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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-05-11
TENNESSEE.

J during the seventy-one years, pre-.
ceding June 80, 1861, not includ.
ing in either case the, sum paid
| upon the principal or interest of
the public debt. 1t is trifiing with
the intelligence of the people for
the Radical leaders to pretend
that this vast sum has been hon
estly expended. Hundreds of
millions of it have been wantonly
squandered. The expenditures
of the Government for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1861, were
only $62, 2,000,0O0, while for pre-
cisely the same purpose the civil
list, army and navy pensions and
Indians $l64,000.000 were ex-
pended during the fiscal year end
ing June 10, 1870. No indigna-
tion can be too stern, and no scorn
too severe for the assertions by un.
scrupulous Radical leaders that
the great Democratic and Conser-
vative party of the Union has or
can have any sympathy with the
disorders or violence in any part
of the country, or in the depriva-
tion of any man of his rights un.
der the Constitution. 1t is to pro-
tect and perpetuate the rights
which every freeman cherishes, to
revive in all hearts the feeling of
friendship, affection and harmony;
which are the best guarantees of
law and order, and to throw a.
round the humblest citizen, where
ever he may be, the protection of
these safeguards of personal safe
ty which are the fundamental
laws of the land ; that we invoke
the aid of all good men in the
work of peace and reconciliation.
We invite their generous cooper
alton irrespective of all former
differences and opinion, SO that
the harsh voice of discord may be
relieved; that a new and danger
Gus sectional agitation may be
checked that the burden of taxa
ton, direct or indirect, may be re-
duced to the lowest point consist
ent with the good faith of its every
just national obligation, and with
a strictly economical administra-
tion of the Government, and that
the States may be restored in
their integrity and true relations
to our Federal Union.
Here follows the signatures of
all the Democratic Senators and
most of the Representatives.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-05-11
Didn't wish Interruption,

1t is related of a clergyman
from Vermont, who years ago paid
a visit to New York, and was In
yited to fill a city pulpit during
the time of dog-day pastoral va
cations, that he had never had
the privilege Of listening to a
church organ, and was totally un-
acquainted with the fashion of
hiring a few yocalists to do the
singing for the congregation.-
Giving out his first hymn, the or
ganist played a fancy prelude, and
in the highest style Of the art, the
choir rendered the four verses
Addressing the throne Of grace in
"a feryent invocation which
stamped him as a man of intel
lect and power with his audience,
he coOlly reopened the hymn book,
ard turning to a page, exclaimed,
"The audience will now join with
me in singing good old Metho-
dist hymn; and those personsrun-
ming that bag of wind in the gal
lery will please not interrupt"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-05-11


AN INDIANA STORY. An Indi.
ana man planted a tree In front
of his house, and named it after
his wife. Soon the tree died, and
the woman lived but a day after
Now you would be surprised tc
see the number of men there are
planning trees in front Of their
'domiciIs, and naming them after
their respective, if not respected,
wiyes-and the sickliest looking
trees that could be found too, trees
that, with the most tender care,
can't possibly live more than two
weeks. 10 %
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-05-11
GPrOps'5etor.
VOL, ITIH---NO. is.
I An Editors Shirt.

Editors have a first rate time
out in Texas. The ladies of a
town out there have given to the
editor of a paper, an embroider-
Jed shirt, which eontains the his
tory of Texas, including the
war with Mexico, and the meet
ing Of the first Legislature, and
also pictures of the State, all
worked in red worsted. The
editor never wore a shirt in his
life, andihe Thought this was a
flag for the temperance process
sion which waste come off next
week. So he made a little
speech of thanks, in wkichhesaid
he, would fling it out forever to
the breezes of heaven, that they
might kiss its folds, and that un-
til his hands palsied it should
never be tfailed in the dust
never. The ladies didn't tunder-
stand him, and when he talked
about its trailing, they blushed
and said they were sorry they
made it too long. But a COM
mittee-man took the editor aside
and explained the shirt to him
in a whisper, and the next day
he appeared in the office with
the shirt mounted over his coat,
and wrote four columns of ex-
PLANTATION for his paper. The
shirt is much admired by the
beysof the town, and whenever
the editor goes out for a walk,
they follow him in regiments,
studying the history of Texas
and the fine arts on the back of it.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-05-11
A Strict Law.

