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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-08-09
4 Cheerful Home.

A single bitter word may disquiet
an entire family for a whole day.
One surly glance casts q gloom over
the household; while a smile, like q
CLEAN of sunshine, may light up the
darkest and weariest hours. Like
unexpected flowers which spring up
along our path, full of freshness,
fragrance, and beauty, SO do kind
words, and gentle acts, and sweet
dispositions, make glad the home
where peace and blessings dwell
No matter how humble The abode, il
it be thus garnished with grace, and
sweetened with kindness and smiles,
the heart will turn long ng to it from
all the tumults of 9he world, and
home, if it be ever so hOmely, will
be the dearest spot beneath the cir
cult of the sun.
And the influences of home per
petuate themselves. The gentle
grace of the mother lives IN the
daughters long after herheadispillow
ed IN the dust of death; and iatherly
| kindness finds its echo In the nobil-
lty and eourte,y oil sons who come to
wear his mantle and to fill his place
while, on the other hand, from an
unhappy, misgOverned, and disor.
{ dered home go forth persons who
shall make other homes miserable.
and perpetuate the sourness snd
sadness, the contentious, and strifes
and ratings, which have made thei,
own early lives so wretched and dis
/ tor eel
Toward the cheerful home tn,
children gathor ''as clouds and a,
doves to their Windows" while from
the home which is the abode of dis
contentmont, and strife, and troubl,
they fly forth as vu.tures to reno
their prey.
The class of men that disturb. anE
disorder, and distress the world ar
not those born and natnred ami,
the hallowed influences Of Christian
homes; but rather those whose earl
life has been scene of trouble an,
yexation-who have started wrons
IN the pilgrimage. and whose cours
is one disaster to themselves ans
tronb q TO those around TIA MI
| Il. II }" an friends Iatelligincer.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-08-09
TOM LOWREY,s FATE.
Frorn the wfminnt : - Inlr =


BY persons who came down on
the Wilmington, Charlotte and Ruth
erfCrd road yesterday, we learn ad-
ditional particulars of the shooting
and kilhpg of Tom Lowrey, one of
the gang of Robson outlaws on Sat
urday morning last. It appears that
there were FIVE persons IN the party
who waylaid the GU laws. These
were Robert Wisha t, 4 S. Wishart,
and thre> yourg mennamed respee-
lively, Mckay, Campbell aud Cobb.
The outlaw was shot on tho road
near his own house. After reeeiv-
ing the terrible wounds that produc.
ed his death he ran into swamp,
a distance Of about one hupdred
yards, pursued by the party. When
they had come up with him he tried
to t3raw his pistol to Ere on them,
but w4s too far gone to carry his in
tentions into effect, and fell back
wards a corpse. He had q Spencer
rife in his hand at the time, which.
was clutched so tightly that the par
ty had to loosen the fingers one by
one, by main force. They then put
him on hastily improviseJ litter,
and bore him thus about half a mile,
ben they met q wagon on the way
to political meeting, to which it
was said Lowrey was also bound
when he was arrested Ia his course
by the avengers bullet. The party
go possession of the wagon, placed
the corpse into it and carried it to
Lumberton. It was fully identified
as the body of Tom Lowrey by per-
sons who were well acquainted with
him, after " hlch it was deliv red to
his wife, who had followed the re-
mains Of her husbsnd to Lumberton
and made application for The same
for burial. The body was then taken
to Eureka church, where the funeral
was preached on Sunday afternoon,
and, about four o'clock was buried
In what is known as the Back Swamp
graveyard. We learn that nearly
all the residents of Scuffietown sec
ton we're present at the funeral
many of whom were armed, it being
| the impression of the numerous
friends of the OUTLAW that an efforl
would be made TO rescue the body
in which case they were prepared tx
resist the attempt by force of arms
We learn that the watch of Mr.
John McNair, of Robson, which wal
stolen some time since, was found
on the person Of the outlaw.
It is stated that q letter from An
drew Strong and Stephen Lowrey
the only two remaining members 0
the gang, has been received by Rob
ert Wishart, in which they express
their determination to kill ali whC
| participated in the killing of Ton
Lowrey-
At the time Lowrey was discover
| ed by the young men who wer
watching for him he was In compan,
with white man by the name O
of Furney Prevatt. This individual
when the firing commenced, mad
the best sort Of time up the road
Young Mckay, it is stated, fred tn
| first shot.
| The reward offered by the count
| of Robson was, we learn, paid owe
to the parties on Saturday afternoon
and a gentleman from LumbertoI
armed with the necessary papers
passed through here yesterday, e
route for Raleigh, for the purpose c
securing the reward offered by til
State. The whole amount, includ
ing that received from The county
will foot up Sc, 200.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-08-09
Medical GuessworI..

