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The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-02-15
The Best Of the Season.

Grammatical Decisions. = The New
York 1ribunc decides that the plural
Of "Titmou,c" is "Ti,mouscs," not
"Titmicc." Goa the Same principle"
says another paper, "plural Of n tail.
or's goose is 'gooses,' "as indeed We
ho!dit.
This reminds us OF an anecdoto 10
regard to country merchant who
wanted two "f these tailor's irons
several years aHo, aud ordered them
from Messrs. nunn 4 Spencer, hard
waic merchants, lhcn doing business
in this city. lie wrote THIS order,
"Pleasc send me 3 tailor's yooses."
Thinking that this was bad grammar,
he destroyed it and wrote this one
"Plcasc send mo tailor's geese"
Upon reflection, he destroyed this one
also, for fear he might receive Hvc
geese. llo thought over the matter
until he was very mucn worried, and
at last, in moment OF desperation, hc
seized his pen and wrote tho follow
ing, which was duly mailed
''Mcssrs. Dunn & Spencer: Please
send me one tailor's goose, and d--m it,
send me onother.' This was the
only way he knew Of to order two of
them; but Of course he had not read
the above aOise ision.-PctersJug
G1ayier.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-02-15
Horrible RailrOad Accident,

FoUGnKEErsIE, n. Y, Feb 7.-Ar
! o train sou,h broke an axlo anG
dragged along the ground until il
reached the drawbridge at New Ham.
burg, where the car struck the pier,
and was thrown off. An Intellectual
attempt was made to stop the express
train, which moment after struc!; ar
OIL car, scattering tho oil, which i'm
mSdiatcly ignited, cnveloping the en-
tire express train in flames. The cx.
press train consisting Of locomotive,
baggage, express and five sleeping
cars, wcrc hurled iuto the river. All
the passengers in the Chicago sleep
ing.car peri,hcd in the flames. The
two following slcepiug-cars we're
wrapped in flames, but tho inmates
escaped.
The bridge now caught fire, and in
ten minutes fell, carrying wi h it the
Chicago slecping.car and its burning
inmates into the river below, upon tho
wreck of TIE locomotive, baggage and
express ears, which had fallen by the
accident.
The sleeping car tickets indicate
that thirteen passengers pcrishcd, but
the other passengers say that there
were twenty-five or thirty persons in
The Chicago car, not one of whom cs-
carcd.
Another, and probably more rclia-
Ile account, is furni he'd by tho West.
ern Union Telegraph COMPANY, which
says eighteen persons were killed out
right, and many more fatally injured.
Three slscping.cars were dcslro, cd.
SECOND DISPATCH.
New llAMnuHC, n. Y, Feb. TT
"A. M..-up to this time sixteen bodies
have been recovered from the wreck
of the trains which were burnt at the
iron bridge last hight.
THIRD DIrA1cn.
New HAMBURG, N. v, Feb. 7--P.
M.--Tho details Of tho accident are
horrible. In several instances chill.
dren were burned in their mothers
arms.
The body Of the conductor Of the
slccping-car has been found. and upon
it list Of the passengers in the Chi.
cago car. 1t only gives the surnames,
which arc Lowell, Fowler, Poarcc,
Cary, Sorbi,h, G5maund, No,croade,
Roscn.hal, Forbush, aud two more
making eleven. This tallics with the
sleeping-car tiokc.s, sixty-fve in all,
of which iirty.fuur were called for.
The engineer, named Bartlett, is mis-
sing
Nineteen bodies have been rccov-
cred, fourteen Of which arc passcu.
gers. AS soon Us tho bodies arc rails
cd TO tho surface Of the water they
are placed in heated baggage. car to
thaw, when the clothing is searched
for means Of idenlii :,tion. r. is
thought that all the bodies have been
recovered.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-02-15
Immoral SuaSlOn and Woman Suffrage.

During the recent session of tho
Idaho Territorial Legislature, the
ambitious ladies' lobbicd a bill for
granting female suffrage by coming
to the capitol in force, possessing
themselves Of rooms in tho building,
and spreading therein su.h cdiblcs,
&c., and otherwise giving so charm
ing reception; that tho Legislative
wisdom had its head turned. Tho
bill passed long before the cnchan-
ted legislators rcgaincd their senses.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-02-15
WINNSBORO S. Co. WEDNESDAY, MORNING.

