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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-10-28

Will those who take an interest
in their county paper, and who
would like to see the current
events, agricultural, mechanical,
mercantile and educational, noted in
our columns, be kind enough to re-
port promptly to US any such items2
If you prefer to write, a brief sum
mary is what we would like furn-
ished. If averse to writing, please
furnish US the points and we will
,snape them. How tue columns of
the CITIZEN might weekly TEEN with
interesting Giles county locals, if
all the various neighborhoods were
thus reported2 Where are Mr.
Albert Buford, Tom Topp, VIM.
Alternately, Dave Rhea, Esquire
James Alternately, Capt. Flournoy,
Mr., VIM, Rivers, and scores of 9TH
ers in their section and all over the
county, to say nothing of our
younger farmers, some of whom dc
help us in this respect? And why
don't they lend a helping hands
Come farmers, teachers, mechanics
and tradssmen generally, speak out
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-10-28

The ex-local, in his article two
weeks ago about the serenaders had
no thought of being taken seriously
or of creating the impression that
the boys were drunken rowdies. In
fact he thought it was altogether
different band, and took the liberty
he did with them because he thought
they were his particular friends and
the cleverest kind. of fellows. There
fore, if anybody miscOnstrued the
article, they are hereby corrected.
So far as we know them they are
sober, steady, clever young gen
tlemen.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-10-28

The Memphis Appeal, of the 5th
inst. has the following, regarding
the NJ. & X. r. r: '.It viii be seen
from the letter Of our Bolivar cor
respondent that Gen. .Neely, the
able and energetic president OF the
Memphis and Knoxville railroad
company, has gone to Wayne coun-
ty to secure a subscription to build
his road through that county. This
secured, the road will, without de-
lay, be put under contract from Pu
faski to the Tennessee river, thus
making Wayne one Of the richest
counties IN the State, as her great
iron wealth VIII then be developed.
We can say to our friends in Wayne
that their movements are watched
in this part Of the State with great
interest. We know the wealth Of
that region, and are anxious to be-
come connected with it. Our eiti-
zens are ready to lend a helping
haud to complete this important
road and bring it to Memphis. We
know that the trade Of that region
VIII ~ IL DA-N = ~eFAr y Ls ~ AA-DA@
than We are asked TO subscribe in
order to get the road with all its
benefits. All that General Neely
has TO do is 70 appoint an eRthusi
astic agent, to solicit subscriptions
in this city and in Fayette county,
and he viii soon get a sufficient
amount to have the road under con
tract from this city to Henderson,
on the Mobile and Ohio road, thus
securing to Us the trade Of ali the
zcounties lying between this place
and the Tennessee river. The
building OF this road next year viii
go strengthen onr city aAd increase
four business that We viii then be
able to give assistance TO other i'm
pro*ements which VIII be OF
fmuch benefit to the cisy.
Mr.. John James Piatt, for many
years amanuensis Of George u.
Prentice, the late able and scholar
t4y editor ofthe Louisville Journal
is compiling q volume Of poems Of
| the latter.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-10-28

We do not care to analyze the
causes of Aliens defeat. 1t is suffi-
cient for all who think and believe
as we do on the currency question
that he is beaten-as noble a Ro-
man as ever battled for the right;
and called in vain for help on his
plebeian and degenerate country
men. But the battle has just be-
gun. Those who think that the re-
suit of the Ohio election kills the
greenback question as the issue in
the Presidential contest of 1876,
have misunderstood altogether the
principles that go to make up its
vitality and force, Self-preserva-
tion is one of these. principles-the
right to own homesteads in the land
saved from disintegratfon by Wes-
tern Yalor, and made to pay all the
taxes of an unjust and oppressive
government by Western energy and
and toll OF course there had to
be alternate victories and defeats
The nation never will come TO Dem
ocracy, call it what you viii, or by
any name imaginable, because it
loves it better than the public plum
der Radicalism guaranteed TO it in
such amazing quantities, but it will
come to a greenback Democracy,
because a greenback Democracy,
proposes to put clothes on its
back, food in its mouth, implements
of labor in its hands, stop the eat
ing of its cancerous mortgages, and
give it breathing time to pay a mil
lion debts its worshiped task mater
and idol of yesterday swears it shall
pay in gold in 1S79.-St. Louis
Times, Dem.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-10-28
IEIom Il 60 -. 49,.
RerI1aI a FrIsndshIn.


