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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-01-15
Church Directory.

Presbyterian, ayetteyillC-sCrIices eve
~ Sabbath at lO:3O and at night; 10 rcgu-
lar pastor; Sunday school SAM.
Methodist-SeTvices every Sabbath al
1880 and at night; Rev I B Fisher, pastor;
Sunday school at s O'clock.
Cumberland sbyterian-seTyices at
1870 NJ the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Sabbaths in
each month and at night; REV Mr. Smith,
pastor; Sunday school at s.
BaptiSt.-seryices at night on 4th Sabbath
and at l0:3O A ID and at night on lst Sab
bath of each month; Rev A Wax Ii oOSe ofii-
ciating.
Methodist, Flyntville--seTviccs lst Sab
bath in each month at ] / and night; Rev w
A Gill, preacher in charge; Sunday school
as.
Union Church, Pleasant Plains--seryices
at Sabbath each month at II and night by
the Methodists; Rev Mr. Allison, preacher
IN charge-second Sabbath each month at
IL by the Associate Reformed Presbyteri-
ans Rev 4 S Sloan, pastor. Union Sun
day school at ..
Methodist, MulberTy-serviccs 3rd sun
day in each month at II O'Clock and every
Sunday night, Rev j N Jordan, pastor;
Sunday School at 8.
Cumberland Presby byterian--seryices 18th
Sunday each month at II o'clock :, and at
night; Rev y = Crawford, pastor; Sabbath
school at 9.
BAPTIST, Mulberry--church session Sat
urdAy before lst Sabbath in each month;
services lst Sabbath at /; Rev 5 J. Sanford,
pastor; Sabbath school at g.
United Presbyterian, Lincon--scrvices
every. Sabbath at ll:l5 N; RevJ W Wait
pastor; Sunday school at 10.
Methodist, Shady Grove, (Shelton's
croek)--services 4th Sabbath in each month
at IL o'clock; Rev } C Funk, preacher in
charge.
Cumberland Presbyterian. Oak Grove,
(near Flyntyille)--Services 4th Sabbath in
each month at Il o'clock; Rev A w Suth-
erlend, supply.
Prcsoyterian Unity, on the Petersburg
road, 6 miles North OF Fayetteville, lst and
Bird Sabbaths in each month-also Swan
Greek Church, 2ud and 4th Sabbaths in each
month; Rev P Osborne pastor.
Cumberland Presbyterian, Cane Greek, on
Fishing Ford road, miles North Of Fay
ctteville, 2nd and 4th Sabbaths each month;
Rev J B Tigert pastor.
Methodist, Oak Hill-services 4th Sab
bath each month at 10 o'clock; Rev J NJ
Jordan, pastor.
Cumberland Presbyterian, Oak Hill-ser-
vices lst and Bird Sabbaths at IL A M-Rev
n d Crawford, pastor.
Presbyterian, Petersburg-services LIST
and 3rd Sabbaths at 10 and night; Rev
Allen Woods, pastor.
Methodist--serviceS End Sabbath at 10 A
NJ; Rev w B Lowcry, p C.
Cumberland resbyterian--services 4th
Sabbath at 10 AN; Rev J B Warren, pastor;
Union sunday school at 2 every Sab
bath; prayer meeting "Wednesday night.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-01-15
Boat Steered by a Corpse.
From the Detroit Free Press.

AOAA INC OClIOlb ETSe LEeSS.
On Sunday morning two farm
ers and their families who were
driving to Maiden to attend
church, when about eight miles
below or east of the town, saw g
ships yawl Cd the lake heading
towards the beach and about half
a mile away. They could plainly
make out man in the stern
sheets steering the beat with an
oar, and, although there were no
vessels in sight, the morning was
SO pleasant and the sea so smooth
that 1t was supposed the man had
put out from shore to pick up
something, and but little atten.
ton was paid TO the yawl. Pass.
ing the same spot on their return
tue men found the yawl hard on
the beach, and the man sitting
stiff aud motiODless in her stern,
llteless, and frozen as hard as a
rock. He sat bols upright
the seat, the oar out behind and
both hands clasping the handle,
and it required hard work to
wrench i, from his death-grip.-
There was about a foot Of water
in the boat, but the craft did not
show rough usage. The mans legs
were almost covered with ice as
far up as his knees &u3 the spray
had dashed over his back and
shoulders i>nG frozen there. There
was no name ON the boat, and the
person who brought the informa-
lion to Windsor yesterday could
not say that amy thing was found
on the person OF the man to re.
veal bis identity nor to shew how
he had been cast adrif'. He
must have been dead al least three
days or more There was neither
sail nor mast to the boat, aud moth
ing in it but one oar, showing
that the poor fellow had not III
tended long trip anywhere, and
that he must have been blown off
the shore lie had used bis oar
to keep before tire wind, and had
frozen to death on his seat, where
he was SO firmly held BY The ice
that it had 80 be broken with
stone before he could be pulled of.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-01-15
Loves Young Dream.
from the Troy Whig. !

