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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-12-24

N Our friend Elder j. w.
Holman, of Mulberry, has placed
the OBSERVER under obliga-
tons for valuable agricultural
volumes.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-12-24
Great Bargains to be had at
Hatcher & 0gilYie'S.

AS we have determined TO sell
for cash exclusively, We have re-
duced the price Of all shelf
goods, and will sell at the low
est figures. Now is your chance
to buy cheap goods. All per-
sons indebted to US will please
call at once and settle up their
accounts, as we need money and
must and will have it.
p% Everybody go to Judd's
Gallery this beautiful weather.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-12-24
Gbs Mnrkrts --Iutgst Butts
FAYETTEVILLE PRICES CURRENT.

OBSERVER OFFICE,
Fayetteville, December "a l874.(
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-12-24
500 PIANOS ANDORGANS

0UO PlANO Us AN DORGANS.
New and SecOnd-EEand,O of Eirst-Cfass VI a..
kers,and will he sold at Lower Prices for cash
or on lnsIallm entS, or Tor rent. in City or
Country during these Hard Times and
the Holidays, by HORACE WATERS Il
son, 4S1 Broadway, than ever before
offered in New York. Agents Wanted
to sell waters New ScnIe Pianos, ana Com
CeFIO Organs. illustrated Catalogues
Mailed. Great Inducements to the III ade.
large discount to Teachers. Ministers.
Churches, Lodges, schools, etc.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-12-24

II. +. DUSENBEKRY. T. j. BRuCK
II. A. BOBINSON. ID.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-02-05

him gazing at the corpse oI
Katrina, with dull, agonlzing,
Wild stare.
The many passengers at the
depot became aware OF what
had happened, and, when all
had been told, not a dry eye
was to be seen. Even tiien' of
the world, who were accustom-
ed to pitiful sights, could not
witness the grief OF poor Fritz
unmoved.
The friends soon recovered
themselves, and conveyed the
body OF the girl and the strick
en- lover home, where proper
attendance was summoned.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-02-05
Popular Notion COntradicted
Mroh q oid oIat Al.

Popular Notion COntradicted
Much is said about the de-
generacy of our age. 1t is
thought that we have lost the
vigor and the strength of our
fathers, and are growing weak
and sickly. But statistics cares
fully gathered, tell d very diff
ferent story. The average Size
of Englishmen is larger than
three centuries ago, for the ar
NOR worn by the knlEts OF that
time Can not be put on to day
save by small men. The aver;
age duration OF life is also lon!
ger. Accurate registers have
been kept in Geneva since
lo6O. The average OF life then
was only twenty-five years and
Elk months; 1t is now over for
ty.three years or nearly double.
In France four hundred years
ago, the annual mortality in
Paris was one i'll sixteen; now
it is one in thirty.two, which
shows about the same ratio as
in Geneva. In England, two
centuries ago, the an1ual NOR
tality was one in twenty-five;
now it is ons In forty-two. 1t
Is pleasant to know that the
world is improving, and that
the vigor and health of our
race are gaming steadily in
stead of declining.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-02-05

The Farkersburg Examiner,
OF the 10th inst, says: "Parkers-
burg tejoices in the possession
of an anomalous individual OF
the critfiinal order, a thief with
a conscience. Our readers
all remember the burglary and
robbery of the residence of
Mr.. Michael Kelly, a week ago
last Sunday forenoon, when
some three thousand dollars
were taken. Well, the thiei
has returned the money-every
dollar OF i'll On Wednesday
evening, Mr.. Kelly heard a
knock at bis door, and gave
the answer to- "come in." But
nobody came in. He then
went to the door with a light,
and looked Dip and down the
street; but nothing but, dark
ness met his gaze. Looking
down he observed tin box on
the door step, which he carried
into the house;. and upon open
Ing it, 10 and behold, there was
his treasure-gold, silver and
greenbacksi-the result OF
many a hard days work. Now
that Mr. Kelly has come so
slngularly into possession Of
his own, it is to be hoped that
he will no longer keep the
tempting stuff in bis house, but
invest it beyond the reach OF
thieves, and where il will re-
turn him good interest"
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-02-05
We meet with this witty and

