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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-11-14
TERMS.

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Walton from these terms under any circum-
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eKscted.
OF No advertisement inserted grstu.touslv
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terms as any Office in Tennessee.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-11-14
Quadrature of u Circle

When a man can stand in 6
! basket and lift it up himself by
the handles, then a round cork
will close square hole.
These are plain propositions
But it has SO happened that there
have been a succession OF mathe.
matical madcaps, from time to
time since the days of Archimedes
to the present year of moonshine,
vainly striving to accomplish an
impcssibility, viz, squaring the
circle.
Many fine brains, have been
needlessly shipwrecked on that
cerebral rock. II a bunghole of
a barrel could be closed with a
foar-sided stopple, that would be
a complete solution of the prob
lem.
The last two mathematical mani
acs who died in the belief that
they had proved by figures that
desideratum, were Abraham
Thompson, of Boston, and George
Young, of Vermont.
Mr.. Young actually petitioned
the Legislature of Massachusetts,
for compensation, as a reward of
his ingenuity in doing what no
other man achieved. He died a.
bout twenty years ego, crushed
in spirit by sense of the injustice
of the State in not appreciating
his merit as a discoverer.
MIR. Young had been a member
of Congress. He was an amiable,
excellent man. His monomaDia
on that subject did not assume the
intense form it did in Mr.. Thomp-
son, although he was apparently
satisfied he had mastered the DIFF
ficulties which had obstructed the
way of other mathematicians.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-11-14
The Negotiable Value of
the Gospel at Hog
Creek.

Ministerial remuneration in
the early days of the Great
West was on the worldly basis
of all other matters. As an IL
lustration there is the case of
Rev. Jacob Patch, years ago,
of n orthern Indiana. No purer,
simple-minded man than he.
Thoroughly educated in litera-
ry and theological colleges un-
der New England influence, he
| soon adapted himself to his new
work Of aiding in Christian
izing the West. After a few
years residence in the land of
prairie and forest, he began the
building of a house for himself.
His way of paying for shingles
might be new to Mr., Beecher,
but was too true with our pio-
neer clergy. The good people
near the Hog Creek school
house "a true name), having a
shingle-machine, and using its
products for their legal curren-
cy, and qesiring the services of
Mr.. p. contracted with him to
have him deliver them a certain
number of sermons, at the price
of a bench { Q,OO0) of shingles
for a sermon. The preaching
and shingles were respectively
furnished, to the mutual salts
faction Of the high contracting
parties. In completing the
house half a bunch extra was re-
quired. In delivering his fare
we'll sermon, after relating the
good that had been done, and !
speaking Of their pleasant rcla-
tions as pastor and people, he
alluded to their contract, and |
gave an account which showed
the balance of one-half bunch in
their favor unpaid for, "And
now, my dear brothers and sis
ters," said he, II am not owing
you enough for shingles to come
to a sermon, but Providence
permitting, ] will come over to
you at an early day and hold a
prayer-meeting." And ne did.
The currency for change was
satisfa ctory.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-11-14

Whether his eccentricity a.
mounted TO insanity or not, is the
cOnundrum which tie family of
man who died in Columbus, KY,
recently would like to solve. He
made provision in his will, says,
the Cairo Gazette, for the estab-
lishment of a "Cat Inirmary."
The in6rmary is 10 have rat holes
and rats for sport, and exercise
grounds, with several sheds OH
which the grimalkins may wage
war at will Oldest Of all, how
ever, is the final clause of the in.
strument, which provides that the
intestines of the testator shall be
made into fiddle strings. and that
they shall be played upon in the
auditorium" of the in6rmary- "the
to be kept up forever and
ever, without cessation day or
night, in order tLat the cats may
have the pleasure of hearing and
the nearest approach to
their natural voices" The will is
likely to be cont sted.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-11-14
A Hard Year.

