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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-11-02
NUN. A.
The same old Coon.


Hon. E. A. James and ex-Gov.
Foote, Democratic and Republican
candidates for Presidential Elector
spoke in Memphis on Thursday
night. The Appeal of that day
contained the following communi-
cation from a seeker after truth:
Il see it announced that one Hen
ry S. Foote, Radical Eleetor for the
State at large, is to address the oiti-
zens of Memphis, on Thursday, Oc-
tober 18th, upon the political issues
of the day. Is this the same Henry
S. Foote who first contrived to
boost himself into public notoriety
by challenging the famous S. 5.
Prentiss, Of Mississippi2 Is this
the same Henry S. Foote who, in
the United States Senate chamber,
hoped that John P. Hale, the Rad
ical Abolitionist Senator from New
Hampshire, would come down into
Mississippi, because he wanted to
hang him upon the highest tree, and
who for that reason was dubbed
"Hangman Foote" by Horace Gree
ley and Parson Brownlow2 Is this
the same Henry S. Foote who drew
a pistol upon Thomas H. Benton,
of Missouri, in the United States
Senate chamber? Is this the same
Henry S. Foote, of whom John I.
Petit, of Indiana, and Thomas II.
Benton, declared he ought to have
ID. D." appended to his name be
cause he was a "dirty dogg' Is
this the same Henry S. Foote who,
during the late "unpleasantness, I"
borrowed public speech from Tom
Corwin's well known aphOrism ''that
he hoped the Southern people would
receive the Yankee soldiers with
bloody hands and hospitable
gravesT Is this the same Henry
S. Foote who, then a Representative
of Tennessee in the Confederate
Congress, skedaddled from the city
of Richmond, in the night time, to
Join the Yankees? Is this the same
Henry S. Foote who defends Radio
alism because his son-in-law, ex-
Senator Stewart, of Nevada, the
originator of the Emma Mine swim
die, is interested pecuniarily in Gov
ering up Radical corruption and
perpetuating Grantism?
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-11-02
A Punctuation Puzzle.

The following article forcibly il
lustrates the necessity of punctua-
ton. 1t can be read in two ways,
making it a very bad man or a very
good man, the result depending up
on the manner in which it is pune
tuated. It is well worthy the study
Of teachers and pupils:
"He is an old and experienced
man in vice and wickedness he is
never found in opposing the works
Of iniquity he takes delight in the
downfall of his neighbors he never
rejoices in the prosperity of any Of
his fellow creatures he is always
ready to assist in destroying the
peace of society he takes no pleas
ure in serving the Lord he is un-
commonly diligent in sowing dis
cord among his friends and aquain-
tances he takes nO pride in labor
ing to promote the cause of Christi
anity he has not been negligent in
endeavoring to stigmatize all public
teachers, he makes no effort to sub
due his evil passions he strives
hard to build up Satan's kingdom
he lends no aid to the support of
the Gospel among the heather he
contributes largely to the evil ad
versity he pays NO attention to good
advice he pays great heed TO the
devil he will never 60 to heaven he
must go where ne will receive the
just recompense of reward"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-11-02
A WILD MAN.
He Assaults Two Citizens Near
COllierviIle and Nearly
Kills One-A Thrill
ing Account.

(From the Appeal of the 18th inst.)
Last Saturday night, while Mr..
Dave Pearson, a well known and
highly esteemed citizen, who resides
three miles south of Conierville,
was going from his home to the
house of a neighbor a short dis
tance away, he was suddenly at
tackled by large, ruffianly and pow
erful built man who was in ambush
by the roadside, evidently waiting
for some one to pass by. Mr.. Pear
son is also a man of great strength
and courage, and a violent struggle
was at once commenced, which last
ed some minutes, resulting in Mr..
Pearson receiving severe but not
fatal injuries. Finally Mr.. Pearson,
through great eXertion, managed to
escape from the clutches of the
lunatic giant and beat a hasty re-
treat through the darkness until he
reached home, when he fell PROSTATE
on the door steps. Medical aid
was at once summoned and his
wounds properly dressed, which
consisted of several cuts in the arms
and right shoulder fIom a large
howie-knife. Mr.. James Moss was
also attacked by this wild man, but
made good his escape by putting
spurs to his mule. Several other
persons have been chased by this
raving maniac, but no other injuries
are reported except that sustained
by Mr.. Pearson. The news Of Mr..
Pearsons's encounter spread like
wild-ire over the community, caus-
ing much excitement among all
classes of people, especially the
negroes. Mr.. James Anderson
learning the particulars Immediate
" organized a squad of men and
started in pursuit of the crazy man,
but up to the time of this writing Q
capture had not been effected. The
name of the man is not known, but
it ic supposed that he is an escaped
/ lunatic from the Jackson, Mississip-
pi, State asylum. He is described
as six feet four inches high, weighs
about two hundred and sixty
pounds, very powerful and muscu-
lar, with high cheek bones and face
nearly covered with a huge sandy
J heard.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-11-02

