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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-05-20
FOR RENT-BEERsHEBA SPRINGS

THIS PLACE, so GENERALLY KNOWN Be
Il fore the war, is now offered for rent or lease
for term Of three years. There is q large hotel,
together with quite q number Of cottages and q
storehouse for selling merchandise in. The tenant
renting the property would have the exclusive
right TO the trade Of the place as well a. the adj
vantages Of the hotel. There is no more desirable
place for resort in the South The hotel and springs
are on the Cumberland mountain, Is miles from
McAIinnyille. II is not deemed necessary to par
ticularise as this place is well known throughout
the whole country. 1t is sufficient to say this
property is for rent, and can be had on the very
best terms. Address
JOHN ALEX. CAMPBELL,
No. 70 n. Summer ST., Nashville, Tenn.
mar11-n
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-05-20
FAMILY USE

has become very extensive there being no healthier
beverages for table use, and the disappearance OF
so many ills to which families were subject can
easily be traced to their use. All orders left at
our establishment viii receive prompt attention.
NJ. MCCORMACK & CO.,
may10-6m los South Cherry St, near Broad
T II U = T y a Il Il
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-05-20
NHANCERY COURT-Jamestown.
MAY RULES, 1870.
NJ. E Murphes vs.. James NJ. Wright, Administra-
tor and Executor.

tor and Executor.
In this cause, it appearing from the allegations
of the cross-bin of defendant, which is sworn to-
that the defendants, NJ. Durham, Joseph Dur
ham, A. G. Miller and II. A. Miller, to the cross-bill
are nOn-residents of the State OF Tennessee:
1t is therefore ordered by the Clerk and Master
at his May rules 1870, that publication be made far
four successive weeks, in the Union and American,
a newspaper published in the city OF Nashville no.
tfying said defendants to appear before the Chan
Gerry Court of jamestown, Tenn, on the second
Monday in October, 1870, then and there to plead,
answer demur to complainants cross-b BILL or the
same will be taken for confessed and set for hear
ing ex parte, as to them. B. o. BOWDEN,
mayl9-dlt&w3t c. and NJ.
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COURTHOUSE IN NASHVILLE,
at II O'Clock A NJ,
Thursday .Iuna . 1870

sale to continue from day to day until all are sold
The following lots in Boyds addition to Nash
Vile: Lot No. 2T6, fronting 81 feet on Charlotte
pike, runs back $50 feet more or less, to alley
Lots 284 and 2S5 each fronting so feet the Char
lotte pike and back 225 feet, more or less, TO
an alley; Lot SO in Balch & Whiteside's addition,
fronting 800 feet west side of Spruce street and
207 on the north side of Crawford and 2O7 on the
south side Of Washington street.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-05-20
WOOL GROWERS, ArrENrIoS,
CoR SALE VERY CHEAP,

9, 4C0 Acres Of Tennessee River Bottom Land,
I'VE miles north Of Decatur, on the Nashville md
Decatur Railroad-9C0 AIRES cleared, 60 acre 81
the finest fruits, being the best orchard b Ne
State Soil very ine. Cotton gin, dwelling and
an necessary outhouses the pihce. Price, So
OO0 Also 100 0acres of fine land in came localify
for sale ehrap. A. II. W. p HURi1N,
Zeal Estate Agelts,
mayll-u Maxwell I.CGsa.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-05-20
IN NASHVILLE. TEpNEssEE

Block of four three-story Store-hOuses and
Dwellings, on the west side of Market street. be-
tween Union and Spring streets; No. So. lot Is9z
by rs I-l2 feet: No. 36, lot 10 4112 by 1872 liz
feet: No 81, lot 10 ~ by 113Z feet; No. 80, lot
Of Nashville, on west side of Market street. be-
tween Spring and Broad; Lot No. 1, subdivision Of
said lot, 20 by 1O4 1912 feet, with part Of brick
house recently burned; Lot No. 2, u TIA by
l04 1912 feet with part of burnt house; Lot No g.
81 11-12 by 104 10-12feet, with three-story brick
store-house and dwelling, No. 81 Lot No. 4I9s by
104 l0-12 feet, with three-stOry brick store-hOuse
and dwelling No. 50; next six lots on east side Of
Front street, y feet south Of Broad street. being
Nos /, 2, 3, 4, and 6, Of r. G. McNairyis plan
No. fronts 2651 feet, Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5 and front
each IS feet, and run back Ill feet to the wharf,
they are under good ground rent, and
Exempt from ali Taxes until 1854.
The following most valuable Real Estate,
Slncks mud l4Ands will be acld AZ the
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-05-20
NASHVILLE AND CHATTANOOGA
AND
Nashville and Northwestern
RAILROADS.
NOTICE