Eighteen hundred and starved
to death" was the grim name Civ.
en- by old New England farmers
to the year 18l6-the year with
out a summer. The winter
months were unusually miled: the
latter part Of March and the first
half of April was not unreasonable
but the weather grew colder as
April advanced, and ended with
snow and ice. In May ice
formed half an inch thick; buds
and fruits were frozen, corn killed,
and the fields were replanted
again and again. Never was there
known such a June. Frost, ice,
and snow were frequent. In
Maine and Vermont snow fell TO
the depth of several inches-also
in Massachusetts and the interior
of New York. On the fifth of
July ice was formed throughout
New England, New York and
some parts of Pennsylvania. Au-
gust was even more cherries.
With ice for ring half an inch in
thickness, Indian corn frozen, and
almost every green thingdestroyed,
what wonder that the hearts of
farmers were heavy, and gloom
spread through the whole cOun-
try. In September there were
two weeks OF warm weather, then
the season became cold, and in
there was good sleigh
ing. Such, in brief, was the ''cold
summer of 1916" when the suns
rays seemed to be destitute of all
heat.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-11-14
Dooms day Book.
The English Government Making
Upa List of the LandhOIders
of the Kingdom.

After an interval of eight cen
turies, England is to have a nev
DoomSday Book. The Govern
ment has just called upon the L.
cal Government B rard to under
take the work, and clerks arc busy
in all parts of the kingdom gath
ering up the old re ,ords and put
ting them into new shape. |
appears that the landholdprs arr
the object of the returns, and tn,
Pail Hall Gt,zette says the qnes
tions to be ultimately answered
are, "Who and how many arc
theowners iii England and Vale,
that the $4,000 occupiers of LAND
hold under?" "What is the share
of each individual or corporate
body in the 26,000.000 of cuItiva.
ted acres on this side of the
Tweed?'' "What is each owners
portion of the 948, 100000, there
or thereabouts, the gross annual
value of lands in England and
Wales assessed under schedE..e A
of the property taxi But from
A paper of instructions which &C.
companies the le,rer to the clerks,
q some~rnat wider scope is indica-
ted. Land, whether "built upon
or not" and however limited in
extent, is to be represented by the
returns. Owners having one acre
and upward are to form one class.
Owners of less than one acre to
form another. 1t is not much
rent-yielding land, we conceive,
that will be found outside Of this
comprehensive definition. The
ground landlord of row Of cot,
tages covering less than quarter
of an acre would apparently fall
sEithin it. Owners of small plots
acquired through freehold land
society, where ten acres may
have been divided between two
hundred members, would not es.
cape. The permanent way OF
a railroad company is land built
upon; the parochial sections of ev-
cry line must be accounted for.
So far as regards the surface of the
soil, the definition appears to be
exhaustive. According to state
ment laid before Parli iment by Mr..
Goschen, there were two or three
years ago about 4,750,00O separ-
ate assessments on the English
rale books.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-11-14
4 CARELESS DISTRIBUTION

\ CARELESS DISTRIBUTION.
The Treasurer of the Hall and
Elton Manufacturing Company,
of Wallingford, Conn, often
brings packages of money from
New York or New Haven to the
firm, and when he has business
North he goes through on the
express train without stopping,
throwing the package out to an
employe stationed near the track
to receive it. The treasurer
came up Oh the noon express
train, and finding his colleague
in waiting, thew out a package
containing $4,000, He didn't
throw it quite far enough, and
it was struck by the train and
ripped open, the greenbacks be-
ing distributed with great loose
ness. The money was gathered
up as far as possible, but at last
accounts $500 was missing.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-11-14

A PHYSICIANS CoNFEssIoN.--
a recent mruder trial in Memphi.
wherein an attempt to estab ish in'
srnity Was made OF the part Of the
deIeOse, d K. AiIpn was called aS
40 expert, and testified thus briefly
and ra'ionally: | have been a prae-
ticing physician for nearly 80 years;
| have had experience in Cas-, s If ill.,
sanity, have b en- for ten years
Medical Sup rintrndent Of the
Kentucky Lunalic Asylum, ard
during that time had over 1000
crazy people under my charge.
| have head the Hypothetical Case
read by Mr.. Pdelan; am here as
an expert, and before answering the
q1estioh would like to say that the
more ! studied the question Of in
sanity the less | understood j.; and,
if yon ask M where it begins and
where it ends, Behher | nor any
physician in the word -cou.d tell
yoU; ia iact, on occasions like this,
lawyers m Ike fools Of she mselves in
rr,i g 20 M Ike assJs Of doctors.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-11-14
Sad Thoughts on a Sad
Subject.