chances of breakin' her into the
saving doctrines Of feet-washin'
and immersion afterward."
just at this point he was inter
rupted by two spotted hounds that
had been continually running up
and down the pulpit stairs. One OF
them jumped upon the seat and be-
gan to gnaw his coat tail, in which
was something he had brought along
for lunch. He turned slowly round
and took him by the ears and tail
and threw him out of the window
behind him, as easily as il it had
been q young kitten. The other
took warning, and got out as rap
idly as possible, though not without
bowling and yelping as if it had
been half killed, He then turned
to the audience aud said, smilingly:
"St. Paul exhorted the brethren to
Beware of dogs ] wonder what
he would do il he were in my place
this morning. It appears like I am
'compsssed about with dogs, as
David says he was"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-11-02

WHY?

Why do love youl I don't knowl
They say Love never gives reason;
But that he has one don't doubt
Do youl You dol That's downright treason,
Not always, let me tell you, sir,
Love practiced such excess of prudence;
Twas once his custom to explain
The why and wherefore to his students.
And how TO solve each puzzlingc
he taught by rule and illustrations;
But skeptics, such as you, have made
Love shy Of giving demonstrations.
Why foolish mortais love at all,
Why we two hold each other dearest;-
How long twill last, and where twill end,
You'd ike to know, you precious querist'
You never whit tell you that,
Yet still maintain my first assertion;
Love understands what he's about,
And blinds you, first, fer his diversion.
An, why love you'll If knew,
! would not tell yOU-no, 10, nevsrl
For souls Ike yours were made to seek,
And mine to hide, you see, forever.
There's little, sir, you don find out,
But since that little makes life pleasant,
| think I'll keep it seeEet still,
And so Keep you, too, for the present.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-11-02
''No 'SimmOn i'm His Hand Mud
der.

As they came down from the
City Hall last night, says the Allan
ia Constitution Old 81 remarked to
Jake:
81 feel sorry for de Republicans,
dat's a facki"
But what you so sorry furY'
jess sorry like l is when I sees
one desc old gra poosums creeping
oubon de hi linn ob a simmon tree
arter de las Gribbled up 'simmon
in de woodsr replied Old ST, seri
ously.
"What hab dat got ter do wild de
Republicans, tell me daty Spoze he
gifts de 'simmonT' argued Jake.
Oats whar de trouble generally
hab ariz wild de 'possum, some feller
Gums long and shake him out and
tote him Of And Whin de Dimmy
Gratis shake de publican tree dis fau
dat ole 'possum's gwine ter drap-
an drap monsrous hard-an' he aint
gwine ter hab no siDlmon in his
hand nudderp'
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-11-02
BETHANY.

All is peaceful and prosperous
about our little village, notwith-
standing our peace was disturbed
not long since by those who
wish to receive justice from the
hands of the law. AS it's powerful
easy for a fellow to get into trouble
and like pulling fax off a hemp
patch to get out, we will say nothing
more than everything concerning
the difficulty was adjusted by Esq'rs
Newman and Bass with Jones and
Merrel as supernumeraries. Mr..
Dick Vickers has concluded that
he can mash iron to a better advan-
tage at the Planes than at Bethany,
consequently he started for that
point with his family this morning
Dick is Il jolly fellow, and we don't
like to give him up,
Farmers are busy sowing wheat,
gathering corn, picking cotton, &c,
the latter not consuming much
time, as the yield is very light in
this section this year.
The Presbyterian meeting came
off Saturday and Sunday, the 14th
and 18th. There was not as large
a crowd in attendance as usual on
Sacramental occasions.
Two of Bethany's gallant knights,
J. H. S. and c. S. c., in company
with the popular merchant of Mer-
ryville, D. C. S, visited the Hunts
vile Fair They report having had
a splendid time. Some one of TIE
boys say that the one who is neither
a merchant nor a professor left the
fair ground in gaeat haste on hear
ing the whistle of an appr oaching
train. When asked why he left, hC
said he could see horses pace any
time at home, that he had as good
one of them himself as ever wa:
backed, but the cars hardly evei
run by Bethany.
Prof. E. H. Stevenson who has
been employed to give lessons il
penmanship to the students of the
Academy has shaved of his chiI
whiskers. Some say it is an i'm
provement, Notwithstanding he'l
had one or two chills since.
A certain tall individual who's,
initials are found in the word "clift'
will be more careful which one o
the gals he takes a seat by the mex
time he goes into church and sit
down by the one he thinks is his %,
the looks of her head }, but finds ou
when he has taken his seat anc
| everybody has seen his mistake
that his supposed sweet heart ain
that one, although their head rig
ging might have been bought on
Of the same lot. Come, friend
they've a patent" way of fixiht
hair since the ~fall."
! Our school is in a very prosper
Gus condition under the superio
management of Prof c. 5. Clarl
and Mrs. Small WHO have charge O
the literary department. and Mis-
Ella Nelson, whose vigilant eye j
ever witnessing the rapid progres
of her music pupils. AUST Pol.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-11-02