All persons RESIDENT upon the line of the Nash
vile and Chattanooga and Nashville and North
western Railroads, visiting Nashville,
On the 18th, I9th, Goth and 2Ist,
will be passed at HALF LOCAL RATES. Station
Agents will sell tickets to Nashville for full
fare and mark them on the back Good to return
until 22d May" Conductors will punch tickets
coming in, and take them up going out.
Persons getting at points where there are no
Agents. VIII be furnished with lay-over checks
from Nashville back to such points, by Conductor,
but not from regular Stah ms.
mayls At Wv. THOMAS, Gen1 Supt.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-05-20

A LETTER FROM GEN. THOMAS.
The following private, letter from the
late Gen. George FL. Thomas has been
furnished for publication in the New
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-05-20
A Brick Dwelling,

with four rooms and out-buildings, in McMinn-
Vile, Tenn, and lot fronting 30 feet on Main
and 100 on Chancery street,
The following
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-05-20
R T KIRKPATRICK & Co.

HAvE WITHIN THE PAST TEN DAYS RE-
IL ceived large additions to their stock Of Sta
pie and Fancy
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1870-02-25
The Saturday Review relates an
told to the writer in Spain,

The Saturday Review relates an
anecd0te told to the writer in SPAN,
and running as follows:
On a certain line of railway in
Spain there was bridge that was
Iechoned unsafe; and. therefore, it
was ordered by the authorities
which preside over railways, that
until it could be made secure, no
passenger train should pass over it
without its first setting down its
passengers, the train and passengers
would then proceed over the bridge
separately. aud the passengers he tn.
kenup on the othersidc. Thisarrange-
ment continued for some cOnsilera.
bic time, until the bridge was pret,
ty well repaired, and all that was
now needed was the u.rect official
permission for the trains TO run over
in their ordinary manner. This,
however, from the dilatory habits
of the Spanish oiiie ais, was long in
coming. At last an engine driver,
Of more than ordinary courage,
thought he might as well take the
bull by the hOrns and run over the
bridge without stopping, trusting
that the official eye which had
slumbcred SO long might slumber
just so little longer as to lie incognil.
ant of his audacious act. Vain
man! When he arrived at the next
station he found that the news of
his exploit had preceded or accom-
panied him; and the officials who
had been SO long ineurious of the
suilcrings of passengers compelled
in all weathers, in the hottest sun
or the most pouring rain TO dis
mount and trudge over the bridge
mot to speak Of the Inconvenience
of the delay, were now all alive and
filled with wrath ut the contempt
shown To their prcrogative. Tho
lucklcss passengers were forbidden
to get out of their carriages; the
train was driven backwards until it
arrived again at the bridge, and
with the passen gers st,ll in) was
carried backward. over the bridge !;
then, to fulfil the requirements of
the law, the passengers were com.
PEELED TO get out, train and passen.
gers crossed over the bridge and the
train went on as IL nothing had
happened. Then was the official
deity appeased for the contempt
that had been shown to him.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1870-02-25

UNCERTAINTY OF LIFE.--lt is re.
lated of the late Gen. l.. ii. Rousseau
that few days prior to his depart
ure from Louisville, Kentucky, to
take command of the department OF
Louisiana with his head quarters at
New Orleans, he called on the med
ical examiner of an insurance COM
pany. stating his desire to take out
a policv. Initiating his broad chest
and giving il a resounding blow with
his hand he remarked: you needn't
take the trouble to examine me
doctor; I'm in a hurry; I'll live
live forever; u doctor in Washing
ton said | couldn't die of disease
I'm q sound man, SIR In ninety
days from that date General Rous-
seau was dead. Ills splendid physique
was not proof against the miasmat'
ic fcvers of the Crescent city. In
deed. had he been less hcalthlul he
might have escaped. The incident
serves to illustrate the uncertainty
of life and conveys n lesson all
should heed. One day IN the bloom
of health the next, stricken down
by some fatal malady--it is the lo'
of humanity.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1870-02-25

An apothecary's boy was lately
sent to leave ut one house box OF
pills. and at another six live fowls.
Confused on the way he left ii c pills
where the fowls should have gone,
and the fowls mt the pill place. The
folks who received the fowls were
astonished at reading the accom-.
pDaying directions. Swallow one
every two hours'
A little girl, delighted at the sing.
ing OF bobolink, naively and beau.
tiiiIly asked, 'What makes he sing
20 sweet, mother. do he eat How-
crs ?
A young Man, in Charles City, IL
hu unillty personiiied. The other
evening while going 10 church he
asked a young lady If he might 'be
allowed tNc privilege of going homo
with her, aud was Indignantly re.
fused, wheroupol he inquired very
humL.y il ho might he allowed to
sit ou he fence and see her 60 by
who ever loved that loved not at
first sight!
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ILtnd your oWn Concerns