The professional treatment Of disease
is in a great measure experimental If
one medicine fails another Is tried, and
sometimes this hit-or-niss practice Is
pursued until the resources of the fac
ulty is exhausted. This, in the truest
sense of the word, is enpjrjcisnl. But
when the physician has made a valuable
discovery, he is called by his prOfes-
sional brethren an Empire because he
advertises the result of his labor and
research. When DIR. Walker of Califor-
MIA introduced his celebrated Vi7legdT
BjtterS as a remedy for all blood dis
eases, he struck tremendous blow al
the empirical system, as applied IN ouI
hospitals, and in private practice. II
was soon apparent that his medicine
was not a mere palliative or alternative
that only modified the symptoms of g
disorder; but that it reached the very
source of the n3GIaCiy in the blood and
the secretiOns, and literally rooted 4
| oatt. The process of renovation and
disinfection went on together, vigol
was impaired to the organs from which
the virus of disease had been expelled
That such Is the effect of this popular
vegetable remedy, no one who has had
opportunities of observing its operation
in cases of liver complaint, indigestion
affections of the bowels, govt, rheuma
tism, and pulmonary disorders, car
possibly doubt.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-08-09
( rhe 1nvaIld-APen picture.

See her paid countenance, but
short time ago the picture of ruddy
health. the envy of the school and the
pride of the household. She was al
WAYS welcomed by her schoolmates, for
her 1.-the form and pleasing disposition
carried eheerfalness into their ranks.
DiIigent. puncsual and exemplary, ODE
dent and graceful at home, she won the
hearts of all. But alas, we are soTrowed.
Those rosy cheeks and ruddy lips are
blanched by consumption The voice
once so enchanting IN laugh and song
is feeble, husky and supplanted by
hollow cough. Let Us approach her
couch gently and take her hand. DO
not shudder because of the feeble and
passionless grasp. The hand once SO
hearty and plump Is emaclated and
shows bony outlines, while the cords
and tortuous veins are plainly mapped
upon the surface. The pulse that
bounded with repletion, carrying ylgor
to the whole system and imparblng life,
beauty. vivacity, health and strength, is
delicate to the touch. The feeble heart
can not propeI the thin, scanty blood
with fol ce. Must we lose her while yet
in her teens? Companions and friends
gather around with words of cheer and
| consolation and depart with molstened
eyes and silent steps. MUST we IOSs
her? No! there is relief! We can stay
this destroyer of our happiness and not
suffer the loss of so bright a gem.
Something more Is required now than
dietary and hygenic observance. for ma
/ ture calls for aid and she shall have 1T.
| Take this pleasant medicine. It Is in
| yigorating. How it allays the irritable
| cough, improves the appetite and diges-
| ton and sends healthy Jingle through
| the frame. The blood is enriched,
nervous force increased, and the heart
| bounds with j new impulse. See her
| face brighten by degrees; the color Is
returning, her voice Is getting clearer,
and pleasant words are spoken. The
| strength falters yet but is gaining. Let
| us take her out IN the warm sunshine.
| In a short time she viii be able to go
| without our aid, cheerful girl. This
delightful medicine must be a Gods
blessed. 1t is restoring health to our
loved one. She is emerging from her
sickness sweeter and nobier than before,
| and DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
| covery must have the credit. Tt has
raised her. Sold by all first class Drug
| gists everywhere. $50.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-08-09
Forcing Stock.

