The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-04-09

STRAYED-A black and white Young
Setter dog ANY information concerning
said dog will he thankfully rece ived, ana
trouble in taking care of him literally
rewarded by apply ~ at this Office,
where the owner is amenting his loss,
and grieving that he has now no dog,
upon which to pay a tax.
P. S-His tail ls shoreae1.
We are panied to learn thai Edward
Fish, Esq, residing in the 18th district,
and for many years an old and good citi-
zen Of # Hardeman county, met with a
serious lossi the burning of his barn
Iart week. HOSTILITY bushels of corn,
three mules, three head of cattle, fifty
sheep, and a supply of hay, oats and
farming utensils. which were all under
cover of one building.
Laboring under the impression that
writing up paper was fun, We rushed
in with our salutatory and left the
proof reading to an old friend and editor.
rhe starch was taken out of US when we
discovered that he had permitted all
ur ''principles," upon which we pridej
rself, TO DO changed into "priVi!eges."
T which We do not care so much, being
i, the habit of taking all the privileges
allowed by our own modesty We will
surely correct our own writing hereaf-
ter.
The gush of pleasant feeling which
sufused our cheek with q becoming car
nation when the 1Ce was first evolved
from our inward cons robustness, has res
treated to its source, and we find that it
Goes not exempt US from bills and
duns, and our boy Plasters our
doe * Us with molasse5 the sam9 as
ever; so We will take no more glory to
Ourselfb bat leave it all to the senior editor,
and will content ourself with being the
humble servant of all our cash-paying
subscribers, the sy npathizing friend OF
all our GmeOus subscribers, and the
champion of all lady friends in general
Spring has come at last and we hail it
with joy. Our farming friends are put
ting their hands to the pillow, and they
must not look back, Plant corn aDo
keep the enormous sum spent for it
home. Do not let the county be dis
graced any longer by having it's corn
crib in Illinois, and its smoke>house II
Ohio. God has blessed US with a soil the
most generous in the world. No Ian
we ever knew is so grateful for litti.
help, or makes a quicker and more boun-
tiful return for labor bestowed Buckle
to work and let next fall find our feIrs
full of golden ears and covered wi h
aoecy bolls.
Our quiet town vas the scene of quit
a lively runaway of pair of mule
which were attached to a wagon LOADED
with hay, on Saturday last, Bales of Ia,
were dumped promiscouslY along tn.
streets crowds of excited men and
boys rushed ito the front" heading the
frantic animals; digni6ed citizens, for
getting for a moment the gravity that st
well becomes the fathers of our young
city, made lively tim, to the courtyard
enclosure and cleared the fve-foot rail
with the agility Of circus acrobats. Bare
Iy had they time to congratulate them
selves upon their safety, when the mules
losing their presence Of mind from tn e
thumps received from falling bales Of
hay thrown upon their backs, essayed
the same desperate feat to clear the
fence, under the double disadvantage of
jumping in cahootsAtp, and that, too,
with loaded wagon hung to them. The
result Of this ill-devsed attempt was that
they became entangled with the fence
and wore easily captured by our prompt
and watchful unemployed force ir
Bolivar