lAIoAh III 4AOy WhS.l
A few days ago two girls, about
thirteen years of age, one OF whom
is named Farley, left Cohoes for
walk to i place a mile or two east
of CohOes. When about halfway
they met boy, aged fifteen } e IRIS.
Miss Farley at once lell in love
with him and he with he. They
approached each otl e., and alter
a brief conversation she resolved
to accompany him to bis fathers
farm, In the town Of Watervliat,
where they would be married.
The parents Of the girl became
alarmed at the absence Of their
daughter, but on Wednesday they
reserved o letter from her, IN
watch she said: 81 will be home
on Christmas Day and bring my
hus b md with me-"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-01-15
*SEGhQlreP Pqefrn,
Winters Herald.


Forth from the ice-king's palace rides
His snappish servant Frost;
His charger is the cold keen blast
With which the leaves are tossed;
And he calls with a loud and piercing cry,
lis time earths beauties fade and die
Come, flowers now put away your pride,
And bow your heads at last!
Your day Of reign is we'll nigh DER;
Our chains shall bind ye fast!''
And the flowers shudder unto death,
And fall beneath the herald's breath.
Then onward hies the chilling frost:
dlsse stately trees, to yield
Your treasured leaves Behold, my breath
Shall spread them o'er the tield!'
And the trees are standing desc late,
Their lea' eS hur.ed downward to their fate.
Still faster speeds the herald o'er
The sighing trembling earth;
The meadows darken meath his feet,
The brooks forget their mirth,
Until, beneath the ice-kings sway,
The earth, with grief and woe, turns gray.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-01-15
MeSmeriziDg a Bull

The power of the human eye
as exercised by woman over man
is doubtless Irresistible, but when
aman imagines that Bis own eye
can exert the same influence oyes
the lower creation, and that he
has only to gaze fxedIy on a wild
beast to subdue its ferocity, he oc-
casionally misealeulates his chan
ces. Thus, professor IN Fer.'
mont, who was a firm believer in
the power Of the human eye, re-
alizes the truth of the doctrine to
his sorrow. Determined to con-
vince the skeptics of its truth, he
selected lerocious bull, who was
the terror OF the neighborhood, as
the object of his experiment.
The result was not altogether sue
cessful. Surrounded by relinue
of disbelivers, the scientific gentle.
man sauntered into the pasture
where the thoughtful bull, was
peacefully grazing. lie fixed up
on the bull his eagle eye, bat the
DULL quailed not, neither did it re-
tire in melo-drsmatic order, but
the last thing seen of that profess
or was his archaeological form
tossed twenty-seven feet into the
air and coming down on the 9TH
er side of the fence. His phys
cal injuries were slight. but his
faith in mesmerism as illustrated
in bulls has been greatly weak
ened
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-01-15

Here are two-headed lines in
the order in which they appear
i'll a contemporary-we only re-
ducing the type from the start
ing black letter to plain Roman
"The death Of Queen Victo-
ria announced on the New York
Cotton Exchange"
GA meeting to be held ex-
pressiye Of the Indignation Of
citizens" "a.
That is about equal to Cover
nor Denison's telegram on the
Presidential election in 1861
There was a big fire in Colum-
bus, Ohio, which consumed the
Neil House of that city. The
Governor wanted to announce
two important facts to the May
or Of Cincinnati, and he did il
in this way: fa.~
"The Neil House is on fire.
Lincoln has carried the State By
$4,000 majority. Send two
steam fre-engines to put it out.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-01-15
The Unmusical Singers
From the New York Observer.

