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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-12-07
1T Is so.

I've known many a lass
Who would thOughtlessly pass
Whole hours paFading tho street,
While the mother would scrub,
all the while at the tub,
Never minding the cold or the heat.
1t is so! 1t is Sc!
You may smile if you like,
But its SO.
know people so nice
They will faint in a trice
If you mention hard labor TO them;
Yet their parents were poor,
And were forced to endure
Many hardsLips life's current to stem.
1t is so! 1t is so!
Yon may smile if you like,
But it's so
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-12-07
VTindhIP's Cotton Gins,
IOR PRINTING.

THE CHEAPEST AND BEST IN
4 WEST TENNESSEE,
at the BULhETKrs Office.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-12-07
Memphis & Charleston
RAILROAD.
Centennial rates from stations on Mem
phis and Charleston Railroad to
New York and PhiladeIp hia
and return,

The rates quoted via Norfolk includes
meals and staterOOms on the Old DOmin-
ionisteamers, between Norfolk and New
York. This is indeed splendid route
for excursionists.
NJ. S. JAY,
General Passenger and Ticket Ag't
maY25
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-12-07

q n n n Can't be made by every agent every month
N ~ Jin the business furnish but those willing
y to work easily 3 dozen dollars Rday
right in their localities. Have to explain
here. Business pleasant and honorable Women aud
boy and girls we'll We will In you
complete outfit free The bRsinsss says better than
anything else We will bear expen Of starting You
Particulars free. Write and Farmers aud han
their and daughters, and all
Of paying work at home, should write to md
ali about the work at Now is the time. Don I
delay. Address TRUE 4 CO,
july 70. 10y. AUGUSTA, MAINE.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-12-07
Daring the Centennial

During the Centennial
Exhibition at Philadelphia Tickets via
Line will be sold at all ticket Offices in
the South and Southwest at greatly re-
duced rates.
ASK FOR TICKETS VIA
Louisville and the Short Lin
The emily Line running through cars to
Eastern Cities For sale at the
Ticket Ofiees in the South AM
Southwest
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-12-07
LUMBER!!
LUMBER

Great Bargains viii be given in Lum-
Der on credit until Christmas. Persons
needing any will find it to tn cir interest
o cali PITSER MILLER.
July20th S.-3m76
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-12-07

Are the most eff
fective and congo
NAL purgativeeT ever
discovered. They
are mild, but eff
fectual in their
operation, moving
the bowels surely
and without pain.
Although gentle
in their operation,
they are still the
most thorough and
Soa,.cbinr catbar-
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-12-07

TIL e most Select Oysters. and the Choicest
Wines and Liquors served in a
manner to please the most fastidious.
Oysters Sold By the Can to Families.
September IA E ON
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-10-18
The Goodness in People.

Ii men would candidly search their own
hearts, they would find that in them there is
a desire 10 make people happy. There is
more goodness in us than We are willing 10
admit or than is perceived in our daily ap-
prehension for habit weayes a kind of film
over the eye of mans dscemment, so that
having eyes he sees not the beauty that is
in him, and having ears he hears not the
harmonies of his nature.
The father passes on, day after day, and
never realizes what loving man%e is, and
the mother passes on, week in and week out,
and never realizes what wealth of love her
kindly nature is showering out upon the
world. And so we all pass on through the
world, never knowing how much divinity
there is in MS. Have you never been aston
ished, reader, to see how quickly people will
respond TO any want, any emergency, any
need The moment they see a person really
suffering, how quickly their nature stands
up firm, and on level foot and open-eyed to
see the want and supply it. Our experience
has been that, as a rule, men are not cruel
nor stingy. men are not mean, men are not
eneased in hardness. We have found men
kind, and found them loving, We have
found that when they do wickedly they OF
ten do it, as il were, carelessly. Their sci,
fish interest hid the right from them, and
blinded their eyes to the full beauty OF the
right, but the moment they were gently
warned, they saw rightly--we say gently
warned for there is nothing does so much
evil as harsh warning of people, and moth
ing does so much good as a gentle warning
of them. The harsh word of the mother t.
her child, is the word that does no good
only for the moment, but does evil ever al
ter in memoryi the gentle word that has
sad sub-love of sorrow, the word so spoken
is the word that lasts, as no words spoken
barshly in the ears of the child can last
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-10-18