Now is the time of year when il
is customary to write something
autumnal. Our readers expect it,
and we shall do our sad duty in
the matter to the best of our
ability. We don't do it for pleas.
ure, because it is SO sad; and we
don't do it for profit. because
there is no profit in it. Bryant
said that these are the saddest
days of the year, and Bryant
wouldn't lie sbout thing that is
SO sad. The gates Of summer are
closed, and strongly bolted by the
chilling blasts. Mr.. Jackson
Frost has commenced daubing
every fence and board pile with
his silver paint, and the song Of
the mosquito has died away like
drowsy tinkling of the distant
COW bell. The long, sweet walks
of gentle lovers beneath the soft
silvery light of the moon have
shrunk up into tedious droning
before the Pickering fire in the
closely blinded parlor, and the old
man grows because firewood and
coal are so dear. The little birds
have ceased their twit.ering, and
the breath of the flowers scent the
gale no more. A little chill stirs
the scar leaf on the tree, and it
falls dead to the ground. "Going,
going, gone," are the silent words
that Nature heralds from every
These are types of our
own going, to push US to the sad
thought that we to will soon be
gone, and that somebody else will
be pressing for gold these crowded
streets, considerably less than a
hundred years to come. This is
the sad lesson of Autumn. "Nev-
was Poe's glooniest word,
but that is harsh by the eide of
the mild melancholy of the bold
words, "Going, going,
gone" when cast and colored by
the sad, tender influences of the
falling year. Let US sh.cd a tear.
P,S.-Thhis is also the very sad
season when people bottle cider
and grind sausage.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-11-14
The Torbett Issue--do the
People Understand It?

The people OF Tennessee are In
mersed to such an extent in the dis
cussion of the dead and buried
question Of the unfortunate anC
irrevocable past, that it is hardly
to be expected OF hoped that at
tention can be drawn aside 20 the
consideration of a financial mat
ter, even OF great Importance. And
yet, in obedience TO duty. we are
constrained to call the attention
of the people to what is known as
the ''Tortett Issue" question TIC
the proper understanding and due
appreciation of the New Issue
or ''Torbett Issue" of what is call.
ed Tennessee money" it is neces-
sarv to 60 back to the early days
of 1861. In February, 1861, the
Southern Cunfederacy was estab-
IisheG, with seat Of government at
Montgomery. In April of the
same year, ABRAHAM LINCOLN hav.
ing called upon the Southern
States that had not retired from
the Union to furnish troops to
suppress rebellion, Tennessee pro-
ceeded to take steps to unite her
self with the Confederacy. AT
this juncture, Hon. Ii. w. HILL
lard, of Ala was sent as a com
missioner to contract a military
league with the State Of Tennes-
zee. A military alliance was a.
greed upon. Among other stipu-
lations, it was contracted, that
Tennessee should arm, equip and
provision all men then organizing
for Confederate service until trans
ferred to that service. The Con-
federate States promising to re.
inbur.e the State of Tennessee
for ali means thus expended, to |
the carrying out of this agreement,
Tennessee, III Il confederate cap1c |
ity,authorized the is<uInce of mi !
iols by the bank of Tennessee. |
Gen. W. G. HARDING, NELL S I
BRowN, and three 9th gentle
men, were appointed By the Stat, I
as 8 military beard, This board
was authorized to call upon the
Bank Of Tennessee for money
when needed by the demands o:
organization. This oc
CURED in 1861 Tennessee final
Iy became a Confederate State,
and ia a joint capacity auihoriz d
tie issuance of all Confederate
money, thus placing her proper
ton of the Confederate debt upon
the identical grounds of the new
issue of Tennessee money. In
1865 the ConEederacy failed TO
sustain itself as separate govern
ment, and all Confederate securi
ties were at once made worthless,
both State and otherwise. As a
proof of it, look at the brokers
quotations of uncurrent monies III
the newspapers of 1865 6 Ia;
the bottom you will see the Tor
bett Issue of Tennessee at | per
cent. 1t became somewhat high
er In later wears.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-11-14
Reading Speeches.