Dear Sir aad Brother:=I have
justcome out of a gracious revival
at Friendship. We had several con-
versions at Blooming Grove. We
have had abou sixty Professions, 1
believe, on the circuit.
have preached y sermons this
year, held one protracted meeting at
a school house in the vicinity where
live. There were p professions,
20 bapUisms and II accesslons.
l organized a Sabbath School at
this place the first Sunday in April,
and superintended it q part Of the
time IN each month. OF the Il
professions, 13 we're S S scholars.
This is missionary ground. i
could have organized q Church of
about 80 members, bat did not think
it best at present. There is an or
ganization of the 'sDisciples"-of
Mr.. Campbell at this house. have
purchased loo arces of land upon
which there stands very large
framed still house, which We desire
to tear down, dress and remodel,
and convert into a Church. We
want at least $I00 to defray the ex-
pense. AT our 9TH Q. NJ. you re-
member we got in subscriptions, a.
bout $40 of the desired amount
Our circuit is heavily burdened as
you know, with church building and
repairing debts. So ask you to call
on all Methodists to give us just
little help.
Fraternally, A. NJ. EzELLL
Near Pulaski, Sept. %, 1876
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The venerable Mr.. Edward Mark:

The venerable Mr.. Edward Marks
was in our Office a few days since
and speaking of the early annals
of Giles, mentioned that Blooming
Grove church was organized at a
Mr.. James Dugger's house, where
Carol Marks now lives, IN 1871,
and that there have been since then
5 different church edifices erected,
the present house being 5th. Mr..
William Williamson, still living,
and who is nearing his S0th year,
has had his membership at Bloom
ing Grove since 1915, just sixty
years. Mr.. Marks has had his
membership there since 1877, max
ing 58 years for him. These vener-
able men have list of the various
Pastors who have served their
church, reaching back to the dates
specified above, but the most OF
these former shepherds have long
since ceased their care of spiritual
hocks, and have gone up to the
great fold above "to go no more
out forever"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-10-28

DIR. Alexander L. H amilton, a
solid Virginian of the old
school called on us last week We
were associated with the DR.. in the
same college p years ago (being
then very young) but had not seen
him until the other day for 10 long
years. During this score of years
many the changes that have passed
over the two, but yet each agreed
to agree that the other had not
changed a bit, scarcely. In the
meantime the DR.. has acted as Pres.
ident Tof two or three colleges,
fought out a whole war; collected
and classified the State archives of
Ga, scattered by the yankees, and
is now efficient representative of
Jones Brothers d. CO., Book Pulish-
ers St. Louis, Philadelphia, Gin,
Chicago, Memphis and Atlanta.
The DR. is a live man and was
interviewing Supt. Yancy, on
Redpath's Q. S. History.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-10-28
LYNNVILLE.

Mn EDIroR: very little of
interest has transpired since the
last report from here, we shall be
quite brief this week.
Farmers in this vicinity seem to
have been working the most of the
excellent weather this month. Many
of them have succeeded in housing
most, some all, OF their corn crops.
All report the yield greater than
they anticipated, and say they have
not had such for years.
A great deal of wheat viii be
sOwed here this fall; this work is
just now getting fairly under head
way. We know Of but few that
will SOW less this season than last.
but many who viii greatly increase
their acreage. It appears that our
farmers are, at last, beginning to re-
alize the advantage of raising more
grain and less cotton, as well as the
necessity of resting their exhausted
lands. If they viii only adhere to
this course for a few years there is
little doubt but that we will soon
have a country as thrifty and pres
porous as in days of yore. "a
Notwith standing the number Of
hogs imported to these parts and
the great abundance of corn, the
prevailing opinion seems to be that
pork will be unusually scarce here
this winter The diseases among
the swine have abated very much,
indeed we have not heard of any
dying for more than a week, and
thosedeft are reported in a thriving
condition and fattening web. There
will doubtless be a sufffciency here
to supply the home demand if not
to spare--mOst likely the latter.
The last weeks +frosts VIII cut
down the cotton average consider
ably. Some think it will reduce it,
but little if any below the last years
crop but, the aajority- express a be-
lief that it VIII be at least fourth
or a third less. Picking is going
on RAPIDLY eyeryWhere, though very
little has been brought into market
yet, perhaps not more than a dozen
bales being delivered at this depot,
while it is estimated that at the
same date last season not less than
two hundred had been sold here.
We suspect several of our young
people of making matrimonial ar
this fall and will not
be astonished if the ball opens be-
fore this is published. We saw a
couple of our townsmen in a private
conference this morning. They look
ed both pleased and serious and we
naturally suspected that matrimony
was their subject, look outl @
More anon. O.A. r.
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ON THE WING.
An Interesting Letter from
Alabama.


