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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-06-30
TeiapIt Of The @nses.f
Castle Building.

We wandered down the deep ravine
When sunset flowers were readily glow in
And all the vale with purple Sheen
And golden smoke was oyerfiowing,
The mountain slopes were still ablaze,
The tree-tops burned like waving torches
And rainbow rays of rosy haze -
Were flushed all the woods and porches
So hand in hand, we rested still, Eee -
Andupward looked through sunsetsplen
dor # g -
So, heart with heart, in loving thrill,
Grew mute beneath the glamour tender
And thus we bull, with painted mist,
Our castles grand from floor to coping
Until the last low sunbeam kissed
The grey rayine, and left us-groping.
All, me, my love the darkness falls
Full soon, to shroud our brightest dream
ing;
and golden roofs and crystal walls
Ss Are based, full oft, on cloudy seeming.
But hand in hand and heart with heart,
We twain abide the twilight houry,
And wait until the shadows part
That hide from us our house of glory
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-06-30

A novel project IN church ar
chitecture is spoken of by the New
York World "The new pio-
posed church in Clinton avenue,
Newark, is to be built upon the
latest improved plans. The main
floor will have four aisles and l72
pews. There will be a gallery
around the whole church, with
twenty,nine square compartments
or stage boxes for families, each
capable of holding twelve chairs,
with tables in the centre for hats
and books. The aristocratic wor.
shippers can thus perform their
devotions apart from the common
throng. The ceiling will be forty
five feet high the gallery ten
feet high and II feet in width;
dimensions of the church l08 feet
by Ga. The estimated cost will
be $4,000. The present chapel,
which is to remain as an extension,
cost $4,000"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-06-30
Storge's Platform.

A loose-notioned female, sur.
named Storge, with the Chris.
tian prefix of Ellen, lays down
the following platform for the free
lusters, male and female, to stand
upon. We think Storge will find
it rather difficult to rope in any
man as her partner for even the
shortest period named. Itwould be
a risky business for him, even for
a week. We quote from that Rad
cal-religious paper, the New York
INDEPENDENT: flesa .eaegs o.
First-Let the marriage con.
tract be limited to from one to
three years, at the option of the
contracting parties.
Second-Discard the erroneous
idea that the contract is divine
admit that this is but a human
transaction, intended to perpetu.
ate the species and produce bu.
man happiness.
Third-Make both parties equal;
do not exact special promises OF
terms from one sex to the lisad-
vantage of mutual fidelity and
cooperation during continuance
of the marital contract; but let
love alone. Love is a sensitive,
spontaneous outgrowth of the
heart, subject to the control of
treatment and circumstances rath-
er than formal promises /; it is
too tender, too sacred for the pub
lie gaze.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-06-30
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Al of its individual m emhers. 0rNo de-
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1Iances.
NJ Ad vertisements not marked with the
nnmber of insertions when handed in, will be
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Exacted. ia a
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10 be paid in advance in every case.
OF Job Printing of ali kinds neatly
done on New Type, and on as reasonable
terms as any Office in Tennessee.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-06-30

AT Williamsport, Pa, Mr.. Pc
ter Herdie has trout pond con-
tanning one hundred thousandtrout
of all sizes, ten thousand of them
being upwards of sixteen or eigh-
teen inches in length; they are
very tame, and will eat out of a
spoon in the keepers hand. The
fish are of all sizes, from the lit
tie trout of week old to that of
d ten popndeT. Mr.. Herdic re
Gently refused ian-offer of two dol
lars apiece for all of his large fish
ranging from ten inches and up
wards.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-06-30
How Higgins Gently
Broke the News. sm
From the Galaxy.