We meet with this witty and
unanswerabls retort in d
Sketch of a short trip through
a portion of Ireland. The
writer is conversing with his
car driver: "Are you a Oatho.
lick, Jimmy3' "Yis, yer hon.
Or" sand pray to the Virgin
MaryG" II do, yer honor.P
SWELL, she was a good woman.
The Bible says So. Bot che
may have been no better than
your motheror mine" "That's
thrne, yer honor; but then
you'll allow there's a mighty
sight of difference In their
childgen!' .,
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-02-05
ADYHRTIsINa TERMS.
A Father,s AdyIca ID A Rride,

A Fathers Advice 10 d Bride.
Said d young husband, whose
business speculations were un-
successful: "My wiie's silver
tea set, the bridal gitt Of a rich
uncle, doomed me to financial
ruin. 1t involved a hundred
unexpected expenses, which,
in trying 10 meet, have inade
me the bankrupt that l am."-
His is the experience Of many
Others, who, less wise, do not
know what is the goblin of the
house, working its destruction .
A sagaciOus father of gfeat
wealth, exceedingly mortified
his daughter by ordering 1t to
be printed on her wedding
cards, ~No presents, except
such as are adapted to an ina
comeof $1,000" SAID he, "You
must not expect 10 begin life
in the style l am able, by many
years of labor, to indulge, and
I know of nothing which will
tempt you to try, more than
the we'll intentioned but per.
niciOus gifts of rich frisnds."L=
Such advice is timely. If other
parents would follow the sans
plan, many y6dng men would
be spared years of incessan6
toll and Anxiety; they would not
find themselves on the down.
ward road because their wives
had worn all their salary.or ex-
pended it on the appointments
ofthe house. The fate OF the poor ,
man who found a linchpin and
felt obliged to make a carriage
to fit, is the tate of the husband
who finds his bride In posses
sion of gold and silver valua- +,
bles and no large income to
support the owners gold and
silver stYle.=Enohanae.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-02-05
The Washington Correspond


Inc washington Correspond.
- ent.
Gen. Gomley, of the Ohio
State Journal, in a Washington n
letter, makes this centre shot
at the young men who do up
the sensational dispatches and
letters for the daily press
Ihave a disreSpectful respect
for the young gentlemen who
generate public sentiment for
the American nation, but it is
beyond question that 1 shall
never make a genuine tiietrop-
olitan correspondent. The ttiet-
ropolitah correspondent gener-
allzes too rapidly, and has too
few genera and species in his
nomenclature, TO suit my old
fOgy notlohs.
In his classification the hu-
man race Ii divided into TWO
classes 6hly-thleVes and de-
tectives.
The thieves constitute all the
rest Of the human race, and the
detectives afe-=the virtuous
correspondent. paii
The genuine metropolitan
correspondent of an indepehd-
ent newspaper believes in
nothing but himself and his
only mission IS to discover
CRIME. If any person believes
that there is honesty In a man
or virtue id woman, let him be
delivered over to a Postmaster
newspapsr-the independent
press will have none of him.
1t is a mark of rural simplicity
to believe that any public man
will not steal, or that any fe-
male worker will not make
commerce of her virtue. The
dashing young correspondent,
who has learned all about wo
man through a comprehensive
study OF the bagnios, knows
that there is no such thing as
female virtue. He believes
that the Virgin Mary would
sacrifice the dearest treasure
of womanhood for a clerkship
in the Treasury. The wife Of
a public. man, whose utmost
stretch OF imagination, you
might suppose, could not con.
ceive the character Of the base
ness she is suspected of, Sp
pears iii all her nakedness and
vlleness before the disciplined
minds eye of the worldly wise
young man, who has studied
the ptlmeYal character of the
sex in assignation houses, with
the able text books OF Paul de
Kock and Boccaccio. In the
expressive language Of the pc
riod, "You can't fool him.
You may privately make a
weak mental reservation in ia
vor of wife, mother or sister,
but if you are wise you will
not mention those sacred
names in his heating.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-02-05
THE HONEST MAN WHO
PAYS.

''There Is one among the many, %
Can you tell me where he staysg
He's an odd old-iashioned party,
Called the honest man, wig pays:
Yrs-the honest man w ID pays
Yes every dollar he may owe,
Keeping up tile good old WAYS
- That so many scarcely know.
"If he gives q word Of promise.
'Tis bond as good as gold;
If he hold a post of honor
Not trust Is ever sold
By the honest man who pays
Every debt he may Incur,
Yielding each a just award,
And no grudging or demur.
And I'm told this fare old party
LiVes-withln his income. won
By the fairesL.. squarest dealing
r We see beneath this sun.
And the honest man wEo bays
Always holds it good aud right,
For the rich to help the needy
When the times are tough aud
d tight"
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-02-05
THE vlNToN RECORD.