We have an idea that Christs mildnsss
was largely due 10 His wisdom; IL sprang
up out Of that splendid conception which lie
had Of the best way Of managing men. lie
saw men only as children, and was wise
enough, as a father and mother to them, TO
see that Ills government for them should be
a government of kindness, of gentleness, OF
courtesy, Of suavity How little like one OF
our modern reiormers Jesus acted How
little Of that elf-assertiveness-how little
Of that edging himself against peoples sem
stivcness-how little Of that robustiousness
of conversation and pomposity of virtue,
and how much Of the soft and tender sweet,
courteous oriental, feminine manner there
was in Him Now and then, like noun
tain whose expression is generally white at
the crest, with blue sky for background,
and which is peaceful ordinarily, but has
volcanic forces within, and belches out oc-
casonally in fire and utters its thunders, so
Christ bazed forth sometimes the indigna-
tion Of His nature He had great earth
quake forces within Him, great volcanic ac-
tivites Of nature, and occasionally they
exploded, and the explosions shook Judea.
But ordinarily lie was mild-mannered man,
a meek, gentle kindly-spoken man. Aud
the world will be better and better ne men
grow more Christ-like in this particular
G0ideH RUE.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-10-18
Theory and Practice.

With all my worldly goods | thee en-
dow" Not many days ago, when the crowd
was crushing and passing through the Won-
ans building, an old couple from the coun.
try were stopped in narrow passage close
by some woven goods shown for sale. The
man was large, hard.featured, and prosper.
Gus. She was stout and comely. About
her face were lines Of care. and the mark of
hard work was upon both. But her eyes
frightened as she took up soft blue-and-
white shawl, and looked at it with a longing
admiration. Over her arm was water
proof but this pretty fluffy thing in her
hand was dainty and different from water
proof and the plaid shawls of her home lite.
Her husband worked his way on a little fur
ther, turned, looked over his shoulder at her,
and said Come on" " Isn't it pretty ?"
she answered, still lingering. Yes, yes
come on" But Burt" she said in a soft,
eutreating tone. lie shook his head. " In
deed would like to have it." Wel YOU
can't" he curtly answered, and she laid it
softly down. 1t was not simply that she
was refused something that was 10 her
beauty and grace, although the possession
would have counted for no little in life
that was plain, and had been denied almost
everything but anxiety and hard work--it
10 crafty her that the faces of some women
standing near grew warm, and their eyes
flashed. 1t was coarse example Of what
the business relation between man.Wife can
reduce the wife unto. When the man prom
ises to eudow his bride with all be owns, it
is pretty and pleasant thing TO do, but,
when they have fairly started life together,
she is likely to find that she is simply his
agent spending his money as he gives it to
her, sometimes, perhaps, using her own
judgment, but always accounting to him.
When individual tastes are to be exercised,
they are more frequently the husbands than
the wife's. He may buy a plow 10 his lik-
ing, but she must consult him about the
chuus. Il was wise little wife who, when
talking over business matters with her hus-
baud, when he told her that she should never
be deprived Of anything that she desired if
he could obtain it for her asked him to give
her blank checks TO ill up as she needed
She knew she could be trusted to draw his
money Just as well as she could be to spend
it, and she would be happier in feeling free
to make her own discreet bargains. But if
he had gone little farther and made the
deposit in her name, and had then consulted
her upon the purchase Of his crayons, his
canvass, aud his oils-for he was an artist
if he had explained to her the reason why
he bought his engravings, and why it was
/ not cxtravagant to spend a little surplus
/ fund on the etchings of Raphael's II Spas
/ imo, he would have realized, as so many
I women have, that the early settlement of the
question of "pin money is not as unneces-
/ sary, nor distrustful, as some brides, and
/ some husbands, are apt to consider TITLE
/ Ne'c Century for Women.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-10-18