symptoms Of a Diseased Liver.

Symptoms of Diseased Liver.
nAIN in the right side, under the eedge
Of The ribs, increases ON pressure;
sometimes the pain is IN the leftside; tho
patient is rarely able TO lie on the leit
side; sometimes the pain is felt undet
the shouider-b blade, and IL frequently ex.
tends 10 the top Of the shoulder, and IS
sometimes mistaken TO. a rheumatism in
the arm. The stomach is affected with
loss Of appetite and sickness the bowels
In general are costiye, sometimes aitern@
tive with lax the head il troubled with
pain, accompanied with a dull, heavy
sensation in ,he back part There Is
generally considerable loss ofmemory,
accompanied with a painful sensation Of
having left undone something which
ought 70 have been done. A slight, dry
cough is sometimes an attendant. The
patient complains Of weariness and de-
lbility be is easily startled, his feet are
cold or burning, and he complains Of a
lprickly sensation Of the skin; his spirits
are low and although be is satisfied that
Iexercise would be beneficial to him, yet
he can scarcely summon up fortitude
enough to try it. In fact, he distrusts
every remedy. Several Of the above
symptoms attend the disease, but cases
/ have occurred where few ofthem existed,
yet examination ofthe body, after death,
has shown the LIVER to have been ex-
tensively deranged.
AGUE AND FEVER.
DR.. {. MeLANE's LIVER Pills, IN
CASES or AcUE AND FEVER, when taken
with Quinine, are productive Of the
most happy results. No better cathartiC
can be used, preparatory to, OF after
taking Quinine. We would advise all
who are afflicted with this disease 10
give them A FAIR TRIAL.
For all Bilious arrangements, and as
simple purgatige, they are unequaled.
BEWARE OF INVITATIONS.
The genuine DR.. c. MeLAEE' s L1vER
Pills are never sugar coated
/ Every box has a red wax seal on the
lid, with the impression DR. MfLANE's
LIVER PfLLs
The genuine MeLAEE's LIVER PLLs
bear the signatures Of c. AsLASE and
FLEAuNo BRos. on the wrappers.
nS- Insist on your druggist OF
storekeeper giving you the genuine
DIR. {. MeLANE's LIVER PiLLs, pre-
pared BY Fleming Bros, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Sold by all respectable druggists and
country storekeePers generally
To those wishing 90 eiys pn. G AielAss's LsyEs
t,aIsss STATE a.5 one ia e is q I'VE cents
FLEMING bios. Pisssbafsh Pa
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-11-02
A Baptist Brother Gives His
Opinion about the Presby-
terians.