Mind your own concerns, my friend,
For they are yours alone;
Don't talk about your neighbors' faults,
But try to mend your own.
Suppose he does not always lead
\ truly perfect life,
What matter If he sometimes frets,
Or quarIcls with his wiiei
Don't meddle--let him know, my friend,
Your better nature spurns
To act the spy On him or his
Just mind your own concerns.
Yes, mind your own concerns, my friend,
Aud presently you'll find
That all your time Is occupied,
And you've quite enough to mind.
Why need you care if Snooks or Spooks
Should wed with Sale Jones;
What matter if your neighbor c.
plump half-million ownsl
The money is not yours, my friend.
Though golden stores he earns.
So do not envy him his wealth,
But mind your own concerns.
Yes, mind your own concerns, my friend,
1t is better plan
Than always to be spying out
The deeds of brother mao.
Remember that all persons have,
Though hidden from the view.
Thoughts that to them of right belong,
And not at all to you.
And also bear in mind, my friend
4 generous nature worms
No secret from brothers breast
So mind YOUR own concerns.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1870-02-25
MONARCH OF ALL He SURVEYS,

MONARCH OF ALL He SURvEYA
Some time ago we published an
account Of some strange and ferO>
cious animal which had created :
panic among the farmers in s0me
parts of Page county, Iowa. M.
Homer Aldrich, who has recently
returned from visit to that cOun.
try informs us that the animal has
committed extensive depredatiOnS
in the ncighbOrhOod of the town OF
Buchanan, killing some twenty or
thirty head Of hogs aud sheep III
one night. 1t has also killed q
couple of horses and three cows for
farmer i'll the vicinity of Wild Cat
Grove, near which place the strange
beast has made his hiding place.
At one time a large number Of the
citizens of the neighbo. hood armed
themselves, and surrounded a grove
of timber i'll which the animal was
known to be. They tried for some
time to get some one to GO into the
the bush and drive him out, but
no one could be found that was bold
enough to undertake the task. At
length the whole party went in and
beat the bush,' whereupOn the mon.
ster cOolly came ont and walked of
without shot being fred at it,
The fact is the ieroclOus beast has
inspired the people of large sec
tion of the country with a perfecs
terror and every one is afraid to at
tack it. 1t is estimated that the
farmers of Page county have had
two hundred and fifty head of stock
killed by it.
The animal has often been seen
and is described as being of dark
brindle color, with long, bushy
tail, and in size is between a pan.
thcr aud California lion. Slr. Al
drich saw some of his tracks in the
snow which measured five inches
across. 1t is supposed to be cou-
gar which has escaped from some
menagerie. Several parties have
been in pursuit of the animal with>
out success. At last accounts it
had left the West Fork of 102 river,
and was supposed to be making its
way to DcLalb county. MIR. Aldrich
heard, on his way down, of it's dep.
relations in Noadaway county, some
farmers having lost from twcL,y to
forty head of hogs and sheep in u
single night. f
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1870-02-25

A SITUATION OPEN The ro>
nance of the runaway darkey was
quite played out after the people of
the North and South had pecked
their fiints for the final shot. Once
in a while, however, there comes a
reminisence which shows SambO's
native humor, and how irresistible
was his hankering for the boon OF
freedom. Before the war there came
into the bar room of a hotel in Can
ada, near the frontier, a bright-loOk
ing negro, who was thus addressed
by one of the eminent persons usu
ally found in such resorts:
Il s'pose you're a runaway slave,
said one, looking sharply atthe new
conner. .,.t.....
Feeling that he was pretty well
away from bondage, the darkey re.
sponded that he was.
'Ah, indeed; well, we're glad OF
it ; but you don't seem to look very
poor Il have good clothes down
South"
Certainly said the darkey with
some pride. Same clothes as my
MASTER
But you got many good thrash
ing, ehT
Never had a whipping in all my
life
Never thrashedn said another
well but you niggers don't alway'
get enough to eat, do your
always had enough, gemmen =
never went hungry
What 2 said the interrogation
good clothes, no punishment, plenty
to eat. Now said he, turning tt
the group. only think of it.-thi'
fellow has left position where h,
enjoys all these privileges for an un
certainty
'Gemmen,' said the darkey, "al
Use got to say respectful dem priv
leges is, dat If any wants to avi
hisse'f of 'em de situation an stii
open '-Harper's Maga~iae for Eel
rud'y.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1870-02-25