We know a household IN which the Sun
day is hardly over before the little ones be
Gin the inquiry Mamma, when will it be
SUNDAY again 2" To these children sunday
is the red-letter day OF the week, looked
forward to, and backward 10, on every other
DAY. And this, because on Sunday they
have their father at home all day. This
wise father makes Sunday the children's
day. lie dismisses his business cares, gath
ers his children close about him, listens to
their histories of the week, reads 10 them, or
talks to them, or walks with them. lie IS
making beautiful associations to cluster
about this beautiful day, This should be the
day of days in every household. SIX days
must the bread and butter be earned, and
the bread and butter prepared, the raiment
taken thought of, and the raiment stitched.
six days must the fathers and sons aud
daughters and little children 60 abroad to
their work and their lessons. But then
comes the seventh day. the beautiful sun
day in which business may be set aside, the
lessons dismissed, husbands and wives, pa
rents and children, brothers and sisters re-
united. let this day he consecrated to all
that is highest aud best in our natures, 10
thanksgiving and aspiration, and to the de
yelopment in the home of those spiritual
graces which make our homes heavenly
| places. Wise parents will make the day so
/ bright and sweet with their JOY in Their
children, their sympathetic conversation,
| their choice books, their songs, and their bitS
of poetry, that those who come to the hearth
stone weary or discouraged will be renewed
and cheerod for the work of the coming
week. and all will bear in their hearts q
bright memory to shine on them in all cloudy
| Meather.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-10-18
OIL Yourself a Little.

There is a true humor in the following
story; Once upon a time there lived an old
gentleman in a large house. He had SER
wants and everything he wanted, yet he was
not happy, and when things did not go as he
wished he was very cross. At last his SER
wants left him. Quite out of temper he
went to a neighbor with story Of his
distresses. at seems 30 me-" said the
neighbor, sagaciously, "'twould be well for
you to oil yourself little" "To oil my
self 2" Yes, and | will explain. Some
time ago one of the doors in my house
creaked. Nobody, therefore, liked TO go in
or out by it. One day | oiled its hinges and
and il has been constantly used by every
body ever since" "Then you think | am
like the creaking door" cried the old gentle
man. How do you want me TO oil my
self ?" "That's an easy matter" said the
neighbor. $50 home and engage q servant,
and when he does right, praise him. II, on
the contrary, he does something amiss, do
not be cross oil your voice and words with
the oil of love-" The old gentleman went
home and no harsh or ugly word was ever
heard in the house afterwards. Every fam.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-10-18
Happy Dream.

The terrible accident at the railroad
bridge al pittston, by which Robert lIeme
was instantly killed, is Of too recent date
to have been forgotten by our readers. The
sorrowful disaster brought 10 the home Of
the deceased a terrible desolatiou, and the
wife who was left to mourn his sudden loss
was nearly distracted. For many days after
her husband was buried she continued to
deplore his deabh, and went nearly wild
whenever She thought of 10. Her nights were
passed IN restless rawlings, and her days were
gloomy and cheeress II was feared 10y her
friends that her mind would become diseased
if her grief was not IN some way assuaged.
At last She dropped to sleep, one sunny af-
temoon, and while thus at rest she dreamed
that her husband came TO her, and. bending
over her, implanted kiss upon her brow.
She asked him TO remain with her, but he
told her that he could not, that he was too
happy where he was, but that they would
meet again hereafter in the better world.
The vision passed, and she awoke Since
then her thoughts have been at rest, aud she
is thoroughly impressed with the belief that
her husband is happy, and that she will g
to him when She comes 10 lie down in the
grave beside him. Lu-e,ne (Pd) Leader.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-10-18