yes, / remember that anecdote,
the Sunday School superinten.
dent said with the old pathos in
his voice and the old sad look in
bis eyes; st was about a simple
creature named Higgins, that used
to haul rock for old Malby. When
the lamented Judge Bagley tripped
and fell down the courthouse
stairs and broke his neck, it was
a great question how to break the
news to poor Mrs Bagley. But
finally the body was put into Hig-
gins wagon and he was instruc-
ted to take it to Mrs. b., but to be
very guarded and discreet in his
language, and not to break the
news to her at once, but to do it
gradually and gently. When Hig-
gins got there with his sad freight,
he shouted till Mrs. Bagley came
TO the door. sThen he said:
h'Does the widder Bagley live
here ~ saiia5Esssl7s- as.7sa
The widow Bagley2 No, sir!'
I'll bet she does. But have it
your own way. Well, does Judge
Bagley live here?' lai' ss'8i'2- 5,
-
a'Yes, Judge Bagley lives here
b sill bet he don't. But never
mind-it amt for me to contra
dict. Is the judge in?' .;.
No, not at present. "A
I jest expected as much. Be-
cause, you know-take hold O..
suthin, mum, for I'm a-going to
make a little communication, and
| reckon maybe it'll jar you some.
There's been an accident, mum.
I've got the old judge curled up
out here in the wagon; and when
you see him you'll acknowledge,
yourself, that an inquest is about
the only thing that could be a
comfort to him?
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-06-30

CURIOUS PREACHING TO RAISE
THE WIND.-Rev DIR. Patton said,
in Chicago recently: ,
erich men who did no. give
anything to, the cause of Christ
were recreant to their duty; and
God permitted burglars to invent
tools, including glycerine, to burst
open the safes of men who would
not give money to GOd."s'ps- :
After this, we may expect bur,
glars and other pickerS and steal
ers to be buster than bees in pros
ecuting their avocation; andifany-
body blames them or fights them,
can thank this DR.. Patton for say
ing they are acting "upon the
Lords side" s2 #95.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-06-30
Music and Matrimony.

The following singular story viii
be best prelaced by a marriage no
tice .@s5
FRENcH-FRENCH-In Wind
ham, O., May 5, by Rev. E. C
Farley, Mr.. S. J, French, of Woos
ter, O., to Mrs. G. HI. French, of
Windbam."
In or about the year 1887, say:
the Garrettsville (Ohio) Journal
"a young lady, only fifteen years old
but noted for a presocious ability
formed a matrimonial union with .
young man not quite her equal II
social station. Iu fact this young
man was poor mechanic; yet, like
bis beloved, he was a peculiarly
gifted musician, aud it was in this
similarity, perhaps, that these two
found their affinity. Music wedded
music, and the result should have
been IaritsticT harmony. But in
stead of this, discord came in lees
than six, months from the wedding
day, SO swiftly intensified that the
youthful bride returned to her fa-
thor's roof for support and ,protec-
ton before her roYsIty Of wilehood
was complete in an heir. aE4 kas ~
Friends held conferences with the
divided sweet singers hoping to rec
oncilee them, and found the labor
vain. For some unexplained cause,
the late husband and wife could not
see each other agqio !; and, in the
end. q divorce was gained, and the
two went separate ways The wife
had a son born 10 her, and 10 him
devoted all her future ambition aud
affection. The husband and father,
after time married again and be-
came a parent. He won fame as a
composer of music, and was. noted
far and wide for bis Singing ! IThir-
ty-three years rolled on, Bringing
sickness and old memories to- the
husband. Lying upon the couch
Of disease he recalled, with chasten-
ed judgment, bis first married life,
and the child wife. from whom he
had parted so soon. Then came
an irresistible yearning to see that
early love once more;- and after a
prolonged overture, the divorced
woman went to see him. No great
ingenuity isrequisite 70 ''guess"
the result. After ethirty-three
years of alienation, : the. musical
pair were fully reconciled, and
their marriage took place as record
ed above. aEETsEAa
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-06-30
THURSDAY, JUNE 3 30. 1870
"PiouS Living" |"
From the Harrisburg (Pa,) Telegraph.