OFFIOB-..E, W. Corner Of Main and
Logan Sta, Opposite Court House.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-02-05

A GOOD notion of the grahE-
ers of Iowa is that which binds'
the members to settle their
disputes by arbitration. 1t 10
said to reduce tie lawyers al
most to starvation in some
quarters.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-02-05
Death of a Young German Girl
from Excessive Joy at Meet
lug Her BetFOtLed. a D..


Milwaukee Wisconsin.
About iour y ears ago a young
and stalWatt Gerthah, named
Fritz Schonman, left his ma
ave land to seek his fortune
in the new world. Upon reach
ing New York, he came to
Milwaukee. Being of an in
dusttious disposition and hut
little inclined 10 squandcr his
earnings, he soon put by a
snug little sum, entirely suf-
hcient to warrant him in enter
ing the matrimonial market,
and accordingly his friends ad-
vlsed him to do SO.
But to all suggestions Fritz
gave an unheeding ear, unll
at length it was suggested
that he had left some bloom
ing damsel, away across the
water, into whose watchful
keeping he had entrusted his
heart. When Fritz was accus-
ed OF such deed he blushing.
ly acknowledged 1t, and stated
that he was working and saw
ing in order that he might
bring Katrina here, marry her,
purchase a comfortable home
aud settle down TO a happy
life. .a ..9.
mus matters went on, until
about one mon h ago, with a
joyful heart and considerable
amount of money, Fritz pur-
chased a passage in a good
steamer from Germany to
America, and sent word for
Katrina 10 come Immediately.
The time that interviewed be-
tween this day and yesterday
(when Katrina was expected
to reach Milwaukee), was
principally occupied by Fritz
in endeavoring to appear nat
ural and easy, but with poor
success. His anxious joy was
plainly depicted in every
llneament OF his good-natured
face.
Yesterday he, in company
with a large number of friends,
proceeded to the Union Depot
to greet his beloved, who was
TO arrive on the one O'Clock
tram. Slowly the moments
crept by, until at length the
train came around the corner,
drew up at tue station, and the
passengers disem barked.
The quick eve of love reveal
ed the yearning hearts to each
other, and with the words
"Frilz" "Katrinal" the long
separated lovers clasped each
other, in a close embrace. AT
ter the first joyous emotion
was over, Fritz tried to Olsen
gage himself, to present his
future bride to the many
friends who had come around.
But the hands were firmly
clasped about his neck, and
would not come apart-nO
words came from the lips which
touched his cheek-and in a
moment the dread intelligence
flashed through the minds OF
the beholders. The girl was
dead, having literally broken
her heart with excessive JOY
at being restored 10 him she so
fondly loved.
No words can describe the
grief of the man, who but a
moment before had stepped as
proudly as a king, conscious of
having the love Of a true wo-
man. His anguish overpower-
ed and unnamed him, and the
few deep sobs which convulsed
bis frame soon passed, leaving
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-02-05

EMERsoN says that "we ride
four times as fast Us our
fathers did; grind, weave, forge,
plant till and excavate better,,
and have better shoes, gloves.
glasses, gim:ets and newspa-'
pera~s boo d..l8 20 9. Z.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-02-05
How To Read.

