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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-05-19

There is a young man in Pitts
burg who is studying TO be q re-
porter, and this is the way he de-
scribes the hair of a lady he saw
at ball, in the paper on which
be practices-"The profusion and
color of her hair would lead one
to look upon it as though it was
spun by the nimble fingers of the
easy hours as they glided through
bright June days, whose sunny
rays of light had been caught in
meshes, and were content to go no.
further"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-05-19

MARVELs OF SURGERY.-The;
following extraordinary narrative
comes to Chill from San Juan,.
Argentine Republic. There ex--
listed In San Juan, an individual
eighteen years of age, who had
two heads, both of them provided
with O countenance at once express
sive and of regular outline, each
looking towards the sides of the
owner, aud being united by the
posterior part of the cranium.-.
One of the scientific European
commissioners, at present travel.
ing through the Argentine Repub-
lie, proposed to operate upon The
individual. taking away one OF the
heads. The proposal was accep-
ted, and the operation was success
fully performed on the 18th ult.,
without causing the least pain to
the patient, notwithstanding that
chlorofOrm was not administered
and the operation lasted six min
utes. The operation, and the
subsequent cure of the parts, is
represented as being something
marvellous. The head has been
preserved in spirits, and willshort--
Iy be exhibited in this country
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-05-19

rTwo DoIlars for enc year, snsu-

FTwo Dollars for enc year, fpse-
.e4 IN advance.
- Single copies, Ten Gents each,
PAdvertisement inserted at One Della
- souare of Tea Lines or less for the frs
.|zs.rtion Fifty Gents for each continuance
er5s Local and Special Notices, Twenty
q Its per lire.
"a liberal deduction win be nlde to
>.ssons advertising for three, six. nine. q
<[1slve months.
fr-T- Obituaries and calls en- candidates
z;Iiy Gents per square.
1c- The privilege of yearly advertisers 4
EsI-Ictly limited to their own immediate and
s.rular business; aad the business of an ae-
f.,rtising firm is not considered Is including
1t of its individual members. 0rTHo de-
<istion from these terms under any circum-
&tances.
s'f ar Advertisement not marked with the
<nmber of insertions when handed in, will be
<cntinued until ordered out, and payment
<kacted.
0TNo advertisement inserted gratis. .tously
T@ Advertisements Of an abusive nature
nill not be inserted at any price.
Fe Announcing candidates Five Dollars,
so be paid in advance in every case.
r lob Printing of all kinds nestly
Zone on New Type, aad on rs reasonable
terms as any Office in Tennessee.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-05-19

"Well, if / must, / must. Fl
fell head first, and as be was 60
ing | caught him bysthe legs oi
his trowers. l held on for a min
ute and tried to pull him back
but his snspenders gave way, anC
the poor young man fell clear out
Of his pantaloons into a Who'll,
parcel of ladies and gentlemen
passing along the street"
ooh, Aunty, Aunty, LOrdy
Lordy! He, he, her'
"fhere, that's right; giggle
and squeal as much as you want
to--girls that can't hear about 9
little thing like that without tear.
ing around the room, and he-he,
ing in such way, don't know e.
nough to come home when it rains
A nice time the man that evel
marries one of you will have
won't he? Catch me telling you
anything again"
"But, Aunt Sally, what be.
came him2 Did you ever see
him again 2"
"No, the moment he touched
the ground he got up and left that
place in terrible hurry. / tell
you it was sight to be remem-
bered to see how that man did
run. Father happened to be COM
ing up the street at the time, and
he said he never saw anything to
equal it in bis whole life. l heard
others say that he did the fastest
running ever known in that part
OF the cGuntry, and that be never
stopped or looked behind until he
was two miles out of town. He
sent me a note few days after
ward, saying that the engage
ment must be broken off, as he
could never look me in the face
again after what had happened.-
He went out West, and ! believe
he is preaching in Illinois. But
he never married. He was very
modest, and / suppose he was SO
frightened that time that he never
dared to trust himself near a wo-
man again. That, girls, is the
reason | never married. ! felt
very bad about it for a long time,
for he was a real good man, and
I've often thought to myself that
We should always have been hap
py # his suspenders hadn't giUen
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-05-19

