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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-09-04
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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-09-04
A Lucky Baby.

A Mrs King had a surprise at
Shawneetown, Ills., the other day.
1t was an accident that Mrs. King
happened to be at ShaWneetown.
She did not intend to go there, but
the steamboat Jennie Howell, on
which she was travelling, struck a
snag and sunk in the Ohio River.
Several OF the passengers were
drowned, and among them some
children. Mrs. King had child
! on board whom she mourned as
lost, and was taken to Shawnee.
town without her babe. The Jen-
ME Howell sank deeD in the water,
and the next morning men went
TO the vessel TO recover the bodies
of the lost. Soon after daylight
O mattress was discovered floating
in the cabin, which was filled with
water nearly to the ceiling. Up
on examination a child. u little
boy, was discovered on the mat
tress sleeping as peacefully as il
nothing had happened. His bed
was not very dry, for it had sunk
good deal from soaking, but sus-
tanned its living freight. In due
time the childwAssent to Shawnee
town, where the other passengers
had been landed the evening be-
fore. It's coming made an excite
ment among the wretched travel
ers for more than one mother
had lost children by the disaster.
1t was a touching scene when
Mrs. King recognized the child as
her boy whom she had mourned
for nearly twenty-four hours
The preservation Of Moses in the
bulrushes was not so miraculous
as the safety of Mrs. Kings boy.
Ke had been tossing about on the
waste of waters i'll tue cabin all
night, and Was brought to his
mother alive in the hour of her
deepest aflliction.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-09-04
The Latest Snake Story.
A Desperate Fight between a5OuIh
Carolina Man and N MOceasin.
SUMTER, August 2, 1873.

SUMTER, August 2, 1873.
A most exciting battle took
place few miles from this town
few days days since between q
well-tO-do farmer and a snake de.
scribed by the gentleman as
moccasin, perhaps of the high
land species. The gentleman,
who is we'll known to me, and for
whose accuracy and truthfulness.
| can safely voucb, was returning
home from town with his wife and
child in a buggy drawn by two
spirited horses, when his horses
stopped in evident alright at the
sight of monster snake lying r.
cross the track at some distance
in front of them. Giving the
reins to his wife the gentleman
left the buggy AID selecting a
piece of fence rail advanced and
struck the snake one blow, when
the rail unfortunately broke and
left him defenseless. The snake
Immediately dashed at him and
ran him fercely until finding he
was about to be Oyertaken the
gentleman made for his buggy,
which he barely reached in time,
the snake springing up with great
force against the wheel as he
jumped in alongside his wife.
In a moment the gentleman
had his buggy-whip in hand, and
with the butt of it had a desper-
ate fight with the monster, which.
continued its efforts to effect an.
entrance to the buggy. The
horses becoming uneasy and the
wife dreadfully alarmed, the lines.
in her hands were somewhat re-
laxed, and the team made q squirt
which az once carried the party
a hundred yards from the scene of
conflict. Looking back and find
ing that his enemy held the field
and showed no disposition to run,
the gentleman again left his bug
gy, and, securing a stout and re-
liable club, returned and renewed
the fight. As he advanced, and
when within a few feet, the snake
sprung at him with distended jaws.
when a well directed blow laid him
on the ground, where he was soon
dispatched. The snake was five
inches in diameter and nearly nine
feet long, and altogether the dog
days are considered as infusiDg
more than ordinary venom and
maligDity into the serpent tribe,
yet this furnishes one Of the first
instances in this section of a snake
attacking and engaging in per.
sistent and continuous fight with
a man, and showing no signs of
retreat, but acting on the often
sive throughout and fighting to
the death.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-09-04
The Depth of Mid Ocean.

