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The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-12-29
Keen un with ihe Fnshion.

Ma, can go and hear the negro sere-
naders to- nightP"
=" No my dear, l cannot think of letting
you go to such performances"
"Why, Ma, everybody goes to hear
them, they sing such comic songs, and tell
all sorts of funny stories; you can't help
laughing all the time. do wish you
would let me CO."
You must not urge me Charley, for |
cannot throw away money on fellows who
go about disguised as negroes, singing
songs that have no good tendency and
telling stories that are not calculated to
improve the MIND, but rather to do hurt.
And more than that, do not believe that
any of the better class of society visit the
concerts"
"lndeed, Ma, then you are vastly mis-
taken, for l heard Judge Browns boys say
they were there with their father and sis
ters, and / saw Mr.. Jones, my Sabbath
school teacher, go in last evening and
was in the store to-day where they sell the
tickets, and the minister of the Brook
Street Church came in and purchased three
or four to take his family"
Are you sure about what you tell me,
Charley?"
"Yes, Ma: and Mr.. Smith remarked
when he sold the tickets, that the concerts
were attended by very fashionable audi
ences."
Well, that alters the case, some you
may go and tell your sister Angelica to
dress for the concert and will accompany
you believe there is nothing buta pray
er-meeting at our church tonight. We
must keep up with the fashion"
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-12-29
Changes Of a Century.

The nineteenth century has witnessed
many great discoveries HY.
In 1909 Fulton took out the first patent
for the invention of the steamboat.
The first steamships which made regular
trips across the Atlantic Ocean were the
Sirius and the Great Western, in 1880.
In 1918 the streets of London were for
the first time lighted with gas.
. In 1918 there was built in Waltham,
Mass, a mill, believed to be the first in
world which combined all the requirements
for making finished cloth from raw cotton.
In 1900 there was only twenty-five post
offices in this country, and up to 1887 the
rates of postage were twenty-five cents for
letter sent over four hundred miles.
In 1907 wooden clocks commenced to be
made by machinery. This ushered in the
era of cheap clocks.
About the year 1888 the first railroad of
any considerable length was built in the
United States.
In 1s40 the first experiment of photo
graphy were made by Daguerre.
The antharcite coal business was begun
in 1920, .
In 1886 the patent for the invention of
matches was granted.
In 1845 the first telegram was sent.
Steel pens were introduced for use in
1903.
The first successful trial of reaper took
place in 1888.
In 1849 Elias Howe obtained a patent
for the first sewing machine.
The first successful method of making
vulcanized India rubber was patented in
1889.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-12-29
G+be Gtnrs, Mem BtOorrhelO, pa.

beate," "phylactery," "erysipelas," clog
arithmic, " pharmaceutical" etc, ad in
finitum, to say nothing of photographed
monstrosities OF all kinds, the whole COM
piled for just such occasions With fiend-
ish delight, Mr.. James hurled those poly
syllable thunderbolts at the little class
standing before him. AT length the young
lady and the expounder of the Gospel both
got inextricably entangled in the folds of
an atrocious six-syllabled word and only
two were left.
After successfully resisting the lombard
ment for few minutes the "other fellow"
not the pencil driver, who was bound to
maintain the honor of the press, slipped up
on word about a foot long, but he didn't
know it till afterward, as the principals at
tention was at the instant directed else
where, and the error was not noticed by
him. Then along came a little word of
three syllables and finished both of them
Neither had ever seen or heard of the word
before and were obliged to ego it blind, :"
They made wild and desperate efforts but
foundered hopelessly and gave up in de-
spair
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-12-29

at Magruder's goat, which would dodge.
and then the other goat would plunoo
headforemost into the coach, and mash the
baby up in the most frightful manner
And in the midst of the contest couple of
dogs Joined 10, and Magruder's goat back
ed off and tilted the coach into the gutter.
and the dogs, biting around kind Of gener
ally would snap at the goat and cause IL to
whirl the baby around just in time for the
bite until atlast the goat got disheaTtened
and spraug through the fence, leaving tho
coach on the other side, and it stFuggled
frantically to escape, while the other goat
crowded up against the baby in oyder to
avoid tho dogs, and finally kicked the baby
out, and butted the coach to sphnters.-
They say the way Mrs. Magruder eyed
Magruder that afternoon when they
brought the baby home mutiated and dis
heveled, was simply awful to behold but
she didn't speak to him FOR week, and he
had to soften her down by buying her an
ostrich feather for her Winter hat The
goat is still at large. Anybody who wants
him can have him free of charge. Ma
gruder doesn't recognize him when he
meets the animal on the street.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-12-29
MaRruderIs Cont.