"You mistake, Mr.. Tom. Don',
you see that if Garry
"NJ mistake at all uboutit mn'am,
for I've promised to marry your mol
er, Mrs. Mariables p
"Monstcr,' cried Mrs. Wimbush
aloud, and went off shriekiug.
, The mu,ic stopped, aud there was
great fuss. Bat above all the
others WAS heard the voice Of Mrs.
Marrablea. DON'T be alarmed, pray.
, She is subject to it she went of Just
like it the other day Mt picnic. Poor
young thing, very little upscts her.
Lot me come to my little gu.rul
then"
They moved her into another room.
Presently Mrs. Wimtush opened her
eyes. "Mother How dare you
como near me Go away, do You
ought to be ashamed Of yourself at
your time of lifo -
"My time Of life ! Why, I'm only
fifty.four-about ten years older than
Iom. How can you talk 50 to your
mother 2"
"Mothcr you don't leave the room,
| will. LIS really disrertntahle to
have you for a mother. You've never
done me any credit"
"My dear, am so glad to think you
feel well enough to leave the rom,
that will remain"
Mrs. Wilnbush got up and went
homo.
CHAPTER VI.
Tilted, first for her dlushtcr, and
next for her mother i! This was to,
much. Mrs. Wimbush went to church
as regular rs any ono, but revenge,
after all, is very sweet,
Six weeks aftcrward, Mrs. Wimbush
recovered sufficient fortitudc to 20
and call OH her mother.
"Wcll, child, I'm glad you arc go.
ing to be friendly there is nothing
like harmony in family circle. Let
us consider the relationships into
which We arc about to enter, tha
wo may rightly judge Of our response
bllities and duties. and my grandt
daughter arc going to marry two
brotslers-thc consequence is, she aud
] will DO sistcrs.in-law. But us you
are mother to my sistcr.in-law, you
will nearly be my mo,hcr.in law
which is very singular relationship
for daughter to sustain toward her
mother, especially when she is not the
wife of ones f4thcr-in law, Now,
"Wait moment, dear mamma
I've news for you Pm going to mar.
ry old ungucnt /! Old Mr.. Brook.
shank has asked me- to be his wife,
aud I've consented. The consequence
is, shall be head ,f the family, ami
bona iide mother-iu-law to You all. I
don't think VIC need trouble about
harmony, for We shall be un,tcd
Jam'iy, more so than | know uf."
Bctore her marriage, Mrs. Maria"
bl's ct to work to draw up tatlc of
the relationships involved hy the
three weddings. 1t is an extensive
wo'k in three volumes, and when our
readers see The Brooshonks E,miy
advertised, they will know what it
means.
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The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-02-15
G,yc Nc a Husband or give ilc Death.

The old maids at Sioux city cnj9y-
ell banquet at hotel recently. a
Miss. Kcnneda made the concluding
speech, and cto.tcd furor by say
ing; "Lct othe;s do as they please !;
as for me, I ain determined to have
husband rs soon as can get one.
And let us ali SEQ to il, so that when
another Thanksgiving day rolls around
there willn be another old maid in
Sioux City" Tao banquet closed
with the song, "No ono to love-"
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-02-15
Mississippi Negroes.

Tho negroes around Macon, Mi,siss
sippi, have banded togetlor and burn,
ed portion of that city. Murdor,
rapine, and arson are Of daily commits.
sion by these ficnds. Not half the
fields arc cultivated. The negroes
won't work. The stock is killed.
Unless affairs are changed, tho coun .
try must be surrendered to savagery.
Let Congress extend it's searches to
that soction, and reconstruct Cunec.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-02-15

On Monday four steamers, four
ships and one brig arrived at Liver
pool from the United States with an
aggregate of22,lo0 bales Of cotton.
and were followed the next day by u
steamer and shipwith GT48 more.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-02-15
Fashion Notes.

French muelins, heavily trimmed
with Valencicnnes, are favoritc dress.
es for evening wear, and looped over
black or colored silks form an admir-
cd and becoming costume. Over
white silk the effect Of the lace il os.
pecially softoning to the complexion.
Poplins arc the latest style for tho
evening costume, and are worn with
a court train, which can be gracefully
thrown over the left arm in dancing.
Tho fayorito shades for poplins arc
pale, shell tintcd pink, starli. .h. blue;
subducd orange, emeral green and the
changeable peach.blossom.
There 10 a bill before the Indiana
Legislature requiring three years.
residence of newcomers before o
divorce can be obtained, and also pro-
hibiting divorces in cases where the
cause of divorce occurred in another
State, except for oauses for whiob di7
I'yorces are granted in tho State from
Which sbich the purity or partss,remoyod,
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-02-15

