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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-02-19
Work for February.

Worthy Officers, Brothers and Sisters,
of Bethlehem Grange. No 972
Having been appointed at our last
regular meeting to suggest proper work
for this mouth, | submit the following
1t behooves US as patrons and as
people engaged in one common but
glorious cause to put forth our best eff
forts in making the necessary prepara>
tions for the next crop, Notwithstanding
the weather has been and still is very in<
clement and unsuited to many kinds of
work. Farmers can find something to
do at all times, if they have the will to
do it. The surrounding circumstances
to-wit; the shadoto if not the substance
of bankruptcy and starvation, and the
dilapidated condition of our farms, all
unite in demanding of us to work for our
common good. Let US remember that
if we put of the work of this month
till the next, it may bring US short bar
rels of corn and bales of cotton in the
end. Therefore, l would say to those
l.
for the weather Is fine for that New
fences should be com 2leted this month
end old ones repaired The fence cor
ners shonld be cleared out by throwing
the weeds, briers and small portion
of the soil out with a shovel, or these
might be hauled away to manure the
thin Ian in the field A thorough clean
ing in this way will cause our fences
to last longer and save the trouble Of
cleaning so often. In clearing land this
month wood sufi lent TO last till next
winter should be hauled up. All ma
nure about the stock pen and farm
yard should be piled up when the weath>
er is pleasant and the manure is in good
condition to shovel, and when, the
earth BE- Comes sufficiently hard by freez-
ing the manure can be hauled to the
feds, for then the open land will not
be furrewed by wagon wheels and rem
dered liable to wash in gullies by heavy
rains 1t is essential to have this work
done now, so that we can plow as early
in the spring as possible.
The first time the land gets dry enough
after the middle OF this month oats should
be sown.
The cleaning out Of old bitches and
the making of new ones will occupy the
attention of all those farmers who think
they have any time to spare. When it
is raining y e can be repairing our pillow
stocks and getting ready our harrows,
scrapers and hoes, so that we will not
have these things to do when good work
ing weather comes. Finally, ratiOns are
short and it Is very necessary to plant
carefully our Irish potatoes and get
ready our gardens to help US through
the hard times.
r. d. WHITLEY.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-02-19

Superintendent Fleming. in his Re
port, suggests that if the appointees to
East Tennessee University from the sew
eral counties were selected from the
public schools according to the profcien>
cy of the pupils, the Agricultural College
would be supplied with a better or more
promising class Of students and the ap-
pointments in general would fall upon
youths better entitled to the benefit
Well, now we should like to know if
this were required, what would become
Of Hardeman county, which has not had,
nor is likely to have, under the present
arrangement required by law, q system
OF public schools in which the term ''pro-
6cient" can be used with any degree of
propriety.
The present appointses from Harde~
man county, four in number, We are
able to state upon information of the
Faculty, are such as are likely TO be q
credit to the county, but they received
no training in public school, and more
than that, in such public schools as we
have here it is not likely that boys will
ever be able to acquire the preparation
required to enter the University.
The suggestion of the Superintendent
is only another reminder that q system
OF public schools cannot be successfully
operated without funds, and that the on
ly practicable way out Of our present
school difficulties is the one suggested
often in these columns viz: to so amend
the law that the small fund may be made
a helper to the efficient private schools
by allowing each pupil his pro rata Of
the public funds to assist him in paying
his tuition. This is practieable-this is
sensible. Any other way of dispOsing
of the insufficient fund is simply q
humbug. and if the present Legislature
cannot see it as the people do, and cease
moving 10 the way blazed out by the
State Teachers Association, or any 9th
er, body largely made up of Distinguish
ed teachers, it may be, but who, having
positions, in most cases, in cities and
large towns where ample public fundG
are provided, know little of the diff
culties of tho small towns and country
districts under the present system, we
shall be in favor of making this question
live issue in the canvass next year, thai
the people in the bills and hollUws MAJ
exact promise from those who ask their
suffrage that the change suggested MAJ
be made.
We allude to this subject frequently
for which we have no apology to max
other than that we are in accord will
the people of QUE own county in regarc
to this matter, and we know that ou
suggestions, pave met With favor among
the tax payers.
Why don't the Memphis and Nash
vile papers have something to say upor
the feature of the school law alluded to
We pause for u reply
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-02-19