In her voyage from Tenerillc
to St. Thomas the British Ship
Challenger sounded and dredScd
ever other day. The soundiugs
showed that a pretty level
bottom runs off from the Anne
rican coast, deepening grad
ually to a depth Of 3,125 faith
Oms at about One-third Of the
way across to the West Indies.
If the Alps, Mont Blanc and
all were submerged at this spot,
there would be Il half mile Of
water above them. Five hun
dred miles farther west there i,
a comparatively shallow part,
little less thantWo milesin depth.
The water then deepens again to
three miles, which continues
close over to the West Indies.
At the deepest spots both on the
east and west side of the Allan
TIC, the dredge brought up
quantity of dark red clay,which
contained just sufficient animal
life to prove that life exists at
all depths. No difficulty was
experienced in obtaining deep
sea dredgings, and it was mere
ly question of patience, each
haul occupying twelve hours
In depths over two miles littel
has been found, but that little
was totally new.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-09-04

\ GREAT MODERN CONUN-
DRUM SOLvED.-In a select
school in the Sixth ward, the
other day, a class of boys were
spelling, when the teacher came
to the word Sacrifice" and
stopped to explain it and make
a good moral point. She told
them that sacrifice meant TO
slay, to kill, and also to forego
ones own convenience for the
sake of making others happy
"For instance" she said, Il
have q kite, and a lame boy, who
can't roll a hoop, or play like
other boys, comes along and
asks for it, what should | dO?'
A youth, named Snyder, raises
his hand, and when nodded at
roared: fSmash him in the
mouth and rm!'
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-09-04
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Things that Never Die.


Things that Never Die
The pure, the bright, the beautiful,
That stirred our hearts in youth;
The impulse to wOrldless prayer,
The dreams of love and truth,
The longing after something lost
The spirits yeaTning cry,
The striving after better hopes
These things can never die.
The timid hand stretched forth to aid
A brother in his need,
The kindly word in grief's dark hour,
That proves afriend indeed;
The plea of mercy, softly breathed,
When justice threatened high,
The sorrow of eOntrite heart
These things shall never die.
The memory of a clasping hand,
The pressure of kiss,
And all the trifes sweet and frail
That makes up life's first bliss;
If with firm, unchanging faith,
And holy trust on high,
Those hands have clasped and lips have met
These things shall never die.
The cruel and the bitter word
That wounded as it fell;
The chilling want of sympathy
We feel but never tell,
The hard repulse that chills the heart,
Whose hopes were bounding high,
In an unfading record kept
These things shall never die.
Let nothing pass, for every hand
Must find some work to do;
Lose not chance to awaken 10 We,
Be firm, and just, and true,
So shall a light that cannot fade
Beam on the form ON high,
And angel voices say to thee
These things shall never die
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-09-04
The Tale Of a Barrel.
[ From the St. Louis Republican. ]

An incident worth recording
happened in a restaurant on Fifth
street day or two ago. Con.
nected with the press OF this city
Is young man who spent the
years 81, '6S, and part of 90 a.
long the line of the Union Pa.
cifc Railroad, then in process of
construction. On the morning
in question the newspaper GttGche
went into the restaurant and sat
down at a table. ViS-d-UiS sat an
other young man, who presen tly
ac Osted the newspaper man:
sinister, it strikes me I've seen
- you before"
Quiet likely, was the response.
"Wern't you at Cheyenne in the
spring OF 'G0?'
"Yes."
didn't you and Chance H
help fellow down off a barrel
that was st up on end under A
tree one night?"
This was the introduction. 1t
renewed an acquaintance that be-
gan by the saving of a life when its
owner was pinioued, rope about
his neck, with the other end tied
to the limb of tree, while a saw
age and unrelenting committee
of safety stood waiting for the
barrel on which the poor wretch
stood to be kicked out from under
him. The doomed man was A
gambler, but be was a quiet,
peaceable fellow who harmed no
one. One night he had won a
sum of money from II man who
belonged TO the committee of safe,
ty, and the latter attempted to
make him give it back. In the
affair which ensued IA vacancy was
made in the committee. This
was what had brought A into
the presence of death there under
the tee. The two men had gone
among the mob, aud by entreaty
and eXpostulat on had succeeded
in getting the poor fellows sudden
sentence 'commuted," on condi
tioD he should leave the town in
thirty minutes. They took him
down off the barrel, united the
rope from his neck, and Cheyenne
saw him no more. After five
years he and one Of the preservers
of his life met thus by odd chance
1t is well enough to add that the
life was saved to some purpose,
for the man who ''stood upon the
barrel" is now the trusted agent
of mining company operating
In Montana, and is in all respect:
IA useful citizen. 1t was a close
shave.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-09-04

