davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-01-14
Odds and Ends.

-Dearer than life-Fashionabl funerals
The talk of the town-The English
language.
Lawyers get their living by plunder,
and doctors by piIl-age.
-'sTm off when you talk of workingw
as the cork said to the gingerpop.
The merchant who has been for some
time bent on pleasure is at last broke.
Why is a caterpillar like buckwheat
cakes2 Because it is the grub that makes
the butterfly.
If hens would do as much laying around
as the Icafers do, eggs would be as plenty
as bank robberies.
The way to make time pass quickly
Raise a row and get knocked into the mid
die of next week.
An exchange says it is not good taste
for gentleman to stay after ten o'clock
when visiting young lady. We never no
ticed any difference in the taste after 10
o'clock.
"A vidid idea of the weakness of chicken
soup was conveyed in a wag's query to his
wife at dinner: Cant you coax that chick
en- to wade through this soup once more?'
"A crusty old batchelor sends the follow
ing conhmdrum: What is the difference
between a honeycomb and a boneymoon2
A honeyeomb consists of number of small
cells, and honeymoon consists of one great
"sell"
There is man in Massachusetts, so
penurious that when shelling corn kernel
flew into the woodpile, and he removed seven
cords of wood to find it. A neighbor stand
ing near dropped a kernel near where the
searcher was looking, bat when he found it
he said, "you can't fool me with that small
kernel; the one lost was a large one.
The other day the front door of the New
York Tribune Office had to be closed for
some purpose. So Mr.. Greeley wrote on a
piece Of paper, Entrance onSpruce street" +"
aDd sent it down to the man who does the
painting of the bulletins, to be copied. The
man studied over Greeley's tracks all the
forenoon, and finally, in despair, wrote ed
itors on a spree p and posted itup.
"A little boy met his Sabbath school
teacher and innocently asked hOr if to say
"coffer-dam" was swearing She replied,
mo, my dear What makes you ask that
question: 81 saw au old COW down the
road yonder; she was nearly choked to
death, and thought she would coffer-dam
head off
james Fisk, Jr.,ezplains what he meant
by ''gone where the woodbine twineth. ="
'rYou see was before that learned and dig
nifed body, the Committee on Banking and
Currency, and when Garfield asked me
where the money got by Corbin went to, I
could not make vulgar reply and say up a
spout but observing, while peddling through
New England, that every spout of house or
cottage had a woodbine twining about it, J
said naturally enough, Where the woodbine
/ twiusth That Is all.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-01-14
Mississippi Central r. B.
Trains pass Bolivar as 70

Trains pass Bolivar follows:
MAIL Orth, Si@ P N
South-2.35 North 552 N
Freight train, ,SOuth-I045 ......--North, 73O IA
Way Freight S9uth-lI North 45
nS- Mail train runs every Express train
every day-MONHAYS EXCEPTED. ga
Connection the southwark bound Hail and TX
press trains a. Junction with trains the A G.
trains going north Jackson Tenp with
trains on the NJ. 4 o. r. Il.
The above schedule took effect Nov. 20 1863
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-01-14

A Milwaukee man was bitten by rattle
snake about twenty years ago, and still keeps
drinking whisky to cure the bite. The
snake died.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-01-14

T. CT.-Iove swings on little hinges. 1t
keeps an active little servant to do good
deal Of its fine work. The name of the it~
tie servant is tact. Tact is nimble footed
and quick fingered; tact sees without look
ing tact mas always a good deal of small
change on hand tact carries no heavy
weapons, but can do wonders with sling
and stone; tact never runs its head against
stone wall; tact always spies a sycamore
tree up which to climb when things are be-
coming crowded and unmanageable on the
level ground tact has a cunning way of
a7ailing itself of word, or a smile, or a
gracious wave of the hand; tact carries a
bunch Of curiously~fashioned keys, which
can turn all sorts of locks; tact plants its
monosyllables wisely, for being monosyL
liable ITSELF 1T arranges its own order with all
the familiarity of friendship; tact-sly, yer.
satile, driving running, flying tact-governs
the great world, yet touches the big baby
under the impression that it has not been
touched at all
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-01-14
Some one asks, "What is an editor?"

