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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-06-20
The Time Of Trial.

When an earnest young man Offers
woman his heart and his life and his
love. asking her for her heart and her
life and her love, it IS no easy hour TO
man or maid. The thought of it takes
the rose out of her young cheek, gives a
new luster to tho eye that has a deeper
and mysterious look, and a terrible
throbbing to the heart. For 50 much
depends upon a word that forms or else
misshapes 30 much IN life, and soul and
sense are clamoring for their right. The
past comes up to help create the future,
and all creation is new before the low
er's eye. 50 it is in some great hour
when an earnest man holds communion
with himself, seeking to give and take
with god, and asks " What ought /
in my life to be and do?" Depend up
on it, only to the vulgarest of men is it
a common hour. l Will not say that
every earnest man has an enamored
hour of betrothing himself to religion.
Some have this sudden experience, and
give themselves to Piety as they es-
pouse bride found when not looked
for, and welcomed with great swelling
of the heart and prophetic blooming Of
the yearning soul. Others go hand in
hand Herewith as brother and sister,
through all their early days, in amia-
BILE unity which sin has hardly broke
and seldom Jared and 50 the wediock
of religion is as the acquaintance which
began in our babyhood, was friendship
next at home and school, and slowly
under tranquil skies grew up and bios
somed out at last to love. This IS the
common way, an ascent without a sud
den leap. If bred as religious children
yov grow up as religious men. but
under the easiest of discipline, L think,
| every earnest man has his time oi triaI
and of question, when he asks hlinSell,
.s Shall 1 serve the soul by liie OF
piety, or shall 1 only serve the hesh'
listing in the popular armada OF world. a..
/ illness to do battle IN that leprous most
That, I say, is a time Of tr1al.-II'eo-
! dOrc Parker,
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padded silk parades be false? And
| even when the eye has succeeded IN
| piercing the shell, and we are about to
examine the kernel, it deftIy envelopes
itself in a new shell, and then again in
newer one, thus by the incessant
change of fashions mOcI1ing mans
acuteness. Are their faces pretty !?
This, too, it would be difficult to de-
termine, for every feature is in constant
motion. Every Parisienne has thous-
and faces, each one of which is more
laughing, more intelligent, more charm
ing than the other, greatly embarrass-
ing him who wishes to decide which is
the most beautiful, or which, in fact, is
the real face. Are their eyes large {?
What do I know? One does not spend
much time investigating the caIiber of
cannon when the ball knocks his head
off And he who is not struck by their
eyes, is at all events dazzied by their
fire, and is glad enough safely to re-
main beyond their range. Is the space
between the nose and the mouth broad
or narrow? Sometimes it is broad. as
when they turn up their noses some
times it is narrow, as when they proud
ly curl the lip. Is the mouth large or
small? Who can tell where the lips
end and the smile begins In order to
to reach a correct decision, the investi-
gator, as well as the object of investiga-
tiOn, should be in a state of perfect
quiet. But who can keep quiet when
with a Parisienne B.? and what Parish
enne is ever quiet? There are those
who imagine they could closely exam
inc a butterfly, if they only had it
pinned fast to a sheet of paper. But
that both were foolish and cruel. The
quiescent, pinioned is no longer a but
terfiy. A butterfly should only be seen
when it futters among the flowers and
the women of Paris should be seen.
not in their households, where they
seem like so many butterflies fastened
by pin which pierces the heart, but
IN the saloon, at balls aid soirees,
where, under sparkling crystal chande-
Hers, they futter by with their en-
brOidered wings of silk and gauze. In
such moments they reveal an eager love
of life, a willingness to plunge into
sweet stupOr, a thirsting for sensuous
indulgence that invest them with an
almost terrible beauty, and a charm
that both delights and shocks the soul.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-06-20