Fthe Legislature would drop the sub.
jsct of Constitutional convention and
let Us hear something abOnt the passage
of a dog law, the people would bell We
down to home subjects, and were dis,
posed to protect the humble sheep farmer
from the incursion of hundreds Of long,
lean, Iank and worthless curs.
1t is shown by the statistics of those
reported that about FIVE per cent of the
value of sheep ir Tennessee were destroy
ed by dogs in 1874. From very many
counties there were no reports made,
and it is just possible that the estimate is
entirely too low. Think of it, five sheep
| in everp one hundred destroyed by
dogsl In tloenty sereR counties of Ten
esse, II,467 sheep were killed last
year, to say nothing of the mai'ned and
Injured With these figures before
them will the legisla ture adjourn with
out giving Us a stringent dog law? If
the citizen wishes to haYe a full pack
of hounds about him fDr the purposes
of sport while he thus causes sleep
less anxiety to his neighbor who is benz
citing the whole country by raising
sheep, he onsht to be willing to pay a
reasonable tax on his dogs that are not
in any sense producers. But so far as
our observation extends the greatest
numbers of dogs are generally founI
following those persons who are the
| least able to own them. Almost with>
out exception the owners look "seedy
and the dogs hungry. These are the
terror CT the sheep owner and they
ought to be taxed out Of existence.
Read the fOIlowin which we clip from
an exchange:
Il is estimated that the loss inflicted
on the wool growing interests OF the
United States by - alone amounts TO
more than three million dollars annu~
ally. When sc bring into this calcu-
latiuu the loss sustaine yearly by all
classe., in consequence of the fact that
! go many farmers decline to engage in
this branch of husbIndry, because the
strong arm Of law does not shield their
interests, the figures become appalling
The money thus lost would in q few
years pay the national debt. 1t would
soon discharge the State debt, about
which our law makers are .puzzling their
brains to devise some way of paying Ia
less than century it would circle the
globe with academies and churches, and
educate every chi d in America, clothe
every orphan, feed every widow aud
leave a remainder sufficient TO buy every
dog on the globe at a reasonable price
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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-02-19

The attachment of a dog for his mas
ter was most tOuchingly manifested ~
the dog, Lightning, for the late Jam r
fliffe. When his young master was in
the river this dog came to the residence
IF DR.. Clife and was so impOFtunate in
jumping upon Mrs Clife and making
other demonstrations that the poor boy :
mother told her husband something
has happened to Jim " Soon the news
Of his sad fate fell like a thunderbnldt
upon the hearts of wife and mother.
While the master was on his bier he
dog went in and was so wild in his des
monstrations that stern men unused to
weeping wept like children, at the
grave, he wanted to remain aud was
finally led away. This dog is a noted
one in our community, and Wis Il con-
slant companion OF his gallant young
master. He will be treated hereafter
by the family with peculiar tenderness,
for the sake Of bis affection for his ill>
fated young master who persisted so sad
" in the Geld river last week -Fraak>
IL R@ieS8.
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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-02-19

The Holly Springs Reporter gives a
lengthy account of a respectable young
man, who had been IN the employ of &
we'll known firm in that city, and who
has been recently detected in flching
from the cash drawer of his employ
sTs. From small beginnings he had in
this way accumulated $4,000, small for>
tune in these timss, lie was highly and
respectfully connected.
He was permitted TO escape the clutch>
es of the law, and goes to increase the
number of rascals in the far west.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-02-19
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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-02-19
R. D. WHITLEY.
To the Officers and Members Of Beth
teheDl Grange No 972.

