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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-07-24
TERMS.

n% TIVE Dollars for one year. snpa
riablV en- advance; Two Dollars aud
Fifty Cents if payment be deferred three
months. Anpapers going out Of the county
to be paid for IN ddvaace
R6r Single copies, Five Cents each.
ps~ Advertisements inserted at One Dol.
lar per Square Of Ten Lines or less for the
first insertion; Fifty Cents for each contin.
uance.
Ba- Local and Special Notices, Twenty
Cents per line.
B2- A liberal deduction win be made &c
persons advertising for three, six, nine, OIL
twelve months.
R9- Obituaries and calls on candidates,
Fifty Cents per square. .l.---..
b5s- The privilege of yearly advertisers
is strictly limited to their own immediate
and regular business; and the business of
an advertising firm is not considered as in
cluding that of the individual members
EZe- No deviation from these terms under
any circumstances.
kE5- Advertisements not marked with the
number of insertions when handed in, will
be continued until ordered out, and pay
ment exacted.
p9- No advertisements inserted gratui-
tously
b1- Advertisements of an abusive nature
will not be inserted at any price
E1~ Announcing candidates Five Dollars,
to. be paid in advance in every case.
RI Job Printing of all kinds neat
iy done on New Type, and on as rea-
sonable terms as any Office in Tennessee.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-07-24
A DespisabIe Mule.

The negro and mule (writes
a friend in Clinton, Louisiana,
are inseparable companions in
the Southern cotton fields, and,
like the Hawaiian string and
bow, useless each without the
other. The lazy indifference
and the careless cruelty I, of the
one, and the wonderful powers
of endurance of severe, labor,
bad treatment and neglect of
the other, complete the compat-
ibility of the two races necessa-
ry for the production of half a
million of bales. IA character
istic anecdote maya7he relished
by those who have had expert
ence Of the two.T The speeta-
tor had taken refuge from the
suns perpendicular rays under
the shade of a spreading beech
su6 tegn1a'ae .tGga, and lay re-
cumbent, enjoying the tffitful
breezes, and the ,sombre frothi-
ness of the country newspaper.
Along the dusky. road which
passed by this retreat came jog
glng a negro on a mule, but ap-
plfMtly fast asleep. As the
somnolent pair approached, the
spot some wicked sprite Of the
place gave the, paper a. .firt,
which was no sooner, seen and
heard than the mule, as mules
only know how,instantly "swap-
ped ends" and leaving the me-
gro sprawling in the dirt took
his departure, under full SAIL
The negro, half raising himself,
and .wiping the dirt from eyes
and mouth, watched the retreat
ing mule forso time insilenee,
but at length, unconscious of an
auditor, gave expression to
this philosophic soliloquy: led.
"Dat's what makes me; 'spise
a mulep
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-07-24
Gen. Hill on BrownIow.

= Gen. ID. III. Hill in the South
ern Home, ,takesno notice of Brown
low, and concludes an article
ion him as follows: "The rev
erend blasphemer is fond of Mo
doc comparisons. There was
one ''Bogas Charley" in the
Modoc gang, who sang war
songs and danced the fre-dance
and-then betrayed his leader
and his kindred to their enc
imies.Ho7 The ipro-slavery rene
|gade can scarcely fail to see the
resemblance between the traitor
Indian and himself. The whole
life of this miserable creature
has been a sham and a lie. a
minister of the pure gospel of
Christi; he has belched forth
nothing but falseho6d, blasphe-
my and obscenity. For a quar-
ter ola century the sef-elee-
ted champion Of human bon
dage, he has for twelve years
travelled in loving sympathy
with "the hell-bound party" of
Abolitionists. The first to sug-
gest a Southern Confederacy,.
he has been the fiercest perse-
cutor of Confederates. Brag-
ging of the terrible things he
would do in war, he slunk into
a bombproof on the strong side
at the first whistle of balls.-
Preaching, writing and lectur-
ing for twenty years that the
negro was a brute, fit only for
bondage, he owes his present
Senatorial honors to negro in
fuence. Prating all his life a
bout honesty, he voted for the
back salary steal and took his
share Of the stolen money
Recreantt to every trust, faithless
to every obligation, and false to
every obligation, and false to
ster in his long career of wick,
edness has been true only to
filth, to falsehood, to SANDER, to
blasphemy, to blackening char
acter, to blackguardism and to
w. g. BroWnlOW.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-07-24
Stealing his. Wife.
A Lost Californian EnOch Ar
dens and Captures His Deser-
.- ted Spouse.