bring some companions to see the mer-
man or mermaid but when he return
ed it had disappeared. If we like to
suppose that Reynolds had seen some
kind of seal, and that the narration had
grown to something else by repetition
from mouth to mouth, perhaps we shall
not be very far wrong.
The present century, like its predeces-
sors, has had its crop of mermaid
| stories, reappearing from time to time
In 1909, one of these strange beings
made its appearance off the coast of
| Caithness, in Scotland. The particulars
we have not at hand but it happens to
be on record by what channels the mar
rative reached the public. Two servant
girls and boy saw something in the
water which they decided must be a
mermaid they mentioned it to Miss
Mackey, who wrote of it to Mrs. Jones,
who showed the letter to Sir John Sin
clair, who showed it to a gentleman,
who caused the statement to be inserted
in a newspaper. The Philosophical So
ciety brought these facts to light.
Even so grave publication as "Rees's
CycIop@dia, " in 1919, said: "We have
weIl-attested account of a norman
near the great rock called Diamond, on
the coast of Martinique. The persons
who saw it gave in a precise description
of it before a notary. They affirm that
they saw it wipe it's hands over its face,
and even heard it blow it's nose"
Some naturalists have pointed out
characteristics in marine animals which
afford a very probable groundwork for
many of the current mermaid-stOries.
Witness Sir J. E. Tennent's account of
the dugong: "The rude approach to
the humane outline, observed in the
shape of the head of the creature, and
ling her young, holding it to her breast
with one fipper, while swimming with
the other, holding the heads of both.
above water and, when disturbed, sud
like tail, these, together with her habit
ual demonstrations of strong maternal
affection, probably gave rise to the fable
of the mermaid" Woman or fish,
normal or abnormal, the mermaid has
taken a good hold of poets and COM
posers, interIude writer's and farce
writer's and the mermaid in Fleet
Street was one of the famous old taverns
of past days. The orthodox mermaid
has, of course, a comely maiden's face,
with beautiful hair, which she is comb
ing with one hand, while II the other
she holds a Iooking-glass.
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News of the Week.
EAST

The bankrupt Humboldt fire insurance
company of New York, has declared a divi-
dend of ffty-six per cent. on adjusted claims
Creditors have until November 18th to present.
claims.
The steamer Moro Castle for Havana,
took out three thousand rifles and upwards of
one million fixed cartridges it is believed for
the use Of the negroes who have been lately
ordered to the trenches.
New York city does a butter and cheese
business Of fifty millions of dollars year,
and the dealers in that city, who number one
hundred and thirty, have resolved to establish
an exchange for the accommodation of this
trade.
The New York Legislature, among its last
acts, passed a so-caIed " supply-bin, ," to cover
all sorts Of appropriations not provided for in
the regular bills, and the amount in the supply
bill is over $4, 900, OO0 Eut it appears that the
bill has been tampered with by clerks and lob
byists, and it is even yet in chaotic condition,
unsigned 10y the officers of the hsuse or SEN
ate. This state of things is causing unfavor-
able comment III New York.
Dan Noble, the notorious bond robber who
escaped from state prison at Auburn, New York,
has been recaptured in Paris, with S57, 900 in
,his possession.
The Springfield Massachusetts, Republican
announces that Dawes will soon resign from
congress to accept either a cabinet Appointment
or a foreign commission
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-06-20
IN THE EVENING.

All day the wind had hOwled along the leas,
All day the wind had swept across the plain,
All day on Fustling grass and waving trees
Had fallen the useful trouble of the rain"
All day beneath the lOW-hung, dreary sky,
The dripping earth had covered sulleHly.
At last the wind had sObbed itself to rest,
At last the weary Calmness sank the storm,
crimson line CLEANED sudden in the west,
Where golden fecks rose wayering into form
hushed revival heralded the night,
And with the evening-time awoke the light.
The rosy cOler flushed along gray waves;
The rosy color tinged the mountains brown;
And where the old church watched the village
graves
Wooed to a passing blush the yew-trees' frown,
Bird, beast, and flowers relenting nature knew,
And one pale star rose shimmering in the blue.
So to & life long crushed in heavy grief,
So to path long darkened by despair,
The slow, sad hours bring touches of relief,
Whispers Of hope, and strength of trustful
prayer.
Tarry his leisure" God of love and might,
And with the evening-time there will be light
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nv, there before a vast audience, the
crowd rose, shouting their plaudits.
Beethoven, who had conducted the
piece, did not accept their applause. A
member of the orchestra took him gent
ly by the shoulders and turned his face,
that he might see the enthusiastic audi
ence. The audience then remembered
that the artist who had been so charm
ing them was stone-deaf. Beethoven,
when he beheId the scene burst into
Magazine.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-06-20
MERMAID STORIES.
From All the Year Round.J