Why, he is the man who reads the news.
papers, writes articles on any subject, talks
to all who call, is blamed for hundred
things which are nobody's business but his
own, helps people to get into Office (who
forget all about it afterward), and frequent
" gets cheated out of half his earnings. He
works and does more to build up town
than any otEer body, and the miser and the
fogy are benefited thereby; yet they will
say that the editors paper is one of 10 ac
count, and will not advertise or take the pa
per, but will borrow it. Who wouldn't be
an editor?
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-01-14

Every young doctor viii get along If he
only has patients.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-01-14
Memphis & Charleston
RAILROAD.

TRAINS ARRIVE AT AND LEAVE MEMPHIS AS
FOLLOWS:
Through NIail-DAILY-... 90 10 40
COrnth AccommodatiOu-DAILY-eX-
cept Sunday, at........---.-.---.-- ID q m
Grand Junction Accommodation, daily
except Sunday. at t-............- - l. m
Through Mail connects Grand Junction with
Bolivar and Jackson, Tenn.
At Decatur for Athens. Pulaski Ala Columbia, Nash
At Chattanooga, mail trains points
Express Trains.
Baggage checked through.
For tickets and further information. apply oce
corner Main and South Court street.
w. J. ROSS, GerT Superinteudsnt.
A. A. BARNES, GenI Ticket Agent. oct5
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-01-14
St. James Church, Bolivar, Tenn

eryices every Sunday Holy Days by the
RECTOR W. c. GRAY.
TIE for opening Sunday School is.. So o'clock
81 Drning Service on Sundays IOIa
evening Service on Sundays s.,-............. do
n Holy s......... A and "a
Services twice each day during Lent.
From u A. NJ. and from 10 P. NJ the Rector
be found in his study at the of the Church.
s7g- The this Church ALL FREE.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-01-14
Presbyterian Church.

Sunday School ...'-- A. II
Bible Glass Tuesdays. at
Prayer Meeting Thursdays, at..............7 P.
Services every Sabbath, at IO}z A. III and P NJ
Seats all FREE
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-01-14
Baptist Church.

Sabbath Service IO1s A N and ~ Sunday School
PRAYER Meeting Tuesday Evening Regular Month
I Meeting Saturday before the Third Sabbath in each
month Communion Service the SABBATH following.
ED. A b TOMLINSON, PASTOR,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-01-14
Methodist Church

Services every Sabbath, at IOJz A. NJ and P NJ, by
the Rev. :. B. SURRAT-
SABBATH SCHOOL at S15 A. NJ.
Singing Sunday evening
at>21a o'clock. Prayer Meeting every Wednesday night
Choir meeting every Friday night Regular Church
ing Wednesday night in each month. Young h5IS
prayer meeting every Menday night
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-01-14
Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

Services follows :-Seeond Sabbath in each month"; by
Dr. a. A MOOEEMAN; Fourth Sabbath in each month by
W1I. NJ. NORMENT.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-12-14
Gossip About Congress.

From the Philadelphia Press.
OF the seventy-four Senators, fifty are
lawyers.
Senator Sumner has seen the longest
service-twenty consecutive years. "
Hon. Simon Cameron is the Oldest
Senator, and Mr.. Spencer, of Alabama,
the youngest.
Mr.. Eldridge, of Wisconsin, is the
most conscientious member of the House
on points of order.
Judge Kelley is the Oldest member Of
the Philadelphia delegation (born in
1914, and Mr.. Greedy (born in 1889, the
youngest
Hon. Henry D. Foster is the oldest
Pennsylvania member (born in 1872,
and Hon. William McClelland (born in
l942), the youngest.
In the House, the largest consecutive
term of servive-that of Mr.. Dawes, and
as useful as it has been long-stands &C
credited to Massachusetts,.
The House has no septuagenarian, the
Oldest member-Mr. Perry, of New
Ycrk-being not quite sixty-ninei to
make up for which fact, there are seven
members who are under thirty years of
age.
Among the Senators, eleven have been
Governors Of States. Nine were born
in New York, SO that the Empire State
cannot complain, although her nominal
representation is restricted to two. New
England, having twelve members, has
nineteen sons in the Senate--which pre-
vents her from being left out in the cold
quite yet.
OF the professions represented in the
body, the editorial has risen to the fourth
place, having now eleven members.
There are eight manufacturers, three
doctors, two clergymen, one teacher
generally needed), and one general
business, which we trust does not mean
lack at all trades and good for moth
ing No less than ifty-two were born
in New England, seven came from the
British Isles-Canada and Prussia being
the only other foreign birthplsees.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-12-14

