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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-10-14
suits for Breach ofPrOmise.

The view Of life upon which the
suit on the part of a woman for re
fusal to perform promise of marri
age to her is, to a certain extent, q
sound one. It is that by the provis-
ion of nature woman is mainly de
pendent upon marriage for her posi-
tion and her happiness in hfe; that
time is an important consideration
to her in securing that end; and
man who, after seriously engaging
her. and perhaps keeping her bound
to him for two or three years,
throws her over" does her an APP
preciable material wrong, and more
over, by his repudiation of his en-
gagement, casts a slur upon her rep
utation, at least for that attractive
ness and those womanly graees
which are wOman's most valuable
and most highly-valued possessions.
As to money recompense for woun-
ded affection, and cash discount of
hopes of future happiness, that of
course is ridiculous, 1t has been a
laughing stock among the law
reporters for the last genera
tion. There is nothing more
monstrous than to see a wo-
man eomsinto court with blubbered
face and her back hair down-met-
sphorically-crying, MY hopes of
happiness are blasted, my heart is
bleeding; make this faithless wretch
come up to the scratch or give me
ten thousand dollars" Yet, let a
woman of tolerably decent conduct
and good looks make her appear
snce in court with such n demand,
and the chances are that she would
get something. Juries. being com
posed of men, are VIGOROUSLY tender
and foolish on this point, and we
may be pretty sure that If in such
cases the sex were tried according
to the advanced" cry, by its peers,
many mink" would be sent boot
less about her business by her sis
ters in the jury-box, who would be
unmoyed by her prettiness and her
affectatiOns, and who would see
through her maneuvers.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-10-14

Young man, have You ever thought
of getting married? Do You intend
to live single all your life, or do YOU
intend to become happy BenediutY
! venture the assertion that YOU in
tend to commit matrimony, for
there are but few men who do not
at sometime ia their lives have this
in contemplation. Now | want TO
say a few words to you. When YOU
marry you intend to be very kind
to your wife. / know YOU do.
You will be very considerate, and
tender and thoughtful for few
months, or for two or three years.
and then you VIII become careless
and cool, and you viii go back To
your old ways. You viii forget
to praise your wife--to say Thank
you" when she warns your slippers
for you, prepares YOU something
nice to eat. or performs some other
kind act. You will begin TO take
these things as a matter of course,
if your wife should fail to have the
slippers warmed and the other kind
acts performed, you viii be cross
and will say something ugly. You
will probably say. Il think you
have had time enough 20 DO these
things, / don't know what Won are
about all day" "You must be get
ting lazy and 50 forth.
Now that's not the way to act il
you want to get along pleasantly.
Don't forget To praise your wife.
Praise costs nothing and is easily
given. Tell your wife that her
bread is splendcd, even if it should
not be quite as good as some YOU
have seen. Then she will strive
to do better If YOU will DO this
you will be more likely TO have good
bread than you would if YOU should
growl and grumble, and tell her that
the bread WASH fit for the pigs TO
eat. How careless we all are nbuut
saying two words, Thank Won"
when some one performs n kind act
for u.s. They are easily said-it
takes no time and no trouble, and
the person TO whom they are adj
dressed always considers himself
well repaid for what he has done
Now, young bachelors, old bachcl
ors-all who contemplate matri-
mony, remember what ] have told
you. am "A woman--a single wo-
man, however ~ and Oupht
To know how we can be managed,
and what will please US There
fore, | say, don't forget 20 be
kind to your wives-don't fail to
praise them. Be as kind and
thoughtful ali your life as sou viii
be through the honeymoon. Do
this and there will he no clouds
no domestic dihiculties-no jang-
ling, no wrangling-ali syill be peace
and happiness.
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REYNOLDS STATION.