FROM lne new i Or6 observer.
The story of Deacon Good.
man was very popular twenty
five years ago. He would sing
in his church, though he an
noyed all the congregation
The Deacon had a conscience
in the matter, and said it was
his duty to sing and he would
.sing. And he did sing. They
drove him out of one church
and he went to another to bear
the same prosecutions.
The law has been invoked IN
North Carolina, recently, TO
stop another good man who will
sing when he can't sing. Will
liam Linkhaw is his name, and
he was indicted for misdemean-
or and tried before Russell,
Judge at Robeson Superior
Court. Defendant was indie
ted for disturbing a religious
congregation. The evidence,
as detailed by several witnesses
was substantially this: Defen-
dant is a member of the Metho-
dist Church. He sings in such
way as to disturb the congre-
cation. At the end of each
verse his voice is heard after
| the other singers have ceased.
One of the witnesses being re-
Iquest6d to describe defendants
singing initiated it by singing a
verse in the voice and manner
of defendant, which produced
a burst of prolonged and ire
.sistible laughter, convuIsing a.
| like the spectators, the bar, the
jury, and the court. y 1t was
III evidence that the disturbance
.occasioned by defendants sing
ing was decided and serious;
the effect Of it was to make one
part of the congregation laugh
and the other mad; that the ir-
religious and frivolous enjoyed
it as fun, while the serious and
devout were indignant. 1t was
also in the evidence (without
objection) that the congrega-
ton had been SO much disturbed
by it that the preacher had de-
clined to sing the hymn, and
shut up the book without sing
ing it; that the presiding elder
had refused to preach in the
church on account Of the dis
turbance occasioned by it; and
that on one occasion a leading
member of the church, apprc-
ciating that there was a feeling
of solemnity pervading the
congregation in consequence
of the sermon just delivered,
and fearing that it would be
turned into ridicule, went to the
defendant and asked him not to
sing. Ii also appeared that on
mary occasions the church MEM
bers' authorities eXpOstulated
with the defendant about his
singing and the disturbance /
growing out of To all Of !
which he replied: "That he
would worship his God, and
that as a part of his worship it
was his duty to sing" Dcfen-
dant is strict member Of the
church and man Of exempla-
ry department. It was not con-
tended by the State upon the ey-
idence that he had any inten-
ton or purpose TO disturb the
congregation, but on the con
trary, it was admitted that he
was conscientiously taking part
III the religious services. There
was verdict of guilty, judg-
ment, and an appeal by the de-
fendant. " +
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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-01-15

In an Iowa breach of promise
case the plaintiff swore that the
defendant hugged her every
night for several months, and
Sunday nights until two and
threes o'clock in the morning;
while the defendant swOre that
he did no such thing. The ju-
ry based averdict of 81 DANA
ages on the ground that if he
did hug her, it was worth at
least 81; while if be didn't, he
ought TO be fined at least that
amount for dereliction in not
living up to his privileges.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-01-15

last pistol-and exclaims in tones
of hellish triumph-"I told you
to take care of your eyes!'
The Mortified spectators ran
to the spot. The antagonists
were both dead, and the eye of
the judge was shot out. The
Colonel was ''Death in the Eye"
TO the last.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-01-15

An instance Of the tyranny of
men was exhibited at a woman S
rights meeting In Titusville, where
a gentleman entered and told his
wife, one Of the officers of the
meeting, to come quick, ''as the
baby had the collie" She went.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-01-15

Mayor Boyd sold his running
horse, Red Jacket, to a mem
Der Of the Boundary Commits
sion. The purchaser wrote for
the pedigree of the animal
Mayor Boyd's answer wac char
acteristic: 'IIe was sired by
his father and id by the man
who last owned him. e.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-01-15

l hate anything that occupies
more space than it is worth. L
hate to see a load Of bandboxes
go along the street, and / hate
to see a parcel of big words
without anything in them.-
HdzliH.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-01-15

In chasing an annoying dog the
other DAY a Portland man ran a.
gainst clothes-line, which wi
dened his mouth and extracted
two teeth without pay, and be
didn't catch the dog either.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-01-15

In many places where Seventh
day Baptists prevail, "Snhday"
comes twice a week, but mills are
run and all kinds Of secular work
is carried on every day. In one
village there is service on Satur.
day in the Seventh,day church;
the store, post-ofIice and carriage
shops are open and in fun opera
ton. On the succeeding day there
is an Association Baptist service,
and a Quaker service, while, ii
store and carriage shop are also
open. In one manufacturing es-
tabIishment the partners are di-
vided on the Sabbath question:
Both are members Of churches
and are regular in their attend
ance; but one goes to church Sat
urday, while the other runs the
establishment, and while lie is a
work the next day the other part
ner attends church, while The
work goes steadily on.-A. Z
Observer.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-01-15
Mail Directory.
Fayetteville Post-Omce.