Mrs. Magruder's baby is carried out by
the nurse now, since the accident to its car
riage. hagruder thought IL would be
good idea to have a tame goat to pull the
coach, and he bought one for the purpose;
but one day the goat met another goat that
differed from him in politics or religion, or
sometAing, and each undertook to convince
the other by jamming aim in the skull.
Every time Aagruder's goat would rear up
preparatory to making q lupge forward,
MAgruder's baby would luroh over back
ward,and when Magruder'a goat struck the
other goat the conoussion would shake the
milk IN the baby's stomach into butter.--.
Aud sometimes the other goat would aim
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-12-29
A successful Ruse.

A woman who resided at Ferry Village !;
opposite Portland, Me-, and who comes
over to the city frequently to assist fam
lilies in house cleaning, started to return to
the Cape in the evening, but was too late
to catch the last ferry-boat. Although a
young woman Of considerable personal
attraction, she was not devoid of pluck,
and she determined to walk home by way
of Portland bridge. The hour was late,
between ten and eleven, but the woman
trudged gaily along, carrying quite large
bundle that had been given her by the
family with whom she had been working.
AS she passed little clump Of woods on
the cross road that connects the Cape
Elizabeth road with Ferry Village, a man
suddenly stepped forth with the remark
GOOD evening, miss allow me TO escort
you home" Thank you SIR" said the
woman-bold as lion, when most would
have bees scared to death--"but unless
You have had the smallpox wouldn't adj
wise you TO approachtne. am only allow
ed to go outin the evening, and am nov
taking some sOiled linen from a patient q
be washed" II may be unnecessary Il
remark that the Individual in question gas.
ped out an "oh, LOrdg' and the last seen
OF him was 3 pair Of coat tails making good
time toward Portland bridge. 9mgl
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-12-29
The Lawyers Joke.

nLD COL, D, was keen law
" yer, and one of the most inveterate
practical jokers of his time. He hourished
in the days when it was customary for the
lawyers to "ride the circuit" and there
are those still living who will remember
many of his freaks in the joking line, and
how the Colonel, though hard to beat, was
once taken in by q couple of young lawyers,
with whom the Colonel was not on speak
ing terms, the result of one of the Colonels
practical jokes.
They were once on the same circuit with
the Colonel, and were to pass through
region with which they were perfectly ac-
quainted, though the Colonel was not
The young ones determined, as they were
about leaving one of the courts for another
to have some sport at the expense of the
Colonel by the way. Accordingly they got
half an hours start in leaving. and soon
arrived at dark, broad stream, that look
ed as though it might be dozen feet deep,
though in reality it was not more than as
many inches. Crossing it, they dismount-
ed, pulled off their coats and boots, and
sat down to wait for the Colonel.
At length the old fellow came jogging
along, and the youngsters commenced put
ting on their coats and boots as though
they had just had a swim. The Colonel
was awfully pazzled.
Have to swim ?'' he growled, after sur
veying the situation moment.
No reply was made, the others simply
mounting their horses and riding away
short distance, where they stopped to see
the result.
The Colonel slowly divested himself of
coat, pants, boots and drawers. These he
tied up in his handkerchief, and hung
remounted, and made very interesting
picture.
Slowly and cautiously did the old gentle
| man and his horse take to the water Half
a length, and the water was not fetlock
deep. Two lengths, and the stream no
deeper. His horse stopped and took long
drink. Thirty feet further, and decided
shoaling. The Colonel refined up and
cogitated thus:
"There must be a tremendous deep
channel between here and the bank see
how the water runs. Well, we'll go
through it," and he gave his horse lash
that sent him through the watery waste,
and landed his rider safely on the opposite
bank. The creek was no where no more
than foot deep
A wild yell from the youngsters, as they
galloped away, exposed the plot to the now
raving Colonel, and announced their ap-
probation of the sport. ..-f
Dressed and mounted again, the Colonel
started off with a wofulphiz, and was soon
out of sight. To hear some of the talest
kind of talking after that affair, it was
only necessary to ask the Colonel as to the
depth of the water in Swimming Creek,"
for by that name it is known to this day.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-12-29
An InOuIsItlye Yankee.