Ii was for the other nations Of Eu.
rope TO use all their influence, even TO
the extent Of armed intervention, to
prevent unnecessary humiliation in
Franco. They chose different course.
Their rcmonstranccq were Of the feo-
blest, and their policy was timil and
lrresolutc to tho last degree. They
have lost their opportunity. They
will not be called into conference to
arrange treaty; their advice will
not be needed. When tho peace has
been concluded they must look to
their own houses. War between Franco
aud Germany was inevitable after SA-
dowa war between Germany and
England is inevitable to day. Iol.
land rnd Belgium are coveted, unless
Great Britain is pusi!lanimous beyond
what We think, they will not to alb
solbed by Germany without bloody
contest and while We depore the
coming conii'c', VIC c,nno. but think
that Great B'itain has cEicny herself
to blame for tho result. She is tho
great international meddlcr; if she
had meddled to some purpose four or
five months ago, she would not now be
alarmcdly counting up her brecch-
leaders, aud inquiring as to the state
and efficiency Of her navy Boston
Advertiser.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-02-15
mo. IS
Remuneration Of Radica!iSm BY an indiana
Senator.

Senator Elliot, OF Indiana, in card
published on Tues lay morning, thus
announces his remuneration Of lie cor
rupt and dying Radical patty
"ln the organiz,tion OF tho Senate
| acted independently Of par.
ty at time when my vote could benc.
tit some friends and could not have
brought success to the Republican
party. Since then, in ali test Qucs.
'ions | have voted with the Republi-
can PARTY until last evening, when [
was surprised and mortified to find the
party voting to sauction the monstrous
violation of tho Constitution Of tho
United States, compelling four south.
cru States to iatify the fifteenth
amendment at the dicta,ion of Con.
grcss. In the meantime, | have been
so grossly abused by Republican
newspapers aud se(.cous,itu,cd lcad-
ers, charged with treason, bribery,
&c., that sclf-rcspcct f,rbids ne long.
er to acknowledge myself member
OF that party, or to act With it. The
responsibility must rest with those
who have prosecuted me. l will meet
them before the people at the proper
time. llenceforth shall act indie.
pendently of all party dictation from
the mon who have sought to ruin me
and blackcn my character. Besides,
on the great leading issues, tariff and
taxation, | have been in theory. and
shall hereafter be in practice, f,iend
OF the people
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-07-28
Robert J. Walkers Duel.
Prom the New orleans Times.

From the New Orleans Times.
In our chapter on dueling, in last
Mondays Mosaic, we omitted an
amusing incident which occurred a
good many years ago between two
men in Mississippi, whose names have
since become historical in the annals
Of this country. We refer to Robert
J. Walker and Doctor William NJ.
Gwin, Duke of Sonora. An alterca-
tion occurred between them which led
TO a challenge from Mr.. Walker.
Walker was IL man Of remarkably
diminutive size, while the Doctor tow
cred like a giant, with the Drawn and
bone of a London porter. Walker
was bent on fighting; but the Doctor
who was naturally jovIal and kind
hearted soul, did not feel at all ag-
grieved toward his adversary.
Be that as it might, the Doctor ac-
cepted the challenge, and chose the
Indian war tomahaWk as his weapon.
The terms were so arranged that on q
given day the combatants were to be
posted one hundred and fifty yards
apart, and at a given signal, to rush
past each other, like knights in q
tourney, finglng their tOmahawks in
their course.
The Doctor caused it to be bruited
abroad that ne prHcticed every day IN
q savannah, a few miles away from
the town where both resided. Piqued
with curiosity, Mr.. Walker allowed
himself to be persuaded to visit the
spot surreptitiously, and view the
achievements of his antagonist. Not
80 surreptitiOusly, however, that DR..
Gwin was not aware whose prying
eyes were fixed upon his move
ments.
Measuring of one hundred and fifty
PAGES from the solitary stump of a
pine tree, the Doctor bounded with a
spring and a yell that would have de-
lighted ChingachOok, the venerable
padre of the last of the Dfohegans; his
tomRhawk poised high in the air, a
grin of demoniac ferocity lighting up
his strOngly-marked features. AS he
neared the stump he projected the
missile, with a powerful sweep of his
arm, clean up to the handle into the
soft pine, and, painting, came to a
dead halt.
There was something so ludierously
savage in all this, that Mr.. Walker
and his companion burst involuntari-
ly into a fit of laughter from their
ambush. The laugh betrayed them;
a reconciliation took place, and up to
the breaking out Of the Confederate
war, and, it may be, up to Mr.. Walk
er's death, they were fast friends"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-07-28
Nhat the French DID for Mexieo.