To the Officers and Members of Beth
teheD1 Grange No 972.
Your Committee appointed to report
what per cent. will it pay to keep extra
stock for the purpose of breaking our
lands deep in preparing it for the crops
would respectfully submit the following,
but we would state that it is II subject
that should require some thought and
unless it is clrarly studied aud we'll di-
Vested in every particular, one would
fail TO fathom the depths of it and pros
duce anything that would materially in
ter st or beDt it the farmer. In order to
sh ow up anything like a reasonable
report, we will have 10 deal some " hat in
suppOsitioDs, and draw extensively on
our imagina tons, for neither of your
CT mmittee has had a experience ia
the matter, and thereby cannot establish
facts Sy that teacher experience If we
should take the country IN It's present
CO ndition, with the facilities We have
now for keeping stock, the per cent real'
lied, If any, would be nue. less, than IL
would be, II we posses d the advantages
of grass and eiuver los upon which our
extra stock could be Ike pc Without resort
ing exclusively to the corn crib for their
maintenance, and without thUse advan-
tsges the very irksone trouble Of feeding,
watering and attending 20 them IN every
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-02-19

Advices from Nashville, are to the
effect that the Legislature will make no
change in the public school law The
law as it stands, is an absolute damage
to the Progress of education in nearly
all Of the small towns in the State.
This has been clearly shown by the
BULLRTIN in previous issues, but our
solons at Nashville can't see it.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-02-19

One of the coolest things that has
taken place in journalism for a long
time, is the way in which some Ofthe Rad.
ioalpapers al claiming s share of credit
10 defeating such men as Chandler, Car.
pentsr. and Butler, when it is notorious
that @ ant and ell his henchmen left
nothing undone to pull their friends
through.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-02-19
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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-02-19


Prof Hunter Nicholson, of East Ten-
nessee University, in a communication to
the Union and american, says some sen.
sible things as to the propriety and
feasibility of enlarging the Bureau of
Agriculture so as to include that of
Education, with the Secretary as SUI
perintendent of Public Schools. He says,
among other things, that no public school
system in Tennessee can ever succeed
which is not ctiVely supported by the
agriculturists of the State, and that the
most effective way to secure this active
support, is to unite the two in tn j., closest
Of bonds
We remark, that if the Legislature
would act upon the suggestion which We
repeat to. day, and so amend the law that
the insufficient fund could be made To
help each pupil pay his tuition at the
private school, it would be long stride
towards enlisting the sympathy and
bringing about the cooperation of OUT
agricultural people.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-02-19

The Senate has passed the following
bill:
To preVentappeals for delay; to amend
an act to establish a uniform system of
public schools; to amend the criminal
law IN regard to bail to regulate the
pay and appointment of jurors to per-
nit jnries to disperse in certain cases !;
to re>enact chapter 60 of the acts OF lS-
So t. prohibit the bringing of stolen
property in this State; to amend the
criminal Law ia regard to appeals to the
Supreme Court to empower courts to
declare c"unty jails Horkhouses to
FIX the compensation of District Attor-
neys; TO authorize the foreman of grand
juries to administer Oaths to witnesses ;
to require tax collectors to pay the poll
tax collected to County Court Clerks.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-02-19

We have received the initial number
of tie Democrat, NV paper publish
ed at Br, wn~ville, Tenn, by Weed'n
and Green, editors and proprietors. 1t Is
thoroughly democratic in politics and
its typographical makeup is neat and at
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-02-19

The bill introduced some time ago to
paw State taxes in part with undue and
past due coupons and bonds. at 60 cen ts
on the dollar, was defeated in the house
by a good majority
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-02-19

The Legislature has taken ample time
to inform itself in regard to the wishes
Of tie people on the subject of the con
ventional interest law, and in the mean
time the subject has been pretty we'll
ventilated at the capitol. We hope that
as a result our Law makers will let the
law stand just as it is. The indications
seem TO be that thew will.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-02-19