In company with my friend Geo.
T. Hill left Pulaski on Monday
night at 9:26. We got to Mont
gomery all safe on Tuesday morn
ing and had nice breakfast atfthe
Exchange Hotel After Breakfast
we ''took i'm the city, going first to
the Capitol, then to- the various
other places of note, and / must
say the Capitol is in a sad plight
Everything is in disorder and looks
dirty. The nice marble floors are
all besmeared with tobacco Juice.
The carpets are worn out I can't
do the picture justice-so will not
make the attempt. Well at 3;45 P.
NJ, we got aboard of the train
bound for Eufaula. Found the
Conductor, Mr.. Dave Bryant, and
the Express agent, Mr.. Jas. David
son, both cleaver entertaining gen
tlemen who did all in their power
to make the trip pleasant AT the
expiration of four hours we fouad
ourselves at Union Springs, forty,
miles from Montgomery, where we
stopped for supper. AS Hill was
hungry the conductor stopped 80
mir putes for supper, at IL ;45 we
got in safety to this place, having
been s hours travelling so miles, and
went Immediately to the Central
Hotel and retired for the night.
We find in Messrs Billings and
Move and their affable clerk Mr..
John Thomas, gentlemen who spare
no pains to make everything pleas
ant and. agreeable for their guest
They have fine fare and good
springbottom beds. IF you ever
come to Eufaula be sure to stop at
the Central Hotel as it is situated
in the heart of the business portion
of the city. Eufaula is a city Of
some 5000 or 5000 inhabitants. Is
beautifully laid of, having wide
streets with a row of water Oaks in
the center and on either side. 1
find here some very pretty resi-
dences with yards beautifully laid
of and set with ever greens! fEhe
merchants tell me that they shipped
from here last wear, Jthirty-eight
thousand bales of cotton. / never
saw better cotton anywhere than
/ saw on the road from Montgom-
cry to this place, and the merchants
here say they will ship forty or for
ty-five thousand bales this year.
THIS is a very healthy place, every
body looks hale and hearty. 1
parted with Hill yesterday. He
has gone to Albany Ga. When
ever Pulaski, Giles county or the
touring business, was mentioned,
his eyes would fill and his voice
falter as he would utser the name
- Poor fellow I feel sorry for
him; it is hard to part with those we
love. "A
Gov. Geo. S. Houston of this
State came down from Montgomery
last night for the purpose of deliv-
ering an address to the people OF
harbour county to-day upon the
New Constitution. He was met at
the Depot by tire citizens and an ad-
dress of welcome was delivered by
| Col Oakes in an able and eloquent
manner, and was responded to by
the Coy. in a most feeling and
patriotic manner. The band struck
up Il lively tune and all hands
started for the city.
The agent tells me my boat viii
be here this evening and I vii
leave this beautiful place for the
4 land Of oranges, bears. deers, and
slligators. viii let you heal from
me again. For this time farewell
p
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-10-28
Green's August Flower

It il natural for people suffering with Dys-
pepsia and Liver Complaint or a.lv deranye-
ments Of che digestive organs. such as Sour
Stomach, Sics Headache, HabituaI Costivo-
ness, paipitntion Of the Heart, Heart burn,
Water-bFash, gnawing and burning pains al
the pit Of the stomach. Yellow skin Coated
Tongue, and disagreeable taste in The mouth.
coming mp Of food after eating. low spirits.
&c, % put OF from day % dag buying an ar
ticie that they know has cured their neigh
Dor, friend, OF relative. yet they have no faith
IN it until IL j. too late. But you viii 20
20 your Druggists, Sampler g. Lacey and gat
. bottle Of GnEEsss A &c rsS FLougFs your Inn
mediate crrc - a. certain - you live. Sam
pie Bottles Of this medicine can be obtained
for 10 cents 10 Try lie superior virtue.
Regular size Is cents. Try Z, two doses
viii relieve any case.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-10-28

