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Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1873-04-05

dimanche, entire les mains du no
taire, au cabaret de village. Nos
affranchis,. .moins apres ct moins
laborieux, ressentent les memes
desirs; quelques-uns amassent
sou D sou un petit p6cule, ct
achetent un lopin de terre nue. Oh
lis Sc baclent une masure prOvi-
soire; Ia plupart, decourages, gas
pillent leur salaire ct n'epargnent
pas. lie moyen de deyenir proprG-
tairesi
Ce moyen, quiconque le decOu-
vrira ct le signalera, meritera bien
du pays, car II aura calm6 Ia hai-
ne, ramene Ia conoOrde. La note
emise par lui sera egalement har-
mOnieuse ct dOuce 4 pOreille du
planteur endett6 on pOssesseur
soucieux de wastes domaines que
ressaisit le desert, ct de rouvrier
blanc on du tIavailleur noir qui
convoite un coin de terre au so
leil. Ellie ne sera pas moins agrea-
BILE 4 l'industrie qui ch6me ct au
commerce qui languit Ce grand
moyen, &c moyen sauveur, D no
tire humble asis, est une lOterie
PEmt rendant accessible q tOus
le sol quf nest plus D personne,
ct celia par les procedes les plus
kgaux, sans attenter D aucun
droit, sans lesser aucun interet. La
valeur du sol morcele, peupl6 ct
cultive, du sol defriche, irrigue,
draine ct assaini, decuplerait an
profit des quelques propri6taires
echappes an delage, rari nantes,
ct 4 celui des hommes nouveaux
favorises par le sort. Dams 10 pro
chain numero, nous expOserons le
mecanisme dun plan longuement
medite; nous en- montrerons les
diverses faces, sOciale, politiQue,
financiere, agricole ct industrielle;
nous essaierons den prouver Ia
praticabilite ct Ia fScondite; nous
en- ferons enfin ressortir les cons6'
quences ct les avantages possiblet
pour rindividu, pour Il paroisse
on commune ct pour PEtat, cha
Gun des elements de cette trinitt
on TRADE devant avoir 81 part et
son interet dams IL transformation
qui doit s'accomplir D .notre bene
fee on. D notre dommage, selor
que nous raurons secondee OF
contrariee.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1873-04-05
leo MILE ET UNe
C0NNAISSANcES TITLES.
-CCVI

On est asses porte D considerer
le movement ct 10 sensibilit6
CONNIE l'apsnagc exclusif des AMI.
manx, ct on sdmet, par contre,
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1873-04-05
IUNION FRANCAISE q
puREAUx RUE sT.LoUuNo. o.
i*s Nosrelle- Orltsss.

Les demandes pour travaineurs,
ouvriers ct employees, so0t rsgnes do
. hsures du matinA 4hsu1es de rapres-
midi. e4r
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-03-20
TERMS.

@TwO Dollars for one year. I1Ya-
. fubsy Va adS1soe; Two Dollars and
Fifay Gents if payment be deferred three
months. Ali papers going out Of the coun-
ty to be paid for ia ddCGace
OF Single copies, Ten Cents eacn.
tP Advertisements inserted at One Dollar
per square of Ten Lines or less for the first
lnsertion Fifty Cents for each continuance.
T Local aDd Special Notices, Twenty
Gents per line.
GA liberal deduction viii be made to
persons advertising for three, six, nine. or
twelvemouths.
OF Obituaries aud calls on candidates,
Fifty Cents per square.
6 The privilege of yearly advertisers is
strictly limited TO their own immediate and
regular business and the business of an ad-
Vertisiug firm is not considered as including
that of It's individual m emhers. G3-NO de-
Walton from these terms under any circum-
stances.
OF Advertisements not marked with. the
number of insertions when handed in. will be
continued until ordered out, and paymen;
exacted.
GT No advertisement inserted gratu. touslv
81 Advertisements Of an abusive nature
will not be inserted at any price.
lDs Announcing Candidates Five Dollars
to be paid in advance in every case.
or Job Printing of all kinds neatly
done on New Type, and on as reasonable
sTTas as any Office IN Tennessee.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-03-20
Then and Now.

