The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-12-23
RRIEFLErs.
TO QUA NUssERoCs READERS
A Merry Christmas and happy
Year, enc and all.

l NAAc anu etA4s
Ali kinds Christmas goods, candies,
toys etc., at Hammer & Kings.
Oh, turkey! Lay low. Thy days on
this earth are numLe ed.
A little bird told US that the BULLETIN
was to be presented with a turkey for
Christmas, but we have not heard it COB
BILE yet.
Physicians deal at Hammer & Kings
drug store.
A gentleman sent out one of our Off
Gals not long since, to attach the effects
/ of an Ascending debtor. This official
returned with one blue hen and six eggs.
How to save money, buy your drugs
at Hammer and Kings.
We see a COED many of the young men
| from Grand Junction hanging around cur
town. What does this mean If you
/ think you are going to take off any of
our pretty girls you are mistaken, for we
want them all ourselves.
Buy your drugs at the peoples Drug
Store, Hammer q King, proprietors.
Miss Sallie Burford of Mariana, Ark
was in our city last Sunday, the guest of
| Mrs. Jesse Norment. She formerly re-
/ sided at Whiteville, in this State. and is
/ on her return there to visit friends and
relatives after an absence OF four years.
For RExT-
A tract of land, thirty acres open, 10
good repair and comfortable buildings,
on the Fitzhugh place, four miles west
Of Bolivar. Apply to
JAMES FENTREss, JR.
Dec. I6 8
A gentleman from New York, a MEM
Der of Beecher's Brooklyn church, was
| registered at our hotel few days since,
and made n few remarks before the Bap-
tist Sunday school of this place.
1t is proposed that a certain merchant
put bell on his clerk, as it is impossible
to find him when wanted. The first thing
heard in the morning, and the last thing
in the evening, is the merchant calling
for this aforementioned clerk.
A tramp went into one of our first gro
cery-stOres last week, and having trav-
eled miles, and being very hungry, want
ed to exchange a postarcard for two
crackers and raw sweet potato. He
made the trade.
Mr.. J. Austin Robinson left our city
last week for Little r ok, Ark. which
place he contemplates making his future
home. Like a sensible boy, before leav-
ing, came in and subscribed for the Bull
LETIN, to be sent to him in his new home.
Mr.. Luther Clark. one of our rising
young lawyers, has been in salisbury for
the past month. Now, Luther if you
want one of Saulsbury's daughters, ask
for her like man, and don't hang
around her pap for a month, or until he
gives her to You to get nd of you.
Miss Ellen Mcclure, a very estima-
bic lady who has been assisting Prof.
Z w. Price in his school for several
II onths past has been quite sick, but
had sufficiently recovered last Sabbath
to return to her home in Whiteville. We
wish her speedy recovery
We have natural born artist in our
city, in the person Of n negro boy about
u years OF age, waiter at Mrs. Blacks
hotel. Not long since he drew with a
pencil, a sketch of an engine with train
of cars attached head light and engineer,
with cOlOred boy pulling the bell rope.
1t was as good as we ever saw of the
kind.
While you are bestowing your Christ
mas presents so laVishly, please remem-
Der the BULLETIN Carrier. He has left
his paper at your door, while all honest
people Except HIMSELF were wrapt in
the arms of Morpheus, for the past fifty
two Weeks, and show your appreciation
of the same by kindly remembering him.
We saw enc of the happiest men on
the 9th of this month that it has ever
been Our luck to meet We did not say
he was engaged in the newspaper bust
ness. On being asked If he had sOwn his
wheat, the only answer elected was,
nine pounds" the answer he gave to
every question asked him. It's girl,
and weighs e" Just Nine POUNDS"
AS Jake Kahn went down to the dance
Mt Grand Junction. last Friday evening,
| Sam thought he would have a little fun
in his absence, so he came around after
supper, got our devil, employed a
couple of Italian musicians, and went
around about midnight serenading Jake's
( girls. One place they treated Sammie
/ like a mOtherless boy, tue next place
/ they made him leave, and go home to
, bed.
! A young man in this town Eve will not
give has calllng) gave box OF nice
/ things to one of the boys at work with
him, requesting that he give the same
to the fair enc of the above mentioned
/ gentleman. When he was ready to start
home, through mistake, he picked up a
i box of Larwilrs pills, which happened
| to be near at hand and gave them to the
lady aforementioned, with compliments
| of the gen tleman aforementioned. The
young lady showed the present to . Ma"
who returned the same with Instructions
that the aforesaid young man take enough
of them to work himself out of debt, and
out of town. Hesill fingers with us.
/ A widow who has good looking
daughter, started a bakery not over 100
miles from this place. a few weeks since,
and 2n odd bachelor friend, whose name
is Miller. suggest d to her the propriety
/ of taking a Miller as a partner in order
to reduce the price of -four. Another old
! bachelor friend advised her to invest
heavily in Kahne, and in this way re-
! Cuee the prices on the sugar and molass-
es she would be compelled so use. The
last we heard of her and her good look
ing daughter they were discussing the
! prOpriety Of getting a good sized Bell,
(say one of about l24 pounds) to place
in front of the door to ring up customers.
4 young man with little down on
] his upper lip sent his card to a young
Miss of about - summers to call on her
a few evenings since. de called at the
appointed hour, and as the town clock
refused to tick, this young man with