Most readers VIII remember the hymn
found IN our collections, beginning with the
words Inc Eod OF Abraham praise
and VIII nave admired Doubtless rs lyric, as
Wen as its devotional merit u is wei
known 70 nave been a iavonte hymn with
iiehty MaItyh, whose spirit when weighed
9oWh win sorroW, u often strengthened.
LUIS hyhlh was written Oy lhonas OiNer'
one OF the early. Methodist preachers in
Great britain. There IS so much about the
carry me- ana especlally the conversion, OF
TINS man, that Is interesting, that am
tempted 10 set aown . iew parucniafS which
! nave nay. gleanea rom an autnehtlc source
OhVer was porn IN w ales IN go, Losing
po,h MS parents "hen ne was put hVe years
| 9idi ne was taken care OF by relatives, VINO
| 40 not SEEM ny any means 10 nave peen IN
aiIereht as TO ms moral welfare ullVeri
however Is salu 70 nave peeh' az very ea,,y
peIlou' Conspicuous luI aus VICES, es peoiany
lhe vice oil pfoianehess' Vne OF the men
"itn Nh9in ne was lh the hapl' Oh ,lssocla'ing
Iaa hade swearing a study ana was wont
20 compound twenty 9r thlriy words inlo one
.oHs duu uIe",iuI oa'n' Ch'e, M"s a." '"'
itator ana quite successful ilVal oil tl's man
ln TINS hofIlo ART lie was NOT stranger 10
o'hei vices; ne was so uIcohIueIapiy lule
as not 70 learn the trade 70 Whlcil ne was
carry aIllTenuceu. lie p'unseu lhlo every
/ speuies Oh ul.'lp"uol soiie'iiiea out ol siA
teen successive nights spending not more
llan one ll oeu' iiis cna.ac,er sooi, utoaIile
such tnal nc was ouilBeu 10 leaVe ,he Town
in "nlch ne had hitherto HVe1 ana r.tlIe 10
shrewsbury mere one OF MS la'oil'e en-
| pioYhehts was 10 aihuse his com pahlohs, I'D
lhe places OF vulgar resort Wnloh ne ire
qusnleui py ms eA1rao, ,u'he'{ ui"s slio'l'
leu even ln 'Iie 'i'l'ia, Oh nIs eACesses ''o
wa, Nol an utter stranger 70 reuI9lse, nor W
wishes ior a better character ms alseinpls
at reformation, however were shoItnFeu'
ana hls last state was apt 70 become worse
than the hrst' lie was at Iensth forced IN
oonse inehce oi ms wees ana ms aeuO', 20
| qult ouicNspufg' ana seen a IetIeaV III .the
city OF brlstol liere ne loon lodgings wllh q
| dfunken landlord nut even ne was so
shoeAed ey Vl'er $ prolaneheas that ne
threatened 10 turn Hih out oil the mousse
h1t Wn'er was one oil lhoSe ordained 70 eteI-
nal me- As me- was one uAy wandering Ia
| me streets Oh brlstol' heonser'el inultl'uds
e' people an gong lh one uiiec'loh' ana
| louhd out on inquiry lnat they were on
/ ihe.ir way 70 hear george W Nhiteheld preach'
/ piNer determined TO go win tnem' bnt was
700 late TO gam adinittanoe INTO tne mouse
/ b"t ths next nishN 10y gong three houIs pe-
/ l9re inc uine' ne succeeded ID sel'ihs "ith'n
the Goor.
w hlteheid teNt was Tue caPuoh oi lhls
article Is not this brand rama piuo5eu RON
tne burning housh v.l'sr NV, ilau entered
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-10-18
When Men are at their Best.

DR.. Beard states that from an analysis Of
The lives of n thousand representative men,
ia all the great branches Of the human fam
Wy, he made the discovery that the golden
decade Was between forty and fifty; the
brazen between twenty and thirty the iron
between fifty and sixty. The superiority Of
youth and middle life over old age in orig.
inal work appears all the greater when we
consider the fact that all the positions OF
honor and -professorships and pub
lic stations-are in the hands Of the old.
Reputation, like money and position, Is
mainly confined to the old. Men are not
widely known until long after they have
done the work that gave them their fame,
Portraits Of great men are deusions statues
are lies They are taken when men havr
become famous, which, on the average, is at
least twenty-five years after they did the
work which gave them their fame. Work
requires enthusiasm. II all the original
work done by men under forty-hve were an
nihilated, they would be reduced to barbar
ism. Men are at their best at that time
when enthusiasm and experience are almost
evenly balanced. This period, on the aver
age, is from thirty-eight TO forty. After this
the law is that experience increases, but en
thusiasm decreases.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-10-18
Everyday Religion.

