davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-09-11
CHESTER, S. G.. |
Sept. 3rd, 1877, !

CHESTER, S. G.
Sept. 3rd, 1877, !
Editor Of the Bristol NeOS i:
Chester, a town of about 5000 in
habitants, is situated on the Charlotte,
Columbia and Augusta r, r., midway
between Charlotte and Columbia. 1t
is noted for being the birthplace Of the
ku kluX order in s. c., aud for its
ubiquitous politician, Judge Il, j.
Mackey for its ugly men and pretty
ladies'.
VirgiuiaDs cannot form the slight.
est idea of what South Carolina has
suffered. For twelve dark, stormy
years South Carolina has been the
"Niobe of the Nation" for twelve
years she has borne the shackles that
were fastened on her by ieering dew
lis, drunk on the blood of her best
citizens, and dancing to the laughter
of half nation. Men speak of the
bayonet rule as Parisians would speak
of the Reign of Terror. They have
borne with an heroic patience every
oppression and insult that fiends in
carnate could heap upon them. They
have been robbed and slandered have
lauguished in filthy jaiIs and been
crushed down with taxation. But
from all this the State has come forth
with her honor bright and her esCutch-
con unsullied.
At present the State il impoverished
and the people are bankrupt. All
over the country you can see stately
old mansions weather beaten and di-
lapidated yards grown up in weeds
and fences entirely demolished, Sad
relics of departed thrift, and opulence
There are many reasons why we are 50
depressed. The principal one is the
cultivation of cotton to the exclusion
of all other crops. An other is the
high rate of taxation, which has been
twenty-five mills on the dollar Be-
sides these, the people could not real.
ize their true condition Mt the close of
the war and regulate their eApendi-
lures by it, but lived on in the same
style and extravaganza that character
lied them in the days of slavery.
The future looks brighter. With
home rule and honest government
times are bound to grow better, The
last session OF the Legislature, al
though it was very short, was condu-
Give of much good. The repeating of
the Lien Law was welcomed by all the
farmers in the State.
A committee (Which is now at work.
was appointed to investigate the bond
ed State debt. During this investiga-
ton many frauds have been unearlh.
ed. The Grand Jury have returned
true bills for breach of trust against
ex.Gov. Moses. X-Lieut.'GOvernor
Gleaves, eX-President Of the Senate,
Montgomery, and eX-Clerk Of the
House, Jones and for forgery against
Patterson, Woodruff, Parker, and
others.
The cotton and corn crops are better
than they have been for years. Cot
ton, however, will be very low. The
planters do not expect IL to sell for
more than eight or nine cents per
Mound. "YORK STREET.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-09-11

with notice that he would reply
elsewhere, as it was evident that he
would be killed off here" Take
your crowd and go l don't care
said the Governor Loud calls for
Brooke came from the crowd. Smith
didn't finch. His friends swarmed
arouud and said he should finish, and
finish he did, although the aspect of
affairs was quite serious.
Mr.. Brooke took the stand, and.
smarting from head to foot under the
keen lnshes of his opponent, smote
back iuriously. Several bitter insinu-
ations of Reputation of private con.
tracts and of dishonorable connec-
tions otherwise, brought from Gov.
Smith the lie as whitening as his
eloquent tongue can emphasize a COM
ment so blistering.
In the interest of both gentlemen
and of the party, Mr.. Jacquelin Mar
shall implOred the gentlemen that the
personal character of this controversy
cease. Mr.. Brooke was willing to
drop it, and asked Gov. Smith to
pledge himself to the arrangement.
The Governor was silent, manifestly
disinclined to throw away card
which had won for him more than
one tremendous political game"
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-09-11
My Work.

come to thee-O, Lord-for strength and
patience
TO do thy will,
Help me, 0, Father, in this world ofduty
My pl ace to fill.
l may not 60 and labor in Thy vineyard,
Where, through long hours,
Brave men and patient women toll, and
from the presses
The red wine pOurs.
My work at home lies with the olive
branches
Thou'st planted there.
To train them meekly for the heavenly
garden
Needs all my care.
l may not in the woods and on the noun.
talns
Seek Thy lost sheep
at home little flock Of tender lambkins
'Tis mine to keep.
Thou givest to Thy servants each our life
work
No trumpet tone
Will tell the nations, in triumphant pealiug
How mine was doing.
But twill be much if when the task is ended
4. Throdgh grace from Thee,
| give Thee back unclaimed the radi AM
jewels
Though gavest me.
Mrs. NJ. p. Handy.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-09-11
She Didn't.

