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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-11-07
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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-11-07
Blissful End Of a Long
Courtship.

A few days since Henry J.
Holmes returned TO this city with
his bride, whom be married in
Prairie City, Polk county, Iowa.
Twenty.three years ago, Holmes
left the lady in the place men.
toned to make bis fortune in Cal.
ifornia, the two being at the same
time engaged. The luck usual
with most of the forty-niners was
his; and after llcng aLaa unsuccess.
ful labor he settled down to le.
gitimate business. in which he
managed to slowly accumulate
property. After time he re.
rurned to Iowa for bis bride; but
her brother was afflicted with a
long and tedious illness, and the
faithful sister would not leave him.
The illness terminated in death a
few months since, and then the
lady wrote her betrothed-the
two having corresponded regular
ly all this time-that she was
free and he might come again
Holmes was now possessed of a
comfortable competence, and be
was still faithful. He promptly
responded to the summons, mar
ried the lady, and is now settled
in the enjoyment of domestic hap
ness. 1t is seldom that hope SO
long deferred in this particular d.
rection- is finally realized, but
they are practical couple, and
probably feel no older now than
they did twenty.thIee years ago.
San Francisco bulletin.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-11-07
A Chapter on Roils.

Boil5 are said to be healthy" T"
and Judging from the way they
take hold aud hang on and ache
and burn and grow and raise Cain
generally, there is no doubt they
are healthy and have strong con-
stitutions. They are generally
very lively and playful at night,
and it is very funny to see chap
with good large one prospecting
around his couch fer a place
where his boil will fit in without
/ urting." Boils tend to purify
the blood, strengthen the system,
calm the nerves, restrain the pro-
family, tranqullize the spirits, i'm
prove the temper and beautily the
appearance. They are good things
for married men who spend their
evenings from home, as they give
than an opportunity to rest their
night keys, and get acquainted
with their families. 1t is said
that boils save the patient aft
OF sickness" but ii the sickness is
not the best to have. it must be
an all. fired mean thing. 1t is al
so said that a person is better af-
ter he has them, and there is no
doubt that one does feel better at-
ter having got rid Of them. Ma
ny distinguished persons have en-
joyed these harbingers of good
health. Shakespeare had them,
and meant boils when he said,
Zone woe doth tread upon anoth-
er's heels, SO fast they follow"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-11-07

The tedious session of the Su.
preme Court at Pittsburg, Mass,
was relieved by an incident last
week. A leading member of the
bar, rather noted TO bis strategy
in confusing witnesses by working
them into passion, had under
cross examination a woman who
seemed an apt subject for his fa
vorite tactics; having wound hel
up to the desired pitch, he inquired,
Madame, are you now living
With your first or second husband?'
That's none of your business!
sharp and short. With an air o.
offended dignity the attorney turn
ed to Chief Justice Brigham, who
remarked with a smile, 81 think
the witness is about right in that
is she not?" Which reminds the
older members of the bar of a
similar misadventure that a still
more distinguished member of the
Berkshire bar once met at the
hands of Chief Justice Shaw.
"Where did you get the money
with which you made the pur-
chase spoken of" asked the
"learned brother" of a witness un-
der the tortures of a cross exam
ination. "None of your (gentle
expletivr) business!" thundered
the victim. Now, may it please
you, are couusel to be insulted in
this manner" appealed the law
yer. "Wituess," said the chief
justice. oompassiOnately, edo you
wish to change your last answer7'
mo, sir, l DON'T" swell,
wouldn't if / were in your piaceG
And the chuckle that shook the
bench was audibly echoed.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-11-07
Then and Now.

The Chicago Tribune says, IN
'GI and 81, r. r. Butler was u
member of the Harris Legislature
of. Tennessee-the Legislature
that left Nashville in hot haste
when the Federal army advanced
on that city, and that ran so con-
stantly thereafter that it uever
had time to formally adjourn.
Butler was conspicuous for his adj
vocaey of secession. Later in the
war, w. B. Carter led the famous
bridge-burning expedition, that de-
stroyedso many bridges on the East
Tennessee and Virginia Railroad,
and left the majority OF It's men,
bers in the hands Of the Confeder-
ates, who hung them forthwith to
the nearest tree. Ten years have
made great change. r. r. But
Ter is the Radical, and w. B. Car
ter the Conservative, candidate
for Congress in the First District
of Tennessee. Butler is "loyal;"
Carter is q "traitCr."
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-11-07
A Wild Pigeon Roost.

