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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1871-09-30
Tl,e schools OF FultOn County.

4 The schools OF EullOn county
The progress of education in the
County of Fulton is one of the most en-
couraging features of the day. Tht
Common School system is being worked
more efficiently than in any of the ada
cent counties, and the grade of school.
much improved. A Teachers Institute
has been permanently organized, under
the supervision of Commissioner Tyler
with Prof. F. f. Jones, President, and
c. D. Thompson, Secretary, which is op-
Grating very favorably, as can be seen
by reference to the published proceed
iugs in book form. The county is d.
vided into % school districts, and though
the school fund is not ample, it is even
now within the reach of every child, to
obtain something of an education, with
out cost and without price.
There are also number of private
schools in the county, which are worthy
of the highest commendation. In last
weeks WEEKLY COURIER we published
an estimate of the cost of education
Truly the figures look almost frightful
and the question naturally presents it
self: How are we to obtain an educa.
ton at all ?" The solution of this ques-
tion is quite easy. Let every man take
hold Of the cause of education with the
determination to build a good school in
his own neighborhood, and We will soon
find that our youths can be educated
just as we'll at home as abroad. The
idea has gone forth that a youths edu-
cation is not finished until few hundred
dollars are spent in the support of some
distant school or college. Let our people
keep their children at home, build up
good home schools, and they viii soon
perceive that children can acquire a
good education at home with one-third
of the expense that it costs to patronize
soma remote institution. More than
this, the youth is not exposed to the
temptations at a good home school which
beset his path in collegiate life. How
many parents have found, when ii was
too late, that they have educated their
children at the expense of moral charac-
ter? How often is it the case that our
collegiate youths imbibe habits that rem
der them unfit for the high stations
which their parents have expected them
to Gil? We once heard a politician who
had mingled great deal with the world s
great men say The nearer you get to
a great man, the smaller he is I" Just
so with distant schools. Distance lends
enchantment to the view" We hear
much said in praise of some school which
seems to loom up in the distance until
its dOmes pierce the sky, but when We
draw near and examine its workings, We
ind that it is only a school such as we
might have at home if We would only
make the proper exertion.
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Fulton CouDsy.

4 little more than forty years age
there was only here and there leg cab
in and small patch of cleared ground
in what is now known as Fulton county
Notwithstanding the dense forests which
had to be removed before the soil could
be made to yield a support for the early
settlers, ye: the location and fertility OF
the region soon attracted steady emf.
grafton from the older portions of this
State, and the States Of Virginia, Ten
nessee and the Carolinas: and, according
to the late census, the county now num-
bers more than six thousand Inhabitants.
To give some idea Of the wealth and pro =
ducts-tho,gh it is by no means full
estimate-we compile from the Auditor 5
Report for 1870, the following statistics
&C. 900 acres of land, assessed valuation,
1888, 1873; l,271 town lots, valuation,
S165, no; /, I,469 horses and mares, valu
alton, S95, 5,5O5; $50 mules, valuation,
s69,0O5 3,307 cattle, valuation, S12,-
$50; 46 stores, valuation, 1924 ,975; un-
der the equalization law, s116,020-
total assessed valuation of taxable prop
erty 81, ,434,3 ,348. This estimate will
compare favorably with any county of
equal area in the State. 1t should also
be remembered that it is the extreme
western county, and became part of
Kentucky as late as 1919.
There is large portion of the county
still in the woods and to great extent
non-productive. The Mississippi bot
toms covering near $4,000 acres, are, in
great measure, desert waste so far as
cultivated products are concerned. They
afford however fine range for stock. A
levy is contemplated and will be built in
few years, which will reclaim from
overflow at least $4,000 acres of these
bottoms, and when put in cultivation will
add largely to the products of the county.
We take from the same report the follow
ing estimates of the principal products
for the year 1870, to-wit: Hogs over 6
months old, 1890 332,36O pounds of
tobacco; 498 tons of hay; 391 800 bush
els of corn; 43,5O9 bushels of wheat,
and sos bushels of barley.
The county can well sustain double
the population it now has The Miss
issippi river bounding one side and two
railroads passing through the county sf-
ford at all times a speedy transportation
of products to every market We would
say to those at distance who are con-
templating a change of location, to visit
our county and secure homes, nd help
to build up the large spaces now unoccu-
pied in almost every part of it, and
assist in developing the rich resources
that lie hidden in her forests and gener-
Gus coil and they will be certain never to
regret doing so.
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VIII n Lady ever be president.