A Lost Californian EnOch Ar.
dens and Captures His Deser-
-,- ted Spouse.
From the Stockton (Cal.) Independent
Thursday afternoon Chief of
Police Myers received the fol-
lowing telegram from Sacra-
mento: rr- etf.-a..lG
"To the Chief of Police: Ar
rest my wife and companion,
John Parker, ON train No. 2.
Hold them; will be on next
train. Wife about forty years
of age; thick set; straw hat,
trimmed with black ribbon;
have run away. CD ,SHAFER.' y
Acting upon this, Myers
boarded[No..2, but did not find
the woman or her John. He
then awaited the arrival of Sha-
fer, and with him and his son
the public hotels were ransacked.
AT one of the public houses a
couple answering the descrip-
ton were found registered as
Seymour and wife. They had
retired for the night, but were
speedily aroused. . The man
admitted that he was the Par
ker, and the woman that she
was Mrs. Shafer and Parker al
so. Explanations followed,
which revealed the fact that
madam was married to both
men honestly. She married
Parker in Indiana some twenty
years ago. Shortly afterward
he came to. California, and his
wife, hearing a rumor Of his
death, went into mourning.
After her grief had cooled
Shafer came along, upon matri-
'mony intent, and proposed to
the widow. He was accepted,
but with the understanding that
if Parker should ever turn up
she should return to her first
love. The Skaters came also to
California and have lived hap
PLY until a few days since,
when along came Parker with
his genuine strawberry mark" !"
and his long-lost, but much
married wife kept good her word
and left with him for his home
at Knights Ferry. Finally ev-
Ierything was settled on a peace
basis by Parker keeping the
wife, and shafer returning tc
Sacramento.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-07-24
Be Careful where you
Write your Name.

1t is habit of many persons
to thOughtlessly write their
names on blank scraps of pa
perand leave them lying careless
ly about the office. This is a
dangerous practice and to our
certain knowledge in this coun-
ty has been attended with Sc
rious financial difficulties. We
will recite case as related to
us which occurred not many
miles from our borough, as fol-
lows: A gentleman in practic-
ing penmanship wrote his name
upon a blank slip of paper, and
leaving it lying upon his desk, it
attracted the attention of a
neighbor, who In a joking way
filled the space above the sigma
ture in the form Of a promissory
note, and a few days afterwards
presented the paper with the Of
fer to allow a considerable dis
count if the drawer (as it would
appear) would cash it at that
time. The gentleman so re-
quested saw the joke and so
recognized it, and its holder
placingit in hispocket departed
and nothing further was said a
bout it. Subsequently the hol-
der was stricken with paralysis
and died, and his executors find
ing the note, and having no
knowledge of the joke attached
to it, brought suit and recoy-
cred the sum for which it was
drawn $780, thus proving the
dangerous habit of persons care
lessly writing their names on
blank scraps of paper.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-07-24
Getting up a Failure.

There was house in Chicago
three or four years ago which
had half a dozen branches in
the leading cities Of the coun-
try. These people had built up
a pretty extensive business up
on small capital, and their cred
it was quite good. They planned
"a grand swindle, finally, upon a
commission merchant to whom
they had consigned a large
quantity of -four and grain, and
from whom they had received
pretty heavy advances in cash.
The head Of the Chicago house
wrote to the commission mer-
chant, requesting him to for
ward the flour and grain to the
Chicago firms branch establish
ment in New Orleans, and to
draw on the parent house for
the sums advanced. This the
commission merchant would
have done without hesitation, as
he had no reason to doubt the
firms honesty or solvency.-
But the branch house must be
notified of the plan, and so the
Chicago principal wrote to his
New Orleans partners, telling
them they must make sale Of
the goods in advance of their
arrival, get the money and
break, the Chicago house fail
ing at the same time and let
ting the commission merchants S
draft go to protest. This plan
was perfect in all it's parts, and
would have succeeded but for
the fact that the enterprising
man who concocted it made the
mistake of transposing his let
ters in enveloping them, so that
the one in which the arrange
ments for the swindle were de-
tailed went to the man Of whom
it was proposed to make a vic
tim. @ .-ge fa", .-
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-07-24
A Man,sWife's Opinion Of.
Her Husbands Family

