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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-10-14
BETHANY.

No doubt but you have come to
the conclusion that Bethany has
folded her hands and closed her
eyes in the tender embrace Of silent
repose, while some imaginary delu-
sion is stealing her senses and gives
no heed to time as she flies with
the speed and velocity of a sunbeam.
Is she thus dreaming away her pre-
cious moments? And does the sun
after his flight across the canopy of
heaven, cast his last lingering ray
upon a once proud but now forsaken
city? No, but she still stands a
vide awake little vfllarge. You
would think 50 if you were even to
pass through. We never we're dis
posed to boast a great deal, but it
seems to be unavoidable at this
iuncture. We have a first class
teacher at Bethany now who bids
fair to enroll his name high up in
the annals of history, as one of as
good instructors as ever tread Amer
lean soil. a good literary instruct
or is not all that we can boast, but
AAN4 W ODAAAC W AuotNf VIC may 81
that Mrs. NJ, our accomplished mu-
sic teacher, stands without a rival.
Sweet are the fights of memory
when at eventide, just as the moon
creeps slowly up the eastern hori-
zon, our ears are greeted by those
delightful strains which aref waited
| BY the gentle breeze from open win
ha Ia - L.
seraphic-like strain dies away on
the midnight air. / would Just say
to any fair lass whose eyes may per-
chance fall upon these lines, if she
has not, and wishes to become
thoroughly graduated in music she
would do well to avail hersels of the
opportunity of Coming to Bethany.
Jim Patterson has big show pict
ures stuck all about on one side of
his store. It's a grand entertain
ment for the little fellows at play
time. Occasionally our big bows
take a peep.
From observation l think there
is one OF maybe two or maybe more
of the boys of larger size, who de
light in look at pretty natural OBJ
jects, such as young ladies, for in
stance. / hope they'll marry
"Chrismus."
A certain merchant hereabOuts,
who loves to be called sPapie," has
returned from Nashville with a new
stock Of goods.
! PUNCH AND JUDY.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-10-14
People VIII Talk.

You may get through this world,
but twill be very slow, if you listen
to all that is said as you 60; you'll
be worried and fretted, and kept in
stew for meddlesome tongues will
have something TO do, for people
will talk.
Ifquiet and modest, you'll have it
presumed that your humbleposition
is only assumed; you're a wolf in
sleeps clothing, or else you're a
fool, but don't get excited, keep per
fectly cool, for people will talk.
If generous and noble, they'll
vent out their spleen, you'll hear
some loud hints that you are selfish
and mean. II upright, honest and
fair as the day, they'll call you
rogue in sly, sneaking way, for
people will talk.
And then if you show the least
boldness of heart, or a slight incli-
nation to take your own part, they
will call you an upstart, cOnceited
and vain; bus keep straight ahead.
don't stop to explain, for people viii
talk.
If threadbare your dress, or old
fashioned your hat, some one will
surely take notice Of that, and hint
rather strong that you caa't pay
your way; but don't get excited
whatever they say, for people will
talk.
If you dress in the fashion don't
think to escape, for they criticise
then in n different shape; you're
ahead OF your means, or your tail
or's unpaid; but mind your own
business, there's naught TO be made,
or people will talk.
Now, the best way TO do is To do
as you please, for your mind, If you
have one, will then be at ease. OF
course you will meet with all sorts
Of abuse, bat don't think 20 stop
them, it siH't any use, for people will
talk
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-10-14
Frankness ofLoYe.


One of most essential things in all
love affairs is entire and perfect
frankness. Both parties should be
frank-true to themselves and truth
ful to each other. How many un-
easy, troubled and anxious minds,
how many broken hearts there are
to-day in which content and happi-
ness might have reigned supreme
but for want of franknessl Repen-
tence inevitably comes for all these
things, but it often comes too late,
and only when the evil produced is
incurahle. In love, as in everything
else, truth is the strongest of all
things, and frankness is but another
name for truth. Then always be
frank. Avoid Misunderstanding;
give no reason or occasion for them.
They are more easily Stunned than
cured; they leave scars upon the
heart. You are less likely to be de-
ceived yourself when you never de-
ceived others. Frankness is like
the light Of clear day in which
everything may be plaiRly perceived.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-10-14