The importance of placing the
business of dispensing drugs and
medicines In competent hands is
fully recognized in Prussia, where
the most stringent regulations are
enforced in regard to the qualif,
cations of apothecaries. To be.
come an apothecary's apprentice
there, an applicant must first pass
an examination in Latin, physics,
botany, and other natural science,
befare board comprising the dis
trict physician and a notary; and
if this is satisfactory, he gets a
permit to serve as an apprentice
for four years in pharmacy, du-
uing which he is allowed to com.
pound drugs in the laboratory,
but not to put up prescriptions
until the fourth year, and then
only under the strict surveillance
of the proprietor or of RESPONSE
BILE drug clerk. At the expira-
tion of this term he has an exami-
nation as drug clerk, under di-
rections of an examining board
composed of two physicians, two
apothecaries, and a notary. Sue
cess entities him to a diploma as
a drug clerk; and after this as a
clerk solely, and in different phar-
macies, four years more; four
years in one place will not fulfill
the requirements of the law. AT.
ter this the clerk must spend one
year in the university to complete
his studies, and then comes still
another examination, after which,
if he comes out of the final exami-
nation with credit, be receives bis
diploma as an apothecary, and is
allowed 10 buy an established
stand, or become member Of a
firm already in existence, if he
can; but he cannot set up a new
pharmacy, as the number of these
is regulated by law, one being al
lowed for every 5000 inhabitants.
The price of medicines are also
regulated 10y law, and are the
same in every drug store in Prus'
sia. An apothecary may give a
way medicines if he sees fit; but
he is not allowed to sell them for
either less or more than the es-
tablished price. No man can buy
a pharmacy in Prussia unless he
has gained an apothecary's diplo-
ma. So arbitrary a system would
never be tolerated in this country;
but we need such a law as will
put an end to the practice of In
trusting the preparation of pre-
scriptions to ignorant boys, who
can have no knowledgeof the eff
fects of the powerful drugs which
they are allowed to sell.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-05-11

The Knoxville Advertiser says:
ga few Sundays ago one of our
most popular ministers was called
upon to go cut to house in the
city to a marry a young couple
who were in hurry to be united.
He went and performed the cere-
mony in his usual handsome style.
After prononncing them man and
wife, he stepped forward to claim
the old-fashioned kiss from the
cherry lips of the maiden wife,
when the anxious bridegroom, an.
ticipating his intentions, stepped
in before him, threw his arms for
the first time around the blushing
bride, and implanted the first kiss
of love upon her tempting lips,
and then stepped back, saying,
'after me, Mr.. Preacher, after me;
and the preacher took it second
hand. That bridegroom will do. +"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-05-11
Baptizing the Baby.

| Down in Woodbury. there is
| a woman extremely deaf, and
her affliction has caused an ex-
Itfemely unpleasant mistake, of
which her infant child is the vic
| tim. She took this babe to
church the other day to have
him baptized. While she was
waiting in the vestibule she
thought she would keep him
quiet by feeding him from a
bottle of milk. While the
child was still taking susie
nance, the mother was sum-
moned to the church with the
announcement that the preacher
was ready. In her agitation
she drew the bottle from the
babes mouth hurriedly, the
gum nozzle came off, and pint
of milk was spilled upon the
childs new clothes. When the
clergyman took the child inhis
arms, he looked down and asked
what name should be given it.
She with her mind troubled a.
bout the accident, thought he
was asking how the clothes be-
came soiled; so she answered,
HNozzle came off,"
Rather surprised, he asked a
gain for the name, and she,
thinking he did not understand
her, bawlea out:
"Nozzle came off, l say"
Whereupon the astonished
divine poured water on the
childs head and said,
"Nozzle came off Ferguson,
l baptize thee, ETC., etc.
What this woman wants to
know is, whether the Legisla-
ture or something can't have
that name changed to Henry, or
Lucullus, or William, or some
other more ephonious patrony-
mic.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-05-11

A late quotation of the price
of votes states that in the South
Carolina Legislature the average
is 5000, but that in the New Jer-
sey Legislature $4,000 was paid
in one instance. This seemed
quite cheap, for member at Har-
risburg not long ago said that if
he did not get at least $4,000 at
this season that be would consid-
er that he was losing money.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-05-11