An immense pigeon roost ex-
lists at this time near Oakland
Allegheny county, Md. They
collect nightly on a tract of
ground covered with elder bush
es, occupying about six acres
The Cumberland M,c8 says:
The Unlocking pigeons gradual.
ly settled down upon the bush
es, until they were bent to the
ground by the weight of the
birds. Still more pigeons came
flying from distant points and
continued to settle down upon
the already living mass, until
the whole five or six acres were
compactly covered. So great
was the,number of birds that they
were piled upon each other in
places from one to two feet in
depth. The pigeons continued
fiocking in and settling upon
and among each other from a
bout four O'Clock in the after
noon until nightfall when at
last they became still and pre-
pared for their nights rest.
With the early dawn of the
morning ficck after flock arose
and flew away in all directions,
which departures were contin-
ued until about nine o'clock when
the place was deserted and not
a living bird to be seen during
the remainder Of the day, until
toward evening, when they "a
gain began fiocking back the
scenes of the evening before
were again to be witnessed; and
all this has occurred daily forthc
past ten days.
At this wonderful roost thou
sands and thousands of pigeons
have been nightly captured by
men and dogs, with guns, clubs
and bags. After nightfall
person can go among the birds
and scoop the into them mouth
of a bag. 1t is needless TO add
that thousands of them have
been wantonly shot, allowed to
remain upon the ground where
they died.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-11-07
FAYETTEVILLE, TBNNESSEE THURSDAY NOVEMBER 7, 1872
Political Anecdotes.

1t is related ola worthy Con
necticut yankee that he declined
a nomination to an elective of:
fee on the following grounds
II have lived" he said, ga toll
erably respectable life. l have
established my sons in business.
/ have married my daughters
comfortably. My grandchildren
have risen to call me blessed
I can get up good ordinance
at a family gathering, all the
members of which listen to me
with respect. My neighbors
treat me with courtesy. Shall ]
forfeit ali this by setting my
fame as target for political o.
ponents. Decidedly not" Per-
haps the old gentleman was
right.
"There is, however, another
side of the case and another an
ecdote in point. A blameless
and respected old man, like ma
ny other "innocents, desired an
elective Office. He was not pos
itively good enough to be re-
markable and there was no strik-
ing event in his life, or point in
his character, on which he was
likely to fail by default. A
friend volunteered to insure his
election, but not in advance dis
close the process. In a few days
the astounding political fact
came out that the worthy candi-,
date in qis youth"stole a horse"
The opposition charged. The
candidates friends defended.
A very exciting canvass arose,
the point of thief or. no thief
bearing as much on the political
questions supposed to be in is
sue as the collateral points raised
on election times generally do.
The "horse theft" was triumph
antly elected by the reaction in
his favor, the charge was de-
monstrated to be a falsehood; a
thing easily done by "the
FRIEND" who had published on
ly such a charge as could not be-
substantiatod.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-11-07

A good story is told of widow
lady in town. Her husband died
far away from home, apd it took
SO long for his remains to reach
New York that his relict had
quite recovered from her grief and
was giving a large lunch party
when they finally arrived, A
wagon drove up to the door, and
a long box was handed out. Gu
riosity ran high among the ladies
at the window, and with one ac-
cord they exclaimed, why, Mrs.
Jones, what can it be?' Up went
Mr.. Jones eyeglasses, and after
glance she coolly said, "Why,
it must be Jones come home.
Charley, ruu down and open the
door for your father" N Y Mail.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-11-07
Three Cheers for the
Elder"

The State of Ohio used to be ia
nous for its camp-meetings and re
! iligious revivals but if what we
hear from there nowadays is true
it has sadly lost its prestige in
in those particulars. An Ironton
paper tells us of circumstance
which lately occurred in that To-
cality which is strong indication
THAT there is some wrong either
about the preachers or the people.
A revival preacher, who had a.
chieved considerable reputation as
to his powers in the pulpit, went
to Ironton for a week, to "start a
revival" He showed great zeal,
preaching every night during his
stay, got double row Of mourn
ers' benches ready and called
frantically upon hrs congregation
to come forward. The last night
there was an immense gathering,
and the preacher fairly outdid
himself. He shouted, and plead
ed, and waited, but all in vain
Not soul rose. Finally, discour-
ed beyond measure, he sat down.
AT that juncture, a long faced,
looking man got up, and
said that the elder had been work.
ing hard and labored faithfully
with them, and as a token of their
appreciation he moved that the
congregation give him three cheers
1t was done with a heartiness
which made the pews tremble, and
the people went home satisfied
that they had fally and faithfully
performed their duty. The preach
er has ever since been waiting TO!
see Ironton destroyed by fire.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-11-07

