Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-05-16
From west Tennessee.
For The Fayetteville Observer

II MT. ~ Wottdce-lJEARSIR--
1- | begin this missiEe, by throwing
down the gauntlet to your com,
= ,'ositor, and demanding satisfac-
Ion in mortal combat; and in this,
Ideny him chivalry's long estab-
= lisheds spriviEege=-ttrat of choosing
arms-and suggest those ofpepper
: boxes, (minus the pepper) or
some other style OF artillery that
may in no. way endanger life, or
Injure limb, The cause of this
proposed deadly conflict arises
from the pointed fact Of his not
being an expert at reading an in>
ferior chirugraphy as illustrated
!, in my last Sc1l66ling. He has the
word spicies taken from the ad-
jectlve spicy species. and alba
terra (ihe white earth) 0l battura;
which | suppose is Arabic, and
would mean all battling against a.
sand storm, or some other 5phepo-''
menon of nature-beside some 9TH
er errors in orthography. ~ -u- en-,
So, my friend Wallace, you may
advertise III this issue, FoBEXAs.
WANTED. '''f 2 ''5I'',ii - ''s' p =
| i inotiee a letter in your last,
| from Uncle Tom. in which be-
gives glowing description, both
present and prospective, of their
village de MONS plusieurs Find
ing the heading of this, | devoured'
the contents IN haste-but imag--
inc my chargrin when / found
that Uncle Tom by same.inadvert.
tency had failed to give US an ac-
count of Esq Grif6s' old mill, the
most ancient, and consequently
the most noted, il not the most'at-
traetive part of the young city.
1t used to be an anexcellent mill; and
l always thought strange of N.Y.
esteemed friend and artist, L. B..
Wiley, that he has not made
display OF his talent upon this
fine subject; and thus secure Il
relic, of the past that would be
highly appreciated-but not by =
the score Of Juveniles that used to
be sent there during musquito
harvest; and were forced to abide
its pleasure of serving. 1t was
faithful! though; 50 soon as it
would mash up one grain into
grits. it would bravely mount
another and serve it in similar
manner Let us hear from you,
again, Uncle Tom, an1 pray don'ti
fail to be more graphic a.-a .asr
4 This leaves our citizens all suf-
fering from a violent attack Of
political fever. Since Old Frank,
as he is termed by many, has ap-
peared in the political arena, it, Q
has aroused q considerable spiritsw
OF Puthc enthusiasm. We hope
the Stale will go Cheatham.. 40
his past record of yalor is such as
to engender the opinion that be
will be as valorous in protecting ?
the interests of the people; and az
faithful in the discharge of his q
duties as Governor, as that OF >.
General of handful Of n.iserably
clad rebs. Our friend Gen. Wood
OF the Record made flying visit to-
Memphis this week, and returns
red hot on political matters !; SO
be will add fuel to the fame,
through our paper, aud thus We
may be, by our Rext metamor-
phosed into politics. Spring has
made her advent complete and ali
nature has robed herself in a ver-
liant mantle. = Farmers and gard
lers are profting by her coming y,
and are al busy at their honorable
Focation of tiiling the soil; and
.hus propagating the business Of
Ill, and supporting the nation It
las been truly said that the farm
n was. the bone and sinew of the
lation. Then why is it that SO.
many cf our young men desert
he farm, and run to the villa
res and towns to, become counter
jumpers; and go at the bidding.
i their wealthy employes-whils
hey could live upon the farm in.
ase I?
The smallpox has aubsided at
ast, without any terrific results
ome three or four deaths, and
'lenty of sore arr from vaccina-
ion; and we have escaped the
meningitis thus far, with only one
ase, which did not prove fatal. -4
The religious part, (and | sup
ose the irreligious too) Of our pee
lie have enjoyed feast OF good
hings from the Rev. Russell Of
he Brownsville Presbyterian
,hurch during the present week.
lie is an excellent preacher, and
bove all has, l think, the germ
f religion in his heart, which
ends out spontaneously the eff
icacy Of Calyary's bleeding