A party Of mischievous boys near
Kankakee, ILL.,, stuffed an old suit OF
clothes with straw, with sticks of wood
for legs, and buried it in the ground.
They then killed couple of chickens
and spilled the blood plenteously over
and ia the vicinity of the grave. As they
expected, the grave and blood were dis
covered, suspicious of murder were
raised, the coroner was summoned, a
jury impaneled, and an inquest prepared
for. Coroner, jury, and all bystanders
acknowledged themselves sold whom the
straw dummy was exhumed.
Next summer several enterprising per
sons in New York city contemplate set
ting up stands for selling water in prom
inent thoroughfares, as they do in Spain
and Southern Italy, The idea is re-
garded as good one. A great many
people prefer a glass Of cold water tc
the villainous compounds often retailec
as soda water, root beer and lemonade
and, at u penny or two a glass, cold
water would be in active demand.
There are said to be sixty-eight Re
publican clubs in England and Scotland
numbering $4,000 members, and 75,OOI
ardent Republicans "outside Of the free
thought Republicans" They are com
posed Of the highest, most intelligen
| and well-to-do artisans.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-12-14
MEMPHIS TENNESSEE. THURSDAY EVENING DECEMBER A. 1871

idea Of wintssing stock without hay is
all well enough when the ground is not
covered with snow, but the attempt to
carry 30, 900 head more or less through
the winter, on the range, is costly ex-
pertinent this time. We learn that many
cattle are dying up the Solomon Valley;
Our informant says that he knows Of
one herd Of 900 head, out Of which 700
have perished within the last few days.
There are probably 10000 head in the
Valley, and not hay sufficient to winter
10000. The Oldest inhabitants inform
US that the present cold weather is un-
precedented, so early in the season, in
the history of the State. The cold has
been general all over the country, and
coming so suddenly people were unpre-
pared for it.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-12-14
An unpIeasant shave.

From the Hartford Courant.l
A workman at Colts army who has
Tor had a very long beard, flowing down
upon his breast, was the other day al
work upon a small lathe revolving rap
idly. He said he "felt somethg tickling
his beard" and looking down, saw some
of the longest hairs touching the lathe.
Quick as a flash, before he had time to
think Of his danger, the longest hair Of
his beard caught in the lathe and wound
him up; the next he knew the lathe was
nearly turning out the inside ofhis ose
cutting out the cartilage that separates
the nostrils; then, with mighty effort
he Strengthened up, saving himself from
further operations on the lathe by pull
ing out handful of beard foot long
and as large round as his wrist-which
will be quite handy for his wife to use as
switch" His injuries are painful
but not dangerous. I
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-12-14
-FOUR ACES.
A rhin1Ias caIifelpiA GanbInna
WV" Incident.

From the Overland Monthly.l
Spindle was new arrival. The camp,
with customary propriety, had dubbed
him thus because he was so slim. On
the same principle, his awkwardness soon
gave him notoriety. Nor this only; like
One-eyed Tom, Spindle had made one Of
the happiest hits Of the day. Young,
passionate, elated beyond degree with
the splendor Of bis prospects, il was no
surprise that he should court the favor
of the pale-faced gamblers, who were
the aristoerats Of the camp. 1t was no
wonder that they should discover his
weakness and determine to "salt' him.
PlayP No, no; Spindle did not play;
he only came in TO watch the game; it
was tiresome sitting there in the tent
alone. Try it; double your stake on
threes. triple on full, said a
pleasant-faced fellow, who was just rak-
ing in hundred slugs or more: Spin
die was inclined to listen. Tell you
what 90 do. y said the gambler, continu-
ing, go me halves for an hour, and see
bow you come out" Spindle did so.
At the end Of the hour he had won a
stake" Of several thousand dollars.
Spindle was fascinated. / will double
this Tomorrow night, said be men
tally, as he left the gambler tent He
doubled IT, "This must be tripled. said
Spindle, as be sought the tent again. Two
nights afterward it was tripled. Spindle
means to break Or be broken, said the
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-12-14
severe Meather Out West.

The Abilene (Kansas) Chronicle, Of
the 3Oth, has information that the fall
immigration into the Solomon Valley is
unprecedented. Many families arrived
lust before the late storm, and the suffer
ing among them is terrible. Having no
houses they are compelled to live in
their moving" wagons, and the suffer-
ing. among the women and children par
ticularly, IS very severe. To add to the
hardship Of the situation, the people are
almost entirely destitute Of food; many
Of them have scarcely tasted a mouthful
Of bread since reaching the Valley.
They are trying to subsist mostly upon
such game as they may be able 70 Sc
cure. This situation Of affairs exists
from Mitchell county northward, up both
branches of the river. A great many
animals have perished in the valley in
consequence Of the storm, and several
men were frozen TO death. People we're
totally unprepared for cold weather, not
anticipating that il would set in until
some time in December.
The same paper, Of the same date,
in another article, says that the weather
continues cold, and many cattle are dy-
ing for want Of shelter and feed. The
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-12-14
REMOVAL.
REMOVAL.