From the. Central Kentucky News1 yI
Paul Carroll, a citizen OF our
county, whe is thought to BE- in
the last stage Of consumption, ana
who has heretofore been very
wicked, sent for couple of minis
ters the other day to administer
spiritual consolation in view Of
immediate death. The ministers
came and were just in the act Of
engaging in prayer, when Carr
rolls wife remarked withsImuctr
emphasis 'thatit was a pack ofu-
foolery. All the balance of the
Carrqlls that had died had gone
to hell, and she saw no use in d.
viding the family" p"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-07-24
No War on Railroads.

Railroad attaches have discov.
cred a wonderful inconsistency on
the part of newspapers who favor
the organization of farmers for
seIf-protection. They cannot un-
derstand how a newspaper can
urge the building OF more rail
roads, and publish column after
column showing that railroads
are absolutely indispensable to the
prosperity of the community, and
then favor the farmers in their
contest with these roads. If we
understand the movements Of the
farmers they propose no war on
railroads, only SO tar as the roads
hsve combined and organized a
monopoly to the injury of the
great agricultural interest of the
country. The farmers want jus,
tice. They do not propose to or
press railroads, but to prevent
railways expressing them. The
interest of the farmer and rail
roads should be identical. One
class seeks to make money by rails
ing produce. The other should
be paid for conveying that pro.
duce to market. But when the
railroads, combine and make the
farmer pay all the profits on his
produce in the way of extortionate
freight bills, that moment thefarm
er and the roads become antago-
nists, and then We are decidedly
with the farmers = : E
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-07-24
S'g|lgEllRaieeR '|lgEll eRaetrg,
No Night Heaven.


~ No Night in Heaven.
Lines on the affecting incident published
of the Covington lady who, before per.
manently losing her eye sight, had hel
two little children, attired in. their bright
est and sweetest costumes, brought be-
fore her, and with their little faces lifted
to hers, the light faded out Of themoth-
er,Seyes, leaving an inefacabie picture
= Of those dearest to, her on earth.
"Only a few brief hours, ,r.
! And light shall pass away;
For those bright eyes and beautiful :
There shall be no more day: HsMyl,-
No more of alI the blessing .... MS
That comes to us by sight
Thy all of life hencefOrth must be, 3il
Amid the dark of night. y.ro ~ s'9if
She heard, that happy woman,
j Those fearful words of doOm;-E "r
Was there no power to put away - aT
That long and untried gloom?
p She looked into loved faces 'st a.
Almost as those who die, I}F T-ul
And saw each household treasure f.sa
With earnest tear-dimmed eye. -,-.
- ..t}Js.t = ftfEti .tfs ftrE II if "H
1t seemed as though the sunshine ,fJ
Had made a perfect day; -.,.f ir,4F
p And the colors of the cloud-land ,-y,
IS Were ne'er before SO gay. ~ 'ii'
She walked amid the flowers,8 tti.E.
Spring brought so fresh and new;-..t
. And locked long at the sunset
Beloved light adieu! o# #t gIn
'Then bring" she said, "my children,
Deck them in co1ors, bright, ,.--r
For L love their childish beauty,
/ am not blind to-nightp'
And so with kind caressings,
Their very grace to mark, t'' q" -'
She watched their upturned faces, E
Till all was very dark! ... .,f..,r,s......
All we'll how often memory
Keeps all our sweetest things ..5 fsy r
Until the angel of His love - ....s
Our heavenly vision brings. 81
How many see yet see not ..-'li
Their bliss is all behend, .s.. % 8.
Or else it lies beyond in heaven.
Where none are ever blind.
~ u e-T III G1I p
So, sist er, in your darkness, ..H....4g
Still keep sweet thoughts of life,
And, wait the light, that comes from Him
With whom there is no night
He knows and leads His blind ones.
He loves you we'll ween;
And He can make your soul to see
What .'eye hath never seen." ~
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-07-24
To Students and Others

