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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-09-28
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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-09-28
How it Works.

An outraged husband at
Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory.
who had evidently suffered from
female suffrage and its appur-
tenances, denounces the female
jury business through a local
paper, and in justification offers
a pertinent scrap from his do
mestic history. His wife was
summoned and impaneled as a
juror in an important case
When night came, the case not
being concluded, the husband
applied to the court to have his
wife sent home, as there was
several small children there re-
quiring her attention-the
smallest, in fact, being in a star
wing condition, owing to the
fact that it had not been habitu-
ated to the use of the bottle
But the husbands request was
denied. The judge said the
jury could not be separated
The husband then asked permis-
sion to send the infant to the
mother. This was also refused,
on the ground that the law does
not permit a thirteenth person
in the jury room, and there is
no statute to show that an in
fant in arms is not a "person"
within the intent and meaning
of the law. The husband
then attempted to induce the
court to send all the jurors to
his house for the night, but it
failed, aud the husband was in
formed that quarters had been
prepared for his wife at the ho-
tel, and that if he wished to
speak to her for a moment he
would have to take the place of
the cook. The husband went
home. How he got through the
night is not told, but when he
learned the next day that the
trial was likely to last a week,
he straightway proceeded to
to employ the best looking
housekeeper and cook in the
country. At last accounts his
wife was still on the jury.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-09-28
A Canadian sailor is exper'

A Canadian sailor is expert
encing the woe of having an
impulsive woman as a wife,
and she the woe Of being i'm
pulsive. He came home from
the sea the other day, bringing
but SIS. She thought he
should have brought more; and
from mild remonstranccs and
gentle upbraidings they rapidly
grew angry, finally coming to
blows, and then and there sep
arating "forever." 1t turned
out that the man had placed $40
in the savings bank, but telt
called upon to defend himself
first against the angry words of
his wife and her baseless char
ges before explaining what he
had done with the money. H
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-09-28

ceeded in preventing the flames
from reaching his house for, some
time, until a band Of soldiers
came rushing into the house and
called for him to bring out Con-
federate flag which they had heard
he had.
"Brlng it out, a In you, or We
will murder YOU" He brought it
out, and they tramped it under
foot and then proceeded to cut the
hose and fire his house. He said :
SIN ten minutes more / was a
ruined man. | stood bewildered
and broken-spirited, looking upon
the charred ruins of all that was
left of long life of energy and
toll! I" 11- . a.5- p,
And yet fisherman says Hampton
burned Columbia! -EE
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-09-28

A North Carolina paper, as an
instance of changes of fortune
wrought by the war, states that
"a widow lady from the country
was in town Tuesday, hunting a
cooks place in some nice family
Many years ago her grandfather
owned $50 slaves and six planta-
tions, md at the close of the war
her father had buShel of gold
Her husband was poor man, and
died in the war, and now this iu-
dependent and worthy woman
prefers to cook in some nice fami-
ly rather than live dependent ON
other folks.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-09-28

"What is a Democrat?" This
question, says the Conneisville,
Ind, Examiner, was addressed to
a Democrat in a political conver-
sation few days since, 10y red
hot Republican. 81 would like
very much to be what you call q
good, honest Democrat. Be kind
enough to tell me what change /
will have to undergo to become
such, and how ! will know that |
am changed" "Well," replied the
Democrat, Ego to a chicken.roost,
and il you can pass it by without
feeling an inclination to 'confs-
cate you are an honest Democrat;
but if you cannot resist the temp
tation to bag the fowls, you are a
Radical still and have not expert.
enced a change" The anxious
inquirer had no more questions to
propound-
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-09-28

DolNG PRETTY .WELL.-Speak-
ing of thunder, James Russell
Lowell has a good story on that
head. He tells of a high and
mighty Englisbman, walking up
and down the piazza of hotel in
western village with that seer
tain condescenslon" in his manner
which foreign snobs think is the
thing when travelling in the Uni
ted States. "That was a heavy
clap of thunder you had here last
night" says the Briton TO a prai-
RE chap that crossed his path
"Well, yes" said the native, who
took in the others style at a
glance, eve did think it pretty
well considering the number OF
inhabitants"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-09-28
Wicked Ben. Butler.