A Chicago paper says: "Kate
writes from Bridgport, Connecti
cut, to a Boston weekly Journal,
saying :: Il married where / did
not love, and now love where !
cannot marry. O, whatshall | do?"
And that stupid Chicago paper
doesn't have sense enough to an
swer the conundrum, as it. was
obviously intended to be answered,
thus "Come to Chicago and get
a. divorce" Ilo
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-05-11

In newspapers we have the
Golden Age, Iron Age. the Licing
Age, and the Philadelphia Age
1t was thought last week that the
Sdats Age had been added to the
list when The Three Links was an.
nounced at Providence. r. l.; but
it proved to be only a new paper
devoted to Odd Fellowship.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-05-11
THURSDAY, MAY II, 1871
Hotel Statistics.

The new Washington weekly,
the Capital publishes some re-
marks of an experienced hotel
manager, Mr.. T., Roesdale,1 tiom
which we quote the following; o
"Take for example, the prices
we receive in the Arlington, which
is a small hotel, with a capacity
for no more than 325 persons.
"Senator Cameron paid for him
self and wife $3.50 per month. and
had but two rooms Senator Fen.
ton had parlor, two bedrooms
and an office, and paid 81, 900 per
month. Mr.. S. S. Cox and wife
paid $3.50 per week, and / gage
him buffet supper for 100 per-
sons, which cost him 81, 900. Mr..
w. S. Huntington gave the Japa-
nese the finest spread ever set in
the Arlington Hotel; there were
only twenty persons and he paid
81, ,0n0 DR.. Helmbold paid 500
per day; and bis bill for two weeks
was about 1000. A parlor and
three bedrooms in the second sto-
|ry OF the Arlington, with a small
family occupying them, are worth
to me $3.50 per week during the.
season; and one guest pays for a
parlor, BEDROOM and bathroom,
$500 per month.
3 "At the Deleynn House, Albany,
DIR. Gauter used to pay 1915 per
week, and General Draling, with a
pailor, three bedrooms and four
persons, paid $500. li2.
"Our hotel at Lake George had
$1,000 on the register last season,
in four months; we took in that
space of time 100000, and the
net profits were $4,000.
o "The Fifth Avenue Hotel in
New York rents for 100000 a
year, including the store beneath
it. The St. Nicholas rents for
$85, 900, although it cost but
1926, 600. Mr.. A. I. Stewart has
just rented to VIM. M. Tweed the
Metropolitan Hotel for S65, 900 al
year, to put his son, Richard
Tweed, into business as a landlord;
and the Lelands, who got out, paid
$4,000.
1.-The Delevan House, at Alba
ny, where there is merely O Leg.
islativc meeting, is very pro6ta-
bic to Charles Leland, at a rent of
S55, 900 a year, and for the little
Stanwix Hall, at Albany, Delevan
pays $4,000. ~
Burroughs pays for the Ev-
erett Hotel, New York, $35, 900, |
although it is smlll. and the AS
tor House rents for $4,000 a year,
':The cheapest piece of hotel !
in point of rent, in this
country is the Brevoort House,
New York, which rents for S27,-
900, and has three owners it is
kept on the European plan, except |
the table a. lhote, which it does not
keep up, as it has madeits reputa-
ton on the best Cuisine III the
world" laa5 le4
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-05-11

A Springfield (Mass.) woman
left her little boy at home to a,
muse himself with matches, and
when she returned, met him in
the street crying. He said he on
ly made a little fire in the bureau
drawer, and a lot Of red-shirted
men came with a great big tea-
kettle and squirted water all over
the house. They saved the cellar
door.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-05-11

A young lady who had many
admirers among the limbs of the
law, on being asked how she es-
capped heart-whole, supposed it
was owing to the, fact that in
"a multitude of counsellors
there is safety"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-05-11

A reverend divine, being accused
of negligence in bis calling, and
styled 'an hnfaithful shepherd
for scarcely ever visiting his flock,
defended himself by saying that
he was always with them at
'shearing time
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-05-11