AT 10 o'clock yesterday forenoon a
young man, with very white eyes, and
aud a girl of Is, with very long curls,
stood together on the City Hall tower
to gaze upon the beautiful panorama
below. In a minute or two the girl
began to feel giddy, and as the sem
sauon increased she cried out:
"Oh! Win! Pm going to faint
away -
whats upY" he shouted, as he
put bis arm around her.
ooh ! Pm so-so--I'm So she
gasped as she began settling down.
Here, now don't you do t!' he
bluntly exclaimed, as he held her up.
u love you like all jewhittaker, aud
you know it, but l couldn't pick you
up and carry you down them winding
stairs if l was engaged to the whole
family! Brace up now! If you faint
I'll runr'
She didn't faint, but it was neces-
sary for him to keep his arm around
her for the next fifteen minutes. -
Detroit Free Press.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-09-11

ELI Perkins says there are about
twenty-five young cOlored men from
Hampton College, Va, at the Sarato-
ga United States acting as walters, and
gaining means in this way to continue
their studies in the winter. One OF
'em remarked to Eli that he heard a
rich old lady from Duluth say abe was
"going to cut Mrs. DObson dead ~
why cut Mrs. Dobson ?n asked a
lady friend. because her husband
has lost all his money, and she wears
machine.made dress. Do you think
want to associate with any such
dresses as she wears-me ?" And this
indignant and arstocratic old lady
from Duluth went on eating fried pO-
tatoes with her knife. How do you
know it is machine-made dress ?''
asked her friend. ME know me -
she exclaimed. Then this aristocratic
old lady leaned forward and whisper
ed so low that nobody but the Hamp-
ton student and her friend heard her
I'm tell you how / know that /
that Mrs. DObsOn wears a machine
made dress-I used to be a seamstress,
and l saw the stitches clear across the
room.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-09-11
Breeding Instead OF Purchasing
Cows

No one will deny that one essen
tial requisite to success in dairying is
to have good cows to the business,
and in considering how this is Co be
obtained it is evident that the surest
way is to rely upon breeding animals
upon the farm where they are to be
used rather than purchasing at ran.
dom from droves, provided that a
kind OF race Of animals can be found
that will transmit desirable qualities
or eXcellencies from generation to
generation with reasonable certainty.
Experience teaches US that we cannot
rely upon common stock of the
country to- obtain from cultivated
breeds which have been long bred in
reference to special qualities, and
have in cOnse mcnce a fixed type in
this regard. l think our dairymcn
need not look beyond four or five
breeds Of thoroughbred cattle for oh,
tanning desirable results. namely, the
Shorthdrns, Ayresbires, Devons, Al
derneys, and the Datch or H0lstein
cattle, There are other breeds more
or less famous in the districts where
they originated; such as the Galways,
the Kerrys, the Herefords, the Bre-
tons the Swiss and other European
rarties. some of them, at least, when
transported from their native districts,
have not given such satisfaction, on
the whole, as the breeds l have mans
ed.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-09-11

and did not originate with any of the
half-witted Germansin East Felciaua.
1t is an adaptation of the old phrase
"a bulls dozen" which was in vogue
anterior to the war, and referred to a
certain mode of Furnishing refractory
slaves. The "bull's dozen" was a spe-
cific number of blows with a "dri-
ver'sn whip. When the people of Ba.
ton Rouge and the two Felicianas first
undertook TO p r o t e c / themselves
against the systematic Expectations of
the es-depredaLiuns which the
local Republican officials did not even
affect to represent was by surprising
some of the more prominent and no.
tOrious in their cabins at night and
administering sound castigati0n. 1t
came to pass in that way that other
negroes, speaking of the latest news,
would say that so.and-so "gOt the
bulls dozen" last night, and thus the
expression passed into term of gene
raj adoption, and "Bulldozer" became
the descriptive title of those who per-
formed these midnight ceremonies.
Subsequently the meaning and appli-
cation broadened with use and clrCum-
stances until it attained the signifi-
canoe it now possesses.
II is slLnple HlatLeF, WHICH ulu HOC
need the profound erudite of Richard
Grant White or the soaring fancy of
the Philadelphia editor to make it
plain to all men. 1t cannot legiti-
mately be traced to any of ScOtt's
"Old-Play" quotations or to a "half-
witted" German in East Feliciana.-
1t is coinage of the day. tracable to
an almost immemorable custom, and
only just twisted enough to fit case
that could not have been appropriate-
ly named except from the vocabulary
of slang. -Nc1O Orleans Times.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-09-11
Judge Trigg's commissioners.