a correspondent of the Louisville
Courier Journal, writing from the
City of Mexico, says:
The occupation of the. French left
its traces Of benefit to Mexico. They
permeated the whole country, and as
the native Mexicans are quick and
absOrptive, ideas and ways are seen
to be left as institutions. In looking
around this city I see blocks of spIen-
did houses, monuments, and gardens,
and fountains, the taste for which the
French brought with them. And
when take a morning or evening
stroll upon the Garden of the Plaza
de Armas I cannot help thinking, as
everybody must, Of the good and no
bic Empress Carlotta. Six years ago
this vast square, upon which fronts
the palace, the cathedral, the munich
pal buildings and the portales was
nothing but one sun-rehecting plane of
hag-sbOnes. The sight must have been
painful to Carlotta, for she sent for
one, two, three landscape engineers.
Plan after plan was shown off, and at
last the Empress selected one and ap-
pointed its author to superintend the
work. After the fall of the Empire
it was predicted that the Liberals
would efface this garden, as they tried
to efface everything that could revive
its memories, But this was too beau~
tiful, too attractive, for the inhabitants,
and it has been preserved as Carlotta
designed and left it. It is the most
perfectly beautiful spot my eyes ever
rested upon. 1t is beautiful garden
in the heart of the city, surrounded
by not fence or gate. It is opened
by a hundred walks from the sides,
and is composed of plats of trees, flow
ers, fruits, fountains, &c. There is not
an angle in it, and the undulatiOns of
each plat differs from the other;
orange trees grow, and although the
lowest Of the population, as well as
the highest, and boys of all grades,
saunter there, not an orange or a flow
er is disturbed; nor is there even a
sentinel in sight that 1 have seen.
The trees have grown amazingly in
that brief time; some of them are thir-
ty or forty feet high, and already
there is shade everywhere. 1t is re-
freshing to see the children in their
sports, skipping the rope and what
not, and the lovers promenading every
evening. One can apparently walk
for miles through this charmed spot
without doubling on his tracks. Twice
a week "a band Of music plays for two
hours, stationed Oh the side of the CEN
ter pyramid, which is characteristical-
ly capped with the traditional nopal
or cactus of Mexico.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-07-28
Great Men Quarrelling About Bacon
and Greens.
-Fron the New Orleans Time

Mr. Jefferson, having invited Patrick
Henry to dine at one of his artistic
fessts, the chef a. CeaUre of his celebrated
French cook, was mortified to find that
the Governor declined TO partake of
each and every one of the elegant and
elaborate creations OF the accomplished
Frenchman's art. At last, having run
through the carte, the President begged
that Gov. Henry would say what he
would have. - win thank YOU, sir,
for some bacon and green's" was the
easy reply. Mr.. jefferson could hardly
restrain his surprise at so novel de-
mand, and begged that the Governor
would excuse him on account Of his long
absence from Virginia, for forgetting
that there was such dish still in de-
mand among civilized people as ''bacOH
and green's" Mr.. Henry never forgot
the reprOof, and when he returned TO
Virginia, he denounced Mr.. jefferson as
"a traitor to his natural yictuals - On the
other hand, SIR. Jefferson left on record
his opinion OF Patrick Henry, ''as man
OF low tastes and vulgar associations"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-07-28
The Wisdom Teeth.

IL RppsarS as if the pOsteriOr molaT
or EisdOm-teeth were tending To be-
come FJIdimeatary in the more civil
rather smaller thar the other mOlars,
as Is likewise with the corresponding
teeth in the chimpaHZee and OraDg;
and they have OIly two separate fangs.
They do not cut through tine gums un-
I'll about the seventeenth year, and
am assured by dentists that they are
much more liable to decay, and are
earlier lost than the other teeth. 1t is
also remarkable that they are mitch
moIe liable TO vary both structure and
in the peTiOr Of their development
than the other teeth. In the Alelani-
an races, on the other hand, the wis
dom-teeth are usually furnished with
three separate faDgs, and are general
~ sound; they also differ from the
other mOiars in size less than the
Caucasian racesi. Prof Sclaalfhausen
accounts for this difference between
the races by ''pOsieTioT dental portion
Of the jaw being always shortened in
thOse that are civilized, and this shor-
iening may, ] presume, be safely at
trIbutetl 10 civilized men babitually
feeding on soft, cooked food, and thus
using their laws less. / am informed
by SIR. Brane that It is becoming quite
a common praclice in the United
States TO remove some OF the mOlaF
teeth Of children, as the jaw does not
crow large enough for the perfect de
velopment Of the normal number
The Descent of 4H1J1, by &. D0rtgia
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-07-28
THE CREATOR.

