Mrs. Osborn junior could not dwell
together III unity and love under
the same vine and fig tree, and
the former, having more influence
over the mind of the son and
husband than the latter had, took
him under her apron strings and
ran off with him. Annie, the de.
serted wife and affectionate daugh-
ter-in-law, thereupon published
the following card to the public,
in which she shows that she is a
woman of vim and no mistake:
"1nformation wanted of Charles
William Osborn, who has eloped
with his sweet angel of a mother,
who retains the faculty of disturb
ing the peace of all with whom
she comes in contact. The lady
and gentleman who are the cause
of my penning these lines live at
No.-West Thirty-eight Street,
New York, and on the 18th of
May, 1869, thelovingcouple elCped
to Albany, including a sister named
Libbie, black and tan dog named
Fannie, a cart load of furniture,
and all the hat boxes his mother
could collect for years. The gen.
tleman who has deeply fallen in
love with the live stock and dead
stock above mentioned, / deeply
regret to say, happens to be the
husband of the much prosecuted
woman who writes these lines. /
am anxious to find them-not that
ever propose STOPPING so low as
to live with him, but as he is
twenty-six years old, j have seri-
Gus thoughts of assisting his moth
er to wean him. His stature is
FIVE feet eight inches; he has brown
eyes, brown hair, moustache and
goatee and is rather good looking
what l once considered the
pink of a beau. The angels name
is Hannah Osborn, widow of Da-
vid Osborn, who lived near Rens-
laerville. Her maiden name
was Lagrange. l wish those
gentlemen who have the ruling of
things in general would enact a
law allowing people to hang, choke
or smother all mothers-in-law
who Intentionally and malisiously
make disturbances between hus-
band and wife. Any informa-
ton concerning him will be thank
fully received by his wife, Annie
Osborn, at police headquarters,
State Street, Albany"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-07-22
gemple Of The a3lnsss.
The Children's Prayers

When along. the quiet valley,
Morning sunbeams creep,
And the merry children waken
From their rosy sleep;
With their eager faces shining,
In the golden ray,
And their restless fingers folded,
Hear them sweetly say:
"Father dear through all the day,
Kindly watch about our way;
Lest our careless feet should stray,
All thy love Forgetting !"
When along the quiet valley,
Slowly fades the day,
And the little children gather
Weary of their play;
Tender grow their happy faces.
flushed their laughing glee;
While their voices softly murmur,
BY the mothers knee:
Father dear till morning light,
Keep us, guard US through the night,
To thy kingdom pure and bright,
In thy mercy lead us b
All, the blessed little children
Day and night we know,
Holy angels watch around them,
All the way they go;
And the Father, never weary
Of their songs of praise,
From the glory stOops to listen,
To the prayers they raise;
Father dear through every snare,
Make the tender lambs thy care;
In thy bosom gently bear.
Lest the foe should find them.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-07-22

A public-spirited citizen Of Min
neapolis offered from his own re-
sources a premium for potato bugs
destroyed 1t was too much for
him, and he writes to the Min
neapolis Tribune, that "no more
boys from st. Paul need come to
my Office with their oyster cans
full of bugs, and Twill not be held
responsible for any dry goods box
es said to be filled with bugs com.
ing from the interior Of the State
and addressed to me-"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-07-22

The Radicals are in high glee
over the fact that the "RebeI
Toombs" is now compelled to ask a.
colored postmaster for his mail
matter, at Macon, Georgia, They
forgot to tell, however, that the
widow of gallant Union soldier
was kicked out of the place to-
make room for the aforesaid dar
key.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-07-22

Fifteen hundred eggs were acci-
dentally broken in front of the Ba-
tavia IN " Post Office not long
since and the President of the vii
lage had to spread a barrel of coal
tar over the street and then set
fire to it, to destroy the smell Of
bad eggs.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-07-22

A fortnight ago young lady
of Iowa, while on her way to her
wedding, was offered five dollars
by another young man if she would
marry him. She consented. The
disappointed lover was not to be
wholly cheated out of his matri.
mony, and therefore proposed, was
accepted by, and married the sis.
ter of the jilter the same day.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-07-22

AN ELASTIC AGE.-"How old
are your asked railroad con-
ductOr OF a little girl whom her
mother was trying to pass on
half ticket. 81 am nine at home,
butin the cars l Lam only six and
a half"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-07-22

+. The Russian church at Sitka,
Alaska Territory, was recently
robbed of copy of the Bible, rich
ly studded with valuable stones,
crosses and other ornaments, alto
gether said to be worth 81, 600.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-07-22

A New York lady lately order
ed trousseau at Stewards for her
daughters doll, which received a
complete outfit in under clothing,
silk and lace One of the articles
ordered was an India shawl, min
iature size, at $50, and alace hand4
kerchief was valued at S12.