A lady correspondent of the IN
dependent gives a sketch of a sermon
she heard in Georgia nearly half
century ago, from which we give an
extract:
The preacher was apparently
about fifty years of age, large,
muscular and we'll proportioned.
On entering the pulpit, he took
off his coat aud hung it on a nail
behind, then opened his collar
and wristbands, and wiped the per
spiration from his face, neck and
hands. He was clad in striped
cotton homespun, and his shirt was
of the same material. He had tray
eled several miles that morning, and
seemed almost overcome by the
heat. But the brethren sung a cou-
pie of hymns while he was tanning
and cooling of, and when he rose.
he looked comfortable and good
natured.
He had preached there once or
twice before, but to most of the au-
dience he was a stranger, hence he
thought it necessary to annouce
himself, which he did as 'Old Club
AK Davis, from Scriven county, a
Half-Hard and Half Soft-Shell Bap
tist."
81 have given myself that name, )"
said he, "because believe the Lord
elected me from all eternity, 20 go
ahead in the backwoods and grub
out a path and blaze the way for
other men to follow. After the
thlekest of it is cut away, a good
warm Methodist brother will come
along and take my trail, and make
things a little smoother and much
noisier. And after all the under
brush is cleared out, and the owls
and wolves are skeered back, and
rattlesnakes is killed of, a Presby-
terian brother, in black broadcloth
and white cravat, will come along
and cry for decency and order. And
they will both do good in their
sphere. / don't despise a larnt
man, even when he don't dress and
think as ! do. You couldn't pay
me enough to wear broadeloth, sum
mer nor winter, and you couldn't
pay a Presbyterian brother enough
to go without it in dog days.
God didn't make us all alike,
my brethren; but every man has his
own sphere. When God has place
to I'll, he makes a man and puts him
in it. When he wanted Geherai
jackson, he made him, and set him
to fghtin' Injuns and the English
| when he wanted Old Club Ak Davis
he made him, and set him to grub
bin in the back woods.
"But my shell isn't so hard bat
can see good pints in everybody
and as for the Presbyterians. they
are long way ahead of US Baptists
and Methodists in some thiags
They raise their children better
than any people on the face Of the
earth. Only = few days ago 4
/ Methodist class-leader said to me
Brother Club Ak, 1 was born {
Methodist, ] was raised q Metho
dist, and by the grace Of God
hope to die Methodist; but thanI
God, I've got Presbyterian wife
to raise my children And ] be
lieve, my brethren, II the Lore
should open the way for me tC
marry agin, I'd try my best TO fne
a Presbyterian woman, and run my
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-11-02
PARKER'S STORE.

Some changes are going on IN our
political circles through the agency
Of some of our representative bust
ness men who are not IN favor of
patronizing any man that will not
work for reform in the government
affairs. Our mechanics are depend
ent upon the democrats for paying
customers, several of whom have
announced their intention of with
drawing their patronage from Rad
icals, and giving il to men Of the
other party. Such a course may
not be commendable, yet when we
consider that democrats comprise
the bulk of tax payers, it bears a
shade of reason. We are not in
favor of forcing men to vote our
way, but then we claim the right to
patronize men that will vote to
our interest. 1t is to our interest
to vote for Tllden and Hen
dticks, and help to GUST the
crowds of 'Grant's pets that are
continually sapping the vitals of
the government, and preying upon
the pockets of the people.
Mr.. Green captured a rat the
other day that measured twenty
inches from one extremity to the
other. A pretty good rat story, but
nevertheless true.
Mr.. J. NJ. Parker is sporting a
two hundred dollar watch. That's
right, go it while you are young
Squire, for when you get old you
can't. Some of the young people
of this place and vicinity had very
nice social at Mr.. Vaughn's the
other night. The young ladies were
"Graced with every gift OF nature,
Graced with every help Of att"
together with everything that is not
furnished by either, went to capt.
vate and charm all present. Plenty
Of good cider, chestnuts and apples
added to the pleasures OF the eve
ming. Some splendid vocal music
by one of the young ladies closed
the exercises Of the occasion. Ons
of the young men went four or hv,
miles for his lady love, hut she had
made other arrangements. Lonely
he wended his way back, looking
sad and weary. kULLY.
October 23d.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-11-02

Ben Butler boastfully exclaims
that he was made by God-not by
the newspapers Some wicked edi-
tor remarks that God also made the
polecat, but sensitive people do not
take the polecat to their embraces.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-11-02

The Radical leaders are now
roofing around among dead issues,
like lean hogs in dry stubble field,
in search of something with which
to inhame the Northern people.
The bloody shirt wonld not win.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-11-02

W. r. Scott, Jr., co-editor aud
proprietor, with his father, in the
publication Of the Maryville Repu5-
lican, is in the city. This, we be-
lieve, is the only paper in the State
published by representatives of the
colored race. The SCOTS, father
and son, are intelligent men, and is-
sue a creditable newspaper. The
son is a practical printer. Both
have always been consistent Repub-
licans though now favoring tho
election of Tilden and Hendricks,
believing the success Of the ireform
ticket best for the general business
interests of the country, and in for
ever settling the race and sectional
questions as partisan issues in our
popular elections. The elder Scott
supports Yardley for Governor, but
the younger opposes him on perso-
nal grounds.-Amsricaa.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-11-02

