The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-03-26
FACTS AND FANOIES.

in Germany it is considered a per-
sonaI insult to dun a debtor by means
of postal cards, and the law affords
remedy.
An Oregon paper offers fifteen cents
bushel for manuscript poems-if they
are on good paper and written on one
side of the sheet.
One of the four infants who recent
ly came into the world at a single birth
in Baltimore died on the Sth inst. The
others are reported to be thriving.
&c Yes, she's got lovely ear" said
Milwaukee blade, in reply to com
plimentary remark about a lady friend,
'' but you ought to see it when she let's
it out in fy-time
When Brigham Young was in jail
the other day for contempt of court,
there were five of his wives weeping at
each window of that institution and
twelve at the door.
If ever a man may be pardOned for
remarking " Which ?" it is when he has
Just read, from Harriet Prescott Spot
ford "There are some men born to
rule with a naughty, careless sweetness,
and others born to die for them with
stern and dogged devotion"
The dishrag plant is one of the
many products of the fertile soil of
Texas, and is used by the housewives
of that remote region for domestic pur-
poses. 1t grows to a considerable size,
and its shape is that of the cucumber.
When dry the outside covering is re-
moved, and the heart, which has GER
tain properties of the sponge, IS used
as above mentioned.
How long will a locomotive last
on ], lNI 10 n rs1t
Reading road has been on duty since
1857, and has run in that time 475, ,733
miles, or an average of nearly 1900
per year for twenty-eight years. Prob
ably there is very little of the original
engine remaining, except the frame and
minor parts. Another engine, made IN
London, England, in 1888, IS still doing
duty.
"A city chap visited the Shakers at
Lebanon some time since, and as he
was wandering through the village en-
cOuntered a stout, hearty specimen of
the sect, and thus accosted him
g Well, BrOadbrim, are you much OF a
Shaker ?" "Nay," said the other, ''nOt
overmuch, but I can do a little that
way" So he seized the astOnished man
by the collar and nearly shook him out
of his boots.
If might do one deed of good,
One little deed before I die,
Or think one noble thought that should
Hereafter not forgotten lie,
would not muTmur, though must
Be lost In deaths unnumbered dust
The filny wing that watts the seed
Upon the careless wind to earth,
or its short life has only need
To find the germ fit place for birth;
For one swift moment Of delight
It whiTls, then withers out OF sight.
The English and American system
of publishing books are very different
in one particular. In England not one
book in ten, if one In a hundred IS
Here a book printed dl-
rectly from the type Is the exception.
This difference Is brought about by
three causes the younger country has
not so much capital IN type; the higher
price of labor makes 1t more costly to
reset If further editions are called Tor.
The English publisher rarely permits
new edition to go out of his store with
out the most thorough revision, not
only for errors, but that the book may
be kept IN line with the advance schOl-
arship since its previous publication.
"A gentleman owned a farm in New
Jersey. It had been long in the family.
Euabarrassments compelled him to sell,
and the farm was put up at auction.
He felt so bad about the sale that he
could not attend it, but he sent oven his
head servant On his return the mas
ter said "WeII, John, was the farm
sold ?' eyes, sir" Did it sell
well ?" cit went very low" Who
bought it ?" 81 did" You, John
where did you get your money!" q
laid up nay wages since 1 worked for
you" Well, John, I'll tell you what
I Will do. As soon as you get the title
to your property I'll come and work for
you, and buy the farm back"
The latest census returns show
the existence of more trades and pro-
fessions among women than one would
suppose possible. Beside women farm
ers, there are forty-fve female stock
breeders, five BARRIERS, twenty-tour
dentists, five hOstlers, three profession
al hunters and trappers, five lawyers,
five hundred and twenty-five physI-
clans, ninety-seven clergy-women,
seven sections, ten canal women, one
hundred and fifty-nine dray women,
one pilot. four gas stOkers, thIrty-three
ouusmiths, seven gunpOTder makers,
sixteen ship riggers, with large num-
her of artisans, mechanics, inventors,
telegraph operators, and teachers OF
navigation.