Thomas Wentworth Higgin
son says in a recent number Of
the Woman's Journal:
81 was once called upon to
prescribe intellectually for a
young girl Of fair abilities, who
showed no want of brains in
conversation, but had a per-
feet Indifference TO books. She
read dutifully and torpldly
whatever was set before her
novels, travels, history, all
were the same. Each page
drove out the previous page,
and her memory was blank
Her parents asked rae to teach
her to read. She Joined in the
request, and l consented to the
experiment, on the condition
that she would faithfully read
a single book as | should di
rect. She consented.
1T was the time of Kossuth's
visit, when everybody was
talking about the Hungarian
revolution. The book l chose
was Hungary In 1s4S,' by
Brace, of far more interest
then than now. 1 prescribed
1t in daily doses of one chapter
If possible, she was to read
that, the chapter being short;
but under no conceivable cir
cumStances was she to read
more. After each chapter she
was 10 put down in a blank
book | gave her some remarks
suggested by it. She must
mention something that had
interested her, or seek the ex
planation of some word, or any
thing else she pleased. Her
comment might be only 10 say
that Gorgy was a traitor, or to
inquirer how his name should
be pronounced; but, at least
there should be one sentence
of remark per chapter. From
time TO time | was to see what
she had written, and answer
her questions, il any. THIS was
the prescription, and she took
it courageously.
81 knew IN advance what
would be the greatest difficulty.
1t was to keep her to one chap
ter. 1t seeihed TO her such a
mistake, such waste of op-
portdhity, when she could so
easily manage five or SIX chap
ters in a day. Had she done
so, all would have been lost, so
| was inexorable. The conse.
quence was that she never
failed to read her chapter; and
when she got to the end OF it,
for want of anything better to
do, she read it over again, or
went to work with her note
book. 1t was a very nice note
book and she wrote a beauti
full hand. When / came to
look over the pages, every few
days, to be sure, there would
be but a single sentence, and
that visibly written with effort,
but almost always there were
questions, doubts, and crit
.cisms, all OF which l met as |
could. l found my own mind
taxed by hers, and finally re-
read every chapter carefully,
that l might be ready for her.
And. ut the end she told me,
with delight, that Tor the first
time in her life she had read a
book.
"Where was che magic of
the pfocess9 | suppose mainly
in the restraint, the moderate
pacej and the necessity Of writ
ing something. Reading says
my Lord Bacon, 'maketh a iull
man; writing, an exact man.
To clearly define and system.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-02-05

ADVERTISING reminds people Of
things they had been wanting Ill
sIodsftui Had Forgotten allattas %
The daily gazette., 1874-09-07
the WORK Of THE COUNTY
CONVENTION.
The County Ticket.
The Ratification OF the
Candidates of the Dover
Convention.
The observation-disclosures
Representation, dc.
THE NEW RULES OF THE PARTY
&C., &c.

The Democratic County Convention
met at New Castle. on Saturday, and
after u session of about five hours, ut
half-past five o'clock reported their work
to the County Meeting. J. .Poulson Chand-
Ter, Esq. was President of the Convention,
and j. f. Price, Secretary.
The ticket was received with appro-
bation and at once adopted and ratified
by the meeting;and the resolutions were
also adopted by acclamation without a
dissenting voice. There was short
discussion after the new rules were
read, many persons present supposing
the county meeting had the power to
pass upon and reject or alter the work
of the Convention, thus some confusion
and misunderstanding arose from this
fact. The conclusion arrived at was
that the work of the Convention could
only be altered and revised by subsc-
qnent Convention.
The daily gazette., 1874-09-07
Phii0tIciphi0 BJdchulaU CUse.

PHILADELPHIA, September 4.-Chris.
Wooster and Harry Hertzog were ar
raigned to-day at the central police sta
ton on the charge OF attempting to
blackmail, but were discharged in the
absence of the parties upon whom the
attempt was made to extort money. The
case is singular one. The defendants
were found digging in TIE cellar of an
unoccupied house, and when alarmed by
the police, stated that they were authori-
ty to search there for the body of Char
lie Ross. The story not being believed
the men were taken into custody.
Subsequent search by the police re
vealed box containing the remains of
still-born child. The mother formerly
kept company with Hertzog, but falling
out with him she formed the acquaint-
apce of gentleman of high social stand
ing, who is said to be the father of the
child. The object of unearthing the re-
mains was to procure evidence upon
which the father and mother were to be
blackmailed.
At the hearing the testimony Of ply
sician was given to the effect that the
child was dead when born, ald that the
regular entry of the birth had been rc-
corded at the board of health.
The daily gazette., 1874-09-07
Il LOvcf's CyeUer Stratagem