Those boys who delight in max
ing night too hideous to men
tion, and who scared all the chick
ems out of west Pulaski last Thurs
day night by singing Indian war
songs and tearing guitar strings in
to jim Jams in the front yard of
Martin College, are earnestly and
prayerfully requested to stand near
er the window the next time they
come. When they stand so far OFT
there is danger of letting the bowl
slip when the water is thrown out.
Water don't cost anything, and
bowls do. Besides, we imagine
that little water allowed to flow
gently over them would do them
good, if they would go home and
follow it up with a little soap and a
cob; but they didn't need any more
of the flowing bowl that night. II
the leader in the song "Drink IT
down" would blow his dose before
he returns it would be a source OF
consolation to his bereaved hearers.
He ought to have that wheezer in
his throat taken out and spliced
and set himself up for an imitation
sorghum mill. Wen furnish the
onions for the crowd the next night
The young ladies have ordered s
supply of clothes-pins tc
hold their noses with, but they posi-
lively cannot endure these frightfu
noises again unless the boys stand
closer up.
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LOOK


The pencil marks you see around tia
paragraph (thusl mean that youI sai
scripsior Is out or unpaid. and to-.
you are requested to pay ap af oes
We would take great pleasure IL rx.ss
ing credit TO our friends and ln;ir
but cash alone VIII pay expenze-.
we are forced 20 adhere to strict ~.
cule We hope you viii coralr, (.
and appreciate the necessity uf sue.
course, and renew your sn.'-aa
without delay. We solicit v,"s a>..
- We enter No new nnt1i.s~ So,
books without the MONEY iW g. ,'-
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FrOm a Hard-shen stana-poLnt.

A hard-shell Baptist preacher thus
characteriZes the religious sects in
Kentucky: "The Methodists 90
out into the wilderness and new
countries and blaze the trees for the
Baptists to come along after them
and cut out roads for wagons and
carts. When macadamized turn
pixies are made, yon will see the
sturdy old Presbyterians come
numbering along in their buggies
and carriages; but after you hesr
the steam whistle sounding over the
rail roads, then you may look out
for the kid-gloved and silk stocking
ed Episcopslian, a running round
and talking about the church, aud
succession, and ordination, and all
such stnf as that, as if there never
had been any church or religion
until they got there.
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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-10-14

The sorghum crop in this county
this season is better than for years.
Mr.. VIM. Alternately says he made
SO gallons of syrup and 30 bushels
of seed from hree-fourths of an
acre. 1t is worth fifty cents gal
lon, and the seed are splendid for
hogs.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-10-14

The Pulaski Cemetery is in better
condition than it was ever before.
Not a weed is suffered to grow, the
drives are kept clean and grayeled,
and the whole aspect is one of beau
ty. 1t reflects much credit upon
Mr.. Martin, the Sexton.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-10-14
Sept %, 1875.

The happiest moments in
soman's life are when she is MAX
ing her wedding garments; the sad
dest when her husband comes hore
late ar night and yells 20 her from
The front steps % throw ont some
kew holes, assorted sizes.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-10-14

A man was arrested and fined last
Saturday for singing "Come Thou
Fount' upon the public square. 1t
was not because of the noise he
made, but this square has a super
fluffy of founts now and we don't
want anybody praying for more un-
less they also pray for better pumps
in them.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-10-14

Shapard a horse formerly be-
longing to Mr.. Jackson's stable, and
for years a favorite saddle horse in
this city, was brought to town and
sold at auction for $40 last Monday.
He is a dilapidated and forlorn look
ing object.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-10-14

Mr.. J. w. Vaughn sent in speci-
men of excellent sorghum made by
him this year. He has our thanks,
as also DR.. Bowers, who brought it
in to US and very kindly refrained
from eating it on the way.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-10-14

81 lived with him nineteen years, -
says an Indiana applicant for div
orce ''aud all the clothes he ever
bought me was bunch ofhair pins
and tooth brush" You can see
by this what a time she had TO keep
well dressed
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-10-14

John Robinson's advertising
man was along again this week.
He's bound to have a larger crowd
to see him than Howe.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-10-14

Mr.. Lee Suttle fell while climbing
fence the other day, and broke a
right rib. He is about, but very
sore
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-10-14

A one-eyed man tried to get into
the circus last week upon = half
ticket. He said he couldn't see but
half as much IS any other man, but
the ticket man thought that his sit
ting capacity would consume as
much space as if he had forty eyes,
and was so unfeeling as to remark
that he didn't care purified cuss
if the man was blind as thirteen.
hay-stacks, he souldn't squeeze into
that cODcern without waltzing up a
dollar
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-10-14