We have bright and beautiful
fall day after the twenty -four hours
rain. The waters were very high,
and as usual did some damage.
Our neighbor, Mr.. Campbell, had
almost completed his milldam, and
the high waters of Richland carried
away the center portion. We have
not learned the amount OF damage.
The '.Track" Is finished: We had
the pleasure of seeing our mutual
friends Mr. F. G. b. and Mr.. r. G.
r. drive their two year olds at
2:5O pace around the half mile
track. Late Thursday afternoon,
Mr.. r. G. r. was flying around the
track in his red wheeled sulky, and
much to our surprise the timer cried
out 4 minutes, 20 seconds. Yester-
day afternoon (Sunday) the red and
yellow sulkies were seen moving
down the road, upon being asked
on their return what it meant, they
replied that their horses were use
less, and they merely drove down
to see the damage done the track
w nAA hdSCA etAlNt AOuuNt AZ bOO hGb
to drive good. DIR. DuBose will
have them in charge next Sunday
afternoon. We had fine sermon
from our Pastor Mr.. +. G. Irvine
Sunday morning, followed by .
beautiful prayer from Mr. Robert
Craig. MIR. Craig is a bright and
brilliant young minister and leaves
next week for Nashville to finish
his course at the Vanderbilt. We
wish him a speedy return and hope
he will occupy the new parsonage
Cotton is opening rapidly The
farmers are getting it out as fast as
possible, so as to begin sowing
wheat. One model farmer, Mr.. d.
I. r. is rapidly turning under stub
bic, of an so acre field. Mr.. Allie
Buford has been very sick, for the
past week, but is out again. Mr.
G. G. Brown leaves for Nashville on
morning train, to lay in large
stock OF Fall and Wintergoods and
also to get that beautiful "Hvmn''
sung for $40. A New ONE.
Sept 20. 1875.
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young girls, preachers and widow
ers. Kissing is derived from buss
ing, and is OF various kinds, 1st.
There's Rebus, which is bussing
again. 2nd. There's Omnibus,
which is bussing all the girls in the
room. Sd. There's blunderbus,
which is one man kissing another
mans wife; and 4th, there's syl-
lybus, which is one girl kissing an
other girl, where so many boys are
spelling for a buss. It is second
person, cause it takes two persons
to perform the operation; plural
number, cause they GENERALLY take
more than one, when they get the
chRnee-is in the objective case and
governed by surrounding circum-
stances.
Just here the teacher and vast
auditory broke down. A bevy of
red headed girls rushed upon the
rostrum and demanded that the lit
tie imps he hung instantly, If not
sooner, and order wss not restored
till the Marshal assured them that
all the little reprobates should be
hung at sunrise next morning. The
teacher was taken off on a window
shutter.
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Elkmont Springs.

DEAR CITIZEN As no one seems
disposed to speak out, while nearly
all are seriously thinking, and a
few, are privately Ehispering about
the great necessity Of . county
bridge at Blkten, We, sir, make bold
to call the attention of the public
generally, and the County Court
especially, to the Importance OF this
most necessary improvement.
Without the enumeration Of par
ticulars we think the public of
Giles county can see at once, that it
is important we should have a
bridge at Elkton, and so impress
their magistrates with that impor-
tance, that we may have an appro-
priation made this fall for the build
ing of the same. Had we a bridge
there, it would result IN drawing a
vast amount of trade to Pulaski,
which is now lost to her on account
of shigh tariff" in the form of fer
riage, and is necessarily driven to
Athens, Huntsville and other points.
Besides, to say nothing Of the sd
vantages derived, the conveniencies,
and economy there would be in
having bridge at Elkton, the lower
end Of the county is entitled, by
right, to at least that much of the
public patronage Of the county at
large
We know that when the question
of q bridge comes up to be discussed
either by the community or the
County Court, it will meet with
clamorous objections; but it should
be remem bered by all, that the OBJ
jectors are only the favored few, who
are enriching themselves off Of the
unavoidable necessities Of q whole
district, to say nothing of the ada
cent country lying immediately
north of the river. We do not
make the above remark to the per
sonal prejudice of any man; but we
are not in favor of building up one,
two. nor 3 half dozen men, at the
expense Of impoverishing a whole
community We know that the
money taken off the people to pay
necessary ferriage has materially
crippled the industrial interests Of q
large portion of Giles county.
The farmers of No. have har-
vested an abundant crop ofhay, fod-
der, etc, and the prospect for a
good yield of corn is promising, so
come down and see US, Mr.. Citizen,
we can feed both man and horse to
hearts content aa
ReYivsls OF religion have been. go
ing on around US, and doing good
work. We sincerely hope that when
our Association comes off at Union
Hill, the last of this month and the
Methodist meeting at Smyrna the
first week in Oct, may be attended
by the same gracious spirit.
We have 2 splendid public school
going on at Smyrna, under the con
troll of Capt. w. L. Roddy, whose
good scholarship and excellent
qualities as an instructor have WOE
for him the deserved reputation of
being ranked amongst the. first
teachers In county We are salts
fed that in orthography and in. elol
cution, he has but few equals HE
method is lucid and complete and
his drilIgin these DEPARTMENT. is
thorough. Capt. Roddy has been
employed in the public, schools of
No. for three years, and we can
not say that we are desirous at all
to change our teacher. More anon.
Respectfully, A No. /. &
Sept. II, 1875.
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Rock NE to sleep.