There is a pecuniary mystery
hanging around the average New
jersey Legislator. difficult to pen
citrate. This mystery came in
with railroad legislation. We
can remember when Legislator.
man got his board in Trenton for
three dollars per week, and
was flush and happy on his three
dollars per diem. He received
nothing but his legal pay, and
earn red snug sum OF MOI ey home
with hlm at the end of the session
Ills surplus hundred dollars were
IN solid silver coin. with no stain
OF treachery or dishonesty upon
8 single piece 1t is not so now.
Within the last few years we have
known members who had to bor-
row he money that brought them
to Trenton. They took double
rooms at the principal hotels at
cost double that of their State
pay for the session. They night
ly reyeled in costly wines at five
dollars per bottle. They had
cords OF cigars at twenty-five cents
each, and their rooms were filled
" ith visitors, who ate and drank,
and smoked at the apparent ex-
pense Of one whose apparent re-
sources were but three dollars per
diem And on the adjournment, I.
such legislator went home to.
bald q handsome new house, buy
a tarm or display valuable bonds
TO the admiration of wife and chill
iren, and to the astoni.hment of /
bis friends.
Railroads are great invention.
So is a modern New Jersey Legis- /
Iator.-State Sentinel and Capi-
tai.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-03-20

Mrs. Woodruff, of Salem
county, was SO frightened on
hearing that her husband had
been thrown from his sleigh,
which, after all, was a mistake,
that her life is dispaired off,
So said one Of our New jersey
exchanges of last week. In its
issue Of Saturday this same
Journal says: civilian Adell
heard Of the Woodruff case
mentioned by us last week, and,
for reasons that may be guessed,
sent word home that he had
been thrown from his sleigh and
was dead. To make the thing
sure he got couple of friends
to cart him home on a shutter.
His feelings may be better i'm
agined that described, when,
just as he arrived at his house,
he met Mrs. Adell starting out
with Charles Sandford, of New
township, to the parsonage Of
Rev. Mr.. Jones, and heard his
wife. say: please put the
corpse in the back kitchen; Char
ley and I'll fix for the funeral
after we've marriedp
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-03-20
4 Lesson in Friction

The steamship Saragossa was
lately put upon the ways az Bal.
timorc, supposed to need only new
caulNiig and copper. The caulk-
crs got tc work, and the seams be
tween the planks dressed out with
the OIs preparatory to driving
in the new oakum. Imagine the
astonishment Of the caulkers when
one day the iron, subjected only
to "a feeble blow, went clear into
the ycssyl. A closer inspection
resulted, aud it was discovered
hat for a distance of eighty feet
on each side of the keel, aud he
meath that portion Of the ship
were the boilers rest, planks which
eight ears ego were three and
one-haIf inches thick were now
mere boards Of one half inch in
thickness. They were not worm
eaten, and in all appearances
were sound as when first spiked
and bolted to the huge skeleton
of a ship. And here a lesson
in the power of friction may be
aptIy illustrated. Beneath tie
boilers of the Sarsgossa it WAS
discovered that PARTICLES of coal
had dropped from time to time.
and the mere motion of the YES
sci, as she rocked at sea, had
shaken the loose pieces OF miner
al from side to side on the planks,
and worn them to the thickness
of board. used in the ordinary
sklff, suCn as are used on our
creeks.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-03-20
A Baggage-Sm8sher's
Dream.

A certain baggage-smasher
on the Wilmington and Balt;-
more railrond had fearful at
tack of nightmare the other
evening. He dreamed that some
man came along to his car with
n splendid new trunk that had
never been touched. And the
dreamer got hold Of that trunk
and soused it down upon the
floor three or four times, and
jumped on it, and hacked it up
with an ak, and split cal oil on
it, and smeared it with chalk
marks. And then he dreamed
he pitched it out the car win
dow, and was about to explode
keg Of gunpowder under it,
when the engine Of the down
train struck him, and he awOke.
He found his vile standing o..
yer him with a chair, and rap
ping him on the head with ear
nestncss. In his sleep he had
hold of baby's crib, and had
been waltzing around the room
With it, and ramlning it up a
gainst the wall, and pounding it
with the pitcher, and trying to
heave it out Of the window,
while the infant, spilled upon
the floor, yelled like brigade
of Soshone Indians. 1t was
the conclusion of the chair Ill
the hands Of tie indignant moth
cr that made him dream about
the locomotive striking him.
When his friends now ask him
the meaning Of those Jumps up
on his forehead, he says moth
ing, but seizes the nearest vaIise
and goes through all the exer-
cises that he dreamed about.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-03-20

