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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-04-09
A Good Deed Brings ST..
100000 to a Florida
Man.

We find the following in q Jack.
sonville, Florida, paper Of recent
date:
More than twenty years age
Ma or Waldo A. Blossom, who is
now in Jacksonville, was "a resi-.
dent of Washington. While there,
chance cast in his way a young
man named Larimer, in whom be
b came deeply Interested. Lari.
mar had been led astray by the
influence OF wicked associations,
and was utterly dissolute and dis.
sipated-to all appearance a NOR
al and physical wretch
1t is more than probable that
Major Blossom discovered redeem
ing qualities in the young man,
Notwithstanding the depths to
which dissipation had brought him,
for he "good samaritaned" lin
from the gutter, gave bin u pleas
ant home. assisted him by counsel
and the aid OF fine social influences
to make himself a new man. Af
ter his reformation was effected,
the young man returned to his
parents, who resided in Colorado,
and for IA number of years his
generous beneiactor heard nothing
OF him.
In December Of lasi year, Ma
ior Blossoms at ention was calle d
to an advertisement in Boston
paper over the signature of Lari-
mer, inquiring the address OF W.
A. Blossom. He responded to
the inquiry, and soon received a
letter from the parents OF his
former protege informing bim that
their son in dying nad willed his
property to him IN gratitude for
the kind deed of years agone.
The letter which feelingly al
luded to this act gave the sequel
to the reformed mans life. He
applied himself vigorously to
business, became an honorable and
useful member of society, and in
a few years amaSsed large for
tune, all of which. valued at ST..
100000, will fall into the posses
sion OF Major Blossom next June.
No act of genuine charity Is
ever lost. Somewhere in the con-
servatory Of good deeds that plant
will put forth its blossoms and
shed It's perfume, perhaps in balm
and brilliance of the Eternal
Morning, perhaps in the su6dued
light aud murky atmosphere OF
the mortal life.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-04-09
Church DIRECTORY.

Presbyterian, Fayettevillc--no regular
pastor; Sunday school a 8AM.
Methodist-services every Sabbath at
1920 and at night; Rev 7 Fisher, pastor;
Sunday school at o'clock.
Cumberland Presbyterian--no regular
pastor: Sunday school at s.
Methodist. Fiyntyille--services lSt Sab
bath in each month at II and night; Rev W
A Gill, preacher in charge; Sunday school
n. 9.
Union Church. Pleasant Plains-seryIces
at Sabbath each month at IL and night 10y
the Methodists; Rev Mr Allison, preacher
in charge-second Sabbath eacn month al
II by the Associate Reformed Presbyteri-
ans Rev A S Sloan, pastor. Union Sun
day school at 3.
Methodist, Mulberry-services 3rd Sun
day in each month at IL O'Clock and every
Sunday night; Rev Funk, pastor; Sun
day School at 8.
Cumberland resbyterian--services An
sunday each month at IL o'clock A NJ and at
niobt: Rev \ d Crawford, pastor; Sabbath
school at 8.
Baptist. Mulberry-church session Sat
urd,v before lst Sabbath in each month;
scrvices lst Sabbath at IL; Rev Van Hoose
pastor; Sabbath school at 3.
United Presbyterian, Lincoln-SerylceS
every Sabbath at llsl5 A M; RevJ W Wait
pastor; Sunday school alto.
Methodist, Shady Grove, (Shelton's
creek)--services 4th Sabbath in each month
at Ii o'clock; Rev Funk, preacher in
charge.
Cumberland Presbyterian, Oak Grove,
Cnear Flvntville)-services 4th Sabbath in
each month at ii O'Clock; Rev A w Suth-
erlend, supply. =
Presbyterian, Unity, on the Petersburg
road. 6 miles North OF Fayetteville, lst and
3rd Sabbaths in each month-also Swan
Creek Church, 2nd and 4th Sabbaths in each
month; Rev P Osborne, pastor.
Cumberland Presbyterian, Cane Creek, on
Fishing Ford road, miles North of Fay
etteyiIle. 2nd and 4th Sabbaths each month;
Rev J B Tigert, pastor.
Methodist, Oak Hill-services 4th Sab
hath each month at 20 O'Clock; Rev j Z
Funk, pastor.
Cumberland Presbyterian, Oak Hill-ser-
vices Ist and 3rd Sabbaths at III Mo
regular pastor.
Presbyterian, Petersburg-services LIST
and 3rd Sabbaths at 10 A N and night; Rev
Allen Woods, pastor.
Methodist-services 2nd Sabbath at 10 a
N; Rev w B Lowery, P c.
Cumberland resbyterian--serylces 4th
Sabbath at 10 AN: Rev B Warren, pastor
Union sunday school at M every Sab
bath; prayer meeting Wednesday night
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-04-09
Drinking in Europe.