A man at Pottsville, Ps., set a
trap in his chicken-coop, and in
the morning found a mans thumb
In it. The thumb was that of a
colOred person. If any gentle
man of that persuasion has missed
a thumb, or may hereafter no.
tice the absence of such a useful
article, he can obtain it by calling
on the gentleman who owns the
trap. 1t don't seem hardly posi-
BILE one could have a thumb cut
of SO without knowing it.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-05-19

There are at present 900 ladies
in the Sultan's harem. His ia.
vorite wives are: Dournel (the
new pearl.) Hairani Dill (excel-
lent heart and Eda Dill (the ele-
gance of the hearty The staff
of the harem includes 2, 300 per-
sons, and 500 tables are set to
feed them twice day, with about
5000 different dishes.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-05-19

A smart old western lady, be-
ing called into court as witness,
grew impatient at the ques' ions
put to her, and told the Judge that
she would quit the stand, for he
was "raly one of the most inquis-
tive old gentlemen she had ever
seen"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-05-19

A Pennsylvania farmer had a
warm time few days since. He
tainted away in his barn-yard, and
his hogs took lunch off of him,
and he now carries both legs in a
sling.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-05-19

DR.. Thayer, the circus man,
who busted up SO regular last fall,
and had his monkeys and things
sold by the sheriff in Cincinnati,
has organized another circus at
Erie, and is on the warpath again.
Those circus people don't stay
failed any more than newspaper
men,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-05-19

The newest style for dressing
the hair is called "the Cleopatra. =
The hair is brushed high off the
forehead and braided low in the
neck, surmounted by a large imi-
tation snake, which is coiled a
round the head.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-05-19
General George 81. Thorn
as-Scrap Of History.

aS.-ocrdp Ol HISTORY.
The New York Democrat say.
of this distinguished General, thai
{ when the war began he offered
his services TO the Governor Of Vir
ginia, This native State) to fighi
against the Union-was given q
commission as Maior-General In
the Confederate army. At this
time his wife was visiting in the
North-her home at Troy, New
York. He was then an officer in
the United States Army, holding
his commission as Lieutenant Co
ionel in one pocket-his commits.
sion as Major-General in the Con.
federate service in the other.
Returning from the North with
his wife, with the intention of re.
moving her to Virginia as 6e was
en- route to enter the Southern
service, he stopped over at Wash
ington, was interviewed" and
went into the Northern service a.
gain.
His history from that time till
bis death is well known, except
at the close Of war, knowing his
rebellions relatives In the South
must be in want, he kindly sent to
them several boxes Of good and
useful hings,generally by private,
secret conveyance. This showed
bis goodness of heart and sympa-
thy with his relatives. But they
at once returned them, one aud
all, and wrote to him that they
wanted no charity from one who
was aVirginian, who had accepted
3 position as Major General in her
service, and who, for "a consider
alton" would desert his friends,
and break his promise in their
hour of need. And so be went
bis way, and our readers can form
their opinions to suit the above
facts, which are parts and parcels
of American history. He was a
good General--connected with a
high-toned, patriotic, honorable
family.
The Southern Home, edited by
Gen. D. Ii. Hill, at Charlotte,
North Carolina, thus speaks of
Sen. GEORGE FL. THOMAS: "We no.
tice the sudden death at San Fran
cisco, Oh the 28th ult., of General
+ Thomas. For two years we were
( messmates, and there was no one
living for whom we had warm
/ er friendship and higher esteem,
lin those good old days, Lieut..
/ Thomas was an ardent Southern
Ter, proud of his State and preud of
the South, with undisguised aver
.sion for every thing from across
the border. He was one of the
very first to come home to offer
his sword to Virginia. For rea-
sons that need not be given, he
changed his views and became the
most determined foe of his own
people. He struck US the first
blow at Mil Greek, saved the
Yankee army at Chickamauga, and
routed Hood at Nashville. 1t is
hardly too much to say that the
death of the Confederacy was due
TO the renegade Virginian. We
envy him not of his feelings when
he saw his native State desolated
and down-trodden, and reflected
that he had more thaD any one
else contributed to this awful ru-
in. Still, in his degeneracy, he
retained trace of that "chivalry"
which General Grant SO much de-
spised. The scornful manner
with which he rejected all gifts
and bribes, proves that he never
entirely lost his early training and
associations"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-05-19
StmpIf Of tie aslnses.
ssDOn't Forget me, Mary
Dear!