"What Mt. Pleasant bachelor
saw at the wedding" is the inviting
caption to letter in a late Herald
and Mail.
And who is this bachelor that
writes up the happy nuptials of
Others with 50 fine a finish, him
self the while a stranger to the
blessedness ofconjugal bliss9 Who
would suspect the writer of such a
letter of being a bachelor? Not
we. See how.
With facile pen and dictiou ehaste,
And ornate style and cultured taste.
His Tythmie prose doth smoothly glide
Like soft Castalia gentle tide,
And yet he's a bachelor.
Mr.. Editor of the Herald, can we
find out, and kidnap this Mt. Pleas,
ant correspondent of yoursf We
would welcome such to our columns.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-10-28

A little boys composition on
Tongues Tongues is very good to
etc with, and helps a feller to wissle
like sixty. ] likes tongues when
they belong TO a pig what's been
picked. i guess pa don't like
tongues Of any kind, for he says
mas got the devils own tongue
He says hers is a wagon tongue,
but ] always thort wagin tongues
was them poles what they tie horses
to with leather ropes when they
wants them to pull lode. I've just
read this over TO pa, and he says
he'll give fnea good spanking un-
less ] keep my tounge between my
teeth. Thuhderl how does he ex-
pect "a fellows gong TO etc his Wit
tells or wissel, I'd ike TO know
That's all I Kno about tongues
Daaburg Nel08.
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Tennessee's Resources at the
Centennial Exhibition.

The following circular has been
prepared for iudieiOus distribution
throughout the States
Office of Board Of National and
State Centennial Commissioners for
Tennessee, Nashville, Tenn, Oct.
/ s, lST5.-Deav 1Sir-,At meeting
of the Board Of National and State
Centennial Commissioners fer Ten
nessee, held at the Capitol, on the
18th inst, the undersigned were ap-
pointed committee to address a
circular to the leading land owners,
mine owners, mercantile and agri-
cultural associations, manufactur-
ers and stock raisers throughout the
State, urging them to furnish for
the Centennial at Philadelphia next
year such articles and productions
as may be suitable for such an ex-
hibition.
In obedience to our instructions
we have the honor to address you
to attend to this matter without
delay.
You will please inform the Secre-
tary (Col. f. p. CahilL Nashville,
Tenn. at the earliest possible mo
ment, of the character and amount
Of the articles you propose to exhi-
bit. Instructions will at once be
sent you as to how you will forwsrd
them to Philadelphia, and on all
other points on which you may need
information as an exhibitor.
The Importance of having Ten
nessee properly represented at the
Centennial is apparent to every cit
izen of the State, but unless each
citizen contributes to. the best of
his ability towards that object, such
a representation cannot be had. and
we will lose an opportunity of max
ing our resources known to the
world such as will not occur again
for ahundred years.
We now address you this appeal |
in the confident expectation that
you will not fail to attend to it in q |
manner that win reflect credit alike /
on yourself and the State of which /
you are citizen. 549 Respectfully,
J. Nj. Stafford,
Henry Heiss,
Frank p. Cahill,
w. +. Prosser,
T. NJ. Brannan,
Committee.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-10-28

We had tidings from curl friend
Geo. T.. Hill, e'er he reached his
Georgia home. In the midst of the
tender partings and the hurried
goodbyes Of his departure from
Pulaski, he forgot to order the CITI-
ZEN sent to him. And being dis
tressed by the unaccountable over
sight, he appropriated a portion of
the few fleeting moments al
lotted for refreshments at Union
Springs, an eating stand in Ala
bama, and dropped us a postal card.
He says he and Jones Rivers are
having ." jolly time" and are
travelling at the rate of Z miles an
hour. George was confident in his
note that they would reach Eufala
inside of a week.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-10-28

An English medical journal re
ports the accomplishment of the
feat OF numbering the hairs of the
head. 1t announces that there are
from one hundred and sixty thous-
and TO two hundred thousand hairs
on a lady's head, and then computes
their value by relating an incident
which it says happened to Nine.
Nilsson during her residence in
New York city. She was at a fancy
fair, and an admirer asked her the
price of single hair from her head.
She said ten dollars, and in few
moments the Swedish songstress
was surrounded by admirers anx-
ious TO buy a hair at the same rate.
The proceeds were given to the fair.
At this rate the value Of Madame
Nilsson's hair is two million of dol
lars Southern Musical Journal.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-10-28