Tue Hon John NJ. Francis,
late Minister 10 Greece, writes
to his paper, the Troy Times, a
bout the drinking habits i'll Eu-
rope. He says that in France,
Italy, Spain, Germany, and
Greece, where the consumption
of wine is very great, there is far
less drunkenness than in Great
Britain, or the United States
HIS opinion is that the subs:itu-
ton of the mild wine for the
whisky so generally drank here
would be reformatory agency in
checking intemperance. The re-
suit of his personal observations
in Spain was that wine shops met
him at every turn, but he rarely
saw a drunken man. Outside OF
the English and American colo
nists he knew of very little drunk,
enness IN Paris. In Germany he
witnessed tremendous flow of
lager, but believes the proper
ton of confirmed inebrlates there
does not equal one to twenty OF
the same class here. In Russia
| liquor stronger than our worSI
whisky is used with bad results
and in Great Britain the evl
somewhat approaches its extent
/ in the United States. Glasgow
was the most drunken city he saw
abroad.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-04-09
Acknowledging,
SSsta SIasS W
UP IN THE CLOUDS.

! Ny friend, your fancy flies too far,
| The world of man lies round our feet,
| Here its unceasing conflicts are
And here its varying forces meet.
Pray, curb the thoughts that vaguely rise
Above lies real and stubborn facts
Give Ger wild flights to distant skies,
And do some good by human acts.
Utopian dreaius are pleasant things,
No doubt; bit dreams are poor at best,
We live not by imagining,
Nor thrive on vag'Je and vain unrest.
We must behold with eyes Of sense,
Our feet must tread in actual ways,
And ere we gain the recOmpense
IT'S ours to number the toilSoBse days,
Grand theories OF what might be,
Prodigious schemes for changing all,
Heavens order here can never free
Mankind from Natures bond and thrall.
What IS, how'er or whence it came,
Is that which all must recognize
What might be wears awinsOme name,
But brings no joy to fearful eyes.
SO, friend, give o'er your fancy fl ghts,
Below the clouds you'll daily find rights
Much strife 'twixt struggling wrongs and
Much good to do to aid your kind.
Pray, curb the dreary thoughts that rise
Above life's real and stubborn facts
Forsake broad realms and vacant skies,
And do some good by human acts.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-04-09

The collection of whisky tax
IN North Carolina affords excel
lent opportunities for small poll
ticians with easy places at good
pay. In that State there are
many distilleries having a capaci-
ty of only about twenty gallons
each per day, and in every one
OF them is G revenue official who
Is paid four dollars per day for
weighing the meal and carrying
the kegs to the cistern room. The
Government is very strict with
these little distilleries in North
Carolina and Tennessee; but in
New Orleans, California. and the
West enormous quantities Of
whisky are put Oh the market
from large establishments with
the completely of revenue officials
upon which no tax is collected.
to the great detriment of honest
manufacturers who pay full taxes
on their production.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-04-09
A Mother Trades Her
Son for q Dog.
From the Milwaukee Wisconsin,

From the Milwaukee Wisconsin.
About Il month ago n German
woman, who was living at Mrs.
Cookies in the Third Ward, took
"a fancy to a large Newfoundland
dog owned by the !endlady, and
she offered to give one Of her lit
tie boys and S5 ''to boot" for the
animal. Mrs. Cooke accepted the
offer, and the little Heinrich, who
was about eight years OF age, was
transferred to his new mother, and
the German woman took her deg,
and departed we'll satisfied.
Thursday she returned and de-
manded the little Heinrich back
again. She said the dog ate too
much, and she couldn't afford TO
keep him. But Mrs. Cooke would
neither take the dog nor refund
the So, preferring the boy, who
had ttcome very useful to her and
loved her very much. A war of
words ensued, and then a fight,
but neither conquered, and they
had to be parted by a policeman.
Mother Cooke still keeps her lit
tie boy, and she. is determined to
do so if the law will allow her
The little Heinrich is ind ferent
as to the result. but prefers 10
to stay with mamma Cooke.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-04-09
An Editor who is Deaf.

