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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-06-15
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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-06-15

tariff on sassafras tea. Where is
the dignity of the Government
when its officers are thus insul-
ted2 y -. & : :, trr'. = :,
In Timbuctoo precinct o poor
deluded African was deliberately
hung by the seat Of the breeches
in attemptin' to climb q high pa
lin fence surroundin' the hog
yard of az unconstructed Ku-
Klux planter, Where are our
laws of defence to the citizen (?
At the county seat in Holden
county, in broad daylight, a jury
of twelve men, equally divided
as 10 race, color and servitude,
was hungfo three mortal hours.
Where is the protection OF the
law when our courts are thus in
vaded7 .sbssx ess saa3 ,vs;I-d
Can such things be and not
come over us like a cloud of Gin
namon darkness Can it be that
this is the boasted land of liberty
and milk and honey? Can this
be the afternoon of the XIXth
century, and ninety-fifth of Amer.
lean independence The stars
and stripes should be made of
bombazine, the sun be totally
eclipsed, and the clouds weep BIT
ter tears of anguish, at this ma
tional disgrace and humiliation
In thunder tones / ask, shall such
heinous crimes be- allowed to go
unavenged, and we be turned
out Of our fat Offices to steal no
more. Necer! is the answer of
LooIs BRIx.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-06-15
Praying for Rain.

Perhaps there is no class of
professional gentlemen more
| given to telling anecdotes con
themselves" than the clergy
Who, for example, but minis
ter could be SO thoughtful of
the public hilarity as to preserve
for "the general joy of the
whole company" as Macbeth
saith, the following: & 4
The long drought of this sum-
mer recalls some of the quaint,
and as we should think in these
days. over familiar expressions
of our fathers when praying for
rain. In 1912 a genial compa-
ny were travelling in a stage
coach from Albany to Niagara
Falls. Rev. Jedediah Morse,
Edward Everett, Colonel t, III.
Perkins and Chandler Starr,
with Mrs. Starr, made up the
party. The dry weather of
that season called from Mr..
Morse the following anecdote !:
A Cape Cod clergyman, one
Sabbath, had prayed most ear
nestly for rain. He entreated
the Lord to "uncork the bottles
OF heaven and send down the
refreshing showers" The
drought had lasted through Au-
gust and part of September.
Tuesday morning the rain storm
began and continued with great
violence till Friday, flooding.
the country and sweeping off
bridges in all directions. Sat
urday night it set in to rain
again, and Sabbath morning it
was still pouring down. This
time the prayer was as follows:
90 Lord, we recently took occa-
sion to entreat Thee to uncork
the bottles Of Heaven, and send
down the refreshing showers,
but we did not mean that the corhs
should be h,oaon aaoay Z" Mr..
Starr followed with a story of
tEParsoDs Howe" of Milton.
Connecticut. On a similar oc-
casion, if not during the same
drought he petitioned for re-
lief in these words /: 80 Lord,
we want rain very much, The
rye is suffering prodigiously.
OF corn we shall notahave half
a crop. As for the potatoes, it
is all up with them /; and there's
that grass, of Deacon Com
stocks, it is as redB as IA fox's
tail" we
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-06-15
A Prolific Family.
From the Williamson ] ournal.