VNHE OFFICE OF THE WESTERN METH
odst has been moved from p Jefferson
street to 27q1S Main street. up stairs, in the
rooms formerly occupied by g., W. l.. Crook.
Correspondents and others will take notice,
and direct their letters aocordipgly. We
issue now $500 copies. The Methodist is q
good medium for advertisers.
s3t X. W. BLEW & Un.. Publishers:
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-12-14
GROCERIES.
S u n ID RI e : .

35 bbIs Texas Pecans.
30 bbIs TaragOna Almonds.
$50 boxes new Raisins.
800 drums new Figs.
$50 cs JeIIies and Preserves
1900 cases canned Fruits.
75 hlf bbls and kegs Pickles
300 kegs a. hlf bbIs Pigs feet
$50 bbls and hIf bbls KrOut.
so bbIs HOminy and Grits.
80 tubs of Butter-fresh.
25 bbIs Buckwheat Hour.
25O bOxes selected Cheese.
25 trs sugar cured HAMS
so boxes Breakfast Bacon,
Dried Beef, ETC., at
G. A. ECKERLY'S,
33S Front, cor. of Union street
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-12-14

BURNETTs COCAINE is the best and
cheapest hair-dressing in the world.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-12-14
OIL COMPANY.
COTTON sEED.

TIVE MEMPHIS OIL -GoMPANH, " WILL Ill
IeEa-.5sb GOOD sacks 70 all responsip,i,e peIs
sons. and cay ten dollars per ton ,. ler AZ t00u
sound seed. by vagon, rtyep5 S9prTnN snp't.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-12-14
GINNING,
Poplar st. Cotton Gin and Pickery.
Nos. Ies aud I3O Poplar street.

nHE PUBLIC ARE HEREBY INFORMED
that on and after this date we will Gin
and Bale all cotton brought or sent to US for
seven dollars per bale. we furnishing the bag
ging and ties, and covering the bale all over
longing to the bale. Or IL the owner
desires us to keep the cotton seed be.
longing to the bale Of cotton as part
payment, we will gin and bale furnishing
bagging and ties, and cover the bale all over
for two dollars per bale, and the cotton seed
belonging to the bale Of cotton.
66qi GEO. W. PAYNE X co.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-12-14
Il. wHITAHORE.
Publisher and Proprietor.
THE QUAKERs GOLDEN WEDDING

THE QUAKER's GOLDEN WEDDING.
The snow looks in at the window ~
1ifl In bold and frolicsOme way. lu1f
Sc Not lighter the newborn snow-drifs
Than Ichabod's lock Of gray: ~ JftF
hy Nor purer the newborn snow-drifis Il ~
From worldly taint and stain
Than the life Of Margaret Taylor. lBu3
...n Ichabod's wife. hath been.
""Hither. Margaret. HE thee, a''@"
bar / have thought to tell tai ia hue
Z Nay, never mind the shutters, i" hlh
II. The night doth please me well.
"a Margaret, can thee tell me
How many years it is
Since thee and / were married
Haass On winters night like thislu.ss- -.
Think once again, my good. wife;
Iknew thee never would Buess,
Tho days go by so swiftly ~
u That only arc bern to bless;
Thy mother heart will tell thee
'fis eight and forty years
Since our first born came TO thrill us
With tenderest hopes and fears.
"Yes, Margaret, thee has guessed it
FULL fifty years have sped,
l. So silently and so softly
We scarcely have felt their tread;
But watching the gliding snow fakes,
The hickory Goals, and thee,
Inc VI
Comes wandering back TO me.
"True, Margaret, we were happy,
Trustful, and very glad, a.
And prouder was /, | fear me,
Than beseemeth Quaker lad
Yet, not for the good years vanished,
If the right Of choice were given.
Would / change this place. my darling,
For the pleasures Of that oven.
"We have had our trials, good wife.
We have shed some bitter tears.
But sure, dear Hand hath led us
Through all these precious years;
He hath kept us long together,
And I've been bold to pray
That our meeting in tho New Land
Be golden wedding. day"
The snow looks in at the window,
ff And what do the snow-fakes see .sf
But Quaker Ichabod Taylor -ilt
With Margaret on his knee!
The hickory Goals in the Fireplace
Sleep in their jackets white,
x But the love of tried and true hearts
Steadily burns tonight.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-12-14