Judge q. F. Trigg, at Knoxville
on tho 9rd, made partial list o
now U. h. Commissioners to sue
coed those removed recently BY
him. The remainder will be nance
hereafter. We have no doubt tina
the step was eminently proper il
rubbing out the old slate, and We
believe Judge Trigg will endeavol
in all the new appointments to give
satisfaction to the best people O.
East Tennessee. The Knoxville
TRIBUNE says
The following SHIFTED States Com
missioners-twenty in number-wert
appointed for the various counties o.
East Tennessee, as successors to the
thirty-one Commissioners relieved by
order of the court at the July term
tO-wit:
Carter-C. @. Collins, Elizabethton
Neutrality-suspicious. III. Reeves
JOuebpOTO.
Hawklns-Thos. McDermott, Rog
ersVille.
Hancock-Jsmes w. Baker, Sneed.
Vile.
Grainger-John N. Goldman, Rut'
ledge.
Cocke-Geo. w. Pickle, Newport.
Morgan-Sam'l. ii. Staples, Wart
burg.
SCOTT. J. Duncan, Huntsville.
Sevier--Wm. S. Fowler, Sevierville
Claiborne-J. l.. Rogers, Tazewell
Campbell-Frank w. kirkpatrick
JRcksboro.
Unlon-James N. Mitchell, Mary
VILE.
Enllivan-James p. RAIDER, Bristol
Monroe-John Minnis, Madison
VILE.
Hamllton-w. c. Payne, Chatta
nooga.
Polk-W. I. Bowel, Ocoee.
Jefierson--Jno. b. Meek, cambridge
McMinn-John f. Slower, Athens
KnOx-Jno, Williams, Knoxville,
Bradley. @. Upton, Cleveland.
Court adjourned until Court in
oourse-2d Monday In January, 1878
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-09-11
Mars and it's wonderful Moons
(From the New York WORLDLY

(From the New York Worldly
The discovery on Sunday of still a
third moon Of Mars, who seems to be
taking up in the skies the place Just
vacated by Brigham Young on earth,
gives additional interest to the circu.
lations of Professor James G. Wat
son in regard to this whole subject.
The outer satellite revolyes around
the planet in thirty hours and twelve
minutes, at mean distance of IA, =
$50 miles from the centre. The in>
ner one revolves in seven hours and
thirty light minutes, at mean dis
lance of only $40 miles. The only
way in which to form an estimate of
their size is to compare their light
with that of the planet itself, or with
that Of some other body whose di-
mensions are known. Comparing
thus, Professor Watson concludes that
the probable diameter of the outer
satellite is four and half miles, and
that of the inner is two and three
quarter miles The distance Of the
former from the surface Of the planet
is II, $50 miles, and Of the later 8,7l0
miles. Mr.. Jacob Ennis says that
the inner moon every night rises in
the west and sets in the east, All
night long, while the other stars are
moving slowly westward, as do ours,
that inner moon hastens rapidly past
them all in q contrary direction--sO
rapidly that from rising TO setting it
occupies less than four hours, Stands
ing under tall tree a person could
see its motion plainly over the top,
When it rises in the west socn after
twilight it appears as very thin
curved crescent, like our own when
only a few days old. But it wall
grow rapidly and become a full moon,
and set in the east before midnight,
BEFORE morning it will rise in the
west again. There may be two new
moons or two full moons visible to
the same people III one night, all
made by the inner satellite, with
out saying anything of the outer 1t
must make around the entire planet
three full moons every day. The in
uer moon must be totally eclipsed
three times a day. The outer sateI>
lite performs its revolutions around
Mars once in thirty hours and four
teen minutes; therefore it will go
around nearly as fast as the planet ro-
tates, and in the same direction. If
it appears in the west, just after twi-
light, as thin crescent, it will be a
full moon sometime during the mid
die hours Of the night and become
totally eclipsed. Before daybreak it
will be far in the east, a thin crescent
again, but with this difference now
its rounded side is turned eastwardly
towards the sun, whereas in the even
ing its rounded side was turned west~
wardly towards the sun. The inner
moon passes the outer one very rapids
ly in their ceaseless play, The inner
may then be called the swift moon or
it may be called the lower moon and
the outer the higher moon, for when
they are near theone always appears
above the other. To the inhabi-
tants on the equator the upper will
sometimes be hidden by the lower il
the lower be large enough.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-09-11
A Good Cow.