AT Toledo, the other day, Esquire
Balnes terminated q rather romantic
and originally gotten up fiji t-clas elope-
ment, by uniting in wedlock, John w.
Shroyer, of Waterloo, and Miss Mary
Krantz, from six miles north of La Porte
City.
1t seems that for some time they had
contem plated matrimony but for an equal
length of time the father of the fair MARY
had firmly, if not fiercely, insisted that
no such affair should ever occur, and was
moving her by nig..t from place to place
in order that no meeting should take
place between the lovers. But they We're
determined, fearless and ready. and ac-
cordingly young Shroyer procured one Of
Wat erloo's most spanking livery rigs,a
proceeded to La Porte City, and was soon
in private and earnest consultation with
his lawyer.
corpus, etc, were suggested, but would
not answer the emergency such process
being too slow, when immediate action
was necessary. At last happy thought
occurred to Mr.. Shroyer, which was sue
cessfully carried out thusly: He remem-
bered once having dropped his breastpin
and Mary playfully picking it up had
kept it. Capital! He would have her
arrested that very night for stealing his
pm
He accordingly swore out warrant
before Justice McQuiikin. Constable A.
Cotton Immediately proceeded to the
domicile of the cruel and obdurate "pa-
rient," closely followed by Shroyer and
arrested the girl at o'clock Tuesday
morning, before the very eyes of the
father and another suitor for his daugh-
ter's hand, whom the father-but not the
girl muchly-smiled upon.
The officer had proceeded about forty
yards toward La Porte, when he handed
his fair prisoner over to his hastily en-
powered deputy, Shroyer. Mr.. Cotton
says it was the liveliest driving he ever
did-trying to keep up with that Water
loo rig Arriving at La Porte City, Mr..
Shroyer withdrew his action for theft
ard paid the cos5s, but steadily prosecu-
ted his other claim for warranty of the
girls hand, in the shape of u marriage
certificate. by driving rapidly in Il zig
gag course for Toledo.
The daily gazette., 1874-09-07
Trouble iR the Timber Ti'atye.

NEwBURoH, Sept. I'm regard to the
statement that Bigler & Co., heavy tim
ber dealers Of this city, had suspended,
through the recent failure of Comptrol-
Ter Green. of New York city, to pay the
audited claims against that city for 5000,
600, it must be stated that there has
been no actual suspension, and the bust
ness of that firm is proceeding without
interruption, although embarrassment
has been caused in the way mentioned
Two large creditors have granted an ex-
tension of time and the banks have re
newed the firms paper. Their assets
are largely in excess of their liabilities,
and not the least permanent embarrass-
mont is feared.
The daily gazette., 1874-09-07

The EAGLE says many of the fair sez
of Reading are addicted to the use of
opium, belladonna and arsenic.
The daily gazette., 1874-09-07

A HARD, SAD AND SENTIMENTAL CASE
A st. Louis family lately hired young
man to tend horses, milk cows, &c. His
name it was Harry. He had fiaxen hair
blue eyes, rcd cheeks, and redder lips.
He is generally described as ga plump
chunk Of boy" He gave great satisfac-
tion. He MIXED like an angel. He be-
came n favorite of the household, and
also of the cook, whose heart melted
like dripping under his influence. But
one fatal day cook made an awful row
and gave warning. A committee of in
vestigation, consisting of the whole fami-
ly, after due inquiry, found out that IIar-
ry who had stolen the cooks heart, should
have been named Harriet. Hes young
woman" said the cook, sobbing. And
so they sent Harry away. Mary Jane still
cooks at the old accustomed range, and
the household is quiet,once more.
The daily gazette., 1874-09-07

THEATRE NUIsANcEs.-,lhe New York
Times, enumerating some of the nuisan-
ces in which theatrc-goers are subjected.
refers particularly to one which is alto
gether beyond the reach of the managers
at is already quite clear" it says, that
ladies' bonnets are to be worn higher than
ever this year, and some specimens of
these fabrics now on exhibition are calcu
lated to incite in the mind of the male
observer mingled astonishment and awe.
With few of these bonnets in the front
rows, the performers on the stage are
perfectly screened from three-fourths OF
the audience" Unless high cushions are
provided for those in the rear, the infe
rior portion of the human race, it is urged
will find very little fun in going to tothe-
atre.
The daily gazette., 1874-09-07
Il Curious Mercantile Trans
UcfiOu.

A man named Henry Sundquiest, for
merly merchant of Stockholm, Swe-
den was brought before United States
Commissioner Guttman in New York oil
Saturday, charged with defrauding one
Of the banks in that city. His arrest
was effected in Philadelphia on Friday
The allegation is that he got advance
at the bank on 375 bags of coffee. (valu-
and that subsequently he broke into the
place where the coffee was stored and
had it carried off and converted to his
own use. He waived an examination
and consented to 60 back to Stockholm
The daily gazette., 1874-09-07

THREE New IRON STEAMERS
Chester (Pa.) News says that Mr. John
Roach, of that city, has received the con-
tract for building three new vessels for
the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, and
that preparations for their construction
have been commenced. These steamers
will, us usual, be of iron 352 feet in length
40 feet breadth of beam and 3G feet depth
of hold, and will, in regard to construc-
ton, machinery, &C., be equal to former
specimens of marine architecture built at
the same establishment.