1 u EOin tue harrisburg (fa-) 4elegrapn.
By, pious lying, we mean lying
for the purpose of advancing the
cause of virtue, truth and morali-
lty. The facility with which some
Iof our reformers narrate ''inci-
dents" that never happened, giving
time, place, circumstances and
names of principal actors is really
astonishing. Yet if you were to
accuse these men of falsehood,
you would bring down on your
head a torrent of abuse. Some
times these men do get into. a
little trouble by some unco wicked
wretch asking inpertinent ques-
tions. An instance of this kind
that occurred several years ago
placed learned speaker in a very
ludicrous position. He was mar
rating an incident that was we'll
authenticated and very pathetic.
Several years ago, said thespeak-.
er, "an aged lady, residing near a
large forest in the State of New
York, started to visit a friend on
the opposite side of the wood
Before she had proceeded far on
her journey the snow commenced
to fall rapidly, and she soon dis
covered that she had missed the
road. Fol- hours she wandered in
the woods, until, overcome by fa-
tigue and benumbed with cold, she
sat down at the root af a tree, and,
wrapping an old shawl around
her, exclaimed, I'm lost ? then ex-
pired, her body being found the
day after" Before the orator had
time to make the application some
fellow called out, "See here; how
did you find out what the old lady
said ? If you, or anybody else,
was near enough to hear, why did
Mt you go to her assistance y 1t
is not necessary to add that the ''ild
lustration" was decidedly spoiled.
The speaker felt and looked like /
a boy caught stealing green cher /
ries. S'a''''"'si
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-06-30

The law recently enacted to en-
force the provisions of the fraudu-
lent fifteenth amendment does not
prevent the Radical owners of cot
ton mills or iron foundries from
commanding their workmen to
support the candidates of that par
.ty, on pain of instant dismissal.
They can station their fOremen
at the polls to give white men
tickets, and report such as do not
bow down to the political mandate
issued from the counting-rooms of
large establishments. But the ne
gro can hasten to a commissioner
and take oath that his employer
is intimidating him tolvote con-
trary to his political principles,
and that employer, without even
as much as a hearing, will fall
within the clutches of the new
bill and be subjected to heavy
fine or lengthy imprisonment.
The colored voter holds over his
employer an unlimited power of
intimidation, but the white man
is kept in the background and
treated as slave. This is the
Radical qidea ofEat free ballot for
white men.issT4 sdf TO eu0
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-06-30

An American traveler.ini Italy
has dambfoanded the government
by seriously proposing to lease
Mount Vesuyius. He says he
will make roads and lay out pleas
ure grounds upon its rocky sides,
build hotels, and set up soda-founts
on its summit, and help visitors
up and down by machinery. To
pay him for all this outlay, and
amass fortune besides, he will
charge small admission fee from
all who wish to step up and see
the show.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-06-30

| AaAA aA4tf lt aaf w ahsE.a w AaA
= A paper gives the following re-
ply to ap imaginary correspon-
dent: There is no stated rule
for writing love-letters. 9 You
should write ON foolscap paper,
and bear as soft as you can, using
words of such burning love that
they will sizzle on the point of
the pen. It's also advisable to
sling in a bunch of pathos OCCASION
ally, such as dearest Augustus, |
love you with love larger than
an elephants Think OF you every
day, and by and by, when the
days grow longer, l shall think of
you twice a day" 1t is also well
enough to put an ink-blot in the
corner, with the observation, "dar-
ling, / kissed this spot or 81 hove
"a sigh in this vicinity.20Ilias -
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-06-30

f.Dixon," the capable and trust
worthy correspondent at Washing
ton of the Boston Advertiser, gives
in a secret letter some interesting
facts and statistics about land
grants to railroad companies.
The policy was begun in 1850,
when about two million and a half
acres were given to the Illinois
Central. Since that time we have
given to canals one million four
hundred and fifty thousand acres,
to wagon roads three million
seven hundred and eigh1y-two
thousand two hundred and thir-
teen acres, and to railroads one
hundred and eighty,tw million
one hundred and eight thaosand
five hundred and eighty one acres.
The public domain remaining un-
disposed Of, we are told by the
same correspondent, amounts to
more than one thousand million
of acres, but it will soon waste
away under the present system
of plumber.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-06-30

De Bows Reviea0 eoIlates few
figures which show most strikingly
the immense loss suffered by the
cotton.groving States innot man.
utacturing larger proportion of
the cotton crop before expectation.
Of stock of 2, ,392,254 bales, one
and half million are said to have
been exported TO foreign countries.
Northern mills spun 1872 bales,
or 80 per cent, and Southern mills
64,998 bales, or ut2i per cent.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-06-30

! How TO EvADE ALAw.-Saginaw,
Michigan, has passed a law that it
is unlawful for any person to
visit a house of ill-tame unless on
business, soliciting trade, as they
would visit other houses. Chaps
60 round with sample books Of
carpets and all kinds of goods to
Ievade the law, and one fellow was
actually arrested who said he was
selling Goldfish by the photograph
ic sample
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-06-30