ssDOn't Forget me, Mary
Dear. !''
SONG AND CHORUS.
When the summer morning, breaking,
Tips with gold each quivering spray,
And the pretty flowers, waking,
Fling their odors to the day;
When the lark on pinions airy,
Chants his mathis loud and clear,
DON'T forget me, darling Mary,
Don't forget me, Mary dear.
CHORUS.
Oh, may some kind, gentle fairy
Whisper in my darling's ear,
"Don't forget the absent, Mary,
Don't forget him, Mary dearb'
Oh, may some kind, gentle fairy
Whisper in my darling's ear,
"DOn't forget the absent, Mary,
Don't forget him, Mary dear !''
When the evening dews are falling
On the sleepy, folded flowers,
And the little birds are calling
To their mates in leafy bowers,
While their sweet notes swell and vary,
Notes that once we loved to hear,
Don't forget me, darling Mary,
DON'T forget me, Mary dear.
Oh, may some kind, gentle fairy, &c.
''On our favorite seat reclining,
Where the river ripples by,
As you watch the bright stars shining
In the silent summer sky
Oh may some kind, gentle fairy,
Whisper in my darling's ear,
Don't forget the absent, Mary,
Don't forget him, Mary dear"
Oh, may some kind, gentle fairy, &c.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-05-19

A condemned murderer in Tex.
as says that his health is too deli.
cate to endure hanging, and he
prays that the ceremony may be
postponed until he gets stronger.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-05-19

The population of New York is
estimated at million, yet there
are only about Is, 700 real estate
holders in the city. This gives
985 out Of 1000 persons occupys
ing hired property.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-05-19

1t is said that Brigham Young.
maintains marital discipline when
ever his wives are likely to prove
"toO many" for him, by telling.
them that be will go to heaven
alone rather than have scratching
and fighting around him. This
quiets them till next time.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-05-19

ly ascribed to one ssDe Riyiere.s
OF course, its text, by frequent re-
printing, has suffered much DAM
age at the hands Of printers proof
readers, with the exception Of the
original draft in the old Repabli-
can, and a copy furnished long af-
forwards by the New York Rosna9
Table, the one here given, is the
only correct copy ever printed.
In Virginia the authorship has
commonly been attributed to a
very uncertain "lady." The le--
gitimate parent of the song is a
well-known journalist and maga-
zine writer, formerly of Baltimore.
whose name is familiar to the rea-
ders of the atlantic Monthly: and
many ladies and gentlemen of
that city are cognizant Of the facts
here first made in public, setting,
forth the true history of "Stone-
wall Jackson's Way"
StonewalI .Jaclkson's way
Come, stack arms, men Pile on the rails,
Stir up the campfire bright
No matter if the canteen falls
Well make a roaring night.
Here Shenandoah brawls along,
There burly Blue Ridge echoes strong,
To swell the brigade's rousing song,
OF ''StonewaH Jackson's way"
We see him now: the queer s1ouched hat
Cooked O'er his eyes askew;
The shreEd, dry smile the speech so pat,
SO calm, so bluntsep true
The "Blue Light El&r' knows 'em well :
Saws he, That's Banks--he's fond ofshell;
Lord save his soul Well give him''-Wel
That's "Stonewall Jacksou's way"
Silence Ground arms Kneel all Caps
off
Old sBlue-light's going to pray;
Strangle the fool that dares to scof-
Attention It's his way.
Appealing from his native sod,
In foTma pduperts, to God
Lay bare Thine arm Stretch forth Thy
Amen e'-Thafs "stOnewalrs way"
He's in the saddle now: Fall in
Steady the whole Brigade;
Hills at the ford-cut off, Well win
His way out, ball and blade.
What matter if our shoes are worn
What matter if our feet are torn?
Quick step We're with him before morn :
That's "Stonewall Jackson's way"
The suns bright lanees rout the mists
Ofmorning; and by George
Here's Longstreet struggling in the hsts,-
Hemmed in an ugly gorge.'
Pope and his Yankees whipped BEFORE
"Bay'nets and grapeh' hear StonewalE
roar.
"Charge, Stewart Pay off Ashby's score,''s
In "StOneyall JacksOn's way
All, maiden twait, and watch, and yearn
For news Of StonewalPs band;
All, widow read, with eyes that burn,
That ring upon thy hand;
All, wife sew en-, pray on, hope on
Thy life shall not be all forlorn,
The foe had better ne'er been born,
That gets in Stonewall's way.
+Though comparatively young at his
cath, he was old in his ways, and in the at
ectiOns Of his men.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-05-19