Backward, turn backward, o timoi in your
Make me a child agair1--iust Tor night
Mother come back from the eeholess shore,
Take me again to your heart As Of yore;
Kiss from my forehead tho burrows Of care,
Smoothe the few silver threads out Of my
Oser my slumbers your loving watch kospl
Rock me to sleep, Mother-rock me T. sleep
Backward, aow backward, 0 swim tide of
yearsl
am weary ostoii, I am weary oftoarz;
Toll without recompenso, tears all in vain,
Take them aud give me my childhood againl
have grown weary Of dust and decay,
Weary Of finging my soul wealth away,
Weary Of sowing for Others 10 reap:
Rock me 20 sleeps Nother-rock me to sleepi
Tired OF the hollow, the base, the untrue:
Mother, o Motherl my hesrt calls for youi
Many summer the grass has grown green,
Biossomed and faded, our faces between;
Yet with strong yearnings aud passionate
Long to night for your presence again:
Come froIa the silence so long and 20 deep,
Rock me to sleep, hOther-Foek me 10 sleepi
Over my heart, in tho days that are flown,
No love like mother-lo ever has shown.
No othor worship abides aud onduros,
Faithful, unselfsh and patient, like yours;
None Ike mother can charm away pain
From the aorrowing soul and the world
weary brain;
slumber's son calm DER my heavy lids creep,
Rock me to sleep, Mother-roek me 70 slespi
Come, let yCuF brown hair, just lighted with
gold,
Fall on your shoulders again as Of old:
Let II fall over my forehea1 tonight,
Shading my eyes from the ilickering light,
For oh! with his sunuy-edEod shadows once
more.
Haply win throng the sWoet visions 81 yore:
Lovingly, softly it, bright billows sweep
Rock me 20 sleep, Mother, rock me 10 sloepi
Mother, dear motherl the years have boon
long
Since last ! was hushsd by your lullaby song;
Sing them againl TO my soul ii shall seom
Womanhood's years have been only q dream;
Clasp to your arms in loving embrace,
With your soft, light lashes iust sw eeping my
face:
Never hereafter to wake or 10 woop:
Rock me 20 sloep Mother-rock me to sleep.
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Rich without Money.

Many a man is rich without mon
ey. Thousands OF men with moth
ing in their pockets, and thousands
without even d pocket are rich.
A man born with good sound con
stitution, a good stomach, a good
heart, and good limbs, and a pretty
good head piece. is rich. Good
bones are better than gold; tough
muscles than silver, and nerves that
fash FIRE, carry energy to every func
tion, are better than houses and
land It is better than landed es
tate to have the right kind OF a
father and mother. Cool breeds
and bad breeds exist among men
as really as among herds and horses.
Education may do much to check
evil tendencies or to develop good
ones; but its is a great thing TO in
herit the right proportion OF facul-
ties 70 start with. The man is rich
who has n good dispositioa-wbo
is naturally kind, patient, cheerful,
hopeful, and who has flavor Of wit
and fun in his composition.
The hardest thing to get on with
In this life Is a mans own self. A
cross, selfish fellow desponding
and complaining fellow-a timid
and care burdeneu man-these are
all born deformed inside They do
not limp, but their thoughts do.
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Letter from Major AIlmpn.