A few days ;ago, says the St.
Joseph Gazette, a man who lives
near Belmont took a saw-IOg to a
neighboring mill and sold it, but
after it was discovered that the
log was hollow, he rescinded the
trade with the saw.mill owner,
and hauled the log back home,
where he chopped and split itup
into fire-wood. During the pro.
gress of this job he found in the
log ten five. dollar gold pieces, aud
now he is glad the log was not
good enough for lumber.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-09-04

A man in Vermont recently
found in a gorge between the
rocks on Sutton mountains seven
alternatelayers OF snow and leaves,
which would indicate that the
snow had not melted in that place
for seven years.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-09-04

A difference of opinion as to
what constitutes boyish pranks,
seems to agitate the church in
Howard county, Indiana. Dea-
con Brown called on Deacon
Short, and in that brothers abb
sence saluted that brothers wife
with a kiss-in fact with numer-
GUS fervent kisses. Called up
on to explain he said it was
done in mere play; he had been
full of such pranks from boy
hood, whereupOn the offended
brother thrashed him and threw
him down stairs, with the re-
mark that he had been full of
such pranks from boyhood.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-09-04

A Congregational Church in
Moline, iii has voted not to aid
young men studying for the Minis
try who spend their money for
tobacco and 10 paying secret So
ciety fees,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-09-04

There is lady living near Lew
isburg. Arkansas, who is now sew
enty.three years old, and who has
shed tears at the graves Of ten de-
parted husbands.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-09-04

"Resigu be damned; I'll see you
in hell first Snch is the choice
language actually used by Mr. Lam
iSou, Representative for the Fifth
Congressional District Of OHIO,
when called upon by a conven-
tino of farmers to refund his back
pay or resign.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-09-04

A drug clerk who put up poison
for quinine took the matter very
coolly, saying that the victim was
old and would have died in few
years any way.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-09-04

In North Newburg, Me-, there
resides an old gentleman who has
just erected a large monument in
memory of himself and wife
though neitherotthemh "shufled
off this mortal coil" but both are
hale and hearty, and bid fair to
live many years longer. He has
not had the dates of their deaths
put on, as he is unable to decide
this point at present. On a re-
cent Sunday the monument was
visited by quite a crowd of the Gu
rious ones, while the old gentle.
man was standing in front OF the
school house viewing the sight
with a look of satisfaction.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-09-04

At a ooroner's Inquest, a wit
ness was asked, "What was the
last thing seen by the deceaSed?"
kerosene" was the reply.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-09-04

The Montgomery City (Missou-
ri) Standard adds a few lines to
history in the following paragraph:
Andy Johnson, of Tennessee,
when he was a boy, practiced
tight-rope walking, with the In
tentiOn of becoming a circus per-
former, but afterwards concluded
to learn his fathers trade of tail
oring and rose to be President Of
the United States. He and Mr..
James B. Chapman Of this county
were boystogether. They bought
a large yarn rope, for which they
paid five dollars, and whenever
they could get a spare moment
would go into the woods and pFac.
tice upon it, until they bO,h be-
came expertperformer era. Johnson
has been a high and lofty tumbler
ever since, but never performed
in any other circus except the
National one at Washington.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-09-04

A young lady in Monmouth,
ILL.,, while making her bed the other
day, discovered a rattlesnake com.
fortably coiled up between the
sheets. Immediately after the
people of Monmouth thought the
corporation law against steam
whistles had been violated.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-09-04

Seven Texas hcrsemen pursued
a wild horse for FIVE days, during
which he hardly broke his trot,
and finall y escaped.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-09-04

Missouri has been using a hal
ter OF another horse-thief, and
thinks he will stay pitched.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-09-04
A Hollow Mockery.
A DetrOlteF Driven Into a Log by
an enr8ged Bull.