A novelty III IRON manufacturers Is
on exhibition at the geological mu
scum of the general Land Office
1t is a sheet of rolled iron three feet
long and twelve inches wide, weigh
ing but 30 ounces. 1t is thinner
than ordinary writing paper, will
float upon water, and has fine pol
ished surface. 1t is to be used III
the manufacturing of buttons, or
naments. &c, where very light and
elastic texture is required. The eX
treme thinnesS or tcnuity to which
the process of rolling has reduced
the sheet, shows how pure and NAL
Icable the metal has become under
treatment in the furnace.
y London paper recently hurt the
feelings of an artist by saying that
his picture had 'too much ochrc in
it, AS the painting was twilight
scene, partially gray in color, the ar
tist saw a chance to read the critic
a lesson, which he did by advising
him to learn something about cOlors
before he undertook art criticism.-
There was no ochre whatever in my
picture vote the indignant artist.
The critic, knowing that Il soft an.
swer turncth away wrath, replied
that the 'Ochre' he meant was medi
ochre.
A mysterious girl in San Francisco
has been playing deaf and dumb
She could not hear word until a
newspaper reporter interviewed her.
{ She stood his questioning for while
until they became unbearable, when
she knocked him down stairs with Il
coal scuttle. You can't make him
believe but what that girl can hear.
He carries his head in Il sling.
A Georgia Judge lately defined in
terms when man is legally drunk.
Said he, ut is not necessary that a
man should be wallowing in ditch
or buuping his head against your
posts, that you may know him to he
drunk but whenever he begins IL
tell the same thing over twice, then
he's drunk y
A German duke has presented his
bust to a blind asylum. There was
q gallant Colonel who once gratiiied
the inmates of II blind asylum in th,
South with a dress parade. and who
sorenaded the unfortunaics of 8
deaf and dumb institution with tn,
rcgimental band. Fact
The latest marvellous feat in ma
clincry is n horse clipping machine,
which works by means OF u cont
capable of being run through the
hair in any direction, while sharl
knife revolving close to it's outcl
surface clips the ends of hair OF
smoothly and rapidly.
unimprovcd real estate in Whit,
Pine, which one year ago was hcl'
at inordinatc prices. can now he ha,
: in many cases, for the asking, few
caring to 90 to the expense of
deed or to expose themselves to pa,
taxes on L.
Mrs. Blackwell said in detroit tl,a
there are fifteen million women y
America who want their rights, an'
are going to have them, with the al'
! of their fifteen million tongues.
Old maids are Described az 'enl
/ beas from which the sparks hay'
/ fed
Ohio built G63 scboollouses las
c year.
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father. and death the mother, if the
face she carried to his cell that Sab
bath morning was an index to the
suffering within. And the bright
eyed boy, the creeping baby, and
the beautiful girl-what will become
of them i-NeW Tork correspondent
Phil. Press.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1870-02-25


A TEMPERANCE STORY The
bystandcrs in the vicinity of well
known drinking saloon few DAYS
ago, noticed man considerably IN.
toyicated, who was accompanied by
a handsome English coach dog. The
man pursuef his devious course,
closely followed by his lour.footed
companion, until at length he al,.
preached the door of the saloon re-.
fcrred to, and was about to enter,
when to the surprise Of all who wit
messed the affair, the dog Jumped
up and catching the skirts of the
mans coat, sought to prevent him
from going in.
The inebrlated bipcd spoke in an.
cry tones to the beast, but without
avail, unit! at length a more than
ordinary severe command induced
him to rclInquish his hold, and the
man hastened inside, followed by
his faithful companion and would
be protector.
Actuatcd simply by curiosity, we,
in company with several others,
went in, aud as we gained position
near the bar, we saw in close prox
thereto, the hcas. and his master,
the latter striving to reach the bar,
aud tue former standing on his hind
legs, with his fore paws placed
against the mans breast, vaniy en-.
dcayoiing, even at the eleventh
hour, to prevent him from indulg-
ing IN the Intoxicating cup.
TO the credit of the bar. tender, he
II stated, that he refused to furnish
the man with any more liquor, and
tears were drawn from eyes that
had long been unused to the melt.
ing mood, and ut each refusal the
undoubtedly heart stricken canine
would bestow u look of intense graf
itude upon the dispenser of cock
tails. 'slings' and 'tods.' and then
turning. would, with most implor
ing look. mutcly beseech his liquor
loving master to abstain from press
ing bis pcpcrnnt
At this juncturc we lc;t the scene,
aud while quietly vending our way
Office. wards. could not help reflect
ing, what u powerful argument III
favor Of prohibition could be drawn
from the above iuoident.-- boston
Times
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1870-02-25