We must come back to our point which
is not 10 urge all OF you to give yourselves
up 10 mission work, but 10 serve God more
and more in connection with your daily
calling. have heard that a woman who
has mission makes poor wife aud bad
mother this is very possible, and at the
same time lamentable but the mission |
would urge is not Of this sort. Dirty rooms,
slatternly gowns, and children with un-
washed faces are swift witnesses against the
sincerity of those who keep others vine
yards and neglect their own. have no
faith in that woman who talks of grace and
glory abroad, and uses no soap and water at
home, Let the buttons be on the shirts, let
the children's socks be mended, let the roast
mutton be done to a turn, let the house be
as neat as a new pin, and the home be as
happy as home can be. Serve God by doing
common actions in heavenly spirit, and
then, if your daily calling only leaves you
cracks and creyices OF time, fill these uI
with holy services-SpurgeoH
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-10-18
Centaur LinimentS!

The lame can De- healed and te wounded made whole
We knew Just what ihr Cent8ur lnmcnts viii do They
viii not mend broken iones cure Cancer, but they
will extract soreness aay pain, cure Rheumatism and
LANCER range Of flesh and musie amenis than any
article ever before discovered.
Scientific skin 60 beyond the effects of these rc
markahle preparations. Chronic rheumatism OF
many years standing, Neuralgia Weak Back, Fever Sores
Weeping -sinews sciauca, Cakel Breasts, Distorted
spraned imbs of the worst Kind are cured by
The White Cenianf Llnlnent
II viii destroy the paiu and heal without scar, an
ordinary burns and sc,s Il will extract The poison Of
Rite. and stings and The frost from Frozen Limbs 1t '
very ecacious Eanchc roothache, cl and Cutane-
ous Eruptions.
'Mr Josiah wesiakc. of MapUile' Ohio writes For
yea my rheumatism has been bad that have been nn-
able 10 stir from house. The nrst three bottles or Gem
aur Lniment enabled me to walk without my cuiehs-
am mending upily ! think yonr iInimcnt simply q
marvel
C.. II. Bennett. Druggist. Rock Prairie No, says Cen
Eminent sells better and gives The best satisfaction Of
anything the market"
What the Cenaur Linnent has done for 0ters t VIII d
ior YOU. Itis handy it Is reliable, and ii Is cheap
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-10-18
The Children at Bedtime.

Every parent who has been in the habit
of reading to or talking with the little ones
after they are safely tucked in bed, viii bear
witness to the value OF this mode of inhu-
enoe. With the laying off Of the clothes,
the angers, worries and discontents of the
day subside. With the brief season Of
prayer they fly still further into the back
ground. And when the little form rests in
its bed they seem to vanish out of sight.
The body is at rest. The heart is plastic to
the touch Of the loving father or mother.
Now is the time to exert moulding power.
At this hour the little ones listen with
hushed attention TO what is read in them.
Hymns, the Scriptures, Bible stories are
heard with close attention, until the readers
voice is stilled, or the hearers sink into gem
tie sleep. Or, conversation may take the
place Of reading. The will that was in a
state of resistance an hour ago is now re-
laxed The anger that blinded moral dis
cernment has passed away. With open heart,
the child utters its confessions, and gladly
receives the forgiving kiss. Plans for the
morrow can be discussed and duty can be
made to put on an attractive form. lrrita-
tions can be looked at quietly, aud admoni-
tions to watchfulness may be dropped with
soothing efficacy into the listening ear. And
then bow delightful the embrace with which
the young arms clasp your neck, the intense
dear father" dear mother" with which
She "good night is said. Parents, if you
have not thus parted from your birdlings al
/ the evening hour, you have something yet tc
learn of hopeful instruction-to experience
of loves delights.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-10-18
Mortality Of City and Country.

DIR. James Starks investigations and sta
tstics of the relative morality of town and
rural districts in Scotland are published in
the Edinburgh Medical Journal of the
striking facts brought TO light by DIR. stark,
the following appear to be the most import
ant. That were all the town children of
Scotland reared it, the country, at least
eight thousand lives would be annually
saved to the population; second, should the
mortality of the towns be brought down to
that of the mainland districts, upward of
thirteen thousand lives would thus be saved
10 the population, and every individual liy-
ing in the large towns would, on an average,
live ten and half years longer than he has
any chance of doing at present. Still fur
ther if from the rural districts were ex-
cluded the towns with populations varying
from three thousand to ten thousand inhab-
itants, the mean age at death would have
been about forty years instead of thirty
Ave, and could the mortality of the towns
be brought to that OF the purely rural dis
tricts of the mainland, then the average life
of the town population would be increased
about fifteen years.