Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-01-20
From our own Correspondent.

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IviIIe Ob5errer-The past week
shows that Il geographical dis
covery has been made which
will probably be more jovfully
hailed by the average Ameri-
can thar would be the finding
of that mythical Northwest
Passage, in the search fol
which so many Arctic explor-
ers have lost their lives. | re-
fer to the new shortcut to the
national pocket which those
sharp Centennial Commissioners
have found out and utilized,
and which lies through the Leg
islative and Executive stom-
achs. That big dinner at Phil
adcIphia did the business
| Congress ate and drank $4,000
worth, went back to Washing
tor to pick their teeth, began
to acknowledge the high worth
OF the Centennial enterprise.
and now while still in that calm,
benevolent frame Of mind which
usually follow square meal,
unanimously vote the million
and a half appropriation that
those hospitabIe Commissioners
wanted.
Now how much pleasanter
that is than spending the S1O,-
600 in lobbying-buttOn-hOIing
the whole House by turns, feel
ing this man, promising that
one, and threatening the other
Verify the intention Of our
Quaker brethren is a good ont
and worthy Of imitation; and
as gentlemen Of Mr.. Thomas
SCOTS genius are unusually not
slow to learn, we may soon OK
pect to see all Washington en-
barking for Texas for rousing
champagne-dinncr previous to
voting that Tcxas-Pacific sub
sidy that has hung fire SO long.
But just at present Mr.. Scott
has his hands full Of other mat
ters, backing himself and Phil
adelphia against Vanderbilt
and New York in the race for
Western freight traffic, and at
tending to that. remarkable
squabble Of the Pennsylvania
road with the new Airline be-
tween Philadelphia and this
City. l presume the result Of
these novel proceedings will be
known by the time this reaches
you, but at this writing the
fight is a prominent tropic of
conversation here. The idea
Of two corporations getting up
genuine battle over a track
crossing, using their laborers for
infantry and their locomotives
for furious cavalry charges, is
certainly original enough to
command attention.
In these hard times and days
of general complaining it is re-
freshing to hear Of a business
that can be robbed Of a half Il
million and never know it. -
Such an one, if the papers are
to be believed, is that Of Bah
bit, the soap-maker, who is
prosecuting two former employ
ees for larceny, of something
like that amount, he having re-
Gently learned Of the loss by &C
cident. Whew. He must use
his soap to clean Aladdin's lamp
with.
1t may not be generally I'M
derstood that we have two
Christmas days here in New
York, but such is the fact, the
members OF the Greek church
having duly celebrated the 10Th
er" one on the 9th Of January.
The way that happens is, that
the Greek faith holds to dn old
chronology, while the rest Of
christendom prefer to run by
the new one. l should have
been happy to go over to the
Greeks temporarily for the sake
of another chance to hang up
mp stocking, but understand
ing that old Santa Claus only
endorses Dec. 18th, didn't think
it worth while.
The illustrious Mayor of
Bridgeport, Mr.. p. t. Barnum,
has sold his wild animals and
all the other appurtenances Of
his big Hippodrome, but he can
no more live out Of the show
business than a fish can live out
of the water. SO for lack of !
other attractions he is now ex-I
libiting himself with consider
able effect. He calls his cara
van a lecture-tour this time, but
hat don't matter. People want
% see him as much as to hear