'
We thought every body in
the State knew that we are deaf,
but once in a while we find one
who is not aware of the fact
| A female eo0k-peddfer came to
the office the other day. She
wished to dispose of a book
IShe was alone in the world, and
had no one to whom she could
turn for sympathy or assistance;
hence we should buy her book.
She was unmarried and had no
manly heart into which she
could pour her sufferings, there
fore we ought to invest in her
book. She had received a lib
eral education, and could talk
French like a native; we could
mot in consequence, pay her less
than two dollars for a book
We had listened attentiyely and
here broke in with: what
did you say? We're deaf
She started in loud voice and
went through her rigmarole.-
When she had finished we went
and got roll of paper, and
made it into a speaking-trua-
pet, placed one end to our ear,
and told her to proceed. She
nearly broke blood vessel IN
her effort to make herself heard
She commenced: 81 am alone
in this world" sIt doesn't make
the slightest difference to Us
We are husband and father.
Bigamy is not allowed in this
State. We are not eligible to
proposals.. - "Oh,. what fool
the man Is" she said in a low
tone; then at the top Of her
voice, 81 don't want to marry
you; 1 want to sell a-b-o-o-k."
This last sentence was howled.
"We don't want a cook" we
remarked blandly; Sour wife
does the cooking, and she
wouldn't allow as good-loOking
a woman as you TO stay in
the house five minutes. She
looked at US in despair. Gath
ering her robes about her, Civ
ing us a glance of contempt,
she exclaimed: II do believe
that if a 300-pounder were let
off along side that deaf fools
head he'd think somebody was
knocking at the door," You
should have heard her slam the
door when she went out. We
heard that.--,Santa Clara (Cdl.(
Echo.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-04-09
The Pork Plague.
Another Death from Tric hin2
Spiralis-MicrOscOp Examina-
tlOn of the Flesh of the Pa
p. .fr fiaut -..t g ...
From the St. Louis Times.

From the St. Louis Times.
Delitha Behring's, another vic
tim Of trichin@ spiralis, died at
the hospital last Thursday. 1t
will be remembered that the hus.
band Of this woman was brought
to the hospital on the same day
with bis wife and died shortly af-
terward. 1t was aseertained that
both had eaten uncOoked pork
(smOked ham and the diagnosis
made by DR.. Prewett and his as
sistants elicited the fact that both
were suffering from trichiHm spir.
alls. About two weeks ago the
woman had a miscarriage, and
she has since beeu gradually vast
ing away until death put an end
to her suferings. Learning that
DIR. Dean, the city chemist, was
making an examination ol some
OF the muscles containing the
trichiD@, a Times reporter call
ed on hun to ascertain the result.
A piece of muscle three six
teenthS of an inch long, about
one-siXteenth of an inch wide and
and enc thirty-second of an inch
thick, when placed under pow
erful MI roscope was seen to be
completely covered with the tri.
chime The reporter tried to
count them, but it was impossible;
there mnst have been al least Eve
hundred; and when it is consider
ed that, at this rate, a cubic inch
would contain myriads of the dis.
gusting worms, the dreadful ma.
ture OF the disease will be un-
derstood. One thing has been
made clear; the only DANGER OF
contracting the loathsome disease
is IN eating raw or partially cook
ed pork. There are no other pa
tlents in the city hospital now suf-
terlng from this awful scourge, but
In Aurora, Illinois, there were ten
cases reported last week.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-04-09

A boy was put into boiler in
Dubuque, Iowa, to hold a hammer
against the rivets that were being
driven from the outside. When
the boiler was done. the hole was
found too small to let the boy out.
They took off his clothes and
creased him, but still he wouldn't
90 through. Three hours cut
ting with cold chisel by six men
finally released him-nearly spoil
ing a good boiler.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-04-09