Railroad-losyes every day except Sun
day at 6 A. NJ; arrives at 5 2. NJ. Supplies
the following offices: Kelso, Brighton, Flynt-
willie, Oregon, Georges Store, Flora, Hunt S
Station, Salem, Winchester and Deeherd.
Tullahoma stage-arrives Monday, We'd
nesday and Friday at 10 A. NJ; leaves same
days at 2P.M, Supplies Mulberry, Lynch
burg, Bonneville, County Line Tullahoma,
Huntsville stage-leaves Monday and
Thursday at A. NJ; arrives Tuesday and
Friday at 4P NJ. Supplies Goshen, Hazle
Green, Meridiauyille and Huntsville.
Shelbyville stage-leaves Mondays and
Thursdays at 8 A. NJ; arrives Tuesday and
Friday at 4 p. NJ. Supplies Norris Creek
Chestnut Ridge and Shelbyville
Pulaski horse-arrives everv Friday at II
NJ; leaves same day at 1890. Supplies Cy-
ruston, Millville, Pisgah, Bradshaw, Pulaski.
Blanche horse-leaves every Friday al
s A. N; arrives Saturday at 3 P. N. Sup
plies Camargo, Molino and Blanche.
Money Orders can be obtained at this Of
flee upon post Offices in all parts ef the u
nited States. A list Of Money Order Offices
may be seen on application. Rates of com
mission fol Money Orders are as follows:
Not exceeding $40. l0............. cents
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-01-15

A wicked thief, such one as
Atlanta alone can produce, stole
the communion table from .
First Methodist Church ip''
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-01-15

When your pocket book gets
empty, and everybody knows it,
you can put all your friends in il
and it wont bulge out worth q
cent.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-01-15
TERMS

@ Two Dollars for one year. inua-
.'id6ty en- ddcdnce; Two Dollars and
Fifty Cents if payment be deferred three
months. All papers going out of the county
to be paid for an adcdnce.
rs Single copies, Five Cents each.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-01-15
A Crown Of Glory for Odd.
Fellowship.
From the Mobile Register

We have been advised by 6
prominent member of the fra
ternity that during the late ep-
idemic in Shreveport and Mem
phis the first to enter and the
last to leave the field Of human
man suffering was the Odd Eel
lows-not a single member of
the benevolent fraternity nor
his family were permitted to
want for anything from the day
the fever broke out until it was
entirely at an end, and like the
widows cruise of oil the boun-
teous providence Of the Order
for their afflicted brethren ran
over-for their were several
thousand dollars returned to the
relief committees of the Order
in various cities Of the Union as
not otneeded by the Lodges in the
ill-fated cities.
The Odd Fellows now num-
her near a half million MEM
bers, ard they distribute to their
own inGigent and distressed
several million Of dollars an
nually, with an exhaGstless fund
to draw from in the event OF
such an epidemic as that of the
two localities mentioned.
Could the people of our South
ern cities find a better insurance
against the distress which these
epidemics entail than is fur
nished by the ODD Fellows with
their half million of members,
each ready to respond alta mo-
warning to the wall Of
distress from the humblest Lodge
in the land? Such evidences Of
human benevolence are well
worthy of public note.
The Volcano lubricator. (Volcano, W. Va.) 1871-1879, 1874-01-06
A Might Ride in the Caboose

The car IS a short caboose, fashion
ed like small, ill-shaped back kitch-
en-, and has no more wheels than 4
one horse wagon, which gives it an I'M
easy and suggestive sway on the track.
\ brakeman sits with his head Swung
out at window. The conductor sits
with his watch in his hand. Nobody
has any business there at all. The en-.
gineer is doing his best to make a dis
tant station, and get upon the side
track before the Express wants the
road. You find this out by degrees.
It makes YOU feel light, but not airy
The kitchen rocks like cradle for 4
dozen rods and then bounces the light
out and the water barrels over and
your hat of, and the stove rattles Ike
a smithy in a driving time. Then it
gathers itself up like salient goat,
and bounces against the bumper of the
next car, and something snaps. No
matter. The train swings around 4
curve, and you feel as you did years
ago when you were the last boy on the
string in the game Of "snap-thc- whip"
You steady your lower jaw little,
and ask the conductor if he is going
to stop before he stops for good, to-
wit: meets the Express, and he says
"Genesee" it occurs to you that he
has mentioned the very place you are
bound for, though you never heard it
before. The conductor informs you
it is safe to bet we are "just busting"
and you believe him-thc only safe
thing about the train. 1t is thirty
miles an hour. Another head is hung
out OF a window, ard you think you'll
try to count fence-postS. 1t doesn't
happen to be fence, but stockadc;
and as for telegraph poles, YOU have
seldom observed them thicker to the
mile. You look forward, and see
lights down the track. Drawing in
ike turtle, you tell the conductor
What is it, Ioe:' and the brakeman
replies, "Nothin'." The conductor
puts his watch to his ear. Has it stop
ped' With rattle and roar the engi-
ncer keeps lunching the train into the
The Volcano lubricator. (Volcano, W. Va.) 1871-1879, 1874-01-06
Postal Suggestions.