The President Of the Reading railroad
is said to get $4,000 a year -
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-12-14

tCHICKE BING
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-12-14

Call at the Singer ParlOrs, s7s Is Main Street,
MERRIMAN & WILCOX. .GENERALDEALERSl
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-12-14

Nc PIANOS RECEIVED FIRST PR EMIUM AT ME-
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-12-14
SEWING MAOMINEs.

PAINTS, OILS, BRUSHES, ETC.
COLE q co Removed to 1872 Second street.
Window glass. whito lead. and all kinds
of painters material.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-12-14
THE WORLD-RENOWNED

ISINGER SEWING MACHINES! 4
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-02-09
Moral UncIeanness.

The long, wearing murder trial is
at last over. and there is good reason
to be thankful that this is so. From
first to last the court room has indi-
Gated that.as a community, we have
some strange weaknesses Why re-
spectacle ladies-we use the term
deliberately should choose to flock
into that fetid apartment day after
day and crowd through the gaping
throng to front seat, and there sit
all day amid all the rabble that such
an occasion naturally attracts, driuk-
ing in the foul details of murder and
adultry, it is difficult to conceive.
There certainly has been no good
for them to do there; no virtnous
l-but unfortunate woman fer them to
sustain ami encourage by their pres
ence: nothing for them to sec Or learr
but what would have been far better
| unlearnec. Yet they have gone da,
after day. and people generally no
only know it, but cease to wonder at
it. Twenty years ago, the eiderl,
men about town tell us, this thing
could not have happened. The wives
and mothers of those purer times has
not the keen scent for the sensational
which marks the American women o
this iatir day Uecsland Leadey
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-02-09

The New York Herald says, in
speaking of Chorpenning fraud 1.-The
bills allowing these claims were pass
ed through the two Houses without
discussion, the title being cautiously
worded to avoid suspicion, and the
engineers Of the movement. being
anxious to have them passed as
quitely as possible The items OF
the extra allowances were made on
the most liimsy vouchers, and the
bill itself was SO constructed that the
Postmaster General, in paying the
Claims, was compelled to accept
these vouchers without question
Thus 1t will be seen how very loosely
legi station is conducted in our Con
gressional halls, and how easy it is
for cunning rascality to get the bet,
ter of our honest. ursuspicious law
makers, or law executors, and to find
acconplices among those of our less
honest ones."
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-02-09
SCHOOL EXAMINERS NOTICE.
TO TEACHERS.

THE Board of School Examiners G.
l. Wyandot County will meet for tie
examination of Teachers in the Court
Room at Upper Ssndusky, as fol-
lows:
On the 1st aud 81 saturdays of Sci tenn
Der, October. November, March, April and
May, and on the lst Saturdays OF all other
months.
No certificate will be granted except at
regular meeting, nor will any be granted
unless the applicant appears in person and
submits to an examination.
Written testimonials of moral character
will be required of all applicants. and those
who have taught, will be required to pre-
sent testimonials from the Local Directors
of the school last taught, showing success
IN teaching, &c.
Examinations to commence at o'clock
Al at which time all applicants are eI-
pected to De present.
D. A. KUHN. President.
d D. Haze, CLERK
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-02-09

AND now appears the commission
ers of Allen County, and show an in
dehtedness of S2,729,39 in September
last. and with meekness perfectly
without a PARALLEL they petition the
Legislatuse for special law, au
thoriz ing them to borrow only Ten
Thousand Dollars, with which to pay
off this Indebtedness Great finan
ciering that, and it deyelopes the
wOnderiul amount of sagacity
which some men possess. We would
not mind doing little business our
self five could be treated as hberally
as they propose to treat themselves.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-02-09

PAINFUL AcciDENT-The wife of
Mr.. Henry Lehman, of this city,
while enjoying a sleigh ride on Thurs
day last, met with an accident near
her residence opposite the new Court
House. resulting in the fracture of a
limb. Becoming frightened at some
movement of the horse which seem
ed to threaten a runaway, she jumped
from the sleigh. aligh;ing upon her
left foot in a depression of the ground
breaking the bone just above the
ankle.-Lancaster Gazette