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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-11-22

You must not forget that the gar
den should be MANFRED and plowed
before the ground is frozen. The
fertilizers will thus have time to be-
come thoroughly incorporated with
the soil, aad, in addition, render it
loose and fine. Lettuce may be SOW
ed probably in the fall, 'and the
plants protected by a covering of
straw. By this device the esculent
will be ready for the table in the
spring almost as soon as if raised in
a hot-bed. The same Is true of
spinach, while asparagus, horse
radisb, and all such perennials if
planted in the fall are certain of q
much more thrifty growth than if
the planting is delayed till spring.
Trees, bushes and vines, if planted
as soon as they are ready for their
winter sleep, have the advantage OF
having the soil well settled about the
roots and all things ready for the
awaking breath of spring. Stiff
sod lands, intended for cultivation
next year, will be greatly better fol
being turned over before winter
The cut and grub worms and Other
vermin are certain to be killed by
the exposure to which this subjects
them, and the roots vi l be decayeC
! and brittle before spring.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-11-22
The Tomato.

The tomato is fast becoming (next
to the potato) our national vegetable
indeed it may be questioned if it's
consumption docs not already equal
that of the potato during several
weeks when 1t is offered at SO low
price as to be within easy reach of
the poorer classes. Should we walk
through city markets in the latter
weeks of August and throughout
September, we certainly shall see
the tomato in greater profusiOn than
any other vegetable, and a stranger
might naturally conclude it was the
principal diet of our people. Such
being the case, it need not be Won
dered there are so many aspirants
for popular favor in that direction;
that each season should bring forth
numerous varieties with specious
pretentions, either as respects size,
solidity, precocity, or some other
| desirable quality. Unfortunately,
(as in the case of the "Keyes', "
which was heralded as "tbirty days
earlier than any other sort" most
of them have short-lived popularity
speedily fading out of sight, never
to be seen again.
The Trophy, which he's been so
suddenly sprung upon us-never
heard of until last season outside of
a limited locality, is now Gin every
body's mouth or will be the pres
ent year-for no garden can be fully
furnished which has not few plants
of it, enough, at least, for compari-
son and trial. In size it is uniform
ly large, frequently weighing over a
pound, smooth, generally well shap-
ed, occasionally distorted, solid, as
it must be to weigh SO heavily, and
in color, though not so pleasing as
some other varieties, not objection
abe. It is, however, frequently i'm
perfect at the junction of the stem,
where the skin is liable to crack. We
have had opportunity but for one
sason's observation, and our present
impressions may change, but as we
now view it shall be disappointed il
the Trophy does not become q lead
ing variety, for both family and
market culture. Whilst we write
these lines September PSI we have
many hundreds of bushels ready tc
grind up preparatory to seed saving
being the later sitting-other hun
dreds of bushels grown on the same
vines having been previously gather
ed. When 1t is remembered that {
"Tilden," Large Red" Extra
Early" (Cook's) of eight or ter
ounces is above a medium size; W,
can more readily estimate the extra
size of the Trophy, majority o
} which reach twelve ounces, and &C
casionally twenty and upwards 20
LGndreLh'S
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-11-22
TurkieS.


The turkey does not attain its ma
turity until the third year, and larg-
est, strongest chicks can only be Sc
cured from mature parents. So
common is the practice of selling
oft everything at a year old or less,
that it is impossible 10 get stock two
and three years old. In purchasing
breeders, it is the best economy to
buy the heaviest birds, even at fancy
prices. A ten months cock weigh
ing thirty pounds is cheaper at fifty
dollars, than twenty pound bird at
five dollars. Young hens weighing
sixteen to eighteen pounds are cheap
er at twenty dollars, than twelve
pound birds at five dollars. Large,
we'll formed birds of perfect plum
age will leave their mark upon their
progeny. They will not only be more
| comely to look at, but they will bring
much more satisfactory prices,
whether we sell them to the butcher
or the breeder. Under the stimulus
given to poultry raising by the num-
erous poultry societies and journals
started in all parts of this country
and Canada, there is likely to be a
lively demand for extra breeding
stock of all the finer varieties for
some years to come. The breeder
who goes IN for the very best stock,
taking premium birds when he can
get them, and selling nothing from
his yards but prime birds, will be
likely TO make the most money.
FEEDING.
The practice of most farmers who
raise burkies is not to feed at all af-
ter the young birds are six or eight
weeks old. They are driven off to
the pasture or woods, early III the
morning, and can get their living
where they can find it. Their chief
food Is grasshOppers and other in
sects, and they do the pasture and
meadows u great service in keeping
under these destructive creatures.
This may be we'll enough where in
sects and such are plenty. But up,
on many farms the range of wood
land is exceedingly limited, and the
growth of the birds will not be salts
factory without feed from the corn
crib. They should come to the roost
every night with full crops, and if,
on examination, this is not found tc
be the case, they should be regularly
fed once a day at least. There is DC
danger of fattening d young turkey
on good range in the first six
months. With first-class stock, full
feed will make difference of four
or five pounds in the weight of the
birds at Thanksgiving. Turkeys
like variety of food, though they
do very well upon corn, which they
never refuse while in health.
They are very fond of mash o.
boiled potatoes and Indian meal
and thrive admirably upon it
Whatever the provender, it SHOULD
be fed regularly, and the birds b,
kept thriving from the shell to the
butchers block. .
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-11-22
COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL.