The "Fat Contributor" is dissatis-
fled with some Of the decisions Of the
Post-of Department, and submits
~ few improved rulings" of his own
connection:
Monthly magazines, published week
", must be charged letter postage
when delivered daily. Powder maya
Zines, except to regular subscribers,
are not permitted to frank their re-
ports.
If no stamp is affixed to letter, re-
tain it. If, however, the postage is
overpaid, letter rip!
If you feel any doubt about paper
going with one-cent stamp, have two
sent. Seeds can so through the mails
as merchandise. The postmasters are
cautioned against allowing any old
seeds to 90 through their mails, how
ever.
Signs cannot be sent without pay
ing letter postage, three cents on every
letter.
Calico prints, any foreign prince,
reprints and footprints, all so as print
cd matter, and pay tax accordingly
Vaccine matter must be properly
(pock) marked.
Poetry in its various stages, includ-
ing the Edgar A. Poe stage, must be
sent postpaid, whether it ever paid to
read it or not.
y postmaster is not permitted to
make any material change in the site
of his postofficc without aliixing 4
two-ccnt stamp for every two ounces.
He cannot charge double postage for
sight Of the postmaster.
Shirts may be mailed at the rate Of
two cents for every ounce Of shirt
If the owners name is on the shirt,
letter postage must be charged. This
rule is indelible.
y subscriber residing in the county
in which paper is printed can take
the paper, provided he pays in advance
and urges his neighbors to subscribe.
If he does rot live in the county IN
which lie resides, and the paper is not
printed in the same comfy where it
has its presswork done, then the coan-
ty must pay double postage on the
man-we mean two-cent county must
be affixed 10 every postage.
Editors of newspapers and their
families shall be allowed to pass free
in the mails.
The Volcano lubricator. (Volcano, W. Va.) 1871-1879, 1874-01-06

a Kansas paper gives the following
report Of L Judges sentence, lately
passed on criminal: "Brumley, you
infamous Scoundrel! You're an unre-
deemed william! You hain't single
redeeming trait in your character
Your wife and family wish we had
sent YOU to the Penitentiary. This is
the fifth time I've had YOU before me,
and you have put me 10 more trouble
than your neck is worth. I've exhor-
ed and prayed over you long enough,
you scoundrel. Just go home and
take one glimpse at your family, and
be of in short order! Don't let's ever
hear Of you again! The Grand Jury
have found two other indictments
gainst you, but III discharge You on
your own recognizance, and if l ketch
YOU in this neck Of woods tomorrow
morning at daylight, I'll sock you
right in Jail and hump you of to JEFF
fersonville in less than no time, you in
famous Scoundrel! If ever l catch
you crossing your finger at man, wo-
man or child-white man or niger
I'll sock You right square into the jug!
Stand up, YOU scoundrel, while pass
sentence on your"
The Volcano lubricator. (Volcano, W. Va.) 1871-1879, 1874-01-06

The other day, at concert, gen.
tleman having put his hatupon achair
to keep place, returned to claim it
after short absence. The hat he
found, sure enough, where it had been
left, only there was stout lady sitting
on it, Madame" said he, ~ on are
citing on my hat" The lady blushed
little, turned round, and said in the
blandest manner: ooh, beg your
pardon! I'm sure ! thought it was
my husbands"
The Volcano lubricator. (Volcano, W. Va.) 1871-1879, 1874-01-06

midnight. \ shIill shrek of the loco
motive whistles YOU up, and YOU ore
on your feet like a cat. The brake
man runs up his little iron ladder, the
speed slackenS. the train comes to 4
dead halt. 1t is Genesee, and one
grateful passenger leaves that frantic
caboose to set foot in it, like Poe's ra-
ven, "nevermore."-[B. F. Taylor.