In order to return to specie pay
ment it would require \ contraction
ofsixty per cent Of the currency now
in circulation. If this policy is
adopted what viii become of the
business of the South and West?-
While expansion to any great ex
tent might be injurious in a certain
sense it is plainly evident that the
process of contraction has stified
every branch of business and its
continuation would ruin the eoun-
try. Nobody exceps Eastern money
jobbers and brokers are TO be bene-
fitted by the scheme.-Ex.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-10-28

Mr.. @. T. Jones of Laurel Hill
cotton mills, was in town last week
and is introducing to the attention
of our merchants Laurel Hill
fabrics such as heavy sheeting,
yarns, boiling. Willis Jones and
Sons are proprietors of these mills
and are fine business men.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-10-28

Rev, B. 81. Taylor, of Russelville
KY. formerly pastor of the Cumber-
land church at this place, was in
town last week, knowing everybody,
talking to every body, and cordial
with every body, as is his wont to
do. He was en- route to the Synod
of Middle Tenn.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-10-28

Cuba Is going to waste. Seven
years Of civil war are too much
even for her fruitful soil What
between the war tax and other ex-
actions Of Spain, the depredations
Of the insurgent troops, and the
low price of sugar, planting has
ceased to pay. And With this state
of things, the prospect grows worse
instead Of better.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-10-28

Miss Willie Mason of. Murfrees-
boro, the winsome niece Of the
Messrs. Ballentine, has been pass
ing the pleasant hours with friends
and relatives in Pulaski for a week
or two.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-10-28

The question is again agitated,
"Shall women be permitted to pass
the hat in our churchesY" A few
years ago, when hoops were in vo.
que, the ladies couldn' "pass hat
in the aisle without dragging il up
to the pew they entered. But the
present style Of dress permits them
to pass the hat easy enough.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-10-28

In New York, last week, Louisa
Benser, pretty girl of fourteen, at
tempted to commit suicide by
drinking a quarter Of pint Of red
ink. This sounds ink red-ible, but
1t is true. The physician didn't
order her to swallow a sheet of blot
ting pad, because he didn't think it
would be write.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-10-28

We have in our office a sweet po
tate produced by Master Scott Har-
Ian of Maury county, and sent to
Tommy Jones. This ''Hatch-
whaler," as it is called, weighed u
pounds.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-10-28

Compliments Of Master w. Ray
mond Ridgeway to the PULASKI
CITIZEN. This tomato weighed II
onuuces when gathered, it is of the
trophy tribe. The beauty OF this to-
mato is that it is very prolific, grows
to very large size, and best of all.
it all ripens. There is no green
around the stem as you always
find in other large tomatoes.
We thank our handsome little
friend for this trophy. We will
saYe it for the seed.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-10-28

We call attention to the raIeiof all
properly regulated newspapers Off +
ces, that anonymous commanics@
tions receive no attention frorl the
editors. Communications written
on both sides of the paper are obs
jectionable, and must be Of unusu~
al importance if they are inserted.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-10-28

The Empress Eugene lately
asked Marshal MacMahon If she
might pass twenty four hours in
cognita in Paris, and the Marshal
said "No."
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-10-28

It is reported that Pinney, clerk
Of the Navy Department at Wash
ington, has stolen over million dol
lars from the government
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ITEMS.

DR.. Joe. Roberts is beginning to
make quite a show on the site of
his projected building, on 2nd Main.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-10-28

Pul-back dresses are on their last
pull. Paris fashion rules them out
of order, and IL wont oe long before
the women will begin to wear
clothes again.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-10-28

Let everybody rejoice. .N0E
pr0SeQt5S have been entered in all
the suits growing out Of the Beech
er-Tilten scandal.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-10-28

Aliens vote in Ohio this month
fOots up nearly one hundred thous-
and more than he received when he
was elected two years ago.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-10-28

1t is rumored in Washington that
Blood-letting Chandler, OF Michi-
gan, is TO be secretary of the inte-
rior.