! Living near Boon's Hill, in Lin
coin county, Tennessee, is a mar
by the name of James Clark, who
was born in North Carolina in the
| year 1903, being now just sixty.
three years old. He married in
North Carolina at an early age
and when twenty-five years old
| moved to this State. His first
wife died after having given birth
to twelve children. In the course
of time Mr.. Clark married a Sec
ond wife who. has born eleven
children, making in all, twenty.
three children to MIR. Clark. The
old man was never intoxicated in
his life, and never paid doctors
bill for any member of the family
until last year, when two of his
children died from the effects of a
prevailing epidemic. Twelve of
the twenty-three children were
boys, and eleven were girls. Of
the twenty-one living children,
twelve are married, and Mr.. Clark
has just fifty grand children. The
children and grand children are
doing well. Mr.. Clark's second
wife weighs about a hundred and
forty pounds, and although the
mother of eleven children, (some
of whom are twins, is only twen-
ty-five years old. The youngest
child is sixteen months old, and
the father is still a strong advo-
cate of the doctrine taught in the
Mosaic Law ITO multiply and
replenish the earth" and facetious-
ly remarks that ''he does not
know when the matter will ulti-
mately stop. He concluded one
day last year to visit Pulaski, and
a horse not being convenient at
the time, he started afoot, and
very speedily accomplished the
journey-a distance of twenty
miles. Truly, these natives of
North Carolina are ahead Of the
remainder of mankind in prolific
ness and also in longevity.
In the latter respect we remem-
Der an instance. We were a few
years since in company with four
ladies, born in the same neighbor- !
hood in North Carolina, who
moved many years ago to Alabama.
The youngest of the ladies was
about 76 and the eldest about 83
years DID, One of the four ladies
was the daughter of Gov. Burke
of North Carolina, and another
the daughter of Msj. Dougherty
who fought through the revolu-
tion of l776. eg,q,i
These descendants of the old |
North Carolina stock seem to be a
more hardy race than others,
They live. longer and enjoy life
more. But one by one they are
passing away and the younger
generation5are gathered home in
earlier Life. It is growing to be a
matter o. surprise that, there are
SO few cid people in the world. |
May Mr.. Clark live on for many
years and continue to enjoy the
blessing of having his numerous
family around him.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-06-15
The Drunkenest Story
s Out.

Cousin Nourma is responsible
for the following concerning John
Smith and Jim Green, who, after
having about one night, concluded
to go home.
Arriving at Smiths house,
which they knew by some pecul-
larity that even a drunken man
couldn't mistake, they commenced
"Missus Sum-hic-mith (! ho,
Missussmith 2" Mas uElB
"What do you want, you drunk
en- brutes?" shouted Mrs. Smith
from the window. q 30 go
'Er you Miss Mith7
"Yes, 1 am. Who are you,
and what do you want?"
"Ef yer Missus Sm-hic-ith,
come ere and pick out Missur
Smif, fur Jim Green wants ter 60
'ome."
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-06-15

Balls are curious affairs. If
a man happened to put his arms
around another's wife or daugh-
ter when there was no music
to warrant, his hide and head
would be in danger, but music
makes all the difference in
the world; as long as the fiddle
plays he can clasp her and whirl
around like howling Dervish.
Who will longer doubt the pow
er of music, when it thus hal
lows what would otherwise be
esteemed insult? Queer isn't it.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-06-15
European Navies,

The Administration of Marine
in Germany, has just published g
report exhibiting the strength of
European navies, as follows
England has $50 vessels, car
',rying 1902 guns, with an aggre
gate power OF 706,998 horses.
France-362 steamers, 100 sail,
ing ships, with 1884 and 81, ,33S
horsepower.
Holland-67 steamers, 81 sail
ing ships and 1908 guns.
Poltugal--5 steamers, 25 sail
ing ships and 366 guns.
Spain-74 steamers, 48 sailing
ships, l 900 guns and 26, JIG horse.
power.
Austria-53 steamers, 164 sail.
ing ships.
Turkey--91 steamers and 81
sailing ships.
Russia-20 monitors, 237 steam
els, 8 sailing ships and 2,0O0guns
Sweden and Norway-53 steam
ers, 246 sailing ships and 1928
guns.
( Denmark-31 steamers, 81 sail
ing ships and 455 guns.
The official report of Germany
is not given. According to this
report, England has about two
thirds of the aggregate of steam
ers and guns Hi t as
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-06-15
An Intelligent Jury.