A peering New Englander overlook a
gentleman who was travelling on horseback,
Notwithstanding the disadvantage of hav-
ing lost leg. His curiosity was awaken
ed, as he rode alongside of him, to know
how he chanced to meet with such mis-
fortune A
been in the army, guess?'
"Never was in the army in my life, " was
the reply. ft-..
gift duelP"
"Never fought duel, SIR"
Horse throwed you of, guess, or
something of that sort?
" No sir nothing of that kind"
Jonathan tried various dodges, but to no
effect; and at last, almost out of patience
whose patience was very commendable, he
determined on direct inquiry as to the
nature of the accident by which the gentle
man had come to lose his leg.
"I will tell you replied the traveller, "on
condition that you will promise not to ask
me another question"
agreed % exclaimed the eager listener.
"Well, SIR" remarked the gentleman,
"it was bit OFF,
"Bit Off cried Jonathan. "Wa'al,
declare should Jest like to know what on
airth bit 1t off y la .a.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-12-29
Human Frailty.

man who understood human nature
made a wager that there was not dozen
men in his native town who would stand
certain test which he speoiAed.a The wager
was accepted, twelve representative male
citizens designated, and to each dainty
note, written ina feminine hand, couched
in seductive but yet polished terms, was
sent as coming from a lady. The missiVe
stated that the writer had seen the gentle
man addressed, been impressed by his
bearing and appearance, and most anxious,
&C., according to the usual style. The
writer would be glad to meet Mr.. Vanity
at such and such point at such time.
The notes were duly sent, and the con
spirators anxiously awaited the result Of
the affair. Much to the chagrin Of the
gentlemen who accepted the wager and
the triumph Of the other, every one Of the
men to whom notes were sent, married and
single, old and young, appeared at the
proper point at the exact time named. All
ladies will believe this story.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-12-29
EQUALLY GOOD FOR MAN OR BEAST,

EQUALLY GOOD FOR MAN OR BEAST.
This Liniment has eafued for itself reputa-
tion unequailed In the history of external ap-
plications. Thousands who now suffer from
Rheumatism, Neuralgia, &C., would find i'm
mediate relief from all their pain by using this
certain remedy. II Is equally effectual in Cuts,
Burns, Scalds, Stiffness Of the Neck, Sore
Throat, Swellings, rInaammations, Frost Bites,
Pains in the Side and Back, Bites of Spiders
or Stings of Insects. One rubbing will in oil
cases give immediate relief, and few applica-
tions complete cure. On account of its pow
erful penetrating properties 1t is beyond doubt,
the sUREST REMEDY for the most trouble
some diseases to which horses and cattle are
liable. II cures Scratches, Old and Fresh Cuts
and Sores, Chafes produced by collar or sad
die. Injuries caused by nails or splints enter
ing the flesh or hoofs, Bruises, sprains, Swee-
ney, Spawn, Thrush, and all diseases which
destroy the hoofs or bones Of the feet. Full
directions accompany each bottle. Prepared
only
By Crawford & FObes,
141 Market Street,
99bly PHILADELPHIA.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-12-29
THOMPSoN'S
VERMIFUGE
CURE WHEN THE PATIENT Is AFFLIC1
ED WITH WORMS.
NEVER FAILS TO


ED WITH WORMS.
This Yermifuge is confidently recommended
TO the public as an efFectual remedy for expell-
ing Worms from the system. II Is extensively
used, and has in every case produced the de-
sired effect, and often after other remedies fail
ed. It is purely vegetable, mild In its opera
ton, and may be given with perfect safety
Worm CONNECTIONS, Worm Lozenges, Worm
Sugar Plums, Worm Chocolate, &C., are at
tractive and sweet names, but Of no account
unless they destroy the worms. Thompson's
VERMIFUGE is an old established and we'll
tried remedy, containing no CALoMEL or MIN
ERAL of any kind. 1t is warranted not only to
destroy worms, but by its slight purgatlve
property, carry off the mucus and slime which
produce and nourish them. Worms are fire.
quently the cause of disease in children when
they are not suspected, on account of thesymp-
toms of them resembling those of Dysentery,
Fever, Commissions, &c. Children are often
treated for the above and similar complaints
without success, while these pests of the bow
els are destroying the life, as they increase SO
rapidly and are continually moving from one
part of the body to another, parents should pay
particular attention to all symptoms of worms:
picking of the nose, offensive breath, eyes
sunken and dim with dark circles around
them, grinding of the teeth during sleep, irreg-
ular appetite, dull, sickly look, wasting of the
body, huslfes of heat, vertigo, swelled stom-
ach, sense of something rising In the throat;
fever, drowsiness, starting in the sleep, fits,
nausea, unusual thirst, gnawing sensation of
the stomach, frequent desire TO pass something
from the bowels, Shiny discharges, &c. Per-
sons of all ages are liable to suffer from Worms.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-12-29