THREE tobacco factories in Brook
Ign employ 10000 hands, and pay
owt in wages $35O,O02 per year.
S-UTH PARIS, Me, has two hundred
acres IN sweet corn this year, and
expects to put up $50, 900 cans, an
increase over last year of 10000
cans.
GERMANY has 216 steel manufac-
turing establishments, giving en-
pigment to 3,915 hands, which
turned out last year 1863 15 tons,
worth SIG, 37S. 271.
THE greatest comb mandatory
in tho world is in Aberdeen, Scot
land. There are thirty-six furnaces
for preparing tho horns and tortoise
shell, and no less than 120 iron
screw presses worked by steam
power.
TnE firm of w. H. Beach & Co,
ut South Bend, Indiana, will soon
erect one OF the largest paper mills
IN the county. It will occupy three
acres of ground and COST $45O,O00
IT Is proposed to tunnel under
the Strait of Causoau, between Nova
Scotia and Cape Breton, to connect
the railway at Cape Breton with the
Mainland. The distance is about
twenjy-lour miles, and the estimated
cost is only two and half millions
of dollars.
THE Winchester Arms Company,
of New Haven, Conn, recently ship
ped the first instalment OF 10000
rifles to the Turkish government.
Mr.. Winchester is now in Europe ar
ranging for another large contract.
In South St. Louis Missouri, blast
furnaces are soon to be erected
With the great expenditure of mo-
ney and ali the most modern appli-
ances, it is expected these furnaces
will be equal to any in the werld.
The yield from each furnace will be
about seven hundred tons per week
Of the best foundry iron.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-11-22
Hatching-EggS,

Eggs for Matching should be chos-
en- of the fair average size usually
laid by the hen they are from, any
unusually large or small being re-
jected. Some hens lay immensely
large eggs, and others small ones. A
fat hen will always lay small eggs,
which can only produce small and
weakly chickens. Absolute size in
eggs is, therefore, of but little i'm
portance. Round short eggs are
usually the best to select; very long
eggs especially if much pointed at
the small end, almost always breed
birds with some awkwardness in
style of carriage. Neither should
rou9n-shelled eggs be chosen; they
usually show some arrangement #
the organs and are often sterile.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-11-22
GEN. LAFAYETTE,S WATCH.