In the British House of Com.
mons the practice of reading
speeches, which has been, greatly
on the increase of late, received a
check near the end Of the last ses-
sion of Parliament, fhe Speaker
ruling that reading a speech from
manuscript was contrary to the
rules of the House. Mr.. John
Martin, an Irish member, was
the victim selected to receive the
reproof of the Speaker although
man other members have followed
the same practice for several ses-
sons past. 1t is urged by those
holding the Speakers views that
if the custom had heen allowed to
60 unchecked the debates in the
House of Commons would have
entirely changed in their charac-
ter, and that, instead of discus
sions in which arguments are met
with counter-arguments on the
spot, the proceedings would have
grown into long wiDded essays or
disquisitions, more suited to the
meetings of a mutual improve
ment society than the deIibera.
lions of a representative assembly.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-11-14
About Whiskers.

The HiIlsboro IN. C) Recorder
gives the following: did you
know that in 1876, a pair of wbis-
kers or such a thing rs a mus
tache was abominated in this Sec
ton? We know a prominent
gentleman of this town who says
be never saw a man with a beard
till 1850; that his father, as well
as the other old gentlemen of his
town, had never worn a whlsker,
but shaved every morning and
taught their children that "whis-
kers were an abomination and
sin" He says that at Chapel
Hill, in 1916, a young gentleman
from Raleigh, and now a promi-
nent citizen of that city, made a
weak attempt to cultivate mus
taohe, and it raised such CON-
motion in college that the Facul-
ty took hold of 1t and sent the
Rev. DR.. Deems. now of New
York, and then one Of the Board,
TO the young man TO reason with
him, and get him to shave his up
per lip. The doctor appealed to
the young man, for the sake of
his sainted father, 'to cut it off,
And the hair disappeared. Only
sports and circus riders, and such
wore whiskers in those days.
Our informant now wears heavy
beard, and is not little proud of
his mustache. How times do
change"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-11-14

1t is probable that this coun-
try will never again see an era
of personal leadership such as
that which passed away with
the last generation. He must
be a mighty man who would
tower as high above the states
men and politicians of this pres
ent period as Webster, Clay,
Calhoun, Benton, Jackson and
Clinton did above their COM
peers, three or four decades ago.
That day of personal leadership
passed away as does the de-
clining sun, shooting his arrows
of light from his rampant of
mountains, Crittenden and
Seward never held a position so
high as the least of the old sex
tumvirate above named, but
upon them hung the mantlcs of
those lordly statesmen.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-11-14
Playing 'Possum.

In the city of Helena, Arkan
sas, fourishes "gemman of col
or" named Moore, who enjoys til,
dignity of being a magistrate, ant
whose great weakness is concern
ing that succuient quadrupeC
known as "possum. " Just across
the river in Tunica county, resides
another "culled genman. who
while not a magistrate, is none
the less soft on the possum ques
tion. His name is Glenn. Glen
has trained fat 'possum that fol
lows him all around like a dog. -
Having some business in Helena
recently, he crossed over here &C
companied, as usual, by his pet
companion. Meeting Square
Moore on one of the boulevards
OF that metropolis, he exchanged
with him the greetings of the
day, when the following conver,
sation ensued
Squire Moo e-Look yere, W at
you take for dat yere 'possum?
Clem-Wal, 'Squah, / don't care
to sell him, but if you want him,
I'll let you have him for five dol
lars.
Squire M-Git out, you nigga,
l CUB you one dollar.
Clem-Can't sell him for dat
money, no how.
Saying which, Glenn went his
way down the boulevsrds, the
'possum whose sickness Kttrac.
ted the eye of the magistrate, trot-
ting along gently in the rear.
The Squire looked nonplussed
for a moment, but seeing a police
man or constable in the distance,
bis face suddenly frightened, and
he struck an attitude of happy re-
hection.
Calling to him the miuion of
the law, he said:
"Arrest dat niggah wild the pos
sum, and bring bofe into my coort
at once"
The miDion aforesaid did as or
dered, and soon Glenn and his pos
sum trembled in the presence Of
the mighty Moore.
"Clem," said TIE magistrate,
you's accused of being drunk and
disorderly. Watts yuse got to-
say fur yurself?"
Glenn stammered his innocence,
and protested against the charge.
mo talking, Glenn" said the
magistrate, "dis here coort never
makes mistake, and isn't gwine
to lie fooled in desc premises"
Saying which the learned ex-
ponent of the law turned to a
greasy looking ebony statue in
one corner, and said:
"Mister Klerk, dis darkey am
fined fibe dollars and cost for
drunk, 'toxicating and breech oh
de peace"
Clean said he didn't have the
money, and asked permission to
cross the river and git it.
The magistrate objected, but
finally consented on condition that
Glenn would leave de ''possum" as
security till his return.
And that's how Squire Moore,
the black jurist of Helena, got his
'possum.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-11-14