1t is against the law to smoke a
pipe or cigar within half mile
of Kenduskeg bridge, Bangor, Me.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-05-19
Why Aunt Sally Didn't
Marry.

You know you SAID once thai
you were engaged to a minister
and promised you would tell vi
all about it sometime. Now,
Aunt, please do"
swell, if ever l did see such
girls in my born days. It,
tease, tease, from morning till
| night, but what you must know
all about everything that you
haven't any business to know any.
thing about. Such inquisi.
tive, pestiterous critters as you
are! When l was young, girls
was different; they minded their
business and didn't go sailing a.
round with a whole string of
beaux, getting their heads filed
with all kinds of nonsense. |
never dared to ask my aunts, mar
ried or single, about any of their
affairs. Pretty mess I'd have got
in if | had. When they offered
to tell me anything of their own
accord l kept my mouth shut and
listened. Everything is different
nowadays; young folks have no
respect for their elderS--but as /
see | am not going 20 have any
peace till l do tell you, why jist
listen and don't let me hear q
word out of one of your mouths
till get through"
That's right, Aunt Sally; 60
right ahead, do, and we'll keep
perfectly still"
SWELL, you see when I was g.
bout seventeen years old, l was
living in Utica, in the State of
New York-though l say it N.Y.
self, ! was quite good-looking
girl, then, and had several beaux.
The one that took my fancy most
was a young minister, a very
promising young man, and re-
markably pious and steady. He
thought a good deal of me, and l
kind of took fancy to him, and
things ran on until we were en-
gaged.s
"One evening he came to me.
| remember it as well as if it |
were only yesterday. When he
came into the parlor, where l was |
sitting alone, he came up to me
and--but now, pshaw girls, I
don't like to tell the rest"
"Oh, Aunt Sally, for mercy's
sake don't stop; tell rs what he
did,"
"Well, as ! said, he came up to
me, and rather hugged me, while
l got excited and somewhat frus-
trated. and l don't know but what
| might have hugged him back a
little. Then ! felt-but now Just
clear out, every one of ycu, /
shan't tell any more"
Goodness gracious, do, Aunt
Sally. Tell US how you felt
Didn't you feel good, and what
did he do next?"
"Oh. such torments as you are!
vas like any. other girl, and
pretty soon / pretended to be mad
about it, and pushed him away,
though ] wasn't mad a bit. You
must know that the. house where
lived was on one of the back
streets of the town. There were
glass doors in the parlor which
opened right out in the street, and
40 balcony or anything of the
Kind in front of the house. As it
vas in summer season these doors
we're opened, and the shutters
just drawn to. / stepped back a
title from him, and when be edged
Up close | Ipushed harder than I In
ended to; and dou't you think,
,irls, the poor fellow lost his bal
lnce and fell through one of the
loors into the street? Yes, it's
20. As he fell / gave a scream
Ind caught him-but l declare |
Won't tell anything more. I am
,oing to leave the ROOM"
''No; no, Aunt Sallyl How
lid you catch him? Did you
lurt him much I" L
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-05-19