The principal chief of the Choc-
taws advises bis people to give up
their papdonationality, and blend
with the American people, by ap-
plying for admission as State in
the Union: Thef chief is a wise
man. There isno middle ground
for the Indians to stand upon,
The alternatives are citizenship OF
determination. a9s g s-es.ssba
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-06-30

They tell in Indiana of a man
who, the other day, gol "fatigued, T"
laid down close to a molasses bar
rel, accidently turned the faucet,
and went to sleep with q fnll
stream running on bis head. He
was discovered after eighteen gal
Ions of sweet had run oyer him.
lie was fined SIS for dlsorderly con-
duct, and had to pay for the mo.
lasses. He said it was case of
linked sweetness long drawn out.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-06-30

BEGGING FOR A KNG.-The
throne of Spain cannot find suit
able person to accept its occupan-
| cy. 1t goes a-begging for tenants.
Wouldn'tit be just as well to put
Iit up at public sale, make Louis
Napoleon the auctioneer, and be-
stow it on the highest bidder?-
Uneasy lies the head that wears
a crown, !" but particularly uneasy
will be that head which may put
on the Spanish bauble. Spain is
thoroughly dissOlute. Herstrength
is gone. Her name is a byword
in the mouths of scofers. Her
ancient glory has faded out, and
her modern boastings are nothing
but the emanations of pride and
poverty. What wise man cares
to reign over. a land so decayed, a
people SO demoralized |? Who
can bring order out OF such chaos
as prevails. In that burlesque upon
good government ? Whether the
Cortes will be able or not to elect
a monarch we shall see, for that
nation is not fit for republicanism,
and whoever mag accept the throne
will have to keep the army well
in hand to sustain him there.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-06-30

aossThese are the things said an
irreligious fellow in Plymouth,
Mass, recently, pointing to a
church" "these are things that
are running this country" And
he was not far wrong. The
churches of Massachusetts have
done much to ruin this country
here /; but, then, they have been
the making of that below.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-06-30

!. A St. Louis marketman, who
was arrested because some paper
was discovered in the bottom
of a measure which he was using
in selling strawberries, said it got
there by accident. The accident
cost him ten dollars. DsaiIH
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-06-30


SMITHIANA.- The following some
what ''steep" story is clipped from
an exchange :, "a few weeks ago
the Governor Of Ohio offered $500
for the arrest Of man named John
Smith. There are 110 counties in
Ohio, and in less than two days the
sheriffs Of all these counties arrived
in Columbus, each with a man named
John Smith. During the three sue
ceeding days over 2, 900 detectives,
policemen, and private citizens, from
Kentucky, Pennsylvania, New Jer-
sey, Ohio, IndisDa, West Virginia
and Illinois, arrived in Columbus,
every fellow bringing with him some
unhappy man named, John Smith,
and more arrive everY day. The
aggregate of Smiths at present in
Columbus is simply awful! And
the worst oft is that every man in.
sists that his Smith is the particular
Smith mentioned in the prOclama-
ton, and be is going to have that
$500 or hash the Governor right up.
The Governor is trying to decide
whether to pay the reward to every
man in the lot or resign.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-06-30

Sin continues to pervade Ger
tain parts Of Iowa, though vigor.
Gus efforts are made to extirpate
it. A praiseworthy effort in that
direction was made recently in one
of the enterprising towns of that
State. A prominent banker, no.
ted for exacting. more than legal
"usance" on.loans, was active at q
revival, and while wrestling in
prayer, beSought the Lord to hum
Bile the rebellious spirit Of sinners
that they. might take more inter
est in serious things. "Yes," re
marked ! an unawakened citizen
"three per cent. a month, with re
| Ialestate "colIats:'" Everybody ii
meeting seemed { to { know VIVA
wassmeant. yjs;assSQsH 'I7si
Ia. rssrr
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-06-30