On a sleeping car the other
night, one lady exclaimed, in
slow and solemn voice, "Oh, how
dry am" There wasa moments
pause, and again rang out, "Oh,
how dry l ami "Won't some
body get that woman a drink
howled an old gentleman, who, be-
ing rheumatic, and occupying an
upper berth, could not very well
do it himself. The demand was
complied with, and the grateful
sound Of gurgling water was soon
heard. Them there VS. a mo-
ment Of silence, and following il
came the same solemn tones, "Ob.
how dry | was!' There app Jared
to be no doubt about it by the
occupants of the car, aad, if the
truth could have been known.
they were unselfshly glad that,
she had found relief; and they
composed themselves afresh foe.
sleep. Then the voice agaii4
smote the air: "Oh, how dry I
was" Everybody started. and
every eye was distended. "Oh,
how dry | was! repeated the.
grateful woman. "Then dry upi
screamed the gallant gentleman
in the u pper berth. She did
11ucE'ee Republican.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-04-09
Dreamingto Some Purpose

The Charleston (South Carroll
na) Nea0S says:
"TWo or three weeks ago a
well known firm in Memphis
presented an account to a widow
lady in our town, and asked her
to pay it; she told them her
husband had paid it before he
died, as he had told her so; she
then looked over all of her hus-
bands papers to find the receipt,
which she failed to do. 1t an
noyed her no little and rested
heavily on her mind; so she re-
tired for the night, and she
dreamed that the receipt was in
a little tin box in the store
house formerly occupied by her
husbandj so early next morning
she looked, and sure enough
there was the receipt"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-04-09

Mrs. Worth, OF Westfield, Mass .,
has sneezed her face awry. 1t
happened at party, and she
vainly tried to repress it, think
ing that sneezing was unladylike-
But it broke out in spite of her,
and at once she felt queer sensa-
ton in one check, That side of
her face sweIled rapidly, drawing
up the corner of her mouth and
completely closing her eye. The
physicians say that the trouble
is kind of paralysis, caused by
her effort to avoid sneezing, and
that her face is permanently dis
figured.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-04-09

An Illinois school girl was whip
ped until she tainted away because
she said "chaw" insteadof "chew.
The teacher wasn't SO particular
about his grammar when he went
up the road with about fifty men
following him.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-04-09

The only merit possessed by
some contributions we receive.
says an editor, is that they were
never before in print. The merit
is so light that We never have the
heart 10 r, b them of it,.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-04-09

A Chicago paper says: "The
little State of Delaware has the
honor of growing about all the
peanuts that are grown in the
United States" The Louis
Vile Courier-JoSrnaJ replies !:
''If all the peanuts Georgia pro-
duces in a single year were
poured into Delaware, they
would blot out the State as ef-
fectually as Pempeii was blot
ted out by the ashes of Vesu-
yius."
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-04-09

V1cK's FLORAL GUIDE The
second number of VicES Floral
Guide for 1874 has been received.
1t is as bright al d pleasant as a
flower garden itself, and full, too,
of valuable information to the
votaries of flora. 1t is published
quarterly at the low rate of twen-
ty FIVE cents year. Address
James Wick, Rochester, New
York.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-04-09
The Religion we Want.