In these days of progressiv
ideas and appreciation by tn
masses Of what should not be,
lis to erring humanity a sourc
of consolation that there is re
served to the unlucky transgresso
of his country's laws that balm
for every wound-a trial by jury
But owing to the peculiarl cir
Icumstances which exist in thi
great republic, juHes happen some
times to be composed of decided
| ly queer material. maaassI 10
In the case of the State of
Louisiana VS.. Martin and Thomas
in which the defendants weie
charged with murder before the
District Court of Carrolton, a trial
by jury was had. 1t was proved
in the evidence that Martin loaned
Thomas a gun, whereupon Thom-
as shot and killed a person. The
jury which was composed of
black men, was fully charged by
the learned and diguified Judge.
After q short retirement, the
Intelligent" jury returned and
announced as their verdict,
through the foreman, "that they
found the man what fired the gun
to go to the penitentiary for life
and the man what loaned the gun
10 go there for one year"
They were Immediately re-
manded until they could find an
intelligent verdict, and thinking
they had Mt Inst struck the proper
chord once more emerged fiom
their intellectual deliberations.
'.Haye you agreed?" asked the
Judge. .-s.s....
EYES," cried the foreman, "we
find bose on 'em guilty"
mo, no." yelled several of the
jurymen, zone guilty and the
other not" a ..-
go back" said the Court,
sand bring in a verdict that we
can understand iir
A third time they came in and
announced, through a new fore
man, ave find Martin guilty, and
Thomas guilty without capital
punishment"
As may be imagined, the Court
was not only struck dumb with
amazement, but accordingly mys-
titled at the amount of perspicuity
by the enlightened gvO-
tiers of the nineteenth century.
Once more they were sent into
durance vile,5 and finally ended
their agony by finding Thomas
guilty without capital punishment,
and Martin not guilty. g.
The day following, in the same
Court, and before a like jury, came
up q trial for assault and battery,
the verdict being 'guilty of a .ra'
ZOr %
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-06-15

A physician in Vermont was
recently thrown from his car
riage. breaking one of his legs.
A lady hearing Of the accident,
remarked: 81 am glad OF i'll
Every doctor ought to meet
with such an accident once in a
while, so that he can hear an
occasional. groan from a patient
without laughing at it,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-06-15

B& THE LADIES Pearl
FOR JUNE, while it is full Of
spirit and sprightliness stands
out in bold opposition to the
sensational Magazines of the
age. Its romances are up to
the highest literary mark, and
at the same time it is never un-
natural, but always breathes 9
highly moral and religious tone
1t gives more reading matter
for one dollar than any other
Magazine in the South. Every
body should have it. Address,
JOHN S. WARD, Nashville,
Tenn.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-06-15
In her litt1e SEQ we laid her
In her little bed we Laid her. .

In her little bed we laid her. : 4
When the roses lost their bloom,
And valley grave we made her,
Close beside her mothers tomb.
Little birdie sang his sad notes,
! a AS her spirit passed away, 81 81
Ere she sought the home OF angels,
In the land Of perfect day.
Far too lovely was our darling,
For this cold and bitter life,
And although we weep to miss her,
She is free from mortal strife.
And we dream her angel mother
Pats again her -darling's heaaS-3-
And amid angelic music
Lays her in her little bed.
Little birdie, sing your sweetest ,.
Darling is an angel now,
She is free from pain and sorrow,
With loves star upon her brow.
Happy child and happy mother,
Reunited neicr to part, Es
In the angel home above us,
Let this cheer our mournful heart.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-06-15
Woman's milk is much used

Woman's milk is much used
medically I'm China, and DIR.
MacgoYan mentions a rich man
who drew his nourishment from
100 nursing women and lived
to an extreme age, being in his
Tooth year, as round and plump
as squash. The Chinese au-
thors tell of a man who, on this
diet, reached the age of 24O
years, and DIR. NJ. credits the
fact.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-06-15

A DANGEROUS DRUG.-Dr. David
G, Beck, a physician of Goshen,
Indiana, died from an overdose of
chloral, the new medicine that is
extensively used for producing
sleep. He had prepared a dose
for his wife, and took it himself,
to show her that it was harmless,
with the above result. There have
been several cases of death from
the use Of this drug, lately, among
Others, two or three in Baltimore,
from the too free use of chloral.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-06-15

H& EVERY SATURDAY
comes to its readers now with a
new claim to favor. Every
copy is trimmed, neatly pasted
so as not to disfigulc the paper,
and held together as, securely
as if stitched. Sheets of a lar
ger size are used, so that they
may be trimmed and yet leave
the page of EVERY SATURDAY
quite as large as before. This
arrangements which is to be
permanent, will be a very great
convenience to all who read the
diversified literary contents of
EVERY SATURDAY, and all who
examine its weekly gallery of
portraits, landscapes and pic
lures of character, incident and
travel. $50 u -
If the intrinsic value Of the
paper is not enhanced by this
convenience, its literary and art
treasures are made far easier of
access. The Publishers of Ev-
ERY SATURDAY are resolved to
spare no pains or expense to
render their illustrated weekly
indispensable to all intelligent
readers. .Fsks ssf T-sf
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-06-15
A Savage Scene in Paris.