DEAR MCCoRD:-l met Mr.. Jones
last night at the lecture Of Jmigo
SpDhorl, and expected him out To-
day, and then make my report.
On Monday / sold TO party lis
ing near selma. Ala, "a fine saddle
stallion. Jack. blood mare, trotting
mare, premium Mambrino iiliy, a
very dne bull calf, sheep, ETC. Col.
McClelland sold so same party
Durham COW, heifer aad bull calf,
also , pair sheep.
] know you gladly hear that those
wanting the improved breeds Of
stock can be supplied III our midst.
and not, as formerly. have to 60 to
Kentucky, 300 10 400 miles fur
ther. WHY should nor Middle Ten
nessce supply the states south uf us
with al tie stock they needf All
We need is 10 50 will IT, and have a
few live, progress i've men.
By growing stock we improve our
land by growing cotton we impOy-
erish them, and IL persisted II with
the present system OF labor, viii IN
eyitably bankrupt the owner. II is
only a question OF time.
/ sold pair Berkshire pigs last
week To parties in Texas aud other
states, and n fae saddle mare 10 a
NJ. ID. Of Geo; received y letters
two mails. asking prices OF Improved
breeds Of stock Twenty-Five Of the
number complain OF the railroad
charges.
J guess the Professo- picked up
all the village gossip.
Stock doing we'll; several need
selling badly. Most truly,
GEo. T. ALTMAN.
Sent 25 1875.
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Sitting up With Her.

She was expecting him Saturday
night; the parlor curtains were
down, the old folks notified that it
was healthy to go to bed at eight
o'clock, and Tommy bribed with
cent permitted himself to be tucked
away at sundown. He sneaked up
the path, one eye on the dog and the
other watching for the old man, who
didn't like him any too well, gave
faint knock at the door, and he was
escorted into the parlOr. He said
he couldn't stay but a minute,
though he didn't mean to 90 for
hours. She wanted to know how
his mother was; if his father had.
returned from York State; and if his
brother Bills rheumatism was any
better, and he went over and sat
down on the sofa, so as to not strain
his voice. Then conversation flag
ged, and he played with his hand she
nibbed at the sofa tidy He fiually
said it was a beautiful evening, and
she replied that her grandfather pre-
dieted a snow storm: He said he
guessed it wouldn't snow, as the
moon wasn't crooked enough to
hang a powderhorn or the end; she
didn't believe it would either. This
mutual understanding seemed to
/ give each other encouragement and
| he wanted to know if she had seen
| Bill Jones lately. She hadn't, she
said, and didn't want to. Then
they went to talking about donation
visit which was to be given Elder
Berry, and he carelessly dropped his
hand on hers-his right hand, while
! his left arm sneaked along the sofa
and got behind her shoulders.
She pretended not to notice him,
and he looked down at his boots and
wanted to know if she thought NUT
ton tallow rotted out boots faster
than lard and lampblack. She
couldn't say, but she had an idea
that it did. He had Just commenc-
ed to lock fingers with.her, when she
discovered something allied the lamp.
She rose up and turned the lamp
down half, making the room look
dim. 1t took him FIVE minutes to
l ! &Cb AOltt OA ACi hn2GAo A-1Ans AAiA
/ she pretended to want to draw her
hands away all the time. After q
long pause, he lowered his voice to
a whisper, and said he did not see
what made folks love each other
She bit her handkerchief and admit
ted her ignorance. He said that he
could name a dozen young men who
were going to get married away, and
his left arm fell down and gave her
hug. Then he went over and
| looked out of the window, to make
sure that it was not going to snow,
and coming back turned down the
the lamp a little more and then sat
down and wanted to know if she
didn't want to rest herself by lean
ing her head on his shoulder.
All me! we have all been there
and who of US cared cent when
the clock struck twelve and We i've
miles from home? The old mar
was fast asleep, the watch dog gone
a visiting, and the handsomest CIR
in the country didn't see why VIZ
need be in hurry.
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0. s. Internal Revenus.