1t seems, from a story IN the
Drawer OF Harper's Magazine
for August, that Beast Butler is
not remarkable for reverence and
all that sort of thing. He didn't
use to be at all events. And the
story is good, whether it is true or
not:
When a student in college it
was binding on the students to at
tend the college church--a duty
which TO Linn was very irksone.
On one occasion he heard the
preacher who was also aprofessor)
advancing propositions like the
following:
a. That the elect alone would
be saved. (2) That among those
who, by the world, were called
Christians, probably not more than
one in 100 belonged really and
truly TO the elect. % That the
others, By reason of their Chlis-
tian privileges, would suffer more
hereafter than the heather, who
had never heard the gospel at all.
Alr. Butter, whose audacity was
as conspicuous us This reverence,
made a note of these propositions,
and on the strength OF them drew
upa petition to the faculty, solic-
iting exemption from further at
tendance at the church, as only
preparing for himself Il more ter
rible future. For, said he, the
congregation here amounts 10 GOO
persons and nine Of these are pro-
fessors. Now if only one i'll a
hundred are TO te saved, it follows
that three even of the Faculty
must be damned. He (Berj rjamin
F. to be saved, in preference to
professor! Far, he said, be it from
him TO cherish so presumptuous a
hope! Nothing remained for him,
therefore, but perdition. In this
melancholy posture of affairs he
was naturally anxious to abstain
from any thing that might aggra-
vate his future punishment and,
as church attendance had been
shown in last Sundays sermon to
have this influence to the non
elect, he trusted that the Faculty
would for all time coming exempt
him from it The result of this
petition, written out in an impos-
ing manner and formally presented
to the Faculty, was that Butler
received q public reprimand for il
reverence, and, but for the influence
of one or two friends in the Fac.
ulty, would have been expelled.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-09-28

When around the green-girt meadow
Balm and tepid winds exhale,
Then in fragrance and in shadow
Twilight spreads her misty veil;
Whispers peace in accents CHEEKY,
Rocks the heart in childhood's play,
And upon these eyelids weary
q Shuts the golden gates of day.
Now the night already darkles, EfH
Holy star succeeds to star;
Dapphng lights and fainter sparkles
Glimmer near and CLEAN afar:
Glimmer here, the lake rejecting,
Clean in cloudless dark aboon;
While the bliss of rest protecting,
= Reigns in pomp the perfectmoon.
Now the hours are cancelled for thee,
Pain and bliss have fled away.
Thou art whole let faith restore thee
Trust the new, the rising day
Wales grow green and hills are lifting
Through the shadow-rest of morn,
And in waves Of silver, drifting,
3 On to harvest, rolls the corn.
WOuld'st thou win desires unbounded,
1onder see the glory burn
Lightly is thy life surrounded
Sleeps shell, to break and spurn
When the crowd sways, unbelieving,
Show the darling will that warns
He is crowned with all achieving,
Who perceives and then performs.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-09-28
ALTOGETHER Too SAFE

ALTOGETHER Too SAFE.-A
mechanic in New Orleans con-
structed a safe that he declared
to be burglar-proof. To con-
vince the incredulous of the
fact, he placed a one thousand
dollar bill in his pocket, had
himself locked in the safe, and
declared that he would give the
money to the man that unfast-
ened the door. All the black
smiths and burglars in the State
have been boring and beating
at the safe for a week, and the
man is in there yet! He has
whispered through the key-hole
that he will make the reward ten
thousand dollars if somebody
will only let him out.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-09-28

During the evening service in a
New Haven church, recently, the
pastor observed a man in back
seat hitching about in an uncom-
Portable manner, and thinking his
conscience troubled him, said, "Does
the brother want to speak ?" The
man, rising, said, "No, sir, the
brother wants a drink of water" :"
walked to the altar, took drink,
and resumed his seat, after which
the services proceeded.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-09-28
Do Not Give Up.