From the Detroit Free Press
A man named Andrew Stead
man, who buys cattle, deals in
hides, and occasionally makes a
dollar by buying and selling pro-
duce, went out to NaDkin Town.
ship a few days ago to buy span
of horses which were wanted by a
firm in the city. Upon reaching
the farmers house he found that
the man was working with a neigh
Dor a mile away. To save the
distance he cut across lots, but
was warned before be started to
look out for savage bovine which
had the run of a ten acre field
Thinking of how he was going to
get that span of horses for fifty
dollars less than their value, Sted.
man kept plOdding across the field,
which had a strip OF bushes two
or three rods wide running half
way across it. There were a few
stumps and logs, one small tree,
but nothing which prevented any
one from crossing the strip. The
DetrOiteT was about ten rods from
the bushes when be heard "a dis
tant thunder souEd;" and looking
around to see from which way
the shower was coming, about
thirty rods away he beheld the
old bovine coming for him, head
down, back Hp and eyes blazing.
Steadman was satisfied that he was
the man who wanted to be max
ing the gravel fly, and he went
for the bushes. He thought the
bull would stop and run around
the strip, and was startled when
the old fellow dashed through
them on his trail, uttering a deep
"boom!" every instant. Stead
man lodged this way and that, but
the bovine tore along after him,
smashing bushes and leapIng logs,
and it was Citing to be a red-hot
affair, when the man spied the
opened end of large hollow log.
The bull was not over forty feet
behind, and into the log went
Steadman, finding al orilice about
twelve feet long, and large enough
to be roomy. The bovine had
seen the movement, and stopped
at the log and ripped of a bushel
of bark at the first dash.
Then putting his horns under
it he gave it roll, and Stgadman
spun around like a dried pea hi a
policeman's whistle. The log was
large, but old and tender, and
every time the bull hauled back
and jumped for it he covered him
self with glory and clouds of bark
and wood. Sometimes he whirled
one end, and, then he gave the
center a heave, and ii en- he knock
ed a foot CtI the other end. Stead
man swore, shrieked and pleaded,
his eyes full of bark and his
mouth stopped up, and every act
of his life passed before him like
vision. "W-o-o-h! whoop!' bel
owed the bovine as he slammed
away at the log, and every mo-
ment Steadman expected to see
the roof cave in on him. He was
In despair, when he heard the
barking Of dogs and the shouts of
men, and after few minutes the
farmers succeeded in releasing him,
but it took a good hour to get the
kinks out of bis back and the rot.
ton wood from his ears and eyes.
The Montgomery City (MissOu-
ri) Standard adds a few lines to
history in the following paragraph:
Andy Johnson, of Tennessee,
when he was a boy, practiced
tight-rope walking, with the In
tentiOn of becoming a circus per-
former, but afterwards concluded
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-09-04

Probably the most expert "a
mong the different classes of
which thiefdom is composed are
shoplifters and pickpockets.-
The former are male sometimes,
but generally females, for their
dress is better adapted to con-
ceal the various articles which
they make habit of lifting
Two of these will probably trav-
el together, and as a rule dry
goods stores are selected. One
New-York tribune., 1873-05-10
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