We hope so if she is pretty. What
/ fun to be under petticoat government
without any immediate danger Of a
broomstick or a scolding Every good
looking chap would have a chance for
Office then. How glorious to be closet.
ed alone with the fair Executive Of the
nation, on business of private and con.
fdential nature The old custom of
kissing the hand might be revived; and
from the hand to the lips isn't such a
great distance, you know. The presi-
dentess must be either a widow or a
maiden lady, so as to give an ambitious
fellow a chance. Her bust in marble,
and her portrait on canvass, would look
well, displayed all over the country, in
stead Of some low browed, common look
ing rooster, with stubbed beard and the
air of " an ornery cuss." The fair head
of the nation would of course set all the
fashions. Her administration would in
augurate era of love and elegance, to
the utter confusion Of dusty politics.
Let us have lady president, by all
means, say we. The electioneering will
be rich when two rival lady candidates
are up for the highest Office in the gift
of the people. Fancy one of them a
plump, comely female, and the other a
lean, lank specimen Of womanhood. We
should have torchlight professions, with
banners bearing such notices as Fall
Bosoms Forever" ;" "Down with Paint
and Powder" " Hurrah for full Gar
ters;" " No Withered Shanks . " Pret-
ty Ankles are the Nations Bulwarks !"
g No Cotton Breastworks for our Coun-
try's Defence" )" "To Arms, Ye Brave,
when they are Fair and Dimpled;" and
so on. At the polls, huge placards
would be everywhere seen, with such in
spring legends as Vote for Full Cor
sets and Lovely Women )" Give the
kissing Candidate Chance !" Go to
the Belle Of the Nation" Those will
be high old days in the history of our
republic, and may we live to see them.
We speak for the berth of Private Secre-
tary
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o, there are spirits in the air,

On Sunday evening last party OF
young ladies' and gentlemen of Hickman,
while taking an evening stroll, attempted
to amuse themselves by scaling and
talking to the spirits" One young gen
tleman became terribly impressed. The
trapping" told him that he chad but a
short time to live" Laugh who may,
but the terrible warning weighed with
terrible weight upon his mind. One of
the ladies' confessed she did the rapping,
but reminded him ''how calous he had
been to the same warning from the "spirit
of the bridegroom"
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MURDERoUs DoINGs or A DRUNKEN
DEsPERADo-A brakeman on the cast
ward bound train due here yesterday sf-
ternoon, was badly stabbed by drunk
en- passenger at Johnsonville, while re-
monstrating with him about his conduct
in the ladies car. The latter got off at
Waverly, told a man. who happened to
be the Sheriff of Humphreys County,
that be had killed q man, and wanted a
horse on which to escape. The Sheriff
attempted to arrest him, end got shot
through the vest and coat, but brought
the desperado-down by shot in the leg,
and lodged him in jail.-Nashvitte Ban
ney, 22d.
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THE MAN WITHOUT A BODY.
A Living Head on a ParaIyzed
Body.

Near Glenwood, Iowa, resides James
L. Anderson, aged twenty six. Three
years ago he died from his neck down
ward. His head, however, is alive. and
more vigorous aud active than before
the body, which it once governed, ceased
to be vital
James, at the time Of the accident
that left him with a dead body and
living head. was handsome young man.
He weighed two hundred pounds, aud
there was not superfuous ounce of
flesh on his body.
One afternoon, when on a visit to IN
uncle at Glenwood, Iowa, he was exer-
cising on a pole placed from one tree to
another in the back yard He had on a
pair Of CATERS tipped with patent leather.
He swung down from the pole by his
feet the leather slipped. and he fell.
He struck his neck just where il joins
the shoulders. He was bewildersd, but
perfectly conscious. His body fell as
though mashed to a jelly lie expe-
rienced horrible tingliDg, and when tho
doctor came he told him not TO touch
him as his body was broken TO pieces.
His neck was broken Inflammation set
III, anu All luOuEub us fhu Ndo Sothts
To the surprise Of all. in a few days bo
began TO mend. He was shortly after
removed to his stepfather's 1ouse, where
be still resides.
Time hung heavily on his hands, and
he resolved TO learn TO write with
his mouth. He accomplished this, and
he says in a letter to Mr.. j. X. Nutting,
he soon wrote a tolerably good mouth.
He is now trying to pain, and hopes by
this means to earn something for his
support. He has been, and still is, ten
DERBY cared for by his sister, herself q
cripple, and speaks in the highest terms
Of bis stepfather, who, though poor
man, has shown him every kindness.
His worst enemies are the flies, which
buzz about his face. He holds a leafy
twig in his mouth, however, and manages
to twirl it about in a wonderful way and
drive off his tormentors. This case is
without parallel, except that of John
Carter, of England, who was injured in
similar way, and who became famous
painter
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IL the Chancery Court of Kinds coun-
ty, Mississippi, case has just been de-
cided, which, if it shall serve as a prece-
dent, though we hardly think it can, will
effect the statutes of descent and distri-
button in all the Southern States Jas.
Richards, freedman, claiming TO be the
son of William Richards, deceased, a
white man, by a woman who was the
former slave of William Richards, sp-
piled for letters of administration on the
estate of decedent-his mother waving
her right in his favor. The woman was
admitted as witness, and proved that
she had lived with VIM. Richards as his
wife, having borne him several children,
which he recognized as his own. The
son also offered proof of similar char
acter In the meantime no other mar.
riage of VIM. Richards having been es-
tablisbed, the court held this valid
marriage, the petitioner a legal heir, and
entitled to administer. Letters of ad-
ministra.ion were accordingly granted.
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THE HICKMAN COURIER
SATURDAY, -: SEPT. 80, 1871.