a gentleman travelling in the
northern part of Ireland heard
the voices Of children, and
paused to listen. Finding the
sounds proceeded from small
building used as a school-house,
he drew near and, as the door
was open, he entered, and lis
tened to the words the boys
were spelling.
One little fellow stood apart
and dispirited. r
"Why does that boy stand
there?" asked the gentleman.
ooh, he's good for nothing"
replied the teacher. "There's
nothing in him. 1 can make
nothing of him. He is the most
stupid boy in school" :"
The gentleman was surprised
at this answer. He saw that
the younger and more timid
boys were nearly crushed
He said a few kind words to him
and then placed his hand on the
noble brow of the little fellow
who stood apart, he said; ''One
Of these days you may be fine
scholar. Do not give up; but
try, my boy, try!"
The soul of the boy roused.-
His dormant intellect awoke.-
A new purpose was formed
From that moment he became
and ambitious to excel.
And he did became a fine schol-
ar and the author of a we'll
known commentary on the bible
Ia great and good man, beloved
and honored. 1t was DR.. Adam
Clark.
The secret of his success is
worth knowing: "Dont give
up ; but try, my boy, try.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-09-28
Prop..seso,..
TOL. XI.III-----l0. 80.
BQlelfblln3ta
Uncle Davy's Sarmint.
For the FayetleviIIe Observer.

Ar E{jtOr-The duslly broth
er arose to announce his text, and
said: You viii fine de tex in de
hunderd and forty lebenth book,
and it reads thusly: De bigger
de coon de better de fur. In
splainen dis p4s>ige, | fus say dat
de econ is a sorter ing streaked
and striked varmint, and Ibis in
de woods. 1t ere nifty sly in de
day time, but in de night it goes
out TO hunt its libin. And when
it goes Oh dat bisness it gineralIy
starts for somebody's hen roost.
Do ii don't always eat chickens;
when dar is bad crop of desc, it
goes TO de corn patch. | wish
dat you could see a coon when it
starts out on debiIment. Bein
made sorter like a bar, and habin
a fat foot like desc little niggers,
1T naturally goes in an easy fas
walk, sortcr twlx single foot and
fox trot. Bat if you set de dogs
arter it and GIN yell or two it
gifts TO a han gallop. A han gal
lop is when it frows boff' fore feet
out togedder and den brings boff
hine feet up togedder.
Some COINS are bigger dan ud-
ders. De hig ones hab de most
fur cordin to de tex.
But what Oh de fur: Well dis
is berry useful. A good many
Ob de fine hats ar made outin coon
fur. And some oh de furs what
desc culud sisters ware are coon.
Some ob de capes and cuffs and
muffs are nullin but cat hide. |
see sister Dizzy smile at dis-guess
she fnks if her furs was not GIN
gerwine da would be yaller or spot
ted like cats ginerly am. But
phsaw, sister, dem are ankles up
norf can take any old skim-dresS
and dye it and den tell you it was
orter. beaber or coon and de folkes
wOnld bleve it.
But furs am nifty warm in de
winter. De fur capes what am
no wider dan free inches, keeps
out more cole dan a drate long
hebby cloak; and de muffs wild
just one han stuck in um, make
you feal like the wedder was hot
as August. | tell you dar is nuf-
fin warm as fun. Silk amt ITO
wha. Do | hearn Oh a felIer once
what went courtin de cOldest
day ebher come, and couldn't stay
by de fire, cause dar was enc but
in hole in his jacket worked wild
silk. But datS muffin, when de
men git a little patch oh fur on
dar coat collars, and on de top oh
1ar gloves; and de women gifts
little piece OF fur, bout as wide rs
"a saddle girt round de neck, and
one paw stuck in de muff, den da
nebber need fire. Da can go in de
snow, and on de frozen ground
to meetin or any whar else in
clof shoes, il dase got any fur
bout um. Seein dat fur is sich a
great fling, is why de tex say
De bigger de coon de more de fur.
Yours truly, Cousin BILL.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-09-28
Cheap Railways.