They have an odd way of graduating dam
ages in England Witness the breach Of promse Of
Ann Hutchinson agt. William Clarke Tie defendant is
an independent genteman-at any rate he Is indepen-
dent Ann Was a lady maid, living IN the same town.
The defendant PROMISED hef marriage anu uelu out ~
an nducemcnt that he had good income In course of
time he seduced the grl who gave Dlrth 10 chlla;
From this time the defendant i0Ve grew cold' ana
finally he gave his worthless hand "a some one else.
And this most outrageous injury tue jury gave Ann
Hutchinson t2O-aDont sI'@o' bul 'non 'ne was oni5
lAdy's maid
The colliers in England must be earning good
II the following story be true. The proprietor OF
OF largest musleshOps III Manchester was lately
surprised by the entrance OF collier, In his weekday
dress. " Aw wants peawny" was his only remark
The dealer doubling the dde nature of this state
ment, FIRST barely CIVIL but something IN the
manner Of the rugged miner Induced him TO show his
stock when he naturally drew his attention 10 the cheap
est instruments be had. Them wawut dOa' slid the
collier, at last; aw wants peawnY that u last al
shown Of the instruments that make ana told the
price was 70 gnineas AVN TAX un, he said directly,
but awl no pay 70 pun for reckon Aw cannot
play but promised my lassie peawEv her birth
day. ana she shau have good un, too. Here's GO pun,
an thOwlt make II bargain, say :"
The death of Prince Massimo. the head of
Of the oldest and nobest families in Rome, and
firm adherent and Champion OF the temporal power OF
the Papacy Is announced. ancient indeed. his
pedigree that is sald he claimed descent from O Fabius
Maximus, the "C1nctatOr" OF the Puiie Wars claim
which, u true throws INTO the shade the CouTtenaYs OF
all the Towards 10 boot. His death has happened
the age CO. and he cheered In his last moments
herenoe the Old state Of things II il stated on good
authority that from the TINS when King Victor nan
uGs troops entered Rome be had kept the yates Of
palace closed ana steadily refused either 10 retire from
the Hoy Cts 10 have anything say 10 the new
comers Hs mother Christina of savoy widow OF
the Prince OF CdrgnHn. Tie ~s vice married. aud bis
eldest son maN7od the daughter OF the Ducnesse d.
BerT1 hall SISTER oI the C0mte de Chanbord lie Aad IN
all three sons the Youngest OF whom in his uovtie
WITH Ibe Jesalts
New-York tribune., 1873-05-10

II dtd meet last Saturday night 10 was composed OF
Bonaparsts and Letimists. It put the seal on shas
mpious coalition between the two OF which mention mas
been made The speaker the only orator mat
occupied complacently the time OF the aNsem-
bly,. was NJ. Paul Granier DIETER known S
the name-that does not belong to his fanny
OF dc Cassaignac) The call for TINS meeting was
addressed TO all Monarehists. As matter OF nSoe I"
represented only Lsgitimists and Bonapartists inc
only Orleanist who ventured a voice there hoTei
down; the only moderate Republican was howled ana
hustled. But what said was howiingy, madiy ap-
panded by BOnapartsts and representative highcisHs
LegitDists. was for coarseness grossness, ana VIA
madness, beyond bellef-Woud be beyond all belief II
had not Official report Of N. Paul Graners roarneiy
appduded speech last Saturday night az the sale Herr
reproduced ha Journal and The other Partisan
papers OF his own Bonapartlst kind.
a Predetermined, helplessly ignorant Americans who
are not quito fallen q Abbotlsm and id-
oev, might profit by the reading Of Mark Paul
Grancr's expressed views OF EapOleOnism His brutal
tiles are n buoon sort entertaining But when be gets
lot OF sodsant 1rst-cass gentlemen TO applaud his
coarse slang against the Government, RepublcanIsm,
and COMMUNICATION, as happened n that queer meet
ing OF conservative Monarchst5 at the Sale Herz last
saturday he can subdue the sInken heirs Of old royal
tries n he his instrumental the demonstration OF NJ
PauI Granier petty as be is, becomes national.
In the matter OF rosness o language, OF violent excess
OF sentiments NJ Paul GranIers speech, at the sale
Her. las Saturday night was and remains unexanped-
Be and his kind rejoice IL to-day. The best represen'
tatlye gentlemen OF the Legmists listened 20 ~ de-
livery with solely cOmmendatory nterrogationsi the
more insulting II the Government OF versailles
the more they applauded. It's radical frankiy-slatea
idea faint revolutionary opposition the existing Re-
publican Government OF to-day applauded yoci-
erously by egimist leaders and Bonaparist listen
ers present last Saturday. W.H H.