The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-09-11
SAYINGS AND DOINGS.


A THIEF running away is a scamp
but the policeman's chase after him is a |
scamper.
SUNDAY SCHOOL teacher: {" Anna.
what must one do in order to be for |
gi7en?' Anna : Sc He must sin p
Tom, what in the world put matri-
mony in your head ?" Well, the fact |
is, was getting short of shirts"
A BACKWARD spring-That of a man
who thought he could ge5 out without
stopping the omnibus, and-sat down In
the mud.
"YoU do not black your boots in
Pittsburg," says a traveller. "You hang
them out of the window at night, and
they are black enough in the morning.
The wild waves rolling IN upon Sara
tOga beach whisper that John Morrissey
has made clean profit of $4,000 this
year, with three congressman to hear
from.
AN Irishman, in writing a letter to
his sweetheart, asking whether she
would accept of his love or not, writes
thus " IF you don't love me, PLACE
send back the letter without breaking
the seal.
British navy by giving the men who do
not want grog its equivalent in tea and
sugar or IN money. Nearly all the strict
ly temperate men in the navy wear a
good conduct stripe.
THE Georgia system of farming con-
victs does not work well. Middle,
Smith & Co., who hired ore hundred,
having lost seventeen, have been order
ed, on their own request, to return the
remainder to the state.
SOME of the regular soldiers sent
west have married squaws and are doing
/ their best to civilize the~poOr ignorant
redskins, AS soon as the squaw gets q
pair of army boots and brass chain on
she begins to act refined and lady-like.
SEPTEMBER
A whispering silence broods DER all around,
! As in cathedral when the praise and prayer
| Are lingering pulses on the waves of sound
And naught dsturbs but mufhed heart-throbs
! there.
Yet all is bright-the sun scarce past the
And stealing out from duslly, darkling wood,
Comes forth matrOn shod with messy shoon.
/ From off her eyes she lays the binding snood-
! When 10! her chestnut locks float on the
breeze
Like silken algB on cerUlean seas.
The flowers have hung their heads; but all
That buzzing fit on busy, gauzy wings,
! To chant her beauties, gracefully remember,
And hail our princess, timid, grave September.
ONE evening, after long and weary
march over the desert, Mahomet and
his followers pitched their tents for the
night. Said one of the tired men, 81
viii loose my camel and commit it to
| God His master overheard it and
said, Friend, tie thy camel, ard com
NIT it to God"
In the French penal code it is pro-
vided that any person or persons who
shall combine to raise or depress the
price of articles of food above or below
what it would be in the natural state
of trade at the time, hall suffer two
months imprisonment, and pay a fine
of not less than 5000 nor more than
S400. They propose to operate with
d" corner" on grain.
HORSES that are kept in the stable
during the summer should be given
daily the luxury of a roll on the earth
Rolling is the means given by nature
for the animal to rid itself of yermin
and skin diseases, and it tends to make
the animal healthy. Some owners OBJ
ject to allowing a horse to roll on the
bare earth, because 1t gets dirt in the
hair and makes extra work to keep the
animal clean, but the extra work pays
if rightfully understood.
THE pride of mankind is great A
night or two ago a family in New York
was awakened by unusual noises in the
house, and, on turning out, saw the
eldest hopeful rushing about brandish-
ing new Wesson, and shouting,
"There's q man in the house I" A
long search failed to show any founda.
ton for the young mans warlike de-
monstration, when he mildly informed
the breathless and exhausted tribe that
it was his birthday. He was twenty
one.
THE salary of the governor of Louis
iania is $8, 600, that of his private Sec
. rotary 81, 500, of his clerk 81, 800, OF
two messengers 81, 200 each, of his cor
responding secretary 81, 800. Includ-
, ing contingent expenses, the governor E
/ office costs about $25, 900 annually.
The salaries of the secretary of state
and his assistants foot up &c. 76O, and
of the attorney generals Office S10,-
900. The auditor and his assistants
receive in all $4G, 500, and the treasu,
printer gets about $50, 600. and the
\
, DURING the last session of congress
bill was passed directing a gold media
, to be struck and presented to JohI
! | Horn, jr.. of Detroit, in recognition O
! his services in saving persons from
! drowning. He has saved at least one
hundred persons from a watery grave
aud has given the names and circum
9 stances attending their rescue. In sev
I l., Nr,esT he
: life by struggling with his victims, anC
= was repeatedly confined to his bed by
sickness resulting from his efforts. Tht
!, medal is soon to be struck at the Phila
! delphia mint, and will be presented il
due form.
NORTHERN papers suggest that if EN-
ployers would initiate the example o
! some of the English merchants anC
= manufacturers in changing their pay
day from Friday or Saturday to, say, tn
| beginning or middle of the week, TIN
: habits of our working men wOuli b
: | considerably improved. "The tempta
= tons, SAYS a contemporary, ''tO a mai
who has money in his pocket Saturda.
! night are very great, and there can be n,
; doubt if the change indicated wer
/ | made we should have less drunkenness
. lighter police calendars and happie
: homes. The experiment In England ha
been a great success.
, CALIFORNIA will soon be a competito
4 of the Spanish and Italian peninsula
n in the American raisin market. Whit,
a Muscat grapes are grown for this pur
! pose, and a large quantity of this year
= crop Will be converted into raisins, aD(
, they make such good article that they
y are expected to command an euua
4 price with the best that are imported