A farmer, POLITICALLY inclined, gives tn
following definition of good COW
Long in tho face, she's fine In the horn,
Quickly gets fat without cake or corn;
Clean in the jaws and fSll in the chine
Heavy in flank and wide in the loin
Broad in the ribs and long in the rump,
Stright and flat backed without o'era bump
Wide in the hips and clean in the eyes,
Fine in the shoulders and thin In the thighs
Light In the neck and small in the tail,
Wide IN the breast and will fiji the milk pail
Fine OF the bone and silky Of shin,
Airy without-a meat market within.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-09-11
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER H. 1877.
EVENT and COMMENT.

There was a heavy snow storm on
Mt Washington on the 3rd In these
parts we felt the cold breath of the
Toe king.
New York City had a million dollar
fire on the 3rd. 1t broke out in Hale's
Piano Factory, and consumed an en-
tire block. 100 lives were lost.
David T. Clark. the escaped Georgia
convict who set up bogus mint in
side the Knoxville jOil, and who went
through the strange procedure of
being arrested in jail has been ser
fenced by Judge Trigg to two years
and $500 fine.
David Miller, of Lee county, author
OF the Lee county resolutions, and at
one time In the past q member in the
Legislature, is q candidate for Cover
nor against the nominee, Col. HOlli-
day. The Sentinel says be will issue a
circular and canvass the State.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-09-11
The Giles aud Bland N. q. Il. R.

A meeting was held at Wabash, on
Tuesday, for the purpose of appoint
ing a committee to solicit subScrip>
tiOns aud the right of way for the
Narrow Gauge Railroad to run up
Walkers Greek and on to Tazewell,
the Plaster Banks OF Smyth, &c.
The meeting was organized with
Capt. WIN. Banc, Of Walkers Creek
Chairman and Capt G. r. Boyd, of
Wythe Secretary, The following is
the committee appointed, by the
meeting. Capt. VIM, Blne, W. L..
Hunter, Jas. X. shannon, Andrew
Bane, Jno. @. Blackburn, NJ, A,
BaTbre. w. X. Brooks, w. +. Eaton.
Capt. VIM. Bsne was e,ected chair
man Of the committee. They adj
jouned to meet at White Gate on
the Sth Of September to report prog,
TesR &c, PeTisb,tyg Gazette
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-09-11
The Truo Origin of BulldOzing

The origin and definition of this
word seem to be attracting vast
amount of attention at the North just
now, as may be inferred from the fact
that the subject has elected some elo-
ouence and learning from the mag
nificent Richard Grant White. Near
iy every able editor in the East to-day
is ventllating some theory, more or
less gauzy and preposterous, by way OF
Illuminating the problem.
TThe Times here quotes the Phila-
delphia North Amcricdn's foolish ar
article
Which of coureo ia the merest rub
bish Imaginable. The term was in
use long before John Gair's murder,
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-09-11

AN EXCITING DEBATE EX-GoV-
ERNOR bMITH ON THE STUMP EX-
Cor, William Smith met his princi-
pal opponent Mr.. j. V. Brooke, on
the stump at Markham, contending
for the ier-Rappahnnnock SEN
atorial district. They discussed the
public dog law and the road law, and
very bitterly, too, Gov. Smith was
strong for paying the interest on the
debt, while Mr.. Brooke was not so
sound on that question. The discus
sion waxed warm, and became severe
ly personal. The Warren Sentinel,
which gives a lengthy report of the
meeting, says:
GAS usual, the Governor was quite
facetious i'm his references To Mr..
Brooke. He charged Mr.. Brooke
with want of fealty to the party, ana
held up his public debt theory as re-
pudiation the most damnahle.' He
defended himself against charges OF
party inhdelity during Accommodating
times, and championed the Mofiett
whiskey punch az means of reliev.
ing taxation. After speaRing two and
half hours. Mr.. Brooke interrupted
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-09-11

Mem. from Society Journal. miss
s. appeared to positive disadvan.
tage because of Cloudiuess of complex
ion and-must we write it?-Pimples
spelling an otherwise beautiful couu-
tenance." [She should by all means
procure and use DR.. Bulls Blood Mix
ture, Rep
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-09-11
Communicated. j
S6utii Carolina.