The colored hostler at Jackson's
stable on Sunday night, tie Sd inst,
retired to bed in the loft, struck a
match and dropped it Hpon his
clothes lying by his side, by acci-
dent, setting them on fire. People
coming from church noticed the
Smoke and gave the alarm, and the
fire was extinguished just before it
communicated with the hay. 1t
was a narrow escape for that block.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-10-14

Mr.. Boyd M. Young, of the house
of L. J. Wells & Co., returned from
Nashville, Thursday night last, af-
ter negotiating for the manufacture
of the massive cornice for Martin
College. This firm got the contract
for the slate roofing, tin work and
iron cornice, over several competi-
tors at Nashville. Pulaski boasts
the best tin men in the State.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-10-14

An unprincipled bachelor says
troubles never come single
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-10-14

II must make 3 prisoner raving
mad TO be called a jail-bird.
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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-11-12
The Solitary Settler.

Frfte miles below Natchez there is
a deep bend in the Mississippi, where
steamers used to stop for supply of
wood. The point has a name. but
I have 1ng since forgotten it. 1 was
a passenger on board tie steamer
Pr.r Belle, when We ran alongside
Of ,Le river bank, at the point above
irs}'cat i, for the ,'urpost' of taking IN
fuel. Frs'gbt, 'here a. none await
ing US, aud az w= Ind tone to land,
our stay was very brief. Far as the
eys could Ie4cA over the clearing.
tLty. was no i.abita to be seen,
unless the poor hut that st.'od about a
hundred feet from the bank conid be
dignrfe by 'ha5 appellation.
Saatt d upon the bank with his legs
swinging 6 III indolent ease, sat the most
singular looking individual L ever be-
hid. He Was chewing tob icco vIgor-
ously, and paying not the least attt'h-
tlCn TO the steamer or any one connect
ed With her HIS face was long and
his cheeks hollow, ~and bis hal: of
erayish hue, tangled aud thick, lung
upon his shoulders ii Gisordered
masses. His eyes were small, OF Z
pale blue, but very bright. and he
seemed to have but three upper and
the same mum )er Cf lower teeth, which
were directly III front of his mouth.
His dress was extre me!y RI tlculoue.
On his head he wore napiess black
| hat, that was as full of indentations IS
! f,!c vt-t bank on which he was percE-
| rl, la t ii blue cotton shirt with az
Immense cDtar, aud pair OF jeans
pants aud heavy cowhide boots com'
| pIetrd his attire.
Dave Perkins, the mate (whOse ac-
| uuaintance [ cultivated, for L found
him a very amusing fellow,) came tc
my side and rem arked:
| "There's a very queer genius sitting
on the bank. Some people say he i
crazed, but don't think SO. His ode
ways have, no doubt, given credenc:
to the rumor, but the poor fellow hao
O big misfortune once, and it has rem
dered him Indifferent to everything
and everybody"
"He Certainly is a singular looking
character" replied. eff this story
is interesting I should like to heal
It,"
"Wait until we get under way,
replied Perkins, ard I'll tell it to you
So saying he turned toward the mai
in question, and asked:
Well, Andy, how goes it to-da.
with you %
A tremendous squirt of Tobacco
Juice and nod of the head was tn
J only reply the mate received, and tn
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-11-12
Coming EEiIDSeS,

There will be two eclipses Of the sun
aud two of the moon in 1876. First
Il partial eclipse of tie moon, COM
ait cling in New England about 123
A. NJ, March 10. Second. an annual
eclipse of the sun March 25, the moon
conceaIing the suns disc, except a
ring around the border. In New
England it will be visible as a partial
eclipse only, beginning about 3 min
utes to 4 P. M. Third, partial
eclipse of the moon September 8, not
visible in the United States. Fourth,
a partial eclipse of sun, invisible in the
United States, but visible in the South
Pacific and Atlantic oceans.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-11-12
AFRICANS AND AFRICA.