EB- An elevator company at Toledo,
Ohio, run all their engines by steam gener-
ated over fires of eorn-Cobs. These cobs
are the remnants Of the immense loads OF
corn on the ear consigned to them daily
and sheIed by machinery.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-12-29

t8-He who has not o good memory
shonld never take upon himself the trade
Of lying. aHa
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-12-29

II OTIS OF NEW GOODS consisting OF Winter
j 4 skirts Of various styles, Dress Goods, Bal
moral Hose. Gnghams, Shlrting Stripes sc &C. &C.
lust received " sIN III r. AOhIlhhh'
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-12-29

DLAOK ALPAOCAS--The Cheapest and Best
Is line Of Alpaccas AZ prices from & cents 70
81. copper yard. wili be found AZ y. MORTIMER
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-12-29

PREPARED ONLY by
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-10-08
Observation-Disclosures -
vocates Reputation,

CHATTANOOGA, Oct. 3-John.
son spoke tonight TO a very large
crowd in James He'll. His speech
was In most respects q repetition
of that at GalIatin and was fire.
quently applauded. He advoca-
ted reputation of the entire
bonded debt, State and Federal,
on the ground that the bondhol.
ders had already received more
in interest than they had paid
for the bonds. He favored the a.
polishing of national banks aud
the issuing of greenbanks to re-
place the national bank currency.
and also favored the RESUMPTION
OF specie payment. He said he
would favor the Improvement of
the rivers by either the State or
Federal Government.
The above is Geographic dis
patch. Per contra, the CONNER
c'dt, radical, says that be did not
advocate reputation.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-10-08
SHERIFF SALE.
No. 347.


DY virtue Of one writ of vsnditoHi ex-
- ponas to me directed from the honor
able Circuit Court of Lincoln county, Ten
nessee, at It's Jaly term, 1874, IN The case
Of Carrick, HOllins & Co. against y. NJ. Jen-
kins and J. A. Mckinney, partners. as JeE-
kins & Co., and A. @. Edwards, siayor,
will expose to public sale 10 the highest
bidder. for cash, at the courthouse door ia
the town of Fayetteville, Tennessee, on
Saturday, October 10th, 1874,
all the right, title. claim and interest thas
". II. Jenkins anal j. 4. Mex lHHey,
partners under the name Ct Jenkins Il Co,
have in and to the following described LOT
OK PARCEL OF LAND situated IN Civil
District No. %, Lincoln county, Tennessee,
and bounded as follows, tO-wit-On the
north and north by the Manchester, and
Alabama Rail Road, on the southeast and
west by the lands of CarlOss and Hampton
formerly owned by Sarah r. Miller con-
tanning one aud three-fOurth acres, the
same being the lot conveyed TO j. a. Nc
Kinney and \. NJ. jenkins by K. ). Wood
ard. James W. Holman and James G.WOOds,
administrator of W, q. Fletcher, by deed
dated on the lst day of November, 1863, and
registered in the Registers office OF Lincoln
county, Fennt ssee, IN book &c" page 461.
Levied on al the property of jenkins Co,
to satisfy one judgment against them and
in favor of Carrick, H0llins It To-, Tor
S377 90, besides interest and costs.
w. 4. WILLARD,
sent17-s7. 2On Sheriff.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-10-08
Duck River Valley r. r.