Bishop Cox made it his boast,
some little time ago, that he had
never cast a vote in his life-a boast
of Iittleness of which no true man
should feel proud. If every man
were like the Bishop, what sort Of
government would we have? True,
it is not minister's duty to thrust
his political opinions upon the pub
lie, but it is mis- duty to vote, and to
vote conscientiously. It is certainly
the duty Of every good man to do
this. Each ballot expresses the
will Of the individual, and the col
lection of ballots tells the will of
the people, which is the law Of the
land. The great need of our cOun-
try at this time is ballot conse-
Grated to the support Of the princi-
pies Of truth, justice and honor.
There can be no use in denying the
fact that there is great corruption
in the politics of this government,
and that bad men hold high posi-
tions of public trust. And why is
this so? 1t is simply because the
good people Of the land fail to par
licipate in the elections.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-11-02

Will people never learn to be
careful in handling coal-oil? We
scarcely see paper that does not
contain accounts of accidents from
lamps, etc.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-11-02

The diabolcal wretch who invent
ed these calendars where you have
to tear off a leaf every day to keep
up with the times ought to die, and
he mast die! We have been run by
one Of these pestilential things all
this year, which is why we are
crazy. We can't tell now whether
yesterday was next Friday week or
night before last, and we've got the
months all ramsquaddled, and the
weeks heightened out into minutes.
If we start home to dinner it's no
telling whether we are gong to get
there day before yesterday just at
ter breakfast or next Thursday
morning after supper. If we buy a
pair of breeches we wear them out
before the day we put them on, or
carry them over into next years
account, so that the merchant gets
cheated out of his pay without any
fault in us. We put on good clothes
and are devout and pious, thinking
it's Sunday, and thus miss the Cir
Gus, and then we play cards and
curse and tell lies and cheat niggers,
thinking it's Tuesday, and thus
miss our Sundays devotions. We
engage to meet a man on the 10th
inst, and maybe have TO wait there
six weeks without food or fire be-
fore he comes; and sometimes we
get there three months too late and
thus don't get to pay him the ac
count we were so anxious to liqui-
date. We sweat in winter and
freeze in summer; sleep in daytime
and sit up all night, waiting for the
sun to go down; we eat too much
when there is not a mouthful in the
house, stand out in the rain in dry
weather, carry a lantern in open
day and can't see a wink for weeks
at a time, Just because we forget to
tear off a leaf and let the morrow
come. We get letters before they
are written sometimes, get hungry
three weeks before schedule time,
sometimes pay money actually be-
fore it is due, and really don't know
but what we were dead and buried
six weeks since. We got a month
behind on a clean shirt the Other
day, and in desperation made q
snatch at the calendar and literally
annihilated whole season, thus
without fault in us cutting oul
wash-woman out of nine weeks bill
To-day, dear friends, we are help
/ less and behind. We could stanC
it no longer, but tore up the miser
able calendar and went back to Jan
Ist, and have got the whole year tC
live over. If our friends will beal
with US we'l soon catch up, anC
then we'll hurry on ahead and catcf
the lunatic that invented the thing
and chain him in a room witt
nothing bu: MS miserable calendar.
all around him and let him tea
them of and get himself all mixeC
up, and the years and days of hi
life all jumbled into an inexorabl'
! mass of confused mixedness, unit
the fight of ages shall clasp hand
with the most gigantic infnitesima
duration of time, the years turne'
inside-out, the weeks wrong-end
foremost, the days upside down tn
hours topsy -turvy, the minutes lop
sided and the seconds bleeding q
every pore, and when chaos is grin
ming o'er the crazed wreck we'll sli
up and kick his nose through hi
head.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-11-02

New York Herald, The election
in Georgia demonstrates that there
is not much danger OF war of races
in that State, which shows pleas
ing contrast TO unhappy South Car
olina. The colored citizens of
Georgia voted the Democratic tick
ct by thousands, and no violation
or intimidation is reported.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-11-02

An Atlanta man will bet $50 that
he can name twenty-five States that
Tilden will carry, and he will then
bet 500 that he can then name
half the remaining thirty-eight that
ne will carry. Open to everybody.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-11-02

Editorials local, political and
miscellaneous-are crowded over
from last week again, and may be
found on tins and the 4th pages.