The GIFT OF the Great Washington
Lost FOray-etgbt Years, and Dis
covered in a Louisville junk Shop.
The New Orleans Times of October
3lst says:
1t is doubtless within the recoIlec-
ton of many In this city that In the
year 1924 Ger. Lafayette made
tour of this country, attended by
such an ovation as offered perhaps
the grandest spectacle of a nations
tribute to hero the world has ever
seen. During his tour, the General
was nysteriously robbed of his
watch, a valued souvenir, which had
been presented to him, In 1871, by
Gen. George Washington, to COM
msmcrate at once the afectionate
relations which had long existed be-
tween them, and his gallant services
at the siege Of Yorktown, the crown
ing event in the struggle for Ameri-
can independence. Directly upon
the robbery becoming known, most
strenuous efforts were made for its
recovery, but despite the fact that
the Governor of Tennessee offered a
reward of one thousand dollars for
its return. not the slightest trace oil
1T was thereafter obtained, and Gen
Lafayette was eventually cOmpelleJ
to return to France, resigned to the
thought that the precious gift of his
dear friend was lost to him forever
The years passed on, and will
their lapse mems recollection of the
circumstances faded away. Latay
cite died in 1884, and for space o
forty-eight years the stolen watct
bore an unknown history. At tn,
end of that time, bat few days ago
a gentleman residing in this city
while visiting Louisville, ATTENDED
an auction sale at q Junk shop
where, strange to relate, he fount
among the articles offered watcl
which, upon examination, he dis
covered to be the long-lost watch o
Lafayette.
Suffice it to say that he eagerl
purchased it, and quickly formed til
resolution to transmit it to tn
family of General Lafayette, now re
siding in Paris.
The watch is open-faced, of gold
with a double case, and may he re
marked as of peculiar appearance
being Of only ordinary size, bu
nearly as thick as it is wide. Tn
outer case bears upon its entire sur
face carved figures, in bas rclief, rep
resenting the picture of Mars offer
ing crown to the Goddess c
Peace, who is surrounded by he
emblems, while over ali appear til
stern impleme nts of war, hung hig
ont of reach. On the inner case ar
pears the yet clearly legible inscriI
Hon.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-11-22

CAMPHoB.-A lady, who was a de-
vout believer IN the power of cam
phor, scattered the powdered gum
thickly over her capes and mufs,
and for two or three years tri-
umphantly wore them, through all
winter long the disagreeable odor
was retained in the fur. But this
was not all. Even the first year the
hair seemed to have lost little OF
its gloss and life, and by the third
year was too dull, old and worn
looking, no longer to be admired.
Taking them to a fur-dresser for re-
novation, she was dismayed to hear
that the gum camphor had rendered
her furs valueless.
Tests made at an experimental
farm in Pennsylvania proved that
the wounds heal most thoroughly
and quickly when trees are prunec
In June.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-11-22
THE OLD HOME.
AN ENGLISH POEM.


Yes, still the same, the same old spot;
The years may go, the years may come,
Yet through them all there changeth not
The old familiar home.
The pOpiars by the old mill stream,
A trife taller may have grown;
The ivies round the turret green
Perchance more thickly thrown;
Yetstin the same green lanes are here
That brought their violet sets in Spring,
And heard through many a golden year
The wlnsOme echoes ring.
OF children, in the April morn,
Knee deep in yellow cowslips' bloom;
OF lovers whispers lightly borne
Through sulay twilight gloom.
And out upon the red-bricked town,
The quaint old houses stand the same:
The same old sign swings at the crown,
Ablazs in sunset fame.
Yet still tits not the same old spot
The old familiar friends are gone.
ask of strangers who know them not;
All strangers, every one.
The morning brooks may sing the same
The white thorus blossom 10 the May
But each long loved, remembered name
Has passed in turn away.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-11-22
The Key 10 Health.

1t is the easiest thing in the world to lose the
blessing of health when lost 1t is not SO easy
regain it. The popular idea of fifty years ago that
a tremendous securing ofthe bowels was an essen
tiaI element ofcure in almost all diseases has fortu-
nateIy for mankind been pretty efectually expio-
ded. The introduction of Hostetter's Stomach Bit
tiers, nearly quarter of century ago, may be said
to have given the coup dc grace to drastic puTga-
ton. The world has learned from the beneHcia
effects produced by that admirable preparation,
that one medicine may embrace the three proper
ties of a tonic, a laxative. and an Alternative, and
an Alternative: that the three curative processes of
inauguration, publication and regulation may be
COmpaSsed at the same time by the operation of
SophiCaI reasons for the remarkable improvement
which the BitterS occasion in the condition of de
ranged and enfeebed system. This pure cOmbina-
ton of vegetable juices not only strengthens the
stomach, stimulates the appetite and braces the
nerves, but also npaTtS tone and VIgDr TO the Sc
CretOTy ORGANISMS the skin, the liver and the kid
neyS and ii the blood has become too thin and
wateTy to nOuTiSh the body properly, cnTcheS and
vitaZes that raw MATERIAL of all the solid pOT-
lions of the frame, At this period the when
intermittent feveTS, bilious disorders, stomach
plants, aud dySenteIiC and diarThuPic ailments
always less rife, occasional doses OF the
BittCrS Will he found the best safeguard against the
/ atmospheric conditions which generate them. An
[ the system 10 resist the morbid influence Of the
uIIIaTCuS VapOrS which rise from the earth at this
I season, and of all the known invigOTantS, Hostel
teT'5 Bitteis is the safest and the most potent.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-11-22
Permanont SUCCESS.