as thought reappeared at the 9th
er end OF the house.
Call mapr M n
Away be whirled again, turn
ing the corners SO rapidly that q
whiz of the snake sounded half
way between a whistle and the re
peate6 pronunciation of a double o
Before either Of the girls had
stirred from their tracks, he had
performed another revolution.
Call man.
Away he flew once more, but
his strength was rapidly failing.
Nancy Clark WAS the first to re-
cover her presence Of mind; and,
seizing a hoop pole, she took her
station near the corner OF the
house, and as John reappeared,
brought it down upon the snake
with a force that broke his back
and his hold upon Johns neither
garment at the same time.
John rushed in,o the house and
into his room, and at tea time ap-
peared in his besG Sunday suit,
but little the worse for the race,
but to all appearances entirely
cured OF his bashfuIneSs. That
night he walked home with Nan
cy Clark. The New Year they
were married; and now if John
feels inclined to laugh at his wife's
hoop, or any other popularity, she
has only to say-"CaIl man"
and poor John Instantly sobers
down.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-03-20

At one Of the manufacturing
towns in Pennsylvania the pro-
prietors nave introduced into
their manufactures "the heather
Chinee." The native operatives
hrve memorialized Congress to
prohibit the importation of these
cooley laborers. If Congress will
not prohibit their importation
the memorial demands that all
protective duties on articles of
foreign manufacture, under pau
per labor system; be abolished.
The last point is decidedly we'll
put. 1t is fraud of unimagina-
bIe proportions for manufacturers
to demand high protective duties
to enable them to compete with
foreign manufacturers who enjoy
the benefits Of cheap labor sys-
TEN, and to then import for use
in their own manufactures cooley
laborers from Asia, who will grow
fat on a pittance which. would
bring only slow starvation to the
che pest European laborer.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-03-20
Romance Of the Newark
Mills.

A New York paper Of Friday
says: And now Newark has its
romance. A few years ago,
George Stephens, while clerk in
an Orange county store, wOoed and
was betrothed to Ella Morrison, a
farmers daughter. For a year
all was well, but another young
lady received hifiing attentions
and Ella broke the engagement.
Stephens went to Pittsburg, was
successful, aud became proprietor
of large mandatory. Ycsler-
day he visited Newark, and in
passing through one of the mills
his eye met that of a young lady
who,was working at loom. He
pretended not to recognize her,
bat when the girls came from the
building when work was done.
Stephens was waiting. He ad-
dressed the girl as Ella Morrison.
Her father died soon after he went
TO Pittsburg, and she was lett pen
niless. From Orange county she
went to New York, thence to Pat
terson and Newark, working her
way alone. Mr., George Stephens
and Miss Ella Morrison are to be
married TO day, and will start for
Pittsburg Immediately after the
ceremony.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-03-20

"mother," it is considered ind.l-
icate to live with her again. A.
mong one tribe, the "Garos," if
The wife be nnfaithful, the hus.
band cannot obtain a divorce un,
less he gives her al the property
and the children. a woman, on
the contrary, may leave when she
pleaSes, leaving him the entire
property of her former husband.
RoMANS-In olden times a man
might divorce his wife if she were
unfaithful, if she comterfeited
his private keys, or drank wine
without his knowledge. They
would divorce their wives when
they pleased Notwithstanding
this, 52l years elapsed with one
divorce. Afterwards law was
passed allowing eithersex to make
the application, Divorces then
became frequent on the slightest
preteXt. Seneca says that some
women no longer reckoned the
years by the consuls, bnt the
number of their husbands. ST.
Jerome speaks Of woman who
buried twenty two husbands. The
Emperor Augustus endeavored to ,
restrain the license by penalties /.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-03-20

A great controversy is just now
waging in England upon spirit
ualism. A no less controversy is
going on in the country as to
whether or no the the brutal mur-
derer Of a woman in Great Co
ram street will be caught by the
police. The Illustrated London
News "clutches" the whole thing
by asking the whole body of those
who believe that they have access
to the spirit world, whether any
one OF them can tell the name Of
Coram street assassin2 "Let them
rap that ont. and they shall
change their present position
that of montebanks-for that Of
priests Of a new cultus. "
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-03-20

Delaney Winston, a Michi-
gan schoOlmaster, says: Il will
spell any man, woman or child
in the hull state for a dictionary,
or kash priz of one hundred dol
lars a side, the money to be
awarded by kommitty of cler-
gymen orskool directors. There
has been a darned site a blowin'
about my spelin: and now i
want 'em to put up or shet up.
| won't be put down by passel
ofignoramusses because l differ
with noar webster's stile of spell
in"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-03-20