In visit which he paid on q
recent afternoon TO the Arch of
Triumph to see the effects of the
bombardment, the Paris, cores
pondent of the London Daily
News found a compact and excited
crowd under the shade of the
Turkish Embassy. A horse had
been desperately wounded by a
shell, and had been abandoned by
its owner. Immediately a guard
came and put the poor creature
out of agony with q shot. The
horse was then carefully bled, and
two individuals arrived with
butchers, knives, pretended that
they bad been authorized by the
owner Of the animal, and proceed
ed to cut it up, handing large
Jumps of hot and steaming flesh
to the eager crowd around. The
meat was cut into pieces varying
from pound weight to three or
four times as much, and the peo-
pie around gave whatever they
could afford-some 3d., some 4d.,
some sd. Never had the Paris
ians the opportunity of SO good a
bargain, and soon nearly the whole
carcass had disappeared. Even
the bones were carried off by some
to make soup with. In the mid.
die of this savage scene a shell
burst some little way from the
butchers and their customers. The
fright was Undesirable. Many
people threw themselves on what
remained of. the carcass, while
others lay down in the large pool
OF blood which surrounded the
animal. When they rose again
they presented a most singular
appearance With one hand some
of them still clutched piece of
raw, bleeding flesh, while their
clothes, faces, hair and boards
were smeared with mud and blood.
. ID s.... - sI. 7-st SEE :
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-06-15

"Mary, dear, are you not well ?
Why don't you come down stails?'
80, don't bother me, ma. I've
get one eyebrow blacker than the
ether, and can't find a pencil, and
it won't wish off, and | don't
know what to do at ALL"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-06-15

A lady in Memphis, Tennessee,
gives the poor each year the sum
which she supposed would be
wasted on her funeral, and has
forbidden, in her last will and tes-
tamant, any expenditure in this
behalf.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-06-15

Love induced a Wisconsin girl
to set fire to her fathers barn last
week, and then the old gentleman
agreed to let his gentle daughter
marry the man, preieIring safety
to sentiment. -
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-06-15

Some years ago a men bought
a piece of land in Chicago for Sl5
and a mule. He sold it, and is
not now worth cent, while the
land is worth 81 100000.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-06-15

The corporation authorities of
Chattanooga, Tenn, will issue
$3.50 in bonds bearing six per
cent. interest, torrun five, ten and
fifteen years, to build courthouse
and Jail.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-06-15

A HISr.--An Indiana paper
feels called upon to rebuke the
youths and maidens in its town,
who block up the sidewalk in front
of the drug-stores while they connt
their cash in hand to ascertain if
they have q sufficient amount TO
purchase one glass Of soda for each
couple. Ias sfprs ssa ssssm 's
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-06-15

An old Brooklyn gentleman
started to go to Albany a short
time since, and almost as soonsas
Oh board the train asked the con-
ductor if the next station was
Poughkeepsie, repeating his ques-
ton at each succeeding stopping
place until the irate official curtly
said he would tell him when they
got there, and upon arriving ex-
claimed, "This is Poughkeepsie /;
hurry up and get off we are be-
hind time" ''Oh, thank syou," de-
liberately drawled the quondam
questioner; "tut l am going
through. My daughter cautioned
me particularly TO take a pill a.
Poughkeepsie. That's ALL 40Lag
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PfOps'tcEOE.
VOL NVIH---hO. IS,
For the Fayetteville Observer.
Gin Hollow