An Illinois womaD committed
suicide by hanging herself to an ap-
pie tree. At the funeral a neigh
Dor noticing the sad appearance Of
her husband consoled him by say
ing that he met with a terrible
loss. EYES," says the husband,
heaving a Sigh, ''she must have
kicked like thunder to shake off
six bushels of green apples that
would have been worth a dollar a
bushel when they got ripe!"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-05-11
Circumstantial Evidence

p
Circumstantial Evidence.
A remarkable case, showing the
danger, of trusting impiieitly tr
circ1mstantial evidence, has Just
been concluded in Toledo, o.
Nearly three years ago, Robt.
Sharp was found dead, with shot
! and slugs In his brain. A man
named Harrington, who had beer
on intimate terms with the de-
Eceased, was arrested for the mur-
der. The testimony was wholly
fcircurnstantial, but so skillfully
worked up by the detectives,
THAT Harrington was convicted
and sent to the penitentiary. His
lawyers had become interested in
the case, and although Harrington
was a poor man, they determined
to fight bis cause to the end
After a long and arduous struggle
through the District and Supreme
Courts, an order for a new trial
was obtained, and that trial has
Just closed.
The main points in evidence or
which he was convict I'd where
the Observation-Disclosures of the
shot in the body of the dead man
with that in the shot-bag belong
ing to Harrington; the correspon-
dence of pieces of newspapers
found near the scene of the sup
posed murder, and assumed to
be part Of the gunwadding, with
a torn paper in Harrington's resi-
dence and piece in his vest pock-
eft, and that the motive for the
murder was to be found in the al
ledged fact of Sharp having come
to Toledo with several hundred
dollars Of money, which Harring-
ton knew, and that no one else
was SO intimate with Sharp. On
the second trial it was rendered
doubtful whether there was a
similarity in the shot. 1t was
clearly proven that the pieces of,
paper alleged 10 have been picked
up at the scene Of the murder were
not there at the time Of the find
ing of the body, nor for day or
two afterward, and the inference
was unavoidable, that they were
put there by the detectives to aid
them in working up" the case
against Harrington.
1t was further proven that
Sharp was destitute when he ar
rived in Toledo, and that Harring-
ton was doing his best to aid him
in procuring employment. To
crown all, an alibi was clearly and
satisfactorily proven. Haring.
ton was declared innocent, ami
the jury voluntarily gave him a
letter, signed by every member
repeating, in emphatic terms,
their belief OF his entire inno-
eence of any knowledge Of tie
murder, and bearing
testimony to his uniform good
character. The public sentiment
unanimously conceded with this
verdict. The former employer Of
Immediately took him
back into his service.
1t causes an unpleasant shud-
der to reflect that a perfectly in
nocent man, of good character,
suffered two years of degrading
punishment, and narrowly escaped
an ignominious death, for a crime
Of which he knew nothing. 1t IS
another warning of implicit trust
in wholly circumstantisl evidence,
and protest against the detec-
tives in working up a case"
against one they choose to suspect.
= =
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-05-11
.elllpte Of tIe mases.
@ ego
To Whom Shall we Give
s,s Thanks :? 80

~ st-s t Thanks fR
A little boy had sought the pump
From whence the sparkling water burs
And drank with eager JOY the draught
That kindly quenched his raging thirst.
Then gracefully he touched his cap
Ithank you, Mr. Pump. he said,
For this nice drink you've given me
(This little boy had been well bred.)
Then said the Pump my little man,
You're welcome to what have done;
But am not the one to thank
l only help the water run.
Oh, then, the little fellow said,
polite he always meant to be,) r
Cold water, please accept my thanks,
You have been very kind to me.
All said cold water, don't thank me;
Far up the hillside lies the spring
That sends me forth with generous hand
To gladden. every living thing.
pll thank the spring, then, said the boy,
And gracefully he bowed his head,
Oh, don't thank me, my little man,
The spring with silyery accents said.
Oh, don't thank me-for what am
Without the dew and summer rain ?
Without their aid he'er could quench
Your thirst, my little boy, again.
Oh, well, then, said the little boy,
Pll gladly thank the rain and dew,
Pray, don't thank us-without the sun
We could not fill one cup for you.
Then, Mr.. Sun, ten thousand thanks
For all that you have done for me,
Stop said the sun with blushing face,
My little fellow, don't thank me,
Twas from the oceans mighty stores
drew the draught gave to thee.
Oh, ocean, thanks then said the boy
1t echoed back, Not unto me.
Not unto me, but unto Him
Who formed the depths in which lie,
Go, give thy thanks. my little boy,
To Him who will thy wants supply.
The boy took off his cap, and said,
In tones so gentle and subdued,
Oh, God, l thank Thee for this gift,
Thou art the giyer of all good.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-05-11