A Roman ecclesiastic, in re-
ply to whatever question might
be proposed, began be saying:
81 make a distinction" \ car
dinal having invited him to
dine, proposed to derive some
amusement for the company from
the well-known peculiarity of
his guest. Saying to him that
he had an important question to
propose, he asked: "Is it, I'M
der any circumstances, lawful
to baptise in soup?" 81 make
a distinction" said the priest.
"If you ask, Is it lawful to bap-
tize in soup in general? l say
'Nov If you ask, Is it lawful to
baptize in your excellency,s S
soup? 1 say 'Yes!' for there is
really no difference between it
and water
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-03-20

A very worthy fisherman by
the name of Grizzle was drowned
some time since, and all search for
his body proved uuavailing. Al.
ter it had been in the water some
months, however, it was dlscoY-
cred floating on the surface and
taken to the shore, whereupon
Mr. Smith was dispatched to con-
vey the intelligence to the much
afflicted widow,
"Well, Mrs. GrizzIe, We have
found Mr.. Grizzlies body"
You don't say 50.
eyes we have-the ,ury has
sat on it and found it full of eels."
"You don't say so!'
Eyes, it is; and we want know
what you will have done with it"
"Why, how many eels do you
think there is in him"
90h, about bushel."
@Well, then, | think you had
better send the eels up to the
house and set him again. ''-
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-03-20

In Washington, the other day,
a female member of a colored
theatrical troupe wentintoa dry
goods store and called for some
fiesh-oolored hose. The clerk
placed before her a box of black
stockings, and that unfortunate
young man has never been able
to tell whether he was blown
up by nitro-glycerine or was
struck by a shot from seventy
two FOUNDER,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-03-20
A Singular Case

a case having but few known
parallels in medical practice il
JUS now puzzling the faculty il,
the vicinity of Elmira, N. Y, and
forming aubject for universal
comment. The circumstances
. attending it are as follows
Nearly three years ago Mr.. L..
A Hall, then a resident Of III
mira; was rendered UNCONSCIOUS by
striking his head against a beam
in his barn. He speedily recov-
cred and no serious consequences
resulted from the injury up to
within the past few days. Short
ly after the accident Mr.. Hall en-
gagged in the mercantile business
in Scranton, Pa, and removed
thither with his family. One
day last week he was obliged to
leave his store and go home, ow-
ing to.a severe and peculiar pain,
In bis head. After reaching his
residence he was taken with vio-
lent spasms, which continued at
short intervals until ten o'clocl
at night, when they left him, and
he sank into a quiet sleep, resting
well at night. Upon awaking ia
the morning. bis actions were ST
singular that it was a long timo'
before bis friends could explain
the cau,e. 1t was finally discov-
cred that his memory, from the
date of the accident in Elmira.
was entirely gone. Everything
that had occurred during the pl5t
three years, and during that line
important events had transpircd
in his, family was as blank to him
as if he had been in. a swoor, fo-
all that time. He recognized hia
wife and others be had known be-
fore the accident, but two children
that were born during tie past
three years we're entire strangers
to him. His oldest child, five
years old, he remembered only as
she was when but two. His mind
seemed weak, aud friends hoped
that with the return of his usual
good health his memory would b.
In day OF two, how
ever, both his mectal and piysi-
,al vigor returned, but the singu-
ar gap in his memory remlineG.
His partner in business, Mr..
Pratt, Mr. Hall had known for
years. Mr.. Pratt, at the time OF
he injury to Mr., HILLS head, wcS.
of q school at Dlnville,
Pa, and Mr.. Hall remembered
liu. only as that. tie entered
he la:ters room day or 50 ai.
er lie was taken sick, and Mr..
Hall was very much surprised u
zee him, aUd asked about his schooI
md friends in Dlnvillc. Mr. Hall
:ould hardly be brought to believe
lis present position, but he GnllIy
aw it could not be otherw.s".
Every effort has been nude by his
amily, by bringing up old ass'-
iations, the death of friends and
eIatives and important events in
lis life for the past three years, t.
.waken some sign of frccollection OF
hat time, but in vain. IIe was
realty surprised to hear that he
lad been doing business in Seran-
on for two years, and in a drive
hrough that city day or two
ince he recognized none of the
BUSINESS firms with whom he has
lad dealings during that time.
lie is now in this city, visiting old
Genes and friends, in hopes thas
lie may fix his mind on something
Which will lead it back over the
HE. years.that are blank to him,
nd result in entirely restoring his
memory.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-03-20