The Southern Literary Bureau,
composed of a corps Of accom-.
plished litterdteurs, at Lebanon,
Tenn, prepares to order original
orations, addresses, essays, theses,
compositions, poems, letters, etc,
in English, Latin, Greek, Hebrew,
French, Italian or Spanish Any
kind of literary work done prompt
ly and in The best mann,r All
communications strictly CONT
Dental. u
For circulaIs, terms, ETC., ad.
dre.s DR.. Il. L. G. White. Die C.
tor, Lock Box l, Lebanon, Tenn.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-07-24

The Congressional salary bill
has killed more public meL polit.
ically, than any measure ever
adopted by any Legislative body.
And it has killed. them without re,
gard toparty relations. We have
never observed such storm of in.
dignation, or greater unanimity
of sentiment, than has been exhib.
tied oD this subject. 1t is not a
partisan verdict, but of the peo.
pie without regard TO party.
And the storm will not blow over.
Those Congressman who expect it
to subside will be grievously dis.
appointed.-Cincinnati Gazette
administration
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-07-24

Just as life insurance canvass
erS were beginning to get tired
after theiE winter tours and the
rustic population hoped for lit
tie peace and quiet, the season of
thunder. showers sets in, and the
rural districts swarm with light
ing rod agents, who won't take
no for an answer, f.i
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-07-24
49,
DLscOVering the Thief.

1
Nick Bowers was a member of
the original Christy MinstreIs,
and in his day was the greatest
".middle man and interrogator'
known in the profession. Nick
used to tell with great merriment,
ian incident of bis boyhood. To
preserve the flavor of the relation,
I'VE will record it in Nick's own
language, and only regret that-we
cannot accompany it with bis in,
Iimitable gesticulation.
"My old man" said Nick, "as a
general thing, was a pretty steady
old gent, tut once in a while he
would get oblivious, and water
was not the cause of it. / recol-
lect a certain holiday was ap.
preaching, and I had been shin.
ming around to get a little money
Ito have time with on that day.
But the fates and purses were a.
gaiust me. Itiwas but two days
prior to the anticipated holiday,
and hadn't nary a red. Remem,
Der this, boys, when | add that OH
the same afternoon / came toto the
house, when 10! there on the floor,
totally overcome by his libatiohs,
lay my respected daddy, aud be-
sides him lay six shining half dol
lars which had rolled from his
pocket. Boys, I've been an hon
est man all my life, but once
when boy Icolhmitted aitheft.
II hooked one Of, thoseihalf dollars.
Thinks to myself, the old mans
been on a jam5oree, and won't
know how much he's spent, and
will never miss it. But mark you,
next morning, Bdandd myodtwo
brothers were summoned into our
fathers presence, Tie old mans
face lowered. | thought Of the
half dollar, and knew that a storm
was brewing. . 'L. si'1'.'
.0 "Boys," said he, flast night
when / came home Ilhsd six halt
dullars.1 OheOf ems gone. Your
mother didn't take it, There's
been no one else in the house
Which one Of youtook it?"' ''i"'e
Weall protested our innocence.
"Boys, said the old man9';that
half dollar never walked of, and
| am going to fad out which one
ofyou took it." i--yrg rsd1o 5af
Turning around, he took down
from the wall an old hInt,lNck
blunderbuss. This he deliberate
ly loaded with powder and buck.
shot in our presence; then fasten-
ing it upon the table, cooked it,
took seat behind it, holding the
string in his hand, and in solemn
tones addressed US thuslJ: s.-
Boys, I'm going TO discover
the thief and punish him at the
some time. You alst each of
you blow into the muzzle Of that
gun, When the guilty one blows,
off goes his head. Now then you
have a chance; will you own up
or blow up2" r.. .,a-b f.fsa5
"Ben," said the old man to my
Oldest brother, shave you got that
half dollar?" F 5a7..f. 81.
"No, sir" r-....,-a-.-- -t
Take a blow 10 ..r.
Ben did so in safety -..-l
"Nick,p eh, boys, | tell you the
chills began to crawl down my.
back), "got that bali dollar?""F rr
mo, sir" said l, with a defiant
BLOW in that gum y, - '.l.. bag
1 walked up bravely, gave o.
blow, and-dodged! 10 -5ad sd
"Nick," said the old man, in Il
voice OF thunder, "where IS tfnt
half dollar, b-1sgils6 slala q 1i
He had me-, The truth lodged
oueof me. Said !, .Out in the
harm nan" i"'p 0.i' -f'-7 slt'
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-07-24