EDITORS CITIZEN Believing that
a large portion of our farmers have
never read that portion of the q. S.
Internal Revenue Law which per
tains to the sale of leaf tobacco.
and as there is a considerable
quantity OF tobacco being raised in
Giles and adjoining counties, re-
spectfully request that you publish
the following extract of the Ian
which viii be rigidly enforced: -
SEC. 81, Act, June 6, 1877, pro
vided that: Dealers in leaf tobacco,
except retail dealers in leaf tobacco,
as hereinafter defined, shall each
pay twenty-five dollars. = .
Every person shall be regarded as
a dealer in leaf tobacco, whose bus
mess it is for himself or on com
mission, sell or offer for sale, OF
consign for sale on commission Leaf
tobacco, but no farmers or planter
shall te required to pay a special
tax as a dealer In leaf tobacco, tor
selling tobacco of his own product
ion, or tobacco received by him as
rent from tenants who have pro
duced the same on his lands. But
nothing in this section shall be con
strued to exempt from special tax
any farmer or planter who shall by
peddling or otherwise, sell leaf to
bacco at retail, directly to consum-
ers, or who shall sell or assign, con
sign, tran sfer or dispose OF TO per
sons other than those who have
paid n special tax as leaf-dealers OF
manufacturers of tobacco, snuff OF
cigars, or to persons purchasing leGi
tobacco for export.
Persons violating the provisions
of the above, are liable to a penalty
not exceeding five hundred dollars
Respectfully yours, &c,
j. II. MORRIS, Dep'y Col
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For "a cSsissA.
The Confederate Dead.

A long absence from my present
abiding place, and an arm in a sling,
has kept me silent upon 3 theme
that should agitate and quicken the
hearts of every Giles countian into
action, prompt and energetic. THAI
/ is, the removal of the Confederate
dead from the pauper soil to q
worthy sad suitable place in our
| cemetery. We owe this last right
eous act, not alone to the heroic
dead, ''who baptized their patriotism IN
in their blood" and whose fiery
hearts were extinguished in pesti-
lential hospitals, but to ourselves.
There are no Lethean waters TO
wash from cur memories what con
science and duty urges US to do.
Shall we continue to neglect, to
postpone what we all mast feel is a
duty?
'OGr acts our angels are, or good or i'll
The fatal shadows which walk Oy us STILL
had hoped THAI seme one else
would have urged this matter as
perhaps more becoming, and infiu-
ential-not that one could love Giles
or her people mOre-for | can say
with my whole heart that in what
ever part of the world 1 may II fu-
ture years draw my breath, the spirit
of my real life-or what remains of
twill hover there, for there, in
her beloved, sacred soil. I shall ever
have a grave: 1.-TWO handfuls of
white DUST Shall this neglect Of
the dead soldier still darken the es-
cutcheon of the proudest county in
our State? And when the question
is put by the stranger, "Where are
the graves of your soldiersr shall
our brows crimson, and we continue
to answer, in pGUper sOgL!
Look at what other portions of
our country have done, and are still
doing, for their dead soldiers graves.
l thank you, most heartily, Mr..
Editor, for your interest and elo-
quent words of encouragement in
this matter. have long known
that it was the wish nearest your
heart to have those desolate graves
cared for. Now let me beg you
most earnestly, to appeal with me to
the energetic, the noble, the perse-
vering, and tender-hearted women
of Giles-to the women who have
done so much in the dark days ''that
tried mems souls,o to soften, to
ameliorate the hard fate of the poor
soldier. To the true women that
never wearied in their watch, receiy-
ing the last messages from dying
lips, when the grave claimed them
far away from home and kindred.
Let US do this work qa010, that the
calm, cool days of autumn are upon
US; and not be turned back from the
work with the cry of "hGrd times"
which will greet US at every turn.
The patriotic and pnblic-spirited
men of Giles aoikL help US. know
this, without asking them. | know
what they have done-I know what
they can do. They never yet have
shirked a duty. 1t is the last i'm
portant kind act we can do for the
dead to give them h0norabke
graves. The few that lie there be
longed to the ''Lost Cause" Sol
emn wOrds What memories We
awaken! Shall these graves too be
lost trampled down until no mark
of grave remains? If so, let the
few remaining vestiges be torn
away at once, and ask prayers to be
held in all the churches that the
remOrse that preys upon us for neg
lectea duty may be obliterated, with
them, fOTeUer from our sight and
memory. EsTEELE NEHsE.
ErontIin Tapn