"What do you do for a living p
asked a farmer near Poughkeepsie,
of a sturdy vagabond, who came
begging at his house. SWELL,
nothing much, except travelling
around" said the fellow. "You
look as though you are good at
6hat," responded the farmer.
SWell, yes, / am pretty good al
travelling" "Then," said the far.
mer, opening the door, "let's see
you travell"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-05-11

at is forty years, my old friend
John, since we were boys togeth-
er." "Is it? Well, don't speak
SO loud, for there's that young
widow in the other room
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-05-11

! A lease recently recorded at
Lowell, Massachusetts, gives the
use of certainpremises for 'the
term of her natural life" and
further down exacts a pledge
from lessee, that she will ''quit
and deliver up the said premi-
ses peacably at the end of the
term"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-05-11

One of the cars attached 10 q
trainewhich arrived at Detroit on
Tuesday evening, was found to
contain a little girl aboutfv years
old, to whose cloak was pinned a
paper inscribed "This girl goes
to Kendallville, Indiana" No one
could be found in the train who
knew anything abont her, and a
lady. en- route to her home in To
ledo, took the child, expressing
her willingness to keep her until
her friends were heard from:
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-05-11

| The Washington Capitol of the
9th inst, makes some extraordina-
ry revelations, showing the cor
ruption of the carpet-baggers in
Florida. G. NJ. Hamilton, late
Radical member of Congress,
tpeached on his comrades, and pub
fishes letters of w. C. Osborne,
brother to the present Senator.
In order to get his aid for a land
stealing job in Congress, they Of
fered him half a million Of dollars
stock in the Great Southern Rail-
road, to have the Federal patron
age in Florida readjnsted to his
better satisfaction, to secure bis re-
turn to Congress, to carryall his
measures through the Senate, and
to make him Attorney to the
Great Southern Railroad at his
own price. AS Hamilton did not
accept the terms, he was thrown
overheard. The stock of the
Great Southern Railroad was put
at ten millions. Senator Osborne
was to hayea quarter of a millior,
and the balance divided among
eighteen. carpet-baggers. The
proof of these frauds is full and
indisputable. These be the men
who talk longest and Ioudest about
Ku-Klux outrages and Of the in
security of life and property of.
Union men" in the South, =
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-05-11

They have turned the sections
wife out of church, in California,
for trying to induce to the parson
to run away with her to Nevada,
and turn sinner.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-05-11

ARITHMETIcAI PRoBLEM.-Roch-
ester is distracted through the col
umns of its papers over arithme-
tical problems: Here is the la
test: If one hundred yards of
cord be wound in a single coil up
on an upright post an inch in di-
ameter, what time will it take a
man to unwind it, he holding one
end in his hand travelling in a
circle whose radius is the un.
wound cord, supposing he walks
four miles an hour, and what is
the length of ground walked over,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-05-11

An old lady in New Jersey, hav-
ing read the account of the burst
ing of a grindstone in a manufac-
turing establishment, became ter
ribly alarmed lest the grindstone
standing in her cellar should burst
and blow up the house.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-05-11

Some girls will never learn to
restrain the natural impulses of
their nature. A minister was
baptizing a girl at Ripon, Wis
consin, and when he had sub
merged her, and came out of
the water, he asked her how she
felt in mind. Her answer was,
call hunky, only a little wet" "
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-05-11

Speaking of the Presidents dis
tribution of patronage, the New
York Sun says: "Grant never of.
fered Greedy anything" That
was because Greedy never offered
Grant anything.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-05-11

A little girl in Pennsylvania
was recently reproved for playing
out doors with the boys, being sew.
en- years old, she was ''too big for
that now" But, with allimagina
BILE innocence she replied: "Why,
the bigger we grow, the better we
like EN-" Grandma took time to
think.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-05-11

Lake Winnipiseogee, Maine, is
yetcovered with twenty-nine inch.
es Of ice.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-05-11

What a difference it makes
whether you put DR.. before or af
ter mans name.