The annual election Of direc-
ter- for the ensuing year, by the
stockholders of this company,
at Columbia, on Tuesday, the
22nd ult., resulted as follows:
L. S.Goodrich, Humphreys co
O. A. Nixon, Hickman co
Ed. Williams, Ed. Kuhn and
A. d. Bryant, Maury co
Il. G.. Mcclure and James IL.
Lewis, Marshall co
NJ. d. Hampton, Lincoln co
NJ. r. Campbell, Coffee co
Over Z 300 shares were repre-
scented in the election.
The report Of the president,
from July 6th, 1874, the date of
his election, including reports
of the chief engineer, f. i. Fall
comet, and the secretary and trea-
surer, George Childress, made a
full exhibit Of the amount Of
work let; the amount Of road
bed completed from Columbia
to Lewisburg, and on section q,
east Of Lewisburg. They also
showed the aggregate probable
cost Of completing road-bed,
including masonry, bridges and
grading, ready for cross ties and
iron, to be in round numbers,
$4,000, with all engineering
and other expenses on the most
economical terms.
The president in his official
report, said that nothing definite
or conclusive in procuring iron
and equipments for the road had
been attained, and that the
chief engineer had held alengthy
correspondence with the Louis
vile, Nashville ndGreat South
ern Railroad Company, with a
view to securing the endorse
ment Of our bonds by that COM
pany; and that correspondence
and some propositions had been
made to other parties, looking
to the same result, but that moth
ing final had been proposed.
The newly elected board or
ganized by electing r. G. Nc
Clure president, and Geo. Chill
dress secretary and treasurer,
for the ensuing year.
Wednesday was principally
occupied by the board in discus
sing and arranging for the lay
ing Of the track as fast as the
road-bed is completed, with due
regard to the means and facili-
ties of the company.
The president and chief engi-
neer were instructed to visit the
large manufactures Of iron in
the North as soon as possible,
and make contracts for iron up
on terms most favorable to the
company.
The company intend, if posi-
bic, to have the cars running
and the road in operation to
Lewisburg by the first of JAN
uary or February next, and to
extend the work us fast as pos
sible to Fayetteville.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-10-08
The Fate of Louisiana,

The New York Graphic says
"ThepeOple of Louisiana, after bear
ing wrongs AID expressions from
which there seemed ne relief I'M
der the forms of law, until they
were unbearabie, rose in arms and
drove the kellogg concern out of
Office and Installed the McEnery
government in its stead. But this
act was revolutionary. And when
the Federal Government firmly de-
manded the surrender OF the 60, =
ernmeDt that had been seized, it
was given up without the firing
of a gun or the discharge of an
oath. The moral effect of this
surrender is as great as that of the
coup d'etat. Louisiana has made
protest against government
based on fraud and characterized
by robbery and oppression, that
the nation. has heard and will re.
speci."
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-10-08
Colored Odd-Fellows.

In the United States there is
only one organization Of Odd
Fellows. It is known as the
Independent Order of Odd
Fellows-was recently in ses-
sion i'll Atlanta, Ga.-and is
exclusively a white mans fra
ternity. Its first requirement
for membership is that the APP
plicant "shall be a free achtte
man of the age of q years, %
etc. There are several lodges
Of the Order in Lincoln county.
In England there is an utilization
known as the Grand United
Order Of Odd-Fellows, which is
entirely different from the In
dependent Order of this coun-
try; indeed, so dissimilar are
the two bodies, that the breth-
rem Of one cannot visit the
lodges Of the other. There is
no communication between
them. We are induced TO make
these remarks from having read
a notice Of the celebration, on
Wednesday last, of the found
ing of Messiah Lodge Of Grand
United Odd-Fellows (colored)
in Cincinnati. 1t is the first
lodge Of colored Odd-Fellows
ever established in that city.
The exercises were commenced
with the reading Of the Scrip
ture and prayer by the Chaplain
of the Lodge, Rev. Mr.. Sevills.
The dispensation of the
Lodge was then read by Past
Grand Master Arnet.
Past Grand Master D. IL.
Crosby, Of the Ohio Lodge,
Cleveland, then made short
speech. He expressed extreme
qualification at the large atten-
dance, and the suspicious found
ing of Messiah Lodge. He
traced the history Of Odd Eel
lowship in the United States,
and gave some interesting sta
tistics, showing the progress Of
the order. He said the dispen-
sation for colored lodges in this
country had to be obtained from
the Grand United Order of
Odd Fellows of England, as the
application to the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows Of the
United States had been con-
temptuouSly refused, and for the
reason that 1t came from coLored
men. Mr.. Crosby spoke of the
advantages Of membership in
the order, and quoted from the
latest reports, showing the fl
nancial operations of the order,
and the charitable work per-
formed.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-10-08
COnta sAfng e'est!

Levied on as the property of G.. w. Alexan-
der, (known as part Of said lot purchased
By him from - Reese to satisfy three
judgments against him and in favor of
Hugh Douglas & Co. and Evans, Fite, Por-
ter & Co., for S5T092, besides interest and
costs. W. 4. WILLARD,
seDtI7-S7. 20n Sheriff.