For the benefit of our colored pop
ulatior, we copy the following sensi-
bic article from the Mobile Register i:
In the late "Coiored Convention"
| held at Augusta, Georgia, Mr.. III, II
| Turner advocated the emigration of
the African rsce to their ltive heath,
on the ground that they could get all
''the rights" they wanted there and
| cousd not get them here.
II is not in evidence that the prop
osition was very enthusiastically re-
| ceived: and more than one speaker de-
clared in effect that lie preferred the
American ills he had, over any prema-
ture African ones that he knew not of .
So the matter went over to a future
convention: pending the results of
Staniey's Expedition, doubtless.
Now, we have only one word to our
colored friends, upon the subject of
their everlasting discomfort If they
do not like America we'll enough to
stay, and prefer Afric. well enough TO
go. by all means let them emigrate.
If their knowledge of that trop:c Iaud
induce. them TO believe that there
they can work less aud raise more,
loaf more aud get better paid, or hunt
wild chickens with greater recompense
than tame, then let them not stand
upon the order of their going. but go
at once. There is not one thing 70
put bar, or hinderance, in their wy.
he war was tonight to let them think
for them 'elves; the pubic debt was
piled up to let them tniSrste at their
own sweet will.
But. on the other hand, we more
than suspect the Hon. Turner OF hum
buggery in his proposition; that he
was only talking t, Bancombe" We
honestly believe that be aud his sort
are better off here in every way; and
that they knew 1t all the time. 1u
which case we are earnestly impollsd
to second the St. LOUIS "Republican,"
when it says of this subject Let them
cease their everlasting grumbing and
go to work like other people. Their
complaints have become an unendur-
able nuisance, aud must be abated-
else there may be an involuntary smi-
grafton one Of these days.
Upon the sousdness of that advice
there is no question, aud we remind
the colored men hereabouts that they
had better take it. They make their
situation no more prosperous, and
surely more uncomfortable, by con-
staDt grumbling; and they know as
we'll as we do tn .t they find this coun-
try too free and too easy to subsist in
for any serious thoughts of leaving
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-11-12
r,sE aEn%SC E.EuvaoS<.

! Well, there is no use to attempt s
! di~guise OF the fact that tins Repubii
cans have cAr1ipd the States of Ma9aa-
chus,.tts. New Jersey. MinnesCta, Wis
corsin ana Pennsylvania. New York
| is eft to the Democrats. This is about
the way the matter stands in these
| Northern ard Northwestern States.
| The South has been quiet, bat deep
| " Interested observer of tae contest III
these States. w all hoped and be-
Iievad that Ohio aud PapbsyjvaEia, as
wall as Now York Won: "a bear to vic
tory the DrmOcratic banner. And
now that tue fight is over, and We be-
gin to have the smoke clear away f-om
The field, we bagin TO ask why wa7 the
Damocfltic baOuer not borne TO VIC
tory IN Ohio an1 in Pennsylvania. In
reply to this question, the short sight
ed, selfish, aid inconsidtrate policy OF
the New York Democracy looms up
and stands before us for an unmistak-
be answer. Iammany, 1ilden, and
their respective coteries, were seized
with severe attack of hard money
disease, aud tried to make their indi-
vidual complaint national epidemic.
The attempt to make the currency
question assume a pace in national
politics should never cave )cen made.
If Ohio had been let alone TO fight her
own battles, her great Democratic
chieftain would again have walked
over the turf. The Overweening i'm
portance Of Now York did the work
for Ohio, and came very near cooking
her own goose.
The result in Pennsylvania was a
natural sequence of the result in
Ohio.
Il. the grept Presidential contest
which Is now before Us. no wing of the
Democratic party should assume to
cor trol the whole lire of battle, or, by
its own independent manoeuverirg, en-
barrass the progress of the party as a
whole.
From the astonishing aud dcplora-
hle result in these states. we turn to
brighter picture, and in this picture
the Two SHINING stars Of Virginia Gnd
Mississippi beam forth their light, as
beacOns which shall guide us ont of
Joys Of OHIO and Pennsylvania, and
gain st us in the right line of attack
on the forces of the corruptionists and
ceutral;z- tiouizt=. Al hail ! to Mis-
sissippi and her gallant Conservative
leaders.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-11-12