WANTED'-A compass to fix the
=" Railroad centres that are bound TO
be somewhere in Western Kentucky.
WANTBD.-Forest trees to supply the
Paducah Park in 190O2
"Woodmanl spare that tree"
WANTED.-That " capitalist" known
in the traditions of every town, to settle
in Hickman. The want of him ha:
ruined more towns than wars, pestileuce
or famine He sticks as close to his first
home as poverty to printer.
WANTED.-A lithograph stone, large
enough to print B. Edward Grey's new
map of Columbus and railroad connec-
tons?
WANTED-The young lady who cooks
the premium dinner at our Fair ground
next Thursday, on one of Harness OF
Whites stoves, to send the same TO the
Hickman DAILY COURIER Office?
WANTED.-A blacksmith to forge
bonds enough for Union City to become
a Railroad centre
WANTED.-A politician 10 Western
Kentucky "who wouldn't go to Con-
gress"
WAYrED.-A doctor who can cure
+" hard times, and make every citizen of
Hickman financially sound.
WANTED-A lawyer who can break
the will of some of our old fogy citi-
zens who are not willing to assist public
WANTED.-A merchant TO fix the
price of " Public Spirit" and work up
trade in same. Don't cut under.
WANTED "A thousand cash subscri-
bers to the HICKMAN COURIER, by Jan.
WANTED-A good Democrat to be
elected President in 1872.
WANTED.-A fighting editor for this
ofice he to obligate himself not to raise
his hand in anger against any inmate
hereof
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The Cholera Epidemic.

The world has learned that cleanliness
is better than quarantine regulations in
staying the progress Of plague, and the
enforcement of wise sanitary rules in
western Europe appears to have done
more even than was expected in preven-
I7ting the spread Of epidemic cholera
When the disease appeared in Germany,
the universal belief was that it could not
fail to spread rapidly to France, England,
and America, with which the infected
cities are in constanl communication.
The precautions taken to prevent this,
however, have proved effective, not so
much by excluding the infection as by
preparing the people to resist it. Be-
fore midsummer vessel with cholera
on board entered the harbor Of Hull,
England, but up to the present moment
that city has beeu free from any cases Of
disease in her borders. And so it has
proven in many other instances. Quar-
antine has excluded the disease, bat
sanitary measures have deprived it of
victims, and it now appears to have
shruuk back toward its Russian quarters,
baffied by the health boards of western
Europe. If the lesson learned this
summer be not forgotten, it will be we'll.
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BULLS SARSApARILLA.

sT. LOUIS, April 80.
DR.. JOHN BULL-Dear Sir +: knowing the
efficiency of your Sarsaparilla, and the heal
ing and beneficial Qualities it possesses,
send ycu the following statement of my case:
was wounded about two years ago-was
taken prisoner and confined for sixteen
months. BEING moved SO often, my wounds
have not healed yet. have not sat up a
moment since was Wounded. | am shot
through the hips. My general health is
impaired, and l need. something to assist
nature. have more faith in your Sarsa-
parilla than in any thing else. / wish that
that is genuine. Please express me half 6
dozen bottles, and oblige
CART. C. P. JOHNSON,
7. S.-Mr. Johnson was the son of a skill
full surgeon. His mother recommended to
her friends. and for many years used my
Sarsaparilla with perfect success. In Scrof-
ula and Fever-sores Mrs. johnson states
that The cures effected were almost miracu-
lous. Read my Journal for extended in
formation and advice in your case My
Journal contains certificates of eminent
persons, ministers and medical men-men
who are known here in this community for
integrity and yeracity, / have recently
received most remarkable certificate from
an eminent gentleman of Louisville.
JOHN BULL.
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THE result of the first prize given for
poetry by board of education was the
following scholastic production:
The ApprOaching FaIrs