Much is said now about forcing
farm stock. The term is misappEed.
If we overfeed, we hurt the stomach;
and it is not what is wanted. We
are to feed what the stomach can
readily digest; more is hurt and is
an attempt at forcing nature; it will
not succeed. "Growing, forcing"
"over-feeding" are all terms
that are to be avoided In feeding o.
stock, feed what the animal will eat
with comfort and relish The rel
ish always points to digestion, and
should always be kept up, so that at
the regular times of feeding there is
IN appetite, a wish for food. Lst
this food be nutritious and abun-
dant, but not so as to burden the
brute; to Cypress the stomach is to
hurt it. Thus feed-so as to give
comfort and satisfaction-and the
best results Will be obtained. Much
food will thus be used by some ami
mails, the greedy and the strong di-
gestion. Thus we "stu1f turkeys
when we wish them to advance rap
idly-that is, IN fat. We do moi
want to Stores" muscle in this way
The young animal must be grown
not forced. Let us give nature free
course, and aid her all we can by q
judicious selection of food, and sec
that there is plenty of it, with plenty
of intelligence to direct the feeding
Keep growing, but avoid overload
ing, for this will interfere with what
is aimed at. Healthy digestion
keep healthy-that is what is want
ed, but feed no more, for this will bt
crowdiDg and hurting and introduc
ing a foreign substance in the excess
of food, which the digestive organs
can i'll bear, and which goes into tn,
dung heap. Hence the rich manur'
OF stock that is fattening, which il
generally "crowding." We should
feed what healthy digestion cal
bear without harm, and to do thi;
requires experience.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-08-09
KeepIne Cream.

Next in importance TO having
milk nerfectly pure and sweet, and
free from all animal odors, comes
tho matter Of keeping the cream at
ter it is taken from the milk. In
the first place, the less milk thero is
with the cream ut the time it is set
in tho cream-jar the better. A great
deal OF carlessncss is shown in this
matter, FOR be it known that milk
snakes cheese, while the cream only
makes butter, and tho more milk
there is in the cream at churning
time, tho more cheesy-Iiavored will
be the butter, and therefore the more
likely to spoil afterwards unless OK
cessIvely salted. Really pure, good
butter requires very little salt, while
butter as ordinarily made will sofm
spoil unless we'll salted or kept COW
cred with brine. Secondly, the
cream-iar must be of tho very best
quality of stoneware; thick glass
would still be better; and it must
have cover that will exclude all
dust and insects. Thirdly, the cream
jar should be kept in place where
no noxious ordors or gases can be
absorbed when the jar is open TO
add more cream, and also where the
temperature can be kept cool and
oquabie, say at 60 degrees, and last
", the cream to be made into but
ter as soon as it begins to sour, and
when the jar is emptied it is 10 be
thoroughly e'eansod and scalded il
boiling water before being uset
again.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-08-09
Fig Leaf Yeast.

Take double handful Of green
leaves, and put them on a quart of
cold water; let them boil until a
strong tea or decoction is made
strain and put away to cool; then
pour off the tea carefully, leaving the
dregs. Have mashed very smooth
as many Irish potatoes as viii I'll
pint cup before they are cooked, put
them into the fg-leaf tea, WITH ia
blespoonful of brown sUglr, and as
much flour as will make stiff batter.
Put it in covered vessel to rise.
When it is light and frothing, put
corn meal enough to enable it to DO
rolled out in cakes with a biscuit
cutter; dry them IN the shade, turn
ing hem ever day.
Take one of the cakes In the morn.
ing. put in covered mug or pitcher,
put on it cup Of cold water, a tea
spoonful of brown sugar, and when
the cake has dissolved, MAKE bat
ter with -four as stiff as pound-cake.
This Is 10 make bread, and is for two
gu rls of -four. The bread is made
II tfe ordinary way.-ISea- Coast Re
publican.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-08-09
EARN ITEMS.

In 1871 Iowa raised 1892
pounds of tobacco.
Fence-burners are operating in
Rock county, Wis.
Hose cultivators aud moving
machines are common in Cuba.
Batavia, Illinois, shipped 5000
car loads Of agricultural freight last
year.
An Iowa State law goes into eff
feet October 1st, preventing swine
from running at large.
T In Maine grass is looking finely,
and theprospeet is good for an album
dant hay crop.
A BTotanua county, Iowa, farmer,
planted 113 bushels OF black wal
nuts, and they are growing finely.
In the ninety-r inc counties in
Iowa there are eighty-two agricuI-
tural societies, with 1888 mem
bers,
Fair wages for hired help and
good tools for them to work with,
should be the motto of all farmers.
We see it Noted that the old Penn
sylvania State Agricultural Socie-
ty will hold an exhibition this yeal
at Erie.
The corn and cotton crop Is flat
tering in Texas, so far as heard
from; and the wheat crop is said tc
be excellent.
Prof. S. w. johnson says: "At
best the analysis of the soil is risk
and where one gain by it hundred
lose"
IT u mentioned In the Grape Cal
furist that large vineyard-man IL
Illinois keeps each season not less
than 100 ducks constantly amont
lis vines. He says it is wonderful
with what diligence they dart after
all kinds of bugs, thrips, flies sn6
small snsils, and ;ha considers them
among the best Of insects extermi
majors.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-08-09
Lost Health Ragainea.