] hOneTI ID. raiEIie, the eminent
English engineer, has written a
letter to Ii. B. Wilson, of New
York, the well known capitalist
and protector of railroad enter
( pfises, III which he says Il shall
be hapey to do all l can to assist
you in promoting cheap and eff
ficient railways in America. Inote
that on your side of the water,
anxious and all as you are to 90
ahead, you have your procrastina-
tors, vested interests and preju-
dices to overcome, just as have
hele,- although to very limited
extent compared with this country.
Our success in Russia on the mar
row guage ismoSt complete--345
tons taken up an incline Of one in
eighty for five miles is not bad for
light double bogieengines on light
rails bat what is of the greatest
importance is that out Of the 345
tons 254 tons are paying freight.
This is 2.70 paying tohs for every
one ton of dead weight. In your
country, according to what see
published, the proportion of pay
ing to dead is one TO one, so that
while we carry 254 tons in 81 tons
ct wagons, you would require 254
tons of wagons at least to give the
same results. The Fairlie engine
and light rolling stock on a 3 foot
gauge will perform greater duty
than any broad gauge you have
are at liberty to select Jour
best, / dun't care which it is and
what is more, there will be son.
siderable economy in doing it.
Aud pray bear this in mind, that
the narrow gauge is more capable
than the broad--the former on the
Fairlie principle. | have just
noted your last remarks on capaci-
ty of gauges. You are not quite
correct in this. A 3.foot gauge, if
worked on the Fairlie principle,
whether single or double line, has
a far greater capacity than a4- foot
81 inch, 6-foot, or 7-foot gauges"
In the views of Mr.. Wilson, re-
ferred TO in the above extract, sim
pie equality Of capacity was insist
ed upon, the various gauges being
worked on the same plan. But
Mr.. Fairlie claims that the 4 foot
81 inch gauge worked on his plan
will be Of greater capacity than
the 3.foot worked in the same. On
the other hand, it has been shown
by the Massachusetts Legislative |
inquiry that the little 239 inch !
Festiniog railway does mere work |
per mis- than the best worked |
line in that Commonwealth.
The arguments Of such men as
Mr. Fairlle will carry weight in !
this country and with our Govern
ment. now called on to decide |
whether the South Pacific r Ill !
way Company shall have the priv
llege Of adopting a 3fuOt gauge !
1t is understood that the directors !
Of this company, composed Of EN-
lnently practical railway men and
linancfers, have unanimously de !
clared in favor Of that breadth of !
gauge. |
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-09-28
Abuse of Power.
From the Winchester HON

From the Winchester Home journal. !
We published in last weeks
Home Journal a little notice, Of
the pardon granted by Governor
Senter to W. FL. Wisener, Jr., of
Shelbyville, who had been ser
fenced to five years imprisonment
for shooting with intent to kill Mr..
E. B. Stahlman, Express Agent.
1t appears that he was pardoned on
Monday following the Saturday
upon which he was sentenced by
u jury of his own people, and the
fact that the father of the par.
doned man is q prominent light in
the Radical party, gives TO this
husty action of the Governor an
ugly look. as if politics had rather
overbalanced justice. The news
papers, as conservators of public
interest and justice, arenot pleased
with the Governors action. Our
nci .hbor, the FAYETTEVILLE OBsER-
rrR, says the sooner Tennessee
gets rid of a Governor who thus
makes mockery Of a jury trial,
the better" As for our part, we
are not cognizant of the reasons
which influenced the Governor in
this particular case, and it may be
that Mr.. Wisener fully merited
pardon. But the circumstances
put US to thinking upon the way
things ''gang" in this world of
ours-what a poor chance a poor
fellow has by the side OF one pos
sessed of wealth, or backed up by
wealthy and influential relatives.
We do not say it was SO in this
case, but we need not go to other
towns or counties for instances of
tie d nming inaueLce of lucre and
position. Ii boys father is a
big" man or surrounded with
wealth, he can make Heaven blush
with his acts, and yet be is slime
fellow-a good, clever boy and,
oh ! what a pity he drinks" In
him it ID only the eNuberance
OF high spirit--in the boy, to IA
vor and fortune q stranger, it
would be called downright devil
ment and rascality. Don't you
see such shameful verdicts rendered
daily? Yes, and we fear it will
always be SO.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-09-28

