The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-07-02
FACTS AND FARoms.
Two PIoTUREs.-

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| So close can hear your heart beat
What these little fingers been sewingP
| Ones been pricked by the needle, I see.
These hands shall be kept free from labor
When once they are given to me.
All mine. little pet, I will shield you
From trouble and labor and care.
I will robe you like some fairy princess,
And jewels shall CLEAN in your hair:
Those slippers you gave me are perfect,
That dTessing-gOwn fits to a L
My darling, 1 wonder that heaven
Should give such treasure to me-
Eight-nine- -ten-eIven! my precious,
Time flies so when l am with you.
1t seems but moment I've been here,
And now, must say it {: Adieu-
AFTER MARRIAGE.
Oh, Meg, you are heavy-Tm tired
Go sit IN the rocker, / pray;
Your weight seems a hundred and ninety
When you plump down in that sort Of way.
You had better be mendIng my coat sleeve
I've spoken about it before
And I want to finish this novel
And look over those bills from the store.
This dressing-gown sets like the ID:
These slippers run down at the heel;
Strange, nothing can never look decent;
I wish YOU could know how they feel
What's this bill from MOrgan's Why, surely.
It's not for another new dress
Look here I'll be bankrupt ere New Year,
Or your store bills will have to grow less.
Eight o'clock Meg sew on this button
AS soon as you finish that sleeve;
Hegh-hOi 1 am deucedly sleepy,
I'll pile off to bed, believe.
The governor of Ceylon prohibits
the farther destruction of the elephant
in that island.
The French "Prince Imperial" and
the ex- empress will shortly leave CHS
elhurst, and take up their abode IN the
chateau of Arenenberg, IN Switzerland.
A Newark girl hastened the departure
of a lingering gentleman caller the
other evening by remarking as she look
ed out of the window. &" think we
shall have a beautiful sunrise.
"A fond parent who bought a COW
for his summer residence IN anticipa-
tion of the delight that the product
would cause his little daughter, was
somewhat chRgrined when Miss Pert,
looking upon pan of nectar, ex
claimed Oh, the horrid yellow scum.
1t isn't half so good as the nice blue
milk we get in Boston"
Bows, when commencement is over,
an you go out into the great world
(Which is your OYSTER, apply for none
but thoroughly first class situations.
Your sheep skins will be hOuOred as
pas IOIbS 10 any AuCAullNO kyOoAbADAlo NOLA
may want. Go and show the old gray
haired pIodders of counting rooms how
to do business.
The most hideOUs women IN the
world are said to live IN the valley of
Spiti. which is a mountain bound, al
most inaccessible place, $4,000 feet
above the sea, among the Himalaya.
Their features are large and coarse, the
expression of their faces IS usually
natural grimace, and they hang huge
rings in their noses. They dress IN
thick tunics and trousers, and their
heavy boots, coming above the knees,
are often filed around their legs with
-four for warmth.
"A young lady living in the northern
part of Indianapolis has, through
little simple vanity, nearly If not quite,
DESTROYED her eyesight. few days
ago she painted her cheeks with the
red eoloring matter Of some cinnamon
candy and went to a party. During the
evening her cheeks became very much
swollen and the poison soon after com.
municated itself to her eyes. She be-
came quite blind, and, though receiving
the best medical attention the city
could afford, there seemed to be little
hope that shewould ever regain her eye
sight.
The Columbus (Ga.) Enquirer tells
Of two families III Stewart county whose
lives we're saved by a gentleman obey
ing a presentiment he could not resist.
He had forebodiDg that storm would
visit that section, and that his house
would be in it's path. He told others
of it, but they only laughed at him,
saving he was frightened from reaGlng
and hearing the accounts OF the late
cyclone. He gave credence to the
thought, which would not go down at
the bidding, and dug hole near the
house. He had no sooner finished 1t
than the storm did come, and barely
had he and his family sought refuge
therein than the tornado tore his house
to pieces. All III the hole in the ground
escaped.
Some idea may be obtained ot the
MAGNITUDE of the accommodations pro-
vided for the people of London from
the following figures WHIT MONDAY,
the 18th of May, was q general holiday
among the working population, and the
dav being fine, 1000 persons visited
the Alexandra palace, more than 4O,O
were at the Crystal palace, 1893 went
to the Geological garden, 1000 went to
the tower, 3, 1876 went to the south
Kensington museum, 1900, most OF
them excursionists from London, went
to the Brighton aquarium, 36,OOO went
nv rail to Greenwich, and lO,OOO went,
from one depot alone, to Gravesend.
These are official figures. The unreg-
istered holiday seekers, who went TO
other places, was many times larger in
the aggregate.
A singular illustration of the para
living effect of the imagination under
| some circumstances was recently afforded
at Allentown, Pa: A bright boy of
eleven years was engaged ID watching
some cattle in a field, and killed time
by swinging with a rope from the branch
of a tree. His brother, also small
| boy, was near him. All at once the boy
with the rope dropped with his entlre
1 weight upon the rope, but with MS
/ knees almost touching the ground.
| The brother, very much alarmed az
/ once ran for assistance, but before aid
/ came the swinging boy was dead Inc
rome was cut, when the loop fell rom
| the victims neck, indicating the lac,
that there had been no knot, aud LnA'
the looping was but an accident. Inc ne
bov. IMAGINING himself beyond all sell,
preservation, had become 50 trIgh' epeo
as not to staud upon his ieet, as he
might have done, but had fallen .IL IgL-
ward. and so straEgled. A more SUE LIE
inc illustration of the remarkable lIuu, ,L
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