Sailors and seaside folk have always
had a tendency to believe in mermaids.
They see more varieties of fish, and
stranger forms of amphibia, than lands
men; and, moreover, they enjoy mar
velous stories about wonderful things.
Classical writer's tell us that the Sirens
were two maidens who sat by the sea,
and so charmed with their music all
who sailed by, that the fascinated way
farers remained on the spot till they
died. The Sirens (afterward increased
to three in number, and called by va
riOus names) are supposed to have had
much to do with mermaids- is,
people who believed in the one had no
difficulty in believing in the other.
Tracing down, century after century,
we find an abundance of mermaid sto-
ries, vCuched for with all the gravity of
genuine belief. In an old book de-
scriptive of Holland, the reader is told
that in 1480 a tempest broke through
the embankments of the Iow-lying dis
tricts, and covered much meadow and
pasture-land with water. Some mai
dens in the town of Edam, in West
Friesland, going in a boat over the
flooded land to milk their COWS, per-
ceived a mermaid entangled in the mud
and shallow water. They took her into
the boat, and brought her with them to
Edam, dressed her in wOman's apparel,
and taught her to spin. She fed like
one of them, but could not be brought
to speak. Some time afterward she was
brought to HaarIem, where she lived
for several years, though still showing
an inclination for the water. They
had given it, " we are further informed,
'' some motion of a deity, and it made
its reverences very devoutly whenever
it passed by a curifix.''
In 1860, on the west coast of Ceylon,
some fishermen brought up at one
draught of a net "seven mermen and
maids, which a Jesuit missionary GER
tilted to be veritabIe types of human
beings, excepting, we suppose, III re-
gard to fsh-shaped tails. This tail
question was, in the same century, set
tied in a peculiar manner by engravers
and herald-painters. Mermaids with
two tails were sften engraved in French
and German books on heraldry; a dou-
bIe-taiIed mermaid was engraved in a
Swiss edition of Ptolemy's geography,
published in 1910; and the Venetian
printers had a liking for the same kind
of symbol on their title-pages.
Mary Queen of Scots was made the
butt of numerous caricatures, some of
which represented her III the character
of a mermaid, sitting on a dolphin. One
has been discovered in the state-paper
office-a mean and unmanly production,
intended to cast ridicuIe on a woman
who could not defend herself from its
effects. 1t is supposed that Shake
speare, writing some years after the ap-
pearance of this caricature, had it In his
mind when he created the "Midsum-
mer-Night's Dream" Oberon says to
Puck:
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ANRoUNCEMENTs.-AnnO the name Of
person for County Office, S.; State Office $40,
Federal office Sl6. Invariably in advance.
EB The above Terms and Rates will Be
trictly adhered to.
~ Religious, Marriage, Birth and Death
Notices solicited, and will be willingly inser-
ed FIEE OF CHARGE. Obituaries will be charged
advertising rates.
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And certain stars shot madly from their spheres
To hear the sea-naid's music"
We we'll know that Shakespeare made
many of his characters talk about mer-
maids and sea-sirens-''III draw nore
sailors than the mermaids shall :" "Pn
stop mine ear against the mermaid's
sOng;" At the helm a seeming mer-
maid steers" "Oh, train me not, sweet
mermaid, with a note!' 'Her clothes
spread wide, and, mermaid-like, awhile
they bore her up" are passages we'll
known to readers of Shakespeare. Nor
are musical folk less acquainted with
the charming air which Haydn gave to
the mermaid's song, where the siren of
the sea says to some enchanted mortal
Come with me and we will 90
Where the rocks Of coral grow"
An almanac for 1858 gravely told its
readers, ''Near the place where the fa-
nous Dee payeth its tribute to the Ger
man ocean, if curious observers of won
derful things in nature, will be pleased
to resort thither on the list, 18th and
29th of May, and in divers other times
IN the ensuing summer, as also in the
harvest time to the 7th and I4th of DC
tOber, they will undoubtedly see pref
ty company of Mar Maids, creatures of
admirable beauty, and likewise hear
their charming, sweet, melodiOus
voices" The prognosticator kindly
tells us the exact song which these
Scottish mermaids would sing; It was
nothing less than a new version of God
save the king" but, as the year 1888
was rather a critical one in matters dy-
nastic, we are left somewhat In doubt
whether the king to be thus honored
was James II. or William of Orange.
At any rate, the mermaids were pious
as well as loyal, for one of the things
there we're to do was "To extoI their
Maker and His bounty praise" About
the same time, Merollo, Spaniard, or
an Italian, who made a voyage to Congo,
told the readers of his narrative that he
saw, in the sea, Z" some beings like unto
men, not only in their figures, but like
wise III their actions for we saw them
plainly gather a great quantity of GER
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How to keep square with the world
Don't be round too much.
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@ Thou remember'st