In Indiana lately a lady gave
a brilliant party on the occa-
sion of the success of her APP
plication for a divorce. The
guests who crowded herbrilliant
parlors were enthusiastic In
their congratulations, end when
leaving at a late hour wished for
the fair hostess many returns
of the happy occasion.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-07-24

A southern exchange draws
this picture of Louisiana poverty;
This parish is SO poor that no one
will trust it for q three foot plank
TO stop up the holes made in the
Jail by the last inmates, Our jail
would not hold an ambitious snail
more than Ten minutes at the
longest time. The stove pipe
used for the court house remains
at the tinshop-the cause, nc
money topay up. Who'stoblame3
That's the question.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-07-24

The Detroit Free Press says:
GA farmer went out of a store in
that city the other day, leaving
his dog behind, and the clerks
got an oyster can and string and
thought they would have a little
fun. The dog smelt snuff, and,
after taking a a mutton chop out
OF Que young mans leg, went
through ten dollar pane of glass
with extraordinary facility. The
clerks figure: Four clerks into ten
dollars, worth of glass, twenty
shilings each.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-07-24

One day, q person pointed out
a man who had a profusion of
rings on his fingers, to a coop
er. "Ah, MASTER" said the ar
tisan, ''it's a sure sign of weak
ness when's SO many hoops are
used" 49, 80 ----E ] -
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-07-24

A young lady teacher in a
Lawrence school caught a boy
smiling. Said she, "What are
you smiling at, Johnny?:"-
IN othing, num-" was the an
swer. 81 know BETTER y said
the teacher severely; snow tell
me what it was" Johnny looked
frightened as he stutteringly
said, '1-I-I s-see yer n-newspa-
per s-sticking out, num-" The
teacher sat down suddenly and
arranged things. -
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-07-24
ARadical editor Of Little Rock,

Arkansas, Went tokan opera, and
when the orchestra opened with
aStrikeThe Lyre," he jumped over
the back seat and broke for the
door shouting "Ku.Klux!" at the
toplof his voice. He was sure
they meant him. -rs-f3 s4s5z
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-07-24
A Western iurarecentlybrough

A Western JufyrecenBiybr brought
in verdict Of '.justifable breach
Of promise" Shortly afterward
an infuriated female was travelling
around town with a scowl on her
face and a seven.shooter in her
hand. The jurors laid very low
that day.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-07-24

A Chicago paper says the
women of Utah have recently
altered the photography of their
creed. They now spellit More
men" instead Of Mormon.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-07-24

A young man in a Danbury
boarding-house created consid-
erable scandal the other even
ing by kissing his wife by mis-
take in the hall.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-07-24

Three-fourths OF the women of
Boston dare not sneeze with their
mouths open, owing to their ina
bility to hold on to their teeth.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-07-24

+ The SenatoBa (Miss.) fSighet
notes: 1--WE learn that the cat
erpillars have affected the water
in this,neighborhood to such an
extent as to- cause the animals
drinking tito be very sick, and
in some Instances death has en-
sued."l . 4 = -.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-07-24
, I LerETy'FcaTrlpIlpl1Ilse,k - ssssS0 ..


e An Iowa farmer spent Several
weeks cultiyating mullen plants
under the supposition that they
were tobacco. When he learned
the truth he chewed the end of
his hoe-handle into splinters.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-07-24

"But why didyounominate Ru-
fus Choate?" said the Boston
constituent, when hisrepresenta-
tive to theConventiOn which nom
mated John Bell and Edward
Everett for President and Vice
President returned home and
reported the result. "Choate?"
said the startled delegate-"Wh
Choate is dead" "Yes,p was
the calm reply, "but he has on
ly been dead a little while"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-07-24

1t is fixed fact that certain
prOpensities run in families, like
red hair. A man who was hung
in Indiana for murder some years
ago, left six sons, and every one
OF those children is now a medic.
al practitioner. It's of no use
trying to suppress these strong
hereditary instincts. a u4-