AMurder Trial in Nevada

| 1T must have been Senator Nye,
of Nevada, from whom Mark
Twain, in the Galaayof this month,
got the following story of life in
Nevada: rrgrr rrru-
1 was sitting here, said the
Judge, in this old pulpit holding
court, aud we were trying "a big,
wicked-looking Spanish desperate
for killing the husband of a bright,
pretty Mexican woman. 1t was
a lazy summer day, and an. aw-
fully long one, and the witnesses
were tedious. None Of US took
any interest in the trial except
that nervous, uneasy devil of a
woman-because you know how
they love and how they hate, and
this one loved her husband with
all her might, and now she boiled
it down to hate, and stood there
splitting it at that Spaniard with
her eyes and l tell you she would
stir me up too, with a little of her
summer lightning occasionally
Well, I had my coat off, and heels
up, lolling and sweating, anG smok-
ing one of those cabbage cigars
the San Francisco people used to
think were good enough for US in
those times, and the lawyers they
all had their coats off, and the
witnesses were. the same, and SO
was the prisoner. a' s5t b s,is :
Well, the fact is, there wasn't
any interest in a murder trial then,
because the fellow was always
brought in not guilty, the jury
expecting him to do as much for.
them some. time, and although the
evidence was straight and square
against this Spaniard, we knew
we could not convict him without
seeming to be rather high handed
and sort of rejecting on every gen.
tlemanin the community, for there
warn't any carriages and liveries
then, and so the only'style' there,
was to keep your private grave
yard. But that woman seemed
to have her heart set on hanging
that Spaniard, and you'd ought
to have seen how she would glare
on him a minute, and then look up
Fat me in her pleading way, and
then turnand for the next five
monutes search the jury's faces,
land bysand By drop her face
in her hand just a little while,
as if she was most ready to give
it up, but out she'd come again d.
rectly, and be as live and anxious
as ever But when the jury an.
nounced the verdict, mot guilty.
andI told the prisoner he was
acquitted and free to go, that wo-
man rose up till she appeared to
TO be as tall and as grand as a sew
enty-four gun ship, and says:
g. Judge, do / understand you TO.
say that this man is not guilty
that murdered my, husband with
out any cause before my own eyes
and my little children's, and all has
been done to him that ever justice.
and the law can do?'.sAsas I.
The same, says I.
And then what do you reckon
she did !? Why, she turned on
that smirking Spanish fool like a
wildcat, and out with a navy, and
shot him. dead insopen COURT!
THAT was spirited, ! am willing
to admit [ I1yS
Wasn't it. though 2 said the
Judge, admiringly. 4 wouldn't
have missed it for anything. II
adjourned court on The spot, and
We put on our coats and went out
and took up a collection for her
and lerpc1bs, andssent them over
the mountains.atoT their friends
All, she was, a spirited wench 2
,e7 ~ F771Ta'7Ts1s y a.77E 70
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-06-30

Mr.. Sites wished to purchase a
farm near Oxford, Ohio, but the
price was exorbitatn. A girl dis
covered oil in a swamp on the farm
and secretly impaired the knowl-
edge to Mr.. Sites Mr.. Sites
bought the farm. When Mr.. Sites
moved into the house he found a
cellar, and in the cellar a drain
leading to the swamp, and near
the drain a barrel which had con-
tanned petroleum, but the contents
of which had, at that time, merely
t'left their tracks, in passing from
the barrel to the drain. Mr.. Sites
has not yetcolnmenced boring for
oil. , sdi of gnfe3 sz4a bz
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-06-30

An Illinois lover mistook his
stomach for his heart, and lodged
a pistol bullet there, to the great
disturbance Of his digestion, when
I. his girl proved false, q ) 81 80
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-06-30

. h"I will preach from dat por-
ton of de Scripture dis ebening,n
said a colored dominic, "whari de
'Postle Paul p'ihts his 'Pistle at
'Phesians.'' z. ~ ei' 2 o-qq
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-06-30

The only prisoner in the Nan
tucket Jail notifies the authorities
that if they don't fix up that jail
so that the sheep can't get in to
bother him he will be blown if he
will Stav IN fhere fs51 < ---.Si
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-06-30

The rich man went to the parish church ;
His face grew grave as he trod the porch !;
And the thtonging poor, the untaught mass,
Drew back to let the rich man pass.g -, =.
The service began the choral hymn ~
Arose and SWELL d through the long aisles dim
The rich man knelt; and the words he said
We're, "Give us this day our daily bread. ~