sleep his pockets were searched,
and from one of them was drawn
forth a purse containing exactly
nineteen guineas. Suspicion now
became demonstration, for the
gentleman declared. them to be
identically those of which he had
been robbed. Assistance was
called, Jennings was awakened,
dragged out of bed, and charged
with the robbery. He denied il
firmly, but circumstances were too
strong to gain him belief. He
was secured that night, and the
next day carried before a neigh
boring Justice of the Peace. The
gentleman and Mr.. Brunell de-
posed to the facts on oath: and
Jennings, having no proofs, moth
ing but mere assertions of inno-
cence to oppose them, which OBJ
tanned no credit, was committed
to take his trial at the next assiz-
es.
So strong were the circumstan-
ces known to be against him, that
Of his friends advised him
to plead guilty on his trial, and to
throw himself on the mercy of
the Court. This advice he rejec-
ted, and when arranged, pleaded
not guilty. The prosecutor swore
to his being robbed; but that, it
being nearly dark, the highway
man in a mask, and himself great
y terrified, he could not swear to
he prisoners person, though he
thought him of much the same
stature as the man who robbed
him. To the purse and guineas
which were produced in Court, be
Iwore-as to the purse positively,
.nd as to the marked guineas, to
he best of his belief, and that
hey were found in the prisoners
pocket.
The prisoners master, Mr.. Bru-
lsll, deposed to the fact, as to the
ending the prisoner to change a
guinea, and of bis having brought
lim back q marked one In the
Dom of the one he had given him
unmarked. He also gave evidence
Is to the finding of the purse, and
he nineteen marked guineas in
he prisoners pocket. And what
;onsumatep the proof. the man to
whom Mr.. Brunell paid the gum
"a produced the same, and gave
to his having taken it
hat nigat in payment from the
master. Mr.. Brunell
ave evidence to his having re-
eived of the prisoner that guinea,
which he afterwards paid to this
asst witness. And the prosecutor,
omparing it with the other nine
cen found in the pocket of the.
'risoner, swore to its being, to the
'est of his belief, one of the twen-
y guineas of which he had been
obbed by the highwayman.
The Judge, on summing up the
violence, remarked to the jury on
ii the coucurring circumstances
'gainst the prisoner; and the ju-
y, ON this strong circumstantial
without going out of
he court, brought in the prisoner
.uilty. Jennings was executed
ome little time after, at Hull, re-
'eatedly declaring his innocence
o the very moment of being turn
d off. This happened in the
ear 1742.
Within a twelvcmonth after, 10!
,runell, jennings master, was
Iimself taken up for a robbery
one on a guest in his own house
nd the fact being proven on his
rial, he was convicted, and or
cred for execution. The approach
f death brought on repentance,
nd repentance confession. Bru-
ell not only acknowledged the
ommitting of many highway rob-
cries for some years past, but the
cry one for which poor Jennings
al auffered II
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-05-19
A Rebel" Song.

The Story Of ga Ballad that will
Live as Long as the War is Re-
membered.'
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-05-19

*Though comparatively young at his
death, he wss old in his ways, and in the at
fections of his men.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-02-25

HEpaEs.-s,an hedges lie grown
with success, In this climate? We
unhesitatingly answer "ycs." We
know OF short line of "Osage' In
Grundy county, set two years ago,
the 9Th day Of last June. And i'm
three years from the day they were
"put out" they will turn stock of
any kind. They grew over five feet
last year. J. M. Comstock, Esq, i,
has about three fourths of mile on
his farm in Grundy that were set the
same time the above were, and they
will turn stock In one, or two years
more at most. Growing live fence
from Usage, Is a demonstrated fact.
Willow will also make fence In
three or four years If properly man-
aged. William Yonker has a line,
about four years old, between New
Hartford and Parkcrsburg, that will
turn stock the coming season. Last
spring he bent IL over and tied Ii
down-the consequences was II grew
Through one another" in such q
manner as to make IL tight enough
to make a fence. Lombardy poplar
will also make a fence, and so will
Cottonwood, or Soft,Maple. Let our
farmers each set row of some kind
clear around his farm. Enclose 1t
with a line fence, and you enhance
Its value one fourth ut least.