"TM HIS MANP-The death
of Rev. DIR. Robert j. Breckin-
ridge reminds us of an anus
ing incident in his life, which
we believe has never been prin-
ted. Some member of a Pres
bytery-a country brother, COM
planned that the city clergymen
dressed too well, and thus made
an undue distinction between
themselves and their country
brethren. DIR. Breckinrige, who
was always ready for debate,
Strengthened his tall, 1.-THE form
up, and ''indigantly denied the
charge" In a burst ofeloquent
anger he declared that he was
ready to change clothes with
any brother ou that floor. In
an instant, a short, fat brother
as broad as long-waddIed
into the aisle, and called out
wheezily: "Mr. Moderator, I'm
his mani" The vision of DR..
Breckinridge's arms and legs
protruding from baggy clothes
ofthe other, upset the dignity
of the Prcsbytery, and spoiled
the eloquence of the orator.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-11-07

The Detroit Free Press says that
"yeslerday afternoon far mer named
Palmer was thrown from his wagon
about two miles beyond the toll
gate" A Union reporter has en-
quired into the case and finds that
instead of being thrown two miles, PAT
mer was simply thrown out upon the
road beside his wagon. 1t was one
of the Free Press eX4ggerations.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-11-07

At Marion, Indiana, a lew days
ago, two thirsty young men
thought to secure free drinks in a
drug store during the temporary
absence of the proprietor. BY mis-
take the laudanum bottle was
seized hold of instead of one con-
tanning eau de vid, and while one
put down very hastily a two fin
ger drink from a glass the other
sucked from the bottle. When
they came to plank down five dol
lars each for medical services
and the use OF a stomach pump,
they found they had paid a pret
ty round price for free drinks
that wouldn't remain on the stom-
ach.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-11-07

| remember three years ago
telling Of the marvellous cause
of the great Larderel fortune
It is a pretty story, and an a.
bridgement will bear repeating
The founder of the family was
saddler, grandfather of the
young count and countess, who
are matching, with illegitima tt
royalties and descendants Of
families that count back their
centuries of distinction. One
day the the peddler took off his
pack under the trees il. the
Maremma woods, and spread
out his bread and meat for the
MONDAY meal. While eating
he fell asleep, and his bread and
ment rolled down on the earth,
When be awakened he picked
it up and began eating. The
first mouthful was SO bitter that
he could not swallow it., { He
found the cause was the earth in
which it had rolled. He was an
intelligent fellow, and his. hob
by was chemistry. He had a
friend at Leghorn who was q
druggist, and with him he had
studied out many chemical
secret. So the taste of the earth
set his mind to work. He gath
cred a portion of the earth apd
put I'M hispack. Whenhe tramp
ed back to Leghorn he and his
apothecary friend examined the
earth and found his suspicious
veriied-the earth was full of
soda and borax. The peddler
took his savings and quietly
bought the waste land in the
Maremma forests, set up his
manufactures, and made prin-
cely fortune. In one of the gal
leries of the splendid Larderel
palaces of Leghorn is a huge bo-
rax coronet placed on a high gilt
pedestal, Now the grandchil-
dren of the clever old peddIer,
who soldmatches, tobacco, BRAN
dy, etc, are mating with the de-
sceudants ofMedicis, and Savoy
dukes Roman Letter.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-11-07
A grand wedding is on the tai

A grand wedding is on the tap
is in New York, the orders for
dresses to be worn at which have
reached 100 at one house alone
The brides dress is now in the
loom at Lyons, France. 1t is
white satin manufactured to or
der, and will cost $3.50 yard. 1t
will be covered with exquisite
point lace also made to order.
The dress for the brides mother
is a pale lavender faiIle OF the
richest possible texture, and a
marvellous shawl of black lace, un-
ique in pattern, and of wondrous
finenness, accompanies it.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-11-07

A colored preacher in Sparta,
Ga, some time ago, was heard to
say in a funeral sermon of a de-
ceased brother: "He ruminates
no longer among US; he have ex-
onorated from the syligisms OF
this worlds discrimination, and
when he gifts to de cold, dry stream
of de river Jordin the keroslnes
and Periphines will meet him
dare to row him over on dry land
to the sylverstering CITY,"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-11-07
An Episode Of the Late
War.