OF DEPARTED OPULENCE- WORK OF
THE LEGJSLATU RE-LIEN LAW RE
PEALED THE GRAND JURY AFTER
EX-GOV. MOSES AND HIS BRETHREN.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-09-11

DR.. Tut has been en-
gagged in the practice Of
medicine thirty years, and
fora long time was demon.
strItor of anatomy in the
Medical College Of Geor-
gia, hence persons using
his Pills have the guaran-
tee that they are prepared
on scientific principles,
and are free from all
quackery.
lie has succeeded in
combining in them the
heretofore antagonistic
qualities Of a strengthen
ing. fHygaiiTe, GRaa PHr-
ffVlHg tome.
Their first apparent eff
feet is 10 increase the mp
pctllc ny causing llr lnou
10 properly assimilate,
Thus The system is nour-
ishcd, and BY their tonic
action on the digestive Or
ga7s, rcFulara and healthy
excavations are produced.
Thcrlpidity with which
tcyS0NS take on Eesh,
while under the influence
OF these pills, Of itself in
dictates their adlptability
to nourish the body, and
hence their efficacy in cur
ing nervous debility, mel
ancholy, dyspepsia, vast
ing Of the muscles, slug
gishness of the liver,
chronic constipation, and
myth 10 the system. Sold
IL. ray Street, New York.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-09-11

In nursery wherein all is life and
laugh instead Of crying and fretting,
there is to be found DR. BULBS Baby
Syrup. Price 25 cents per bottle.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-09-11
PRICE LIST
OF
SASH, DOORS AND BLINDS.
SASH.
ShSH'
CHECK RAIL OR LIP SASH 8 LIdHT WrNDow,
WIDE BAR, GLAZED

Plain Rail, 10 Light window, Glazed
SIX 10 $40 in, 2 x A 8 % 90
10 ~ 2 l0N D. ~ 50
Plain Rail- Is Light Window, Glazed
sxlO I3-l6in. p 4x6- 90 60
10 ~ 2-lo XG- 80 . IS
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-09-11
ADVERTISING RATES
RATE FOR ONE YEAR.

First inch $40 90.
Zach subsequent inch 4 90.
To find the rate for shorter time, first find
II 4.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-09-11
DOORS

- The above are prices Y. o. D. cars AZ brls-
tol, Tenn, and Lynchburg, Va and all uterine
dlate points between those places. Prices for
sizes not above enumerated viii DO promptly giyon
on application.
NT. 4. GEE C. CO.,
Market street. opposite A. C. Depot,
Chattanooga, Tenn.
IuIv Ia tT7-Bfn
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-09-11
ANNOUNCEMENTS

ANNOUNCEMENTS.
For Congress, Legislature, or County Off
CO, each 90 90
Town and Township offices $50
The above rates will be rigidly adhered to.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-03-31
Give the Boys a Chance.

THE art of farming needs fresh sup
plies of youthful blood, warmed with
energy and hope and ambition to re-
juvenate its customs, traditions, and
ancient methods. AS men grow old
they are little inclined to experiment, to
try new things or to change their habits;
if they have been successful they decline
any addition to their routine knowledge;
if unsuccessful, they put in plea of
" too old to learn" Farming, as trade
or manufacture, is largely in the hands
of men advanced in life, and, as whole,
is more stationary than any other branch
of business. If, by some combination,
the experience, prudence, and caution of
the father could be united with the am
bition, push, and activity of the son, Il
decided advance might be expected in
farming. The best talent Of the family
seldom stays on the farm; youth receives
no encouragement; the boy is classed
with the hired help; he finds nothing for
his brain to feed upon, nothing to arouse
his pride, nothing to fire his inventive
genius; nothing to satisfy his longing
desire to step up higher; hence he early
seeks home in some city or manufact-
uring village, where the demand for
brains is more pronounced, and where
the prizes of life are distributed in open
competition. Soon the boy, whose
father but few years before doubted
his business capacity in even selling a
yearling to the village butcher, stands at
the head otsome mercanti lie house whose
weekly sales are thousands. How that
boys financial shrewdness and business
were needed on The farm he left The
youngster whose budding intellect was
nipped by the chill frost of parental
sternness and indifference is heard from
in after life as the eminent lawyer. His