A sharp.tongued Texas woman
aggravated her lord to such degree
that he deserted his home in Houston
and fed to Galveston, where he
wrote the following letter:
My Lorin WIFE:
line comm home mex week an hav
iorgiv you for jawin me. Tile come
home on the ! o'clock trane an shall
stay ONE hereafter Il tri to be a
altered man. want peace and so do
yew, why shood'nt we love each 9th
er, IA We used ter when we were first
jined together in the holy bands OF
maddox, I've jincd temperance so
ciety but if you ever jaw me agin for
commin ONE i'll wollap you like City
fur We must have peese as grant ses.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1870-02-25
1t is one thing to mOralize, anOth.

1t is one thing to moralize, anoth.
er thing to act. There are men who
can utter the most refined and Gle
yating sentiments, and at the same
time be guilty OF crimes of the deep
est dye. These are the most dan
gerous of mankind.
why don't you limit yourself =
said physician to an Incorporate
person. Set down a stake that YOU
will go 50 far and no farther 4 do
replied the other. But | set it so
far of that always get drunk be>
fore | get to it,
Last year 46 persons died in New
Hampshire who were 80 years OF
age and upwards. The average was
"a years; rs were men, 80 women.
'Would you be POPULAR says
Voltaire, in one of his essays, 'star.
tie your public--wlether for good
or evil it matters not, but be start
ling at any price
Let your conversation be without
malice or envy, for it is the sign OF
a tractable and cOmmendable spirit
and in cases of passion admit rea-
son to govern. 5r.
Jim had precOcious nephew, q
lad just three years old. Playing
with his kitten yesterday, Miss Kit
ten 'got her back up" about some
thing and scampered over the floor
''Look, ma, kittens got Grecian
bend "
A Scotch minister told his neigh.
Dor that he spoke two hours and a
half the Sunday previous. "Why,
minister, were you not tired to
death 7" asked the neighbor. saw
nae,' said he, l was as fresh as q
rose; but it would have done vOul
heart good to see how tried the con.
gregation was"
Put an Englishman into the gar
den of Eden, and he would find faul,
with the whole blasted concern: pu
a Yankee in, and he would SEQ wher,
he could alter it to advantage pu
an lriShman~in, ard he would wan
to boss the thing put a Dutchmal
in, and he would proceed at once t,
plant it with cabbages.
AN OLD CHICKEN.-In attempt
ing to carve foul, one day, gen
tleman found considerable difficult,
IN separating its joints, sand exclaim
ed against the man who had sol,
him an old hen for a young chicken
My dear, said the enragcd man
wife don't talk so much about tn
aged and respectable Mr.. B. ; h
planted the first hill of corn tina
was ever planted in our town.
know said her husband 'and ] be
Ileve this old hen scratched it uD.'
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1870-02-25

Somebody said to Douglass Jer-
rold, of u certain person whom Jer.
rold did not like, that Nature had
written honest man upon his face
Has shep said Jerrold 'thcn she
wrote a very blind hand At the time
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Job Printing
hHts Hft
publisher.

of all kinds neatly executed st Che ioeest Nv.
ing prices. Our office is well furnished wish
material and stock for this department., col
now have experiene and compstans
workmen to use them. If you want any print
ing done you need not go 10 the city, or out Of
the county, for you can get as good work snd
as low prices at this Office as at any otherf
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RATES oFsUBscRIPTIoH

One opy one year, in advance, 80
II not paid within three mopths 400
~ No variation whatever from these rates.
No paper discontinued until all srrear.
ages arc paid, except al the option Of the
MI Lii her.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1870-02-25
ROSWELL EARNIuAM.
DENTISTRY.
DIR. j. n. CL ARK.

OF BRADFORD. VERMONT,
Would respectfully announce to all persons
Gequinng the Scrvico- of ~ Dentist. that h" is
prepared To perform all operations pertaining
TO his proiessioIi In accordalpe with che latest
improvements in the science
udce iormelJ ocoupied by DR., A. VI. Move.
9lm3S
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GEO. T.. BROWN,

CARRIAGE MAKING AND GENERAL REPAIRING,
armory Building aud corner of Aunory and
Pledaa & Streets,
BRADFORD, MONT.