\ bad article may BE-, pulled into temporary motto
riety, but they soon die. Good ones, once tried,
prove themselves, aud live The evidence o! mer,
chants everywhere shows that among the pureSt
and most reliable remedies of the day numbered
Magic Arnica LnimeEt, for the quick cure of aches
and pains and all diseases that can be reached by
external means.
Hungarian BalSam of Life, a combination OF val
liable herbs, with English wood naptha, for ahec
lions of the throat and lungs,
LaCreOle Hair ReSJOrcr. ? safe and natural sum-
and inVIgOTatOT for the hair bulbs restoring
the color without dyeing, and admirable pre-
verVative dressing for the heao,
READ THE EVIDENCE:
NASHVILLE, TENN, March 10, lo8l
1FrSSJ's. Mansfield d Higb6e.
GE>T1,E,NEN: We sold 'lOts and
cords OfyOur Magic Arnica Liniment, and good
deal of your Hungarian Baisam OF Life. and La
Creole Hair ReStOrnT. . 3 We viii do the
best to introduce your goods to our custom
eTS believing we do, they good, II not bet
ter than the market Yours. truly.
DORTCH Il MADDOX.
As TsOCusts.-The Charter Oak Stoves are be-
coming such universal favOTiteS. and making
their way into so many households, that 1t looks
as if they were destined to cover the face OF the
lands the lOcuSts OF Egypt. Unlike them, how
ever they blessings instead of plaques, and we
wish speed to the contamination.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-11-22
Feed and Treatment of Horses.

Hay and oats makes the best feed
for horses that are obliged to work
hard and regular. IF the hay is cut
fine, and the oats bruised or ground,
the whole mixed and moistened,
the horse will eat his ratious quick
er, digest them sooner, and thus have
more time for resting and renewing
his power for labor. Farmers horses
that work little during the winter
time may be kept cheaper by cutting
and mixing bright straw in oqnal
quantities, and adding a ration of
steamed potatoes, or raw carrots.
Colts should be fed literally on good
hay-bright clover IS the best-and
bruised oats; give them Il roOmy
bOx-stall in stormy weather and du-
ring nights. Litter freely and do
not let the manure accumulate under
them. Sawdust or spent tau makes
good and convenient bedding; in
cities and villages they are often
| cheaper than straw. Groom horses
well and let them have exercise every
day run in the yard is excellent
| See that stable floors over Easements
are sound and strong. Arrange the
/ feeding racks SO that dust and bav
seed viii not fall into the horses
name or eyes. Some horsemen
build their managers too high, thus
| forcing the animal to take an uunat-
ural and painful position when eat
ing. Farm horses that are not
worked should have their shoes ia
ken of, and those that are driven on
the road should be kept well shod.-
/ Stock journal.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-11-22

WE noticed in one of our exchanges
this week the statement of Dea. John
Hodgkins, of South Jefferson, Me-,
whose son was cured of incipient con-
sumption by the use of J0Iln8Og's AnO~
DIME Li7lin1elt. We refer to this at
this time as tending to corroborate the
statement made last week in relation to
this Liniment as applied to consump-
ton.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-11-22

If Congress had employed as much
scientific skill in the arrangement of It's
DEMONSTRATION Policy" at the close,
as the War Department did in the be,
ginning of the war, in arranging for the
manufacture of what was called Sherj.
dams CdUGI7y Condition POWDERS for
the use of the Cavalry horses, no doubt
the Union would have been restored
long ago.-EIchGnge
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-11-22
FARM ITEMS,