BY the remarkable sagacity
of dog a boys life was recent
ly saved in Boston. He was in
the stable, feeding Il horse,
when that animal seized him by
the back with his teeth, threw
him to the ground and COM
menced trampling npon him.
The dog, taking in the situation
at a glance, laid hold of the
boys clothing and dragged him
out of the horses reach.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-09-28

SHEIL.-The petroleum pro-
jectaes used during the conclu-
ding struggle between the Yer
sailles government and the
Commune, before Paris, were
made from the ordinary spheri-
cal bomb-shells. A perfora-
ted tube, nearly an inch in di-
ameter was filled, with petrole-
um. The quantity of powder
in the tube sufficed to explode
the shell and set fire to the
oil, which the explosion scat
tered abroad in a fiery shower.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-09-28
A Renaissance.
Why a Knoxville Lawyer Changed
his Name and Made Fortune.

Why a Knoxville Lawyer Changed
his Name and Made Fortune.
! From the Knoxville Press & Herald
Editors Press G Herald :-Youl
allusion i'll your paper of yester
day, to the tearing down of the
law Office of the Hon. Hugh L
White reminds me of an incident
that took place there many years
ago-probabIy between 1925 and
1880. There were two young
students in the office studying lay
under the supervisionAof Judge
White--James P. Lowry and
Joseph Pepper. Lowry was a
citizen of Monroe and Pepper Of
Audersoncou Both had good
sense and Lowry considerable
sprightlineSs. q
Late one evening when the la
Dor of the day was over and they
had thrown down their books,
Lowry said 'Joe Pepper, what
are you studying law ior?' The
reply was, 81 expect to make a
living by it and probably some
reputation" ct is impossible.
| No man with. the name of Joe
Pepper can make money, much less
a reputation, by practicing law.
if you had the talents of Judge
White, with such a name you
could not succeed" Pepper made
no further remark but it is evil
dent from the sequence that he
pondered over Lowry'S suggestion
and reduced the idea he had
caught to a practical result. Hav.
ing obtained his license he did not
attempt to practice law in Tennes-
see but mounted his horse and
started for the State of Mssissip-
pi. Mississippi at that time was
almost an unknown part OF the
world to the people OF Tennessee.
Pepper went to Natchez, rented a
law Office and nailed a small sign
above his door with this inscrip-
ton "Cicero Jefers N, Attorney
and Counsellor at Law"
1t was soon bruited about that
he was from the State of Virginia
and a distant relation Of President
Jefferson.
Clients besieged his door and
he was soon in full practice at the
bar. Some ten or fifteen years
afterwards, Lowry went to Mis-
sissippi. Cicero Jefferson was
then "a member Of the Legislature.
Lowry bsing at the Capitol of the
State and seeing Pepper advanced
to him and said, Pepper, how do
you do?" "That is not my name,
sir you are mistaken in the man.
My name is jefferson" "Why,
d-n it, Joe Pepper, do you sup
pose l have forgot the time when
you and l studied law together in
Judge Whites office in Sleepy
Hollow at Knoxville q
Pepper replied, Il TOOK advan-
tage of a suggestion you made to
me there, and'l hope you will say
nothing about it while here.
Certainly not
Pepper made fortune of be-
tween one and two hundred thou
sand dollars. The poSsessor of
this sum at that day was called
wealthy. He died a bachelor a.
bout the year 1889 or 1910, and
never having been known in Mis-
sisippi by his real name, and not
having made a will, his surviving
two brothers and a sister had some
difficulty in proving their relation
ship. They finally succeeded and
got possession of his estate.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-09-28

A boy ten years of age, son
of a widow lady living near
Lansing, Iowa, after being chas-
tised by his mother, went into
the woods and hung himself,
but was rescued by his mother
before it proved fatal. At
night, the same boy while, kim
ding a fire, took a can of ker-
osene, called the other children,
poured the kerosene on the fire,
exploding the can and killing
them all. ~