For the Fayetteville Observer.
Gin Hollow s;r,
FLINTVILLE, Tenn, June 5.
Mr.. EDIToR-Perhaps a his
tory of the above named place
will be quite interesting TO many
: Of your readers. Gin Hollow
is about three miles north of
: this place. At the head of the
Hollow is a large spring, and
iabout one hundred yards from
this spring is a mill dam. The
stream of water is not more than
2 feet wide and 4 inches deep.
Here at the mill pond begins
the mill race efMessrs. Beckett
& Pitts. 1t runs about half a
mile, and then pours on to an
over shot wheel more than 80
feet in diameter, and runs a sash
saw. and saws over 1,2OO feet
per day. Here at the mill the
water could be carried ON to q
60 foot wheel, as there is about
20 feet fall, and by carrying the
water on farther down the Hol-
low, there would be over one
hundred feet fall. The power
this would give would be equal
to at least a ten horse power en-
lgine, and more if one of Burn
hams patent turbine wheels was
used. About half a mile below
the saw mill in the deep Hollow
is Becketteyille. Here is a fine
lanyard owned by the same
men. Here are the dwelling
houses of Messrs. Beckett q
Pitts and others. The Hollow
is a very narrow and deep one,
perhaps one hundred feet or
more, and a very good road runs
through the hollow, and it is
almost oyerhung with the gigan-
tic rocks that forms part Of the
high hills. Here would be a.
good place for our State GeoIo-
gist to view the holes made by
the water, and perhaps if he
was to come he would come to
the conclusion that this old world
was made more than one million
years ago. Here and there in
the rocks are to be seen holes
that look like some kind Of an
imal had cut its way, out into
the sunshine. There is one
place in the Hollow that re-
minds me, (according to his
tory, Ionce read) of a place on
the Isle of St. Helena and on
the road leading to the emperor
Bonaparts, tomb. The place is
a large rock that overhangs half /
of the road in Gin Hollow. ri
defy any person that has ever
read of the rock on the, Isle of
St. Helena to pass by this rock
in Gin Hollow, and not think
of the rock. on the isle. :, ~
Mr.. Editor, you ought to visit
Gin Hollow and tarry awhile i
let your visit be on a warm day,
and you can soon be lost in as
tonishment in beholding the
works of. God. We are
forced to exclaim, "The heav-
ems declare the glory Of God
and the armament sheWeth his
handiwork." " ...
Mr.. Editor, let nae entreat you
to visit this great valley of won
ders, and see what man can do
when he has will to do. More
anon. WARSAW. II
@ Forney catches it" from
the Springfield Mass. Republi.
can, as well as from Greeley of
the Tribune. Here it is
"Thirty days ago Col. Forney :
was sharp critic of Gen. Grants ,
Administration twenty days ago
be was appointed Collector of
Philadelphia /; today he has nomi- ,
mated Gen. Grant for reelection. !
The administration does not give
the ordinary drv.coods credit its !.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-06-15

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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-06-15

Ns PETERS MUSICAL MONTH
LY for June contains a beautiful
selection of new music. Wegive
below the contents-any single
piece being worth as much as Mr
Peters asks for the entirelot
"Geneyiever'' Scotch Song and Chorus,
by Hays.-"Little Voices Heard no o,More.''
Song and Chorus, by .PersIey.-Must /
leave thee, Mother dear ?r Song, by Hale
vy-"Dawn of Loyen A beautiful German
Song, by Holzei--" Pm my Daddy's only
Son" Dance Song-- Lily Bell."ol Quartet
-"Tis the First Rose of SUMMER" Quartet
-"Forgct-me-Not" Quartet. .2-a0h Holy,
Holy Saviour who tky fiocks art
tending. .'''-"Soldiers Of Christ arise e"-"My
Faith looks up to Thee ''-=:.,iledB Bird Waisz.s
Chicago Quickstep -Rppling Brook
Polka."-and THE Chasse.'' Hunting Rom
do, by Tonel.
Take Your Choice. Peters MI
Sical Monthly for June, price 80
cents, containing the above pieces,
or the same pieces in sheet-form,
(printed from the same plates
price $3.50. Address, ]. L. Peters,
500 Broadway, New York. q
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