The Fairs of the following counties
will be held at the places and dates men
toned:
Weakley County, Dresden, Oct. Is,
10, 20, 81.
Obion County, Union City, Oct. 3, 4,
5, 6, 7.
Paducah Fair commences Get. II.
jackson Fair commences Oct 81.
Brownsville Fair commences Oct. 8.
Humboldt, Tenn, Fair, commences
Oct. q.
Mckenzie Fair commences Oct. &c.
Paris Fair commences Oct 3.
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Our RAILROAD TO BE soLD.-Ibe
sale of the Nashville and Northwestern
Railroad has been postponed until the
4th day of October The State commits
sioners include in their decree of sale
condition that the road be run perma-
nently on its present line to Hickman.
There are three companies who propose
buying it: A company in the interest
of the Tennessee and Pacific road
making a line with the Virginia roads
terminating at Norfolk; company IN
the interest of the Chattanooga and Iron
Mountain, making line from st. Louis
through to Central Georgia; and an IN
dependent company. Efforts are being
made to obtain from the purchasers
guarantee to make connection with the
Iron Mountain at Hickman.
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The THING SETTLED-It has been a
mooted question as to the finding of the
youthful Moses in the bulrushes. The
Why and the purpose that Pharaoh S
daughter was on the banks of the Nile is
fully explained by the following lines.
1t will also be Observed fact never
before known-that the Irish brogue was
used by the Egyptians of that day. 1t
is clearly established by the pointed
question propounded by the maiden prin-
cess to her girls"
In Egypt's land upon the banks of Nile,
King Pharaoh's daughter went to battle in
style;
She tuck her dip, then walked unto the land
An to dry her royal pelt she ran along the
strand.
A bulrush tripped her, wherenpon she saw
smiling babby in wad O straw,
She tuck 1t up and said with accents mild,
''IaTe-aad-agers, girls, t0hich yes Olens the
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The State elections which are to take
place this fall will be looked to with in
terest by both parties, but the result is
not necessary to be taken as sure indi-
cation of the way the States will vote in
the Presidential election In 1872
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THE political canvass in Ohio is con-
Quoted with considerable yigor, both
sides directing their energies to the Leg
islature which elects a United States
Senator in: place of Sherman. While it
is not improbable that Republican
Governor will be elected, the Democratic
appear saDguine of carrying the Legis-
lature
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BULLS WORM DESTROYER.

Extract Of Letter from Georgia.
FILLAsow, WALKER County, Ga,
June %, 1866.
DR.. JOHN BuIL-Dedr Sir; have recently
given your Worm Destroyer several trials,
and find it wonderfully eficacious. 1t has
not failed in a single instance to have the
wished for effect. l doing pretty
large country practice, and have daily use
for some article of the ~ini.
| an, sir, respectfully.
JULIUS p. CLEMENT, NJ. D.
P $50 unqualifA and numerous are
The testimonials in favor ef my Worm De-
stfoyer that newspaper space is entirely too
small to tell it's merits.
1t is an infallible remedy for Worms. Try
it and be convinced See my journal for a
more full description JOHN BULL.
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rHAS. A. HOLCOMBE'S COLUMN.
DIR. JOHN BULLS
Gre a. t r G M e d e s .
DR. JOHN BULLS
Concentrated Extract of
B u e. H u
COMBINED WITH
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Purchase a Bottle and carefully read direc-
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DUCHU IS A STIMULANT, and OF itsel
u may fail to efectaa cure, but Buchn
when scientifically combined with Bromide
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action. thus increasing the powers OF dlges-
tion, allaying irritation, reducing all un-
natural swellings, sNpping pain and lnfam-
nation, and causing the repairs ana nu'rl-
nents in the human body to be greater tina n
the wastes, thus preventing deeonp0slt,,oin ,oi
and decay, and gives nourishment, heaith
and vigor TO the system a-..-.;,
from excesses; such as Weakness, ana ram
in the Back and Legs, Trembling IN the re-
zion of the Heart. Weak Nerves, Palild
Countenance, Dryness of the Skin, Scroiula, ,
Syphilis, in its many FORMS oi'SfS' anu
Kyour system is affected by any Of the
above symptoms and diseases, relief IS at
had. Get a bottle of my Buehu and Bro
mi Of Potassium at once and you may re-
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Compounder of Medicine is second to no man
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Twentv-fve or thirty years ago, as my
fellow-citizens know full we'll, found me be
hind the prescription counter in the city IN
which now dwell; have cured more peo-
ple OF various diseases than all the physl-
clans in Louisville put together ohdouot-
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Louisville physician has l have hundred
am no upstart of yesterday Ny Medl-
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Manufacturer and vander Of the
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