Moro land in Ohio is under cult
walton than in Pennsylvania.
HARTFORD is making a dozen
lawn-mowers for the Sultan of Tur-
key.
DAVENPORT has purchashed 10000
bushels of onions this year,
PIGEONS roost in the groves near
Springfield, H., by the million.
A CALIFORNIA sheep raiser owns
10000 sheep, which brings Il yearly
income of 100000.
PERRY, Ga, alb ties 81 of taxes for
every elm or water oak that Il citi-
zen sets out in the street.
A RHODE Island firm recently
purchased 100000 acres of Maine
woods, paying for the same $780,
GEO.
IT Is estimated that 100000 bush
els Of wheat were raised this year
in Colorado-34,OOO within Union
Colony limits.
TIE Macon Telegraph relates an
incident going to show that the pa
Dtl 6uCil tAtItOllu WOulu DIODuDlN
grow well in Middle Georgia.
THE London Times places the
number of cattle in Great Britain,
annually available for the butcher,
ut ,, 446, 900; and.sheep ut II O33, 900.
CALIFORNIA farmers are excited
over "the Australia Harvester
which, so the story goes, is opera
ted by four to six horses and two
men, and cuts, threshers, and bags,
ready for market, one acre of wheat
per hour.
IT Is montioned'as acurious fact by
old woodsmcn that beach and syca-
moro trees arc never struck by
lightning, though standing in close
proximity TO oak, hickory and trees
of other species that have been
scanned or torn to pieces by the
subtle fluid.
The "cut worm" as it called by
farmers, is doing greater damage
this season than for many years.
One correspondent accounts for its
prevalence by the scarcity of toads,
which were killed in great numbers
by the hard winter.
AMONG the botanical curiositics
ut the Cincinnati exposition is .
sage palm, once property of Robert
Morris, of revolutionary fame. 1t
was sold to release him, when q
prisoner for debt, to Henry Pratt, oi
Philadelphia. 1t is known to be
% wears old.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-11-22
"G. Washir g'on
Gilbert Matters de Lafayette.
Lord Corn wallis, Capitulatior,
Yorktown,

Decb,r II, 1881"
On the covering Of the works is
seen the maker Nance. Halifax,
London, 1859.
One can believe that the sight of
this relic, with its host of historical
recollectiOns clustering about it, is
well fitted to awaken 4 host of re-
collections, carrying ones magma
ton over the bridge of nearly cen
fury; to the time when the two dead
and gone hero friends stood side by
side, carving out their glorious
names and fame, which to-day shine
through the long vista of years with a
lustre that can never fade.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-11-22

THE worst coughs yield, as if by
magic, to the wonderful curative pow
ers of DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
cOvery. 597.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-11-22

Com STARCH CAKE.-One cup of
pulverized sugar, half cup of butter,
and stir until it looks like thick
cream one teaspoon soda dissolved
in half a teacup of sweet milk; beat
the whites of three eggs and put
them IN with two teaspOoniuls of
cream tartar mixed with a teacup
OF -four; sir and add half a teacup
of corn starch ; season and bake in a
moderately qmcl; oven frost or not,
Just as you please.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-11-22
V.NagbV

It is illustrated by THOMAS MAST, the great
est of American artists and contains introduction
by Hon. Charles Sumner. Agents wanted for this
and other popular books. Address /. n. Richardson
Sc Co., Boston, Mass, and st. Louis, Mo.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-11-22

A FEW applications of 'sThe Queens
Toilet" will render the toughest skin
smooth and soft.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-11-22

THE varieties of wood produced in
different parts Of the world are Bar
more numerous than most people
are aware of. At the Paris EXPOSE
ton of 1867 there wero, from forty
five d 'fferent countries, TO less than
1869 different kinds Of wood ex-
hibited, 395 coming from Europe,
252 from Africa, S5S from Asia, 966
from Ooeauica, and 1928 from
America
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-11-22
3.OsO E,rizes nrnonmtine fn So

= S75 to $3.50 per month, % SysIEy ,nS r.
y male, to introduce the GENUINE I'M PROVED COM
= MON SENSE FAMILY SEWING MACHINE. This
Machine viii stitch, hem fell tuck, Quilt, cord bind.
y braid and enbToider in most superior manner Price
only SIS. Fully licensed and warranted for yc
- We Will pay $1,000 for any machine that will sew
- stronger, more beautiful, or elastic than
ours. Il makes the Elastic Lock Stitch" Every
second stitch be cut and still thecOth cannot be
pulled apart without tearing 1t. epay Agents from
- SIS to $50 per month and expenses. commission
- from which twice that amount be made. Address
n SECOMB d CO., Boston, Mass; PittsbuTg, Pa:
y Chicago, Ill; T Louis, Mo.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-11-22

THE track of the Texas Interna-
tional Railway is about finished to
Jacksonville, 11Smiles from Hearne
on the Central.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-11-22

FRENcH LOAF cAKE.-One pound of
flour, one pound of sugar, one pound
of raisins, half pound butter, one
cup new milk, FIVE eggs, and spice
to taste.