We want a religion tnaC pears
heavily, not only Of the "ex-
ceeding sinfulness of SIM but
on the exceeding rascality of
lying and stealing-a religion
that banishes small measures
from the counter, small baskets
from the stall, pebbles from the
cotton bags, clay from the pa
per, sand from sugar, chickory
from coffee, alum from bread
and water from milk cans. The
religion that is to save the
world will not put all the big
strawberries at the top and
all the little ones at the bottom.
1t will not make Cne halt pair
of shoes OF good leather, and
the other half poor leather, so
that the first shall rebound to
the makers credit and the Sec
ond to his cash. 1t will not put
Jouvin's stamp OH Jinkins' kid
gloves, nor make Paris bonnets
in a back room Of a Boston
milliner's shop ; nor let a piece
Of velvet that processes to meas
ure twelve yards come to an
untimelv enl in the tenth, or a
spool of sewing silk that vouch
es for twenty yards be nipped
in the bud at fourteen and a halt;
nor all-wool delaines nor all
linen handkerchiefs be ANAL
gamated with clandestine cot
ton: nor coats made Of old rags
pressed together be sold to the
unsuspecting public for legal
broadcloth. 1t does not put
bricks at five dollars per thou
sand into chimneys it contracts
t. build Of seven dollar material;
nor smuggle white pine into
floors that have paid for hard
pine nor leave yawning cracks
in closets where boards ought
to join ; nor daub the ceiling
that ought to be smoothly plas-
tered NOR make window blinds
with Stats that cannot stand the
wind, and paint that cannot
stand the sun, and fastenings
that may be looked at, but on
no account to be touched. The
religion thatis going to sancti-
fly the world pays its debts. 1t
does not consider the forty cents
returned for one hundred cents
given is according to the gos-
pei, though it may be accord
ing to law. 1t looks on man
who has failed in trade and who
continues to live in luxury, as a
thief. f.-Ihe Boston, Christian.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-04-09
A Romance Of Oshkosh
As gOOdas aDime Novel,

Oshkosh Correspondence Chicago Times.
There has been quite "a sensa-
ton here among fashionable cir
cles lately, caused by the finding
of Il later will in the estate OF
w. D. Durande, deceased. The
workmen, while repairing a por,
ton of the house in which Mr..
Duram8e died. found will be
tween the hearth of the fireplace
and the chimney, under loose
tile. The will, if a true one, di-
vides the extensive property OF
Durande Park equally between
his son aud heir, Gerald W., a
fAir.haired youth of nineteen, and
his niece, Nina Howard, of New
York, a beautiful blonde of SIX
teen, in case they donot unite them
selves together in matrlmony on CT
before Gerald's twenty-frst birth
day. They both declare they
will not marry, in spite of the will,
and think it is a shame that there
should be such will. There is
considerable talk of contesting it.
This strange aHd romantic will
cannot he accounted for, unless
Mrs. Howard was former sweet
heart of Durande's, and be wish
ed to see the daughter lady Of the
manor if the mother could not be.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-04-09

The journalists will have their
fun. as witness the following from
a Cincinnati paper; ga favorite a
musement at Laramie is slashing
off strangers ears. One blow is
IS Ificient for all except Louisville
ears"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-04-09

A Mississippi paper needs the
service OF new editor. The
last one went out with a revolver
to uphold an editorial, and he re.
turned in wheel. barrow with a
blanket over him. ~
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-04-09

$50 you are taking lessons in
drawing, Sallie?" "Yes, and the
teacher says | am an apt pupil.
as draw more inlerences, insinu-
atlons, admirers, and allowances
than any other girl in the acade.
my"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-04-09

Did any one ever hear Of OF see a
man that a journal had mentioned
lavorably or otherwise, who in
referring TO the matter, orally or
graphically. did not fail to say:
My attention has been called to
an article in the-newspaper."
No mortal can ever see in a journ-
al which everybody reads any
alhsion to himself, unless his no.
tice be specially directed thereto.
1t is singular, isn't it? But then
it is true, of course. This pecu-
liar incapacity Of vision, under
certain circumstances, may be
classed as one of the phenomena
of the press.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-04-09
SCRIBNER's MONTHLY AND ST.

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10 this story the writer shows
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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-04-09

A Troy woman says that if
death loves shining mark, It Is
singular that it has not aimed at
her husbands nose before this.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-04-09
TERMS.

39 Two Dollars for one year, tsva-
'labiy " ddednee; Two DOliars aud
Fifty Gents if payment be deferred three
months. All papers going out Of the county
70 be paid for az adcaace.
E3- Single copies, Five Cents each.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-04-09

A father III Wisconsin offered
his boy 1--WE dollars to take q
dose OF castor oil, and then got
a counterfeit bill off on the boy.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-04-09

An Aberdeen philosopher has
extracted the following reply
from an advanced free school lad
to the query, GLOW is the earth
divided?" "By earth quakes, sir. y
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-04-09

Jones, commenting on Du
Chaillu's Midnight Sun" story,
says he has once or twice seen
the same night phenomenon
through several glasses darkly.