The Cleveland Pld1ndedler fur.
nishes the following story: The
familiar aphorism that truth is
stranger than fiction receives a
fresh veriGcation almost daily.
Our neighboring city of Tiffin is
just now deeply interested in the
sequel of a war episode, which
! shows how romance sometimes
creeps into the events Of real life.
Early in the war Tiffin and vicin-
/ ity had a sort Of itinerant preach
er, named Downey. Upon the
outbreak of the war Downer en-.
tered the service as captain in one
OF the Seneca regiments, and when
the Government decided upon en-
ploying negro troops he became
colonel of negro regiment. Du-
ring the campaign in Tennessee
his regiment chanced to be en-
camped upon the estate of Col.
Washington, near Nashville. The
regiment seems not to have been
under the best discipling. They
seized Col. Washington and threat
ened him with death, and also set
about destroying the elegant lam
lily mansion. Col. Downey, by
great exertions, and at the immi-
nens risk Of his own life, succeed
ed in rescuiDg Col. Washington
from death, and saving the man.
sion and other property from de-
struction. Col. Washington felt
profoundly grateful at the time
for Col. Downey's brave exertions
in his behalf, and promised never
to forget them. There the mat
ter rested, and the wild scenes
with which Downey was surround
ed soon drove it out o: his mind. !
He remained at the head OF his
regiment till the war was over,
and then returned to Tifin and !
settled down into quiet domestic
life. Not long ago be died, leav-
ing his family in straitened cir
cumstances. Mrs. Downey was
driven TO rely on her needle for
support. She and her children
lived in their humble way, with !
little thought that a great change
was soon to be wrought in their
condition. Recently Col. Wash
ington died, when it was found
that he had willed his property,
consisting of ten thousand dollars
in bonds and greenbacks, and three
hundred acres Of improved lanG,
situated a mile and half from
Nashyille-the whole valued at a
hundred thousand dollars at least,
unto the heirs Of Col, Downey.-
Israel j. Downey, son OF the de.
ceased colnel, has just returned
from Nashville, whittier he went
to see about the bequest. He
found everything concerning the
will as stated above. The admin
strator of the estate was in Tiffn
IN Monday, arranging details of
he transfer. i
The history of the rebellion
few more romantic cpl
,odes than this.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-11-07

Guided by the advice of a for.
tune-teller, a Cincinnati youth
sought to make a girl love him by
means of electricity working from
under her chair. When the time
came she sprang into the air
about three feet, and when she
came down she landed in her low
er's hair and took about two
handsiul therefrom, and told him
that she hated him No match.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-11-07
The Aurora.

) The Aurora, or Northerr
Lights, entertained us, on the
night ofthe 14th ult. with a bril-,
liant display. So soon as twi.
light was gone the crimson
streams showed themselves il
full force, appearing like the re-
Election of a great city on fire
I Notwithstanding the moon was
shining brightly, the exhibition
was magnificent. just above
the horizon in the north was a
wide low arch of dim white light,
From this great crimsonstreams
or columns, would shoot upward
toward the zenith with a visible
and majestic motion. At one
time the fiery columns were most
abundant in the northwest, at
another in the northeast, while
in few minutes more the great
est display would be in the
north. This auroral exhibition
was remarkable for the rich red
color of the streamers. Before
eight o'clock all manifestations
were gone. 1t is seldom that
those of us living in the latitude
of Nashville witness so grand a
sight.
We see from dispatches that
the same aurora was seen in
New York city. The telegraph
reports:
Early last evening there was
a magnificent auroral display
which first appeared in the north
and gradually advanced until it
enveloped the whole sky from
east to west.
For the past twoyears or more
the number of auroral displays
have been unusually great. The
most common manifestation is a
pale diffnsed light in the north,
like the glimmering ofthe dawn.
Hence the name, from AauOra,
the Roman goddess Of morning.
The philosophy of the Aurora
can hardly be said to be satisfac-
torily know. 1t is in all prob
ability an electrical manifesto
tion-a fowof electricity through
the upper regions of the atmos-
phere. During displays tele-
graph wires are alW ays more or
less affected, frequently giving
sparks, and shocks TO those who
touch them. From large num-
Der of observations it is-known
that the height of the aurora a.
bove the earth is seldom less
than 45 miles, and it is often as
much as 500 miles. Rural San.