STATE NEWS

Says the Torboro SO,ttherner: The
fingers Of the gentry, called light.
have fallen rather heavy on our peo-
pie within the last fortnight.
We have been smitten hip and
thigh :; ro1ted horse foot and dra-
gOona.
From the same paper we clip the
following Hon. VIM 81. battle, ex-
through our town on Wednesday, en-
route to Pitt county. Judge B. is ex-
ecutor of Gov. D. L. Swain, decd and
is looking after the affairs OF his truet
in Pitt. Edgecombe is the county of
his rativity, and the playground of his
hoyhood. And now, with ripe years
fnli of honor, he treads her soil with
feelings of pride.
The Judge is ia excellent health and
spirit. and though turned three omar
'ers of a century. his stip is elastic
ami bouyant. He was the guest of
w. s. Battle, Esq.
Capt J. R. Thlgpen and Elias Carr
of Edg. combe, Col G. w Stanton,
of Wilson, J. B. Philips. Esq OF Pitt
were elected Vice Presidents of r. &
I. r. Ag'l. society.
1OiII iutS L 6alC u 4NoI III
aDpton county. was fatally crushed in
the running gear of his fathers gin a
few days since.
The SOatthe, ner IS responsible for
this:
ORUNKEN GEESE Mr., George
T. Iis iaie. of Newber, e, tells It. As
a soldier he was marc hiLg from Klns.
ton to Swift Greek, da ing the war
Stopped at an old ladies' house, biest
III the ownership cf large flock of
gaese. There was a ~hiskey diatillery
short distance from her house.
Well, the geese browsing grace full
y along, thought they would ct out
side of an eye-opener from the puddle
of whiskey, overrun from the tub. 1t
was winter.
When the ancient dame went to 'ook
after her treaaures, she found them
streached out stone drunk.
She thought they were dead took
them home, picked, and threw them
III the yard. Eean a drunken goose
| will come round after awhile, so
being scantiIy clothed. they had to be
kept in the house until the Spring.
+! If man, vino will get drunk, is a
''great goose" is a goose that gets
drunk, great man
COnumdrun.
Ara public meeting in New Bedford
last week the President of the Wam-
sutta Mills rose and said that his mill
had within few days made it's first
| shipment of manufactured goods TO q
| foreign market. Another m:lI mana
ger then informed the meeting that his
company had just made It's first ship
ment, while a third gentleman state
that he represented iron interests whic.i
| hzd a Ike story to toll
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-11-12
A Nd e IL.

The R-'eigh Sentinel prints an an
ecdote, taken from the columns of
Harpe,'s Magazine, tie whole point
ard humor of which consists in ~ aking
1t appear tbe. some North Carolina
Solicitor exhibited profound igno-
rance Of three thin gs-thc Bible, the
law and the game oS faro.
Wien we read the sander in the
Magazine we hit e thought it would
be r, published in a North Carolina
newspaper, where the acquaintance of
the bar with ali three Of the subjects
i } notorious.
The Sentinel asks who is it? We
answer il Was no North Caroliua la,0-
IJpT.
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G's'EsA5* sE>sSs& slssG<G rsACF
on seEa.sgx own POEsCY.

Some of the leading hard money or
gans are beginning to come to their
senses, and to entertain more rat'onsl
and pract cal views in regard to cen
traction. The Boston AdCertisCr hev-
ing charged The Cincinnati Gu@ette
with having unnc ce%serily backed
down. bt cause of the Admission by
that parer that esrly contraction is
irppractic#ble, end would lie unwisH
and that il il quite possible we may
not be ahle 70 resume in 1870. t. g
Philadelphia AD7cricd'2, another lead
ing colttractjonist, TINS comes 20 the
aid If IFS Cincinnati cotemporary.
We f4,tr, saws the AHeracan, that DER
Boston friends are great deal more
anxious to fnrd The greer backs ir
interest bearing gold b pnds than TO
attaiu permanent resnnpt OF
specie payments. at every point in
cur finai.cjai progress they have been
opposed TO the OILY measures that
were fnun9 practical or rxpedient.
Tue resumption ACT was not OF their
choice, nor is it ~ all likely that any
Supplementary act will be. All thafe
rrprs az Sc from t. devotion TO theo
! ipS al-1 abz tTacpiona. Whether The
| cou,rtrv q1ires a further contractinn
/ - r.ot. 'hr ono thing the dGYFrfi2Fr
/ ous:.t + e k @4Vsre'y in the fac is
/ fiat FOR two Yeas to come none is at
| al likpiv or practicable. The Dem
! ocrsit e majority in the House is OPP
posed to it, ard will pass 10 bill for
the purpose. Nor is any bill possible
Of which the Republ can majority IN
5le Senate would approve. 1t is an
open question whether currency con
ira ction is necessary TO resumption.
Our oa n belief, and that of great
majority of the public, is that ii onr
present paper cure cy were redeem
able on demand it would be the best
in the world, ard that the revival oi
business wouid give ample employ
mint 20 the Whole OF it. fhe great
problem is flirly before the nation.