Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-09-03
Communication.
A Good Letter from West
Tennessee.

SHELBY Co, Tenn, Aug. 18th "A.
Editor Fayetteville Observer
-SIR--EncloSed please find SIM
gle representative of the "glmigh-
! ty dollar" on whose potent agency
rely to induce the OBSERVER to
give me weekly chit.chat of e.
vents current III old Lincoln. E.
lection day has passed very quiet
lly in our district very wisely our
voters carried more of watermel.
ons than of whisky to the polls,
and more of white faced resolution
than either of these, which result
ted III peaceful victory for the
Bartlett ticket. Early in the day
one might have seen a certain per-
son taking particular notice of
the balloting arrangements, and
when the polls were opened he
stationed himself, produced note
equipments, ,andproceeded to 'dot"
as fact or fancy dictated,h reason
for so doing best kept 10 himself.
THIS being no other than the one
who had been teaching our coIored
idea in literature ostensibly, but
politics really, we presume, aud
not being authorized to the station
appropriated, was deposed there
from. He was allowed 10
pass the day undi3turbed save
by the restraining glanccs of
determined men, some Of
whom promised him to see him
another day, but his school must
be closed or something occurred
for early next day
one OF his lOyaJ confded him 10
the nerves and sinews of the iron
horse to convey him to Il place be-
yond seeing in this district, even
to the dominion of the Radicals
whose emissary we suspect him to
he. "He has gone where the
WoodhuU twineth" her chaplets
Of enviabIe (:) notoriety, Ore
black man, politically white-col
ored, voluntarily voted the white
ticket, his fellow-blacks remon.
strated, and wanted to see hin,
but | guess be will be hard to See
beyond the shadow Of his white
From present appearance some
will have to live by faith next
year; The continued drroth las
destroyed the good Of works d1ue
n the field. Faith and works To-
5etIIer are good; we have YET TO see
low the one will serve without
he other. King Cotton bows his
blooming head beneath the scorch
ng glances of an uuclOuded sun,
his withered radiance is reflected
n the face of the farmers, who, |
after each successive tour through |
he crops, Top off, bale by bale, |
heir anticipated contribution TO
market, till the present promise Is |
Is nothing to The weighty hopes |
If some weeks since. Alas poor
luman hope Eut if The just |
lave only faith for their future, !
what will become of the unjust, |
whose works are destroyed and
whose faith is out?
Almost every locality has It's
make stories-ours with the rest. |
\ woman going 10 get some meal
rom the barrel found the right to
he article disputed by a snake. -
She beat retreat. ii pursued ; her
lfant lay asleep on a pallet Just
n the snakes path. With admira-
lie presence OF mind she seized II
Iress hanging near, which size held
S a barrier between The little oHe
nd the serpent. Frovideniially
he was successful = the snake
urned and cTawled under the
Ioor. She procured assistance,
.ilIed it, and found it was a rattle
make. Another: "a woman
working in the yard looked around
or her youngest, there ii came
oddIing to her waving Il snake a.
iove lis head. Woman-like. she
creamed the child loosenel It's
;rasp, the reptile olided off, aud
no;her caught the baby unhurt.
suppose we may call ihi. the
most interesting season of the year
0 preachers and doctors-the sen- /
on Of protracted meetings aud |
ickness. Is it any wonder HAT |
hese meetings glow with eloquent
.ppeals aud Haart.toucIl Ing pray
RS or that our worthy brethren re-
pond to such summons with Joy
nd not with grief? When we
cnsider what choicecuisine stands
eady to administered and energy
0 bodies whose spirits are already
ironsed by especial preparation, can
We marvel that their lips proclaim
lis bountifnl goodness, and hearts
'our forth His praise, when their
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