SeIfneglect lays the foundation Of much bodily
suffering. a rule men are more solicitOus to re-
pair and preserve their houses stock in trade and
other perisable property than to repair and pre-
serve themselves They can see when n wall re-
quires a prop, or a weak structure girder, but
appear to be unconscious of. or Indifferent 70, the
cracks and flaws and evidences of decaa in their
frail and sensitive organizations.
The consequence OF this want Of common pru-
dence is that thousands fall by the wahside In the
prime of life every year, who might have lived to
enjoy hale and hearty old age II they had resorted
to the proper means of recruiting their failing vigor
at the proper time.
seeing what that famous WALKING and Invigora-
ting elixir, Hostetter's siOmsrh F'''srs has done
for countless multitudes Oftte epervRted and bro
ken down, and with the Icrg uphTcken record OF
cures before him. It seems amazing that any
sufferer from premature dec g., UHs weakness
dyspepsia. biousness- chronic constipation, dis
cases of remittPnt Intermittent character,
should delay, even for hour. To seek the aid
which its toning. regulating and invfgOrating pro
perties have never failed 20 afford.
It Is exaggTratiOn to say that Hostcti6's StoEa
Is the faith fl ally Of nature I'm her
struggles with weakness and disease. that medical
botany and honest chemistry have yet given 10
the wOrld.-CO1H.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-08-09
Worsen,cn. Attenlton !

Most Of the Liniments sold have fallen into i'll
repute with owners Of stock, from the fact that
they become sticky, mOuldy, rancid, and when
little old. rrttate the skin without benefttng The
Magic AFuica LinimeHt is a beautiful ruby-ColOTed
fluid. which is always limpld and never spOtis 1t
powerfully penetrating. and there is no disease
of stock that can be reached by extended means
that the Magic Arnica Lniment VIII not cure.
Read the evidence.
CAN swINNEY IN HORSES AND MULES BE
CURED?
MEMPHIS. rKSS., June }, 1871.
IfcsSTs. Hfr1lRfeFd e HfgJee.
GENTLEAfEcN: 1 had a mule which was laid up
this season for three weeks with sWiHncy in It's
worst form. I commenced the use Of your Magic
ATHica Eminent and in two weeks he was perfect
Is cured and hearty ever This mule IS a val
liable one, aud cost me S{2l- Xou can readily per
ceive with this evidence and experience, can give
your Magic ATnica Linlment my cordial support
and endorsement, and do CheeFfgliy recommend
&c TO all planters aud owners Of stock remedy
which should always be kept on hand, as know
from what have seen in other cases, and from
what have heaFt from others, that this Eminent
Is the eg best nal remedy yet discovered,
and that e VIII cure promptly all pains and aches,
whether in man or beast. Respectfully.
N. s BROOKS.
Formerly of Brooks & Dennis, No. 30 Main sti est.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-08-09
The Lategt ..sea serpent,, Yarn.

Mr. J. Goblin, of Durham, for
wards to the Natal Colonies the fol-
lowing account of a ''sea serpent"
sean by him: During my passage
from London I saw no less tbau
three sea serpents, bat an account of
the last will suffice. On both De-
oember last, on board the Silver
Wave, in lat about SIS 0 S, and lon.
50 80 E., at 6 20 p. III. solar time, an
enormous serpent passing nearly
across cur bows compelled the alter
alton of our course. He was at least
one thousand yards long, of which
about one-third appeared on the sur
lace Of the water at every stroke OF
his enormous fan-sbaped tail, with
which he propelled himself, raising
it high above the waves, and arching
his back ike land snake or cater
pillar.
In shape and proportion he much
resembled the cobra being marked
by the same knotty and swollen pro-
tuberanee at the back of the head on
/ the neck The latter was the thickest
part of the serpent. His head was
like bulls in shape, his eyes large
and & owing, his ears had circular
tips, and were level with his eyes,
and his head was surmounted by a
horny crest, with he erected and
depressed at pleasure. He swan
with great rapidity and dashed the
sea into foam, like brakers dashing
over Jagged rocks. The sun shone
brightly upon him, and with a coed
glass I saw his overlapping scales
open and shut with every arch of his
gInuouB back colored like the rain
| how -
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-08-09
A rrr,r in a New England city have

a FIRsT in New England city have
received large invoice of japanese
paper clothing, which it is said, can
be washed FIVE or six times. The
paper collar manufacturers lately
held an annual meeting IN Boston, at
which q statement was made that
collars and cuffs Of paper, to tie
number Of 100, 100000, we're manu-
faclured annually by parties repre-
sented IN the Paper Collar Protective
Association, while they use over 3d.
600 yards OF cotton cloth per diem
for goods partly cotton and partly
paper. The business was said to be
increasing rapidly.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-08-09
How the Fields Of California are
PiOWed.