Since once sat upon prOmOntery,
And heard mermaid, dOlphin's back,
Uttering such a dulcet and harmonious breath
And certain stars shot madly from their spheres
To hear the sea-naids music"
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DIR. ANDERSON of Edinburgh, Scot
land, has proved by actual analysis
that the last gill of milk drawn from
the udder of the COW contains sixteen
times the amount of cream incident to
the first one, the separation of the
cream from the milk taking place IN
part IN the udder, particularly in in
stances where the animal is suffered to
stand at rest for sometime before milk
ing.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-09-25

Yearlings, s7.50Gsls; two year olds, sIs9
s2s; three year oIds, S25Gs45.
sheep per ID. live W.T., 4K95c.; extra
5k@6kc.
Sheep and lambs, per head, in lots, $500
@s550.
Spring lambs, 9K@l5Kc per lb.
Fat Hogs per H., 5k@5xc, per Id. live VT.
Shotes. wholesale, none.
Pelts s200as2,25 each.
Veal calves, S.Gl2-
Hides, taliow and skins Brighton hides,
9kc per lb; country hides, Csc: Brighton
tallow, 6@6Kc; country tallow, 9xc.
Sheared sheep skins, 20G30c each; lamb
skins, sl.OO@s25O; calf skins, 169isc per ID.
Dairy, calf skins, 75c@sl: Lamb skins,
81 each-shorn, soc. Pelts, 81 ,55asl, rs each.
Poultry-extra, 16c per ID; prime 15k@
l5Kc;. good, l59l5kc; medium, IA @l4&c;
poor TO medium, lac.
REMARKS:
The market is not very active on cattle
still full prices are obtained At Water
town there were many punches of ordi-
nary grades of young stock. The best Of
fered were by G. w. BrowneI, A few heif-
ers and steers at &c, live weight, fed by a
F1eld, of Ferrisbu g. The western cattle
). Fry sold two year old steers at &c, live,
that weighed, live, 1880 pounds: five 9th
ers at Sc. NJ. r. Shackett sold steers from
s to &c, d. w.-fifteen head to c. Went
worth, at &c, to dress $50 pounds each.
Western cattle at Brighton sold from to
&c, live, for likely stock, ordinary from 3z
10 5z. w. s. Collons sold 81 steers at &c,
average l,434 pounds. A. n. Monroe sold
81 steers, average l,345 pounds. at &c, live.
The sheep and lamb trade was not at all
rushing. A number of loads came in the
last of the week. Prices correspond with
last weeks doings. Supplies full as large
as can be handled Joseph Dugway sold
432 sheep and lambs at 5zc, average 60
pounds. w. 4. Brown sold 10 lambs, ay
erage 90 pounds, at &c. a. Dris sold l02
lambs at SIC, average Y pounds.
New mich COWS remain at old quota
tions. Bat little doing in working oxen.
Veal calves in full supply at full prices.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-09-25