TRAVELLING STONE.-Many of
our readers have doubles heard Of
the famous travel ing stones of Aus
tralia. Similar euriosities have
recently been found in Nevada,
which are described as almost per-
fectly round, the majority OF them
as large as q walnut, and Of an
irony nature. When distributed
about upon the floor, table, OF 9th
er level surface, within two or
three feet of each other, they i'm,
medlately begin travelling toward
a common centre, and there bud
die up in a bunch like a lot of eggs
in a nest. A single stone, removed
to the distance Of three and n bali
feet, upon beirg released at once
started off with wonderful aud
somewhat comical CELEBRITY, to
join its fellows; taken away four
or five feet, it remained motioulrss
They are found in a region that is
comparatively level, and is moth
ing but bare rock. Scattered
over this barren region are little
basins, from a few feet to arod in
and it is in the bottom
Of these that the rolling stones
are found. They are from the
size of pea to FIVE or six inches
in diameter. The cause Of these
stones rolling together is doubt
ess to be found in the material Of
ghich they are composed, which
appears to be loadstone or mag
letic iron ore.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-03-20

The New York World says:
Mr.. Dorsey, the senator elect
from Arkansas, is president of the
Arkansas Central railroad. Pat
terson, the senator elect from
South Carolina, is q successful
railroad man. Jones. the Success
or of Nye, is said to be success
fui mining and railroad operator.
The new senator from Oregon is
a railroad king. Somehow or
other. the railroads and the SEN
ate seem to be call mixed up"
Dorsey was unknown to Arkan-
sas until he became President of
the narrow guage railroad, rum
hing from Helena to Clarendon.
He received a pile Of state bonds
for the road, and of course, like all
senators elected these days, was
able topay literally for votes.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-03-20

Early rising is the sur,st way
to secure health. People who get
ou. of bed at daylight, and work
several hours before breakfast,
invariably live the allotted three
scores and ten years of life, un'
less they contract some sickness
that proves fatal.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-03-20

An exchange laments because of
the prevalence of the idea that it
is more respectable to sell shoes
for $40 a week. than to earn S25
by making them.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-03-20

A girl in Hartford, Conn, who
had been confined in a pest~
house, wore away a shawl which
haq not been washed, contrary
to the order of the physician.
In consequence there were five
cases of small pOx in the fami-
in where she fonnd employment,
two Of whom died.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-03-20

The Masterof Commonwealth
Lodge, Brooklyn, cautions
Western Masons against a
man giving the name of King,
and who pretends to be a MEM
Der Of said Lodge.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-03-20

In Michigan there is one town
aud courthouse where the ju-
rors retire to the roof of the
building when deliberating on a
verdict, and in very bot or very
cold weather there is but little
time consumed in coming to II
verdict.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-03-20
A Washington dispatch tells

A Washington dispatch tells
us that "the second inaugura-
ton of President Grant will
probably be the greatest display
witnessed in Washington since
the grand review of 1865"
The Courier journal suggests
that if General Sherman would
rive, Oh that occasion, minia-
ture representation of his burn
ing of Columbia, s. G., the
thing would be bully. r.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-03-20

Advertising is the ladder by
which men climb up to fortune
if they keep their hold.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-03-20

A Frenchman lately recovered
$4,000 from some friend who had
cut off bis mustache in a drunken
sCrapG. .....-.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-03-20

The Odd Fellows of Kentucky
expended nearly $4,000 last
year, in aiding the sick and des.
titute.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-03-20

Mr.. Werner, Of New Hampton,
Ia, is III Jail for reproachlng his
sister with ashoe trap.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-03-20
!. g. e ho1re 11QefrIu,
WHICH Is BEST?

WHICH Is BEST?
This world is dark and drcary.
When We make it so;
This world is bright an chccry,
When NC take j, SO.
Our friends arc cold ard distant,
Wiener we doubt them;
Our friends a:c true and loving;
Wiener We trust them.
1A't best to live in the dark.
Eoubtirg Gay by day,
Or live in the light Of Love,
Trusting day by day?
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-03-20

The next moment he had
vhisked out Of sight, and as quick