The fields are plowed with what
are called gang plows, which are
simply four, six or eight plow shares
fastened to q stout frame of wood.
On the lighter soil, eight horses
draw a seven gang pillow, and one
such team is counted OH to put in
640 acres of wheat in the sowing
season; or from eight to ten acres
per day. Captain Gray, near Mer-
ced has put in this season 1000
acres with five such teams-his own
land and his own teams. A seed
sower is fastened In front of the
pillow. It scatters the seed, the pillow
covers it-and tho work is done.
The pillow has no handles, and the
plowman, is in fact, only driver; he
guides the team the plOws do their
own work. 1t is easy work, and a
smart boy, If his legs are equal to
the walk, is as good a plowman as
anybody-for the team turns the
corners and the pillow is not handled
at al. 1t is a striking sight to see
| ten eight-horse teams following each
other, over a vast plain, cutting
Glands" a mile long, and when Ill
have passed, leaving a track forty
feet wide, of plo Sed ground. On
| the heavier soil, the progress is some
what different. An eight-horse tear
moves q four gang plow, and gets
over about six acres per day. The
seed is then sown by machine which
scatters it forty feet, and sows from
seventy-fve TO one hundred acres u
day. and the ground is then harrow
| ed and cross narrowed. When the
farmer In this valley has done his
winter sowing, he turns his teams
and men into other ground, which
| he is to summer fallow. This he can
do from the first OF March to the
middle of May and by it he secures
a remunerajiTe crop for the follow
ing ear even il the season is dry.
This discovery is of inestimable i'm
! portance to the farmers on the drieT
| parts of these great plains. Exne-
rience he's now demonstrated conclu.
sively that, if they plowed their land
in the spring, let it lie until the win
.er rains come on, then soy the I
wheat and harrow it IN, they are sure
of a crop and the summer viii have
| killed every weed beside.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-08-09
Extraordinary Fishing.

The Maysville (Ky.) Republican
has this account of fishing extraor-
binary: ''Mr. O. j. Cheshire, dur
ing his recent trip up the Kanawha,
made some experiments with nitro
Rlycerine as an agent for catching
fish. At the Kanawha falls he sunk
q tin cartridge containing about one
pound of gylcerine, and connecting
it with a battery, its explosion threw
up a volume of water some thirty
feet high. With the water was
thrown up eighty-six fish, averaging
from one and half to thirteen
pounds each. The fish were not
killed, merely stunned, and were
rapidly picked up by q boat at the
foot Of the rapids. The experiment
was repeated twice, being equally
successful. The prime results were
that three pounds of glycerince was
used and three hundred and fifty
pounds of fish secured. If any OF
our piscatorial friends can beat this
fishing we should like to hear from
them"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-08-09

Commissioner Douglas has decid-
ed that uni. IS smoking tobacco man
ufactured before the first of July
was removed from the factory it
would have to pay the tax of twenty
cents, even though it had been
stamped with the sixteen cent stamp
The reason for this is that the Reve-
nue. Bureau holds that under the
law no tax can accrue until it lis re-
moved for sale, and to hold it In the
factory would be to evade the law.
Manufacturers of smoking tobacco
are working day and night the
largest number of hands that can be
employed in making sixtt en- cent
smoking tobacco before the law rails
ing the tax to twenty cents goes in
to effect. This will be on July l..
The demand for stamps of this grade
is so great that the Internal Revenue
Bureau is not able to furnish them,
although an extra press is employed
on this branch alone. Mauufactur-
ers will profit by the advance to the
extent that they carry large stock.
The receipts from the sale of stamps
will increase the revenue this month
very much.
On and after July 1, 1872, every
person who sells or offers Tor sale
manufactured tobacco, SNUFF, or CT
CARS, except manufacturers Of those
articles who sell only their own pro-
ducts at the place of production,
viii be required to pay a special tax
at the rate of FIVE dollars per annum,
without regard to the amount of his
annual sales. The exemption Of per.
sons whose annual sales do not ex-
coed 500 is repealed by the new
law.