REVUE DE LA MODE. This
new Fashion Journal for ,Novem.
ber surpasses anything ofits kind.
II is imported by S. I. Taylor Of
New York, from Paris and trans
lated into English. 1t gives year
ly over 1900 beautiful fashion
cuts, and some two hundred val
liable patterns, varying in style
and size to suit all, besides varie-
ties for trimming and fancy work
1t is issued monthly in advance,
and put at the astonishing low
price of s. 30 a year,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-11-14
BARSUM ON A BET-P. T. Bar

BARNUM ON A BET-P. 7. Bar
mum, the great Snowman, i'll a
speech says: l have been told
t,-day by a Republican in Hart
ford, "We are going to carry Con.
necticut for Grant" 1 replied,
81 have property in Bridgeport
amounting to 100000, which ]
can readily put together in the
shape of ready money, and | will
readily put up that sum on a wa
ger that Connecticut votes tor
Greeley"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-11-14

This is how the Louisville
Courier Jou,maiIooks at it: They
should quit abusing Pere Hy-
acinthe for marrying. They
should remember that the fas-
cinations of a Yankee widow
travelling as the agent of pat
ent corset are not to be whistled
down the wind as you would
the charms of an ordinary wo-
man travelling merely for fun.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-11-14

The Macon Telegraph reports
that when the Radical Convention
Of the Sixth district was about to
adjourn sine die, the Hon. Mark
Curry rose to ''de pint of order"
and wanted to know ''if de people
of de State of Bibb was represent
ed in de motion, and who was
sine die any how? He had never
learned of that candidate before"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-11-14

! "A strong mind is sometimes
more easily impressed than
a weak one. For example, you
cannot as easily convince a fool
that you are a philosopher, as
youcan a philosopher that you
are a fool. .sr
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-11-14
1S:GRqle Hi,oefrn,
: Ss.sS sg -
ssKlNG BABY. !"

His sceptre is a rattle,
His throne is mothers arms;
He reigns tiny tyrant,
In all his dimpled charms
Yet round his royal presence
Our loving hearts entwine:
Dictator Of the cradle,
And king by right divine!
Whatever be his mandates,
No courtierS dare rebel;
His mothers chief Of the household,
Prime minister as WELT
In yon perambulator,
His downy car Of state,
Exacting, rosy monarch.
What triumphs on him wait!
In purple ease and splendor,
Long, long he seeks to reign;
All hints of nose disjointed
He smiles at with disdain
Alas that royal greatness
Should ever be disowned;
Here comes tiny stranger
King Baby is dethroned!
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-11-14

Rev. II. ". Beecher gives some
brief advice to those who write to
busy people:
81. Don't write at all.
"2. When you can't help it, be
sharp, short and legible.
"3. When you write on your
own business. pay for the answer.
"a. When you wantmoney don't
begin with piety or fattery. Beg
first and be pious afterwsrd."
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-11-14

The resolute women who go a
way out on the frontiers to live
are not to be trifed with when
they get there. A married man
in Idaho tried the little expert
ment of eloping with a fast and
fascinating young girl, and his in
dignant better-halt pursued and
overlook him, and having admin
istered a severe castigatiOn with a
cow. hide, bore him home in tri-
umph.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-11-14

Intelligence is received from all
parts OF Pennsylvania, daily,of. the
arrest of parties-generally ap-
pointees of the Washington gov
ernment-charged with ballot box
stuffing, bribery, and all manner
of carruptiOns, during the recent
elections.