association in few appropriate remarks.
The roll was called by the secretary, and
thirty-one members answered to their
names.
Fourteen new names were presented
for membership, and elected unanimous
~. Prof Bradford of New York, and
many other prominent gentlemen were
present, among whom we noticed
most of the prominent pharmacists of
the State
The committee on Scientific Que
ries,' reported the following query
H'Can English be substituted for Latin,
in writing prescriptions, and labelling 2"
-as having been acceptd. Disputants-
DR.. Case of Brandon, in the affirmative !;
N. i. Rider, Esq, of Middlebury, in
the negative. The gentlemen's remarks
elected much discussion.
Mr.. p w. Bedford took a prominent
part and recommended in every case
that the use of Latin be adhered to.
The voice. of the association and two
third vote found the only reliable method
--''Latin.
TIE following gentlemen were APP
pointed committee to nominate officers
for the ensuing year Chas. Warren,
of Springfield; ]. E. Young, of Yer
gennes; A. o. Gates, Morrisville; w.
L. Greenleaf, of Winooski; F. A. Morse,
of West Rutland.
President butcher then delivered the
retiring address. ....
DR.. Case moved that vote of thanks
be rendered to President butcher for his
able and interesting address. Seconded
and carried.
The address was referred to the fol-
lowing committee for deliberation w.
J. Van Patten, of Burlington; n. F.
Rider, of Middlebury; M. X. Paine, of
Windsor.
w. J. Van Patten, in behalf of the firm
of Wells, Richardson & Co., rendered to
the association an invitation to attend an
excursion to Plattsburg this afternoon.
Accepted with thanks.
Adjourned to meet at 1:30.
LATER-ADDREss OF PROF. sEELEY-
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
Upon assembling in the afternoon the
association was addressed by Prof. See
ley of Middlebury college on the inn
portance of a school of pharmacy. The
following officers were elected for the
ensuing year: President, L. f. Sher-
man, Ludlow Vice-presidents, c. c
Bingham, st. Johnsbuay, Dana J. Nor
rill, Swanton Secretary, A. w. Hig-
gins, Rutland; Treasurer, Collins
BIakely, Montpelier. At 3:45 p. m. the
association made an excursion on the
steamer Oaks Ames to Plattsburg, where
supper was served at Fouquetts Hotel
with speeches, etc.
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BY TELEGRAPH.
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THE BRANDON FAIR.
BRANDON, Vt, Sept. 2

BRANDON, VT, Sept. "a.
Agreeable to announcement the even
ing exercises were held in the Town
Hall, and were began by the incoming
of Sherman's band, who marched on the
platform and gave the audience several
selections which were. duly appreciated
and responded to-. Col n. t. Sprague,
Jr., president of the club, called the
meeting to order, and under his leader
ship, something like order was reached.
After some remarks by Capt. Cook, he
introduced Col. Sprague who made an ad-
dress of welcome to the yisitorsof the club.
The speaker congratulated the members
of the club upon the success of their
tenth annual fair The show of plants,
roots, vegetables cut and flowers was
elegant and fairly rivalled the successes
Of former years. The agricultural
growth of this and surrounding towns
was well represented, and the mechani-
cal and thrift of the village well shown.
The intention is that each visitor may
be stimulated to greater exertions in the
noblest occupation on earth. The club
welcomed the visitors through the presi-
dent. After a selection by the band,
Col. II. H. Merritt, ex-prcsident, was
introduced.
The speaker offered Col. Sprague a
well deserved compliment for his efforts
in behalf of the organization.
Hon. Ezra June was introduced and
spoke at length, beginning his remarks
with a rebuke to persons who cared so
little for their neighbors as to interrupt
the proceedings.
The President introduced Mr.. j..
Meacham, a farmer and gentleman of
information upon the general subject OF
agriculture. The speaker attempted to
talk TO the people who have an idea Of
emigrating to'the far West, endeavoring
to impress upon their minds that their
place was "A home not among the wilds
or outskirts Of civilization, and backed
up his argument with illustrations
gained in practical experience in the To-
calities discussed, and closed with a
warning to young men to stay at home
and live and do well where they are in
the light of modern intelligence. The
subject and that of specialties in farm
ing closed the gentleman's remarks. Mr..
Z. II. Griswold occupied a moment to
pass a compliment upon the band and
the exercises closed for the evening.