Ali things bright and beautiful.
All things great and small,
All things wise and wonderful,
The Lord God made them all.
Each little flower that opens,
Each little bird that sings,
he made their glowing colOrs,
He made their tiny wings.
Tie rich man In his castle,
The poor man at his gate.
God made them, high or loWly,
And ordered their estate.
The purpie-headed mountain,
The river running by,
The sunset, and the morning
That brlghtens up the sky.
The cold wind in the winter,
The pleasant summer sun,
The ripe fruits in the garden
He made them every one.
The tail trees in the greenwood,
The meadows where we play,
The rushes by the water
We gather every day;
He gave us eyes to see them,
And lips that we might tell
How great is God Almighty,
Who has made all things well.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-07-28

4 BEAUTIFUL IDEA.-Away up
among the AIleohanies there is a
spring so small that a single OK on a
summers day could drain it dry. 1t
steals its unObtTusive way among the
hills, till it spreads out into the beau
tiful Ohio. Thence it stretches away
q thousand miles, leaving on its banks
more than a hundred villages and
cities, and many a cultivated farm,
then joining the Mississippi il stretches
away some twelve hundred miles
more till it falls into the emblem of
eternity. It is one of the greatest tTib-
utaries to the ocean, which Obedient
only to God, shall roar till the angel
with one foot on the sea and the other
on the land, shall swear that time
shall be 10 longer. So with moral
influence. 1t is a Tili-a Tivulet-an
ocean and as bOuHdiess and fathOm-
less as eternity.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-07-28
How to See Down a Well.

Ii is now generally known, says
the Lancaster (Pcnn.) Intelligencer,
how easy n matter it is TO explore the
bottom of well, cistern or pond of
water by the use of a common mir
rOr, so that the reflected rays of light
will fall into the water. a bright
SPOT will be seen at the bottom, so
light as to show the smallest object
plainly. BY this means we have eX-
amined the bottoms of wells fifty
feet deep, when half full or more of
water. The smallest straw or other
objects can be perfectly seen from
the surface. In the same way OlG
can examine the bottom of the ponds
and rivers, fthe waters be somewhat
clear and not agitated by winds or
rapid motion. If a well or Cistern
he under cover, or shaded by a build
ing so that the sunlight will not fall
near the opening, it is only necessary
to employ two mirrors, using one to
reflect the light to the opening, and
another to reflect it down into the
water. Light may be thrown fifty
or hundred yards TO the precise
spot desirable, and then downward.
we have used the mirror to success
to reflect light around the house to q
shaded well, and also to carry it from
south window through two rooms
and then into a cistern under the
north side of the house. Half a
dozen reflections of light may be
made, though each mirror diminishes
the brilliancy of the light. Let any
one not used 10 the method Try it,
and he will not only find it useful,
but very pleasant experiment. II
will perhaps reveal a mass of sedi-
ment at the bottom of the we'll that
has been little thought of, but which
may have been a frightful source OF
disease by its decay in the water.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-07-28
PeriIs of European Railway Travel

An attempt at murder in a railway
carriage has just been made on the
Orleans line in France. a Spanish
gentleman took a seat one evening in
the early part of this month, in the
coupe of a first-class carriage to pro-
ceed to BayOnne; he was at first the
only occupant, but just as the train,
was about to start a stranger entered
the same compartm The two
feIIOw-trayeIlers engaged in a con-
vers;ition which lasted as far as the
Estampes station, when the Spaniard
fell into doze, from which he was
presently aroused by two pistol
shots, fired in the carriage, and by
feeling a wound in the forehead. A
struggle between the two men en-
sued, and the woUld-be murderer
being the stronger endeaYOred to
force the other through the window,
and would probably have succeeded,
had not the train that moment slack
ened its speed to stop at the Anger
vile station, when the assailant
/ fearing to be taken, jumped out OF
1 lard raised u cry of stop the mur.
dcrcT." but too late, as the man was
already beyond pursuit. The WOun-
| dCd gentleman was removed 10 {
| hotel, and at once received surgical
/ assistance. His life is in no danger
as the ball, which appears to have
/ been fired from q very small pocket
arm, did not penetrate the bone, and
/ the second shot did not take effect al
all.