The most important question before
the county now is, will Congress adopt
the report of the Poland Committee sus-
tanning peace and order in Arkansas, and
if it does not, will Grant GUST Garland
with his bayonets and place Brooks in
Officer
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-02-19

West Virginia and Minnesota began
to ballot about the time or very soon af
ter Tennessee dill, and at last accounts
neither had succeeded IN making Sen
ntnr There's agony for you.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-02-19

Senator Polk has introduced a bill in
in the legislature to authorize the coun~
ty OF Hurdeman to issue bonds for the
purpose of building a new Jail
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-02-19

We learn that the people At Hsnder-
son Station and the country round about
are moving IN the matter Of new SCUM
ky with Heodersou Is the county site.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-02-19

Mayor League of Memphis, in con-
Versatiun with an editor of the Appeal
declared himself in favor of the DcmOc-
racv and an Andy johnson man tooth
and toe nail
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-02-19

The Legislature has abolished the Of
fee of Tax Collector and made the du
ties of that Office incumbent upon the
Trustee.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-02-19

Florida has followed suit and elected
C. w. Jones, Democrat, to the Uni
ted States Senate.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-02-19
The Nashville Banner.

Every intelligent family should be sup
piled with their county newspaper, and
one paper from the Capital of their State.
THE NASHVILLE BANNER,
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graThic dispatches, home and f1reign,
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1t is u stakeholder and member. It's edi
toFials are up with the advanced Demo
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National, will be inaugurated this year
We are ON the threshold Of momentous
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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-02-19

Mayor League has Joined tho D"moc-
racv. and there is almost a. much joy IN
Memphis as if the editor Of fhe Avalanche
had repented - Union and American
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-02-19

Mr.. Wilson has introduced a bill in
the Senate to protect wOOl>grOweTs by q
tax on dogs. Good
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-02-19

The Civil Rights Bill has not been
passed, but will be brought before the
Senate In a day or two.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-02-19

Marshall Institute, a time-honnred
house of learning in this county, was
destroyed by fire on last Tuesday. 1t be-
long to the MrthndIst churcr ard
was worth over s., 000-ReIly Springs
Reporter.
Heighth of impudence.--Writing out
Advertisements and sticking them on the
or facing where a poor editor is coma
PEELED to see them.
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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-03-25
Notice of Assessment.

X osSUTH MINING COMPANY.-Ioca.
N ton Of Principal Place of Business.
San Francisco, California. Location Of
Works. DEVILS Gate District, Lyon County,
Nevada. Notice is hereby given, that at
meeting of the Board Of Directors, held on
the 25th day of February, 1875, an Assess
ment mo. 81 of Fifty Cents per share was
levied upon the capital stock Of the Corpora
ton, payable Immediately in United States
gold coin, to the Secretary, at the Office of the
Company, Room No. 3. Hayward's Building.
No. 419 California street. San Francisco,
California. Any stock upon which this
assessmant shall remain unpaid on the 30th
day of March. 1875, will be delinquent, and
advertised for sale at public auction. and I'M
less payment is made before, will be sold on
the 2lst day of April, 1878. to pay the delin-
quent assessment, together with costs of ad-
vertising and expenses of sale. By order of
the Board of Directors
l EDWARD +. STONE, Secretary.
Office-Room No. 3, Hayward's Building
No. 4l9 California Street, San Francisco,
California
San Francisco Feb, o. 1878.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-03-25

ACCORDING to the Senatorial inter
view of the New York Herald, Mr..
Dawes expressed himself as positive
"that the Republican party would
triumph at the next Presidential cleo
ton and survive until it had finished
the work which called it into exis-
tence." And Senator Paddock of
Kansas, who has been called a
Liberal Republican, said "the South
ern States should have been held as
military provinces till such time as
the people were prepared to establish
new relations with the Federal Gov
eminent.